Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at New Ohio Theatre's 2015 Ice Factory Festival - IDIOT, HOLDEN and More
By: BWW News Desk Jun. 17, 2015
Artistic Director Robert Lyons proudly presents the 22nd annual OBIE Award-winning Ice Factory Festival. Ice Factory 2015 takes place at New Ohio Theatre, located at 154 Christopher Street between Greenwich and Washington Streets in New York City. Ice Factory 2015 will present seven new works over seven weeks, running from June 24 - August 8, 2015. Scroll down for a sneak peek at this year's lineup!
New Ohio Theatre strengthens, nurtures and promotes a community of independent theatre artists and theatre companies by curating and presenting new work in New York City. With its Ice Factory summer festival the New Ohio offers emerging and established companies a prime forum in which to develop their work. Ice Factory prides itself on maintaining extraordinary aesthetic diversity along with an unequaled standard for intelligent, imaginative theater.ICE FACTORY 2015 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
June 24 - 27
Idiot - Developed and produced by HERE, conceived and adapted from the Dostoevsky novel by Robert Lyons and Kristin Marting, text by Robert Lyons, directed and choreographed by Kristin Marting. Prince Myshkin squares-off with a notorious woman, a spoiled socialite, and a jealous rival in an intricate and violent quartet, as he dances the knife's edge between torrid tragedy and mystical epiphany. This hybrid theatrical response to the novel features gestural choreography, original text, and innovative video, invoking a complex and penetrating brain-scan of Prince Myshkin's "truly beautiful soul."
Idiot is an Artistic Director Production at HERE, which is providing development and production support. It is presented by the New Ohio in the Ice Factory and will have its world premiere at HERE in April 2016.
July 1 - 4
Body - Created by Blessed Unrest, conceived and directed by Jessica Burr, written by Matt Opatrny. For info visit BlessedUnrest.org. A trauma surgeon works to repair her patient's internal organs, a painter seeks to expose the raw humanity of his nude model, and two sisters attempt to cross the gaps of time and the mystery of the violent act that has separated them. Body is a devised physical theatre piece digging into the flesh, organs, bones, systems, and movement of the human body as art and as machine. Blessed Unrest is an ensemble-based experimental physical theatre company generating original work since 1999. Among their awards is the 2014 NYIT Caffe Cino Award for sustained excellence. Blessed Unrest uses the safe structure of training, workshops, rehearsal and performance to create an environment where dangerous things can happen. They produce dynamic, disciplined, and exuberant new works for the stage in NYC and abroad, including with Teatri ODA of Kosova, with whom they have twice toured internationally with original bilingual plays.
July 8 - 11
Losing Tom Pecinka - Produced by Morgan Gould & Friends, written and directed by Morgan Gould. For info visit www.MorganGouldAndFriends.com. When Tom Pecinka, a promising young MFA acting student dies in a tragic car wreck, his best friend, brother, and girlfriend try to make sense of the world without him. But between gay bashing, Tom's ghost, drug abuse, and a budding love affair destined to end in heartbreak, will these three friends ever be the same? Or will they truly...LOSE TOM PECINKA? Morgan Gould & Friends is a group of performers (Chris Geary, Megan Hill, Anna O'Donoghue, Tom Pecinka, Zack Segel, Nate Trinrud and Amir Wachterman) and designers (Chris Barlow, Barbara Samuels and Ryan Seelig) who work together under the direction of writer/director Morgan Gould. They dare to imagine a world where theater isn't boring and pretentious. Instead, it's funny, it's fast, and it makes a point about how we've conditioned ourselves to accept boredom and staleness on stage. They know you'd rather be watching TV, but they promise this is theater you wish you could DVR. July 15 - 18
I Will Look Forward to This Later - Created by The Assembly, text by Emily Louise Perkins, Kate Benson and The Assembly, directed by Jess Chayes and dramaturgy by Stephen Aubrey. For info visit Assemblytheater.org. The Great Man is dead. His family comes up for air. I Will Look Forward to This Later is a theatrical meditation on and celebration of the artist and aging. Weaving together an epic family saga, Kabuki-inspired physicality and found footage of the company's mentors, a multi-generational ensemble tackles the question "How can we live well?" The Assembly is a collective of multi-disciplinary performance artists committed to realizing a visceral and intelligent theater for a new generation. Assembly members unite their varied interests in service of wide-reaching, unabashedly theatrical and rigorously researched ensemble performances that address the complexities of our ever-changing world. The company embraces collaboration as the core of the creative process, allowing all the elements of text, action and design to develop side-by-side within the rehearsal environment. The Assembly is dedicated to rooting its artists, audiences, and peers in a profound sense of community. July 22 - 25
Karaoke Bacchae - Produced by Meta-Phys Ed., written and directed by Jesse Freedman. For information, visit www.Meta-PhysEd.com. The Bacchae, in a sports bar on karaoke night during the Stanley Cup. Karaoke has been cancelled to watch the game. Dionysus takes the human form of Iggy Pop and leads a horde of drunken sorority girls and cocktail waitress into a battle of submission for control of the karaoke machine against the bars sadomasochistic management. Meta-Phys Ed. is a multidisciplinary performance collaborative investigating the inseparable relationship between spirituality and art. Founded in 2011 by Jesse Freedman and Rabbi Bronwen Mullin, they create original performance pieces incorporating music, media and dance that hybridize sacred text and contemporary forms. Chalom: A Dream Opera, their original opera based on Talmudic dream texts, premiered at the 2012 New York International Fringe Festival. July 29 - August 1
An Intimate Evening With Typhoid Mary - Produced by Glass Bandits, written by Carl Holder and directed by Knud Adams. For info visit GBTheater.com. Introducing Martin Allen, an ordinary man dying from an extraordinary disease. His doctor and nurse attend to the worsening condition as Marty enacts the story of his life as a sold out variety show, of which only he and the audience seem to be aware. The hospital blurs into a surreal universe of drag cabaret colliding with the history of America's most notorious food contaminator. Martin gives the performance of his life and everything he has. Glass Bandits Theater Company is a gang of lovable misfits led by Artistic Director Eddie Prunoske and Producing Director Carl Holder seeking to create events that are thrilling and unmannered. Their creations strive to be surprising but still meet the audience in the most directly impacting way possible. The Bandits have been developing and producing work in various theaters, basements, art galleries, festivals, and loft apartments since 2008. August 5 - 8
Holden - Produced by George & Co, directed by Anisa George, written by Anisa George in collaboration with the ensemble. For info visit GeorgeAndCo.org. A tragicomic, modern-day No Exit, plumbing a darker dimension of The Catcher in the Rye. Three obsessive super-fans, with definitively shady pasts, have taken up residence in J.D. Salinger's private writing bunker. Unbeknownst to the reclusive author, their mission to get Salinger to publish once more spirals into a fevered bonfire of longing and delusion. George & Co is a Philadelphia-based theater company led by writer/director Anisa George. It creates madcap and messy, ensemble-created, original works, and has been nominated for "Best Ensemble" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and named "Pick of the Philadelphia International Festival of Arts" by The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Idiot - Developed and produced by HERE, conceived and adapted from the Dostoevsky novel by Robert Lyons and Kristin Marting, text by Robert Lyons, directed and choreographed by Kristin Marting. Prince Myshkin squares-off with a notorious woman, a spoiled socialite, and a jealous rival in an intricate and violent quartet, as he dances the knife's edge between torrid tragedy and mystical epiphany. This hybrid theatrical response to the novel features gestural choreography, original text, and innovative video, invoking a complex and penetrating brain-scan of Prince Myshkin's "truly beautiful soul."
Body - Created by Blessed Unrest, conceived and directed by Jessica Burr, written by Matt Opatrny. For info visit BlessedUnrest.org. A trauma surgeon works to repair her patient's internal organs, a painter seeks to expose the raw humanity of his nude model, and two sisters attempt to cross the gaps of time and the mystery of the violent act that has separated them. Body is a devised physical theatre piece digging into the flesh, organs, bones, systems, and movement of the human body as art and as machine. Blessed Unrest is an ensemble-based experimental physical theatre company generating original work since 1999. Among their awards is the 2014 NYIT Caffe Cino Award for sustained excellence. Blessed Unrest uses the safe structure of training, workshops, rehearsal and performance to create an environment where dangerous things can happen. They produce dynamic, disciplined, and exuberant new works for the stage in NYC and abroad, including with Teatri ODA of Kosova, with whom they have twice toured internationally with original bilingual plays.
Losing Tom Pecinka - Produced by Morgan Gould & Friends, written and directed by Morgan Gould. For info visit www.MorganGouldAndFriends.com. When Tom Pecinka, a promising young MFA acting student dies in a tragic car wreck, his best friend, brother, and girlfriend try to make sense of the world without him. But between gay bashing, Tom's ghost, drug abuse, and a budding love affair destined to end in heartbreak, will these three friends ever be the same? Or will they truly...LOSE TOM PECINKA? Morgan Gould & Friends is a group of performers (Chris Geary, Megan Hill, Anna O'Donoghue, Tom Pecinka, Zack Segel, Nate Trinrud and Amir Wachterman) and designers (Chris Barlow, Barbara Samuels and Ryan Seelig) who work together under the direction of writer/director Morgan Gould. They dare to imagine a world where theater isn't boring and pretentious. Instead, it's funny, it's fast, and it makes a point about how we've conditioned ourselves to accept boredom and staleness on stage. They know you'd rather be watching TV, but they promise this is theater you wish you could DVR. July 15 - 18
I Will Look Forward to This Later - Created by The Assembly, text by Emily Louise Perkins, Kate Benson and The Assembly, directed by Jess Chayes and dramaturgy by Stephen Aubrey. For info visit Assemblytheater.org. The Great Man is dead. His family comes up for air. I Will Look Forward to This Later is a theatrical meditation on and celebration of the artist and aging. Weaving together an epic family saga, Kabuki-inspired physicality and found footage of the company's mentors, a multi-generational ensemble tackles the question "How can we live well?" The Assembly is a collective of multi-disciplinary performance artists committed to realizing a visceral and intelligent theater for a new generation. Assembly members unite their varied interests in service of wide-reaching, unabashedly theatrical and rigorously researched ensemble performances that address the complexities of our ever-changing world. The company embraces collaboration as the core of the creative process, allowing all the elements of text, action and design to develop side-by-side within the rehearsal environment. The Assembly is dedicated to rooting its artists, audiences, and peers in a profound sense of community. July 22 - 25
Karaoke Bacchae - Produced by Meta-Phys Ed., written and directed by Jesse Freedman. For information, visit www.Meta-PhysEd.com. The Bacchae, in a sports bar on karaoke night during the Stanley Cup. Karaoke has been cancelled to watch the game. Dionysus takes the human form of Iggy Pop and leads a horde of drunken sorority girls and cocktail waitress into a battle of submission for control of the karaoke machine against the bars sadomasochistic management. Meta-Phys Ed. is a multidisciplinary performance collaborative investigating the inseparable relationship between spirituality and art. Founded in 2011 by Jesse Freedman and Rabbi Bronwen Mullin, they create original performance pieces incorporating music, media and dance that hybridize sacred text and contemporary forms. Chalom: A Dream Opera, their original opera based on Talmudic dream texts, premiered at the 2012 New York International Fringe Festival. July 29 - August 1
An Intimate Evening With Typhoid Mary - Produced by Glass Bandits, written by Carl Holder and directed by Knud Adams. For info visit GBTheater.com. Introducing Martin Allen, an ordinary man dying from an extraordinary disease. His doctor and nurse attend to the worsening condition as Marty enacts the story of his life as a sold out variety show, of which only he and the audience seem to be aware. The hospital blurs into a surreal universe of drag cabaret colliding with the history of America's most notorious food contaminator. Martin gives the performance of his life and everything he has. Glass Bandits Theater Company is a gang of lovable misfits led by Artistic Director Eddie Prunoske and Producing Director Carl Holder seeking to create events that are thrilling and unmannered. Their creations strive to be surprising but still meet the audience in the most directly impacting way possible. The Bandits have been developing and producing work in various theaters, basements, art galleries, festivals, and loft apartments since 2008. August 5 - 8
Holden - Produced by George & Co, directed by Anisa George, written by Anisa George in collaboration with the ensemble. For info visit GeorgeAndCo.org. A tragicomic, modern-day No Exit, plumbing a darker dimension of The Catcher in the Rye. Three obsessive super-fans, with definitively shady pasts, have taken up residence in J.D. Salinger's private writing bunker. Unbeknownst to the reclusive author, their mission to get Salinger to publish once more spirals into a fevered bonfire of longing and delusion. George & Co is a Philadelphia-based theater company led by writer/director Anisa George. It creates madcap and messy, ensemble-created, original works, and has been nominated for "Best Ensemble" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and named "Pick of the Philadelphia International Festival of Arts" by The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Performances are Wednesdays - Saturdays at 7pm. Tickets are $18 and $15 for students and seniors, and can be purchased online at www.NewOhioTheatre.org or by calling 1-888-596-1027.
IDIOT, produced by HERE. Photo by Benjamin Heller.
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LOSING Tom Pecinka, produced by Morgan Gould & Friends. Photo by Michelle Tarantina.
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LOSING Tom Pecinka, produced by Morgan Gould & Friends. Photo by Ryan Seelig.
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HOLDEN, produced by George & Co. Photo courtesy George & Co.
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HOLDEN, produced by George & Co. Photo courtesy George & Co.
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