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November 20, 2008| Performance Space 122 E-Mail Newsletter
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November 13 - 23

Joseph Silovsky
'Jester of Tonga'
World Premiere

“Joe has shaken our walls, tumbled our tumbleweed, moved our moon and even dared to eat our chicken. There is no artist Radiohole would rather work with. We consider him our 5th hole.” – Radiohole

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At last, the man known as one of downtown's technological wizards steps out from behind the curtain and into his first full length solo theatrical production. Joe Silovsky and his robot Stanley tell the very true and complex story of Jesse Dean, the sensational modern-day Court Jester to the Royal Tongan Court. Twenty suitcases packed full with island lore spill their secrets, scandals and adventures onto the stage.

Take a sneak peek -
Watch this video






Thu, Nov 13 - Sun, Nov 23
*Post-performance talk-back with Digital Performance Institute - Thu, Nov 20
Wed - Sat 8pm
Sun 6:30pm

Tickets from $20
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)
TheaterMania

Finances, Fishing and Prisoners:

I apologize for the quality of that last one. An undercurrent in the Tonga story has become finances. I have worked it all out now (at least to make it out of Tonga and back to the states), but it has stuckin my craw and stopped me from focussing on telling the story of what has been happening. This is the crux of the financial dilemma: A couple days ago I tried to withdraw $400 Tongan. For some reason the machine didn't work, "transaction declined," so I thought maybe I entered the pin wrong, and tried again. Same result. Went to the bank branch, tried again, no dice. Went inside, asked a lady, she suggestedI do $200, and that worked. But the next time I tried to pull some money out, I noticed my balance was quite low. Today I checked my balance on line, and this first two attempts, though they didn't work on my end, worked on the other and my account was down $800 Tongan that I had never received!! I went back to the bank, and the lady said I have to contact my bank and have them contact them, then they can track down the mistake and reimburse me. That doesn't help me pay my hotel and other expenses right now. I spent a lot of time on the internet trying to suss out various options, and finally have solved thesituation so that I have enough dough to get out of Compton. So I am now able to relax and continue with the story...

To read more from Joe's blog while in Tonga please visit his website

Photo: Richard Termine

November 22 - December 7

Debate Society
'Cape Disappointment'
World Premiere

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"The Debate Society's theatrical brilliance can't be argued with." -John Del Signore, Gothamist

The Debate Society's 4th full-length play transforms the upstairs space at P.S. 122 into their own version of a Drive-In theater to present an intimate and absurd perspective of classic Americana. The Brooklyn based play-makers invite audiences to experience the Feature Presentation from the comfort of their own private 4-seater, equipped with a cooler, speaker box, and a close-up view of the action. Like an evening at the Drive-In, Cape Disappointment starts with a "cartoon" and proceeds to the feature: a road-trip epic populated by characters racing across the crumbling landscapes of bygone hey-days. There's even an intermission tossed in just long enough to grab some popcorn.

The Debate Society is a Brooklyn based company that creates new plays through the collaboration of Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, and Oliver Butler. Joining co-writers Bos (Gothamist Best Actress of 2007) and Thureen (Hostage Song) onstage is actor Michael Cyril Creighton (The Vietnamization of New Jersey) and acclaimed NY actress, Drama Desk and two-time Obie Award winner and Emmy nominee Pamela Payton-Wright, who is also the mother of Cape Disappointment director Oliver Butler.


Take a sneak peek - watch this video

Sun, Nov 22 - Sun, Dec 7
*POST SHOW PARTY* Sun, Nov 23
Mon - Sat at 8:00pm
Sun at 6:00pm
No shows: Wed, Nov 26 / Thu, Nov 27 / Mon, Dec 1
Additional Shows: Sat, Dec 6 10:30pm

Tickets from $18
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)

TheaterMania

Photo: Ian Savage

November 30 - December 14

Lewis Forever
'LEWIS FOREVER: Freak the Room'
World Premiere

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LEWIS FOREVER is three sisters and a brother, a director, two dancers and a musician; a family living half in New York and half in Berlin, half Dominican and half Jewish American, a performance collective and a bloodline. What happens when we freak the fiction of cultural and familial identification? There is play and fantasy. There is sex and violence. There is an impostor. Words seem to come out almost right. Reactions test their relationships to actions and everything appears as more than it seems. LEWIS FOREVER's home lies between continents, identities and meanings ­ Performance Space 122 is their living room, and they will freak it.

Curious? Check out this sweet video
or tune in at myspace.com/thelewisforever




Sun, Nov 30 - Sun, Dec 14
*POST SHOW PARTY* Wed, Dec 3
Wed-Sat at 8:30pm
Sun at 6:30pm

Tickets from $20
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)

TheaterMania

Photo: Marc Tiedemann

December 11 - 14

Edit Kaldor
'Point Blank'
World Premiere

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"The purpose of life explored through the lens of a camera... One hell of a performance!"
- Le Soir, Belgium

The definitive spy-ware performance, ‘Point Blank’ is a voyeur's paradise. For years Edit Kaldor has been observing, taking 'spy-photos', and capturing people’s private moments.
19 year-old Nada joins the audience in performing an imagery autopsy - uncovering implications and patterns. Become witness to the wide range of and, at times, excessive human behavior.

Edit Kaldor was born in Budapest. At the age of 13 she immigrated with her mother to the United States, where she lived for ten years. After receiving her degree in English and Theater at Barnard College (New York) and University College (London), she worked for 6 years with Peter Halasz (Squat theater/Love theater, New York), collaborating on numerous theater performances and filmscripts. She then enrolledat DasArts (the postgraduate performing arts center in Amsterdam), where she started making her own theatre pieces, which soon received international acclaim.




Thu, Dec 11 - Sun, Dec 14
Thu-Sat at 8pm
Sun at 6pm

Tickets from $20
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)

TheaterMania

Photo: Lieven de Laet

December 17 - 22
ONLY 4 PERFORMANCES

Meow Meow
'Meow to the World!'
O come, we'll let you adore her.

Josh Wood, David Binder, and Performance Space 122 present MEOW MEOW

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Named one of the Best Cabaret acts of 2007, Meow Meow "Leaves audiences dangling helplessly at her feet"
- Time Out New York

'A voice of the utmost clarity, purity and agility'
- Sydney Morning Herald

Meow Meow "lets loose AN EXPLOSIVE PERFORMANCE ENERGY... [her] physical and vocal performance is acrobatic and virtuostic"
-Tages-Anzeiger (Zurich)

After wowing audiences around the world, and selling out Speigelworld, The Sydney Opera House, The Glamour Room Shanghai, and Joes Pub Meow Meow decks the halls of The Highline Ballroom with the world premiere of Meow to the World!.


4 NIGHTS ONLY

WED, DEC 17 @ 8 TICKETS
SAT, DEC 20 @ 8 TICKETS
SUN, DEC 21 @ 8 TICKETS
MON, DEC 22 @ 8 TICKETS

Psssst! Exclusive Newsletter Offer***
USE CODE PSST to enjoy $20 tickets (Reg. $30)
$15 for P.S. 122 members


All performances to be held at
HIGHLINE BALLROOM
431 W. 16th St
New York, NY 10011

From the psychotic to cool to kitsch cabaret, multimedia performance art and virtuosic contemporary opera, Meow-Meow performs solo and with companies including Opera Factory (London), Elision Ensemble (Australia), Robyn Orlin (South Africa/Berlin), John Jesurun and Mikel Rouse (NYC), in venues as diverse as NY's Lincoln Center Berlin's Philharmonic, the Hebbel Theater, B-Dungeon, Sydney's Opera House, Theater Spektakel Zürich, Joe's Pub NY, Tokyo's Saitama Theatre, The Glamour Room Shanghai, the Dublin Spiegeltent and numerous international arts festivals.

*discount offer and member discounts are subject to limited availability; may not be combined with other offers or applied to previous sales; codes and discounts will be discontinued DEC 2. So book now - Tickets at the door are $30. Member comps are not available for these special offsite concerts.

Read the Recent Previews and Reviews:

The Debate Society - Cape Disappointment

Joe Silovsky - Jester of Tonga Goat Island - The Lastmaker Yanira Castro - Dark Horse/Black Forest Performance Space 122's Fall Season

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For Emerging Artist's and above... the latest, coolest, head-turning perk at P.S. 122. It's handy and it's not for sale (like us) and it's for members only.

If you haven't joined already, now's the time - join as an Emerging Artist or above and claim your very own limited edition P.S. 122 Western Lawn Bag by the devilish minds at Crumpler. Form meets function and fashion meets performance.

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Weekend Getaway to the Berkshires

MASS MoCA, Porches Inn, and Metro North have partnered to help you spend a car free and carefree weekend visiting this contemporary art museum in North Adams on three weekends in December: 5-7, 12-14 and 19-21.

The package includes:
Two nights at Porches Inn with breakfast both mornings
Round trip train fare on Metro North from Grand Central Station in NYC to Wassaic leaving on Friday afternoon and returning Sunday afternoon
Round trip van transport from Wassaic to North Adams
AND admission to the MASS MoCA galleries.

For more details and to book visit Porches website and click on Lodging Packages and Getaway Deals.
Space is limited. Call Porches today to make sure you get your first choice of weekends. You could even catch a show or attend the Simon Starling opening at MASS MoCA! (additional charge may apply).

China: A New Hope or Threat to the World

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The Flea Theater presents new work by Thomas Bradshaw

“Best Provocative Playwright”
(Village Voice)

“One of the top 10 playwrights to watch” (Time Out New York )

Catch the next World Premiere from the author of Southern Promises, recently seen to acclaim at Performance Space 122! Thomas Bradshaw's DAWN is another thrilling shocker from the writer who brought downtown audiences Purity, Strom Thurmond is not a Racist, and Cleansed. The New York Times said Bradshaw’s plays are “likely to leave you speechless!”

The Flea Theater
41 White Street (b/w Church and Broadway, in Tribeca)

NOV 9 – DEC 6

*Special Offer for friends of Performance Space 122* Get $15 tickets for performances Nov 10 – 22
Use code PS15 and pay just $15 (reg. $18)

For show details and tickets, VISIT www.theflea.org or CALL 212-352-3101

837 VENICE BLVD
directed and choreographed by FAYE DRISCOLL

"Ms. Driscoll's rigorous exploration ... feels startlingly original in its peculiar configuration of slapstick and darkness."
- New York Times

A show about blaming the world for your problems

Nov 13-22
7:30 pm
$20

HERE Arts Center
145 6th Ave
enter on Dominick between Spring and Broome

*Special PS122 Discount use code PS3 for $3 Off
* For tickets: click here or call 212.352.3101

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139 1st Ave. between 8th and 9th streets

Flash them a PS 122 program, ticket stub, or membership card and enjoy a 10% discount*

Perfect for dinner before or after a show!
Caffe Emilia is "highly recommended" - New York Magazine

Open daily 8am to midnight
Cash Only
212-388-1234

*valid now through December 31st/does not apply to tax and tip

10% OFF AT KALEIDOSCOPE Restaurant

212 East 10th Street
between 1st and 2nd Avenue

Enjoy intimate Pan-Asian Cuisine just around the corner before or after a show... Present your valid member card for 10% off your bill (does not apply to tax or gratuities).

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