NY Times previews La Divina Caricatura!

Rose the dog is back as the central character of La Divina Caricatura (Trivia buffs note: Rose the dog is the only puppet to win an Obie Award for performance.) 

“It sounds like a Hollywood ploy: ‘40 years in the making,’ ” Mr. Breuer said. “But, yeah, aspects of this piece were around then, so technically, I’ve been screwing with it for that long. The story keeps evolving as I evolve.” 

 Read the full article: HERE

Tickets: $40 Adults; $30 Students

La MaMa ETC and St. Ann’s Warehouse present

The World Premier of Lee Breuer’s
LA DIVINA CARICATURA
Part 1, The Shaggy Dog: a Bunraku Puppet Pop-Opera

December 7 – December 22, 2013

Tuesday – Saturday @ 7:30pm; Sunday @ 2:30pm

For tickets and info: Click Here

The New Yorker Previews La Davina Caricatura

Joan Acocella (The New Yorker) talks to Lee Breuer and previews La Davina Caricatura which begins performances this Friday, December 6th at The Ellen Stewart Theatre.

“La Divina Caricatura” has a lot more than puppets. We get video, a live band, and an impressive crucifixion. There’s a quartet of male soul singers and a trio of female backup singers, in sequinned gowns. The music incorporates rhythm and blues, soul, tango, reggae, rap, Gregorian chant, French folk songs, and Indian ragas. (Breuer says that he was also influenced by ancient Indian epics such as the Mahabharata and by Disney’s animated features, especially “Snow White.”)

Read the full article: HERE

La MaMa ETC and St. Ann’s Warehouse present
The World Premier of Lee Breuer’s
LA DIVINA CARICATURA
Part 1, The Shaggy Dog
a Bunraku Puppet Pop-Opera

December 6 – December 22, 2013

Tuesday – Saturday @ 7:30pm; Sunday @ 2:30pm

Tickets: $40 Adults; $30 Students

For Tickets and Info: Click Here

New This Week: The Third Policeman @ The Club

Nomad Theatrical Company's production of Flann O’Brien’s The Third Policeman comes to The Club @ La MaMa this Friday. Stephen Jobes and Grant Neale's adapt and direct O'Brien's darkly comic, surrealistic novel with a cast of seven actors, two puppeteers and live music. This show is not to be missed!

Actors: Arthur Aulisi, Bairbre Dowling, LeeAnne Hutchison, Todd Licea, Grant Neale, John Robert Tilitson, Julia Watt Musicians: Michael Lydon, Mary Orzano, Marianne Miller

Puppeteers: Bejamin Freeman, Teresa Gilhooly

Puppet Master: Ralph Lee
Composer: Katie Down
Lighting Designer: Richard Currie
Costume Designer: Sara Vandenheuvel
Stage Manager: Mark Brystowski
Scenic Artists: Ron Erickson, Angela Lucido
Video: Paul Lieber
Prop Fabrication: Ian Roy
Theatrical Magic:Jeff Duer

La MaMa presents
Nomad Theatrical Company's production of
Flann O’Brien’s
THE THIRD POLICEMAN
Adapted and Directed by
Stephen Jobes and Grant Neale

December 6th - 15th, 2013

Tickets: $18 Adults; $15 Students/Seniors; a limited number of $10 tickets are available for every performance, in advance only - not available day of show.

For tickets and info: Click Here

REFEST at CultureHub

Refest is CULTUREHUB's 3-day art and technology festival that celebrates the convergence of new and old, digital and analog, near and far. The artists featured in Refest are those who are breaking open possibilities through their practice. Creators working across a broad range of technologically informed media will gather at CultureHub in New York City to share video, performance, music, and more. Refest invites artists to share how they are reforming, rebuilding, reiterating, and renewing ideas.

Here is the full weekend schedule:

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29

5 PM Exhibition Opening / Featuring works from Abelardo Gil-Fournier, Jane Tingley and Michael Seta, RATS Theatre, Leila Nadir and Cary Peppermint, Jesper Norda, Jody Zellen, Karen Niemczyk, Matthew Mazzota, EcoArtTech, Robert Spahr, Namwoo Bae

6 PM Long Table co-curated by CultureHub and Tom Tenny of Re/Mixed Festival NYC featuring remix scholar Eduardo Navas, musician Adriano Clemente, RE/Mixed NYC founder Tom Tenney, performing artist David Commander and more TBA!

8 PM In Flight by David Commander / Theatre Performance

8:30 PM LightPUSHer with Adriano Clemente / Musical Performance

9 PM Kick-Off Party

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30

12 PM The Moment by ss-io / Generative audiovisual installation

1 PM Maryam: A Mobile Drama from RATS / Interactive Performance

2 PM foci + loci / Installation

3 PM Indeterminate Hikes+ with Leila Nadir & Cary Peppermint / Interactive Experience

6 PM Artist Talk with Jesper Norda

7 PM Artist Talk with Matthew Mazzota

8 PM Reception

9 PM Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid with Sound Impact / Performing Seoul Counterpoint *This event will be Livestreamed

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1

11 AM CoLab with Federico Restrepo / Children's Workshop

1 PM Le Blanc et Le Noir, CoLab presentation / Interactive game

5 PM Memory Palace with Christopher Cerrone

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For info and tickets: CLICK HERE

Lisa Mayo

Lisa Mayo in Spiderwoman Theater's I'LL BE RIGHT BACK, 1984.  

Photo by Gerry Vezzuso.

It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of Lisa Mayo of Spiderwoman Theater on Sunday, November 24, 2013.  Lisa is pictured above in Spiderwoman Theater's I'll Be Right Back in April of 1984.  

Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this difficult time.