Zoe Farmingdale Directs Life is a Dream At The Tank

The Tank: home for emerging arts announces Public Domain #6: Zoe Farmingdale Directs Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Friday, March 18, 2010; 7:30 pm, 9:30pm
Sunday, March 20, 2010; 3:00 pm, 5:00pm
$10

Location: The Tank at 354 W. 45th Street, New York, NY 10036
A, C, E, to 42nd Street; 1, 2, 3, S, 7 to Time Square

About The Show
"¿Qué es la vida? Un frenesí. ¿Qué es la vida? Una ilusión." Life is a Dream is Pedro Calderón de la Barca's examination of the human experience and the conflict between free will and fate. In LIAD, a King imprisons his newborn son due to a prophecy that he'd grow up to ruin the country. When the prince is released as an adult, he kills a man and attacks a woman, and is quickly locked back up, drugged, and told the day's events were just a dream. When he is broken back out of prison by rebels, he must decide if he is in reality or just another dream, and if those labels even have any moral bearing.
Zoe Farmingdale writes: " In my approach to art, the following things are of utmost importance: SENSE OF HUMOR, awareness (of space, self, and theatre as a construction); voice and body control; listening; economy/brevity My taste includes: beauty + sadnesss, honesty, clear purpose, humility, ensemble work, funny that becomes dangerous My background makes me keenly aware of: feminism (in particular, opportunities for women performers); transitions as part of the performance; the space being used I have lots of training/experience with: dance + movement, improv comedy, music, voice."

Presale tickets available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/121160

About The Tank
Founded in 2003, The Tank is a non-profit arts presenter whose mission is to provide a welcoming, creative, collaborative, and affordable environment for artists and activists engaged in the pursuit of new ideas. Through a wide range of low-cost, high-concept arts and public affairs programming, The Tank seeks to cultivate a new generation of audience for live performance, civic discourse, and the work of emerging artists. Follow the Tank on Twitter (@thetanknyc), Wordpress, Facebook, and Tumblr.