"Ms. Christa has a way of making dance and theater happen without seeming to lift a finger"
- Jennifer Dunning

In anticipation of their two year-old child's fiftieth birthday, two older parents create a digital video - part time capsule, part time travel - and fill it with love and living memories, as a gift for their child to open in the future.

Award-winning choreographers and performers Gabri Christa and Niles Ford have collaborated and danced together for the last 15 years. This evening length multi-media performance incorporates moments from their past and integrates lots of new. Through dance, spoken and sung text, the performers inhabit a vivid and visceral world conjured by video artist and Obie Award winner Marilys Ernst and live accompaniment by Ted Graves of Burnt Sugar.

More about Gabri Christa: Gabri's work has been performed in spaces in New York and around the country. She is the winner of numerous awards and honors including the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and was an artist in residence at Dance Theater Workshop. he currently teaches at the School of the Staten Island Ballet.

Photo by Haim Bargig

http://www.gabrichrista.com

Best of Boroughs Festival - Staten Island

May 1- 4
Thursday at 10pm
Friday and Saturday at 7pm
Sunday at 4pm
More about the BOB Festival
(in rep with Will Calhoun)
Tickets from $20
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)

"A commanding vocalist"
- The New York Times

"Powerfully straddles jazz, cantorial and the avant-garde"
- All About Jazz

"Israeli jazz seductress"
- Rolling Stone

"Avant-garde yet surprisingly accessible"
- Global Rhythm

A ten piece song cycle composed by jazz vocalist Ayelet Rose Gottlieb spans erotic love poetry from the bible. With director Franny Silverman and video artist Renate Aller, Gottlieb creates a multi-sensory experience that starts at the moment one steps into the theatre. The show combines movement, video projections and Gottlieb's compositions. All the elements unfold the abstract narrative of the struggles of a woman in love.

About the Artist:
Ayelet Rose Gottlieb's (Composer/Vocalist) sound reveals a unique improvisational approach infused with elaborate composition, spiced up with Middle Eastern scales and adventurous texts. She currently resides in New York City and was born in 1979 in Jerusalem, Israel. After graduating from New England Conservatory in '02, Gottlieb released her first CD Internal-External which was chosen as "Best Debut of 2004" by All About Jazz. In '06 she released Mayim Rabim on John Zorn's Tzadik Records to international critical acclaim.

Musicians: Ayelet Rose Gottlieb, Michael Gottlieb, Deanna Neil, Tammy Scheffer- Vocals Michael Winograd- Clarinet, Anat Fort- Piano, Greg Heffernan-Cello, Ronen Itzik- Drums

Best of Boroughs Festival - Brooklyn

Presented in association with BRIC Arts Media Bklyn. Mayim Rabim was developed, in part, through a residency at BRIClab

Website photo by Renate Aller.
Postcard photo by Rachel Gottlieb

May 8-10
Thursday - Saturday at 8pm
More about the BOB Festival
Tickets from $20
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)

Written by up and coming Japanese playwright Yukiko Motoya, Vengeance Can Wait is a kinky comedy about love, submission, and sweet revenge by one of Japan's leading contemporary female playwrights.

Influenced by anime and manga (Japanese graphic novels and comic books), Vengeance Can Wait navigates Japanese sub-culture as it charts a different kind of love story. A couple has the perfect domestic relationship: he spends his days planning the perfect revenge, while she awaits her perfect punishment. Dark, twisted and touching, the couple come to understand the "kinks" in their relationship - and embrace them.

Directed by Jose Zayas

Co-translation by Kyoko Yoshida and Andy Bragen

Featuring Becky Yamamoto, Jennifer Lim*, Pun Bandhu*, and Paul H. Juhn*

Stage Manager/Assistant Director: Mark Karafin ; Scene Designer: Ryan Elliot Kravetz; Lighting Designer: Evan Purcell; Sound Designer: Matthew Tennie; Costume Designer: Carla Bellisio

This production is made possible through generous support from the Japan Foundation and the David Schwartz Foundation.

*Actors appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association
Web Photo by Gregory Costanzo

BOB 2008
Best of Boroughs Festival - Queens

Presented in association with Queens Theatre in the Park and The Immediate Theatre Company

U.S. Premiere
Friday, April 25 - Sunday, May 4
Tuesdays - Fridays at 8
Saturdays at 2 and 8;
Sundays at 4
More about the BOB Festival
Tickets $18, $15 (students/seniors), $10 (P.S. 122 members)

Invite PAGE 1

1 - Tom Mask by Patricia Sullivan

2 - Lori with headset - Bruce Glikas

3 - Group Shot - Dan Rhatigan

PAGE 2

1 - Lori swiping mic - by Dona Ann McAdams

2 - Tom mask - by Patricia Sullivan

3 - Group shot - Dan Rhatigan

4 - Lori (with bowtie - Rosie cropped) - unknown

5 - Group shot - Dan Rhatigan

6 - Tom as "pope" - by Paula Court

7 - Group shot - Dan Rhatigan

8 - Tom with metal hat - by Patricia Sullivan

9 - Group shot - Dan Rhatigan

10 - Lori and Jennifer ouside PS122 - Dona Ann McAdams

11 - Lori in dress - unknown

12 - Group shot - Dan Rhatigan

13 - Tom as Newt (wig) - by Patricia Sullivan

REPLY CARD

1 - Lori taking photo at camera - unknown

2 - Tom as "pope" by Paula Court

3 - Lori in bowtie with Rosie - unknown

4 - Tom mask - by Patricia Sullivan

5 - Tom metal hat - Patricia Sullivan

6 - Lori in truck cab - by Dona Ann McAdams

7 - Tom mask - by Patricia Sullivan

8 - Lori in dress - unknown

INSIDE

Panel 1 - Tom with balloons - by Patricia Sullivan

Panel 2 - Lori in truck cab by Dona Ann McAdams

3 - Group shot - Dan Rhatigan

The Euthanasist explores the nature of care giving, devotion and losing one's self in a self-imposed torture of the day to day. Through her diarized testimonial, alongside multi-channeled images, the landscape of one woman's rationale is revealed as she questions her relationship to living and others' desire to die. Told to us compellingly by the mysterious Euthanasist, this theatrical event is certain to stir and provoke.

More about Liza Lentini
Playwright Liza Lentini has been a Playwriting Fellow with the Playwrights Theater of New York (1998) and received a commission from the Alliance of Downtown New York (1998). She is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, such as The Pinter Review Prize for Drama, Trusts Playwrights' Festival, Playwrights First and the Lillian Hellman Prize for Drama. In 2007, Liza was chosen as Manhattan Repertory Theatre's Playwright in Residence. A rising voice in contemporary theatre, her quirky and startling work as been well received in the U.S. and Europe.

The Euthanasist is performed by Sabine Singh, directed by Alan Miller, set design by Adam Dugas, lighting by Diana Kesselschmidt, music by Paul Cantelon.

NY SALON rumbles with PS122: Post-show talkback with New York Salon, Saturday, June 7th.

Saturday, June 7th join New York Salon for a post-show discussion. Considering the socio-political nature of the play as well as Dr. Kevorkian's recent release, this event promises to be one you won't want to miss. This exciting partnership with Performance Space 122 offers a unique opportunity for New Yorkers to discuss some of the provocative and stimulating ideas that emerge from the theatre's cutting edge performances.

May 29 - June 15
Tuesday - Saturday at 8pm
Sunday at 6pm
Tickets from $18
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)

As part of our commitment to promoting excellence in the arts in New York City, P.S. 122 partners with esteemed arts organizations from all over the city to present B.O.B., a new and super-charged celebration that takes place at P.S. 122 while taking you on tour of the brightest local theatre, dance and performance.

Staten Island
Brooklyn
Queens
Bronx

Remember this Moment
Gabri Christa and Niles Ford
-Staten Island

In anticipation of their two year-old child's fiftieth birthday, two older parents create a digital video - part time capsule, part time travel - and fill it with love and living memories, as a gift for their child to open in the future.

May 1- 4
Thursday at 10pm
Friday and Saturday at 7pm
Sunday at 4pm
More info/Tickets

Ayelet Rose Gottlieb
Mayim Rabim / Great Waters
-Brooklyn

A ten piece song cycle composed by jazz vocalist Ayelet Rose Gottlieb spans erotic love poetry from the bible. With director Franny Silverman and video artist Renate Aller, Gottlieb creates a multi-sensory experience that starts at the moment one steps into the theatre.

May 8-10
Thursday - Saturday at 8pm
More info/tickets

Vengeance Can Wait
Yukiko Motoya
-Queens

Influenced by anime and manga (Japanese graphic novels and comic books), Vengeance Can Wait navigates Japanese sub-culture as it charts a different kind of love story. A couple has the perfect domestic relationship: he spends his days planning the perfect revenge, while she awaits her perfect punishment. Dark, twisted and touching, the couple come to understand the "kinks" in their relationship - and embrace them.

U.S. Premiere
Friday, April 25 - Sunday, May 4
Tuesdays - Fridays at 8
Saturdays at 2 and 8;
Sundays at 4
More info/tickets

Black Holes
Will Calhoun
-Bronx

Two-time Grammy Award winner Will Calhoun presents a live world music concert-multi-media event. Internationally known as the virtuosic drummer/composer of NYC's rock band Living Colour, Calhoun performs his own live electronic percussion loops, and drums and flutes, as he is joined by poet Louis Reyes Rivera, a nightly guest vocalist, and a dancer performing African dance and ballet.

May 1 - May 4
Thursday at 7pm
Friday at 10 pm
Sunday at 7 pm
(no show Saturday, May 3)
More info/tickets

ALL PERFORMANCES TAKE PLACE
AT PS122, 1ST AVE & 9TH STREET
April 25- May 10
$20, $15 Student/Senior
($10 Members)

Winner! The Stage Award for Best Ensemble at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

"The most exciting young American company I have seen up here so far this century."
- The Financial Times

"Beauty and grotesqueness in one, this is a must see."
-The List

The Shalimar's smash hit LA FEMME EST MORTE or Why I Should Not F%!# My Son returns to New York for eight performances at PS122. Using found text, live music, frenetic dance, raw meat and eight wild performers writer/director Shoshona Currier delves deep into America's celebrity obsession. A savage send-up of a country hell bent on escapism even when all around it things are falling apart. Flash photography is encouraged.

With text compiled from speeches of General George Patton, General Douglas MacArthur, Winston Churchill, interviews with Lizzie Grubman, Mary Kay Letourneau, Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears, and Gwyneth Paltrow, and works by Seneca, Georges Bataille, and Brett Easton Ellis, The Shalimar retells the timeless Phaedra myth. What happens at home when the men are away at war?

More info can be found at the Shalimar Productions Site

May 14-18,
May 21-24 all at 8:00pm
Tickets from $15
$10 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)

Date:
Thursday, May 15, 2008

Location:
The Angel Orensanz Center
172 Norfolk Street
(btw. E. Houston and Stanton St. in Manhattan)

Honorees:

• Performer Tom Murrin/Alien Comic
• Producer Lori E. Seid
• Members of P.S. 122

We celebrate and salute these stellar individuals who work at every level critical to live performance, who epitomize the vital roles played onstage: performer Tom Murrin; backstage: producer Lori E. Seid; and offstage: our members...

Our honorees this year are integral to the story of Performance Space 122, each contributing over the past quarter-century to build Performance Space 122 into a home to the most inventive and creative performance work in the country. Tom Murrin, aka Alien Comic, has worked in the space since the mid-80s, both performing his own shows and curating variety nights that introduced hundreds of new artists over the past two decades. Lori E. Seid began stage managing shows when that meant stringing clip lamps with extension cords, and went on to win Obie, Bessie, and Theatre Craft awards for her technical achievements behind the scenes. Off stage we are grateful to our members whose generosity supports a where theater can be reinvented, ideas can take flight, and new voices can be heard.

Live Performances:

• Blue Man Group
• Justin Bond
• Steve Buscemi
• David Cale
• Mimi Goese
• Lisa Kron
• David Leslie
• Rosie O'Donnell
• Johanna Went
• Plus special video performances by Antony and the Johnsons, directed by Charles Atlas
• Cyndi Lauper
• Hosted by Jonathan Ames
• Awards presentation by Johanna Went

Get a sneak peek at the items for sale at the 2008 Gala Auction

Gala Co-Chairs:
Stephen Daldry, Claire Danes, Teri Garr, and Jane Friedman invite you to salute our honorees for their tireless and inspiring work in the world of performance.

Evening Overview:

• 5:30 Cocktails & Silent Auction / 7:00 Dinner
• 8:00 Live Art Auction / 8:30 Performances and Tributes
• 10:00 Dessert / 11:30 After-Party (at Vault @ element, 225 E. Houston) )

Gala Sponsors:
Paper Magazine, Element, Kronenbourg, Newcastle, Mouton Cadet & The Centerra Wine Company.

Artist Auction Committee:
Jo Andres, , Jamie Forshaw, David Leslie, Salley May, Carlo McCormick, Nicky Paraiso, Martha Wilson and Vince Bruns

Gold Leadership Committee:
Jane Friedman Scott Rudin and John Barlow, Gaby Darbyshire, David Neubert, Michelle Kim, David Neubert,

Silver Leadership Committee
Renate and Hugh Aller, Jo Andres and Steve Buscemi, George and Peggy DiCaprio, Blue Man Group

Bronze Leadership Committee
David Binder, Glenda Hersh, Tamara Jenkins, Media Bistro, Lauren Versel, Steve Holley and Paul Glotzer, MediabistroCircus.com

Attire:
Festive

Attendance:
300

Sponsorship:

• PLATINUM $25,000: Table of 10, full-page ad in gala program, listing on invitation*
• GOLD $10,000: Table of 10, full-page ad in gala program, listing on invitation*
• SILVER $5000: Table of 8, half-page ad in gala program, listing on invitation*
• BRONZE $1000: 4 single tickets; plus listing in gala program and on invitation*

Tickets:

• INDIVIDUAL SPONSOR $500: Single ticket, listing in gala program and on invitation*
• INDIVIDUAL PATRON $250: Single ticket

Gala Tickets are Almost Gone! Get your tickets online now

R.S.V.P.: Natalie Kotin, Natalie@ps122.org, 212-477-5829, ext 307

* listing on invitation available until March 28; please note, in addition to appearing in the gala program, all sponsors will be listed on the Spring Gala web-page.

For more information about additional sponsorship and advertising opportunities, or live / silent auction donations, please contact Carleigh Welsh, Director of Marketing & Membership at carleigh@ps122.org or 212-477-5829, ext. 309.

Performance Space 122 is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization www.ps122.org

View the Invitation Photo Credit Listings

Listen to a radio piece on gala on "In the Morning with Bonnie Grice" about the PS122 Spring Gala

"Try as it may to maintain theatrical composure, [AGA] always ends up degenerating, or exploding, into an all-out party."
-flavorpill.net

P.S. 122's longest-running series (25 years) is an action-packed, eye-popping multi-disciplinary mini-festival that always culminates in a DJ dance party. The latest eruption of breakout dance, music, theatre, performance, video/film and more are presented in 8 minutes or less. The ever-popular "40-Second-Street" segment invites the audience to sign-up and present their own express performance contribution, be it prepared or made up on the spot.

Hosted by Yehuda Duenyas, Normandy Sherwood, and Jonathan Jacobs of the National Theater of the United States of America

Installation by the Love Everybody Movement with Laminated Love by Cat Celebrezze
Corridor piece by R.RABBIT
Special appearance by Guerilla Dance Team

Friday, May 9th

• Red Terror Squad
• Ryan Trecartin
• Mr Fashion (Dir. Jacob Burckhardt)
• DuPree and Friend
• Leah Meyerhoff
• Lavinia Co-op
• Fiasco

Saturday May 10th

• Martha Wilson / Barbara Bush
• M. Lamar
• Natalie Agee & Diana Y Greiner with Baby Blue
• Bradford Scobie
• Leah Meyerhoff
• The Dana Leong Band

Curated by Salley May, Tom Murrin, Henry Baumgartner, Joe E. Jeffreys and Miss Joan Marie Moossy

Lavinia Co-op photo by Ande Whyland

May 9 and 10 at 8pm
Tickets from $10