Solstice Party! World Premiere

written by Susan Soon He Stanton

featuring performances by Satomi Blair, Phoebe Dunn, Hallie Hadara, Chris Ignacio, Patrick Andrew Jones, Michael Vitaly Sazonov & Stephanie Weeks

Director: Tyler Mercer
Scenic Design: Bryce Cutler
Costume Design: Angela Harner
Lighting Design: Mary Ellen Stebbins
Associate Lighting Designer: Keithlyn B. Parkman
Sound Design & Original Music: Adrian Bridges
Projections Design: Kevan Loney
Prop Master: Brett Warkne
Stage Manager: Jamie Rose Bukowski
Assistant Stage Manager: Kailie White
Production Manager: Timothy Semon
Technical Director: Greg Brown
Fight Choreographer: Mitch McCoy
Press Rep: David Gibbs/DARR Publicity

Produced by Live Source Theatre Group

DARKFEST July 27th, at The Tank

SHOT IN THE DARK: A variety show of work all done with no lights from our grid as part of our annual summer Dark Fest!

Photo Cred: Atticus Media Productions

I Once Found Myself in an Isolation Chamber

A man finds himself in a closet that he’s paid to be locked inside of for an hour. A less than amused dominatrix sits eating Chinese food outside the closet door. The man realizes that his intense need to claim an identity only leads him into further isolation, and that none of it matters if no one knows about it anyway. Through shadow puppetry, projections, an unsettlingly familiar soundscape and distorted lenses, we witness an absurd proclamation of identity in front of a false, time sensitive audience.

The Living Stage- with Superhero Clubhouse

The Living Stage combines theatrical design, permaculture, and community engagement to create a recyclable, biodegradable, and edible performance space. The NYC version of The Living Stage will feature a lush, living stage situated amidst the urban landscape of the Lower East Side. Created and constructed by Superhero Clubhouse in partnership with community groups, this space is then inhabited by performances made for and by the community. 

Pastoral Play @ Dixon Place, July 19th

 An exploration of the erotic liberation found in pastoral literature, Pastoral Play is a pastiche comedy about queer desire and horny shepherds.

Yara Arts Group @ LaMama

From June 9 to 25, La MaMa and Yara Arts Group will present "1917-2017 Tychyna, Zhadan & the Dogs," a new theatre piece with poetry which examines what individuals do when a society crumbles.

PEN WORLD VOICES: INTERNATIONAL PLAY FESTIVAL 2017

SISTER MOK-RAHN (South Korea)
by Eunsung Kim; translated by Dayoung Jeong
Desperate to reunite with her parents, a North Korean defector decides to return to her nation’s capital, Pyongyang. All she needs is 50 million won. Thus she is forced to navigate South Korean capitalism.

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CULTUREMART 2017: Hybrid Suite No. 2: The Carmen Variations- InTandem Lab

Hybrid Suite No. 2: The Carmen Variations is a piece inspired by Bizet’s Carmen. Mixing opera, text, and performing objects, this project excavates the remains of the feminine archetype. It is the story of Elizabeth Sherman, an archeologist curating an exhibition of fiction.

Sxip's Hour of Charm @ National Sawdust, Feat. Basil Twist

Sxip’s Hour of Charm (N.S. #2) “Signals and Latency”

A night of absurdly beautiful sounds inspired by thoughts of Amelia Earhart and David Bowie.
Featuring:

A glass harmonica and glass armonica duet between Cinder Talk aka Jonny Rogers and Jake Schlaerth.

Todd Reynolds with his ever evolving digital fiddle which now includes a modular synth from the analog world

The beautiful songs and composition of Aaron Roche with string quartet.

Sxip Shirey will present a new composition “Amelia Earhart Found” whichfeatures morse code poetry snuck intopizzicato strings and the sound of his grandfather’s morse code key. This performance features Basil Twist with Stickman and the next evolution of “Latency” wtih dancer Coco Karol and violinist Rima Fand featuring a series of cell phones calling each other with speakers on to create latency loops.

https://nationalsawdust.org/event/multi-sxip-shireys-hour-of-charm/

October: Undefined Fraction by Loco7 @ Panamerican Routes Fest. in Toronto, CA

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La MaMa in association with Loco7 Dance Puppet Theatre presents

Undefined Fraction

Inspired by Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s play, Life’s a Dream

Conceived and Adapted by Federico Restrepo & Denise Greber
Directed, Choreographed and Designed by Federico Restrepo
Music Composed by Tareke Ortiz
Costume Design by Becky Hubbert

http://rutas.ca/

http://loco7.org/life-is-a-dream-or-undefined-fraction/

September: In Concert With Billy Lloyd @ Joe's Pub

Billy Lloyd returns to Joe’s Pub on September 3rd just over a year after moving to New York to live. The first of a string of shows across the globe, the show sees Lloyd at their most musically realized. With a backing choir and intricate re-workings of songs from all three EPs, this is both a thoughtful rounding up of the previous few years and a perfect introduction to their work for the unfamiliar. 

Directed and produced by Charles Quittner
Featuring: 
Heather Annbithell
Chris Ignacio
Wayne Arthur Paul

Tickets $12, all ages.

http://www.publictheater.org/en/tickets/calendar/playdetailscollection/joes-pub/2016/b/billy-lloyd/?SiteTheme=JoesPub

https://www.facebook.com/events/1819104088323965/

Theatreworks Silicon Valley, New Works Fest

THE FOUR IMMIGRANTS: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL MANGA

Book, Music, & Lyrics by Min Kahng
Based on Manga Yonin Shosei by Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama
Translated as The Four Immigrants by Frederik L. Schodt
Directed by Leslie Martinson

In a comic musical drawn from one of the first graphic novels ever created, four endearing Japanese immigrants discover turn-of-the-twentieth-century America as a world of both possibility and prejudice. Can they succeed with limited options in the land of opportunity?

8/14 @ 7:30pm • 8/18 @ 8pm • 8/20 @ 8pm

https://www.facebook.com/events/160796711016859/

Six Characters (a family album)

La MaMa in association with Skysaver Productions presents
SIX CHARACTERS (a family album)

Directed, Designed, and Adapted by Theodora Skipitares
Music Composed by Sxip Shirey and Jordan Morton

Set Design by Donald Eastman
Technical Design by Jane Catherine Shaw
Dramaturgy by Andrea Balis

Featuring: Jan Leslie Harding, Chris Ignacio, Jordan Morton,
Jane Catherine Shaw, Thomas Walker, Molly Ballerstein,
Brandon Fisette, Maiko Kikuchi, Britt Moseley, Atticus Stevenson.

and Estelle Parsons as the voice of Margaret Mead

With a nod to Pirandello, SIX CHARACTERS explores the idea of family, reality versus illusion, and displacement.  Featuring giant puppet figures,video and live music by Sxip Shirey and Jordan Morton, the evening is highlighted by guest appearances with Margaret Mead and Pirandello himself.