A quartet to live music in the upstairs space.
By Sarah Michelson in collaboration with Parker Lutz, Mike Iveson and Greg Zuccolo. Also: Claude Wampler, Dominic Cullinan, Lindsey Fisher, Joe Levasseur, Kyle Kennedy, Barbara Bryan, Tony Brown, Derek Lloyd and Cheda.
June 15-18, 2005
Schoolhouse Roxx presents Taylor Mac’s Young Ladies Of…
In Vietnam 1968, Texan born 2nd Lt. Robert Mac placed an ad asking “young ladies” to write him. Hundreds replied. Almost thirty years after Robert’s death, his son Taylor Mac manhandles these found texts into a show about war, romance, and fathers. Partially sung, the 80-minute solo performance contains original songs and text, along with the letters. By juxtaposing the images and circumstances of his father in Vietnam, with Taylor’s own screwball gender-bending visuals and New York lifestyle, the work bridges the gap between perceptions of masculinity and femininity, fathers and sons, and red and blue states.
Written and Performed by Taylor Mac
Directed by Tracy Trevett
June 2 – 4, 2005
9pm
$12
The undisputed Godfathers of the burgeoning Puppet Rock movement, Uncle Jimmy’s Dirty Basement has been accumulating rabidly devoted fans and love slaves over the course of its long-running engagements at The Bowery Poetry Club, Bowery Ballroom, Toyota Comedy Festival and Joe’s Pub. This is what happens when two veteran groups, the Elementals and Coocoohandler, shed the skins of their former selves, meld together into a brand new entity, and come out swinging. Now downtown’s rockinest, raunchiest, most original genre-smashing, collaborative crusaders, will be setting up shop at the only place brave enough to give them whatever they want. Whether you seek a joyride through the underbelly of the American Psyche, enjoy being whacked on the head with an oversized phallus, or long for everything in between, the Basement is the place to be.
May 19 – 29, 2005
EXTENDED!! Three Performances Added: June 2, 3, 4
Thursday – Saturday, 8 p.m.
Choreography by Christopher Williams
Original Music by Peter Kirn
Dancers: Kindra Windish, Vicky Shick, Nami Yamamoto, Deana Acheson, Beth Simons, Wendy Perron, Hallie Glickman-Hoch, Janet Charleston, Jennifer Lafferty, Elizabeth Zimmer, and Derry Swan
Singers: Jacqueline Horner and Susan Hellauer (of The Anonymous 4)
Costumes by Michael Oberle and Christopher Williams
Inspired by the bizarre and gory legends of early virgin martyr saints, Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins combines eleven short solos for women ranging from a young girl to older women in the NYC dance scene. Existent medieval hymns and songs with new original music set the tone for this playfully macabre look at the lives of these mysterious women.
This performance is presented as a part of The New, New Stuff a three week festival of new and emerging artists. Click here for full festival listings.
May 12- 15, 2005
Post-show reception: May 12
Thursday – Saturday, 8 p.m.
Sun. at 5 p.m.
Choreographed and directed by Sarah Vasilas and Leonardo Smith
Video and sound design by Chelsea Snider
Choreographers Sarah Vasilas and Leonardo Smith’s new multi-media dance piece is a fusion of sculpture, video, original music and dance, delving into the question “What feeds us?”. Through the use of live, improvisational, and set media, Fusion FEED explores the visceral responses people have to their environment, society, relationships and imagination.
This performance is presented as a part of The New, New Stuff a three week festival of new and emerging artists. Click here for full festival listings.
May 12- 15, 2005
Post-show reception: May 12
Thursday – Saturday, 8 p.m.
Sun. at 5 p.m.