3 Staged Readings of New Shorts by Erik Ehn: All Nouns End As Verbs One Day; Radif; & Zombie vs. Godzilla.
Led byRia T. DiLullo Featuring original music by Ben Freeman
Performed by Jesse Castellanos, Edgar Eguia, Kathy Guerrero, Haneen Arafat Murphy, John Racioppo, Patrick Robinson, Dan Scarantino, Gael Schaefer, Isabella Jane Schiller, Sam Streich, Anuj Parikh, & Ashley Kristeen Vega
Weaves myth and memory into a tribute to the legendary Ellen Stewart, fusing cast stories with the Greek tale of Atalanta to celebrate Ellen’s trailblazing spirit.
Playwright/Director: Matt Nasser Set Design/Producer: Claudia Doring Baez Music: Kat Yew, Valois Mickens, & Sheree V Campbell.
Cast: Mattie Barber-Bockelman (Atalanta); maura nguyễn donohue (Artemis); Onni Johnson (Lion Atalanta); Kat Yew (Hunter 2); Valois Mickens (Hunter 1 / Celene); Eugene the Poogene (Hylaeus); Peter Case (Rhoecus); Matt Nasser (King Iasus)
God’s Grandeur & Other Divine Mortal Creatures
Music 45 min
La MaMa’s ‘Orchestra Mythologica’ offers a collection of original songs as metaphors for a Paradise Lost Creation for a reimagined Earth, Hope. Inspired by the theatrical vision of Ellen Stewart, where universal human rituals, emotions, & stories are communicated through music, movement & spectacle.
Musicians: Michael Sirotta, Yukio Tsuji, Heather Paauwe. Guest Singer: Cary Gant
Photo credit: Abraham.Zepeda
Tuesday 10/28
OFF-SITE (150 1st Ave) 6:30pm-8:30pm Conversation
Studies Project: Borderless Artist Long Table on Censorship
Movement Research 120 min
Short presentations by advocates working to mitigate censorship in the arts. A long table discussion will offer space for artists to share experiences with censorship & enable community members to trade tools & tactics to continue making art amidst censorship. The Long Table is a style of conversation developed by NYC queer feminist performance artists Lois Weaver & Peggy Shaw.
Organized by UNDOXX
Wednesday 10/29
7:00pm-9:15pm Program G
Cause and Effect (an excerpt)
Puppetry/Dance/Music 30 min
Dance puppet experience blending rod puppets, marionettes, dance, acrobatics, & video; exploring themes linked to the natural environment, shedding light on the interconnections between humans & animals while showcasing the beauty & fragility of our shared world. Through our work, we seek to highlight the intricate relationship between the natural environment & its impact on the animal kingdom and human condition.
Created/Directed: Federico Restrepo & Denise Greber Choreography/Puppet Design: Federico Restrepo Original Music: Juan Sebastian Monsalve
Cast: Federico Restrepo, Katherine De La Cruz, Katie Leffen, Ali Molaei, & Ursula Tinoco
Zombie vs. Ophelia
Film 20 min
Zombie has found Ophelia, on the banks of the Hogsmill, right where that painting was made. You all know it. Did you know it has a vole? Don’t believe me? Go to the Tate & peek behind the frame. Or watch this film. It has several voles. Zombie falls in love with Ophelia & Ophelia is always chasing that scoundrel down. In the end love forsakes environmental oblivion even as the voles inherit the earth.
Playwright: (n) Directed, Designed, & Edited by Peter Case Performed by Yael Haskal (Ophelia/Vole); Caitlin Nugent (Zombie (Jasper)/Vole); Hattie Turner (Vole); Sheree Campbell (Vole)
FourPlay
Theatre/Poopetry/Pooetry 30 min
Four short plays exploring failure through poopetry, pooetry, & farts.
Devised by The Urinals: Frenchie Cavallo Phelps, eugene the poogene, Kiku Sakai, Jane Catherine Shaw. Jason Trucco, Maya Tsou
Thursday 10/30
Free Street Event 12:00pm
DISAPPEARANCES: Staging a Protest: What We Talk About When We Talk About Protest & R for Rebel
Theatre 26.5 hrs.
INSPIRATION (Noun): 1- the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative. 2- The drawing in of breath; inhalation.
Synonyms: A.J. Muste, a dedicated activist, protested against the Vietnam War by standing with a candle every night in front of the White House. When a reporter asked if he believed his solitary protest could change the country’s policies, government, or them, Muste replied that he wasn’t doing it to change them. Rather, he was upholding his personal integrity so that they wouldn’t change him. In her solitary protest, a 26.5 hour-long durational performance, delving into disappearances — at any moment anything could disappear — with the spirit of a rebel, Ugurlu is trying to uphold her personal integrity as well, & resisting that they could and would alter who she is.
Conceived, Directed, & Performed by Zishan Ugurlu
2:00pm-5:00pm Conversation
Stages of Change: Erik Ehn, Writing for Performance: A Workshop
Erik will lead a Collaborative, Care-ful session of writing for performance. We will write individually & eventually in groups to create short, complete scripts. Themes will emerge from what is vital for artists to be considering now.
Led byErik Ehn
7:00pm-9:15pm Program H
Cause and Effect (an excerpt)
Puppetry/Dance/Music 20 min
Dance puppet experience blending rod puppets, marionettes, dance, acrobatics, & video; exploring themes linked to the natural environment, shedding light on the interconnections between humans & animals while showcasing the beauty & fragility of our shared world. Through our work, we seek to highlight the intricate relationship between the natural environment & its impact on the animal kingdom and human condition.
Created/Directed: Federico Restrepo & Denise Greber Choreography/Puppet Design: Federico Restrepo Original Music: Juan Sebastian Monsalve
Cast: Federico Restrepo, Katherine De La Cruz, Katie Leffen, Ali Molaei, & Ursula Tinoco
Zombie vs. Ophelia
Film 20 min
Zombie has found Ophelia, on the banks of the Hogsmill, right where that painting was made. You all know it. Did you know it has a vole? Don’t believe me? Go to the Tate & peek behind the frame. Or watch this film. It has several voles. Zombie falls in love with Ophelia & Ophelia is always chasing that scoundrel down. In the end love forsakes environmental oblivion even as the voles inherit the earth.
Playwright: (n) Directed, Designed, & Edited by Peter Case Performed by Yael Haskal (Ophelia/Vole); Caitlin Nugent (Zombie (Jasper)/Vole); Hattie Turner (Vole); Sheree Campbell (Vole)
FourPlay
Theatre/Poopetry/Pooetry 30 min
Four short plays exploring failure through poopetry, pooetry, & farts.
Devised by The Urinals: Frenchie Cavallo Phelps, eugene the poogene, Kiku Sakai, Jane Catherine Shaw. Jason Trucco, Maya Tsou
Friday 10/31
7:00pm-9:15pm Program I
UnHappy Hour: Punch & Munch
Free Halloween Punch & Munch for all.
Creature Feature
Film/Spirits 30 min
Ghosts of Hell Creek: Primitive Streak, an exploration of humanity’s deep-time ancestry at the time of the apocalyptic asteroid impact & a eulogy for the last dinosaurs at a time of planetary crisis.
By Prehistoric Body Theater
In Your Head
Theatre/Music/Movement 20 min
Zombie & Godzilla walk into a karaoke bar. (Ha ha ha?) Based in mythologies of predation, In Your Head examines the undead body as a folkloric parallel to somatic trauma.
Written & Directed by: Yael Haskal
Cast: Brody Rogers, Caitlin Nugent, Yael Haskal
Return of UnHappy Hour: Monster Mash
Film/Spirits 45 min
Red Night, a slasher film set in a suburban home, where a human killer stalks five colorful monsters. Each room of the house is a different monochromatic color, & as the monsters move through the space, they change color with each room. The film draws on the cinematic traditions of Dario Argento’s Giallo films, specifically Deep Red and Suspiria. The tone is classic 70s/80s horror through & through.
By Beck + Col
Saturday 11/1
2:00pm-4:15pm Program J
`Ohi`a Lehua
Film 3 min
Short animation inspired by the native Hawaiian plant & portraying the resilience of nature.
Join us for a spirited song cycle by Sheree V Campbell—sing, move, & celebrate in community through rhythm, call-and-response, & songs of spirit.
Created by: Sheree V Campbell & Ensemble Songwriter/Composer/Director: Sheree V Campbell Projection Images: Christian Baxter, Vector Stock, Shutterstock
Cast: Christian Baxter; Sheree V Campbell; Ryan Christian; Katherine De La Cruz; Margi Sharp Douglas; Silvana Gonzalez; Katherine Mena; Valois Mickens; Christopher Sanfilippo; Nicholas Swensen; lim mui; Caitlin Nugent
Relations
Theatre 15 min
A retelling of a Navajo legend. In the traditional version, a person is kidnapped & faces death; saved not by a single savior, but through the guidance of the Holy People, belief, & inner strength. The journey concludes with the person’s return, carrying back a powerful lesson for the people. In this retelling, Desiree’s story follows a similar path: though she is rescued from danger, her greatest transformation comes through reconnecting with Diné culture & carrying its wisdom forward.
Author: Sheldon Blackhorse
4:30pm-6:00pm Conversation
Stewards of Creation: Eco-Theology Panel
Spirit and Art – compassion & responsibility in the creative life. How do artistic and spiritual languages and missions overlap? A conversation among practitioners, live & online, with q/a. Spirit is a felt-physics… a sense of how the universe functions, felt so intimately that expression eludes description, & asks for being-in-action. Art is one way of being-in-action. It is the way some of us bear forward experiences of spirit – not by translating, but by inciting more experience.
Hosted by Erik Ehn. Participants: Murielle Borst-Tarrant, Safe Harbors (NYC); Sheldon Blackhorse, Playwright, actor (New Mexico); Cynthia Cohen, Artist, Peacebuilder (North Carolina); Kim Gleason, Performer, producer (New Mexico); Christian Matson, Theatre artist, scholar, monk (Kentucky); Orlando Pabotoy, Performer, deviser (NYC); Mauricio Salgado, Theatre artist, teacher (NYC)
7:00pm-9:15pm Program K
Herd Grievance
Film/Theatre 35 min
A film meditation precedes a meeting where a few animals come to speak their minds to humans; in hopes they may come to a better understanding of them, & our collective purpose on Earth.
Filmmaker/Playwright/Director: Valois Mickens
Cast: Lim (Pigeon); Valois (Mouse); Nick (Horse); Juan Pablo (Bear); Paris (Cockroach); Lazaros Theodorakopoulos(Cheeta); maura nguyễn donohue(Wolf); eugene the poogene (Dog); Hadas Pacholder(Elephant); Chris B (Polar Bear); Buffy (Snake); Sheree (Tree)
Los que viven: Palm & Stations
Dance/Theatre 35 min
Two short dance-theater pieces about interdependence across creation & perseverance through suffering. The pieces reflect on Palm Sunday and The Stations of the Cross; employing flamenco, modern/country music, & classical Cante.
Directed by: Erik Ehn Text by: (n) Composer/Musician: Cody Ryan Choreography: Isabella Aldarete, Isabella Nuanez, & Madrone Matishak Cantaor: Vicente Griego
Join us for a spirited song cycle by Sheree V Campbell—sing, move, & celebrate in community through rhythm, call-and-response, & songs of spirit.
Created by: Sheree V Campbell & Ensemble Songwriter/Composer/Director: Sheree V Campbell Projection Images: Christian Baxter, Vector Stock, Shutterstock
Cast: Christian Baxter; Sheree V Campbell; Ryan Christian; Katherine De La Cruz; Margi Sharp Douglas; Silvana Gonzalez; Katherine Mena; Valois Mickens; Christopher Sanfilippo; Nicholas Swensen; lim mui; Caitlin Nugent
Sunday 11/2
10:30am-12:30pm Conversation
Storytellers/Walking with Creation Discussion
How storytelling convenes, sustains, & conveys communities. A conversation among practitioners, live & online, with q/a. How is telling a story like tolling a bell – a summoning, a celebration, or a mournful mark of passage? How do we re-tell stories without perpetrating appropriative extraction? How does origin love us forward, more than we capture, reduce, and sell our blessings?
Hosted by Erik Ehn. Participants: Chen Alon (Israel); Claudia Bernardi (Virginia); Catherine Filloux (NYC); Robin Hutchinson (England)
Relations
Theatre 15 min
A retelling of a Navajo legend. In the traditional version, a person is kidnapped & faces death; saved not by a single savior, but through the guidance of the Holy People, belief, & inner strength. The journey concludes with the person’s return, carrying back a powerful lesson for the people. In this retelling, Desiree’s story follows a similar path: though she is rescued from danger, her greatest transformation comes through reconnecting with Diné culture & carrying its wisdom forward.
Author: Sheldon Blackhorse
2:00pm-3:30pm Program L
Herd Grievance
Film/Theatre 35 min
A film meditation precedes a meeting where a few animals come to speak their minds to humans; in hopes they may come to a better understanding of them, & our collective purpose on Earth.
Filmmaker/Playwright/Director: Valois Mickens Cast: Lim (Pigeon); Valois (Mouse); Nick (Horse); Juan Pablo (Bear); Paris (Cockroach); Lazaros Theodorakopoulos (Cheeta); maura nguyễn donohue(Wolf); eugene the poogene (Dog); Hadas Pacholder(Elephant); Chris B (Polar Bear); Buffy (Snake); Sheree (Tree)
Los que viven: Palm & Stations
Dance/Theatre 35 min
Two short dance-theater pieces about interdependence across creation & perseverance through suffering. The pieces reflect on Palm Sunday and The Stations of the Cross; employing flamenco, modern/country music, & classical Cante.
Directed by: Erik Ehn Text by: (n) Composer/Musician: Cody Ryan Choreography: Isabella Aldarete, Isabella Nuanez, & Madrone Matishak Cantaor: Vicente Griego
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