Musical Preview: "3 Heads (Is Love)" from Capt. John Smith Goes to Ukraine

"3 Heads (Is Love)" song by Susan Hwang 

recorded by Brian Speaker at SpeakerSonic 

photos & editing by Volodymyr Klyzuko 

Everyone knows about Pocahontas, but did you know that before he went to Virginia he was in Ukraine (in 1603)? This is where he met "other" people first, giving him experience to deal with Native Americans. And before that (and also in the show!), Smith was actually a slave in Turkey who escaped when his Mistress fell in love with him! The original song "3 Heads (Is Love)" just one of many musical interludes in Capt. John Smith Goes to Ukraine.

Based on Smith's The True Travels, Adventures and Observations of Captaine John Smith in Europe, Asia, Affrica and America, from Anno Domini 1593 to 1629, Capt. John Smith Goes to Ukraine is a comedy-musical-historical-epic-in-an hour with three performers: Bob Holman, founder of Bowery Poetry Club in New York as John Smith; Susan Hwang, Korean-American comic/performance artist & accordion player, plays all of Smith's love interests; and Julian Kytasty, legendary Ukrainian traditional musician. Presented in Ukrainian and English.

La MaMa presents
Yara Arts Group's
Capt. John Smith 
Goes to Ukraine
Created and Performed by Bob Holman, Susan Hwang and Julian Kytasty
Conceived & Directed by VirlanaTkacz


Based on John Smith’s own writing about his adventures fighting in the Turkish wars in Eastern Europe before he came to America. Captain John Smith Goes to Ukraine has music including traditional Ukrainian epic songs known as “dumas” and wild new songs written by Susan Hwang which she performs accompanying herself on the accordion, as well as wild love poetry by Bob Holman.


February 27 – March 9, 2014
Thursdays/Fridays/Saturdays @ 7:30pm; Sundays @ 2:30pm

Tickets: $18 Adults; $15 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!

For tickets and info: Click Here

THE WONG KIDS is New York Times Critics' Pick!

UPDATE: The Wong Kids has been extended 

through February 23rd!

Tickets now on sale for added performances!

Laura Collins-Hughes loves THE WONG KIDS...:

The Wong Kids... is an "exuberantly imaginative adventure for children".

Read the full review: HERE

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La MaMa presents
The Ma-Yi Theater Company production of 

The Wong Kids 

in the Secret of 

the Space Chupacabra 

Go!

by Lloyd Suh
directed by Ralph B. Peña

Co-created by the Children’s Theatre Company
and in partnership with The Ensemble Studio Theatre

January 28 – February 16, 2014 now through February 23rd, 2014!

Adults: $30 (Previews $25)
Students/Seniors: $20
Children Under 10: $10
A limited number of $10 tickets are available to everyone, IN ADVANCE for every performance as part of La MaMa's 10 @ $10 ticketing initiative. Not available day of show.

For Info and Tickets: 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

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

Coming Soon: Capt. John Smith Goes to Ukraine

You know about Jamestown and Pocahontas...

now see the prequel!

La MaMa presents
Yara Arts Group's
Capt. John Smith 
Goes to Ukraine
Created and Performed by Bob Holman, Susan Hwang and Julian Kytasty
Conceived & Directed by VirlanaTkacz


Based on John Smith’s own writing about his adventures fighting in the Turkish wars in Eastern Europe before he came to America. Captain John Smith Goes to Ukraine has music including traditional Ukrainian epic songs known as “dumas” and wild new songs written by Susan Hwang which she performs accompanying herself on the accordion, as well as wild love poetry by Bob Holman.


February 27 – March 9, 2014
Thursdays/Fridays/Saturdays @ 7:30pm; Sundays @ 2:30pm

Tickets: $18 Adults; $15 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!

For tickets and info: Click Here