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October 12, 2007

Independent Mirror (Mexico, New York) October 5, 2007

Local School Bus Pairs with German Theatre
by Kelly M. Freihofer

For the past several weeks a homestead in rural Palermo has been home for a school bus that is about to become famous. Jeff Brunet, of Palermo, has been called into service, quite unusual school bus service, by his son Daniel Brunet. Could the senior Brunet find a school bus and transform it into a traveling bus for a German acting troupe? The bus would carry the troupe from the East Coast to the West Coast with 24 performance stops on the way. Yes, Jeff Brunet could do it and, with a school bus transforming team, he did do it.

Daniel Brunet, son of Jeff and Jill Brunet of Palermo and a 1997 graduate of Mexico Academy and Central High School, has been involved in acting since the young age of 10 years old. His current position in the world of theatre is as an associate director/ associate producer with German Theatre Abroad which is based in Berlin, Germany and New York City, and aimed at bring contemporary German drama to the United States and vice versa. It is through this work that Brunet had come to request his father’s assistance for the upcoming theatrical work of German Theatre Abroad: Road Trip USA.

It was while Daniel Brunet was a student at MACS that he was first taste of the German culture. As a German student (he also studied French and Japanese), he traveled with MACS German Club on a month long exchange trip to Schneverdingen, Germany. Upon graduation from MACS, Brunet attended Boston University for Theatre Arts and Film Studies. In addition he studied acting in NYC and at Harvard during two summer breaks.

With a tremendous amount, and variety, of theatrical experience under his belt Brunet left Boston College and headed back to Germany when he was awarded a Fulbright grant to study theater direction in Berlin for a year. This grant was then extended to three years.

During Brunet’s time of study in Berlin, Germany, he began a working relationship with German Theatre Abroad, a company, now in it’s eleventh year, that brings contemporary drama across the ocean, and across cultures. Brunet continues to work for German Theatre Abroad, spending at least half of his time in Berlin, Germany
Up until this point in time German Theatre Abroad held their performances in Berlin and New York City. Ready to stretch out and see more of the United States, German Theatre Abroad hired playwright Ronald Schimmelpfennig to write a play called “Start Up” to be preformed during Road Theater USA. Brunet, an experienced translator, translated the play from German to English

“Start Up” focuses on the German people and their culture meeting and/or clashing with the American people, and their culture, in the form of a three Germans setting out to start up a business in the US. Along with the fictional play, Road Theater USA will integrate the reality of this acting troupe, which consists of three German actors, two American actors, two Austrian video artists, and seven members of the German Theatre Abroad team, traveling across the county in a made-over school bus to perform the show at 24 venues along the way, into the play.

To prepare for Road Trip USA, Brunet came to the states in June of this year along with the founder and artistic director of German Theatre Abroad, Ronald Marx, and the dramaturg, Dagmar Domrös. The trio traveled across the country for a number of weeks, paving the way for the show to come. The result was 24 scheduled stops, in sixteen different states, on a trip that will take seven weeks and cover 6,000 miles. The premier performance will be given at Performance Space 122 in New York City from October 6-13, and the last shows will be in Los Angeles, California, November 30, to December 2. In between the two coasts the bus will stop in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada.

The next step in preparation for Road Trip USA was to secure a means of transportation, specifically a school bus, for the group. This is the point at which Daniel Brunet called on his dad, Jeff Brunet, in Palermo. “I knew that if there was someone I could just call and ask for something crazy, like a school bus that needed to be converted for a cross country tour, that person would be my father,” writes Daniel Brunet. “He’s simply an amazingly able, knowledgeable, helpful person, as well as being very modest.
Sure enough, when Ronald Marx and Daniel Brunet flew to Central New York, Jeff Brunet had an appointment set up with New York Bus Sales. Once the bus was secured it became Jeff Brunet’s job to make it trip ready.

Jeff Brunet reached out for assistance with the bus transformation job and found Dave Yerdon, bus mechanic in Central Square, Dino Tortorelli, a mechanic and bus driver, and Jeff Blair to paint the bus with lime green paint donated by Butch Geersbeck in Hastings. A local graphic designer and artist, Wayne Goppelt did the decal work. Also on the team was Dave Yerdon’s son Craig Yerdon. All of this work was done on a volunteer basis.

Daniel Brunet’s father was not the only family member to play a role in this project. Brunet’s mother, Jill Brunet, did the copy editing of the English-language print material, and his sister, a professional publicist, is working on publicity for the Road Trip USA. “I’m thrilled that my family is able to be a part of this project: my parents have never been anything but supportive of my choice to pursue a life in art,” says Brunet.
Another angle of publicity presented itself through ZDF German Television, Public Service Broadcasting in New York City. ZDF German Television is the New York Bureau that covers NYC (and surrounding areas) and Canada news for Germany. Another crew from ZDF Television is covered the Road Trip USA preparation side of the story in Berlin, Germany. All of this coverage will be fitted together for a documentary to be aired in Germany at a later date.

ZDF German Television sent Foreign News Correspondent Uwe Kroeger, and Foreign News Cameraman Tal Larish to the Brunet home in Palermo to film the school bus transformation. Kroeger, a native of Germany, and Larish, originally from Israel, spent much of a Sunday afternoon interviewing and filming, and enjoyed a delicious smorgasbord prepared by Jill Brunet. “I think this is an interesting sort of project,” says Kroeger. “Most interesting is the reaction (of the crowds in the US).”

Periodically Kroeger and Larish will fly to the meet Road Theater USA while they are traveling across the country. The two man crew will join the troupe in about five to eight of the most interesting locations, and they will find out about America, discover what the mood of the country is, and experience the reactions of the audiences to the play.

So, with the venues set, the school bus purchased, and the publicity out, just what did it take to transform a regular school bus into a traveling performance bus? Beyond engine repair, the wheel chair lift came out and the fold out stop signs were removed. One seat was turned around and a table built in. Outlets were installed for ipods and a refrigerator put in place. Interior lights were added, as was a couch and pillows. Painting and graphic decaling was one of the last tasks, following the bus departed for New York City on Saturday, September 29. On Sunday, September 30, the bus made its debut in the Big Apple with a press conference at 4pm.

The group will sleep in hotels along the way, but the bus will be used as part of the set for each performance. They will likely shop for food as they travel, but on Thanksgiving Day members of the community that they are performing in (in Arizona), will invite the Road Theater USA travelers into their homes for dinner.

If the success of the planning, preparation, and publicity for Road Theater USA is any indication of the success of the show across the country, things are looking good for German Theater Abroad. Daniel Brunet’s father and his crew certainly did their part with the bus conversion, and his mother and sister with copy editing, and publicity. ZDF German television has the project well documented on both sides of the ocean. The lead men for German Theater Abroad did a tremendous job laying a trail across the US for Road Theater USA to follow, and the whole group worked hard during rehearsals in Germany. A lowly school bus in Palermo has made its way to the bright lights of New York City. All systems are go for this show.



Caption:
A school bus in Palermo stands ready to be converted into a touring bus that will cross the country with a group from German Theater Abroad presenting a performance called Road Theater USA in 24 locations between the East Coast and the West Coast. The bus transformation took place on the property of Jeff and Jill Brunt. The Brunet’s son, Mexico Academy and Central School graduate Daniel Brunet, works for German Theater Abroad in both Berlin, Germany and New York City. The first performance will be held in New York City from October 6-13. From left to right stand: Dino Tortorelli, Craig Yerdon, Dave Yerdon, Jeff Blair, Jill Brunet, Jeff Brunet, Tal Laush, and Uwe Kroeger.



Caption:
The Road Theater USA tour bus, painted in a bright lime green, left it’s temporary home in Palermo on Saturday, September 29, for New York City where it will meet with an acting troupe from Germany to travel across the country for seven weeks and 24 performances. The bus was converted from a school bus by Jeff Brunet and local assistants.

Story reprinted courtesy of Oswego County Weeklies

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