July 8-11

A Wonderland

Anonymous Ensemble

Writen and Directed by: Eamonn Farrell

Music by: William Antoniou

Featuring:

Cory Antiel, Kiebpoli Calnek, Liz Davito, Diana Egizi, Julie Foh, Josh Hoglund, Janelle Lannan, Matt Mager, Elisa Pupko, Kelly Shaffer, Jessica Weinstein, Meghan Williams

Dancers:

Theresa Coombe-Mannino, Simone De La Rue, JD Smith, Billy Tighe

Band:

Sasha Brown, Shoheen Owhady, Raky Sastri

Sound Designer: Ken Travis

Lighting Designer: Lucrecia Briceno

Choreographer: David Scotchford

Alice, a talented urban dreamer approaching middle age, is caught in a quagmire of diminishing potential, corporate insignificance and the mirage of celebrity. This is Lewis Carroll deconstructed by the mind of a modern, mature songstress on a journey of self-identity. A befeathered spectacle; a psychedelic, multimedia/music-fueled trip down the rabbit hole.

Anonymous Ensemble has been making rock theatre in NYC for seven years and has been seen in Brisbane, Berlin, Oslo, Edinburgh, throughout NYC and soon, London. They're best known as creators of the revolutionary, episodic, rock epic, The Best.

www.anonymousensemble.org

July 15-18

Lavaman

Aztec Economy

Directed by: Matthew Hancock

Writen by: Casey Wimpee

Featuring:

Adam Belvo

Michael Mason

Cole Wimpee

A shy comic illustrator in Queens quietly expresses his repressed aggression in an unpublished graphic novel, Lavaman, featuring the daily life of a retired volcano and an alcoholic tombstone. An evening of extreme recreation with his rock-and-roll roommate and his day-trader buddy cracks open his sweet façade with an eruption that incinerates everything in its path. A hardcore punk rock mini-epic of friendship, repression and brutality. With video animation.

Aztec Economy is a Brooklyn-based company that presents small-scale live performances with an emphasis on original work. Resent performance spaces include The Tank, The Brick, Monkey Town, Marfa Lights and the Ohio Theatre.

www.newyorkisdead.net

July 22-25

Babes in Toyland

The Little Lord Fauntleroys

(In their own version of Victor Herbert's Musical Extravaganza Recession Spectacular - Live Onstage! - And totally inappropriate for children.)

Directed by Michael Levinton and José Zayas.

Libretto based on Glen MacDonough's original script

Musical direction by Rodney Pallanck with Kate Marvin

Sets by Jason Simms

Costumes by Ásta Bennie Hostetter

Lights by Chris Brown

Sound by David Margolin Lawson

Stage Management by Teddy Nicholas

Choreography by Sadrina Johnson, Johari Mayfield & Rodney Pallanck

Featuring:

Eliza Bent, Tonya Canada, David Greenspan,

Sofia Jean Gomez, Megan Hill, John Kurzynowski,

Michael Levinton, Rodney Pallanck, Sadrina Renee,

Julia Sirna-Frest, Laura von Holt & Becky Yamamoto

Recalls the Happy Days of childhood, for all who are facing the stern realities of life. What more could the mortal spirit desire? Featuring David Greenspan as the Master Toymaker, a cast of a hundred dozen and a live orchestra pianist.

The Little Lord Fauntleroys are an accidental theater collective interested in manipulating classical texts, pillaging faulty nostalgias and celebrating the homemade. Recently seen at Chocolate Factory, HERE Arts Center and the Ohio Theatre (all in conjunction with Target Margin Theatre)

www.littlelord.org

July 29-August 1

RECONSTRUCTION

International WOW

Conceived and created by Josh Fox & the WOW ensemble

A town destroyed by foreclosures, evictions and other calamities rebuilds itself from the ground up. Which raises the question: if you could build any kind of house, any kind of town, any kind of country, what would you build? And what kind of person would that process create? Featuring a five-piece bluegrass band, a 30-person ensemble and live onstage house building.

International WOW combines physical and narrative performance forms from around the globe to create an energetic, explosive new form of drama. Kudos include: "Masterful" - TimeOut NY, "Astonishing tour-de-force" - NYTheatre.com, and "Ferocious Passion...Provocative!" - The NY Times. This is their first show since Surrender (2009 Drama Desk Nomination).

internationalwow.com

August 5-8

Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant

Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant

Featuring:

Peters Character, Muffin St. Vergence Character Hanshake, Mrs. Robinson, Miss Goodi Two Shoes, Redman #2, "D", Dr. Smith ,Sue James ,Hunter, Lunch Lady, Johnny Hammersticks

Gather around banquet tables within the metaphorical walls of Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant, where the idea of art as food is made deliciously real. Experience this pioneering, ensemble-generated work, while enjoying a home-cooked five-course meal, carefully prepared and presented by geniuses of the avant-garde theater. The legendary Miss Conni Convergence and her devoted ensemble humbly bring you this highly anticipated twelfth iteration of the "Complete Works in Five Courses Series." With chilled gazpacho soup, summer salad and sandwiches, and a refreshing dessert of fresh berries and cream. Come hungry!

Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant is not a locale but an elite group of adventurous theatrical performers. Our events mix the ingredients of fine food, drink, song, dance, text, spectacle, and most importantly: you.  As our guest, you will enter a lively and welcoming social environment and enjoy a five-course, home-cooked meal presented through exquisite performances.

All of our pieces are created under the loving hand of the legendary Miss Conni Convergence, whose revolutionary teachings in the culinary performance arts have re-imagined the way we come together to dine and to experience theater.  In the world of Conni’s Restaurant, as in a turn of the century Parisian salon, artists rule and fascinating people come together to celebrate life, food and all that is good.

www.avantgarderestaurant.com

August 12-15

Space//Space

Banana Bag & Bodice

Directed by Mallory Catlett

Music composed:

Dave Malloy

Lighting Design:

Miranda K Hardy

Featuring: 

Jason Craig

Jessica Jelliffe

Two brothers travel through the expansive galactic abyss, navigating their awkward fraternal bond and their love affairs with passing voices in the ether: haunting transmissions from "somewhere out there." Part Sci-Fi, part domestic drama, this claustrophobic container tale explores the loneliness of our inner thoughts and the magnitude of our personal orbits. With original text, music and an actual spaceship on stage!

Based in Brooklyn, Banana Bag & Bodice is an ensemble-based theatre company creating unique shows with the sole purpose of entertaining as many people as possible with thoughtful provocation. Now in its 10th year, BBB has created 9 original shows and has presented nationally and internationally, including in New York, San Francisco, Berkeley, Montreal and Dublin.

www.bananabagandbodice.org