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Stories Left to Tell

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“Vividly funny. joyous, devastating, affecting, gorgeous…a breathing portrait.” – Ben Brantley, New York Times

“Fresh, engaging, moving, powerful. Gray’s words not only relate the story of his own life, they allow a new group of artists to reflect on what being alive can mean.” – Mark Blankenship, Variety

Stories Left to Tell catapults us into the hilarious and heartbreaking life and words of one of the most revered storytellers of our time. A five-person ensemble performs Spalding Gray’s legendary stories and monologues—interwoven with previously unpublished material from his letters and journals. As Backstage put it: “Gray was a funny funny man; this show is a gift.”

Starring Ain Gordon, Kathleen Chalfant, Hazelle Goodman, and Bob Holman
NIGHTLY GUEST STARS CONFIRMED:
Wed Jan 5 with Rich Kind / Fri Jan 7 with David Straithairn / Sun Jan 9 with Jonathan Ames / Tues Jan 11 with Whoopi Goldberg

Conceived and Directed by Kathleen Russo and Lucy Sexton

Gray developed may of his famed monologues at Performance Space 122 and it is still home to his signature desk. Gray developed and created Morning, Noon and Night, Gray on Gray and Interviewing the Audience at PS122, where he was working on Life Interrupted at the time of his death.

PRESENTED AS PART OF COIL 2011
THEATRE | DOWNSTAIRS at PS122
January 5,7,9 & 11, 2011
Wed, Jan 5 6:30PM / Fri, Jan 7 6:30PM / Sun, Jan 9 9:30PM / Tue, Jan 11 4:30PM

Single Tickets:
$30, $15 (students/seniors)

Help PS122 Go Green by viewing your Stories Left To Tell program online!

Opera Francais

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Mephisto Project is the Faust legend viewed through the eyes of the devil – the original pact, the seduction of Marguerite, the damnation of Faust, and Marguerite’s redemption.

Mephisto Project is an examination of the devil persona in French opera – the quintessence of evil in Gounod’s Faust, the cynic in Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust, and the rogue in Hervé’s Le Petit Faust.

Mephisto Project is a meditation on the devil in all of us.

Inspired by the myriad expressions of the devil in French opera, the Mephisto Project is an experimental work combining opera, modern dance, theatre and videography.

In a musical and literary journey through the 19th and 20th centuries, a histrionic Mephisto (based on Gounod’s Faust) tries to convince the audience that he is the ultimate incarnation of the Prince of Darkness. But he is constantly interrupted by competing manifestations of the demonic spirit: first by a cynical Mephistopheles adapted from Berlioz’s légende dramatique, then by a cross-gender devil out of Hervé’s opéra bouffe. Our Mephisto is reminded that he may not be evil incarnate, but rather one of its many faces. The real goal of the evening appears not to be Mephisto’s claim to Faust’s soul, but a competition between demonic rivals for the title of true Master of Hell.

Conceived for two basses, mezzo-soprano, pianist and dancer, the performance combines operatic sequences from Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust, Gounod’s Faust, Hervé’s Le Petit Faust, solo piano works by Liszt and Ravel, and theatrical monologues from Marlowe, Goethe and Stein. Video and film excerpts (including Marcel Carné’s Les Visiteurs du soir) provide a cinematic backdrop to the performance.

The Cast
MEPHISTO #1 – Daniel Mobbs, bass-baritone

MEPHISTO #2 – Keith Miller, bass

MEPHISTO #3 and MARGUERITE – Jennifer Rivera, mezzo-soprano

FAUST – Bénédicte Jourdois

MARGUERITE’S SOUL – Marjorie Folkman, dancer/choreographer

Conceived and staged by Jean-Philippe Clarac & Olivier Deloeuil

Duration: 70 minutes

About Opéra Français de New York

Now in its 19th season, Opéra Français de New York’s commitment to presenting works from the French operatic repertoire has made the company an integral part of the cultural life of the city. From the French Baroque period through contemporary opera, OFNY offers New York audiences the opportunity to see and hear rare French works in often provocative and innovative productions. https://ofny.org/

June 19 and 20, 2008

at 8:00 pm

Tickets from $30

$20 (for under 25’s and PS122 members)

SoloNova Festival 2008

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The 5th Annual soloNOVA ARTS FESTIVAL presents eight solo artists at the top of their game, including character pieces, humorous monologues, Shakespeare, digital and audio performance, escritura acto, storytelling with music, and performance art. This year’s offering boasts several New York, U.S. and World Premieres with artists from all over America, Puerto Rico and Canada.

Click on the soloNova Festival page for artists, showtimes, and information about special events and festival passes:

June 18 – July 2nd, 2008
Tickets from $20
$15 (students/seniors)
$10 (P.S. 122 members)

Blind Spot

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“Blind Spot casts a potent spell.”
– Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice

Pavel Zustiak, the 2007 recipient of The Princess Grace Award in Choreography, reprises the acclaimed Blind Spot at Performance Space 122 and creates a world where that which is no longer seen, heard, nor felt reoccurs as an unwelcome guest. Numb senses retrieve their former abilities and experience the world as if for the first – or last – time.

Direction and Choreography: Pavel Zustiak
Performed by: Gina Bashour, Yoel Cassell, Ashleigh Leite, Anthony Whitehurst
Lighting Design: Joe Levasseur; Costume Design: Nick Vaughan; Set and Sound Design: Pavel Zustiak

More information about Pallissimo

Original Run: June 11 – 15, 2008
Also playing in the COIL 2009 Festival

Oedipus Loves You

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“This is a sensational new take on an ancient story…featuring a brilliantly poised and witty Irish A-list cast.”
– The Scotsman

“Wickedly funny and wonderfully theatrical.”

– The Irish Times

“This is all both funny and intelligent, acknowledging the Oedipus story as the ur-text of modern Western civilization”

– The Guardian

Pan Pan Theatre’s Oedipus Loves You is a wickedly funny and wonderfully theatrical take on the Oedipus plays of Sophocles and Seneca and their legacy, Freudian psychology. These performances – the New York debut of this Dublin-based company – are part of a highly acclaimed world tour following the premiere in 2006.

Pan Pan’s punk rock sensibility strikes a fierce chord in this savvy update of Sophocles’ classic drama of the ultimate dysfunctional family. They bring decidedly modern twists and ample humour to their explorations yet stay more true to the thrust and themes of the original then you might first think. Oedipus is still counselled by the wise Tiresias, but the sightless sage is now a Freudian analyst and ex-Glam Rocker. Sexual desire runs unchecked and tensions still seethe, but now the backdrop is the barbecue grill of Oedipus’s suburban hideaway. Then the psychodynamics are literally amplified as the characters take up rock instruments to channel their rage in live music sessions that are integral to their group family therapy.

From the breakfast table to the back garden barbecue, the seething dramatic tension is ratcheted up by Gavin Quinn’s remote-control direction and thrash metal performed live by the five actors, Ned Dennehy, Bush Moukarzel, Gina Moxley, Aoife Duffin and Dylan Tighe.

May 21 – June 1, 2008

Wednesdays – Sundays at 8

Saturdays at 8 and 11

Tickets from $20

$15 (students/seniors)

$10 (PS122 members)