Horse Trade Theater Group Announces REVOLUTION IN 1, Now thru 10/23

Horse Trade Theater Group will present THEATER IN ASYLUM's dance theater production of Revolution in 1, written by Katie Palmer in collaboration with Laura Aristovulos, Jake Lasser, Rebekah Levin, Lizzy Palmer, Russell Peck, and Marchelle Thurman. The production will be directed by Co-Artistic Directors Paul H. Bedard and Katie Palmer and will feature Laura Aristovulous, Samantha Keogh, Rebekah Levin, Lizzy Palmer, and Marchelle Thurman with Original Music Composition by Randall Benichak, Lighting Design by Dan Stearns, and Set and Costumes created by the cast. 

 

Revolution in 1 explores the relationship between the two definitions of the word revolution: revolt and revolve. How and why do individuals take a stand? What are the eventual, and potentially inevitable, outcomes of this constant cycle of revolution?

 

In TIA's signature style of thrilling dance-theater performance, Revolution in 1 will suspend the audience's preconceptions, analyze the origins and myths around revolution, and leave audiences with new-found understanding and empathy. This piece has been in development all of Spring 2012. 

 

The production will run tonight, October 2-23 at The Red Room (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery), Tuesdays at 8pm. Tickets ($18, $15 students & seniors) are available online at www.horseTRADE.info or by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444.  

 

KATIE PALMER originally from San Diego, California, graduated from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Drama. She began dancing at age three and never stopped, eventually supplementing her love of dance with theater training as an actor, singer/musician, director, designer, and ultimately a choreographer. She has choreographed full-scale musicals, original musicals, original ballets, solo modern dance theater pieces, and concert dance pieces as well as consulted on movement-based theater projects. She has performed as an actor and dancer in regional productions, musical and non, throughout the country, and is also passionate about pursuing educational theater.

 

PAUL H. BEDARD is a theater artist hailing from Hartford, CT and is a recent graduate of NYU's Tisch with a focus in directing. Past directing work includes ¡Olé!, TIA's FRANKENSTEIN, LUCIA, THE PERSISTENCE OF Annabel Lee, NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, and an adaptation of WOYZECK. Past design work includes ALLIGATOR SUMMER in the 2010 NYC Fringe Festival. Beyond theater, Paul has a passion for politics and early-childhood education. www.paulhbedard.com

 

THEATER IN ASYLUM is a New York-based dance-theater company founded in 2010 by Paul H. Bedard and Katie Palmer to provide asylum to highly-charged subjects and characters. Bedard and Palmer founded TIA simultaneously with the company's first production, NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM, followed by another mainstage show in 2011, which set Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein in conversation with current fears of technology and Artificial Intelligence. In addition to its mainstages, THEATER IN ASYLUM promotes fellow early-career artists by producing cabaret-style events featuring original work of varying mediums as well as sponsoring its Artists in Residence.

HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work, it has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater.  Horse Trade's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent Theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. It is also the home of FRIGID New York – the first and only festival of its kind in New York City.