First Look at PEOPLE VS. NATURE

 

All photos by Richard Termine 

Kevin Augustine's PEOPLE VS. NATURE opened on Thursday, November 7th, 2024, in The Ellen Stewart Theatre.  Kevin's show deals with animal rights and the ethics surrounding animal testing.  Members of the audience join as the show as both participants and witnesses.  Kevin's puppetry is visual stimulating and haunting and the message is powerful.

PEOPLE VS. NATURE continues its run through November 17th as part of the 2024 La MaMa Puppet Festival.

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LOVO at the 2024 La MaMa Puppet Festival

 

Production photos by Richard Termine

Spain's Teatro Lafauna brought their puppet-theatre work LOVO to The Downstais at La MaMa for the 2024 La MaMa Puppet Festival from October 25-27, 2024.

With direction by Carlos Cazalilla and performers/puppeteers: Vera González, Esther D'Andrea, and Carlos Cazalilla, LOVO dealt with nature, extinction and love.  The production was beautifully realized at La MaMa.

The 2024 La MaMa Puppet Festival continues through November 17, 2024.  You can see the full line-up HERE.

THE MARRIAGE goes to Europe

 

The company of THE MARRIAGE at the 16th International Gombrowicz Festival

Immediately after its run at La MaMa, Zishan Ugurlu's production of Witold Gombrowicz's THE MARRIAGE was performed at the 16th International Gombrowicz Festival, where it won multiple awards: Zishan Ugurlu was named Best Director, Alex Scoloveno took home the Best Actor award. Celeste Ciulla and Annie Hägg shared the Best Acting Distinctions Award. And Maya Smolarski was crowned the Best Kid at the festival! Congratulations to all involved in this project.

Production photos by Steven Pisano

THE MARRIAGE was produced by La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in association with the 

Polish Cultural Institute New York.  It ran from September 26 – October 6, 2024 in The Downstairs Theatre at La MaMa.

La MaMa Alum Marco Calvani Makes His Feature Film Debut With HIGH TIDE!

  

La MaMa Alumnus, Marco Calvani, made is feature film writing and directorial debut with the acclaimed film, High Tide.  The film was made a Critics' Pick by The New York Times.

Marco was a writer and directer of AdA: Author directing Author along with Neil LaBute (in 2014) and again with LaBute and Marta Buchaca (in 2017) at La MaMa.

High Tide is written and directed by Marco Calvani and stars Marco Pigossi, James Bland, Marisa Tomei, Bill Irwin.  

You can catch High Tide at the IFC Center in NYC.

6 Questions with Nela H. Kornetová

 

Photo by Orsi Varga

Nela H. Kornetová is an independent performance maker and performer based in Norway. She works with themes that the audience can relate to instinctively, aiming to create atmospheric performances that explore the borderlines of live art forms using the body, visuals, and sound. As a member and artistic leader of the independent group T.I.T.S., Kornetová initiated, created, performed, and produced Forced Beauty, an audiovisual dance performance about power structures and our fascination with violence. 

There are three performances of Forced Beauty from April 7–9 in The Downstairs. Tickets can be purchased here.

1. How would you describe your work as a choreographer?

Sensuous. Visual. Visceral. Human.

2. Who or what has inspired you?

Everything and everybody I meet and live. The world and my not understanding of it.

3. What can audiences expect or take away from the performance?

I hope you get touched. That you get to feel and think for yourself, yet with us. That you'll remember some of the images and sensations we have created for you.

4. What are your upcoming plans for the rest of the year?

I plan to survive, live well and take care of my little daughter while touring around and creating new experiences for our audience.

5. How would you Remake a World?

OH. Oh, oh. So hard. Perhaps I would rebuild it with softness, caring for and embracing our differences. And take the violent lust out of our nature.

6. What does working at La MaMa mean to you?

La MaMa is our U.S. mum. They are giving us the opportunity and freedom to play on a very new and exciting playground. So let's see if we make new friends or new scars. :-)

Photo by Jan Husták

La MaMa presents

T.I.T.S: Forced Beauty

April 7 – 9, 2023

The Downstairs
66 East 4th Street, basement level
New York, NY 10003

Friday and Saturday at 8:30PM

Sunday at 4PM

Tickets:

Adults: $30
Students/Seniors: $25
First 10 tickets are $10 (limit 2 per person)

Ticket prices are inclusive of all fees.

Two and three-show packages are available.

*Please note this production contains nudity.