PLACES, A Multimedia Solo Show Opens At Dixon Place This Month

Following a sold out run at 59E59, Dixon Place presents Places, a multimedia solo show about one of Broadway's biggest stars, silent film legend and trailblazing lesbian iconoclast, Alla Nazimova, written and performed by Romy Nordlinger (Places, 59East59/Edinburgh Fringe). Cailín Heffernan* directs. One performance will be staged at Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street in NYC on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 7:30pm.

Long before Madonna, the world was Gaga for Nazimova. Places, a theatrical multimedia solo show, tells the story of Alla Nazimova, the forgotten lesbian trailblazer, iconoclast and the greatest star you've never heard of. Escaping anti-semitic Tsarist Russia, she became Broadway's biggest star with the Shubert's naming a theater after her. Nazimova also became Hollywood's highest paid silent screen icon and the film industry's first female director and producer. Defying moral and artistic codes of her time, she was forced into obscurity. Returning from the grave, Nazimova raises her voice, reclaiming our collective history, lighting the way to diversity. "By opening our eyes to the past, we are better able to see our present."

"Sexism, racism, homophobia, anti-semitism, and ageism: Nazimova was fighting these contemporary struggles back in the 19th and early 20th Centuries, but alone and without a twitter account," stated playwright and performer Romy Nordlinger. "In writing and performing Places, I am setting the record straight and telling Nazimova's magnificent story. We are all the stories we tell, and an artist is only dead when the last person to remember them dies."

Places was partially developed in a production of 'Stage Struck' helmed by Mari Lyn Henry and her Society For The Preservation Of Theatrical History committed to preserving the legacy of legendary actresses.

Places is presented by Dixon Place. Composer/Sound Designer: Nick T. Moore; Video Designer: Adam Burns; Public Relations: Paul Siebold/Off Off PR.

General admission tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Students, seniors, and idNYC tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door. For tickets and information, visit DixonPlace.org.

Dixon Place, an incubator for performing and literary artists since 1986, is a non-profit organization committed to supporting the creative process by presenting original works of dance, theater, music, puppetry, literature, performance and visual art at all stages of development. Presenting over 700 artists each year, this local haven inspires and encourages diverse artists of all stripes and callings to take risks and push personal and professional limits. Dixon Place's foremost priorities are to serve as a safety net for artists, and to provide vivid experiences for audiences. Dixon Place is the only non-profit theatre of its size to own and operate a full service cocktail lounge where all profits are returned to the organization to support their artists and mission. The full service cocktail lounge is open to the public from 6:00 p.m. to closing with all profits supporting the Dixon Place artists and mission. dixonplace.org.

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