LIGHT, A DARK COMEDY Opens This Weekend in Brooklyn

Paper Canoe Theater Company, a devised theatre company for families, presents Light: A Dark Comedy by Greg Steinbruner, in partnership with Triskelion Arts, at the Muriel Schulman Theater.

Originally developed through The New Victory LabWorks Residency, Light: A Dark Comedy asks audiences to imagine a world without light. Eleven-year-old Moth lives in a world of darkness - here, nobody remembers there once was a sun; folks are too tired to notice the odd and sinister workings of their strange city. But when Moth's mother is overcome by "The Sleep," Moth is forced to unplug from the world she knows to set off for the Slumberyards. On this magical theatrical journey, she unexpectedly finds a host of lost misfits who, together, save the day. An 80-minute hero's journey seeks imagineers. Ages 8+

Performances will be every Saturday and Sunday at 10:30am, from Saturday, March 19th through Sunday, April 10 and Friday, March 25 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $18 and available online at www.triskelionarts.org and at the door. The Muriel Schulman Theater is located at 106 Calyer St in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. For more information, visit http://www.papercanoecompany.com.

Bios:

Adrienne Kapstein (Director) is an award-winning director specializing in the creation of new work. She is a physical theater Lecoq-trained practitioner who has directed work across the country and internationally. Recent works for family audiences include Wanda's Monster (New York City Children's Theater) and Washeteria (Soho Rep). She is a co-founder of Movement Theater Studio NYC and Paper Canoe Theater (2013/2014 New Victory Theater LabWorks recipients). She was the Associate Director of Movement and Horse Choreography on War Horse (Lincoln Center, National Tour) and was the Artistic Director of SaBooge Theatre. Adrienne is an Assistant Professor in the International Performance Ensemble Program at Pace University.

Allyson Morgan (Producer) is an actress, writer, producer, and Executive Director of film and theatre collective F*It Club. TV: "Law and Order: SVU" (NBC), "The Americans" (FX), "Hostages" (CBS), "Inside Amy Schumer" (Comedy Central), "Divorce" (HBO). Recently, Allyson was named one of just five winners out of thousands of entrants from over 63 countries in the Bombay Sapphire Imagination Series; her short film Need For Speed (Dating) premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2014. In addition to Executive Producing six years of F*It Club's signature program, "The Spring Fling," Allyson is Festival Producer for the Jewish Plays Project's Open Festival, and co-producer of The Green Plays in conjunction with Gowanus Art + Production. In fall 2014 through summer 2015 at The Peoples Improv Theater, she also produced a sold-out run of Hold On To Your Butts, which was named a "critic's pick" and one of the "top ten comedy shows of 2014" by Time Out New York.

Greg Steinbruner (Writer) has been making theater in New York City for more than twenty years as an actor, playwright, and director. In that time he has originated roles with many wonderful companies including the 78th Street Theater Lab (The Nibroc Trilogy), Tectonic Theater Project (Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde), The Flying Machine (Signals of Distress), and many others. Recent directing projects include The Tempest, The Birds, and The Government Inspector at Ramapo College. Greg is also the narrator of several popular Young Adult and Children's series including Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol, The Magic Thief series by Sarah Prineas, and several characters in The Origami Yoda books by Tom Angleberger.

Tami Stronach (Executive Director of Paper Canoe, Actress) Since appearing as The Childlike Empress in The Neverending Story, Tami has been creating interdisciplinary work for the last 20 years. Her theater credits include being an ensemble member of the acclaimed physical theater company the Flying Machine Theater for 7 years. Soho Rep. produced 4 of the Flying Machine's original works includingFrankenstein, a Drama Desk nominated production. Tami Stronach formed her own company Tami Stronach Dance (TSD) in 2000. Since its formation TSD has been commissioned and presented by more than 30 venues in NYC including Danspace Project at St. Marks Church, FlickFest Festival, Between the Seas Festival, Here Art Center, Dance New Amsterdam, Triskelion Arts, La MaMa Etc., Dance Theater Workshop, Joyce Soho, Joe's Pub, The Flea, Movement Research at Judson Church, Ps122, Joyce Soho among others. She holds a B.F.A. in Dance from SUNY Purchase College and an M.F.A. in Dance from ADF/Hollins University. She has been on faculty at Marymount Manhattan College teaching dance composition and improvisation since 2011.

Paper Canoe Theater Company is a visionary team of theater artists who have recently become parents. As lifelong story tellers, directors, writers, and choreographers, we wanted to bring our attention to stories that would be good for families. We have a simple idea that families who tell and enjoy stories together are the happiest kind of families. Happy families make happy communities. Happy communities make a happier world. A Paper Canoe is 'devised transportation' for your imagination.

Triskelion Arts has a two-fold mission as a 501(c)3, non-profit organization: To foster the development and presentation of the performing arts by providing quality, affordable, accessible rehearsal, class, and performance space to the general public and to provide opportunities to the arts community, especially choreographers, for the creation and presentation of new work.

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