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L.E.S.
THE 11TH ANNUAL LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE
ARTS
SCHEDULE OF
EVENTS
SUNDAY, MAY
28th
CABARET THEATER
Please
note - Schedule Subject to change. We will post all changes as soon as
possible.
8:00 PM - LATINO EXPERIMENTAL
FANTASTIC THEATER
Brief Conversations, written by Sol Levinton,
directed by Gloria Zelaya. Featuring Ruben D. Cruz, Tere Martinez, Luis
Lopez and Romina Polnoroff. Produced by The Latino Experimental Fantastic
Theater. Brief Conversations conveys the unique inter-relationship
of two couples who demand attention to their need for love and an ideal
relationship. http://www.latinoarts.org/.
8:17 PM
- GARY GOODROW
Forget That, performed by Gary
Goodrow.
8:29 PM
- UKE JACKSON
Uke Jackson is a playwright, musician and performer. He
is also the founder and artistic director for the New York Uke Fest, a
popular event at Theater for the New City. His musical Comedy, Uke
2079, written with ASCAP Young Composer of the year Jay Rattman, is
bound for Broadway after a series of concert readings were presented at
the NY Uke Fest in 2006. He is also a regular on Midnight Ukulele Disco TV
on MNN.
8:41 PM
- CONST. (POETRY IN MOTION)
Const. A. Schulz performs an excerpt of
Renascence, by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
8:53 PM
- JEWISH THEATER OF NEW YORK
My Name is Rabbi Meir Kahane,
written by Tuvia Tenenbom, directed by Mike Rutenberg, performed by Bob
Adrian. http://www.jewishtheater.org/.
9:05 PM
- DANNY KATZ
Internationally known singer/songwriter Danny Katz
performs May (Unrequited Love) (an attempt to simplify the
wonderfully complex world of unrequited love) and Even I've Got
Standards (Internet dating is an interesting thing--sometimes you get
lucky and then there are other times. This song is about those other
times). Katz has always pushed the genre envelope, recently incorporating
the fretless shamisen (Japanese lute) and Japanese lyrics into his
recordings and live performances. http://www.dannykatzmusic.com/.
9:17 PM
- EUGENIA MACER-STORY
Eternal Flowers of Ghost Mountain, written
and directed by Eugenia Macer-Story/Magick Mirror Communications.
Featuring James Kraft, Elena Hurst, Nancy Irene Kelly and the author, E.
Macer-Story. The new MMC performance location Theatre-Cosmos will open in
the East Village this summer with a reading of the new play, Applied
Ecological Authority.
9:29 PM
- THE LIVING THEATRE
The Living Theatre performs its new interactive
video street play, No Sir! This play was designed as an on-site
theatre piece to be performed at Times Square, Military Island in front of
the Armed Forces recruitment booth. Collectively developed by The Living
Theatre and No, Sir! cast members. Performed by Amber, Marc Arthur,
Sutton Crawford, Stefan Dreisbach-Williams, Jerry Goralnick, LaTessa
Davis, Jena Ellenwood, Zarah Kravitz, Claire Lebowitz, Sarah Merkel, Lois
Kagan Mingus, Devin Murphy, Roberto Sanabria, Misha Shulman, Tom Walker
and Joanie Fritz Zosike. http://www.livingtheatre.org/.
9:38 PM
- LORCAN OTWAY
Lorcan Otway will perform the song Maili Dhonn
from his CD Interstice, with Kelly Wallace Barnhill.
9:50 PM
- BOND STREET THEATER
Joanna Sherman, video
presentation.
10:12 PM
- DADAnewyork
The Cabaret Voltaire 90th Anniversary DADABirth Schrei
(Scream): Life and death texts by Jean (Hans) Arp, Charles Baudelaire,
Captain Beefheart, Allen Ginsberg, Elmer Petersen, Man Ray and Tristan
Tzara in honor of the 90th Anniversary of the Cabaret Voltaire.
Directorated by Joanie Fritz Zosike and performized superfluously by Alice
Borman, Stefan Dreisbach Williams, Robert Hieger, Lois Kagan Mingus, Misha
Shulman and Joanie Fritz Zosike. http://www.dadanewyork.org/.
10:26 PM
- JUDITH ANDREA CAPORALE
Songs by Lower East Siders Yip Harburg, Irving
Berlin and others, including the last known lyrics to have been written by
Irving Berlin. Among the pieces are If I Only Had A Brain by Yip
Harburg and What'll I Do by Irving Berlin. She will be accompanied
by a pianist.
10:43 PM
- ALCHEMICAL/AUDITORIUM
Martin Reckhaus and Jessica Slote perform
excerpts from their forthcoming work, The New
Science.
10:55 PM
- JUDE NARITA
Narita creates plays which illuminate the universal
similarities of us all. In this excerpt from Walk The Mountain, which
Narita brings to Theater for the New City in November, 2006, a Cambodian
woman dreams of flying. http://www.judenarita.com/.
11:07 PM
- MARIA MICHELES
Leonardo, written by Maria Micheles, directed
by Tom Thornton. Performed by Robert Fitzsimmons and Lena
Armstrong.
11:19 PM
- NUYORICAN POETS CAFE
11:31 PM
- EVAN LAURENCE
Evan Laurence, playwright and star of TNC's Suck
Sale...And Other Indulgences, will perform Sybil, a one person
improv portraying up to three characters in a scene with audience
suggestions.
11:43 PM
- ANDI SHREM
Back by popular demand, comedienne Andi
Shrem!
11:50 PM
- MULTISTAGES
MultiStages presents a scene from its 2005 New Works
Contest Winner, Knowing Bliss, a new play by Arden Kass. Directed by
Artistic Director Lorca Peress with original music by David Amram. Native
songs sung by Heyna Second Sons. MultiStages produced the world premiere
of Knowing Bliss at Teatro La Tea in April and May, 2006. Cast: Candice
Waugh-Myers (Bliss), Blanche Baker (Laura), and Carlos Fittante
Coyote/Red-Tailed Hawk. With dancers Natasa Babic, James Birch, Belen
Cascon Rojo, Goncalo Faria, Yuki Kawahisa, Nadia Rahman, and Saskia
Seligman.
http://www.eljallartsannex.com/multistages.htm.
12:02 AM
- HELEN STRATFORD
Poet, Musician and performance artist.
12:14 AM
- LESLIE LEVINSON
12:26 AM
- MELANGE
Exotic guitar and violin music duo performing East-West
fusion music. Susan Mitchell: Violin, Richard West: Guitar, with Jiggers
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