La MaMa Presents SERIES OF ONE

La MaMa presents the return of Series of One, a platform for provocative, challenging solo performances centered on storytelling and personal narratives. The four courageous artists this year are Blake Sugarman, John Jarboe, Marina Celander and Megan Metrikin. They exemplify La MaMa's mission of continuing to create adventurous and engaging art that allows audiences to experience the dynamism of a single performer-no distractions.

Series of One curator Nicky Paraiso says "The four artists in this installment of Series of One are each from diverse backgrounds and deal with identity and autobiography in abstract, poetic, sometimes even political, ways."

All performances to take place in La MaMa's First Floor Theatre, 74A East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003 (between Bowery and Second Avenue). The performance schedule is as follows:

BLAKE SUGARMAN: Prelude to the Apocalypse (For What It's Worth)

Feb 1 - 2 at 8pm | Feb 10 at 8pm | Feb 11 at 3pm

Prelude to the Apocalypse (For What It's Worth) engages with the climate crises in a number of unexpected ways: through the lens of evolutionary time, the biblical apocalypse, and the process of growing up as a person and a society. It also examines the human tendency to make wishes, and what that means in moments when we feel powerless. It all takes place in the shadow of a giant hourglass. Nevertheless, the universe breathes on. Prelude to the Apocalypse (For What It's Worth) is written and performed by Blake Sugarman anddirected by Jacob Sexton.

John Jarboe: You Can Never Go Down The Drain: a Musical Children's Program for Adults in 2018

Feb 3 at 8pm | Feb 4 at 3pm | Feb 8 - 9 at 8pm

Mr. Rogers was known for saying no matter how bad things are "You can never go down the drain." Using and abusing iconic songs from the program, Philadelphia's Bearded Ladies Cabaret, puts this to the test. For this workshop performance, expect a gold fish funeral, gay romps into the land of make-believe, and some earnest questions about irony. You Can Never Go Down The Drain is created by The Bearded Ladies Cabaret and written and performed by John Jarboe.

Marina Celander: Mermaid's Howl

Feb 15 - 16 at 8pm | Feb 24th at 8pm | Feb 25th at 3pm

Mermaid's Howl written, directed and performed by Marina Celander is a fantastical One-Woman piece, full of magic and dreams. The characters are WOMAN and DAUGHTER. They speak to each other through time and space, through ocean divers and earth creatures, through madness and memories, remembering their way back to their matriline in Korea. Music and soundscape by Infinite Dåkot-Ta.

MEGAN METRIKIN: Finding Fellini

Feb 17th at 8pm | Feb 18th at 3pm | Feb 22 - 23 at 8pm

Written and performed by Megan Metrikin Finding Fellini centers around a Jewish woman's escape from the brutal realities of apartheid South Africa into a Fellini infused cinematic landscape. Projection images from the maestro's films, as well as Fellini quotes, weave together representing the creativity, freedom and vibrancy Fellini symbolizes to a woman running from the horrors of her home country where repression is the suffocating norm. Directed and Designed by Guy de Lancey

Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students and seniors. The first ten tickets are available for $10 each as part of La MaMa's 10 @ $10 ticketing initiative, advance sales only. All tickets may be purchased at www.lamama.org or by calling OvationTix at 212-352-3101.

About La MaMa

La MaMa is dedicated to the artist and all aspects of the theatre. The organization has a worldwide reputation for producing daring performance works that defy form and transcend barriers of ethnic and cultural identity. Founded in 1961 by award-winning theatre pioneer Ellen Stewart, La MaMa has presented more than 5,000 productions by 150,000 artists from more than 70 nations. A recipient of more than 30 Obie Awards and dozens of Drama Desk, Bessie, and Villager Awards, La MaMa has helped launch the careers of countless artists, many of whom have made important contributions to American and international arts milieus.

La MaMa's 56th season highlights artists of different generations, gender identities, and cultural backgrounds, who question social mores and confront stereotypes, corruption, bigotry, racism, and xenophobia in their work. Our stages embrace diversity in every form and present artists that persevere with bold self-expression despite social, economic, and political struggle and the 56th season reflects the urgency of reaffirming human interconnectedness.

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