IT'S MARCH AND GREAT SMALL WORKS GETS REALLY BUSY!!

The Afteselakhis Spectacle Committee in cahoots with Jews For Racial and Economic Justice, Milk Not Jails, Great Small Works, and a cavalcade of artists & organizers present:

"IT'S IN THE WATER: A POROUS PURIM"

3 extravagant Purim Shpiln performances in 3 days!

Thursday, March 17th, 8pm (show)

Saturday, March 19th, 8:30pm (show, masquerade ball, bands, DJ's, food)

Family Carnival Sunday, March 20th, 1–4pm (shows by youth and Pageant excerpts, music, food)

 The pageantry of "IT'S IN THE WATER: A POROUS PURIM" gives the ancient text of the book of Esther back to the people, opening up a shared space for our most urgent political ideas, deepest human desires, and weirdest outfits. It renews the crowd by collapsing the performer/audience divide, and allows us to laugh at power, even as we claim it.

Performances will take place at East Midwood Jewish Center, 1625 Ocean Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11230
work by: The Mighty Purim Ensemble 2016, Nyx Zierhut, Aurora Levins Morales, Daniel "Majesty" Sanchez, Tsibele, Legacy Women, DJ Ripley, Koyt Far Dayn Fardakht, , PAROLE JUSTICE NEW YORK, nationinside.org/campaign/parole-reform-campaignRELEASE AGING PEOPLE IN PRISON/RAPP
rappcampaign.com,

and the inimitable

The AFTSELAKHIS (Yiddish “In spite of it all”) SPECTACLE COMMITTEE  JD Davids, Anna Jacobs, Rosza Daniel Lang/Levitsky, Abigail Miller, Jenny Romaine, Aleza Summit, Hannah Temple, Zachary Wager Scholl.  www.spectaclecommittee.org

IT's MARCH AND GREAT SMALL WORKS GETS BUSY!

IT'S MARCH AND GREAT SMALL WORKS GETS BUSY!

Great Small Works joins Teatro SEA to celebrate World Puppetry Day
Monday, March 21, 2016

Trudi Cohen and John Bell perform "Ode to Common Things"
a cranky, based on a poem by Pablo Neruda 

Teatro SEA (Society of the Educational Arts, Inc.) presents

5th Annual World Day of Puppetry
A Celebrity Puppet Red Carpet, Puppet Cabaret and Fiesta, benefitting UNIMA-USA!
Monday, March 21, 2016
7:00 pm
Admission: $10.00
(Tickets will be available at the Box Office)

For information and reservation please call 212.529.1545 or visit www.teatrosea.org

Teatro SEA @ The Clemente
107 Suffolk Street,
(Bet. Delancey & Rivington Streets)
New York, NY 10002
(F Train to Delancey or J, M or Z to Essex)

7:00pm Celebrity Puppet Red Carpet
7:30pm Reception (includes Food + Cash Bar)
8:30pm Puppet Cabaret
(Performances by Great Small Works, Teatro SEA, Chinese Theatre Works, Drama of Works, James Godwin and Spencer Lott!) List in formation.
10:00pm Fiesta

This event is endorsed by The North American Commission of UNIMA and UNIMA-USA.

The WORLD DAY OF PUPPETRY celebrates an art form as old as the beginning of humankind that now thrives on contemporary stages across the globe. Puppetry is a grand and glorious tradition that transcends languages, includes people from all walks of life, and unites the world in a way that is truly unique and powerful.

Puppeteers of America and UNIMA-USA are proud to present this WORLD DAY OF PUPPETRY 2016, taking place all over North America. Events on March 21st and beyond are brought to you by the national organizations, local puppetry guilds, puppetry centers, and by many diverse partner institutions including libraries, museums, and theatrical organizations.

IT'S MARCH AND GREAT SMALL WORKS GETS BUSY!

 

About the show

Hosted by Joshua Holden, with Jeb Colwell on the Guitalele
Featuring Great Small Works & Robin Frohardt
On March 11 at 7pm & 10:30pm only, special guest Basil Twist

Man Killers of India a two-part shadow puppet series, based on the adventures of real life hunter Kenneth Anderson, returns from the vaults a decade after its inception for their New York debut! Puppets by Robin Frohardt, voices and music by Freddi Price, script by Kirk Lombard.
Great Small Works performs Three Graces, a cantastoria in which three mythical graces—Harmony, Strategy and Splendor—float down to earth for an op-art romp inspired by Grace Paley, Grace Kelly, Grace Jones and Grace Lee Boggs. Recently performed in honor of Grace Lee Boggs as part of the Banners and Cranks Festival at Detroit Institute of Art.

A Dream Music Puppetry Program presentation. Funded in part by The Jim Henson Foundation.

Credits

Hosted by Joshua Holden
Guitalele Music by Jeb Colwell

Man Killers of India:
Puppets by Robin Frohardt
Voices and Music by Freddi Price
Script by Kirk Lombard
Puppeteers: Robin Frohardt, Andy Manjuck, Rowan Magee,  Nick Lehane  

Three Graces:

Performers: John Bell, Cassandra Burrows, Trudi Cohen, Stephen Kaplin, and Xavier
Text by Jenny Romaine and the company