Dialogue with Three Chords to Continue THE MAJOR ARCANA, 9/24

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) continues its fifth season of producing original theatre in Greenwich Village with THE LOVERS/THE EMPRESS/THE EMPEROR/THE HIEROPHANT, the second installment in their serialized play THE MAJOR ARCANA or THE FOOL'S JOURNEY. Featuring BFA actors from Brooklyn College, the alma-mater of D3C co-founders Stephen Gracia and Michael LoPorto, the narrative is presented in a season-spanning format where characters and themes are connected, but each play also functions as a stand-alone piece. The show features a performance by all-girl musical trio Dolltits and starts at 8pm on September 24, downstairs at Mr. Dennehy's 63 Carmine Street, New York, NY 10014. Admission is free with a $3 suggested donation.

"'The Lovers/The Empress/ The Emperor/The Hierophant' sequence of plays focuses on transformations, unifications, and new beginnings," explains Gracia. "The Fool is initiated into an esoteric tradition, the Emperor finds a new kingdom, and we draw the Death card." Season-long work "The Major Arcana or The Fool's Journey" will consist of 23 individual plays that see main character 'The Fool' on a journey through each of the Major Arcana Tarot cards.

This is the second time D3C has presented a serialized play. "As with our previous serialized drama, 'Shipyard Souls & A Compass Rose', each night of 'The Major Arcana' exists as a complete story that can be enjoyed completely out of context," said Gracia, adding: "if you see it all, you get the full story." Brooklyn College BFA Acting program undergrads are again paired with seasoned D3C actors, continuing last year's partnership.

Gracia further explained that this second installment in "The Major Arcana or The Fool's Journey" includes four new plays "exploring love at first sight, radical pamphleteering, theosophy, imaginary countries, and the most famous secret religion of ancient Greece." Riot-grrl country punk band Dolltits will perform interstitially following their NYC debut and describe their music as "what results when you combine elements of riot grrl emotion, feminism, country and good old-fashioned awesomeness."

"The Lovers/The Empress/ The Emperor/The Hierophant'" features: Jessica Bathurst, Ally Callaghan, Larry Greenbush, Anthony Marino, Edie Nugent, and Steve Weinblatt.

More information on Dialogue with Three Chords can be found at: www.dthreec.org

More information on the Brooklyn College BFA Acting program can be found at: http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/theater/programs_undergrad_bfa_acting.html

More information on Dolltits, including live videos of the band is found at www.facebook.com/dolltits and www.dolltits.com.

Dialogue with Three Chords was founded by Stephen Gracia and Michael LoPorto and applies the do-it-yourself philosophy of punk to the stage and features short plays and live music. Their work has also been produced at Sargent Theatre, Makor Theater, DUMBO Theatre Exchange, Levenson Hall at Brooklyn College, and the Theaters at 45 Bleecker.

The Brooklyn College BFA Acting program offers intensive courses in Stanislavsky-based acting, Alexander technique, improvisation, voice production, diction and dialects, solo performance, stage combat, the business of acting, acting with the camera, and theater history.

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