Beth Kurkjian | Performance Space New York

‘Twas The Night Before The Twelve Days Of A Nutcracker Christmas Carol

'Twas The Night Before

'Twas The Night Before

Theatre artist Ken Nintzel (Pageant, Lapse) returns to Performance Space 122 with ‘Twas the Night Before the Twelve Days of a Nutcracker Christmas Carol, an unparalleled holiday spectacular featuring the brightest underpaid talent of downtown theatre and dance. This rollicking reinvention of the British Pantomime tradition features the words of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol set to the music of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker with a narration of with a narration of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas and beloved Christmas carol The Twelve Days of Christmas – all performed simultaneously! With a company of over twenty performers including David Neumann, Johanna Meyer, Beth Kurkjian, Leigh Garret, Eric Dyer, and the voice of Richard Foreman.

December 15 – 30
2005

AVANT-GARDE-ARAMA

AVANT-GARDE-ARAMA

AVANT-GARDE-ARAMA

Avant-Garde-Arama is Performance Space 122’s biannual mini-festival of performance, dance, music, film, installations and general mayhem. A.G.A brings together emerging and established artists in all disciplines to show off their newest stuff in 8 minutes or less. It was P.S. 122’s first programmed event and has been going strong for 25 years. This April the theme is “Family Values” and will be hosted by downtown it-boy of the moment MR. MURRAY HILL.

Avant-Garde-Arama promotes a free-wheeling festival atmosphere where anything can happen. A special, trademark event of each Avant-Garde-Arama is “Forty Second Street” where, just after intermission, anybody who wants to perform can get up and do their things for 40 seconds!

The Line up for Avant-Garde-Arama Family Values:

Friday April 8th:

  • Shufu Theater
  • Isabel Lewis
  • Gabriel V. Ortiz
  • Rachelle Garniez
  • Beth Kurkjian
  • With Musical Guest LD and the New Criticism

Saturday, April 9th:

  • Yvonne Meier with Gogolorez
  • Tara Madsen
  • Andy Horwitz
  • Gina Varla Vettro and Billy Beyond
  • Raquel Almazan
  • With Musical Guest Paprika

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Friday, April 8th and Saturday, April 9th, 2005
8:00pm

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