Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Thursday, August 15, 2019
This Season We Celebrate Ellen's Centennial Year
This season, we celebrate Ellen’s centennial year – she would
have been 100 on November 7, 2019.
Ellen made her artists feel as if they could conquer the world.
She encouraged them to challenge themselves, not just as
artists, but as human beings who could transcend limitations.
I experienced this as a member of Great Jones Repertory
Company performing The Trojan Women all over the world.
In each place, we experienced the power of the work and the
impact it had on the audience. I portrayed Andromache who
fell to her death by jumping off the balcony into the arms of
my fellow actors, about 15 feet below. Standing at the edge
of the balcony, I was terrified. Yet, Ellen always made you feel
that you could do anything, and she told me to jump. So I
did. I jumped off that balcony for many performances and it
never got any easier, but I will never forget the feeling of that
moment just before the leap. That experience informed how
I work today. Ellen taught me to jump. In turn, I ask La MaMa
artists to jump, and we make that leap together.
As Ellen used to say, ”the is is the was and the was is the is.”
That theory of connection throughout time is the cord that
binds us together. We hope you will join us throughout the
season to celebrate her profound vision and enduring legacy.
Love,
Mia
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
La MaMa's 57th Season: That's a Wrap!
Monday, June 24, 2019
Watch This: A clip from Bearded Ladies' CONTRADICT THIS!
Final week to catch The Bearded Ladies Cabaret in Contradict This! A Birthday Funeral for Heroes at La MaMa through Saturday, June 29th!
Friday, June 14, 2019
6 Questions: ‘MOre’ Zimin from 13 FRUITCAKES
Written & Directed by Byungkoo Ahn
Song Cycle by Gihieh Lee
Lyrics by Lorca, Wilde and Other Queer Poets
Electronic Music by Los Angeles Laptop Collective
Filled with movement and music, 13 Fruitcakes is a series of 13 staged musical vignettes about 13 significant LGBTQ figures that influence humanity through their great achievements in the arts, politics, philosophy, and science. Moments in the lives of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, Dong Xian (董賢), King Hyegong, Leonardo da Vinci, Hans Christian Andersen, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf, Alan Turing, Frida Kahlo, Josephine Baker and Eleanor Roosevelt are staged along with a beautiful song cycle based on poems by queer poets such as Wilde, Mew, Whitman, Rimbaud and Lorca.
Song Cycle by Gihieh Lee
Lyrics by Lorca, Wilde and Other Queer Poets
Electronic Music by Los Angeles Laptop Collective
Filled with movement and music, 13 Fruitcakes is a series of 13 staged musical vignettes about 13 significant LGBTQ figures that influence humanity through their great achievements in the arts, politics, philosophy, and science. Moments in the lives of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, Dong Xian (董賢), King Hyegong, Leonardo da Vinci, Hans Christian Andersen, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf, Alan Turing, Frida Kahlo, Josephine Baker and Eleanor Roosevelt are staged along with a beautiful song cycle based on poems by queer poets such as Wilde, Mew, Whitman, Rimbaud and Lorca.
June 13 - June 16, 2019
Thursday - Saturday at 7PM; Sunday at 3PM
Tickets: $25 Adults/$20 Students and Seniors
For Info and Tickets: CLICK HERE
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