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December 14, 2009| Performance Space 122 E-Mail Newsletter
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SPECIAL EVENT:

COIL FESTIVAL 2010:

PASSPORT NEWS:

THE PS122 PASSPORT: For yourself or as a gift...

The PS122 Passport is 5 tickets to Performance Space 122.
Perfect for the contemporary performance novice or aficionado.

  • ORDER PS122 PASSPORT for yourself or as a Gift here: www.ps122.org/passport


  • All Gift Passports must be purchased through www.ps122.org/passport or the PS122 Box Office.
    Please contact the Box Office if you have any questions about your Gift Passport order (boxoffice@ps122.org or 212-477-5288 x. 313 expect your call or email to be returned within 48 hours)


  • Your Passport Gift Recipient will be able to reserve their 5 tickets online, over the phone, or in person and can use them to see ANY show at Performance Space 122 from now until June 30, 2009.
  • Karl Giant, Elizabeth Hodur & Michael Wiener, Earl Dax, Nik Quaife, Andrew Andrew, Maedhbh McCullagh & Jonathan Jacobs, Ilan Bachrach, FLAVORPILL, CRUMPLER & HOBNOB Wines cordially invite you to



    $10 single tickets here
    OFFSITE at Mehanata (Bulgaria Bar)
    113 Ludlow (between Rivington and Delancey) New York, NY 10002

    14 companies. 12 days. Breathtaking performance.
    COIL Festival 2010. January 6 - 17.

    "How much crazy can you stand?" - Variety

    COIL is the winter festival of contemporary performance featuring the past, present, and future hits of Performance Space 122.


    Richard Maxwell/NYC Players - Ads
    60 Minutes
    Upstairs at Performance Space 122
    WORLD PREMIERE | THEATRE, VIDEO
    Co-presented with Under The Radar Festival

    [Richard Maxwell is] "One of the most innovative and essential artists to emerge from American experimental theater in the past decade." - Ben Brantley, The New York Times


    Gisèle Vienne/Jonathan Capdeville/Dennis Cooper - Jerk
    60 Minutes
    Downstairs at Performance Space 122
    NY PREMIERE | GLOVE-PUPPET THEATRE
    Co-presented with Under The Radar Festival

    FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY

    "Jerk might be unbearable for some. But in our eyes, theatre so wisely woven with reality, however violent, is wholesome." - Les Inrockuptibles, France


    Raymond Scannell & Tom Creed - Mimic
    75 Minutes
    Upstairs at Performance Space 122
    U.S. PREMIERE | CABARET THEATRE

    "A compelling constellation...vertinguous, playful and poignant" - Irish Theatre Magazine
    Best Male Performer, Dublin Fringe Festival 2009


    Rotozaza / Ant Hampton - GuruGuru
    50 minutes
    In The Classroom at PS122
    N.Y. PREMIERE | INTERACTIVE SELF-HELP INSTALLATION FOCUS GROUP

    "Hugely entertaining... This smart, mysterious exercise in programmed thinking and collective chaos is strange but exhilarating." - The Times


    Edgar Oliver - East 10th Street; Portrait with Empty House
    50 Minutes
    Downstairs at Performance Space 122
    SOLO PERFORMANCE
    Presented by Brian Barnhart, Axis Theatre and Richard Jordan Productions Ltd

    "... a judiciously austere production... sweet and sinister... (Oliver is) a living work of theater all by himself." - Ben Brantley, New York Times


    Morgan Thorson & LOW - Heaven
    70 Minutes
    Upstairs at Performance Space 122
    DANCE, LIVE MUSIC

    "Beautiful" - The New York Times


    Temporary Distortion - Americana Kamikaze
    60 minutes
    Upstairs at Performance Space 122
    CINEMA-THEATRE

    "Go to the theatre to see death performed live to really test your limits."- The New York Times


    Lisa D'Amour & Katie Pearl with Emily Johnson - Terrible Things
    60 minutes
    Downstairs at Performance Space 122
    THEATRE, DANCE

    "Next time D'Amour and Pearl bring their enchanting work to town be sure to take it in." - John Del Signore, Gothamist


    Megan V. Sprenger/mvworks - ...within us.
    60 minutes
    Downstairs at Performance Space 122
    DANCE, INSTALLATION

    "It is both striking and antiseptic. You think of office spaces, study halls, waiting rooms; the places in between the action." - Claudia LaRocco, The New York Times


    Off-Site COIL Performances

    The National Theater of the United States of America - CHAUTAUQUA!
    75 Minutes
    Co-presented with Under The Radar Festival
    Offsite* at The Public Theater
    THEATRE

    "One of the most exciting and eccentric young theater companies in town." -The New York Times


    Reid Farrington - Gin & "It"
    90 minutes
    Co-presented with Under The Radar Festival in association with 3LD Art & Technology Center
    Offsite* at 3LD Art & Technology Center
    THEATRE, VIDEO

    "What beauty there is in Mr. Farrington's work." - Claudia La Rocco, The New York Times


    LeeSaar The Company - Prima
    55 minutes
    Offsite* at the Jewish Community Center
    DANCE

    "LeeSaar's dances always require unwavering attention" - Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times


    WaxFactory - Blind.ness
    60 minutes
    Offsite* at Abrons Arts Center
    DANCE, THEATRE, VIDEO

    "You'll go wild for this" - John Del Signore, Gothamist


    Maria Hassabi- SoloShow
    60 minutes
    Offsite* at Private Studio - by appointment only
    DANCE, INSTALLATION

    "Gazing at this exquisitely designed living sculpture, you also feel your own body straining with Hassabi, and in the slow friction between these two views, mysterious emotions ignite." - Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice

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    New York, NY 10009
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