In anticipation of this Saturday's Coffeehouse Chronicles examining and celebrating Adrienne Kennedy, Hilton Als joins La MaMa in looking back at the career and life of the extraordinary Ms. Kennedy.
In 1976, La Mama hosted an operatic version of Kennedy’s outstanding
1966 play “A Rat’s Mass,” directed and composed by Cecil Taylor. Now, on
Jan. 25, La Mama will present a panel that addresses Kennedy’s life and
work.
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La MaMa presents
CoffeeHouse Chronicles #117:
Adrienne Kennedy
Saturday, January 25th - 3pm
The Club @ La MaMa
74 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003
Admission is FREE.
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The next edition of CoffeeHouse Chronicles celebrating Adrienne Kennedy, will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 3pm in The Club at La MaMa. Erik Ehn will moderate a panel that includes Alisa Solomon, Evan Yionoulis, Robert Heide, Charlotte Brathwaite and Rebecca Clark.
Performances:
Scenes from SHE TALKS TO BEETHOVEN directed by Charlotte Brathwaite
Excerpts from THE OWL ANSWERS & FUNNYHOUSE OF A NEGRO directed by Rebecca Clark
Screenings:
THE VOYAGE
Documenary footage of The Kennedy family journeying to West Africa fall 1960 on The Queen Mary. It was during this trip that FUNNYHOUSE OF A NEGRO was written.
Excerpts from films which influenced Adrienne Kennedy’s work & archival performance footage to be named later will also be included.
Coffeehouse Chronicles Series Director: Michal Gamily
