American Theatre looks at THE GOLDEN TOAD

American Theatre's Jim O'Quinn gives us a preview of The Talking Band's new work, The Golden Toad, coming to The Ellen Stweart Theatre in January:

“'This show is about six characters in search of themselves, and they change radically over the course of the four episodes,' says Talking Band stalwart Paul Zimet, cofounder and leader (in tandem with Ellen Maddow and Tina Shepard) of the experimental troupe since its founding in 1974. Maddow and Shepard will be part of the Golden Toad cast (as will some life-sized puppets), playing characters that include a gay couple with a teenage daughter and their less-than-predictable neighbors."

Read the full article HERE.

Tickets now on sale, and starting at $10.  Limited Seating.

La MaMa presents
THE 
GOLDEN 
TOAD
by The Talking Band

January 23 - February 07, 2015

The Ellen Stewart Theatre

66 East 4th Street

(between Bowery and Second Avenue)

New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors; ten tickets priced at $10 are available for every performance, in advance only, via web, phone or at the box office - not available day of show.

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AMERICAN THEATRE on Catherine Filloux’s Selma ’65

14 Theatrical Plans to Change the World

TCG's invaluable American Theatre magazine just published a feature entitled, 14 Theatrical Plans to Change the World, by Mark Blankenship and Stephanie Coen, which looks at artists and companies who put social and political issues at the forefront of their work.   The list included Catherine Filloux whose Selma ’65 recently premiered at The First Floor Theatre at La MaMa.

It makes sense, then, that Filloux’s latest activist-minded drama will tour the United States this year, asking Americans to confront a problem that threatens to poison our democracy all over again. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2013 invalidation of part of the Voting Rights Act, she’s written Selma ’65, which resurrects the legacy of Viola Luzzio, a largely forgotten civil rights activist who was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan shortly after the Selma voting march.

You may read the full article HERE.