Fast, funny and furious, Tim Miller’s one-man show Us ricochets between Miller’s love affair since childhood with Broadway musicals and an exploration of gay marriage, exile and the injustices lesbian and gay people face. Nominated for a 2005 New York Drama Desk Award for Best Solo performance, Us rethinks the American musical as inspiration for radical politics and queer identity.
Archives: Archived Events
Archived Events From PS122 Pre 2018
Live Patriot Acts: Patriots Gone Wild!
Live Patriot Acts: Patriots Gone Wiiiild! was produced by Ethyl Crisp Productions and Performance Space 122 in participation with the Imagine Festival ’04.
It was created, curated, and hosted by Taylor Mac with special guests Rinde Eckert, Julie Atlas Muz, Mike Albo, Fake Brain, Naked Puppets,The Dazzle Dancers, Dirty Martini, The World Famous *Bob*, Scotty the Blue Bunny, Brandon Olson, Tigger, Fritzi Collins, Helen Stratford, Lady Ace, Bradford Scobie (as Ukulele Louie), and Bitch providing their own divine madness material to the mish-mash.
It took place during the Republican National Convention in New York and was a political vaudeville bringing together downtown subversives and spring break Americana. Audience members were allowed in for $5 if they wore Red, White, and Blue bathing suits. There was a tailgating community on stage: complete with lawn chairs, Old Glory beach towels, and Murray Hill cooking hot dogs on a George Foreman’s grill. There was puppetry, dance, music, spoken word, giant seditious documentary photographs, a follow-the-bouncing-boobs-dressed-up-like-the-Bush-twins sing-along, and almost enough nudity to counterbalance the Madison Square Garden power-tie bonanza in honor of George W., just up the street.
WYSIWYG: IMHO
Curated by Andy Horwitz with Dan Rhatigan
Moderated by Jeff Jarvis
PANELISTS:
John Aravosis
Cam Barrett
Jen Chung
Jay Rosen
Douglas Rushkoff
Julian Sanchez
This event is presented as part of the Imagine Festival of Arts, Issues & Ideas, a citywide cultural festival designed to inspire, instigate and support civic engagement. From August 28–September 2 the Imagine Festival will present over 100 cultural events in 6 days including concerts, performances, forums, town meetings, exhibits, screenings, and other issue-based artworks.
I’m Gonna Kill The President
“I’m Gonna Kill the President!” A Federal Offense is a guerrilla comedy written by Hieronymous BANG for the Imagination Liberation Front. A confused college student and a paranoid radical try to overthrow the government while on the run from The Man. The plan: kidnap the president and demand an end to war and greed or else…
“President!” was performed across America from 2003 to 2007. Aside from BANG, no one in the ILF is ever identified, for security reasons. The 2004 PS122 production was particularly charged, with the Republican Convention in town. The ILF was the subject of a piece by Fox News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The play went on to tour the Midwest, as well as a run in Los Angeles that garnered the show an LA Weekly Award: https://www.laweekly.com/2006-
WYSIWYG: That’s SO Gay
The WYSIWYG Talent Show is a monthly showcase for the oft-overlooked genius of bloggers in or visiting New York City. Although our events are comprised mostly of readings, any sort of performance is welcome, be it an original song, a dramatic scene, sketch comedy, burlesque, or whatever your twisted little minds can come up with. If you have a great idea for a performance, just let us know. If it sucks, we won’t tell anyone, promise.
with
Jim Barrett, Kythryne Aisling, Kiri, Bob Merckel, Charlie Owens, Dan Rhatigan, The Hazzards, Faustus, M.D.