| From the Schaubühne to NYC: The Dog, The Night, and The Knife Makes its US Premiere next Month | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 11:02 am EST 02/26/19 | |
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| GERMANY’S MOST CUTTING EDGE PLAYWRIGHT HEADS TO NEW YORK TO PRESENT PROVOCATIVE US PREMIERE OF THE DOG, THE NIGHT, AND THE KNIFE J.U.S.T. Toys Productions and Irondale Ensemble Join Forces to Bridge International Theater Artists with New York Audiences J.U.S.T. Toys Productions, an international art collective, presents Marius von Mayenburg’s The Dog, The Night, and The Knife at the Irondale Theater inFort Greene, Brooklyn, March 15-April 6, 2019. Presented in part with Irondale, this Kafkaesque, dystopian love story fosters rich artistic collaboration and initiates cross-cultural discussions. The U.S. Premiere of the work highlights outstanding professionals from Europe in alliance with exceptional American theater makers. Julia Ubrankovics (Theater Les Halles - Avignon, 59E59) and Tunde Skovran (Hungarian State Theatre of Cluj, CircleX) star alongside Dieterich Gray(Yale Repertory, Steppenwolf), under the direction of internationally acclaimed director Yuri Kordonsky (Maly Drama Theater - St. Petersburg, Professor in the Practice of Directing - Yale School of Drama). In Mayenburg’s original 2008 premiere at the Schaubühne, Berlin, The Dog, The Night and The Knife is centered around a character named Mwho gets lost on the way home, with the clock mysteriously at a standstill—M’s encounters seek to kill M in order to feed their ravenous hunger for human flesh. In developing this 2019 iteration, the J.U.S.T Toys team look deeper at Mayenburg’s themes and center this production around ideas of trust, safety, love, logic versus emotion, dream versus reality, and immortality versus murder. Re-envisioned by director Yuri Kordonsky, M is trapped in a nightmarish world full of blood-thirsty strangers - both human and canine. In this town, the desire to love becomes a desire to possess. In this town, “I want you” becomes “I want to eat you” and a lover quickly becomes prey— literally. Haunted by the demons of destruction (Gray), “Younger Sister” (Skovran) discovers new unfamiliar feelings towards “M” in an exploration of the possibility of love amidst a cannibalistic dystopia. “The Dog, The Night, and The Knife is a provocative exploration of this struggle for power and connection, with generous doses of humor, a kill-or-be-killed plot, and the sensibility of existentialist theater.” explains J.U.S.T. Toys founders and actors Julia Ubrankovicsand Tunde Skovran. With an ensemble of 3 who play over 10 roles, The Dog, The Night, and the Knifeis set to an original music and soundscape by Lucian Ban (Tuba Project, Bluetopia, Hieroglyphics), with set and costume design by Oana Botez (The Public Theater, BAM, Baryshnikov Arts Center), choreography by Zsófia Nemes (PR-Evolution Dance Co.) and visual arts by Júlia Standovár (Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center) PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE The Dog, The Night, and The Knife will run from March 15-April 6 Monday, and Wednesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. General admission tickets are $30 with discounts for students, seniors and working artists. Tickets can be purchased at http://bit.ly/DogNightKnife DIRECTIONS Irondale is located at 85 South Oxford Street in Brooklyn, New York. The theater is accessible by Subway: C to Lafayette; B, D, M, N, Q, R, 2, 3, 4, or 5 to Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street; and G to Fulton Street. ABOUT J.U.S.T. TOYS PRODUCTIONS J.U.S.T. Toys Productions is a growing performing arts collective focused on building an artistic community and innovative stage productions. J.U.S.T. Toys Productions was founded by Tunde Skovran and Julia Ubrankovics, two Eastern European artists residing in Los Angeles. The company provides a platform for multicultural theater artists with Eastern European roots. J.U.S.T. Toys Productions produces passionate and provocative theatrical experiences by inviting outstanding professionals from Europe to collaborate with American theatre makers. Our mission is to initiate cross-cultural discussions, foster collaborations and enrich our community with a diverse cultural heritage. Their work has been celebrated in theaters all over the globe and in a number of prestigious international theater festivals. ABOUT IRONDALE Located in the heart of the Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District, Irondale is the home of the Irondale Ensemble Project. It is a theatre ensemble, a performance think-tank and a collaborative laboratory for non-traditional artists. Irondale’s unique and transformational space has gained much attention as a place for both established and emerging artists to premiere major projects and showcase developing work. The Irondale Ensemble Project was founded in 1983 by Jim Niesen, Terry Greiss and Barbara Mackenzie-Wood and is one of the longest established permanent ensemble theaters in the country. The ensemble has created over 60 Off-Broadway productions from intimate chamber productions of Shakespeare to company devised epic work. Irondale’s learning programs provide high quality, cutting edge workshops and school residencies designed to develop the artist in every human being. |
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