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April 2020
Against the Flesh – POSTPONED
This Event Has Been Postponed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Read our full statement right here. A weekend camping trip in rural Finland turns into a whirlwind queer romance before it turns into a surreal, existential nightmare. Written by Nick Robideau Directed by Theresa Buchheister Featuring Shahryar Motia, Thomas J. Picasso*, Jennifer O’Donnell, Justin Anselmi *appearing courtesy of Actors Equity Association A little background: The first draft of Against the Flesh was written on a weeklong silent playwriting retreat led by…
Find out more »Brick Archival Streaming Series #1: Sleeping Car Porters (Title:Point)
THE BRICK THEATER IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE BRICK ARCHIVAL STREAMING SERIES LAUNCHING WITH THE YOUTUBE PREMIERE OF SLEEPING CAR PORTERS The Brick Theater proudly invites you to The Brick YouTube Channel for the video premiere of Title:Point's New York Times Critic's Pick production of Sleeping Car Porters, written by Ryan William Downey, for the launch of The Brick Archival Streaming Series. If you missed its all-too-brief run last December this is your chance to experience the tragic magic of this dark psychedelic comedy. The stream is FREE and…
Find out more »The Man Who Doesn’t Exist – POSTPONED
Fifteen years ago I desperately wanted to have a small penis. Three years ago my best friend died. This is the real story of how those two things are related, and how I realized I was trans. I hope we can come together for one night to think about death. I love you.
Find out more »Out of an Abundance of Caution: Volume Five
OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION is an avant-garde microfestival LIVE + online of quick + dirty-fascinating work responding to and from the places and people with whom we select to shelter, on a wildly inclusive + non hierarchical platform Co-Curated by: Jessica Almasy, Theresa Buchheister, Lauren Miller Technical Coordinator: Matt JJ Miller and Mike Lacey Image by: Audrey Taylor Lane Emceed by Eliza Bent as Old Timey Driver Chat opens at 7:30 and will feature videos and music and…
Find out more »Brick Archival Streaming Series #2: Red Carrots and Catches No Flies
WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE BRICK ARCHIVAL STREAMING SERIES - A LISA FAGAN DOUBLE BILL! The Brick Theater proudly invites you to The Brick YouTube Channel for the video premieres of Red Carrots and Catches No Flies on Thursday, April 23 at 8pm EST. Hop right over here - Red Carrots/Catches No Flies Filmed and Edited by Jon Burklund of Zanni Productions RED CARROTS: Red Carrots slams upon the plinth of its dance with a sledgehammer, delivering an ear-splitting…
Find out more »Out of an Abundance of Caution: Volume Six
OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION is an avant-garde microfestival LIVE + online of quick + dirty-fascinating work responding to and from the places and people with whom we select to shelter, on a wildly inclusive + non hierarchical platform Co-Curated by: Jessica Almasy, Theresa Buchheister, Lauren Miller Technical Coordinator: Matt JJ Miller and Mike Lacey Image by: Audrey Taylor Lane Emceed by Peter Mills Weiss Chat opens at 7:30pm EST and will feature videos by Cristina Pitter and Simple…
Find out more »Celebration of Resilience: Creativity and Courage! – POSTPONED
This Event Has Been Postponed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Read our full statement right here. Celebration of Resilience: Creativity and Courage! We celebrate the power and beauty of the resilience of artists and activists. -We begin with Gambian Griot Salieu Suso and Balafon player Ebrima Jassey: Salieu Suso and Ebrima Jassey are Gambian musicians and composers born into a family of Jali's, (West African storytellers, historians, and musicians) that extends back nearly 1000 years. Playing the Kora harp and…
Find out more »Experimental Music Yearbook with LCollective – POSTPONED
This Event Has Been Postponed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Read our full statement right here. The New York based group LCollective perform new and archival works from the the Experimental Music Yearbook, an online repository of contemporary works in the world of sound and music. This performance features new pieces from Magnus Granberg (Sweden) and performance / cinema artist Muyassar Kurdi (New York, NY). LCollective will also plumb the archives to showcase the breadth of methods and actions utilized…
Find out more »Brick Archival Streaming Series #3: No More Beautiful Dances and Becky’s Lament
WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF THE BRICK ARCHIVAL STREAMING SERIES – AN ANABELLA LENZU AND CJ HOLM DOUBLE BILL! The Brick Theater proudly invites you to The Brick YouTube Channel for the video premieres of Anabella Lenzu's No More Beautiful Dances and CJ Holm's Becky's Lament on Thursday, April 30 at 8pm EST. Filmed and Edited by Jon Burklund of Zanni Productions NO MORE BEAUTIFUL DANCES "No more beautiful dances” wrestles with the ideas of exploration, introspection, and reframing of a…
Find out more »May 2020
SalON!: Enter the Vortex – POSTPONED
It's Title:Point's (semi-)annual array of sights and delights. One of a kind! Kindly gather and celebrate each other. Featuring a veritable slew of your ol' favorites and a sprinkling of new faces. This has always been an economy of magic, folks -- good fortune and good fun await. We are here to fill the pockets of your mind with wealths of theater, story, image, information, knowledge, sound and nightmare. Merriam-Webster definition of "salon": a fashionable assemblage of notables (as literary…
Find out more »RARE BIRDS by Jansen and Holm – POSTPONED
RARE BIRDS a full-length duet for CJ Holm and Krista Jansen. We are the odd ducks, the queer fish. (The bird metaphor is an entry point, not a finish line.) We are competitive, carnivorous, and vulnerable--the canaries in the coal mine. We are descended from dinosaurs. Krista Jansen and CJ Holm make dances with and for each other. Follow them @jansenandholm
Find out more »Out of an Abundance of Caution: Volume Seven
OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION is an avant-garde microfestival LIVE + online of quick + dirty-fascinating work responding to and from the places and people with whom we select to shelter, on a wildly inclusive + non hierarchical platform Co-Curated by: Jessica Almasy, Theresa Buchheister, Lauren Miller Technical Coordinator: Matt JJ Miller and Mike Lacey Image by: Audrey Taylor Lane Emceed by Peter Funk and Peter Mills Weiss Chat opens at 7:30pm EST and will feature…
Find out more »In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY – POSTPONED
THE BRICK IS PROUD TO HELP HOST IN SCENA!, A YEARLY CELEBRATION OF ITALIAN ART AND ARTISTS IN NYC. In Scena! is made possible by collaboration with Kairos Italy Theater, KIT Italia and NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo. The Mission: To provide a window on contemporary Italian Theater and to build a bridge between cultures, especially between Italy and the US. A Little History: In Scena is the first Italian Theater Festival to take place in all 5 NYC boroughs. In…
Find out more »Never Let Go – POSTPONED
You’re about to be saved. In every way a person can be saved. This is An Unauthorized Retelling of James Cameron’s Titanic. Never Let Go May 6-10 & 13-16, 8PM Starring: Michael Kinnan as everyone Producer/Creator: Michael Kinnan Co-Producer/Lighting: Theresa Buchheister Sound Design: Peter Mills Weiss Original Direction: Shawn Verrier In coordination with: Ankita Mishra “An entire generation of 20-somethings first fell in love with cinema — and Leonardo DiCaprio — when Titanic landed in theaters on December 19, 1997.…
Find out more »Brick Archival Streaming Series #4: Good and Noble Beings
WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE FOURTH INSTALLMENT OF THE BRICK ARCHIVAL STREAMING SERIES - GOOD AND NOBLE BEINGS! The Brick Theater proudly invites you to The Brick YouTube Channel for the video premiere of Good and Noble Beings on Thursday, May 7 at 8pm EST. Filmed and Edited by Jon Burklund of Zanni Productions Good and Noble Beings started as an adaptation of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s seminal poststructuralist text A Thousand Plateaus, and has…
Find out more »Out of an Abundance of Caution: Volume Eight
OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION is an avant-garde microfestival LIVE + online of quick + dirty-fascinating work responding to and from the places and people with whom we select to shelter, on a wildly inclusive + non hierarchical platform Co-Curated by: Jessica Almasy, Theresa Buchheister, Lauren Miller Technical Coordinator: Matt JJ Miller and Mike Lacey Image by: Audrey Taylor Lane Emceed by Nadia Pinder Chat opens at 7:30pm EST and will feature videos by Sean Santiago…
Find out more »Brick Archival Streaming Series #5: The Blurring Test – Songs from MrMind
WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE FIFTH INSTALLMENT OF THE BRICK ARCHIVAL STREAMING SERIES – THE BLURRING TEST! The Brick Theater proudly invites you to The Brick YouTube Channel for the video premiere of The Blurring Test - Songs from MrMind on Thursday, May 14 at 8pm EST. Filmed by Jon Burklund of Zanni Productions THE BLURRING TEST - Songs From MrMind A Work-In-Progress performed January 19, 2020 @ The Brick Theater as part of Exponential Festival. Music composed…
Find out more »Out of an Abundance of Caution: Volume 9
OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION is an avant-garde microfestival LIVE + online of quick + dirty-fascinating work responding to and from the places and people with whom we select to shelter, on a wildly inclusive + non hierarchical platform Co-Curated by: Jessica Almasy, Theresa Buchheister, Lauren Miller Technical Coordinator: Matt JJ Miller and MB Image by: Audrey Taylor Lane Emceed by Gio Naraandorp Chat opens at 7:30pm EST and will feature videos by Kate Lee, Megan…
Find out more »Automatic Writing – POSTPONED
Automatic Writing Object Collection presents a staged adaptation of Robert Ashley's seminal 1979 composition May 21-23 8pm May 24 5 pm Composed by Robert Ashley Adapted by Travis Just and Kara Feely Directed and Designed by Kara Feely Fulya Peker and Travis Just (voice) Aaron Meicht (vocal processing) John Hastings (guitar) Kara Feely (actions) Paula Matthusen (programming/electronics) The Brooklyn-based performance group Object Collection, acclaimed for its invigorating blend of music and theater, presents its live, staged adaptation of Robert…
Find out more »Brick Archival Streaming Series #6: Biter (Every Time I Turn Around)
WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE SIXTH INSTALLMENT OF THE BRICK ARCHIVAL STREAMING SERIES (presents)– BITER (EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND) The Brick Theater proudly invites you to The Brick YouTube Channel for the video premiere of on Thursday, May 21 at 8pm EST. Filmed by Jon Burklund of Zanni Productions Title:Point is proud to invite you to our digital-re-re-mounting of Biter (Every Time I Turn Around), an original comedy written by Spencer Thomas Campbell and Ryan William Downey, originally staged in…
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