With “irrepressible energy and engaging presence” (NY Times), ground-breaking performer & one of the infamous NEA-4, John Fleck has been a prominent theatrical figure since grant funding for his work was questioned in a lawsuit against the National Endowment for the Arts in 1990. The LA Times raved, Fleck “is an expert at riling the unconscious & releasing the repressed like bats in a belfry.”
Hot off a critically-acclaimed run in LA, Blacktop Highway comes to Dixon Place for its East Coast premiere. A horrifying, hysterical tale of taxidermy, transformation & caged creatures, this reinvented gothic horror screenplay is staged onto Fleck’s body. Inspired by classic horror cinema & Freud’s theories of mind & ego, Fleck weaves video with theatrical movement & remarkable vocal qualities, leading the audience into a darkly hilarious world.
This Dixon Place commission is made possible with public funds from NY State Council on the Arts with the support of Gov Andrew Cuomo & the NY State Legislature, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Videos
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cirqueSaw (1/8 - 1/26) | ||
Kati Neiheisel: London by Night
Pangea (2/1 - 2/1) | ||
Ice Queen
The 92nd Street Y, New York (2/8 - 2/23) | ||
Voices From the Holy and Not So Holy Land
The Triad Theater (1/19 - 1/19) | ||
Guilty Pleasure: A Cumming Out Story
Caveat (1/19 - 1/19) | ||
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Brooklyn Public Library (2/2 - 2/2) | ||
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Vital Signs: Artists and the Body NOVEMBER 3, 2024 – FEBRUARY 22, 2025
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David H Koch Theater Lincoln Center (1/17 - 1/19) | ||
Guitar Festival at the Kosciuszko Foundation
The Kosciuszko Foundation (1/25 - 1/25) | ||
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