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When Clowns Play Hamlet

May 24 – June 3, 2012

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Written By Harry Koutoukas
Directed by Ozzie Rodriguez
Music Composed by Joseph Blunt
Performed by members of The Great Jones Repertory Company
In honor of Ellen Stewart/ Harry Koutoukas/ Tom O’Horgan

Three-star Circus performers reduced to the status of Clowns rehearse their Act in the backyard of a second-rate circus. When a wild and jealous “panther-baboon” escapes and the circus is threatened, our heroes decide to confront “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” to save their way of life. Armed with music and humor in the most unlikely circumstances they perform their beloved “Clown Act” and find the courage to face insurmountable odds.

Written by Harry Koutoukas, the show was first produced at La MaMa by Ellen Stewart in 1967. The original cast included Jeff Weiss, Mary Boland and Beverly Grand. Music was composed by Cosmo and performed by Tom O’Horgan.

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Escape

June 7 – June 24, 2012

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by Creation Production Company
Written by Susan Mosakowski
Directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch
Lying in wait with a shotgun, Gus, an unemployed elevator repairman, keeps his neighbors and his wife in the crosshairs. Next door lives an actress—a Marilyn Monroe look-alike—held captive by Daddy, a universal terrorist on the run. And in the next apartment, the grandson of Harry Houdini struggles to free himself from his own chains. Release is on everyone’s mind, but can anyone ever escape?

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