Performance Lab 115 is once again braving the steamy summer in NYC to make experimental actor-driven theatre and we need YOUR help to make it.
We are currently producing two new shows:
The Terrible Temptation to do Good
A Brechtian Lounge Act
July 18-20th @ the Underground Zero Festival
AND
Mourn the Living Hector
by Paul Cohen
August 8-24th @ FringeNYC 2008
We need to raise $1,500.00 in the next month to pay for rehearsal space, sets, lights and of course actors. Even a small donation of $5-10 helps us immensely. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today.
Thanks for your help!
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PL115 presents Paul Cohen’s Mourn the Living Hector as part of the New York International Fringe Festival.
Winners of two FringeNYC Excellence Awards, PL115 returns to investigate wartime violence on the home front, linking the Trojan hero’s last day with the home-leave of an American Marine; a comedic tragedy of ambient violence, failed connections, and unexpected happy-endings.
Mourn the Living Hector
DATES:
THUR 8/14 @ 9:45
SAT 8/16 @ 2:45
MON 8/18 @ 7:30
THUR 8/21 @ 5:00
SAT 8/23 @ 9:3
AT: The Flamboyan Theatre (CSV Cultural Center)
107 Suffolk Street
(Rivington & Delancey Streets) [view map]
SUBWAY: F train to Delancey Street /
J, M to Essex Street
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Performance Lab 115 presents The Terrible Temptation to Do Good: A Brechtian Loung Act.
Come see the musical stylings of Performance Lab 115 as we continue to explore the material of Bertolt Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle following our six month residency with Mabou Mines. Interweaving found text, original music and inspirations from CCC, PL115 invites you to sip a cocktail and enjoy Brecht’s rebuttal to the Broadway musical.
Presented as part of the 2008 Collective:Unconscious undergroundzero Festival, 2008.
The Terrible Temptation to Do Good:
A Brechtian Lounge Act
July 18 & 19 @ 9PM
July 20 @ 5PM
at Grace Bar
114 Franklin Street, NYC 10013 (view map)
Purchase tickets at www.weird.org
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PL115 is in the New York International Fringe Festival again!
We’re pleased to announce that Paul Cohen’s (Heist, Cherubina) Mourn the Living Hector has been accepted to the FringeNYC festival, 2008. Dates, location and cast are pending. Stay tuned!
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Performance Lab 115 is pleased to report that, following our successful workshop of Caucasian Chalk Circle at Mabou Mines in March, we have been invited to perform the fully developed production at The Chocolate Factory in June of 2009. Thanks much to Brian Rogers and the Chocolate Factory staff for their interest and support.
More details to follow!
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With mentorship, space, and funding from the Mabou Mines/SUITE Resident Artist Program, Performance Lab 115 has spent the last five months using their unique actor-driven process to forge a new visceral translation of Bertolt Brecht’s epic tale of war and responsibility.
In our stripped down, decidedly 21st century interpretation, two clowns invite us into the story where Grushe and Azdak play out their choices on a blasted post-war landscape strewn with the relics of an analog age.
PL115 Presents:
Caucasian Chalk Circle
By Bertolt Brecht
adapted and translated by Ramona Thomasius
Sunday March 23 7:30pm
Monday March 24 7:30pm
Tuesday March 25 7:30pm
@ the Mabou Mines ToRoNaDa space
150 First Avenue (corner of 9th St.)
2nd Floor
(view map)
ALL PERFORMANCES ARE FREE!
Seating is extremely limited and reservations are HIGHLY recommended. For reservations please call 212-473-1991 or e-mail info@pl115.org.
Find out more about Caucasian Chalk Circle
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a new play by Paul Cohen
directed by Alexis Poledouris
with Teddy Bergman, Amanda Fulks, Jimmy Owens
Set in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1913, CHERUBINA is based on the true story of Elisa Ivanovna, a frustrated poet and crippled school teacher. The play follows the tangled love triangle that develops when Elisa decides to submit her poetry under the guise of the mysterious and beautiful Cherubina De Gabriak. This world premier is a dark comedy that explores the relationship between art and love, beauty and truth, and what people do when they think they are living at the end of the world.
Produced by Rebecca Lingafelter in association with PL115
Feb 1-23 / Thurs-Sunday / 8pm
Sanford Meisner Theatre (164 11th Ave btwn 22nd and 23rd)
Tickets available @ www.theatermania.com
For more info go to www.thecherubina.com
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We are pleased to report that PL115 has been invited to participate in the 2008 Mabou Mines/SUITE Resident Artist Program.
Collaborating with company members Alice Reagan and Ramona Thomasius, we will use the residency to create a new translation/adaptation of Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle.
Rehearsals and workshops begin in November.
Stay tuned for more details!
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PL115 is hosting a benefit party to support our upcoming production of Dead Letter Office.
Come to The Cupping Room on October 14th to help welcome our long-lost Elena Mulroney back to NYC and to help us bring our exciting new project to life.
The Goods:
So you need a little more incentive to get you in the door? Say no more. This benefit comes fully equipped with:
- a silent auction to beat all silent auctions
- prizes include:
- … and more on the way!
- friendly faces galore
- drink specials!
The Details:
Sunday, October 14th at 9 PM
@ The Cupping Room
359 W Broadway (btwn Broome and Canal)
Tickets: $25 in advance (includes a ticket to the performance) OR $15 at the door
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There is a place where letters go to die. A world of unfulfilled potential where messages do not reach those for whom they were intended. Join PL115 as we explore the dreams, hopes and wishes people send out into the universe in the fervent hope of a response.
In our newest project, Dead Letter Office, Performance Lab 115 teams up with Meiyin Wang of theatrewagon to investigate the genesis of hope and the tenuous nature of human connection through the metaphor of the Dead Letter. Using found material from letters (both personal and historical), poetry, fiction and science, Performance Lab 115 will create a matrixed narrative to explore a liminal space where hope lies in wait.
Workshops: December, 2006 / May-June, 2007
Performance: October 11-21, 2007
Thurs-Sun @ 7PM, $12
at HERE Art Center
145 6th Ave.
(between Spring & Broome, enter on Dominick)
For tickets and information:
www.here.org / 212-352-3101* This production is being presented through HERE’s Supported Artist Program, which probides artist with subsidized space and equipment as well as technical support.
Find out more about the project
Purchase Tickets for Dead Letter Office
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