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Saturday, February 25, 2023

The Institute of Useless Activity’s THIS AND THAT co-created by Phil Soltanoff and Steven Wendt


The Institute of Useless Activity’s 
THIS AND THAT 
co-created by Phil Soltanoff and Steven Wendt

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Artist Rebecca Purdum, 1985, Artist Studio


 Artist Rebecca Purdum, 1985, Artist Studio, 
from The Artist Project, 
a comprehensive survey of artist working in New York in the 1980s

Sunday, February 12, 2023

Playwight Liba Vaynberg, The Gett, Rattlestick Theater, 2022

Playwight Liba Vaynberg, Rattlestick Theater, 2022

The Gett, 

Playwright - Liba Vaynberg
Director - Daniella Topol

​Featuring (in alphabetical order)
Baal - Ben Edelman
Ida - Liba Vaynberg
Other Man - Luis Vega
Mama - Jennifer Westfeldt

​Creative Team (in alphabetical order)
Magic Consultant - Alexander Boyce
Technical Director - Nicholas Brester
Intimacy Director - Daniella Caggiano
Production Manager - Teresa Cruz, Kasper Klop
Master Electrician - Dariel Garcia
Dramaturg - Matt Green
Production Stage Manager - Allison Hohman
Set Designer - Misha Kachman
Sound Designer - Megumi Katayama
Associate Sound Designer - Keirsten Lamora
Costume Designer - Johanna Pan
Light Designer - Paul Whitaker

Friday, February 3, 2023

Playwright Victor I. Cazares, "American (Tele)visions" on stage at NYTW, 2022

Playwright Victor I. Cazares
New York Theater Workshop 2022
(Tele)visions
by Victor I. Cazares

Directed by Rubén Polendo
A co-production with Theater Mitu


Cast

Clew- JESSE/ALEJANDRO

Raúl Castillo- OCTAVIO

Ryan J. Haddad-JEREMY

Elia Monte-Brown-MARIA XIMENA

Bianca "b" Norwood- ERICA

Scenic & Costume Design Bretta Gerecke
Specialty Costumes Mondo Guerra
Lighting Design Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Technology Design Theater Mitu (Kelly Colburn, Alex Hawthorn, Justin Nestor)
Casting Caparelliotis Casting (David Caparelliotis/Joseph Gery)
Fight Director J. David Brimmer
Intimacy Director Andy Arden-Reese

A long, long time ago—the ‘90s—in a Walmart far, far away, Erica, our Hero of Ages Lost, pushes her shopping cart—that most sacred ancient vessel of capitalism—through the aisles of a memory play. american (tele)visions is an explosive collision between the American Dream and the American Nightmare—the story of an undocumented Mexican family.

NYTW Tow Playwright-in-Residence Victor I. Cazares