Performance Space 122′s contemporary performance festival, COIL, returns in an expanded edition for its seventh year. Spanning 25 days and taking place at multiple venues across New York City, this …

Created & directed David Levine Environment & clothes Marsha Ginsberg Text Jason Grote Produced Maria Luisa Gambale Production Manager Chris Batstone Assistant Directors David Conison & Kristin Meyer Dedicated to …

“In previous episodes of this annual event, we’ve seen Dynasty Handbag, failed to see Praxis’s invisible tea, wounds, and substances (legal and illicit), we’ve had our portraits taken by Mark …

Carmelita Tropicana & Ela Troyano (NYC) Post Plastica “Carmelita Tropicana lights up New York’s performance venues with colorful, hilarious, and brain-twisting narratives.” -Time Out New York Featuring Becca Blackwell, Erin …

Pavel Zuštiak + Palissimo Company (NYC)The Painted Bird (Part III): Strange Cargo “A vivid, often anguished, imagination shines through in [Zuštiak's] work…”- The New Yorker In this capstone of the …

Honorary chairs Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jo Andres & Steve Buscemi, John Leguizamo, Yvonne Rainer, Gala chair East Village Community Coalition, and the PS122 Board of Directors invite you to The 2012 …

Conceived and directed by Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad Composer Zeena Parkins Set Design Emmett Ramstad and Olive Bieringa Costume Design Emmett Ramstad Light Design Heidi Eckwall Performers Emily Johnson, …

Temporary Distortion (NY)Newyorkland (NY Premiere) “Theater-artist Kenneth Collins and filmmaker William Cusick—just keep elevating their game.” – Time Out New York “Seamless and gorgeous… a dreamy, poetic, abstracted and sometimes …

Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company (NY)UNTITLED FEMINIST SHOW (NY Premiere) A “brief, joyous, mute extravaganza of dance, mime, and movement” – New York Magazine “Does [she] hold nothing sacred? Rather …

Michael Kliën with Steve Valk (Ireland) Choreography for Blackboards (US Premiere) “Choreography is not to constrain movement into a set pattern, it is to provide a cradle for movement to …

the TEAM (NY) Mission Drift (US Premiere) “The liveliest lesson on desire, destruction, and economics that you’ll see in many a year.” – The Village Voice “What a blast. Economics …

Waking Things by Melika Bass “Characters announced in exquisite typeface. . . scurry along paths, dart through doorways and sleep upright. Bass mystifies the work of these plain folk with …

Mariano Pensotti (Argentina) El pasado es un animal grotesco (The past is a grotesque animal) (US Premiere) “Pensotti has a fine facility with irony, with the fine balance between comedy …

Davis Freeman (Belgium) Too shy to stare (US Premiere) “The most intimate and liberating performance experience I have ever encountered.” – Rachel Zeharin, Live Art Development Agency “Starts there where …

Rabih Mroué (Lebanon)Looking for a Missing Employee (US Premiere) & The Pixelated Revolution (World Premiere) “Mr. Mroué belongs to a tight-knit generation of artists, writers and filmmakers that has put …

Every House Has a Door Let us think of these things always. Let us speak of them never. Time Out Chicago praised the show for “..the meticulous way that the …

The Red & White PartyPresented by Performance Space 122 & SPiN New York and hosted by Bobby Hernreich Downtown’s definitive holiday bash turns 7 this year at SPiN New York …

David Levine (NY, Berlin) ANGER AT THE MOVIES (World Premiere) “Enraging, engaging.. Levine [is] a savvy rascal who makes theater pieces that bleed into Conceptual art” – Time Out A …

11 Days. 17 Companies. Theatre. Dance. Live art and beyond. “How much crazy can you stand?” – Variety Performance Space 122′s 6th annual winter festival of contemporary performance features the …

Michel Groisman – Showcase “I first saw Michel at the 2002 Intransit Festival in Berlin and was completely transfixed by his pure, inquisitive, and intimate performative games and am honored …

The 2011-12 Season Launch Party Atop the Gawker Media Roof Hosted by PS122 Board Member Gaby Darbyshire Curated with and featuring work by PRAXIS – the collaborative art team of …

Cuqui Jerez – The Rehearsal In this highly original and intriguing US Premiere, Spanish choreographer Cuqui Jerez employs the simple process of the rehearsal, an integral component of traditional theater …

Old School BenefitTo begin and end the world as we know it… A veritable who’s who of NYC performance promises to be on parade for 4 action-packed nights in the …

Avant-Garde-AramaWrecking Ball Performance Space 122′s longest running series kicks it up a few notches for this demolition derby of theatre, dance, music, and video installation as part of the 30th …

All Day Dance Class Your don’t have to be a dancer to dance the day away with Performance Space 122! 4 back to back classes with Yvonne Meier, Yoshiko Chuma, …

The 30th Anniversary Season RetroFutureSpective FestivalTo begin and end the world as we know it… Performance Space 122′s 30th Anniversary Season RetroFutureSpective Festival will include interactive events, nostalgic experiences and …

The UK Comes to the EV With support from the British Council, Performance Space 122 brings 3 companies across the pond for a taste of the UK’s hottest contemporary performance …

Performances by Tim Miller, Kamelle Mills, Brigham Mosley & Katie O Performance Space 122 with support from the National Performance Network Community Fund created a seven month mentorship for three …

Heather Kravas The Green Surround Heather Kravas upends the effortful, immodest, non-sequential physicality of 9 women and the practice of perfection. Through repetition and the endless rhythmic possibilities of classical …

Festival of Ideas For A New City Rhythm and Repetition: Reconfiguring Performance Practice Across Genres May 7, 4pm A Conversation with Reggie Watts and Heather Kravas as part of Festival …

Gala Chairs Jane Friedman and East Village Community Coalition join Honorary Chairs Mark Russell, Eric Bogosian, and John Leguizamo as well as the Board of Directors of Performance Space 122 …

The Escape Artist John Kelly 2010 Ethyl Eichelberger Award Winner “You realize what you’re watching isn’t so much an artist inventing himself as inevitably discovering the true self within.” -The …

Reggie Watts & Tommy SmithRADIO PLAY “Radio Play is meant to be listened to more than seen, which is why much of it occurs in the dark. Inspired by a …

Edgar OliverEast 10th Street: Self Portrait with Empty House … a judiciously austere production… sweet and sinister… (Oliver is) a living work of theater all by himself.” – Ben Brantley, …

Supernormal Tom Shillue “laugh-out-loud funny… charming, heartwarming and delivered with vivid details.” – Time Out NYTom’s stories about his life in New York and of growing up in suburban Massachusetts …

Jack Ferver’s QWAN Company SWAN!!!A sexy, scary, spectacular, salacious, stunning, startling werk from Jack Ferver’s QWAN (Quality Without a Name) Company. The same people who brought the smashing success NOTES!!! …

The Nonsense Company Storm Still “After hearing what composer Rick Burkhardt can make from singing wineglasses and a scraping fork, we feel better prepared for the exquisite musicality of his …

“Shocking, beautiful and profound. It will blow your mind.” – Time Out NY “COMPLETELY STUNNING … honest and fearless.” – Time Out Following extraordinary critical acclaim, five-star reviews and sell-out …

“Seeking order in a life, a war, and a deluge…(with) cleareyed passion.” – The New York Times A lone woman’s unbreakable bond with the hurricane that devastated the Texas island …

“A stirring piece, viscerally, and you’ll be thinking about it afterwards, as I am now.” – TC Daily Planet Join twins, dancer Otto Ramstad and visual artist Emmett Ramstad, as …

Annie Dorsen Hello Hi There Language is meaningless, thought is pointless, and we’re all gonna die. Hello, hi there! New York director Annie Dorsen takes the famous television debate between …

John Jahnke & Hotel Savant Men Go Down Presented by and developed at 3LD Art & Technology Center A strange and provocative theatre work that utilizes the construction of a …

“This is a remarkable performance, the script superb, irreproachable” – Muriel Mingau, Le Populaire Ouverture Alcina is a vocal performance based on the figure of the sorceress Alcina from Ludovico …

Travis Chamberlain Green Eyes “The play is gorgeous: a short, eloquent evening that feels complete, complex, and entirely satisfying. Williams’s dialogue flows with uncanny surprise, catching in its resonance all …

Renowned Argentinian director Vivi Tellas kidnaps reality, placing two Conservative Rabbis onstage to perform their own autobiographies – ranging from jokes to Jewish food to their opinions on Charlton Heston’s …

Ranters Theater Holiday “An extraordinary piece of theatre, a subsuming into another place that send the audience into the night refreshed an afloat on a sea of calm.” – Emer …

“It’s like an inner-spirit ventriloquism; the exchanges are real, her timing is perfect.” – Paper Magazine This year Dynasty Handbag is hosting the family holiday dinner that is sure to …

Downtown’s Definitive Holiday Bash takes over Le Poisson Rouge Our biggest most badass bash to date featuring Musical Delicacies so sweet they could make you dance on glass plus a …

KNEAD An original performance work created in collaboration with the performers with workshop nudges from Tim Miller “This week-long performance workshop I have led here at PS122 has been an …

“Passionate, witty, endearing, furious, and fabulous!” – Critic’s Pick, Backstage “A vivid, must-see achievement.” – David Nichols, The Los Angeles Times Performance Space 122 co-founder Tim Miller’s sharp-knifed, saucy look …

“It’s 1977. It’s 1973. It’s 1958. It’s 1962. It’s 1979. And I’m going to ask you the same damn thing people are always asking me, like ‘how did you end …

“Hi, hello my love, I’m so happy you’ve called…I’m happy to hear your voice, I was missing you.” – Cosmin Manolsecu on the phone with Gabriela Tudor “Inventive, relaxed and …

Presented in association with the New Museum and tbspMGMT “One of the most genial survivors of the eighties avant-garde” – The New Yorker “Mr. Houston-Jones clearly has a strong, sure …

“She is certainly intense, and she is certainly talented.” – John Rockwell, The New York Times Every night I AM SAYING GOODNIGHT only to wake up in the morning longing …

Hosts and guest curators: Bridget Everett & Kenny Mellman Fasten your seatbelts for PS122′s 2-night interdisciplinary festival — a nightly bento box of performance shorts that “always ends up exploding …

A blendwerk production Presented in association with the Goethe-Institut New York “You are checking into an hour of existential angst, with only your spiritual baggage for company…Certainly my hour inside …

“A sharp, true and quite eviscerating new play from the young Irish writer, Belinda McKeon; Arthur Miller might have been happy to have orchestrated its humane and subtle ironies.” – …

Performance Space 122 invites you to our 30th Anniversary Season Launch Party Putting the P and the Y in ART since 1980. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 GAWKER MEDIA ROOFTOP 6:30 – …

Michael Lederer is an éminence grise of his generation. After growing up in the ivory towers of New Haven and Palo Alto, the son of Stanford historian Ivo Lederer has …

2 site-specific reading installations Presented in association with Crossing the Line Hetero written by Lachaud and directed by Arthur Nauzyciel An all-male cast struggles with concepts of gender in modern …

“Best dance of 2009″ – David Velasco, Artforum (on Death Is Certain) 4 STARS – The Financial Times Horror movies will never be as terrifying and shocking as the human …

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins tackles Dion Boucicault’s infamous melodrama about Americans. (And slavery.) A bombastic, super-theatrical, full-scale investigation of that classic intersection of theatre and identity politics, this play with “real” actors, …

“Isabel Lewis is a fierce and fiercely smart choreographer and dancer.” – Claudia La Rocco, The New York Times “Lewis’s Untitled Solo (Sweet Exorcist) contains poetic, powerful imagery and energy.” …

WINNER OF THE 2009 ETHYL EICHELBERGER AWARD “A performance artist of underground legend.” – Guy Trebay, New York Times A performance piece that re-examines the heyday of 1970s American daytime …

soloNOVA ARTS FESTIVAL celebrates innovative individuals who push the boundaries of what it means to be an artist, aims to redefine the solo form and uniquely invigorates the audience through …

Honorary Chairs CLAIRE DANES & BAZ LUHRMANN and the Board of Directors of Performance Space 122 thank you for supporting The Spring Gala 2010 Honoring John Leguizamo Emcees: Carmelita Tropicana …

“What beauty there is in Mr. Farrington’s work.” – Claudia La Rocco, The New York Times “The interplay between the live and film actors is an elegant kind of dance” …

“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.” …

“From the moment she stepped onstage, Sandra had the first night audience eating out of her hand. She shocked them, she made them laugh, and brought them close to tears …

Royal Pink explores restriction through the body, resulting in a dance that reveals an unusual and unexpected beauty – the transformation of body, lives, movement. The piece’s choreography stylizes the …

4 STARS “As long as Murrin’s willing to talk, there’s reason to listen. – Paul Menard, Time Out New York “Perhaps a sequel is in order. Anticipate another Alien invasion.” …

“Funny and humorous” – Wired “Anything but stupid.” – The New York Times While no audience participation is required, Marisa Olson will invoke the familiar persona of the self-help “guru” …

Written and composed by Raymond Scannell Directed and designed by Tom Creed “A compelling constellation… vertiginous, playful and poignant” – Irish Theatre Magazine Best Male Performer, Dublin Fringe Festival 2009 …

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER 2008 – Best of the Twin Cities, Minneapolis-St.Paul City Pages “Powerhouse” – Claudia La Rocco, The New York Times A near-imperceptible hum that mutates into angelic, wordless plainsong; …

Jerk might be unbearable for some. But in our eyes, theater so wisely woven with reality, however violent, is wholesome.” – Les Inrockuptibles, France Gisèle Vienne’s Jerk is based on …

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 …

“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 “…eruptions of movement …

Karl Giant, Elizabeth Hodur & Michael Wiener, Earl Dax, Nik Quaife, Andrew Andrew, Maedhbh McCullagh & Jonathan Jacobs, Ilan Bachrach, FLAVORPILL, CRUMPLER and HOBNOB Wines Cordially invite you to Downtown’s …

“Contemporary Performance and the Multiverse” December 9th at 7pm Location: Sony Wonder Technology Lab, 550 Madison Avenue (at 56th Street) Free with RSVP On December 9th, PS122 will host the …

A surprise reading for New York by Jim Fletcher (Saturday) and Okwui Okpokwasili (Sunday), followed by a selection of Mroué’s video works. “Mr. Mroué belongs to a tight-knit generation of …

For Performa 2009, the Italian collective Alterazioni Video and Ragnar Kjartansson (currently representing Iceland at the Venice Biennale with “The End”, a non-stop performance which began on June 5th) will …

“Next time D’Amour and Pearl bring their enchanting work to town be sure to take it in.” – John Del Signore, The Gothamist “The collaborative team of playwright Lisa D’Amour …

ZEE is a rigorous mindscape; a hallucinatory architecture of light; a dream machine. An enclosed space is filled with a dense, odorless fog that completely obscures the walls, floor and …

“31 Down is an amazing and groundbreaking company and their work deserves a broad audience.” -Martin Denton The Assember Dilator is a sonic meltdown of science fiction and perversion focused …

“Dandy theatrical experimenteur…mind bending sex comedy.” – Time Out, New York “…one of the highlights of the fall season at Performance Space 122.” – NY Times Downtown’s enfant terrible delivers …

“…my favorite, favorite thing that I have encountered in the last few years… I froze into that enchanted immobility that only the most spectacular shows provoke… I would actually buy …

“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, …

“…this pair of Chicago-based 30-year-olds can lay claim to a special talent for alternative performance-making of disarmingly odd, cosmic charm.” – Donald Hutera, The Times of London “What Samuel Beckett …

“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.” …

Presented in association with Bumbershoot This Labor Day weekend, Performance Space 122 delivers a live bento box teeming with a delectable assortment of technology-infused multimedia, mind-bending dance, inflammatory theatre and …

“Go to the theatre to see death performed live to really test your limits.” “Refracting a Japanese ghost story through an American experimental sensibility, Temporary Distortion, integrating mind-blowing video images …

“LeeSaar’s dances always require unwavering attention” – Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times The physicality and explosive tempos synonymous with LeeSaar’s award-winning choreography mature and ripen in the company’s fourth …

“Irreverent, sacrilegious, lascivious, foulmouthed, and uninhibited” – The New York Times “Like ‘The Vagina Monologues’ on acid!” – PTown News Weekly “Filthy, flying, fun!” – Funny That Way Gay and …

“It’s hard to justify seeking any other form of entertainment on your Saturday night.”-Claudia La Rocco , The New York Times “Would you totally go out and see some of …

“Ms. Kim is a smart, analytical artist, creating works that challenge personal and cultural assumptions… her choreography, often drawing on deeply personal experiences, relies on a gripping, dreamlike logic.” – …

The undergroundzero festival is an experimental theater festival curated by Paul Bargetto and produced by East River Commedia in association with Collective:Unconscious. Now in its third year, the undergroundzero festival …

Dark Horse/Black Forest at The Gershwin Hotel Presented by Performance Space 122 and Neke Carson A special Dance Installation: Space is Limited, Book in Advance What is DARK HORSE/BLACK FOREST? …

“Bold, disturbing and richly imaginative, a vision of otherworldly reckoning that careens with impressive fluidity between heaven and hell. A dense and dreamily luminous meditation.” – Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times. …

GOLD SPONSORS Scott Rudin Productions, Creative Artists Agency, Ivan Martinez & Patty Adams de Martinez, East Side Community Coalition, David Neubert, Heather Thomas & Chet Kerr SILVER SPONSOR Proskauer Rose …

“Vital, world-class theatre not to be missed” – Ian Kilroy, The Irish Times “Brassard is breathtaking” – Jo Lendingham, The Vancouver Courier Have you ever had a dream where you …

“One of the most adventurous and accomplished groups in new music” – The New York Times “A powerhouse of new-music programming,” – The New Yorker The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) …

“Theatre Askew is queer in the best sense of the word: self-consciously outside of the mainstream, looking in with intelligence and wit.” – Julia Wallace, The Village Voice Queer duckling …

“Miller wows ‘em” – The Village Voice “Circus AMOK reinventing the circus form, borrowing drag fabulousness from Charles Ludlam’s Theater of the Ridiculous, large scale transformation using whole-body masks from …

“Problem Radical(s) is an experimental theatricalist opera just the way such things should be and rarely are. Creators Kara Feely and Travis Just have created a sophisticated collision between elegant …

Flawed heroes, sympathetic monsters and haughty professors collide as this hefty poem is rescued from the grasp of 1,000 years of highbrow analysis and transformed into a defiantly raucous musical. …

“One of the most beloved of downtown choreographers.” – Joan Acocella,, The New Yorker ” Bewitching … One of today’s most alive, sensitive performers.” – Claudia LaRocca, New York Times, …

A performance piece that takes theater as its topic. Truly interactive theater (ugh). Performance as education. A performance about the nature of performance (ugh). Potential topics include: theater,performance art, torture, …

“One of the most exciting and eccentric young theater companies in town.” -The New York Times “The National Theater of the United States of America left me stunned and breathless …

WINNER OF THE 2009 SPALDING GRAY AWARD NY PREMIERE | THEATRE “INSPIRED” – NY Times “OUTRAGEOUS” – The New Yorker “MARVELOUS” – Voice “BOISTEROUS” – Flavorpill Excerpts from Ben Brantley’s …

Artist of the Year 2007, Minneapolis-St.Paul City Pages “The pleasure of viewing is so intense here, so fun as to be nearly guilty.” – Lightsey Darst, MSP magazine 2008 “We …

“Wake up in 2009 in the hands of a theater company who knows what it’s doing” – Ben Brantley, The New York Times Architecting is an exhilarating saga that weaves …

Praise for Oedipus Loves You: “Wonderful” – Time Out New York **** “Unexpected rewards come to those who wait” – Ben Brantley, NY Times “…approaches the sublime… the songs are …

“One of the most self-assured, startlingly well-written and moving pieces of theatre around.” – The Herald “Stunningly well performed…this is a truly impressive and exciting hour of theatre” – The …

By Ant Hampton, with Joji Koyama and Isambard Khroustaliov “Hugely entertaining… This smart, mysterious exercise in programmed thinking and collective chaos is strange but exhilarating.” – The Times “You may …

Pan Pan – The Crumb Trail The death of the Fairy Tale. Where did being good ever get anyone? It’s a sort of detective story, sharp and blunt. Detecting where …

“C’est delightful, C’est divine, C’est trés magnifique!” The Guardian “Delicious bite sized burlesque” Time Out London The perfect show and nightclub for a swanky holiday night out! Patrons please note: …

David Binder, Josh Wood and Performance Space 122 present Meow Meow in ‘Meow to the World!’ Named one of the Best Cabaret acts of 2007, Meow Meow “Leaves audiences dangling …

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 …

“The purpose of life explored through the lens of a camera… One hell of a performance!” – Le Soir, Belgium The definitive spy-ware performance – a voyeur’s paradise. Kaldor invites …

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 …

“The Debate Society’s theatrical brilliance can’t be argued with.”-John Del Signore, Gothamist The Debate Society’s 4th full-length play transforms the upstairs space at P.S. 122 into their own version of …

Joe Silovsky woke up on his birthday in 2001 and read the paper. What he discovered dramatically affected how he would spend the next 7 years. Now the man behind …

“The Lastmaker is full of balanced contradictions as it follows a deliberately fractured internal logic. Cryptic yet transparent, it is mathematical in construction and poetic in content.” -The Times (London) …

“It’s nerve is undeniable.” -The Village Voice “Sara Juli gives of herself.” -The New York Times “A gutsier look at self worth…” – Gia Kourlas, The New York Times (on …

“Expertly straddles the fragile line between humor and horror.” -GIA KOURLAS, New York Times (full review) “The Jo Strømgren Kompani has never appeared in New York City. It is time …

John Del Signore, Gothamist, raves: ‘You’ll go wild for this” [BLIND.NESS] is “dark and steamy” The globe trotting, discipline-bending, unmistakably downtown WaxFactory presents a stellar female cast on an emotional …

Celebrated choreographer Rachid Ouramdane and director Pascal Rambert’s two pieces comprise a third through the experience of comparing and contrasting these two works, challenging the audience to forge a complete …

“Louder stands as an ultimate artistic reflection of modern times, and a voyage through theatre, technology and cultural history which pulls at the nervous system of the world weave.” -Elin …

“One of the most satisfying theatrical experiences I’ve had in ages” writes Claudia La Rocco after previewing The Passion Project. “[Reid Farrington has] a way of engaging with history and …

“[Prophet] is situation satire with a vengeance, and each situation ups the ante for the audience.” – Margo Jefferson, New York Times “IMPRESSIVE! [Strom Thurmond Is Not a Racist and …

It’s summer time, and that means another year at Camp Summer Camp. Come for the spiked punch, stay for the go-go fitness, arts & leathercrafts, and so much more. Just …

Karen Finley was in Albany, New York on March 10 waiting to hear a speech from Eliot Spitzer on Reproductive Health. Instead later that day, Spitzer performed an apology with …

“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 …

“Just when you thought science geeks and art snobs had nothing in common, along comes Waves of Mu.” – Sarah Henning, Anchorage Daily News. “You don’t know what you’re in …

“A quirky and appealing performer” -Charles Isherwood, The New York Times “A performer of slinky, daring intensity!” – Gia Kourlas, Time Out NY “A Stream fo consciousness strip tease…like Jim …

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, …

WHISPER is a visually decadent, aurally immersive performance that asks the audience to question ‘what is real’ in a world of increasing technological sophistication. Each audience member is given a …

“Vividly funny. joyous, devastating, affecting, gorgeous…a breathing portrait.” – Ben Brantley, New York Times “Fresh, engaging, moving, powerful. Gray’s words not only relate the story of his own life, they …

Mephisto Project is the Faust legend viewed through the eyes of the devil – the original pact, the seduction of Marguerite, the damnation of Faust, and Marguerite’s redemption. Mephisto Project …

The 5th Annual soloNOVA ARTS FESTIVAL presents eight solo artists at the top of their game, including character pieces, humorous monologues, Shakespeare, digital and audio performance, escritura acto, storytelling with …

“Blind Spot casts a potent spell.” – Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice Pavel Zustiak, the 2007 recipient of The Princess Grace Award in Choreography, reprises the acclaimed Blind Spot at …

“This is a sensational new take on an ancient story…featuring a brilliantly poised and witty Irish A-list cast.” – The Scotsman “Wickedly funny and wonderfully theatrical.” – The Irish Times …

Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008 Location: The Angel Orensanz Center 172 Norfolk Street (btw. E. Houston and Stanton St. in Manhattan) Honorees: Performer Tom Murrin/Alien Comic Producer Lori E. Seid …

The Shalimar Trash Warfare Winner! The Stage Award for Best Ensemble at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival “The most exciting young American company I have seen up here so far this …

“A commanding vocalist” – The New York Times “Powerfully straddles jazz, cantorial and the avant-garde” – All About Jazz “Israeli jazz seductress” – Rolling Stone “Avant-garde yet surprisingly accessible” – …

“Number One Progressive Drummer” – Modern Drummer Magazine’s Readers Poll (3 times) “Best Drummer” – Rolling Stone Magazine’s Critics Poll Two-time Grammy Award winner Will Calhoun presents a live world …

As part of our commitment to promoting excellence in the arts in New York City, P.S. 122 partners with esteemed arts organizations from all over the city to present B.O.B., …

Written by up and coming Japanese playwright Yukiko Motoya, Vengeance Can Wait is a kinky comedy about love, submission, and sweet revenge by one of Japan’s leading contemporary female playwrights. …

“Ms. Christa has a way of making dance and theater happen without seeming to lift a finger” – Jennifer Dunning In anticipation of their two year-old child’s fiftieth birthday, two …

Taking a cue from the space industry, Jay Scheib pits hard Science against Philip K. Dick in his unpredictable and explosive “antic play – half lab-rat experiment and half sex …

Annie Dorsen, critically acclaimed co-creator and director of the hit rock musical on Broadway, Passing Strange, continues to break molds with her new performance event Democracy in America. An episodic …

☆☆☆☆ “In the church of puppet artistry, Augustine is divine.” – David Cote, Time Out New York Psychologically dark and brutally poetic, Bride is an epic puppet work for adults. …

“[Kosmas is] a rare sort of poet who can bring you along on rhapsodic flights of storytelling, like an expert rafter running the rapids of a wild and unruly word …

AVANT GARDE ARAMA KEEPS HOPE ALIVE “Try as it may to maintain theatrical composure, [AGA] always ends up degenerating, or exploding, into an all-out party.” -flavorpill.net P.S. 122′s longest-running series …

“A captivating, hypnotic, and mesmerizing work of art, easily one of the best plays I’ve seen this year… So compelling, so haunting, so thoroughly absorbing. I loved this show.” – …

Featuring: Our Lady J, Glenn Marla, Nathan Carrera …and The Pixie Harlots; plus special surprise guests nightly, including Taylor Mac and M. Lamar Heat up your winter nights with Ethyl …

“Moves beautifully, with stunning expressiveness.” – N.Y. Times Bessie Award-winner Okwui Okpokwasili spins a modern folktale. A daughter attempts to construct a coherent past out of her mother’s cryptic signals …

The work of Israeli choreographer Deganit Shemy has been leaving New York audiences awestruck for years. It comes as no surprise considering her impressive resume of achievements. Winner of both …

“Deliciously Nasty” – Guardian “Frighteningly gifted new theatre company” – London Times “A surreal performance piece that combines acting, animation, film and live music has won every major award at …

Particularly well known for their original and unexpected use of new technology in live art Verdensteatret has been one of the most innovative and experimental companies in Norway for several …

Performance Space 122 presents 500 Clown to infuse the holiday season with jaw-dropping hilarity, off the hook festivity, and twisted tales of horror and delights. 500 Clown is the award-winning …

Performance Space 122 presents its annual winter event The Coil Festival featuring some of the best up and coming artists in New York’s underground performance scene. Dancers, actors and performance …

Andrew Dinwiddie and Jeff Larson aim to destroy your mind with their latest installment of the Catch series – CATCH 27. This festival celebrating the rough and ready presents a …

Performance Space 122 presents 500 Clown to infuse the holiday season with jaw-dropping hilarity, off the hook festivity, and twisted tales of horror and delights. 500 Clown is the award-winning …

The Archery Contest, a Radio Play is an abstract sex comedy which follows the al fresco adventures of a quintet of players trapped between the Christian rules of the past …

“What [Lhotáková] does is not a complete experiment, something that you have not seen before, it is something completely different than you have ever seen.” -Jana Navratova, Dance Zone Magazine …

(a.k.a. Saori’s Birthday) Created by John Moran in collaboration with: Saori Tsukada, Katherine Brook and Joseph Keckler “I am convinced that there is no more important composer working today, than …

As recommended by The New Yorker: “This all-female troupe crosses two kinds of Japanese strangeness: Butoh extremity and infantilized pop. In party dresses and corpse-white makeup, they grimace and grin, …

by Roland Schimmelpfennig GTA’s Road Theater USA embarks on a hilarious theatrical adventure – or misadventure – as five actors (three German and two from the U.S.), two Austrian video …

“Try as it may to maintain theatrical composure, [AGA] always ends up degenerating, or exploding, into an all-out party.” -flavorpill.net P.S. 122′s longest-running series (25 years) is an action-packed, eye-popping …

Franceoff! New Yorkers Terry Dean Bartlett and Katie Workum show us what rising choreographers can accomplish in seven minutes with this French take on their popular series DanceOff! In a …

A powerhouse international interdisciplinary collaboration serves up stimulating performance. Internationally-renowned visual and performance artists Marie Nerland (Norway) and Alexander Gerner (Germany) team up with Collapsable Giraffe’s co-founder Iver Findlay (New …

“A miracle of non-traditional theatre.” -Patrick Sharbaugh, The Spoleto Buzz Amsterdam’s trailblazing Dood Paard (Dead Horse) brings its acclaimed contemporary version of the Medea myth to New York. medEia is …

Williamsburg’s favorite noise-rock band Japanther (Ian Vanek and Matt Reily) unveils a new comedic rock-opera of unpredictable scale, repercussions, and decibel levels. Using a high-energy multi-media format – their tool …

“The performance as a whole is a kind of choreographed rainbow, with each band dancing its own dance. And they are wonderful dances.” – Holland Cotter, The New York Times …

GLORIA is Maria Hassabi’s fourth evening-length piece; for its creation, she has worked with several of her longtime collaborators, dancers Hristoula Harakas and David Adamo, fashion designers ThreeAsFour, musician Jody …

Version.2.0 is the third episode of an unexpected trilogy. While the first two pieces, MM3 and Woyzeck, explore the public aspect of war, Version 2.0 confronts the private domain. In …

“Haunting voice and powerful lyrics…[Kelly McRae's] voice reminds of classic singers such as Patsy Cline” -monstersandcritics.com “Brilliant and thought-provoking…Lear deBessonet blows the doors off this one” -Nytheatre.com (on Death Might …

“…dramatizes the inhumanity of war with stunning eloquence.” —San Francisco Chronicle “One of the brightest stars of San Francisco’s experimental theater scene.” —San Francisco Arts Monthly “Director-translator Ben Yalom does …

“…part of a trend of multidisciplinary ensembles with genre-defying approaches that appeal to smart, adventurous young audiences.” – Anne Midgette, The New York Times “…crackling virtuosity…their music grabs the listener …

“Orchestrated mayhem and the excitement that ensues are the only predictable variables…Try as it may to maintain theatrical composure, this [event] always ends up degenerating, or exploding, into an all-out …

“…that perfect cocktail of comedy and full-throttle artistry.” – Maura Nguyen Donahue, danceinsider.com Who says contemporary dance/theater can’t be fun? Since 2003 Katie Workum and STREB Extreme Action’s Terry Dean …

Four years ago, terraNOVA Collective set out to rediscover the art of solo storytelling through various art forms. What emerged was some of the best solo artists in diverse disciplines, …

Platinum Sponsor: $10,000 per reserved table for 10 persons in the Platinum section Includes cocktail party, dinner, live performances, and after-party, plus full-page ad and listing in the Gala program, …

Curated by the teenaged Avant-Garde-Arama Committee: Devon Beckford, James Dennin, Lucian Buscemi, Gabby Smith, and Stella Jones. Hosted by TeaM D (A.J. Ortiz and Vincent Santvoord). Saturday: Dear Son (spoken …

Internationally-acclaimed Toronto-based experimental company Volcano’s production of Goodness was the recipient of the Carol Tambor “Best of Edinburgh” award at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In Goodness Playwright Michael Redhill …

“One of downtown’s most intelligent, anarchic new additions” – David Cote, Best of 2006, Time Out New York The multi-award winning theatre troupe and creators of The Sewers, Banana Bag …

“Emotionally raw dispatches from an angry mind” – David Cote, Time Out New York “Gutsy – taboo-busting” – New York Magazine “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are …

Zustiak’s world is full of “striving, sweating bodies, but beyond what they actually do lies another, more enigmatic kind of “doing.”” -Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice Choreographer Pavel Zustiak teams …

As part of our commitment to promoting excellence in the arts in New York City, P.S. 122 partners with esteemed arts organizations from all over the city to present B.O.B., …

“Adrienne Truscott’s they will use the highways begins, and I’m instantly smitten.” -Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice “A fresh, engaging voice. Bring on her next eruption.” -Jennifer Dunning, The New York …

“[Choreographer John Scott's IMDT] has the potential to yield the most interesting and original developments in European Dance.” – Mike Dixon, Dance Europe Based in Dublin and renowned for its …

DOUBLETHINK ★★★★&amp #9733 “A fascinating exercise in psychological puppetry… a supurb deconstruction of notions of relationship… a triumph of technological and conceptual prowess, in the guise of bare-bones avant-gardism.” – Irish …

“Miller has matured without losing either his inquisitive ardor or wicked humor. [He is] the nonpareil explorer of self and spirit”- David Nichols, LOS ANGELES TIMES Join Tim Miller in …

“Explosive youthful energy…sheer intelligence…sense of history…radical theatrical vision…[the TEAM's] willingness to express idealism and hope, as well as cynicism and despair, gives their work its special richness, and its political …

Where do emotion and mathematics meet? No Where. Artistic Director of mvworks Megan V. Sprenger embarks on an instinctual, methodical and ultimately irreversible journey. Three dancers using raw, unadorned movement …

★★★★★ “Watching them is pure joy”- The Irish Times “An ensemble that inspires new respect for the craft” – Variety This bold re-imagining of Booker Prize-winner Michael Ondaatje’s Collected Works …

“The bemused blond of downtown performance art” -The New York Times “Julie Atlas Muz is the quintessence of fabulousness” -Gay City News Including post-mortem dance, ballet, mime, endurance exercises, burlesque …

“[Rogoff's choreography] penetrates past muscle and bone right to the women’s spirit…” – Apollinaire Scherr, Newsday, on Christina Olson: American Model Interwined through Rogoff’s signature choreography, performers Claire Danes and …

Finn Take a peek at a short clip from this new music-theatre work based on ancient Celtic mythology, the legend of Finn McCool, and a young boy’s quest to become …

Israeli choreographer Saar Harari and Actress Lee Sher craft a compelling coda to the critically heralded “Herd of Bulls,” in which explosive military movement was co-opted to inform one soldier’s …

Bessie Award-winner Jeremy Wade delivers an evening of pulverizing performance. Feed, a new solo with musician Adam Linson, concerns separation anxiety and the paradox of holes that one cannot possibly …

Who is more dead and alive than Elvis Presley? What sustains his image post-mortem? Morgan Thorson dazzles the stage with this sublime dance performance for seven commissioned by the Walker …

Following last season’s critical success, Prophet, playwright provocateur Thomas Bradshaw takes on race, academia, pedophilia, drug and alcohol abuse, promiscuity and infidelity in his signature stunning style. Directed by NTUSA‘s …

“Fox is one of the most adventurous impresarious of the New York avant-garde. [Death of Nations I is] Hallucinatory. Chilling. Stunning.” -Jason Zinoman, The New York Times “At once abstract …

“One of my favorite dances of 2004.” -Tere O’Connor on Fetish “The joining of HIJACK with Heron resulted in a wonderfully madcap exploration” – Wendy Perron, Dance Magazine 3 Minutes …

“The story’s big prom-night finish has never been more fun than in the deliberately cheesy comedy version of “Carrie” at Performance Space 122.”-The New York Times A brand-new spin on …

Downtown’s definitive holiday celebration! Monday, December 11 7pm – 4am The reservation page is now closed – however, if you are a member – don’t worry – we know who …

A Festival of 4-English Language World Premieres Buenos Aires is renowned as the playwriting epicenter of Latin America. Particularly over the past decade, new theatre from Argentina has captured the …

“Director Peter S. Petralia is a master at creating atmosphere . . . Keep an eye out for this adventurous group. . .” – Jason Zinoman, Time Out New York …

“Orchestrated mayhem and the excitement that ensues are the only predictable variables…Try as it may to maintain theatrical composure, this [event] always ends up degenerating, or exploding, into an all-out …

“FRESH, FIERCE, AND A WHOLE LOT OF FUN!… DANCEOFF! deserves its flamboyant reputation for being one of the most palatable and entertaining, yet sophisticated evenings of performance around.” – Tom …

“Ladies and gentlemen, it was the great British writer Virginia Woolf who argued that every woman had to have a room of her own in order to manifest her strengths. …

Israeli choreographer Saar Harari and Actress Lee Sher craft a compelling coda to the critically heralded “Herd of Bulls,” in which explosive military movement was co-opted to inform one soldier’s …

“And while the stranger’s eyes and lips pour out a stream of incomprehensible words, you start feeling like a beloved child. Not a child of one mother or father, but …

One Ring Zero presents songs from their hit album As Smart As They Are, featuring lyrics written by 17 of North America’s bestselling and prize-winning authors including Jonathan Lethem, Margaret …

Bi-Coastal World Premiere, Presented in association with UCLA Live and Fomenting ARTS Unlimited, Inc. “Once again, Ms. Woodbury has built a sweet and sweeping play with breathtaking range” -The New …

AGA for the Whole Family is downtown performance for children of all ages that doesn’t talk down to them – because it’s by them. An instant classic launched in Fall …

Obie Award-winning playwright Rinne Groff and director Michael Sexton – the respective writer and director of Jimmy Carter Was a Democrat – return to PS122 armed with a hatful of …

In The Spirit – For Real is a powerful and compelling one-woman show by acclaimed solo performer Peggy Pettitt. Due to the AIDS epidemic, a feisty older woman with ferocious …

presents THE PATRIOTS America Starts With Me or The Pursuit of Happiness A musical civics lesson, a patriotic revue and a tap-dancing game of recapture the flag. The debut performance …

AMERICANA ABSURDUM Because of Americana Absurdum, the New York International Fringe Festival came to be. This pivotal two-part show is a riotous fun-house mirror reflection on life in the United …

When Spalding Gray succumbed to depression and took his life in the winter of 2004, he left behind a loving family, a legion of devoted fans and an enormous body …

Co-founder of P.S. 122 Peter Rose returns here to premiere a solo infused with the spirit of Open Movement, the seminal free-form performance discipline he introduced to NYC in 1979. …

“A true original..one of the most individualistic dance voices today.”- The New York Times Choreographer Chris Elam’s dancers negotiate complex relationships – and each other’s bodies -through gravity-challenging physical partnering. …

“Not since Circle Repertory have we seen playwrights in New York forging a home for each other.” – 2005 Obie Citation In Gary Winter’s haunting and darkly humorous new play, …

The Board of Performance Space 122, Gala Co-Chairs Kathleen Russo, Lucy Sexton, Stephen Daldry, Scott Rudin &John Barlow, and Donald Guarnieri invite you to attend: THURSDAY, May 4th Location: The …

This acutely intimate work by internationally acclaimed Andrew Dawson, co-founder of the Mime Theatre Project, was honored with the Best of Edinburgh Award and the Herald award at the 2005 …

“…they keep the performance ahead of the art.” – Village Voice “Never, under any circumstances, invite them to dinner.” – The New York Times Recognized as one of the most …

“[Mac is] by turns (and sometimes all at once) filthy, hilarious, heartfelt, sentimental, raw, and genuinely moving…attacking it all with smarts, style, and a stark-raving fabulousness” – Next Magazine PS122′s …

A lurid new opera by poet Eileen Myles and composer Michael Webster, HELL employs frank and lyrical language and an exalted baroque style to tear away the veils obscuring corporate …

presents “DANGEROUS WOMEN” A PERFORMANCE ART DOUBLE-BILL From March 30 to April 1, PS122′s Schoolhouse Roxx Series presents a double bill of dangerous women. Internationally known performance artist Nao Bustamante …

Avant-Garde-Arama is P.S. 122′s longest-running series. This biannual multi-disciplinary mini-festival showcases short, new works from both established and emerging artists. In a fun, festive and informal atmosphere the best breakout …

Way before there was “So, You Think You Can…” there was DANCEOFF! Fierce, imaginative, and often funny, DANCEOFF! is NYC’s only full-contact, non- competitive, not-really-a, dance competition. Continuing to present …

Celebrating its tenth year, the Pumpkin Pie Show is a rigorous storytelling session amplified by its own live soundtrack. In junta high, Clay McLeod Chapman, a New New Stuff 2005 …

Sinner is a self-destructive “solo for two men” featuring sensational former DV8 performer, Liam Steel and Ben Wright, who originated the role of The Prince in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake. …

presents NO DIRECTION HOMO Raunchy performance artist, sensitive singer-songwriter, rock-n-roll nincompoop: Dan Fishback is the quintessential Renaissance Queer, with more disguises than Madonna and more projects than Harlem. NO DIRECTION …

Three simultaneous realities converge in the world premiere of Chiori Miyagawa’s Thousand Years Waiting. Intricately weaving together the history of storytelling like a spider’s web, a woman from present-day New …

“Jahnke directs with elegance and insight. He provides a luscious sightscape and coaxes excellent work from his actors.” – Village Voice The world premiere of a trenchant play by legendary …

Abacus Black Strikes NOW!: The Rampant Justice of Abacus Black In signature, spectacular style, The National Theater of the United States of America takes on the phenomena of crusade, faith …

Sara Juli is determined to let go of her “money issues” by literally letting go of her life savings and putting $5000 into the hands of audience members every night. …

“The best experimental theater troupe in town” – New York Magazine “Even in the ranks of avant-garde performers, Susie Sokol stands out as a wonderful weirdo.” – Time Out New …

“Bravo to Performance Space 122 which (in association with the Joyce Foundation) has quietly come up with an intriguing mix of troupes for this six-day festival” -The New York Times …

presents Scotty the Blue Bunny The End Is Here: Enjoy! On December 29th and 30th at Performance Space 122, Scotty the Blue Bunny saves New York from gloom and doom! …

The definitive downtown holiday celebration. Featuring: DJ Joro-Boro: Resident DJ of the Bulgarian Bar Mehanata, Joro-Boro spins ethno-mesh songs from resistance ska, Arab turbo dub, balkano gitano brass to gypsy …

Theatre artist Ken Nintzel (Pageant, Lapse) returns to Performance Space 122 with ‘Twas the Night Before the Twelve Days of a Nutcracker Christmas Carol, an unparalleled holiday spectacular featuring the …

Hooman Sharifi, who moved from Iran to Norway when he was fourteen, established the in 2000to create direct and unpretentious performances that are also controversial and politically charged. In We …

The Norwegian performance company Baktruppen has been an integral part of the European performance scene over the last 15 years. Un-Do-Three is a clever, humorous movement performance that playfully subverts …

“Fasten your seatbelts. ‘Prophet,’ Thomas Bradshaw’s lacerating satire, has begun.”-The New York Times Emerging playwright and provocateur Thomas Bradshaw (Strom Thurmond Is Not a Racist) has had his work produced …

zero visibility corp. works with today’s most innovative artists at the forefront of experimental electronic music. Founded in 1996 by choreographer Ina Christel Johannessen, zero visibility corp. explores diverse themes …

Ole Mads Vevle is a controversial and award-winning artist working within the fields of art/performance/video/text and music. At the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, his short film, Love is the Law, …

If you’ve already encountered the silver-clad trio performing live – singer-songwriter keyboardist Jason Trachtenburg, his slide-projecting/ fashion-designing spouse Tina Piña Trachtenburg and their 9-year-old daughter Rachel Piña Trachtenburg, a drummer, …

Come celebrate with “our favorite queen of eloquent & intelligent quirk” (The New York Times). Featuring: Oven Rack (premiere), a solo for Silvers to the music of Iris DeMent; Puppy-Skills …

An “autopsy of our daydreams,” as conceived by Philippe Quesne, The Itching of the Wings (La Démangeaison des Ailes) explores the desire of men to become birds, flying and falling, …

presents Helen Stratford’s Suicide, The Musical “Suicide, The Musical” is a punk rock opera recounting the story of a woman’s decisions to leave the comfort and security of a conventional …

Performer Alexia Monduit and musician/composer Thomas Rannou have adapted New York writer Sapphire‘s classic work Push. Monduit interprets the improbable liberation of Push‘s central character Precious Jones as a creation …

International Contemporary Ensemble’s Dear Land, directed by Berlin based Lydia Steier, is an evening of two contemporary works: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies‘ Eight Songs for a Mad King (1969) and …

Choreographer Saar Harari trained as a dancer in Israel until the age of 18 when he began his compulsory military service with the Israeli Defense Forces, eventually becoming a commanding …

Personal Space Theatrics presents the New York Premiere of Murder, by Hanoch Levin, Israel’s most renowned playwright. Amidst the carnage of a seemingly endless war, Levin presents an unflinching, provocative …

On October 14 and 15 Performance Space 122 will present the latest installment of its longest-running ongoing series, “Avant-Garde-Arama” (AGA). AGA is a biannual multidisciplinary mini-festival of short works. Showcasing …

Way before there was “So, You Think You Can…” there was DANCEOFF! Fierce, imaginative, and often funny, DANCEOFF! is NYC’s only full-contact, non- competitive, not-really-a, dance competition. Continuing to present …

presents JOHN MORAN and His Neighbor SAORI Composer and performer John Moran has received theatrical productions of his operas Jack Benny!, The Hospital, The Haunted House, and The Trilogy of …

Christina Olson is best known as the woman in the pink dress depicted in Andrew Wyeth’s iconic painting, Christina’s World. What is less known is that she suffered from a …

Yehuda Duenyas has performed and toured with Richard Maxwell and Richard Foreman and is a founder of the National Theater of the United States of America. Here he has adapted …

“…what’s on display here is tantalizing… and powerful in itself. And it augurs well for the mixed-genre performance forms in which Mr. Gantner [PS122 Artistic Director] seems to take a …

“…oddly affecting …”Forget Me Not” is finely tuned…to suggest a few obvious but easily overlooked things: the power of physical comfort, the importance of ritual and the need to both …

YOSHIKO CHUMA & THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS (SOHK) returns to Performance Space 122 with a special program for the HOWL! Festival of East Village Arts. In Inside/Outside Yoshiko Chuma …

Groundbreaking artist service organization The Field celebrates the first anniversary of its GoTour.org website with The GoTour Roadshow, a weekend-long multidisciplinary mini-festival of independent artists from across the country.The evening …

A quartet to live music in the upstairs space. By Sarah Michelson in collaboration with Parker Lutz, Mike Iveson and Greg Zuccolo. Also: Claude Wampler, Dominic Cullinan, Lindsey Fisher, Joe …

Schoolhouse Roxx presents Taylor Mac’s Young Ladies Of… In Vietnam 1968, Texan born 2nd Lt. Robert Mac placed an ad asking “young ladies” to write him. Hundreds replied. Almost thirty …

The undisputed Godfathers of the burgeoning Puppet Rock movement, Uncle Jimmy’s Dirty Basement has been accumulating rabidly devoted fans and love slaves over the course of its long-running engagements at …

Choreography by Christopher Williams Original Music by Peter Kirn Dancers: Kindra Windish, Vicky Shick, Nami Yamamoto, Deana Acheson, Beth Simons, Wendy Perron, Hallie Glickman-Hoch, Janet Charleston, Jennifer Lafferty, Elizabeth Zimmer, …

Choreographed and directed by Sarah Vasilas and Leonardo Smith Video and sound design by Chelsea Snider Choreographers Sarah Vasilas and Leonardo Smith’s new multi-media dance piece is a fusion of …

Schoolhouse Roxx presents Ruth Margraff, Nikos Brisco, and The Café Hasani Ensemble in Songs of the Table. Featuring the hot new ensemble behind the radical operas: WELLSPRING, CAFE ANTARSIA, ORPHEUS …

The Vangeline Theater in: C.A.R.O.U.S.E / L. Choreographed by Vangeline Lighting by Pierre Mansire Video projection by Laurent Briet Music by The Mitgang Audio aka Ray Sweeten Dancers: Nicole Baxley, …

The New, New Stuff Curated by Natalie Johnsonius Performance Space 122′s longstanding dance program New Stuff is back and better than ever! We’ve revamped New Stuff and created a brand …

Choreographed by Ryuji Yamaguchi Lighting by Dan Scully Sound by Peyton Sherwood Costumes by Sarah Cubbage Performers: Cynthia Koppe, Christina Shelby, Kathryn Sydell, and Ryuji Yamaguchi Ryuji Yamaguchi’s mundane mundane …

Performance Space 122 Gala Benefit 2005 May 2, 2005 at Webster Hall Performance Space 122 Celebrates 25 Years of groundbreaking Live Theater in New York City with a special gala …

Drama of Works in: WARHOL™ Directed by Gretchen Van Lente Warhol puppet designed and built by David Michael Friend Sound Design by Jill DuBoff Costumes by Mary Trumbour Before the …

The Pumpkin Pie Show in: the cardiac shadow Written by Clay McLeod Chapman Music by Joshua Camp and Michael Hearst (of One Ring Zero) Choreography by Blair Bodie Lighting design …

Developed by Michelle Matlock and Joan Evans Direction -Amy Gordon The Mammy Project confronts the American stereotype of Mammy as a white man’s fantasy, a black woman’s history and a …

Avant-Garde-Arama is Performance Space 122′s biannual mini-festival of performance, dance, music, film, installations and general mayhem. A.G.A brings together emerging and established artists in all disciplines to show off their …

Terry Dean and Katie Present Danceoff! The critically acclaimed series of full-contact, non-competitive dance and sometimes non-dance not-really-competitions has a new home at P.S.122 this season. It’s what’s up in …

Schoolhouse Roxx presents Screen Test a rock/installation project by Rob Roth and Theo Kogan Continuing their experiments in blending haunting surrealist imagery with the gritty seduction of East Village Rock, …

Created in collaboration with David Neumann, Natalie Agee, Carmine Covelli, Neal Medlyn and Mauri Walton. Adrienne Truscott’s new work, tentatively titled they will use the highways, will draw on images …

Last spring monologuist Mike Daisey created 13 new shows in 13 weeks in a daring new series at P.S. 122 called All Stories Are Fiction. Plucking from events that befell …

Directed by Habib Azar Produced by Chris Kam Puberty is hard enough without the insatiable thirst for blood. Obie Award winner Kyle Jarrow brings you this theatrical spectacle about a …

Pullman, WA is a play about what to do if you’re unhappy and everyone around you is kind of an asshole, including yourself. Written and directed by Young Jean Lee, …

Mixing the lively pace of a three-ring circus with the soulful spirit of a New Orleans jazz processional, Gamal Chasten explores the hopes, dreams and regrets that accompany the death …

They are not falling is inspired, in part, by some of the works of photographer and video artist Michal Rovner, specifically in them, the occurrence and erasure of gesture within …

Monologuist Mike Albo returns with his latest solo show My Price Point. Albo brings his fast-paced mix of dance, monologues, and vignettes back to Performance Space 122 for a full-frontal …

Congressman Dan Ferris is being questioned about the disappearance of intern Ilona Waxman. Sound awkward? Imagine if he was your dad. 13 Playwrights presents APHRODISIAC by Rob Handel ( #3) directed …