Wing It! Performance Ensemble

Front row: Amy Shoemaker, Gretchen Wegner, Theron Shaw, Elizabeth Mendana, and Alison Luterman.

Second row: Jonathan Leavy, Penny Mann, Conners McConville, Shazam, Masankho Banda, Melinda McLain, Megan Schirle.

Back Row: Soyinka Rahim, Randy Newswanger, Beth Hoch, Leo Keegan, Phil Porter, and Susan Main.

Not pictured: Julie Caffey, Michelle Jordan, and David McCauley.

WING IT! Performance Ensemble
was formed by Phil Porter and Cynthia Winton-Henry in 1989. Since then the company has created full length improvised countless concerts of dance, storytelling and music. They have been featured in a form of community-based performance called ”The Unbelievable Beauty of Being Human“ in San Francisco, Seattle, Raleigh/Durham, Sydney, Chicago, and Minneapolis. They frequently appear in benefits for other causes including Habitat for Humanity, breast cancer research and AIDS organizations.

The company uses the practice of InterPlay as the basis for their work. Each concert is different and although they are often organized under a particular theme, the specific content of any particular performance is unplanned. WING IT! is known both for its humor, poignancy and sheer humanity. This Oakland based company has spawned other InterPlay-based performance companies around the world.

“Obama Year One”

Politics, hope, the world, dreams, wars, the economy, healthcare. It's all on the table! We’ll take your comments and make them into art! WING IT! creates moving and amusing concerts weaving the stuff of life into story, song, live music and dance. All done on the spot!

Take the Obama Year One Survey and your comments may be included in the performances!

Cost: $10
Charge tickets by phone (Visa/MC/AmEx) 510/465-2797