News

Chalk Circle Opens Tomorrow!

The Chocolate Factory is pleased to present a PL115 Production:

Brecht’s
CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE
June 25 – July 11, Wed-Sat @8PM.

Don’t miss your chance to see the project we’ve been working on for over a year!  We’re very proud of what we’ve made and would love for you to get a chance to see it.

Join us Thursday, June 25th for Opening Night followed by a festive gathering at a local bar (free drinks!) OR come Friday June 26th for PL115 Night and catch a rockin party (more free drinks!!) afterward.

And if you can’t make it either of those days, do grab your tickets online today — seating is extremely limited and tickets are going fast.  Plus if you buy online before June 25th you can get your tickets for $12 instead of the normal $15.  Just use the code ‘chocolate‘ when you buy online.

Hope to see you at The Chocolate Factory!

posted by Jeff on Wednesday, June 24, 2009  

Check us out on YouTube

Performance Lab 115 now has its very own YouTube channel!

Check out snippets from our 2008 workshop of Caucasian Chalk Circle and get yourself psyched up for our latest production of Brecht’s classic — opening June 25th at The Chocolate Factory.

posted by Jeff on Tuesday, June 16, 2009  

Tickets on Sale for Caucasian Chalk Circle

PL115 is hard at work rehearsing the second show of our 2009 Season:

Caucasian Chalk Circle

by Bertolt Brecht
translated by Eric Bentley

Chalk Circle performs
June 25 – July 11, Wed – Sat @ 8PM
at The Chocolate Factory

Find out more about Caucasian Chalk Circle
Get your tickets today

posted by Jeff on Wednesday, May 20, 2009  

Great Reviews for Artifacts of Consequence

Artifacts of Consequence has been generating a good amount of buzz in the press over the past week.  Check out what the critics are saying:

“Deliriously imaginitive and talkent-rich … make no mistake: this show is as much pulp fiction as theater of ideas”

Jason Zinoman, The New York Times. Read more…

Artifacts of Consequence is an important play that’s a joy to watch.”

Aaron Riccio, ‘kül. Read more…

“Halfnight’s ability to inspire audiences…simultaneously impresses and fascinates. The palpable tension in Kristjan Thor’s staging…makes the production continually engrossing.”

Andy Propst, theatermania. Read more…

Read all reviews

posted by Jeff on Sunday, April 26, 2009  

What Would You Save?

Artifacts of ConsequenceWe’re curious…

In conjunction with our upcoming performance of Artifacts of Consequence, we’d like to hear from you!

What are the 10 things you would decide to save if you knew the world was about to fall apart?

If you’ve got strong ideas about what’s worth saving, make a video recording of your 10 things and send it to electricpear@gmail.com

Videos will be compiled and presented at The Wild Project during the production, April 17th – May 2nd.

Send Us Your Video View Submissions

posted by Jeff on Wednesday, April 8, 2009  

Tickets on Sale for Artifacts of Consequence

Artifacts of ConsequenceTickets are now on sale for

Artifacts of Consequence

a new play written by longtime collaborator Ashlin Halfnight (God’s Waiting Room), directed by Kristjian Thor and co-produced with our friends at Electric Pear Productions.

April 16 – May 2
at The Wild Project
195 East 3rd Street (between A & B)
Monday – Saturday at 8pm
Tickets are $18

* Find out more about the show on PL115.org and ElectricPear.org
* Visit us on Facebook
* Get your tickets on Ovation.com

posted by Jeff on Wednesday, April 1, 2009  

Critical Praise for Mourn the Living Hector

We are pleased to report that Time Out New York has selected Mourn the Living Hector as a Critics Pick for this year’s New York International Fringe Festival, recommended our show on their home page, and given it a four star review!

You can read the complete review on Time Out NY Online.

Also, be sure to check out the great press we’ve gotten from NYTheatre.com.

UPDATE: Anita Gates of The New York Times just called Mourn the Living Hector ‘beautifully acted and elegantly written.’ Check out the full review in the NYTimes Theater section!

We’ve only got 3 shows left and tickets are selling out, so if you haven’t gotten a chance to see this great new play be sure to get your tickets today!

MOURN THE LIVING HECTOR

plays:
MON 8/18 @ 7:30
THUR 8/21 @ 5:00
SAT 8/23 @ 9:30

at the Flamboyan Theatre (CSV Cultural Center)
107 Suffolk Street 
(Rivington & Delancey Streets) [view map]

posted by Jeff on Sunday, August 17, 2008  

Mourn the Living Hector @ FringeNYC 2008

PL115 presents Paul Cohen’s Mourn the Living Hector as part of the New York International Fringe Festival.

Winners of two FringeNYC Excellence Awards, PL115 returns to investigate wartime violence on the home front, linking the Trojan hero’s last day with the home-leave of an American Marine; a comedic tragedy of ambient violence, failed connections, and unexpected happy-endings.

Mourn the Living Hector

DATES:
THUR 8/14 @ 9:45
SAT 8/16 @ 2:45
MON 8/18 @ 7:30
THUR 8/21 @ 5:00
SAT 8/23 @ 9:3

AT: The Flamboyan Theatre (CSV Cultural Center)
107 Suffolk Street 
(Rivington & Delancey Streets) [view map]

SUBWAY: F train to Delancey Street  /  
J, M to Essex Street

posted by Jeff on Monday, July 7, 2008  

The Terrible Temptation to Do Good

Performance Lab 115 presents The Terrible Temptation to Do Good: A Brechtian Loung Act.

Come see the musical stylings of Performance Lab 115 as we continue to explore the material of Bertolt Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle following our six month residency with Mabou Mines.  Interweaving found text, original music and inspirations from CCC, PL115 invites you to sip a cocktail and enjoy Brecht’s rebuttal to the Broadway musical.

Presented as part of the 2008 Collective:Unconscious undergroundzero Festival, 2008.

The Terrible Temptation to Do Good:
A Brechtian Lounge Act

July 18 & 19 @ 9PM
July 20 @ 5PM

at Grace Bar
114 Franklin Street, NYC 10013 (view map)

Purchase tickets at www.weird.org

posted by Jeff on Saturday, June 7, 2008  

Caucasian Chalk Circle @ Mabou Mines

With mentorship, space, and funding from the Mabou Mines/SUITE Resident Artist Program, Performance Lab 115 has spent the last five months using their unique actor-driven process to forge a new visceral translation of Bertolt Brecht’s epic tale of war and responsibility.

In our stripped down, decidedly 21st century interpretation, two clowns invite us into the story where Grushe and Azdak play out their choices on a blasted post-war landscape strewn with the relics of an analog age.

PL115 Presents:

Caucasian Chalk Circle

By Bertolt Brecht
adapted and translated by Ramona Thomasius

Sunday March 23 7:30pm
Monday March 24 7:30pm
Tuesday March 25 7:30pm

@ the Mabou Mines ToRoNaDa space
150 First Avenue (corner of 9th St.)
2nd Floor
(view map)

ALL PERFORMANCES ARE FREE!

Seating is extremely limited and reservations are HIGHLY recommended. For reservations please call 212-473-1991 or e-mail info@pl115.org.

Find out more about Caucasian Chalk Circle

posted by Jeff on Sunday, March 9, 2008  
« Previous PageNext Page »