avant garde arama

"Orchestrated mayhem and the excitement that ensues are the only predictable variables...Try as it may to maintain theatrical composure, [AGA] always ends up degenerating, or exploding, into an all-out party." - Flavorpill

PS122's longest-running series, this multidisciplinary mini-festival features an exuberant and eclectic line-up of the wildest experimental performance shorts to be found in N.Y.C.

FRIDAY:

  • Performances by: Karen Therese & Lizzie Thomson, Joey Arias, M. Lamar, Maria Hassabi, Carmelita Tropicana and Maureen Angelos, Carol Lipnik and Spookarama
  • Band: GoonSquad
  • Video:OBSCENITY, from Sex Crimes Cabaret, By L. Gabrielle Penabaz, with special guest star Nicole Blackman
  • Installation by: Andrew Schneider
  • Party music by: DJ Scott Ewalt

SATURDAY

  • Performances by: Karen Therese + Lizzie Thomson, Jackie Hoffman, Beadz on Nude Illusion, enemyResearch, Adrienne Truscott, Reggie Watts, Andrew Schneider
  • Band: GoonSquad
  • Installation by: Andrew Schneider
  • Party music by: DJ Joro-Boro

*line up subject to change

WORLD PREMIERE

Fri, Sept 18 + Sat, Sept 19 8pm

Tickets from $20, Students/Seniors $15
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Become a Friend with Benefits at the $122 level or higher on or before Sept 18
and as ADDED BENEFITS you will receive tickets to our Season Opening Festivities:

  • 1 ticket to Avant-Garde-Arama
    Chose Fri, Sept 18 or Sat, Sept 19
  • AND a ticket to Braakland
    Presented as part of the New Island Festival on Governors Island
    Sat, Sept 19 at 4pm

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150 First Ave. at E. 9th St.
NYC 10009
Phone: 212-477-5829
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Credits

Original Design: David Mashburn and Sean Carmody
with Implementation and Consultation by: Michael Barrish and Matt Kingston
Design Refresh: Alex Reeves