STAGE TUBE: Trailer - Shades of Gray's VESTIGES World Premiere

The Shades of Gray presents the world premiere of Rayka Kobiella's Vestiges, August 1 - 4 at The Secret Theatre (4402 23rd St, Long Island City). Click below to watch a promotional video for the show!

What if we're not hypochondriacs at all, and in the end our beloved Western civilization goes down, and we lose everything that is important to us: our money, our property and our savings accounts? The financial crash has come, and all of a sudden our culture is gone. What if after the collapse of the West, the center of the world shifted to a place no one wanted to go?

The dark comedy Vestiges is set in a futuristic dystopia, where the world as we know it is a figment of the past and Siberia is the new 'Mecca'. People from all over the planet navigate towards this last place on earth where civilization still seems intact to start a new life. Too bad the educated Europeans and Americans, with all their supposed superior intelligence, yet inflexible and intolerant demeanor, aren't welcomed by the trendy and successful culture of theVestiges of Siberia. Needless to say clashes between the locals and the immigrants emerge, an agglomeration of cultural conflicts lost in translation.

Racism uncovered, jealousy, cynicism, nostalgia, future anxiety, intrigue, love and hate - Vestiges strips down human nature to its primal core. Will the new residents of Siberia be able to reconcile with the locals? Find out in Vestiges: the most biting satirical comedy of the year.

The creative team features: Rayka Kobiella (playwright and director); Anna Myga Kasten (installation design); Dana Nguyen Anh (costume design); James Wagner (Translation); and Leonie Ettinger (assistant director).

The actors: Zoe Hutmacher, Miriam Ibrahim, Rachel Adams, Andrew Vetterlein and Marty Youngman.

The Shades of Gray, founded by Miriam Ibrahim and Heidi Miller Smith in 2011, is a multi arts organization with the goal of exploring and honoring the "in between" of the common human experience. Using the tools of the expressive arts, The Shades of Gray aims at fostering understanding and acceptance of those who stand on the very edges of society. www.theshadesofgray.org

Vestiges runs Thursday, August 1 - Sunday, August 4 at 8PM; Saturday, August 3 - Sunday, August 4 at 3PM. The Secret Theatre is located at 4402 23rd St, Long Island City, phone: 718 392 0722. Tickets are $15 - $18, and available at www.secrettheatre.com. The Secret Theatre is accessible from the 7, E, M & G to Courthouse/23st.** Close to N,W & R Trains at Queensboro Plaza. Walk north on 23rd to green gates on the left side of street. **From either direction exit 23rd and 44th drive. Take a right on 23rd north. Building with green "Caffeina" sign and a neon red and white sign that says "School of Ballet"

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