FRACTURED HEARTS AND LURID DETAILS a W'holy, unHoliday Series of Events

From December 20, 2016 until January 2, 2017 BAD REP will be in residence at IRT in NYC. The collaborative group will present a 'wHoly, unHoliday series of events' which include "Fractured Hearts & Lurid Details", a play written by Pamela Enz and directed by Vera Beren along with several pop-up workshops facilitated by Connie Noyes, visiting cohort from Chicago. The play will run from December 21-23, 27-30 at 8:00pm and December 31 at 6:00pm at IRT Theater 154 Christopher Street, NYC, NY 10014.

Workshops will take place on December 16, 22 and 30, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM and December 18, 12:00-2:00PM at pop-up locations in Manhattan. A special 'unCelebration' event is scheduled for December 25th from 3:00- 5:00 at the theater.

For ticket information and specific workshop locations as they unfold visit http://www.badrep.org Part One "Fractured Hearts and Lurid Details", is a wistful pean to a romantic ideal, shattered shortly after it reached its zenith in the imaginations of 1950's America yet continues to live on in the DNA of lovers around the globe. The inter-active collaboration of BAD REP at IRT between artist and audience examines the pool of dreams we take with us down the road to forming our own bonds. Paired with its companion "Are You My Kitchen Table?" this winner of the Tennessee Williams One Act Play Award uses America's Big Band 1930-40's for its open hearted back beat. Cast members include: Connie Castanzo*, Gordon Ramsey, Maja Wampuszyc*, Maddy Campbell, Nicole Beninato and Paul Megna, * appear courtesy AEA; Project Manager, Robert Neapolitan and Make-up artist Angela Rodriquez.

The workshops "One-Sock Tree" and "Where does love live?" facilitated by artist Connie Noyes will come together through community interaction within specific sites while participates play and explore in the unknown. Based on the philosophical idea something always comes from nothing, the open experience of participation will guide and propel ideas forward as the community works together. Through the use authentic movement, repetition spontaneous words and making participants will get curious about fear, longing and upset while opening imagination to the infinite possibility of connection. http://www.connienoyes.com

Pamela Enz; Working towards an insight into love and being that doesn't line up with the shorthand of everyday vision I aspire to zoom past the representational into the realm of poetic realism. Theater is the medium that best serves my storytelling, supported by an innate skill that I have with dialogue, and because of the still listener in me who came gradually to understand the art that lies in the hearing what lays deeper beneath both words and silence it remains my greatest joy.

Vera Beren; Vera is a NYC actress, director, Sound Designer, composer and singer. Her work as a performer, director and/or Sound Designer has been seen in productions at Abrons Art Center, HERE, The Signature Theatre, Ontological, La Mama, 3 Legged Dog, The Vineyard Playhouse, TNC, Dixon Place, The Culture Project, The Kitchen, EST, 29th St. Rep, Harold Clurman Theater, Soho Rep, Symphony Space, The Flea, Blue Heron Arts Center, 45 Bleecker, Theatorium, Paradise Theater, One Dream, The Women's Project & New Georges. She is a founding member of Concrete Temple Theatre and has worked with The Living Theatre, The Alchemical Theatre, and her own company Let's Slap Ulysses /people/Vera-Beren/#

Connie Noyes; For Connie, inspiration is found in materials, in her innate curiosity and the act of making. By transforming found, forgotten, discarded or worthless materials and identified sites into highly valued objects or socially acceptable gathering spaces the worthless becomes seductively rich. Initial perceptions are questioned as the history of what lies beneath the surface is both revealed and disguised. Through actions both in the studio and on site, the question provoked is: what constitutes beauty and worth?

IRT is a grassroots laboratory for independent theater and performance in New York City, providing space and support to a new generation of artists. Tucked away in the old Archive Building in Greenwich Village, IRT's mission is to build a community of emerging and established artists by creating a home for the development and presentation of new work. Some of the artists supported in the past include Young Jean Lee, Reggie Watts, & Mike Daisey. For info visit www.irttheater.org.

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