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Throes Theater presents a premiere on TNC's Dream Up Festival, Aug.17-24

Posted by:	Official_Press_Release 07:20 pm EDT 08/04/14

The Dream Up Festival at Theater for the New City presents Throes Theater's 'SIMPLE AS LIFE AND DEATH' A raw, truthful comic drama that offers a fresh meditation on freedom in the modern world Writers/Performers: Meirav Kupperberg, Alexandra Zelman-Doring Direction and set design by Keren Tzur Dramaturgy by Eran Shadar Lighting Design: Alejandro Fajardo Arbalaez Video: Roan Bibby Production Manager: Alexandra Zajaczkowski August 17-24 Sunday August 17 at 8 PM Monday August 18 at 9 PM Wednesday August 20 at 6:30 PM Thursday August 21 at 9 PM Saturday August 23 at 2 PM Sunday August 24 at 2 PM Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue (between 9th & 10th Streets) Tickets: $15 Reservations: www.smarttix.com or 212.868.4444 The Dream Up Festival at Theater for the New City is proud to present Throes Theater in "Simple as Life and Death," a comic drama that offers a fresh meditation on freedom in the modern world, written and performed by Meirav Kupperberg and Alexandra Zelman-Doring, with direction by Keren Tzur. The new work, receiving its New York debut, will play for six performances, August 17-24, in the Dream Up Festival at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue. "Simple as Life and Death" centers around two friends: Efrat, who comes from Israel to visit Anne in New York - with an open ticket. Efrat is 36 years old and running from pressures that have suddenly surrounded her at home. Anne, 27 years old, is an ambitious artist who has just returned from spending a year with her love in Israel. She finds herself racked with doubt after a tragic accident that occurred months earlier involving her husband and another woman, only to discover that she is pregnant. Their encounter leads the women through a journey of discovery and change, shaking their belief systems to the core, and providing a deep portrait of the differences between American and Israeli cultures. The multi-media work also incorporates video art and original music to tell its dynamic tale. "Simple as Life and Death" has taken its title from a line in the poem "Resurrection" by Yehuda Amichai, which opens with: "A woman who looks like my mother sees a man who looks like me, Mistakes are marvelous and simple as life and death As the arithmetic book of a small child..." An afternoon wind blows, as if asking: What did you do, what did you talk about....." Throes Theater was founded in 2010 by writer/performer Alexandra Zelman-Doring, sculptor and designer Jeff Landman, and actor/producer Marie Godeau. The company has performed internationally to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and various venues in NYC, most recently the Access Theater, where they presented the Spalding Grey-inspired "Halfway through the Story of Our Life," which was lauded by NY critics: "This production is refreshingly.....grounded, insightful, creative, engaging and genuinely funny." Justin Bischof, New York Arts, May 29, 2014 "The intimacy of the theater allowed these exceptionally talented performers to foster a true connection with each member of their audience. I felt a sense of closeness with the performance on stage, as if I were invited to witness and share a personal experience." Sparkman Clark, www.t2conline.com, June 7, 2014 Critic Cheryl King found it a "powerful performance" and remarked that at the end "The audience is on their feet." Cheryl King, nytheaternow, May 23, 2014 ABOUT THE ARTISTS KEREN TZUR (director) is a two-time best actress academy award winner and considered one of the leading actresses in Israeli theater. Her directing gained her another award for the play Missing Beat and she has most recently directed Fen by Caryl Churchil at the Haifa University acting school, her own alma mater. Keren is also a graduate of Haifa University, where she earned a BA in Political Science and Communications. MEIRAV KUPPERBERG (writer/performer) is an actor and writer based in Tel Aviv, also working throughout Europe and the U.S. Her recent film credits include Hunting Elephants, starring Patrick Stewart, and Mars at Sunrise, directed by Jessica Habie. On stage she was seen in her show Peep, which she created with a scholarship from the Yehushua Rabinovich Foundation, and also received an American-Israeli Cultural foundation Award to study with Peter Brook. Meirav graduated with honors from Haifa University. ALEXANDRA ZELMAN-DORING (writer/performer) is a recipient of the 2013 FInancial Times/Bodley Head essay prize and the first-prize 2008 winner of the Glascock Poetry Prize (which boasts Sylvia Plath among its past winners). Alexandra studied at Brown University, Wadham College in England, and holds an MFA from New York's Columbia University. Her poems/texts have been set to music by several composers, and her numerous plays have been presented in New York, Edinburgh, and the U.K. She is Artistic Director of Throes Theater, whose mission is "To bring into being works of art that, given as a gift, touch to the quick; works that catch the breath in the chest as they confront our collective dread." www.throestheater.com

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