Penny's Open Mic - Tuesdays March 9, 16 & 23, $3
Penny's Open Mic invites you and any artist to gather together in a theater to workshop, experiment and share their work 7 minutes. The audience is here to listen and support, there is a back garden for talking and smoking, a bar for drinks, a green room for the performers to prepare before they go on stage. With the help of the many talented artists who grace this stage Pennys Open Mic has become an inspiring atmosphere where people feel free and safe to grow as artists and as people. Horse Trade Theater Group - Under St. Mark's.
Hôtel de l'Avenir - March 10- 20 $10-$17
Six strangers find refuge for the night in the city of light. Through the windows of a Parisian hotel, they scan the streets below to guess where each will lead before setting out to meet their future. Each room reveals a private universe of hope, excitement, fear, faith, ambition, failure, fantasy and redemption all the qualities of human spirit that build and sustain a great metropolis. With mime, shadow puppets, accordion, and cancan, the show celebrates the romance of urban isolation. . Horse Trade Theater Group - Under St. Mark's.
Whatever, Heaven Allows - March 11-14 & 18-21, $20 & $15 (students and seniors)
Known for its radical and reckless theatricality, avant-garde New York troupe Radiohole's newest work is a star-spangled American meta-melodrama inspired by film director Douglas Sirk's 1950s potboilers and Milton's epic Paradise Lost. Performance Space 122
Revolution ?! - March 4-21, $10
Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre will probe revolution with stilts and strings in "Revolution!?," a theater spectacle that examines revolutions throughout the history of mankind as a backdrop for the extraordinary peaceful 1989 Velvet Revolution in former Czechoslovakia. Theater for the New City.
A Night of Three Goddesses - March 11-13, $15
A Night of Three Goddesses at WOW Cafe Theater!!! Three new one woman shows in one night for one price! MilDred Gerestant, the artist formerly known as DRED, Tantra Zawadi and Sokhna Heathyre Mabin. MilDred Gerestant for WOW Cafe Theater.
Wonder Bread - March 11-28, $10
A comedic fairytale-like odyssey about a farmer's daughter from behind the Iron Curtain. Escaping her poor village in Poland, she flew here first for a vacation and came back to stay. She achieved the secure married life her parents had wanted for her, but realized that it was not what she desired. At 28 she experienced teenage rebellion, rejected her past, tried to reinvent herself over and over, only to realize one truth: there is no hope for happiness without the acceptance of one's roots. Theater for the New City.
Annette - March 12-27, $15
Annette and Oliver, two fragmented characters struggle for survival and understanding in this multi-media dance piece, inspired by choreographer Reginsa Nejman's own experiences teaching in a psychiatric outpatient program. Methodical and meditative movements combined with a deconstructed soundscape will fill the stage creating a dream-like environment and a search for balance accented throughout by a sense of humor. Dixon Place.
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind - Every Friday and Saturday, $16
With its ever-changing "menu" of plays, Too Much Light... is an attempt to perform 30 plays in 60 minutes-an original concept by Greg Allen and the Neo-Futurists. The audience is fully part of the act, deciding the order that these plays are performed. Each week, these plays shift as ensemble members add new plays to the existing body of work. Now playing 50 weeks a year. New York Neo-Futurists.
Black Maria Film and Video Festival - Saturday, March 13, $8
A selection of award-winning independent films and videos from the 2010 festival. Festival director and co-founder, John Columbus will be present to introduce and discuss the works shown. Millennium Film Workshop.
The Gilded Red Cage - March 13 & 14, $15/$10 (students & seniors)
The Gilded Red Cage is an original production of two dramatic monologues performed in English by Silvester Lavrik and Katarina Morhacova and a hard-hitting exhibit of documentary photos from revolutionary times in former Czechoslovakia. The show tells the hilarious and sexy stories of a woman and a man who were touched by the Velvet Revolution and lived to tell the tale. The joy, excitement and disbelief of 1989 return for an evening. La MaMa E.T.C. - The Club.
Cognac - Sunday March 14, FREE
"Turn on the radio, Dad, it's Sunday!" Cognac Live Radio Orchestra presents a sweet tirade of radio plays, audio sketches, and character pieces. Experience foley effects, musical acts, and a professional dance crew bringing you a delightful live comedy hour. Free clementines. Horse Trade Theater Group - Under St. Mark's.
Told - Monday March 15, Pay as you will
A monthly storytelling show hosted by Seth Lind. Each month New York's best performers take the stage to tell true stories related to a central theme. A special guest provides interludes to glue the evening together into a collective experience. Horse Trade Theater Group - Under St. Mark's.
Downtown Clown - Moday March 15, $15/$10 for students
This is the longest running all-clown variety show in the world! Every night is a new show packed with fantastic clown acts performed by New York's top clowns and exciting newcomers. Featuring fun games and prizes! Performs every third Monday of every month. A barrage of clown theatre.
Revealed - Wednesday March 17, $20
Revealed is a cutting-edge burlesque show with a twist. This unique and extra-sultry night of cabaret features the sexiest, most notorious burlesque performers in New York giving you more bang for your buck than any other show in town. Revealed promises more burlesque than you've ever seen before.Born in Brooklyn, Revealed is all grown up and moving to the big city, brought to you by GiGi La Femme and Doc Wasabassco, two of the most respected producers in the burlesque community. Horse Trade Theater Group - Under St. Mark's.
Paul Robeson Project 2010 - March 18-21 and 25-28
One of U.S. 20th-century history's most celebrated and tragic figures gets a surprising and provocative new look. Performed by Kim Howard. Directed by Mimi McGurl. Mimi McGurl and Kim Howard for WOW Cafe Theatre.
Two Gentlemen of the Lebowski - March 18- 21 & 24-27, $18
An extraordinary new work from filmmaker/playwright Adam Bertocci which reimagines the cult classic motion picture as a Shakespearian farce, creating an amazing new work from the heightened language and surreal comic landscape of its inspirations. Both immaculately crafted and riotously funny, this instant classic is brought to the New York stage by the venerable DMTheatrics, one of the most imaginative and imitated of all downtown theater companies.
A Voluminous Evening of Brevity - March 22-31
An evening of short plays performed by Dysfunctional Theatre Company. The company's mission is to produce underperformed scripts or to give a new take on "classic" plays of past centuries. All of these works are still considered Dysfunctional; the idea is to encourage the audience to perceive them in a new light and to realize that dysfunction isn't a product of 21st or even 20th century life; it's a product of the human condition. Horse Trade Theater Group - The Red Room.
Women-HOOD (La Flaca y La Gorda) - Wed., March 24, FREE
By José Goicuria. Through the eyes of a 12-year old, Joey, the story of La Flaca (Skinny) and La Gorda (Fat) unfolds. Single-mothers living in the projects, they are bound by friendship and circumstance. Teatro I.A.T.I.
Forbidden Love - March 25th, $20/$18 (seniors & students)
Just as in Blood Wedding, Forbidden Love portraits a powerful society whose members have to struggle to defend their individuality and their deepest desires. Yet Forbidden Love takes us a step farther, suggesting that this struggle continues today as individuals face the tyranny of big media companies, fueled by the might of capitalism. Teatro I.A.T.I.
A Mind The Art Anthology - March 26-28, $15/$10 (seniors & students)
This Mind the Art Anthology features 3 distinct works: What if?, DIE and Under the Veil. These three work include everything from musical theater, to comedic looks at philosophical, to political performance art. Explore these pieces that are sure to entertain, while challenging the status quo of your thinking and rebelling against your reality. La MaMa E.T.C. - The Club.
I Want You By My Side - March 27-31, FREE
Lauren, a college freshman, is suddenly confronted with the possibility of being HIV positive. This fear causes her to wake up and appreciate the love she has taken for granted as she realizes how a single bad decision could change her life forever. Teatro I.A.T.I.
Pretty September Day - March 30, FREE
By Alejandro Latorre. This is a play based on a story written by a NYC public school teacher. It is a work of fiction based on actual events that occurred on 9/11. Teatro IATI.
About FAB
In October 2005, Mayor Bloomberg officially designated East 4th Street a Cultural District - one of two in the City - and sold 8 properties to the long time cultural groups for $8. To date, FAB and partners have raised more than $16 million to renovate the cultural facilities and half a million for streetscape improvements.
With 17 performance and multi-media venues, the district already offers one of the most vibrant concentrations of cultural organizations in the city. When the district's cultural plan is complete, space for artists and arts organizations will nearly double.
As the district's leadership organization, FAB is working to preserve and advance the district's dynamic artistic environment by developing the properties into permanent homes for the arts, leading centralized projects that provide a model for sustainable development, directing marketing and promotion efforts, and supporting the capacity of its members.
FAB's members include: Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance, Cooper Square Committee, Cooper Square Mutual Housing Association, Creative Time, Downtown Art, Duo Multicultural Arts Center, La MaMa E.T.C., Millennium Film Workshop, New York Theatre Workshop, Rod Rodgers Dance Company, Teatro Circulo, Teatro IATI, Works in Progress, and WOW Café Theatre.
For more information, visit http://www.fabnyc.org/
