The Praise Keeps Coming For Peggy Shaw's RUFF

“She’s an inspiration.” 

- Jill Dolan, The Feminist Spectator 

“I am smitten….this performance could, and should, be seen as one of quiet charms and a sort of honoring of a performance milieu and style and community. Women speaking to women, lone voices reaching out to embrace other human beings, a pared -down sensibility telling a tale of self-revelation through poetic words, through sharing a shoe or an orange or a piece of clothing with the audience (later to be delivered to the performer). Small acts of connecting adding up to a big theatrical heart that beats constantly and loudly for audience members smart enough to make their way to La MaMa before this show closes.” 

- Martha Wade Steketee, Urban Excavations 

 “5-STARS...Brava, or should I say Bravo to Peggy Shaw, the butch lesbian Sean Penn look-alike for her solo show 'Ruff'.” 

- Taffy Jaffe, The Front Row Center 

"The great Peggy Shaw returns with an acclaimed solo show that celebrates creativity in the midst of aging and infirmity." 
- Andy Buck, Theater Is Easy

Final 4 Performances! 

Thursday, January 23rd @ 7:30pm 
Friday, January 24th @ 7:30pm 
Saturday, January 25th @ 7:30pm 
Sunday, January 26th @ 2:30pm 

Tickets: $20 Adults; $15 Students/Seniors 

For Tickets: CLICK HERE

NY Times In Performance: PEGGY SHAW

NY Times In Performance: Peggy Shaw 

By Erik Piepenburg, Emma Cott, Amy Rio, Kriston Lewis and Robin Lindsay  

The Obie-winning performer and writer Peggy Shaw performs a scene from her solo piece “Ruff,” about her life before and after a stroke. The show is at La MaMa.

View the full clip: HERE

RUFF runs through Sunday, January 25th only.

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Peggy Shaw Interviewed on WBAI

Listen to an interview with Peggy Shaw from WBAI

(starts at 4:25 and ends at 24:20)

La MaMa presents 
RUFF 
Co-written and performed by Peggy Shaw 
Co-written and directed by Lois Weaver 
Originally produced by PS 122’s COIL Festival 

Peggy Shaw had a stroke in 2011 and in her latest solo, RUFF, guided by longtime collaborator Lois Weaver, Shaw throws off the stigma of age and embraces the joy—and necessity—of creating new work. 

January 9 – January 26, 2014 

Thursday - Saturday @ 7:30pm 
Sunday @ 2:30pm 

Tickets: $18 Adults; $13 Students/Seniors; there are a limited number of $10 tickets available as part of La MaMa's 10 @ $10 ticketing initiative, in advance only - not available day-of. 

For tickets and information: Click Here

The Return of Peggy Shaw's RUFF!

Peggy Shaw's RUFF premiered last year during the COIL Festival, and it is back starting Thursday, January 9th for a three-week run at The First Floor Theatre @ La MaMa. 

In his review of the show last year, Charles Isherwood said, "it is rich in the kind of insight that only an artist of Ms. Shaw’s age and experience can bring." 

You can read the full review HERE. 

Don't miss this very special return engagement of this very special show! 

La MaMa presents 
RUFF 
Co-written and performed by Peggy Shaw 
Co-written and directed by Lois Weaver 
Originally produced by PS 122’s COIL Festival 

Peggy Shaw had a stroke in 2011 and in her latest solo, RUFF, guided by longtime collaborator Lois Weaver, Shaw throws off the stigma of age and embraces the joy—and necessity—of creating new work. 

January 9 – January 26, 2014

Thursday - Saturday @ 7:30pm
Sunday @ 2:30pm

Tickets: $18 Adults; $13 Students/Seniors; there are a limited number of $10 tickets available as part of La MaMa's 10 @ $10 ticketing initiative, in advance only - not available day-of.

For tickets and information: Click Here