Theater.
I have three (3) readings/performances/ERA-DEFINING THEATER EXPERIENCES going up in the New York area within the next, say, 27 days. Give or take 0 days. I am now going to shill for all of them, including telling you if/when I’ll be there, so if you want to not only experience the majesty and triumph of my written word but also my actual physical American presence, you’ll know what you’re in for. Ready? Go!
1.
Mare Cognitum (all the info you need, plus tickets: http://www.totseb.com/mare.html )
A remount of the production from the 2008 NYFringe. nytheatre.com said “Mare Cognitum is about faith and magic, and theatergoers who give in to either or both will feel as if they’ve left this world for a time and flown to another.” And my mom said “That play was the r0x0rz, holmez” (approximately). It’ll cost you $12. Come on. You were gonna spend that to see Wolverine, anyway, and this is much better and has less shouting, plus jokes.
The Workshop Theater
312 West 36th Street, 4th Floor
between 8th & 9th Avenues
New York, NY 10018
Previews:
Saturday, May 9th—6pm
Tuesday, May 12th—7pm
Performances:
Friday, May 15th—7pm
Saturday, May 16th—4:15pm
Sunday, May 17th—7pm
Thursday, May 21st—8pm
Saturday, May 23rd—1pm & 9:15pm
Sunday, May 24th—4:15pm
Wednesday, May 27th—8pm
Friday May 29th—9:45pm (David McGee, in attendance. In fact, following this performance, there will be a Q&A with me, as well as drinking, so you can ask me what I was thinking when I wrote it and whether or not I think it’s a good idea to give my plays unpronouncable names in languages nobody speaks. So that will be fun. Plus, you can see how nervous I am when I get interviewed!)
Saturday, May 30th—7pm (David McGee, in attendance)
2.
Eclipse of the Sun
A reading of a new short play based on this painting: http://www.tate.org.uk/images/cms/12516w_younourishwithhate_eclipsesun.jpg
Not only will you get to hear the play, you’ll get to participate in it! Because this will have (voluntary only, I swear) audience participation! You’ll get to hear the play read by actual professional actors, and then you’ll get to jump in and take over any part you want, any time you want. Or something like that. It’ll be fun. Plus, My Erstwhile Roommate says “Of the stupid plays you’ve written, this one is the most coherent” (approximately). The reading will follow the May 27th production of Mare Cognitum, in the very same space and everything, and will cost $0 more than just seeing Mare, so it’s like two for the price of awesome.
3.
Over and Over (all the info you need, plus tickets: http://www.breedingground.com/sff/projects/OverAndOver/index.htm )
A reading of a new long play based on things from my mind, and the ice age, and the cyclical nature of history, and environmental calamity, and sickness, and all sorts of wacky stuff. Dave McGee calls this play “not quite finished” and “sort of alarming in its scope” and “probably good, assuming it gets completed in time” (direct quotes). I will be in attendance here, and then I will rush over to the other theatre to see Mare, so if you like your Saturdays jam-packed with theatrical goodness, why not make a day of it and see both and then come drink with me? Doesn’t that sound nice? And this one’s only five bucks.
The Robert Moss Theater
440 Lafayette St, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10003
Saturday, May 30th — 4pm. ONE TIME ONLY.
So, uh, yeah. That’s it.
