Neal Medlyn's Unpronounceable Symbol

"A QUIRKY AND APPEALING PERFORMER!"
-Charles Isherwood for the New York Times

"A performer of slinky, daring intensity!"
-Gia Kourlas for Time Out New York

"A STREAM OF CONCIOUSNESS STRIP-TEASE…LIKE JIM CARREY ON CAFFEINE, BEING ELECTROCUTED!"
-National Public Radio

The world premiere of Neal Medlyn's Unpronounceable Symbol is his fourth and largest to date pop song tragic-comedic extravaganza. Following the success of his Lionel Richie Opera, R. Kelly cabaret, and wild and bloody spin on Phil Collins, Medlyn takes on the purple, hyper-sexualized world of Prince.

Set to many of Prince's biggest hits and infamous b-sides, all performed onstage by a live band, Neal plays out an evening of seduction and intense internal spiritual conflict between two characters: an engaged cab driver and a messianic libertine. Jealousy, band troubles, violence, death, a dream ballet, decent into hell and the eventual transubstantiation of body fluids and redemption all find their place in an operatic and overblown evening of androgynous musical entertainment.

With contributions from Kenny Mellman of Kiki and Herb, choreographers Carmine Covelli and Adrienne Truscott. There will also be special surprise cameos by downtown luminaries such as Murray Hill and others!

Neal Medlyn's Unpronounceable Symbol
July 9 - 20
Wednesday - Sunday at 8:00 pm
Additional performances Saturday at 11:00 pm
Running Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Tickets from $20, $15 (students/seniors), $10 (P.S. 122 members)

Readymade Dance Theater Company
PURE

PURE, a new dance theater work by Zsolt Palcza, is an excursion into the subterranean currents of the mind.

Three female dancers move through a metaphoric world in a three-sided, 16 x 20 foot white box. Memories slide down walls, emotions twist like oranges, figments jump and hang, thoughts drop like fruit, dreams gasp like mollusks in the sand. The box is bathed in aquatic imagery, giving viewers the feeling of leaving their bodies, suspended in space or floating in water.

PURE
July 17 - 20
Thursday - Sunday at 7:30 pm
Tickets from $20, $15 (students/seniors), $10 (P.S. 122 members)

The Flying Carpet Theatre
A DAY IN DIG NATION

"DIG NATION has impressive scope and flawless execution...A multi-media vaudeville extravaganza."
-Seattle Times

Produced by Flying Carpet Theatre, A DAY IN DIG NATION follows the company's tradition of developing exciting emerging voices in the American Theater. After smash runs in Boston, Seattle, Edinburgh, and Prague, A DAY IN DIG NATION arrives at Performance Space 122 for two weeks in August. A mash-up of media, sound and live performance, this one-person adventure, performed by Michael McQuilken, features Rex, a man so consumed by technology that he forgets how to communicate with actual people.

Performed by Michael McQuilken; Written by Michael McQuilken and Tommy Smith; Directed by Adam Koplan; Animation by Gene Lange; Projections and Sound Design by Michael McQuilken

A DAY IN DIG NATION
August 13-23 with performances Wednesday through Sunday at 8:30pm and an additional performance Monday, August 18 at 8:30pm.

Tickets are $20, $15 for students and seniors, $10 members

Camp Summer Camp

Registration for CAMP SUMMER CAMP is now open. Is your roommate having loud sex constantly? Is your husband monopolizing the netflix cue? Have your parents locked up the medicine cabinet again?

This summer, give yourself a well deserved break from the adult in your life: send em' off to CAMP SUMMER CAMP, the first summer camp for adults! Located in the sultry heart of New York's East Village, Performance Space 122's CAMP SUMMER CAMP is the avant-garde- adventure-party you've been looking for. Your adult will be assigned to a downtown-performance-artist- cum-camp-counselor who will guide them through a bevy of stimulating games and possibly illegal activities inside the labyrinth of PS122's 100-year-old public school building.

Before they know it, your adult camper will be snapping photos of their hike down the "secret stairwell," winning merit badges in the playground pie fight, and chugging spiked punch like a teenager. To top off the evening your adult will socialize with other adults at the chaperoned starlight mixer featuring live local bands. Don't be surprised if your adult doesn't want to come home - but plan ahead, space for the Saturday Night Sleepover Adventure is limited!

Camp Summer Camp
August 21 - 30
Thursday - Saturday at 8:00 pm
Tickets from $20, $15 (students/seniors), $10 (P.S. 122 members)

The P.S. 122 Crumpler Western Lawn Bag

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.

Note: If you've already joined this season at this level or above, you'll soon be united with your bag.

Thank you Crumpler!
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Become A P.S. 122 Member

You can become a member of Performance Space 122 at the following levels:

Producer's Assistant ($60-124)

• 2 complimentary tickets to a P.S. 122 performance*
• Discounted member ticket per performance at P.S. 122*
• No service charges, no fee exchanges
• Dining discount at local restaurants
• Subscription to e-newsletter
• Free ticket to Red and White Holiday Party
• Invitation to 2008 Spring Gala
• A 12-month subscription to Time Out New York (a $39.95 value) or Time Out New York Kids (a $9.95 value)

Stage Manager ($125-249)
All of the above plus:
Listing in program
YOUR MEMBER DISCOUNT NOW APPLIES TO TWO TICKETS PER PERFORMANCE!*

Enjoy a P.S. 122 Crumpler Bag when you join at the following levels:

Emerging Artist ($250-499)
All of the above plus:
Reserved seating at all performances
Limited edition P.S.122 Crumpler Bag

Critic's Pick ($500-999)
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Two additional free tickets to any performance (for a total of four free tickets*)
Limited edition P.S.122 Crumpler Bag

Downtown Diva ($1000-2499)
All of the above plus:
Special Members-Only Meet-The-Artist Event

Avant-Guardian ($2500-4999)
All of the above plus:
Private Party: 10 Complimentary tickets to the performance of your choice plus private pre- or post-cocktail reception with the artists and the Artistic Director, Vallejo Gantner, hosted by P.S.122.

Artistic Leadership Circle ($5000+)
All of the above plus:
Listing in the upcoming 06-07 Season Brochures
For more information regarding the Artistic Leadership Circle and naming opportuninties please contact Anne Dennin, executive director at 212-477-5829 ext.308

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The Passion Project

"One of the most satisfying theatrical experiences I’ve had in ages" blogs
Claudia La Rocco after previewing The Passion Project. "[Reid Farrington has] a way of engaging with history and making this historical work contemporary by exploiting the very distance that exists between us and it."

THE PASSION PROJECT is an archival film experiment spun from the reels of the last great silent film, Carl Th. Dreyer’s 1928 immortal masterpiece, The Passion of Joan of Arc. With support from the Danish film Institute and The University of Copenhagen, this performance installation includes every frame Dreyer shot for the film, including reels that were lost to fire like Joan herself. The performance explodes the film into the three dimensions; placing the audience inside the film, sitting next Joan, subjecting them to her interrogators and the relentless rhythm of 30mm film projection. Creative Team: Reid Farrington, Sara Jeanne Asselin, Janet D. Clancy, Austin Guest, Stephen O’Connell, and Shelley Kay. For more information please visit reidfarrington.com

3LD Art and Technology Center
80 Greenwich Street @ Rector
1 / R / W to Rector
4/5 to Wall Street

Reserve tickets HERE
Use discount code PS122 for $5 off

June 19 - July 19
Thursday – Saturday at 8pm
(no performances July 3 - 5)

Collective:Unconscious Presents undergroundzero

The Undergroundzero Festival is a laboratory for a new model for the future of off-off Broadway where good productions can find a home and grow in a repertory setting. The festival is sponsored by the League of Independent Theater, a new organization for the off-off community that advocates for a sustainable future for the Independent Theater and its many artists. Come and join the party and see some of the best theater from the past year return to life at the Collective Unconscious!

For more information and to purchase tickets to the festival please visit
The undergroundzero festival

July 8 - August 2, 2008.

EL MAR by Noche Flamenca

After touring the globe for the last 18 years to international acclaim, the eight member troup Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca will traverse the Atlantic from their native Spain, to illuminate the romantic and cavernous Theatre 80 (80 St. Mark's Place), revealing a dark, candle lit explosion of song, dance and red hot passion. With their pure, authentic brand of flamenco, the troupe is proud to annouce the world premiere of "El Mar!" The company, led by Soledad Barrio, hailed by Alastair Macaulay of the New York Times as "one of the leading dancers of our time," and celebrated around the world as "the Baryshnikov of Flamenco," will return for their 11th season to their beloved New York.

Theatre 80 @ 80 St. Mark's Place


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Tickets are available online at www.theatremama.com/ccount/click.php?id=743 and code MAMA will register the discount.
Tickets are also available by phone at 866-811-4111.

July 9- August 14

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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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