The Million Underscores_ _ present LAPA, a play written by Russian poet and playwright Daniil Kharms in 1930.
LAPA is a mesmerizing language machine for the theater following Landman's journey to pluck a newly formed star called Agam The Swan: "whoever tears down this star may choose to be freed from dreaming." Treating language with the material curiosity of early abstract artists LAPA exposes the border of language and sound, of poetry and meaning. The Million Underscores_ _ stage this genre-bending work, modulating between visual composition, soundscape, performance, and choreography, to emphasize the distance between words, objects, sound, and the body. Amidst Industrialization, the human ability to reach beyond the terrestrial, and a decrepit heaven, LAPA is a ballad for the end of dreaming.
Produced by The Million Underscores_ _ and The Brick Theater
Written by: Daniil Kharms Directed by: Timothy Scott and Nicolás Noreña Translation from Russian: C. Dylan Basset and Emma Winsor Wood
Featuring: Hannah Gross, Marija Kovačević, Alessandro Magania, Madison Mayer, Erin Mullin, Nicolás Noreña and Timothy Scott
Music by: Marija Kovačević and Ethan Philbrick
Assistant Director: Madison Mayer
Lighting Design: Daisy Long
Scenic Design: Nicolás Noreña
Poster design: Emma Berliner
Performances are March 11,12,13,14, 18, 19, 20 and 21 at 8pm And March 15 and 22 at 4pm At The Brick Theater, located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn AT 579 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11211. Admission is $20.
Tickets now available: web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1025913
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