From The Vault: A Weekend Festival of Classic La MaMa Plays

Photo: Conrad Ward

George Ferencz curates a very special project of the Experiments Series: FROM THE VAULT - A celebration series of Classic La MaMa scripts.

Friday November 21st at 10:00pm 
MS. NEFFERTITI 
REGRETS 
by Tom Eyen
Unpublished libretto of legendary musical that originally stared a very young Bette Midler!

Saturday November 22nd at 10:00pm 
MEDEA AT 
THE LAUNDROMAT 
by H.M. Koutoukas
He received a Village Voice Obie Award for "Assaulting Established Tradition". 

Sunday November 23rd at 4:30pm 
THE SILVER 
QUEEN SALOON 
by Paul Foster
A Western love-duet between a mountain woman and a gun slinger
Includes discussion with author

Monday November 24th at 7:30pm 
BLUEBEARD 
by Charles Ludlam 
This Bluebeard is a vivisectionist bent on a path to create a third sex. Directed by Everett Quinton Includes discussion with the director

All readings are free, but reservations are suggested.

For Reservations and Information: CLICK HERE

Experiments Play Reading Series: SHADOW

George Ferencz curates a festival of concert play readings celebrating Black History Month.

Thursday, February 20th at 7:30pm
SISTER SOLDIER
by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
directed by George Ferencz
Negro Female WACs stationed at Fort Devens outside of Boston Massachuetts during World War II staged a work stoppage strike that caused a national uproar,and the court martial trial that followed.Were these women heroines or traitors to their race and country ? You decide as the country did.

Friday, February, 21st at 7:30pm
SOME OLD BLACK MAN
by James Anthony Tyler
directed by Melissa Maxwell
When Professor Calvin Jones moves his 82-year-old ailing southern father, Donald Jones, into his Harlem penthouse an argument over breakfast food turns into a generational clash over race, opportunity, and a decision that Calvin made years ago.

Saturday, February, 22nd at 7:30pm
MIDDLEMUDDLE
by Leah Maddrie
directed by Melissa Maxwell
Middle age meets middle school in the Midwest in this poignant comedy about memory, change, and bean bag chairs.

Sunday, February, 23rd at 2:30pm
SPARKPLUG & MISS JONNIE MAE
by Owa
directed by George Ferencz
Two men in 1930’s Mississippi during a storm confront the meaning of love and sexuality in a community ultimately defining their fate.

Free Admission

There will be a talkback with the author following each reading.

For information and free reservations: Click Here

Video Absurdo: Eugene Ionesco Grants an Interview - TONIGHT!

Experiments Play Reading Series continues tonight with Video Absurdo: Eugene Ionesco Grants an Interview by Grace Babakhanian and featuring John-Andrew Morrison, Jim Seaman and Jenne Vath. Video Absurdo is a pastiche of Ionescoʼs own plays, as well as a satire on mediaʼs efforts to present public figures as pre-fabricated icons.

Monday, October 14, 2013 at 7:30pm

At CultureHub
47 Great Jones Street, 3rd Floor


Tickets are FREE!

For more information: Click Here

Free Reading: FIRE ON THE WATER by Jan Quackenbush

Experiments Play Reading Series presents long-time La MaMa artist, Jan Quackenbush's play FIRE ON THE WATER on Monday, October 7th at La MaMa Galleria. Fire On The Water is a black comedy about fracking and concerns a family digging up a Matriarch’s coffin.


La MaMa Experiments Play Reading Series presents 
FIRE ON THE WATER 
by Jan Quackenbush

Monday, October 7th at 7:30pm

Tickets are FREE!

La MaMa Galleria 
6 East 1st Street
(Between Bowery and 2nd Avenue)
New York, NY 10003

For more info: Click Here