SVA Presents Debut Production of 'Beware of a Holy Whore'

Fassbinder's BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE to be presented May 15th-17th. The debut production comes from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) Department of Film, Video and Animation, in conjunction with Dangerous Ground Productions to present Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Beware Of A Holy Whore, an all- new staged theatrical adaptation of the 1971 film from the late visionary filmmaker. This is the World Premiere of this staged production, (the film version played last year at NYC's Film Forum).

Fassbiner may be familiar to audiences for his last film, "Querelle," he died of a drug overdose shortly after its completion. This ground-breaking production will be performed Thursday, May 15th, Friday May 16th and Saturday May 17th at 8:00PM at The Visual Arts Theater, 333 W. 23rd Street (formerly the Chelsea West Cinema).Conceived, designed, adapted and directed by Doris Mirescu, the play features a cast of 20 from SVA's Advanced Acting Class. Tickets for the play are $15 (General Admission) and ($10 (Students), and on sale now by calling (212)724-5004 do@dangerousgroundproductions.com.
 
 
Fassbinder's Beware of a Holy Whore (Warnung  vor einer heiligen Nutte) is best described as  "a multimedia adaptation of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1971 darkly comic film about the making of a film."  In the hands of Romanian director Doris Mirescu, faculty member at The School of Visual Arts and her wildly talented class of Advanced Acting students, Fassbinder's rich characterizations and deadpan blend of melodrama and pseudo-documentary style have found a thrilling new life of trash and high culture.
 
"Inaugurating the stage of the School of Visual Arts new theatre, with
its criss-crossing cameras, live feed video, live music and a cast of twenty, this adaptation of Beware of a Holy Whore dramatizes a communal creative process fraught with sexual mayhem, chemical distortions and the exaltation and burden of discovering one's difference in the world," says show director Doris Mirescu.
 
 
The Cast from SVA's Advanced Acting Class Includes:
Crichton Atkinson, Katherine M. Brislin, Tonia Chavet, Marco Chierichella, Kira Davies, Patrick Flynn, Ori Gellman, David Kang, Barbara Karney, Katie Madonna Lee, Alex Ling, Michael Melcone, Francis Oberle, Peggy O'Leary, Angelica Pasquini, Luke Pendley, Rodrigo Quintero, Eric Dean Scott, William P. Smith, Paulina Von Ahlstrom, and Juliet Warren.
 
Additional production credits include: Live music/ DJ Jessica Flores; Music Consultant and Original Compositions by Michaël Attias; Lights by Jason Dirnberger; Live Camera by Richard Gartrell; Production Design by Brittany Cohn/ Greg Westby; Sound by Cory Allen; and Video consultant Joe Trammell.
 
Fassbinder's BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE plays THURS, FRI, SAT MAY 15, 16, 17 at 8:00PM, The Visual Arts Theater, 333 West 23rd Street (between 8th and 9th ave), General Admission $15 / Students $10, Tickets and Information available by calling (212) 724-5004, and via email at do@dangerousgroundproductions.com.
 
For more information, please visit: www.Bewareofaholywhore.com.