Game follows the story of a family who’s made a devil’s bargain in exchange for a beautiful new home. Designer Miriam Buether has transformed the Almedia: four audience seating roosts kitted out in camouflage like overgrown duck blinds surround a central performance space, which is...
WHAT YOU GET IS WHAT YOU SEE: HELLO, I’M SORRY TO DISTURB YOU Friday, Feb.13, 2015. 7:30p. $9 Presented by Ant Hampton. This event is part of What You Get Is What You See: A Series on Spectatorship UNIONDOCS 322 Union Ave. Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY 11211 In a presentation which pulls...
Adrienne Truscott's show has a provocative conceit - she's doing stand up comedy and she's naked from the waist down. She riffs on the fact that she’s ‘asking for it’, wondering excitedly what might happen by the end of the night. The show is uncomfortable, and...
In the ancient tradition of tales of robots dealing with their feelings, the new musical Sorry Robot has a human kind of unpolished wildness. The story follows unlucky-in-love Detective Isaac Crownover as he investigates a new kind of emotional software for robots. The noir-like detective...
[caption id="attachment_83291" align="aligncenter" width="950"] © Karen Sherman[/caption] The Brutalist architecture of Abron’s Underground Theatre is the perfect setting for Karen Sherman’s exploration of using and being used. The stark concrete walls pair well with the simple machines employed by the performers: old-fashioned overhead projectors, an iron,...
In Tina Satter’s newest flickeringly emotional landscape a high school elocution teacher, Paula, (Elevator Repair Service veteran Lucy Taylor) absconds to the woods with three devoted students, where they establish their utopia. There they encounter Morris (Jess Barbagallo), a male witch (or tiny warlock?) who...
[caption id="attachment_83245" align="aligncenter" width="950"] photo by Maria Baranova[/caption] Putting James Turrell’s immaculate neon-and-fog aesthetic through a glitched-out performance art blender, Andrew Schneider’s latest virtuoso display of light and sound athleticism is a breakneck tour of quantum physics theory with a sudden and decisive turn toward the...
[caption id="attachment_83248" align="aligncenter" width="950"] photo by Maria Baranova[/caption] Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble is a “musical priesthood” composed of Tei Blow and Sean McElroy, dedicated to exploring “the metaphysics and mythologies of love, desire, and courtship at the end of the 20th century.” Operating from within an...
Wear clean socks to Thank You For Coming: Attendance, because as soon as you enter you'll be asked to remove your shoes. This is just the first invitation the audience receives to become part of a one-night-only community. Throughout the performance, the audience is encouraged...
[caption id="attachment_83231" align="aligncenter" width="950"] © Ivo Dimchev[/caption] Fest unfolds with the smooth logic of a nightmare. Mr. Dimchev is being courted to perform at a festival in Copenhagen. In a trio of encounters with the curator, the technical director, and a critic, the mechanics of power...
The Crew 2 September 13 - September 16 Court Square Studios 21-38 44th Rd, Long Island City, New York 11101 The Crew 2 is the second addition of the exhibition that will present artists from Matthew Barney Studio. The exhibition is open from September 13. till...
****VER VERSION EN ESPANOL ABAJO PROGRAM May 23rd- 10am- 3pm, Workshop / 9pm Performances, Buenos Aires Venue: Espacio UTAKI. Address: Garibaldi 1675, La Boca www.espacioutaki.wix.com/espacio-utaki May 27th- 8pm, Workshop and Presentation at Workshop Series Hacer y Pensar el Arte de Performance hosted by Soledad Sánchez Goldar, Córdoba Venue: DocumentA/Escénicas. Address: Lima 364 www.documentaescenicas.org.ar www.cicloaunsintitulo.blogspot.com.ar May...