CAENIS, Written and Directed by Lilleth Glimcher, to Open Next Month at Pace Gallery

Director Lilleth Glimcher (The Flea Theater) presents a staged adaptation of the Greek myth CAENIS from Ovid's Metamorphoses. CAENIS will open on Friday, March 11 at Pace Gallery (534 West 25th Street, New York), and will run through Saturday, March 19.

CAENIS is a "physical theater" adaptation of one of Ovid's myths from Metamorphoses that tells the story of the Lapith maiden, CAENIS, who, once confronted by the imperious Neptune, must demand the agency she deserves. A physical and sensory production, the performance will envelop the audience with an epic soundscape that will resonate within the walls of Pace. The audience will journey with CAENIS from prey to protector, from woman to man, and from bystander to culprit.

This piece is created in collaboration with artists from multiple backgrounds and disciplines, including sound arts, sculpture, video design and dance.

Lucy Kaminsky (600 Highway Men) stars as CAENIS/Caenus. The Greek Chorus features Ashton Muniz, Rebeca Rad, Krystel Mazzeo, Sohina Sidhu, Sara Ciampa, Itamar Segev, Isabella Sazak, Ethan Hardy, Jae Woo, and Neil Redfeild.

The production team includes Amanda Hamline (Choreographer), Emily Reilly (Dramaturg), Alex Tobey (Stage Manager & Assistant Director), Alice Emily Baird (Sound Artist), Laura Bernstein (Costume and Mask Sculptor), Jonathan Cottle (Set & Light Designer), Hye Young Chyun (Properties & Mask Construction), Madeline F. Bersin (Executive Producer), David Manella (Associate Producer), James Danner (Associate Producer), Chris Batstone (Production Manager), Lexy Copithorne (Graphic Designer), and Rachel Liebskind (Video Designer).

Lilleth Glimcher (Concept, Writer, Director) is a freelance theater director who focuses on sensorial theater that not only appeals to the body in space, but also asks the audience to be active and culpable. She is a resident director at The Flea Theater, and her New York directing highlights include CAENIS (Pace Gallery, Spring 2016; Flea workshops), The Blast (The Chelsea Hotel, Spring 2016), Houseworld (associate; sight specific, Fall 2015); 1969: The Second Man (Ars Nova's ANTfest, Summer 2014); TinyRhino (2015); and #serials at The Flea (2015/2016). Lilleth has assisted 600 Highwaymen (EU/U.S. Tour 2015; Park Avenue Armory, 2015; The Public's Under the Radar, 2016), Niegel Smith (The Flea Theater, 2015), Emily Reilly & Stephanie Hayes (Mabou Mines Residency, 2015), and Lily Whitsitt (Drama League, 2015; Jim Findley Studio, 2014). Lilleth graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Psychology and a secondary concentration in Dramatic Arts. Learn more at www.lillethglimcher.com.

Pace is a leading contemporary art gallery representing many of the most significant international artists and estates of the 20th and 21st centuries. Founded by Arne Glimcher in Boston in 1960 and led by Marc Glimcher, Pace has been a constant, vital force in the art world and has introduced many renowned artists' work to the public for the first time. Over the past five decades, the gallery has mounted more than 800 exhibitions, including scholarly shows that have subsequently traveled to museums, and has published over 400 exhibition catalogues. Today, Pace has ten locations worldwide: four galleries in New York, two in London, a 25,000 square-foot gallery in Beijing, and exhibition spaces in Hong Kong, Paris and Menlo Park, California. The gallery recently launched Pace Art + Technology, a new program dedicated to showcasing interdisciplinary art groups, collectives and studios whose works explore the confluence of art and technology.

Tickets are available at www.artful.ly/store/events/8304 for $30 ($50 for opening night, to include a party). Please find more information at: www.caenis.nyc. Follow CAENIS on Facebook (facebook.com/caenis), Twitter (twitter.com/CAENISAtPace) and Instagram (instagram.com/caenis16).