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July 4 - 7 No More Pretending (aka the return of Indieboot) Inverse Theatre Text by Kirk Wood Bromley Direction by Howard Thoresen Production staff: Lights by Jeff Nash Sets by Jane Stein Costumes by Karen Flood Music by John Gideon Stage management by Erlinda Garcia Featuring: Matt Oberg Al Benditt Meg MacCary Three actors - who used to “do shit” together – run into each other in the park. One’s famous, one’s left the biz, and one still “does shit”. What is it to be independent when freedom is money, reality is produced, and no one wants to see your shit? A debatable manifesto on the econopathics of one-way exchange. |
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“No More Pretending is not just throught-provoking; it's very funny and very entertaining” -nytheatre.com |
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Johnny Applef?%ker The Bushwick Hotel Written by Rachel Shukert Music & Lyrics by Jerm Pollet Conceived by R. Shukert & J.Pollet Direction Stephen Brackett bushwickhotel.com
Production Staff: Set by Sarah Pearline Costumes by Jacob A. Climer Lighting by Anjeanette Stokes Sound by Emily Wrigh Featuring: Satya Bhabha Frank Boyd James Ryan Caldwell Paige Collette Peter Cook Van Hansis, Natalie Kuhn Nick Thomas Ian Unterman Reginald Veneziano Audrey Lynn Weston |
With only his cooking-pot, his special sleeping log and His Dream, John Chapman makes his way through the wilds of frontier America, spreading joy, laughter and syphilis wherever he scatters his seed. But will fame clip this dreamer’s wings? A tall tale of a very loving person. |
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“crazy, intelligent fun” |
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Jul 18-21 Stretch: a fantasia New Georges Written by Susan Bernfield Directed by Emma Griffin Music by Rachel Peters Music performed lived by: Peter Ajemian Dan Bartfield Kate Kelly Phil Smith
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Featuring: Kristin Griffith Matthew A. Lewis Lucas Near-Verbrugge Timothy Sekk The final days of Rose Mary Woods, loyal secretary to Richard M. Nixon, as she observes the presidential election of 2004 from her swing-state nursing home. And tries to teach her pot-head attendant about power, loyalty, and lying. And has some very, very strange dreams. |
Jul 25-28 The Lacy Project Written by Alena Smith Directed by Susanna Gellert Producer Shira Beckerman Production Staff: Scenic design Deb O Costume Emily Rebholz Lighting Design Thom Weaver Sound design David Thomas Featuring: Alexis McGuinness Molly Ward Kristen Connolly
Her mother’s photographs turned Lacy into an icon of childhood innocence and beauty. Now, on the night of her 22nd birthday, Lacy has to navigate between image and reality, sex and friendship, self-indulgence and responsibility. An incisive portrait of a young woman held captive by her own childhood. A vivid picture of a generation adrift in a sea of excess, raised in a culture of indulgence and unable to grow up. |
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Aug 1-4 80% of Love Rindfleisch Dramaturge: Joseph Gallo Lighting design: Severn Clay Costumes/Set design: Elke Rindfleisch Production Staff: Choreography by Elke Rindfleisch with contributions by company members Assist. choreographer: Sarah Weber Gallo Music by Chris Woltmann Band: The Czar Bomba (Chris Woltmann, John Fauller, Paul Sherrard) Singers: The Collective Opera Company (Ryan Tracy, director) Featuring: Sarah Weber Gallo Michelle Vargo Jean Freebury Elke Rindfleisch James Graber Evan Copeland Paula White Adriana Chavez Ryan Tracy |
“A vibrant performance about love and longing” |
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Delves into the worlds of two women, one man, and a quest for love. By amplifying the physical manifestations of longing and desire, Rindfleisch sculpts demanding and quirky movement, text, and music into a landscape drenched in want. Inspired by the novel Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami. Scored to operatic voices and a live rock band. |
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“A toast to Rindfleisch's artistic resilience” |
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Aug 8-11 Vampire University Soho Think Tank Written by John Kaplan Directed by Desmond Mosley
A struggling vampire family descends on an evangelical college in the Midwest. When dad‘s midlife crisis of immortality triggers a desire to come back to life after 4,000 years, every assumption about god, sex, and the nature of longing is back in play. A story of conception, addiction, and matriculation. Scored to a live theremin. |
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Aug 15-17 The 7 Battles - The Best The Best Written & directed by Eamonn Farrell Developed with ensemble Music by Jim Iseman III Seven battles. One night. Superstar government hackers lay siege on the tough'n'talented pop icons of TheBest in a webcast fraught with explosive situations, feats of technological prowess and kick-ass music. The fates of life and death (even the after-life) hang in the balance as the forces of war take on the warriors of peace. |
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P Writer/Director FIFI Composer/The Operator JEF5 Prod Manager/The Caretaker CCC Tech Director/OEDI MSD Choreography/MS Dancer The Illuminator Light Designer HHH Hilda The Man Ethan TDTD Anne Oliveyou Melissa Zedd Amy The Stranger Bass The HBomb Guitar Shady Keybords Linus J Brown Drums TsTsTs Composer/Mother.Sister |
"The Best is back with a new episode of their underground theater-rock show about a group of pop-icon rebels against an oppressive government, and this time it's bigger, better, and more epic than ever before." -Aaron Riccio, That Sounds Cool |
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