September 2008
Thomas Bradshaw Southern Promises
"Real satire is on the loose."- Margo Jefferson, New York Times [Prophet]
When the master of the plantation dies, he wills his slaves to be freed, but his wife doesn't believe that good property should be squandered.
Sept 7-27
Wed-Sat 8:30pm
Sun+Mon 7pm
No performance Mon, Sept 15
or Wed, Sept 24
Tickets from $18
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)
Reid Farrington The Passion Project
"Magical, and sinister, and strange- One of the most satisfying theatrical experiences I've had in ages" - Claudia La Rocco
Carl Th. Dreyer's 1928 immortal masterpiece is exploded into three dimensions. With multiple projection surfaces and one single actor, Farrington explores the intersection of live performance and film giving us a complete look at the outtakes and reels that were lost to fire, like Joan of Arc herself.
Sept 10-20
Wed-Sun 7:30pm
Tue, Sept 16 7:30pm
Additional Shows:
Fri, Sept 12 and Sat, Sept 13 9pm
and Thu, Sept 18 and Fri, Sept 19 9pm
Tickets from $20
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)
Verdensteatret Louder
"Form and substance are in perfect symmetry" - Terese Bjoerneboe, Klassekampen
Louder is a storytelling orchestra that hangs by a rusty wire and narrates a multitude of tales. In the midst of this throng, we find a heart of darkness- a long, black barge on the open sea, radiating coldness and stories.
Sept 25-28
Thu-Sat 8pm
Sun 6pm
Tickets from $25
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)
Yanira Castro + Company Dark Horse/Black Forest
Yanira Castro + Company's newest work is an intensely performed love story presented in the most intimate of spaces: your bathroom. With no theatrical divisions -- the performers' emotional interactions are palpable and evolve right next to you throughout the performance. This boutique event is brought to you exclusively through P.S. 122.
To reserve your own private performance please email darkhorse@ps122.org
October 2008
Rachid Ourandame, Pascal Rambert, Kate Moran Diptyque I
Gender, presence and the idea of the performer are all thrown into confusion in this dizzy two-bodied free fall. In one evening come see two solos. Both engage in fascinating ways with identity, one in blinding whiteness, the other in blinding blackness.
Oct 3-4
Standing Boy: Fri and Sat 7:30pm
With My Own Hands: Fri and Sat 9:00pm
Tickets from $35
(Buy the two-show package here)
$20 (Both shows, PS122 members and FIAF members)
$25 (Single show)
$15 (Single show, students/seniors)
$10 (Single Show, PS122 members)
Amy Caron Wave of Mu
"Just when you thought science geeks and art snobs had nothing in common, along comes
Waves of Mu." -Anchorage Daily News
Experience why the discovery of mirror neurons is the most important story of this decade. Take an unexpected journey with Caron along the brain/behavior interface that is sure to provoke and mesmerize.
Free Gallery Opening Thu, Oct 9
Oct 10-19
Tue-Sat 7:30pm
Sun 5:30pm
Tickets from $20
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)
WaxFactory BLIND.NESS
"Mesmerizing theatre for the 21st century" - Flavorpill
Ride across the dark and ultimately humorous underbelly of love. Part installation, part dance-theatre, this stellar female cast will surely break, mend, and break your heart.
Oct 12-Nov 1
Tue-Sat 8pm
Sun 6pm
Tickets from $20
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)
Jo Strømgren Kompani The Society
"The Jo Strømgren Kompani has never appeared in New York City. It is time it came."
-Jennifer Dunning, New York Times
As a Society of sworn coffee drinkers gathers for their daily ritual the harmony is broken by a horrific incident: the discovery of a used tea bag. The main object on stage is a coffee machine; the isolated conflict between drinkers of coffee and tea in a micro-world is open for interpretation.
Oct 15-19
Wed-Sat 8:30pm
Sun 6:30pm
At the Abrons Arts Center located at 466 Grand St.
Tickets from $25
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)
Sara Juli Death
"A light of the downtown dance and theatre scene" -The New Yorker
Death is scary, awkward, and inevitable- and we have no choice but to face our ultimate fate. Using movement, text, song, gesture, and audience interaction, Juli asks us to address the one thing we all can't escape. Changing the subject is not an option.
Oct 24-Nov 2
Wed-Sun 8:30pm
Tickets from $20
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)
Rob Roth and Theo Kogan Screen Test
Created at P.S. 122 in 2006 by Rob Roth with Theo Kogan and her band "Theo and the Skyscrapers," Screen Test mashes live theatre rock concert, romantic imagery and apocalyptic paranoia with the gritty sensibility of the underground.
Oct 30 - Nov 2
$20($10 Members)
Yanira Castro + Company Dark Horse/Black Forest
Yanira Castro + Company's newest work is an intensely performed love story presented in the most intimate of spaces: your bathroom. With no theatrical divisions -- the performers' emotional interactions are palpable and evolve right next to you throughout the performance. This boutique event is brought to you exclusively through P.S. 122.
To reserve your own private performance please email darkhorse@ps122.org
November 2008
WaxFactory BLIND.NESS
"Mesmerizing theatre for the 21st century" - Flavorpill
Ride across the dark and ultimately humorous underbelly of love. Part installation, part dance-theatre, this stellar female cast will surely break, mend, and break your heart.
Oct 12-Nov 1
Tue-Sat 8pm
Sun 6pm
Tickets from $20
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)
Sara Juli Death
"A light of the downtown dance and theatre scene" -The New Yorker
Death is scary, awkward, and inevitable- and we have no choice but to face our ultimate fate. Using movement, text, song, gesture, and audience interaction, Juli asks us to address the one thing we all can't escape. Changing the subject is not an option.
Oct 24-Nov 2
Wed-Sun 8:30pm
Tickets from $20
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)
Rob Roth and Theo Kogan Screen Test
Created at P.S. 122 in 2006 by Rob Roth with Theo Kogan and her band "Theo and the Skyscrapers," Screen Test mashes live theatre rock concert, romantic imagery and apocalyptic paranoia with the gritty sensibility of the underground.
Oct 30 - Nov 2
$20($10 Members)
Goat Island The Lastmaker
"A haunting meditation about change, finality, footprints and moving on." - The Herald, Glasgow
How do places hold layers of different identities over time? In their signature style of physically demanding choreography, Goat Island examines how to say "goodbye" in their new and final performance.
Nov 6-16
Thu-Sun 7:30pm
Tickets from $25
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)
Joseph Silovsky Jester of Tonga
At last, the man known as one of downtown's technological wizards steps out from behind the curtain. Silovsky and his robot Stanley tell the very true and complex story of Jesse Bogdonoff, the sensational modern-day Court Jester to the Tongan Royal Court. Twenty suitcases packed full with island lore spill their secrets, scandals and adventures onto the stage.
Nov 13-23
Wed-Sat 8pm
Sun 6:30pm
Tickets from $20
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)
Yanira Castro + Company Dark Horse/Black Forest
Yanira Castro + Company's newest work is an intensely performed love story presented in the most intimate of spaces: your bathroom. With no theatrical divisions -- the performers' emotional interactions are palpable and evolve right next to you throughout the performance. This boutique event is brought to you exclusively through P.S. 122.
To reserve your own private performance please email darkhorse@ps122.org
