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December 10, 2008| Performance Space 122 E-Mail Newsletter
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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
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 enrolled at 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

MEOW TO THE WORLD!
Presented by David Binder, Josh Wood and Performance Space 122

Starring MEOW MEOW
with special guest LANCE HORNE

O come and adore her
and stick around on Wednesday, Dec 17 for P.S. 122's annual Red and White Party
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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)

Internationally acclaimed, award-winning, audience-surfing, bustier-clad and uber-bendy singing sensation MEOW MEOW decks the halls of the Highline Ballroom with her special and sizzling brand of holiday cheer-otica. Fresh from sold out engagements in Berlin, Shanghai, and Sydney, and teamed with dreamy musical director Lance Horne, Meow Meow concocts all manner of untraditional holiday delights. Meow to the World! puts the X back in X-mas and is sure make you purr.


4 NIGHTS ONLY
Doors open at 6 with DJ RICH KING (of the long-running Snaxx Parties)
heating up the room every night with his dulcet grooves

WED, DEC 17 @ 8 TICKETS
Ticket for Wednesday, Dec 17 includes Red and White Holiday Party
SAT, DEC 20 @ 8 TICKETS
SUN, DEC 21 @ 8 TICKETS
MON, DEC 22 @ 8 TICKETS

General Admission Seated Show / recommended 18+; must be 21+ to drink / First come, first seated / Full bar and dinner menu available.

Psssst! Exclusive Newsletter Offer***
USE CODE PSST to enjoy $20 tickets (Reg. $30 at the door)
Enter code online or by phone at 212-414-5994

For P.S. 122 members, there are a limited number of $15 tickets available -
must email membership@ps122.org for reservations

All performances to be held at
HIGHLINE BALLROOM
431 W. 16th St (between 9th and 10th Ave)
New York, NY 10011


Downtown’s definitive holiday throwdown packs new punches...

DJ Rich King (of SNAXX, Special SNAXX, and Summer SNAXX parties) is on deck from 9,30 PM ‘til who knows when...
John Cameron Mitchell (who directed Meow Meow in her last sold-out show at The Highline) is slated to do some spontaneous spinning and a late night carol or two with Meow Meow...

So wear your dancing shoes and drinking helmets, and let’s ring in the Holiday Season in true Performance Space 122 style.

Can't come to 'Meow to the World!'' on the 17th but still want to party with us?
Pay $10 at the door starting at 9:30pm
(remember to bring I.D. to access bar!)

And for our Members:
The Red and White is always free for you…

Reserve your 'Meow to the World!' tickets for only $15 and stay for the party afterwards, or come to the show another night, and join us at 9:30pm on Wednesday for FREE
RSVP for the Meow to the World! + Party or Party Only by emailing membership@ps122.org

*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 at any time. So book now - Tickets at the door are $30. Member comps are not available for these special offsite concerts.

Photo by: Harmony Nicholas

Yanira Castro + Company
Dark Horse/Black Forest

"Castro's upcoming duet takes voyeurism to a precipice... it doesn't happen on a stage but in a bathroom like yours."
-Lori Ortiz

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"As much an installation artist as a choreographer, [Castro] creates intricate environments in which lighting, costumes and set share equal weight with steps."
- Gia Kourlas, The New York Times

Dark Horse/Black Forest expands exploration of audience environments: how an observer and performer connect and how space influences how we participate in a performance. The performers and audience inhabit the space together. Yanira Casto + Company present their intensely performed love story in the most intimate of spaces: your bathroom.

These privately booked performances are made available exclusively through Performance Space 122 and for a limited time only. Please email darkhorse@ps122.org for reservations and more information.

Starting Tuesday, December 2 you can follow Dark Horse/Black Forest on Twitter. It's easy, here's how:

    1. Twitter is a free service and is easy to join. Go to Twitter.com and sign up.
    2. Click on each of the following two links, and from their profile pages click the "follow" button:
    twitter.com/doghebitme
    twitter.com/darkbloom8
You will now be able to follow their conversations from your home page on Twitter.

To be even more immersed: receive tweets on the go and instantaneously by connecting your cell phone to Twitter. (Twitter doesn't charge anything for this, but be sure to know what your text plan looks like with your wireless carrier.)
    1. Go to Settings. Go to Devices. Add your cell phone number.
    2. You will be given a number to text to activate your phone.3. Then go to Profile. Click on "following" above Updates. Turn the device updates on for doghebitedme and darkbloom8.

Photo courtesy of Yanira Castro

Read the Recent Previews and Reviews:

Meow Meow - Meow to the World! with Special Guest Lance Horne

Lewis Forever - LEWIS FOREVER: Freak the Room The Debate Society - Cape Disappointment Yanira Castro - Dark Horse/Black Forest Performance Space 122's Fall Season

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*Member comps and discounts are subject to limited availability per performance and blackout dates may apply; may not be combined with other offers nor applied to pre-existing sales, and may not be applied to fundraising events.

The P.S. 122 Crumpler Western Lawn Bag

P.S. 122 Crumpler Bag Members Only

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.

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Thank you Crumpler!
We love them - they're crazy - no really, they're crazy.
Visit their site and visit them in NYC and elsewhere:
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Save the Music

GET WASTED FOR A GOOD CAUSE!

The World Music Institute invades DROM (85 Avenue A) for its annual benefit bash:
The venue is amazing, the lineup is stellar and the caipirinhas are the best!

Novice Theory

with special guest Aria Orion

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Multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Novice Theory (aka Geo Wyeth) in concert as the fifth and final installment of "FIVE for FIVE: Celebrating TEN," a series of shows celebrating Earl Dax's five-year mark as an independent curator and producer in conjunction with the 10-Year Anniversary of Joe's Pub. Most recently Novice Theory was a featured guest performer in Justin Bond's "Lustre" which played for 20 performances at Soho Theatre in London. While he was across the pond, he appeared on "Later with Jools Holland," Britain's premiere live music television program, an episode also featuring live performances by Grace Jones, Razor Lite and Akon.

Novice Theory returns to Joe's Pub after performing a sold-out debut New York solo concert at the Pub in April, 2008. For his sophomore outing, he will perform excerpts from a forthcoming song cycle called "At the End We Listen" which is loosely based on the myth of Icarus and Daedulus. The program begins with a short set by the Aria Orion, a prog folk band fronted by Jules Gimbrone.

Wednesday, December 10
9:30p at Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003

Tickets $12 http://tickets.publictheater.org

TOM MURRIN (a.k.a. ALIEN COMIC)

Tom Murrin is developing a new work called THE TALKING SHOW with director Lucy Sexton

No props, no masks, no costumes - just words.

Please come and give us your feedback.

Final showing Sunday Dec. 14 at 2 P.M.
Tickets $10
($5 if you've come to a previous showing)

BOWERY POETRY CLUB
308 Bowery (Between Bleecker and Houston)
New York, NY 10012
(212) 614 – 0505
www.thealiencomic.com

10% off at Caffe Emilia

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).

Members Only

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