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| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 08:55 pm EDT 08/09/17 | |
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| What's on at the wild project On Now: August 10 - August 13 RESISTANCE by May Treuhaft-Ali, directed by Maia Nelles-Sager Produced by Semicolon Theatre Company Thursday-Saturday at 8pm; Saturday & Sunday at 2pm Tickets: $19 Libby, a 15-year-old girl under pressure from her mother and “specialist” to lose weight, starts taking classes at a popular spin studio in a gentrifying neighborhood. As she learns about herself and the world around her the absurdity of weight loss is shown through a series of fantasies, doctor’s appointments, spin classes. August 17 New York No Limits Film Series: Short Film Event Thursday at 7:30pm Tickets: $12 New York No Limits Film Series, an on-going collection of screening events, returns August 17th with its second short film program of 2017. New York No Limits programs films that embody the purest vision of the filmmaker without commercial interference. Concurrently, NYNL supports and nurtures the next generation of noteworthy filmmakers by providing a platform for artists to explore and develop his or her cinematic craft. The August 17th event features a diverse program of short films imbued with the filmmakers vision. Featuring: A Beautiful Day directed by Phedon Papmichael written by Casey Cannon & Angeliki Giannakopoulos Gene gets up day after day and follows the same monotonous routine that he has lived since the death of his wife ten years earlier. He is aging fast from illness and loneliness and has given up on the future. Today, however, he awakens with a new determination to end the life he has known. Today, there is a new resolve that will change the course of everything. Club Policy written & directed by New Media Ltd A ferociously competitive couple play a routine game of squash at the Country Club one afternoon. What begins as fun exercise, quickly escalates as the tension explodes between them. True character is revealed as we follow the karmic repercussions of that fateful day on the courts. Mare Nostrum directed by Rana Kazkaz and Ana Khalaf written by Rana Kazkaz On a Mediterranean shore, a Syrian Father makes a decision that puts his daughter’s life at risk. Pet Monkey written and directed by Eric Maira A date night turns ugly when a persistent boyfriend offers to buy his girlfriend a monkey. Prerequisite directed by Geoffrey Guerrero written by Courtney J. Camerota A preppy college graduate gets more than she bargained for when she takes a risky second job to offset her student loan debt. Teapot directed by Alexander Gruszynski written by Kimberly Aboltin Jaime, a newcomer in a women's anger management program, manipulates her sponsor and friends through the guise of her beloved grandmother's teapot in order to confront her ex about the break up text he recently sent her. The Mess He Made written and directed by Matthew Puccini A man reassesses everything as he waits for the results of a Rapid HIV Test in a small American town. They Charge for the Sun directed by Terence Nance written by Eugene Ramos In a dystopian future where people live nocturnally to avoid the harmful rays of the sun, a young black girl unravels the lie that has kept her and her sister in the dark. Willy written and directed by Ben Klein & Violet Columbus WILLY, an aging television personality, is sick of performing for children. He expresses his desire to create meaningful art, more specifically, songs that speak on the plight of the American Indian. While the rest of the cast and crew attempt to keep the show running smoothly, Willy repeatedly derails the broadcast due to his massive ego and boorish behavior. Coming Soon: August 18 - August 20 the CURRENT SESSIONS: Volume VII: On Resistance Schedule: Friday - Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 6:30pm Tickets: $20 ($15 for students and LES/EV residents with valid ID) Today’s shared purpose, resistance, is at once urgent and varied. Volume VII will present work by nine artists, each developing their own choreographies of resistance using strategies of conflict, transgression, and care. On Resistance represents a spectrum of movement which challenges systems of control by reconfiguring the body into a medium for opposition. The On Resistance line up: RESCUE Friday, August 18, 2017 at 8pm Disruption is an act of rebuilding the self. Elena Rose Light // Phantasia Resistance viewed within the hyper-regulated body, where minuscule actions can become powerful acts of resistance. Gregory King & Megan Young // Cloud of Whiteness World building is not as easy as constructing brick-by-brick. Raha Behnam // Immigration II Challenging the colonial gaze with moment that disrupts the passive witness. REFUSE Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 8pm Group effort—in which we find a place together amid spaces of opposition. Jonathan Gonzalez Escape is exactly the distance between a dirt bike and the will to leave. NIC Kay // Get Well Soon! A loose meditation on the often used wish of recovery. Samantha CC // Sanctuary A multi-media performance speaking to technology's ability to both restrain and liberate. RESTRICT Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 7pm An unlikely setting for the soon-to-be displaced. Dalel Bacre // arteNÓMADA // No Dancing Today The conjunctural, accidental, and unexpected coexist, opening an experiential space where scenic acts play the lead. Dorian Nuskind-Oder & Simon Grenier-Poirier // Speed Glue Two table tennis players defy the game’s competitive structure to find new rhythmic and choreographic possibilities. Tina Wang & Tingying Ma // Studies #4 Qi-gong seen through the ordinary body. A negotiated transcript of power through self-cultivation. August 21 - August 26 The Inaugural East Village Queer Film Festival, hosted by Lola Rock’n’Rolla Produced by Wild Project in association with New York No Limits Tickets: TBA The East Village Queer Film Festival (EVQ) celebrates queer film in all its glorious diversity. The festival embraces an inclusive Queer identity, featuring films that entertain, explore and promote queer-themed issues, work by and featuring LGBTQ artists, as well as work inspired by the expanded innovative and audacious downtown Queer avant garde. In addition to screenings of feature length films, shorts, webisodes and music videos, the unique “Future Cult Classics” category is included in the festival to highlight Queer B-Movies of all genres from Horror, Sci-fi, Exploitation, and more. The category will feature films by artists whose inspiration comes from the work of John Waters, Roger Corman, Wes Craven, Walter Hill, and by artists who root for the shark in JAWS. Full Line-up coming soon. August 28 - August 29 Cherry Picking 17: Hive Mind Monday - Tuesday at 7:30pm (doors open at 7pm) Tickets: $20 In honor of an odd year, Cherry Picking’s seventeenth and America’s 241st, we are taking a good hard look at ourselves. Our 17th year will feature 2 nights of brand spankin’ new plays inspired by your fellow Americans. We polled people young and old, near and far, *no fake news here* and we’re putting their words in your hands. August 31-September 2 JANE JOHNSON FOR THE STAY AT HOME SHOPPER With Jill Pangallo and Shane O'Neill Schedule: Thursday - Saturday at 8PM Tickets: $15 JANE JOHNSON FOR THE STAY AT HOME SHOPPER is an original musical comedy that takes place over the span of one hour of Jane and her partner Pam Heller selling their accessories on the Stay at Home Shopper network, a channel not unlike QVC. The show features original songs, calls from viewers at home, and sweetly aggressive marketing techniques. The message is the same as Jane’s call to her fans: “Little Turtle, it’s time to come out of that shell!” All performances are at the wild project (195 E. 3rd Street, between Avenues A & B). Tickets can be purchased online at http://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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