La MaMa Presents STATIONARY EXCESS and KAREN DAVIS DOES LA MAMA

La MaMa proudly presents Made in China's American debut of STATIONARY EXCESS. Partnered with STATIONARY EXCESS will be special performances of KAREN DAVIS DOES LAMAMA (w/Special Guest Jenny Fresh!)

STATIONARY EXCESS is a daringly honest solo performance that evokes the absurdity, pain and hilarity of being alone. Imprisoned on an exercise bicycle, one woman tells the story of an extraordinary man. As she hurls the audience through a frenetic half hour of pedaling, her tale grows taller and taller. This thirty-minute, champagne fuelled electric shock to the system will scream out to anyone who has loved and lost.
History

STATIONARY EXCESS ran for four weeks at Underbelly during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2010. It is now on tour across the UK to venues including Arcola Theatre, Institute of Contemporary Art (London), Tobacco Factory (Bristol) and The Junction (Cambridge).

Quotes

'visually engaging, fabulously performed...the complete package' - British Theatre Guide

'quirky, funny...surreal and entertaining' - The Scotsman

'a powerful parable on romantic heroism and endurance...a memorable feat' - The Stage

'poignant, intimate and frequently very funny,' - Soho Theatre

'Made in China have created a little gem which speaks to a new generation of theatre goers' - National Theatre

'an accomplished, warm and nuanced exploration of loneliness...which cleverly embodies the effort of loving, wanting and trying to overcome resistance or stagnation.' - The Royal Court Theatre

Creative Team for Stationary Excess

Tim Cowbury (writer and creator) previous credits include No Longer I (The Public Theater), Little Thing, Light Thing (Bush Theatre), Fantasia (Old Vic), Pass it On; Out There and Cartography (Soho Theatre). He is part of The Royal Court Theatre's Young Writers programme, Soho Theatre's HUB programme, and Old Vic New Voices club.

Jessica Latowicki (performer and creator) is a live artist based in London whose previous work has been performed at Shunt Lounge, the BAC, Chisenhale Dance Space, The ICA and Brick Box. She has a BFA in Drama from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts and MA in Performance Making from Goldsmiths University of London.

Made In China is the collaborative work of Tim Cowbury and Jessica Latowicki. They are currently based in London. Made In China's mission is to make visceral, accessible performances at the juncture of playwriting and live art. They have made shows in bathtubs, on exercise bikes and customized Ikea trolleys. They have spliced moving speeches and great stories with ice-cream eating and beer drinking contests. They have repeatedly done stupid dances to great music but never the reverse. And they have always made a mess, and entertained.

Karen Davis Does La MaMa (w/Special Guest Jenny Fresh!) Karen Davis is a mover and a shaker bringing quality laughs to diverse NYC audiences for almost eight months. Her stand-up explores all the loneliness and joy that comes from being a single, unemployed gal in the City. Expect dazzling word-play, self-deprecation and sock puppets. Karen Davis Does La MaMa is a Joe Ranono/Sandy Katz Production with additional support from Andy Callot and La Guilde Humoriste d'Angers.
Creative Team for Karen Davis Does La MaMa

Jess Barbagallo (Writer) is a writer and performer. She has performed with Big Dance Theater (The Other Here), Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf (Panic, Drum of the Waves of Horikawa, It Cannot Be Called Our Mother But Our Graves) and The Builders Association (Jet Lag). She is a founding member of Half Straddle (The Knock-Out Blow, Nurses in New England, In the Pony Palace/Football), the Red Terror Squad (Family Bed) and the Dyke Division of 2HC (Room for Cream). Other credits include An Oresteia (CSC) and MilkMilkLemonade (Josh Conkel/The Management). She has written the plays Grey-Eyed Dogs (Dixon Place Mondo Cane Commission), I'll Meet You in Tijuana (Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab) and Saturn Nights (Incubator Arts Project). MFA: Brooklyn College.

Emily Davis (Performer) In addition to her work with Half Straddle (FAMILY, Nurses in New England, Girl Detective Agency, In the Pony Palace/FOOTBALL) Emily has worked with the NY-based companies Witness Relocation, Theater Mitu and The TEAM. She has developed work and performed with writers Jess Barbagallo, Trish Hartineaux, Erin Markey, Ben Forster, Micah Bloomberg and Dylan Dawson at The Invisible Dog, The Bushwick Starr, The Incubator Arts Project, Ars Nova, the NYU Graduate Acting and Film Programs, the Brooklyn College MFA Program, The Twenty-Five Cent Opera of San Francisco, Dixon Place, The Wild Project, The Ontological Theater, The Metropolitan Playhouse, CATCH, Brigham Young University, The Women's Project, Sundance Theater Lab at White Oak, The Watermill Center, 3LD Center for Design and Technology, Walker Art Center, Vanderbilt University, PS 122, New York Theater Workshop, Skidmore College, Kitchen Dog Theater, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and the Dallas Children's Theater. Emily has also worked with filmmakers Andrew Simkiss (The Amy Character, official selection at the Palm Beach International Film Festival and the Arizona International Film Festival), Shal Ngo (Consolation Prize), and David Call (B.U.S.T, 2010 Dallas International Film Festival Special Jury Prize). She holds a BFA in Theater from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

Julia Sirna-Frest (Performer) is a founding member of Half Straddle and was most recently seen in their production In the Pony Palace/Football at the Bushwick Starr. Other Half Straddle productions include: The Knockout Blow (Ontological & HERE), Family (Ontological), Nurses in New England (Ohio). Other favorites: The Magic Flute (Target Margin), Rocky Philly (The Bushwick Starr) Babes in Toyland (Ohio). Julia is a member of Doll Parts a Dolly Parton cover band and a teaching artist for Opening Act and LEAP. She has also performed in readings and workshops at New Dramatists, Soho Rep and The Soho Think Tank

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