Monday Nights at La MaMa
February 27, 2012 at 7:30pm
Featuring: Manu Delago (Björk’s percussionist and Hang player), Graduale Nobili (Bjork Choir), Peter Gordon, Kit Fitzgerald and special guests. A mix of La MaMa veterans and newcomers perform together in celebration of La MaMa’s 50th Season.
Buddha
March 2 – March 11, 2012
Seven deadly sins, the Orient version. Words, images, and performance lead the world of Buddha. An aggressive, scandalous, spiritual journey based on the Buddhist ideas of love and death and the spirit of Zen.
The Kreutzer Sonata
March 8 – March 25, 2012
Potent memories and criminal confessions—this chilling one-man account of sexual jealousy and murder will keep you wanting more. Featuring live accompaniment and original cast members Hilton McRae, Sophie Scott, and Tobias Beer.
That Beautiful Laugh
March 16 – March 25, 2012
An exploration of laughter featuring clowning, live music, and joy, this high-energy, rhythmically-driven comedy piece was inspired by the creator’s nightly bedtime ritual of developing stories with his young son. The first monologue of the show is purely written from the brain of a five year old. The cast will perform live original music and new renditions of old favorites to complement this hilarious journey about the power and beauty of laughter in our lives.
Urban Odyssey
March 22 – April 8, 2012
From toy- to life-sized to larger-than-life puppets, immigrants take off on an epic voyage to America. Through movement and visual theatre, this performance follows the journey from beginning to end, witnessing the inevitability of a new American culture.
OBAMA 44
March 29 – April 15, 2012
Who killed Maja, the beautiful young woman who loved Obama and worked for his re-election?
The π-Roject
March 30 – April 1, 2012
The Persians is the oldest surviving play in the history of Theater. It was produced in 472 BC. This play is also the only extant Greek tragedy based on contemporary events. A soldier in the battle, Aeschylus wrote the play following the battle of Salamis. This tragedy focuses on the aftermath of this historic battle, a major turning point in the Greco-Persian Wars.
S 16 – Luna Nera
April 6 – April 8, 2012
S 16 – LUNA NERA, a live video and music theatre installation performed in English with traditional songs in Sicilian (cantastorie music) is created by Pioneers Go East Collective. The piece integrates modern technology with art, paintings and sculptural elements to create visual and dramatic tensions that explore the isolation and claustrophobia of the piece’s protagonist Ciaula, a young miner who works and lives inside a Sicilian sulfur mine in the 19th century.
Prometheus
April 12 – April 29, 2012
Inspired by Aeschylus’ PROMETHEUS BOUND, Theodora Skipitares returns to the subject of medicine, with a look at stem cell science, genetic engineering, and organ theft. With a dazzling array of puppet styles and a bold use of scale, PROMETHEUS features live music composed by Sxip Shirey, multi-dimensional acrobatics by Jonathan Nosan in the title role, and video. PROMETHEUS asks the question: Whose body is it anyway?
Poor Baby Bree in I Am Going to Run Away
April 13 – April 29, 2012
Archetypal waif Poor Baby Bree (Bree Benton) performs fifteen obscure songs from the golden age of vaudeville (1890s-1930s) in this tragicomic story, inspired by Victorian melodrama and early cinema, of a child tempted from Home and Mother by dreams of the circus, only to face disillusionment, homesickness, and her own lost innocence in the Big City.