La MaMa, in association with The Assembly, announced today that the world premiere of SEAGULLMACHINE will extend through May 5, 2018. SEAGULLMACHINE is created by The Assembly, conceived by Nick Benacerraf, co-directed by Jess Chayes (Lucille Lortel Award winner) and Nick Benacerraf, and text by Anton Chekhov, Heiner Müller and The Assembly. Previews for the 4-week run begin April 14. Opening night is April 16.
Performances take place at La MaMa's
Ellen Stewart Theatre (66 East 4th Street) on Mondays at 8pm, Thursdays - Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 3pm with an added show on Wed, April 25 at 8pm. The Sun, April 15 performance time is at 8pm. Tickets are $30 and $25 for students and seniors. A limited number of $10 tickets are available for each show. Tickets are $75 for the April 20 benefit performance and pre-show reception. Purchase online at
http://lamama.org/seagull_machine or by calling 212-352-3101.
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Russia 1896. Germany 1977. USA 2018. In a world gone mad, when do you take arms against the sea of troubles?
In SEAGULLMACHINE, a diverse, multigenerational ensemble takes refuge in an abandoned theater. Caught in an endless rehearsal, they struggle with the pull between action and distraction on a planet where waters rise, wages stagnate, and visionary leaders are nowhere to be found. The Assembly's newest performance smashes together two iconic riffs on the Hamlet story - a new translation of
Anton Chekhov's The Seagull by The Assembly and Heiner Muller's Hamletmachine - combining theatrical realism, immersive staging, live video, poetry, comedy and tragedy to excavate the legacy of 20th-century drama in the light of the present-day, and ask: What's the good of making theater anyway?
The cast includes
Rolls Andre,
Edward Bauer,
Ben Beckley,
Marvin Bell, Emily Caffery,
Nehassaiu deGannes,
Anna Abhau Elliott,
Christopher Hurt,
Jax Jackson,
Layla Khosh, Daniel Maseda,
Elena McGhee and Gaby Resende.
The creative team includes Nick Benacerraf & Emmie Finckel (Scenic Design),
Asa Wember (Sound Design),
Kate Fry (Costume Design),
Miriam Crowe (Lighting Design), Ray Sun (Video Design), Jess Cummings (Props Design), Stephen Aubrey (Dramaturge), Ari Rudess (Casting Consultant),
Mimi Barcomi (Production Stage Manager),
Emma Johnson (Production Manager),
Miranda Haymon (Assistant Director) and Devin Fletcher (Assistant Stage Manager). The production team includes Lucy Jackson (Producer) and Emily Caffery (Associate Producer).
THE ASSEMBLY is a collective of multi-disciplinary performance artists committed to realizing a visceral and intelligent theater for a new generation. Assembly members unite varied perspectives in service of wide-reaching, unabashedly theatrical and rigorously researched ensemble performances, crafted to spark conversation with their audiences. Their work embraces the complexities of our present moment; it is a call for empathy and engagement. Embracing collaboration as the core of the creative process,
the company chooses projects through consensus and develops text, action and design side-by-side within the rehearsal environment. From workshops to productions to post-performance discussions, The Assembly is dedicated to rooting its artists, audiences, and peers in a profound sense of community.
The New York Times called The Assembly "A cutting-edge young theater collective...intense and thoughtful." The Wall Street Journal described them as "passionate, formally inventive theater makers who make much of delving into historical texts." Huffington Post called the group "makers of amazingly provocative theater."
The Assembly is Stephen Aubrey,
Edward Bauer,
Ben Beckley, Nick Benacerraf, Emily Caffery, Jess Chayes and Lucy Jackson.
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. Their 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. La MaMa is accessible from the F train to 2nd Ave. or the #6 train to Bleecker St.
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