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What's On at The Wild Project

Posted by:	Official_Press_Release 01:09 pm EST 01/21/15

What’s On at The Wild Project Now Playing: Now - January 31 ANOTHER MEDEA written and directed by Aaron Mark With Tom Hewitt (Multiple Broadway credits, including a Tony nomination for The Rocky Horror Picture Show) Produced by All for One Theater Schedule: Thursday at 7PM, Friday at 9PM, Saturday at 2PM & 7PM, Sunday at 2PM, with added performances on Wednesday 1/14 at 7PM & Monday 1/26 at 7PM Tickets: $60 premium; $40 general admission The battle between Jason and Medea has been told and retold, but never quite like this. ANOTHER MEDEA tells the story of the incarcerated Marcus Sharp. The one time New York actor recounts in gruesome detail how his obsessions with a man named Jason and the myth of Medea lead to horrific, unspeakable events. Writer-director Aaron Mark describes the eighty-minute solo show as "Grand Guignol horror in the style of Spalding Gray." Now - February 1 DEVIL IN A BOX written and performed by Sarah Jane Johnson, directed by Patrice Miller Produced by All for One Theater Schedule: Tuesday - Wednesday, Friday & Sunday at 7PM; the Sunday 2/1 performance is at 2PM Tickets: $50 premium; $30 general admission For a small town girl from Nebraska, a summer weekend in Paris changes her life forever. A casual flirtation ends in a hospital, a Police Station and the endless confusion of justice in a foreign land. With honesty, fierce wit, and a 24-ounce can of Miller Lite, Sarah Jane shares her true story of trauma and finds the liberation to laugh in spite of it all. Ms. Johnson said: "Devil in A Box is an intimate look at how violence against women affects us all, with just enough humor to be able to swallow the truth." Coming Soon: February 5 - February 22 POETIC LICENSE 2015: subconscious Produced by Poetic Theater Productions Schedule varies Tickets: $18 Now in its fourth year, Poetic License is Poetic Theater Productions’ annual festival of new poetic theater features two fully realized mainstage productions of thrilling new poetic plays written by company members, a reading series of six new works of poetic theater, and three special events: Love Redefined, an evening of new work devoted to non-traditional love; Breaking Our Silence, a celebration of LGBT voices; and Generation Now, a showcase of youth voices in poetic theater. Thursday, February 5 - Sunday, February 22 PARADOX OF THE URBAN CLICHE, written by Craig 'muMs' Grant and directed by Reginald L. Douglas With Mike Carlsen, W. Tré Davis, Eboni Flowers, and Clinton Lowe See website for full schedule Tickets: $18 One fateful night brings Ceez, a hustler desperate to get off the block, face to face with his dreams, fears, and the power to change his life forever. A play full of passionate love, hip-hop rhythms, and the spirit of recent events, Paradox of the Urban Cliché examines the strength it takes to withstand the Agents of Authority that trap us in the hood of our mind. Friday, February 6 - Saturday, February 21 DIJLA WAL FURAT: BETWEEN THE TIGRIS AND THE EUPHRATES, written by Maurice Decaul and directed by Alex Mallory With Ali Andre Ali, Victory Chappotin, Fahim Hamid, Ankur Rathee, Temesgen Tocruray, Nabil Viñas, Perri Yaniv, and Katherine Zaffrann See website for full schedule Tickets: $18 The lives of four U.S Marines, a reporter from Agence France and four Iraqis are forever changed one night after an errant mortar round kills a child, during the rush to Baghdad. Phantoms haunt the people of a burning Baghdad and as Saddam’s statue falls in Firdos Square, the remaining Marines and Iraqis are forced together in a moment which will test their humanity, empathy and potential for forgiveness. Tuesday, February 10 - Thursday, February 12; Tuesday, February 17 - Thursday, February 19 at 6PM 6@6 READING SERIES Tickets: FREE The 6@6 Reading Series brings in six new poetic works from artists from New York and around the country. The reading series allows playwrights the ability to have their work read and workshopped in the time leading up to the festival where they then have a lightly staged reading allowing the playwright to see how an audience reacts to their work. This year’s 6@6 Readings will be: Milk by Jacqueline Jones LaMon We Lost Ourselves by Ryan F. Johnson Soldier Love: An Aerial Play by Helen Banner 39 Hours In the Soviet City of Roses by Dwayne Yancey Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt By Allison Zajac Batell The History of Pigtails by Aissa Martell Special Events Saturday February 8th at 3PM GENERATION NOW Tickets: $18 The 3rd Annual showcase of youth voices features new poetic work from teens in middle school, high school and college. Hear their coming of age stories and perspectives on the world as 2020 approaches. By youth participating in viBe Theater Experience, Girl Be Heard, Dare Tactic, and EarSay Youth Voices. Saturday February 14th at 8PM LOVE REDEFINED, featuring new work by Reginald Flood, Catherine Weingarten, Dipika Guha, Gina Femia, and others; directed by Dontonio Demarco and Andrew Willis Woodward Poetic Theater Productions’ fifth annual celebration of noncommercial, nontraditional love featuring poetic and theatrical remixes, re-imaginings and riffs by more than ten incredible poets and playwrights responding to traditional sonnets and love poems. Inspiration poems and newly developed pieces are presented side-by-side. Friday, February 20 at 8 PM BREAKING OUR SILENCE, written by and featuring Ty Defoe, Timothy DuWhite, Sentell Harper, Joanna Hoffman, Sam Laroche, Charan P. Morris and Storm Thomas; directed by Daniel Banks Tickets: $18 A night with all-star LGBT poets and musicians, sharing their experiences of coming out, finding love, breaking the silence and speaking out. This year's edition of Breaking Our Silence focuses on thriving. "The performers have worked together during a brief workshop period to link their narratives of how they got to the present moment and where they are going," explains director Daniel Banks. "While it is critical to acknowledge the struggles and oppressions we all face, we also celebrate our successes and the fact that we make the choice to thrive and survive! We hope our stories will inspire others." All performances are at the wild project (195 E. 3rd Street, between Avenues A & B). Tickets can be purchased from OvationTix on 212.352.3101 or online at www.thewildproject.com. The Box Office opens one hour prior to curtain. The wild project is a theater, film, music, and visual arts venue that presents diverse, engaging, inspiring, and entertaining works to the vibrant and growing community of Alphabet City in New York’s East Village, while bringing together the artists and the environment in a unique way. Founded in 2007, the wild project is an innovator among arts venues, providing an eco-friendly theater and gallery where the artists and space nurture each other. The company is dedicated to creating an environment that supports the artists, and to cultivating artists that support the environment. With an eco-conscious approach to presenting the dynamic works of hundreds of emerging artists each year, the wild project offers an artistic and environmental education for patrons of all ages, interests, and incomes in its community.

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