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PARADE,
PIE FIGHT & CABARET
We’ll kick off the NY CLOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL with our 2nd annual
opening day parade! Anyone and everyone is invited to join the city's
finest clowns, jugglers, stilt-walkers, and more as they gather at
Union Square Park and ride the "L" train to the Bedford
stop, then march to The Brick Theater for a massive public pie fight.
Red noses and pies will be handed out. The pie fight will be followed
by a Clown Cabaret previewing festival highlights.
When: Fri, Oct 5 at 4:30 pm (Parade), and 10:30 pm
(Cabaret)
Where: Union Square Park, the L train, The Brick |
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HUMÔRTAL
Mo-House, Catalonia, Spain (Roving outdoor show)
Nobody buries their beloved ones anymore. Gravediggers now just can’t
find work - like these pall-bearers who wander through the city with
a coffin. Though fond of the Old Days, they are obsessed with their
dying art and the dead end which lies before them. They walk the streets
across the city interacting with people in parks, bars, shops. Quite
often people want to get inside the coffin, to experience the dead
and clown from up close ... dying of laughter! Created and Performed
by David Berga, Jaume Bover, Joaquin Ortega, Carlos Perez, and Jordi
Sole.
For more information, visit www.davidberga.org.
When: Fri, Oct 5.
Where: Union Square
**Subsequent times and starting points to be announced at www.bricktheater.com.**
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THE
CLOWN OLYMPICS
The
NY Clown Theatre Festival in conjunction with Downtown Clown Revue,
present the first-ever CLOWN OLYMPICS! Watch world-class clowns compete
for “gold” and “glory.” Event highlights will
include Slapstick, Eccentric Dance, and, of course, Synchronized Kiddy
Pool Swimming. The Olympics will be followed by a Clown Cabaret featuring
festival highlights as well as a bevy of outstanding original acts.
For more, visit www.newyorkdowntownclown.com/workshops.htm.
When: Thurs, Oct 18 at 8 pm (Olympics), and 10:30 pm
(Cabaret)
Where: The Brick Theater |
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CLOWN
BAR HOP
Put
on your best clown nose, slip on those big shoes and celebrate the
2nd Annual NY Clown Theatre Festival in style! Join in the fun and
frivolity with these red-nosed pros as they spread the mirth and merriment
with a massive late night bar crawl. Watch the hipsters scatter as
this horde of clowns drink their way through Williamsburg.
When: Fri, Oct 19 at 11 pm
Where: Starting at Macri Park Bar, 462 Union Avenue (between Metropolitan
Ave. and Conselyea St.), Williamsburg |
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CLOWNS
WITHOUT BORDERS
www.clownswithoutborders.org
When: Saturday
Oct. 20th at 3:30pm
Where: The Brick |
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CLOWN
FUNERAL
All good things must come to an end, and the 2nd Annual NY Clown Theatre
Festival is no exception. The finale of this year’s festival
will be appropriately mourned by all with a Clown Funeral. Mourners
of all shapes and sizes are invited to join in the Fellini-esque procession
of clowns, widows, and stilt-walkers. The Maestrosities will provide
suitably somber clown music.
When: Sun, Oct 28 at 6:30 pm
Where: Bedford at North 7th Street (Williamsburg), processing to The
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FREE
OPENING NIGHT CABARET
hosted by Scout Master Robert, security by Officer Crabtree ,with
clean up crew Golan, Lynn and Denni Dennis . Featuring festival highlights
Bubkus, Burnt Umber, Cops, Mo-House/Humortal, Moving Target, No Place
Like Home, Zen Cabaret, and special guests Coventry & Kaluza.
Fri, Oct 5th 10:30pm
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CLOWN
CABARET
hosted by Eric Davis. Including Miss Saturn, the hilarious and revolutionary
mainstay of the NYC burlesque and vaudeville scene. The Great Grazini,
the world famous Italian impresario--with his assistant, Coccina—is
thrilled to present his ode to Music. A brilliant act where nothing
can possibly ever go wrong! Li'l Buoy Physical Theatre from Alaska,
presents an excerpt from ...Number's Up! Where headliner El Macho
Del Norte has wandered off for good, leaving his overwrought sidekick
alone. Also featuring excerpts from Bouffon Glass Menajoree, , The
Damsel's Demise, Under The Skiff and other surprise guests.
Thurs., Oct. 11th 10:30pm
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FREE
CLOWN CABARET
hosted by Deenie Nast with her Nurse Minnie accompanied by Miriam
Daley. Featuring, Clown College- Two freshman attending rival schools
meet at a station. Is Clown Tech the better school? With Bronwyn Sims
and Patrick Donnelly. Then, Svetlana Flamingo by Anne Goldman will
dazzle the audience. Also featuring excerpts from Chiche Capone, Lester
and Louis Save the World, The Maestrosties: The Coolest Band Ever,
Patatrac, Solo: A two-person show, and more. Clean up by Golan, Lynn
and Denni Dennis.
Thur., Oct 18 th 10:30pm
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CLOWN
CABARET
hosted by Mooky Cornish. Featuring, Famous! Karen walks the red carpet.
Created & performed by Sandi Carroll, directed by Jane Nichols.
JOE: THE PERFECT MAN a 60 year old man sees his one chance to fulfill
his destiny. Performed by Rachel Elie and directed by Adam Lazaarus.
MR.LOVE Get ready, Mr Love's in town! "There is nothing else
like me...." from London's wicked cabaret scene *love, peace
and wet underpants*. THE DEVIL'S BOUQUET Two friends discover a strange
bouquet that has special powers. Created and performed by Skyler Sullivan,
Josh Matthews, and W.T. Also featuring highlights from THE GLORIES
OF GLORIA REVUE , The Maestrosties: The Coolest Band Ever! TAPATE,
and more!
Thur., Oct 25th 10:30pm
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ART OF SILENT SCREEN COMEDY
(Ben Model) New York City
(2 hours)
From Spongebob to Mr. Bean to YouTube videos, visual humor is making
a comeback. Join Ben Model, noted film historian and MoMA silent
film accompanist for THE ART OF SILENT SCREEN COMEDY. Model will
show short films and clips of the great clowns of the silent screen,
and will talk about the history and origins of the timeless visual
and physical humor in film. Ben Model has been a silent film accompanist
for the Museum of Modern Art in New York for over 20 years and plays
both piano and theatre organ. In 2006 he co-curated MoMA's acclaimed
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle retrospective. Model also accompanies
silents at several museums in NYC, and this fall returned to Norway
for the second annual "Silent Film Days". Model is the
producer/accompanist for the popular NYC-based "Silent Clowns
Film Series" currently celebrating its 10th year of shows.
Model presents and accompanies silent films regularly at schools
and universities around the Northeast, helping to bring the fun
of silent films to a new generation of fans. Ben's recorded piano
and theatre organ scores can be heard on the Kino DVD releases "Edison:
The Invention of the Movies", "Reel Baseball", and
"Houdini: The Films", as well as on All Day's "American
Slapstick", Laughsmith's "Industrial Strength Keaton",
and over a dozen releases from ReelclassicDVD. His orchestral scores
for several of Chaplin’s and Keaton’s films were commissioned
by the Boise Philharmonic, whose youth symphony will premiere his
new score to "The Light on Lookout" at the Nell Shipman
festival in Boise next year.
http://www.silentfilmmusic.com
or www.silentfilmmusic.blogspot.com
Sat, Oct. 13th 1:30-3:30pm
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GRANDMA
SPEAKS: BARRY LUBIN OF BIG APPLE CIRCUS
(60
minutes) Barry Lubin has been clowning forever,
but professionally since 1974. With Ringling for 5 seasons, and
having appeared in various films, television, circuses, and theatrical
productions, as well as a number of European circuses recently,
Barry is now appearing at Lincoln Center in the 30th Anniversary
edition of the Big Apple Circus, Celebrate, his 16th season with
the Big Apple Circus. The show closes January 13, and he is jetting
that same night to Monte Carlo to perform in the International Circus
Festival of Monaco, and will be touring Germany in a theatrical
clown show in March and April. Barry was inducted into the International
Clown Hall of Fame in 2002, and still basically has no idea what
he is doing or how he has managed to fool people into hiring him
for the past 33 years. He will share his experience of working in
professional clowning in a circus ring in America versus Taiwan,
Budapest, Rome, Munich, and Monte Carlo.
Sun, Oct 21 at 9 pm
FREE
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THE
CLOWNS OF VAUDEVILLE
(Trav.
S. D.) NEW YORK
(60 minutes)
Throughout the vaudeville era right up through the middle of the
twentieth century, most of America's favorite comedians were clowns.
Trav S.D., author of NO APPLAUSE, JUST THROW MONEY: THE BOOK THAT
MADE VAUDEVILLE FAMOUS (and also performing (TRAV S.D.: A JERK IN
PROGRESS in the festival) will talk about some of the most important
of these, from once-famous but now obscure performers like Ed Wynn,
Joe Cook, Harry Langdon and Clarke & McCullough to better known
names such as Charlie Chaplin, the Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields and
Red Skelton. In a style both humorous and enlightening, he'll trace
the original rise and fall of this kind of comedy as well as its
recent resurrection, and offer some theories about why late twentieth
century audiences (and some contemporary ones) turned away from
greasepaint.
www.el.net/mountebanks/travsd.html
Sat., Oct 27th 2pm
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EVENING WITH GIOVANNI FUSETTI
ITALY
(60 minutes)
Giovanni Fusetti will discuss clown, creating work, and interacting
with the audience. He began as a student, then pedagogical assistant
and improvisation teacher at the Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris, France.
He co-founded and served as pedagogical director of KIKLOS International
School of Theatre Creation in Padua, Italy, and is now developing
the school's new form: HELIKOS. Giovanni's 20 years of pedagogical
research includes training in Theatre in Education, Augusto Boal's
Theatre of the Oppressed, Gestalt Therapy, Bioenergetics, Wutao and
Process Work. His pedagogy integrates physical theatre with different
practices of physical and emotional awareness.
Tues, Oct 23 at 8:30pm
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At The Brick Theater. All shows $12 unless otherwise noted.
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BOUFFON
GLASS MENAJOREE
(Ten Directions) NEW YORK CITY
(60 minutes)
Gentlemen callers beware: The Wingfields plume their nest with broken
glass, twisted morals, and perverted minds. Each night a new audience
member will get to play the role of Jim. Tom, Amanda, and Laura
claim no responsibility for your hurt feelings or offended sentiments.
Why would anyone do this to an American Masterpiece? Written by
the performers, Lynn Berg, Audrey Crabtree, Aimee Leigh German and
director, Eric Davis. Nominated for 4 NY Innovative Theatre Awards.
www.bouffonglassmenajoree.com
Fri., Oct. 12th 8:30pm, Sat., Oct. 13th 10:30pm
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BUBKUS
(Jesse Buck, Michael John Dubue) CANADA
(60 minutes)
Bubkus is a simple story of mythical proportions featuring monsters,
the hero and (of course) a damsel in distress. Without words, and
using only a blanket, a pillow and a toothbrush, Jesse Buck takes
the audience through a story about imagination, by transforming
himself into its many characters. Written by the performer, Jesse
Buck, and Michael John Dubue, directed by Adam Lazarus. A SHOW FOR
THE WHOLE FAMILY!
www.jessebuck.com
Sat., Oct. 6th, 3:30pm, Sun., Oct. 7th 8:30pm,
& Mon., Oct. 8th 7pm
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BURNT
UMBER
(The Combustibles) NEW YORK CITY
(60 minutes)
When global disaster strikes, two clown secretaries piece their
world together and go on working. Tami and Tamari take you to the
27th floor, where small disasters happen everyday and larger problems
loom. Burnt Umber is a wacky, dark show inspired by Beckett and
too many hours as temps. The Combustibles, a stupidly skilled Lecoq-trained
duo, provoke, inspire, and delight. Created by the performers Anne
Sorce, Liza Zapol and director Rachel Eckerlind. www.thecombustibles.com
Sun., Oct. 14th 5:30pm, Tues., Oct. 16th 7pm, Sat.,
Oct. 20th 10:30pm.
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CHICHE
CAPON’S CABARET
(Associates Les Nouveaux Gitans) FRANCE
(90 minutes)
A show for kids lost in adult clothes, or adults who've kept point
of view and sensibility of youngsters, this show presents a gallery
of characters successively fragile, possessive, jealous, authoritarian,
candid and magnanimous. In search of beauty and harmony, they're
looking for meaning to life and to time's race. Created and performed
by: Frédéric Blin , Matthieu Pillard, Richard Lo Giudice,
and Patrick de Valette.
www.leschichecapon.com
Fri., Oct. 12th 10:30pm, Sat. Oct. 13th 8:30pm,
Sun., Oct 14th 3:30pm, Tues.,
Oct 16th 10pm, Wed., Oct17th, 7pm
***FINAL SHOW PERFORMED IN FRENCH
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CIRCUS
MINIMUS-THE ONE-MAN-CIRCUS-IN-A-SUITCASE
(Circus Minimus) NEW YORK CITY
(60 minutes)
A SHOW FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! From Kevin O’Keefe’s suitcase
an entire circus emerges: tent, band, lights, the boisterous ringmaster
Steve Fitzpatrick, the officious Mervin Merkle, the incredible Bumbilini
Family, the Magician to the Stars Clyde Zerbini, and Keefer—an
innocent trying to runaway and join the circus. However, the most
important performers emerge from the audience. Each performance
becomes a dialogue between the characters and the audience—a
light-hearted collaboration. Created by performer Kevin O’Keefe
with directors Barbara Karger & Erin Maile O'Keefe. Special
pricing for kids-more info to come. Also see his workshop Circus
Yoga for Families.
www.circusminimus.com
Adult tickets $6, Ages 4-12 $4
Sat,. Oct. 13th Noon, Sun., Oct. 14th Noon
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COPS
(EFS) CATALONIA
(65 minutes)
The non-verbal/mimetic clowns of EFS bring their popular show to
premiere in the U.S. Three characters give their point of view about
police world. Law and disorder! Some shooting practices, a robbery
in a museum, an infiltration in the mafia, a surrealist interrogation...You
will enjoy a lot with this show and its gags so that you could not
stop laughing. Created and performed by Ferran Aixala ,Jaume Jove,Jordi
Huete. Directed by Caroline Dream & Alex Navarro. For more information,
visit www.davidberga.org
and cops.encarafaremsalat.com
Sat., Oct. 6th 10pm, Sun., Oct. 7th 2pm, Mon.,
Oct. 8th 8:30pm, Wed., Oct. 10th 9pm
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CLOWNIFORNIA
(The Damsels /Jeff Seal) CALIFORNIA/NEW YORK
(60 mintues)
Two California trained groups share the bill for this night of shorts.
The Damsel’s Demise features the girlie girl, in love with
her mannequin boyfriend, and the tomboy, playing war games from
her cardboard box fort, are polar opposites and yet they are all
there is to each other. They operate in a world of ferocious play:
of deep companionship and perilous betrayal. During the 30 minute
journey the audience finds themselves literally part of their world.
Created and performed by Suzanne Santos and Summer Shapiro.
A Sudden Gust of Gravity features one clown's existential journey
through quantum and theoretical physics, his obsession with gravity
and his heroic attempt to defy it by jumping off of the Earth. If
he ignores gravity, will it in turn forget about him? Probably not,
but he'll be wearing padding and knows how to take a fall.
Fri., Oct. 12th 7pm, Sat., Oct. 13th 4pm,
Sun., Oct. 14th 10pm
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DILL
& DIGER
(Vestlandske Teatersenter) NORWAY
(45 minutes)
A show for the whole family!
The show consists of a classic comedy duo - classic, except for
the refreshing fact that they’re female! - who are accompanied
by a lively musician on a washtub bass. The story begins when Dill
and Diger decide to have a picnic in the park together, but everything
that can go wrong does. It’s old and new -Vaudeville meets
Beckett meets Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. The Play was developed
in cooperation between Vestlandske Teatersenter and the New York
clown Peter Daniel Straus. The show is almost without words, and
appeals to people in all ages. Created by performers Camilla Svingen,
Margareth Hosoy with director Peter Daniel Straus. Also featuring
musician Lars Sveinung Lid.
Sat., Oct. 6th 6pm, Sun., Oct. 7th 10pm.
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GLORIES OF GLORIA REVUE
(Mooky) CANADA
(75 minutes)
Gloria’s a triple threat: she can sing, dance and turn cartwheels.
And if she doesn’t know how to do something, she’ll
fake it. Mooky, as Gloria, bumbles her way through a series of theatrical
vignettes, puppetry and video segments while her dream of being
a star becomes reality. Mooky’s credits include, lead clown
in Cirque du Soleil’s, Varekai, the Just for Laughs Comedy
Festival, and The New Pickle Circus.
Sun., Oct. 21st 3:30pm, Wed., Oct 24th 9pm, Sat., Oct. 27th 8pm,
Sun., Oct. 28th 3:30pm
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LESTER
AND LOUIS SAVE THE WORLD
(FreeWheelin’ Theatre) KENTUCKY
(50 minutes)
The end is nigh! Civilizations only hope for survival lies in the
hands of Lester and Louie, and Louie’s a chair (hence, no
hands). Blood, sweat, fist fights and Mexicans are all a part of
the plan to help Lester not only save the world, but himself. Come
to the forest, and let laughter save your soul. Created and performed
by Justin and Rachael Dobring, directed by Rachael Dobring.
Fri., Oct. 19th 8:30pm, Sat., Oct. 20th 5pm,
Sun., Oct. 21st 2pm
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MAESTROSITIES: THE COOLEST BAND EVER!
(Maestrosities) NEW YORK CITY
(70 minutes)
If no one tells these clowns how stupid they are, they will continue
to tour the world, believing that they are, indeed, "The Coolest
Band Ever!" Inspiring Resilience or Obstinate Mediocrity? You
decide. In the mean time, just try arguing that it wouldn't be pretty
cool to see Material Girl and Turning Japanese performed on tuba,
ukulele, trumpet, clarinet, accordion and spoons! Created and performed
by David Gochfeld, Glen Heroy, Roderick Kimball, Jenny Lee Mitchell,
Gina Samardge, and Andy Sapora.
www.maestrosities.com
Wed., Oct. 24th 7pm, Fri., Oct. 26th 9pm,
Sat., Oct. 27th noon, Sun., Oct 28th 5pm.
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MOVING
TARGET
(Empty Oven Theatre and The Theatre Resource Centre) CANADA
(60 minutes)
Flam St. Cyr is back and wound tighter than ever. She's in the ambivalent
process of daydreaming her life back from devastating illness, with
only the company of a 2nd hand radio. However, out of the bowels
of somewhere she pulls out the one true thing that gives her permission
to get on with it. Created by performer Erin Bouvey and director
Sue Morrison.
www.myspace.com/flamstcyr
Sat., Oct. 6th 8pm, Sun., Oct. 7th 4pm, Tues.,
Oct. 9th 7pm, Thurs., Oct. 11th 8:30pm
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PLACE LIKE HOME
(Funeeestuff Productions) FLORIDA
(80 minutes)
If actions speak louder than words, this show screams fun!”
This word-free comedy can be understood in any language. Whether
he’s changing his clothes, setting the table, or just sitting
down, you’re guaranteed to have fun. Rob Torres has a unique
way of finding absurdity in common everyday tasks. If you’re
looking for laughter, this is where you’ll find it. Created
and performed by Rob Torres, directed by Avner Eisenberg.
funeeestuff.com
Sat., Oct. 6th Noon, Sun., Oct. 7th 5:30pm,
Wed., Oct 10th 7pm
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PATATRAC
(CRASH, CRACK, BANG)
(Delikatessenduo) ITALY
(60 minutes)
After touring all over Europe Patatrac travels from Italy to make
their U.S. début! This show features a comic-musical duel
between two clown-musicians. They create innovative musical instruments,
with mime and physical comedy . The end is a love story. Created
and performed by Moreno Raspanti, Christina Glogowsky Family Friendly
Show.
www.delikatessenduo.com/
Sun., Oct. 14th 2pm, Tues., Oct. 16th 8:30pm,
Fri., Oct. 19th 10pm, Sat., Oct. 20th 2pm.
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BASTARD
(Eric Davis and Sue Morrison) NEW YORK CITY
(60 minutes)
Red Bastard is New York's King of Fools! This one-man bouffon show
stars critically acclaimed cult icon, Red Bastard as a grotesque,
yet disarmingly charming creature, whose enormous ego is matched
only be his colossal red ass. Highly interactive, Red Bastard's
performances are a dialogue with the audience where anything could
happen. Marvel as this impish ton of fun mocks the institutions
of theatre, education, American pop-culture and politics.
www.redbastard.com
Sat., Oct. 13th 7pm
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RIDICULOSITY
(The Glass Contraption) NEW YORK CITY
(60 minutes)
See Ted juggle 56 chain saws, light himself on fire, hold his breath
for twenty minutes and then turn himself inside out!? A drama, a
comedy, an epic! Entertainment for the people with singing and music,
tap dancing, loud noises, attempted feats of acrobatics, falling
in love and falling down. Hailed as "theatrical, lyrical and
poetical on the one hand and controlled chaos on the other",
The Glass Contraption takes you inside the beautifully stupid and
wildly funny world of the clown. A New York premiere, RIDICULOSITY
was chosen as one of the "Ten Best Shows of the Festival"
by the Grahamstown Herald at the 2007 National Arts Festival, South
Africa. Created by the ensemble: Katie Down, Robert Grant, Andy
Grotelueschen, Piper Harrell, Catherine Mueller, Justine Williams,
and director Virginia Scott.
www.glasscontraption.org
Fri., Oct. 19th 7pm, Sat., Oct. 20th Noon,
Sun., Oct. 21st 5pm
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SAVAGE
AMUSEMENTS
(Daredevil Chicken Club) GERMANY
(50 minutes)
A Transylvannian mail-order bride caught in Florida finds herself
having to make ends meet. Known as the Gymnastic Genie from years
ago in her home country, Svetlana Flamingo resurrects her old acts
to wow the crowd with her "physical stuntings." An accomplished
splitski-ologist performs The Rings of Despair, The Upside Down
Flamingo, Squished Bug and The Ternal Dance of Fluffy Pink. Through
her re-invention of former glories, she finds the key to freedom
from the trailer park. Created and performed by Anne Goldman.
www.svetlanashow.com
Sat., Oct. 20th 6:30pm, Sun., Oct. 21st Noon,
Tues., Oct. 23rd 7pm
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SOLO:
A TWO-PERSON SHOW
(Under the Table Theatre) NEW YORK CITY
(60 minutes)
As two brothers find themselves suddenly lost in a ridiculous puzzle
about their own lives, they become entangled in colliding worlds
of fantasy, reality, and memory! This insightful physical comedy
takes the audience on an intelligent journey of imagination and
play, through steamy jungles and bitter cold! The race is on to
figure out what may or may not have just happened as they sort through
the details of their last moments together. Created and performed
by Matt Chapman and Josh Matthews. Creative consultant Ronlin Foreman.
www.underthetabletheatre.org
Sun., Oct. 21st 8pm, Fri., Oct. 26th 10:30pm,
Sat., Oct. 27th 3:30pm
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Tápate/COVER
YOURSELF
(Pez En Raya) CATALONIA/ ANDALUSIA
(90 minutes)
This award winning show has toured all of Europe and is performing
in the USA for the first time. Cover Yourself is a tragicomedy.
Yoli, a local woman, has murdered her husband. The entire police
force are in pursuit. All airport, stations, borders and bridges
have been closed. The famous Holloway prison awaits her arrival.
She wants to prove the whole world that her crime was a simply domestic
accident, a mishap, a misunderstanding... Created and performed
by Cristina Medina & Joan Estrader. Directed by David Sant.
Thurs., Oct. 25th 7pm, Fri., Oct. 26th 7pm,
Sat., Oct. 27th 6pm
**Final show in Spanish
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S. D.: A JERK IN PROGRESS
Note: This event is cancelled.
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UNDER
THE SKIFF
(Three Times Nothing/InterAction) NEW YORK/FRANCE
(60 minutes)
As two clowns wait in the barren immigration office of a strange
country, in hopes that their Papers will be approved, they invite
the audience to follow their stream of anxious, confused consciousness
as they play out their daydreams of paperwork hurricanes, operatic
tales of epic struggle, government surveillance carnivals, and various
other fantasies of catastrophe. Taking the perilous imaginative
landscape of Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea as inspiration,
Under the Skiff is a lyrical farce told in the Lecoq School's poetic
clown style and created by an international partnership of artists
committed to exploring the absurdity and pathos of the human situation.
Created and performed by Maja Bieler and Jenny Sargent.
www.myspace.com/undertheskiff
Tues., Oct. 9th 8:30pm, Sat., Oct. 13th, 5:30pm,
Sun., Oct. 14th 7pm
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ZEN
CABARET: A CONTEMPLATIVE BURLESQUE
(Nina Rolle) COLORADO
(60 mintues)
Zen Cabaret: a contemplative burlesque is the illegal marriage of
Buddhist contemplative art and lowbrow humor. Enchanting music,
sexy clowns, homemade instruments, accordions and Absurdist Retail
Therapy come together to form a new hybrid genre: Sonic Theater.
Nina Rolle is hilariously seductive – or seductively hilarious
- as the charlatan-emcee of this traveling medicine show. Performed
by Nina Rolle,Liz Stanton, Davina Cohen, Gleason Bauer, Ashley Hughes
and Jessica Cerullo, as Zen Wrangler and Retail Therapist
Sat., Oct. 6th 2pm, Sun., Oct. 7th 7pm, Thurs.,
Oct. 11th, 7pm, Sun., Oct. 14th 8:30pm
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