Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Announces PRELUDE 2014 Full Schedule

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY is pleased to announce the full lineup of its eleventh annual PRELUDE Festival. Dedicated to artists at the forefront of contemporary New York City theatre and performance, PRELUDE 2014 features an array of artists working in theatrical and interdisciplinary performance. The festival gives audiences and artists a survey of the current New York moment via in-process presentations, installations, and discussions - all completely free to the public.

Helmed by curators Chloë Bass (Artist), Jackie Sibblies Drury (Playwright), Allison Lyman (Dramaturg/Producer), Sarah Rose Leonard(Director/Dramaturg), and festival founder Frank Hentschker (Executive Director, Martin E. Segal Theatre Center), PRELUDE 2014 provides a unique preview of new work being created by groundbreaking New York theatre and performance artists working in theatrical, interdisciplinary, and mixed media performance. The festival is a public lab for sharing new ideas through brief workshop performances, readings, installations, participatory events, panels, and discussions featuring some of the most exciting artists working today. PRELUDE is the only festival of its kind in New York that remains completely free and open to the public.

Beginning Wednesday October 8, PRELUDE 2014 will feature more than 35 artists, in addition to 5 conversations and 3 public workshops, linked thematically by the following conversations:

Care's Hiding Place; or, Is care a form of participation? Is live performance a gift economy? Which way does care flow, and how can we track it? Where do artists and audiences make space for care?

Honesty is Good, and Honesty is Bad; or, True things are what? Is honesty different than reality, is it possible to render through performance? Does honesty emerge from irony, or is it the other way around? For makers of performance, is honesty a goal, a compliment, or a liability?

Endurance/Loss; or, How long is too long? How does exhaustion and the act of overcoming exhaustion play a part in the creation of art making? How do these emotional and physical states become part of the work itself?

All Together All Alone; or, How to intimate the intimate? Is theatre a kind of formal intimacy? What is the relationship between the personal and the political, and what are the possibilities and limitations created by a shared present?

PRELUDE 2014 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
For most up-to-date festival information, go to www.PreludeNYC.org

(PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE.)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8

3:00 pm - 3:35 pm, Segal Theatre
CONVERSATIONS: PRELUDE 2014 Curator's Welcome Panel
with Prelude 2014 Curators + Geoffrey Jackson Scott

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm, Segal Theatre
CATHERINE BROOKMAN
sullivann

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm, James Gallery
CHLO? BASS
The Resource Room

4:00 pm - 7:30 pm, Mina Rees Library
EVA VON SCHWEINITZ
Gh( )sts

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm, James Gallery
AISHA COUSINS
Learn/Unlearn vs. I Heart Cops

4:15 pm - 4:45 pm, Segal Theatre
JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY
Untitled (LYLAS)

5:15 pm - 5:45 pm, Segal Theatre
ALLISON LYMAN & MOE YOUSUF
One Month Revival

6:15 pm - 7:00 pm, Segal Theatre
ROSE & STAGS
In the Fog

7:30 pm - 8:00 pm, Segal Theatre
ARIEL STESS
Heartbreak

8:30 pm - 9:00 pm, Segal Theatre
CHRISTINA MASCIOTTI & PAUL LAZAR
Social Security

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm, C-Level
WORKSHOPS: Playing Well With Others
A PIMA Collaboration Workshop

3:00 pm - 8:30 pm, Elebash Lobby
KIPPY WINSTON
The Radish

3:00 pm - 8:30 pm, Elebash Lobby
SARAH MAXFIELD
Nonlinear Lineage: Over/Heard

3:00 pm - 3:40 pm, Elebash Recital Hall
CONVERSATIONS: Honesty is Good, and Honesty is Bad

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm, Segal Theatre
LUCY ALIBAR
Throw Me on the Burnpile and Light Me Up

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, C-Level
WORKSHOPS: Creative Producing
With Emily Morse + Reed Whitney

4:00 pm - 8:30 pm, James Gallery
CHLO? BASS
The Resource Room

4:00 pm - 8:30 pm, James Gallery
AISHA COUSINS
Learn/Unlearn vs. I Heart Cops

4:00 pm - 7:30 pm, Mina Rees Library
EVA VON SCHWEINITZ
Gh( )sts

5:00 pm - 5:35 pm, Elebash Recital Hall
AMELIA ROPER
Limelight + Rose

5:15 pm - 6:00 pm, Segal Theatre
HARRISON DAVID RIVERS & DAVID MENDIZÁBAL
And She Would Stand Like This

6:15 pm - 6:40 pm, Elebash Recital Hall
PIEHOLE
Old Paper Houses

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm, Segal Theatre
JV SQUAD
Marathon Play [Excerpt]

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm, Truck on Site
THE TRUCK PROJECT
Obfuscation

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm, Elebash Recital Hall
PAUL KETCHUM
The Harper's Play

7:30 pm - 8:00 pm, Segal Theatre
WILLIAM BURKE
Comfort Dogs: Live from the Pink House

7:30 pm - 8:10 pm, James Gallery
CONVERSATIONS: Care's Hiding Place

8:00 pm - 8:40 pm, Elebash Recital Hall
FRANCIS WEISS RABKIN & ANNA BRENNER & LESLIE ALLISON
Won't Be a Ghost

8:30 pm - 9:00 pm, Segal Theatre
TRISH HARNETIAUX
Weren't You In My Science Class?

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm, C-Level
WORKSHOPS: Honesty Forever
A Generative Playwriting Workshop

3:00 pm - 3:40 pm, Segal Theatre
CONVERSATIONS: All Together All Alone

3:00 pm - 8:30 pm, Elebash Lobby
KIPPY WINSTON
The Radish

3:00 pm - 8:30 pm, Elebash Lobby
SARAH MAXFIELD
Nonlinear Lineage: Over/Heard

3:45 pm - 4:15 pm, Elebash Recital Hall
MALLERY AVIDON & JEFF AARON BRYANT
TL;DR, an opera

4:00 pm - 8:30 pm, James Gallery
CHLO? BASS
The Resource Room

4:00 pm - 8:30 pm, James Gallery
AISHA COUSINS
Learn/Unlearn vs. I Heart Cops

4:15 pm - 4:45 pm, Segal Theatre
GRAND LADY DANCE HOUSE
Master Flowers Summer Version

5:00 pm - 5:40 pm, Elebash Recital Hall
CONVERSATIONS: Endurance/Loss

5:30 pm - 5:50 pm, Segal Theatre
DAVID NEUMANN
I Understand Everything Better

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm, Mina Rees Library
TINY LITTLE BAND
Ghost Stories

5:45 pm - 6:15 pm, Elebash Recital Hall
ELIZA BENT
On a Clear Day I can See to Elba

6:15 pm - 7:05 pm, James Gallery
NATHANIEL SULLIVAN
Jamie Dimon: Before The Nation Went Bankrupt

6:15 pm - 6:45 pm, Segal Theatre
JOE WAECHTER
HOWARD GAP ROAD

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm, Truck on Site
THE TRUCK PROJECT
Obfuscation

6:45 pm - 7:30 pm, Elebash Recital Hall
ERIN MARKEY
A Ride on The Irish Cream

7:30 pm - 8:15 pm, Segal Theatre
CASEY LLEWELLYN & RICK BURKHARDT & MIA ROVEGNO
The Body which is the Town

8:15 pm - 9:00 pm, Elebash
RICHARD MAXWELL & NEW YORK CITY PLAYERS
The Evening

10:00pm - 2:00am, China Blue, 135 Watts St. Tribeca
PRELUDE 2014 CLOSING NIGHT PARTY
Featuring Champagne Jerry and
The Presentation of the 2014 Franky Award to
Annie-B Parson & Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

PRELUDE programming will be held from 3pm - 9pm in The Segal Theatre, Elebash Recital Hall, and in partnership with The James Gallery and Mina Rees Library on The CUNY Graduate Center campus located at 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street). All programs are first-come, first-served, and open to the public. For the most up-to-date festival schedule, please visit www.PreludeNYC.org.

Since 2003, The Segal Center's PRELUDE FESTIVAL has presented more than 300 emerging artists, including: Sarah Benson, Big Art Group, Cynthia Hopkins, Young Jean Lee, Nature Theatre of Oklahoma, 600 HIGHWAYMEN, alongside legendary figures like Richard Foreman, Marina Abramovic, Mabou Mines, Charles Mee, and many more.

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center (MESTC) is a non-profit center for theatre, dance, and film affiliated with CUNY's Ph.D. Program in Theatre. The Center's mission is to bridge the gap between academia and the professional performing arts communities both within the United States and internationally. www.theSegalCenter.org

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