A town destroyed by foreclosures, evictions and other calamities rebuilds itself from the ground up. Which raises the question: if you could build any kind of house, any kind of town, any kind of country, what would you build? And what kind of person would that process create? Featuring a five-piece bluegrass band, a 30-person ensemble and live onstage house building.
International WOW combines physical and narrative performance forms from around the globe to create an energetic, explosive new form of drama. Kudos include: "Masterful" - TimeOut NY, "Astonishing tour-de-force" - NYTheatre.com, and "Ferocious Passion...Provocative!" - The NY Times. This is their first show since Surrender (2009 Drama Desk Nomination).
August 5 - 8
Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant
Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant
Gather around banquet tables within the metaphorical walls of Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant, where the idea of art as food is made deliciously real. Experience this pioneering, ensemble-generated work, while enjoying a home-cooked five-course meal, carefully prepared and presented by geniuses of the avant-garde theater. The legendary Miss Conni Convergence and her devoted ensemble humbly bring you this highly anticipated twelfth iteration of the "Complete Works in Five Courses Series." With chilled gazpacho soup, summer salad and sandwiches, and a refreshing dessert of fresh berries and cream. Come hungry!
*Note special ticket price - Performance $15 plus $25 suggested donation for meal. Doors open at 6:30pm for cocktails. Meal and show starts at 7pm.
August 12 - 15
Space//Space
Banana Bag & Bodice
Directed by Mallory Catlett. Music composed by Dave Malloy.
Two brothers travel through the expansive galactic abyss, navigating their awkward fraternal bond and their love affairs with passing voices in the ether: haunting transmissions from "somewhere out there." Part Sci-Fi, part domestic drama, this claustrophobic container tale explores the loneliness of our inner thoughts and the magnitude of our personal orbits. With original text, music and an actual spaceship on stage!
Based in Brooklyn, Banana Bag & Bodice is an ensemble-based theatre company creating unique shows with the sole purpose of entertaining as many people as possible with thoughtful provocation. Now in its 10th year, BBB has created 9 original shows and has presented nationally and internationally, including in New York, San Francisco, Berkeley, Montreal and Dublin.
