Thanks to all who had a chance to come out to PL115′s Spring Gala last night at Galapagos. We had a great time, and we hope you all did too!
If you weren’t able to make it out to the big event, but would still like to contribute, we would love you forever if you would consider making a donation online.
And either way, be sure to check out the Gala round-up, complete with photos!
Tickets are now on sale for PL115′s Spring Gala, March 9th at Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO.
This year our benefit is a celebration of ensemble-driven theatre in New York, featuring new and classic work from:
Join PL115 for a thrilling evening of entertainment, food and dancing!
Beginning in January of 2009, PL115 will produce two plays and begin development of two original works that wrestle with the issue of human connection in times of chaos:
A new dystopic farce written by Ashlin Halfnight and inspired by the Icarus/Dedalus myth, Artifacts of Consequence investigates our dependence on the signifiers of modern culture, even in the face of a worldwide catastrophe.
Artifacts of Consequence is a co-production of PL115 and Electric Pear, re-uniting the creative team that brought you the international hit, God’s Waiting Room.
Directed by Kristjian Thor
April 16 – May 3, 2009
The Wild Project, NYC
Following a successful workshop as part of our Mabou Mines/ SUITE residency, PL115 is excited to bring stripped down, decidedly 21st century interpretation of Brecht’s epic masterpiece about war and responsibility to The Chocolate Factory in Long Island City.
Directed by Alice Reagan
June 25 – July 12, 2009
The Chocolate Factory, LIC
Directed by co-Artistic Director Jeff Clarke, SINK will be a company-devised piece unpacking how it is we relate (to one another, to our environment, to our history and to our philosophy) following catastrophic tragedies.
Inspired by T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land and contextualized by the repeated environmental disasters of California’s Salton Sea, SINK will be workshopped in January 2009 and will premiere in Spring, 2010.
Working with the director Dave Dalton (Drama Desk Nomination, HMS Pinafore), PL115 will stage a fresh new adaptation of Lope de Vega’s Spanish Golden Age classic.
Fuente Ovejuna will be workshopped in the Fall of 2009 and will premiere in late 2010.
If you would like to make a donation to help support our 2009 Season (and we will love you forever if you do), you can now do it online.
We are so very pleased to report that Paul Cohen won the 2008 FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Playwrighting for Mourn the Living Hector!
Thanks to all who came out to see Paul’s great new play at the Fringe Festival. Your attendance and support made the whole enchilada of the ’08 Fringe worthwhile.
If you missed your chance to see Mourn the Living Hector, be sure to check out our great reviews from The New York Times, The Village Voice and Time Out.
Stay tuned for more exciting projects from PL115, including
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As always, we rely on your ongoing support to make our productions come to life. If you have the desire and means to help PL115, please consider making a tax deductible donation.
And if money’s not so much your thing but you’d like to donate some of your time, get in touch with us! We have many, many ways to put creative people like you to work!
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!
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]
PL115 has been fortunate enough to get a couple of of pre-Fringe publicity teasers for Mourn the Living Hector!
Check them out!
You can get your tickets for Paul Cohen’s amazing new play at:
Seating is incredibly limited at the Flamboyan, so please get your tickets today!
Performance Lab 115 is once again braving the steamy summer in NYC to make experimental actor-driven theatre and we need YOUR help to make it.
We are currently producing two new shows:
The Terrible Temptation to do Good
A Brechtian Lounge Act
July 18-20th @ the Underground Zero Festival
AND
Mourn the Living Hector
by Paul Cohen
August 8-24th @ FringeNYC 2008
We need to raise $1,500.00 in the next month to pay for rehearsal space, sets, lights and of course actors. Even a small donation of $5-10 helps us immensely. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today.
Thanks for your help!
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.
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
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.
July 18 & 19 @ 9PM
July 20 @ 5PM
at Grace Bar
114 Franklin Street, NYC 10013 (view map)
Purchase tickets at www.weird.org