2014 @ La MaMa (in Pictures)

Here is a pictorial look 

at just a handful of shows 

that happened in 2014 @ La MaMa!

Peggy Shaw in RUFF

Black Out by Philippe Saire (Under The Radar Festival)

El Año en Que Nací by Lola Arias (Under The Radar Festival)

The Wong Kids In  The Secret Of The 

Space  Chupacabra Go! by Ma-Yi Theater

Rumore di acque 

(Noise in the Waters) 
by Marco Martinelli 

Captain John Smith Goes to Ukraine by Yara Arts Group

What I learned from 
a decade of fear by Aluna Theatre

Bum Philips: All-American Opera by Monk Parrots

Zachary Karabashliev's Lissabon

THE MAIDEN by Nerve Tank

 DJ Spooky's Seoul Counterpoint by Culturehub

Theodora Skipitares' The Chairs

Myth or Meth by Radiohole 

(part of The Tom Murrin Full Moon Performance Festival)

Catherine Filloux's Selma 65

Tempest directed by Karin Coonrod (part of the Tempest 3 series)

The Elephant in Every Room I Enter 

written and performed by Gardner Comfort

AdA: Author directing Author 

by Neil LaBute and Marco Calvani 

Dead End Dummy by Dick Zigun 

Mokwha Repertory Company's The Tempest 

(part of the Tempest 3 series)

Motus Theatre Company's Nella Tempesta

(part of the Tempest 3 series)

We'll see you in 2015

@ LaMaMa

Behind The Scenes @ BUM PHILLIPS ALL-AMERICAN OPERA

Bum Phillips All-American Opera from La MaMa on Vimeo.

Watch this behind the scenes video for 
Bum Phillips All-American Opera 
and get your tickets quickly!

La MaMa presents 
Monk Parrots' 

Bum Phillips 

All-American Opera 

Concept, Direction, Production Design by Luke Leonard (Monk Parrots)
Libretto by Kirk Lynn (of Rude Mechs)
Music by Peter Stopschinski (of Rude Mechs)

Commissioned and produced by Monk Parrots (New York) 

March 12 – March 30, 2014 
Thursdays – Fridays – Saturdays @ 7:30pm Sundays @ 2:30pm 

Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors; a limited number of $10 tickets are available IN ADVANCE as part of La MaMa's 10 @ $10 ticketing initiative. But hurry, these tickets are only available in advance and the sell quickly! 

A special benefit performance on Thursday, March 20! 

For Tickets and Info: Click Here

Video Preview: BUM PHILLIPS ALL-AMERICAN OPERA

Listen to a sample from the score, the song "Picnic"  from BUM PHILLIPS ALL-AMERICAN OPERA. 
  Picnic - from Bum Phillips All American Opera from La MaMa on Vimeo.
The world premiere of BUM PHILLIPS ALL-AMERICAN OPERA is less than one week away! A handful of 10 @ $10 Tickets are still available for the first weekend, but hurry - they are going fast!

La MaMa presents 
Monk Parrots' 

Bum Phillips 
All-American Opera 

Concept, Direction, Production Design by Luke Leonard (Monk Parrots)
Libretto by Kirk Lynn (Rude Mechs)
Music by Peter Stopschinski (Rude Mechs)

Commissioned and produced by Monk Parrots (New York) 

March 12 – March 30, 2014 
Thursdays – Fridays – Saturdays @ 7:30pm Sundays @ 2:30pm 

Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors; a limited number of $10 tickets are available IN ADVANCE as part of La MaMa's 10 @ $10 ticketing initiative. But hurry, these tickets are only available in advance and the sell quickly! 

A special benefit performance on Thursday, March 20! 

For Tickets and Info: Click Here

6 Questions: Peter Stopschinski

Peter Stopschinski is the composer of BUM PHILLIPS ALL-AMERICAN OPERA opening on March 12th at The Ellen Stewart Theatre. Peter took time out from rehearsals to answer La MaMa's 6 Questions. 

1. How did you become involved with BUM PHILLIPS ALL-AMERICAN OPERA? 
I've been making all kinds of crazy music theater with my good friend the esteemed writer Kirk Lynn. Luke Leonard, the director of Bum Phillips, saw Kirk and my musical with the Rude Mechs, "I've Never Been So Happy" and commissioned us to create this opera. 

2. Are you a football fan? 
I am a football fan and in fact grew up in the 70s in Houston, Texas during the Luv Ya Blue era. As a six-year-old I owned a tiny little Luv Ya Blue T-shirt. I also attended the University of Texas and was a season ticket holder. 

3. How is football like opera? 
Football and Opera are both essentially exhibitions of extreme physical prowess. Watching Earl Campbell rack up 200 rushing yards in a game is not unlike hearing Pavarotti singing nine high C's in Donizetti's La Fille Du Regiment. 

4. What should audience members expect from this show? 
Bum Phillips is a celebration of football and Opera and those special times in human existence where communities come together and feel connected. We are fully aware that trying to re-create a football game on stage with singing is a ridiculous endeavor. But to tell the story of a remarkable man's life on stage is can be poignant and insightful. You will laugh you will cry:) 

5. Who has inspired you? 
I have to say that I was most inspired in the creation of the score by actually meeting Bum Phillips himself. We had the wonderful experience of visiting Bum, his wife Debbie, and their family out at their ranch and Goliad, Texas. We shared lunch (sandwiches, chips and beans) and Bum told us stories about raising horses, retirement, and his amazing career in professional football. They were very generous and wonderful people. He had an entire wall of his trademark white cowboy hats! 

6. What does working at La MaMa mean to you? 
Ellen Stewart's huge body of work involving music and dance is so inspirational. I feel like the unusual subject for this opera and our work with the choreographer Charlotte Griffin fits right in to Ellen's wonderful legacy. La Mama has been very generous with their space and other resources to help bring this ambitious production together. We are so grateful!

La MaMa presents 
Monk Parrots' 

Bum Phillips 

All-American Opera 

Concept, Direction, Production Design by Luke Leonard
Libretto by Kirk Lynn
Music by Peter Stopschinski 

Commissioned and produced by Monk Parrots (New York) 

March 12 – March 30, 2014 

Thursdays – Fridays – Saturdays @ 7:30pm
Sundays @  2:30pm  

Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors; a limited number of $10 tickets are available IN ADVANCE as part of La MaMa's 10 @ $10 ticketing initiative. But hurry, these tickets are only available in advance and the sell quickly!

A special benefit performance on Thursday, March 20!

For Tickets and Info: Click Here

Audio Preview: BUM PHILLIPS ALL-AMERICAN OPERA

Get an advance listen to two tracks from the demo recording of the upcoming 

BUM PHILLIPS ALL-AMERICAN OPERA 

music by Peter Stopschinski and libretto by Kirk Lynn.

 



La MaMa presents 
Monk Parrots' 

Bum Phillips 

All-American Opera 

Concept, Direction, Production Design by Luke Leonard
Libretto by Kirk Lynn
Music by Peter Stopschinski 

Commissioned and produced by Monk Parrots (New York) 

March 12 – March 30, 2014 

Thursdays – Fridays – Saturdays @ 7:30pm
Sundays @  2:30pm  

Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors; a limited number of $10 tickets are available IN ADVANCE as part of La MaMa's 10 @ $10 ticketing initiative. But hurry, these tickets are only available in advance and the sell quickly!

A special benefit performance on Thursday, March 20!

For Tickets and Info: Click Here

Coming Soon: BUM PHILLIPS ALL-AMERICAN OPERA

Colorful football coach Oail Andrew "Bum" Phillips gets the operatic treatment in the world premiere of BUM PHILLIPS ALL-AMERICAN OPERA!

La MaMa presents 
Monk Parrots' 
Bum Phillips 
All-American Opera 

Concept, Direction, Production Design by Luke Leonard
Libretto by Kirk Lynn
Music by Peter Stopschinski 

Commissioned and produced by Monk Parrots (New York) 

March 12 – March 30, 2014 

Thursdays – Fridays – Saturdays @ 7:30pm
Sundays @  2:30pm  

Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors; a limited number of $10 tickets are available IN ADVANCE as part of La MaMa's 10 @ $10 ticketing initiative. But hurry, these tickets are only available in advance and the sell quickly!

A special benefit performance on Thursday, March 20!

For Tickets and Info: Click Here

WQXR: Top Five Similarities Between Opera and Football

Amanda Angel of WQXR got together with the team from the upcoming Bum Phillips All-American Opera: Peter Stopschinski (composer), Kirk Lynn (librettist) and Luke Leonard (director) to compile a list of ways in which football is like opera:

1. Talent...
2. Rhythm...

For the rest of the Top 5 Similarities Between Opera and Football and to read the article: Click Here 

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Coming Soon:

La MaMa presents 
Monk Parrots' 
Bum Phillips 
All-American Opera 

Concept, Direction, Production Design by Luke Leonard
Libretto by Kirk Lynn
Music by Peter Stopschinski 

Commissioned and produced by Monk Parrots (New York) 

March 13 – March 30, 2014 

Thursdays – Fridays – Saturdays @ 7:30pm
Sundays @  2:30pm  

A special benefit performance on Thursday, March 20

For Tickets and Info: Click Here