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L.E.S.
THE
15TH ANNUAL LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
SUNDAY, MAY 30th
CABARET THEATER
Please
note - Schedule Subject to change. We will post all changes as soon
as possible.
7:00pm J. LOIS DIAMOND
High Colonic Mountain, a satire by J.Lois Diamond, performed by J.Lois Diamond, Teri Black and Phil Garfinkel. Tessie's summer weekend at a new age learning center fails to be the peaceful get-away she had in mind.
7:12 TWO ALONE, TOO TOGETHER
is an offbeat comedy that explores the issues of loneli- ness and isolation in the lives of two very different men who meet one night in a hospital room in Athens, Ohio. The play was written by Peter Welch and is directed by
Vincent Scott. The two actors in the play are Peter Welch and Mike Lesser. Two Alone, Too Together will be performed as part of TNC's Chrysalis program on Thursday, June 10th.
7:24 MIKE AMATO
7:48 FRAN & JESSIE LEE McGEE
Village Daughter, Village Mom. Written by Jessie Lee McGee & Fran McGee
The debut performance of the very first scene in a new [LIVE!] work in progress... A 10-minute theatrical memoir piece introducing Jessie and Fran McGee, a Downtown Manhattan daughter and mother in recovery [Shhhhh......] who MAY just grow up one of these days!!! [It takes a village.] Directed by Jessie Lee McGee.
8:00 ANNA HELENES
"The Left Hand Affair" written by Chris Pierce, directed by Jeehyun Jung, and featuring Anna Helenes (Julia) and Alkis Sarantinos (Mandel).
8:12 DANA MCCOY
CUBE RAT - By Dana Loren McCoy. What happens when a Superstar finds herself stuck in a cubicle?
8:24 EVAN LAURENCE
is a multi-talented singer and performer with two successful produc- tions to date at TNC, an evening of one acts, "Suck Sale...and other indulgences" and the full length musical, "My Inner Mark Berman" (in 11 parts on Youtube). You can catch him singing blues, soul and rock bimonthly at Parkside Lounge.
8:36 MATT SULLIVAN
Sullivan's extraordinary electro-acoustic solo works for oboe and English horn, are described by the New Yorker as "the cutting edge".
8:48 MIKE LESSER
The Delivery, written by Mike Lesser Performed by Nick Locilento & Tony Romero. Sometimes ordering in gets you exactly what you ordered and sometimes you get exactly what you need
9:00 MICHA LAZARE
UWC: Is a visual interpretation of a JD Salinger short story, adapted and performed by Lyndsey Anderson and Micha Lazare. Directed by Kelly Klein
9:12 JUDITH ANDREA CAPORALE
has been performing at LES festival since 2000. Native New-Yorker. Singing cabaret songs of various artist such as Irving Berlin, beloved Lower East Side icon and David Frishberg. Also, of course, there will be a surprise or two. With Keith Ninesling on ukulele.
9:24 BOB HOMEYER
"Elevator Action" - Two strangers have a generic conversation that takes an unexpected turn in this sketch featuring Bob Homeyer and Sheira Feuerstein. Written and directed by Bob Homeyer.
9:36 MARIA ROMAN
"Secrets of Freud and Jung." Maria Roman is a fresh MFA Actors Studio Drama School graduate who is very grateful to the 'Theater for the New City' for giving her the chance to be part of the 'Lower East Side Festival of the Arts'.
9:48 RICHMOND SHEPARD
started America's first ensemble Mime troupe, and has per- formed on over 100 television shows as a Mime or an actor. In the past few years he has created mime troupes in Jakarta, Indonesia, Los Angeles, Berlin, and Derry, Ireland.
10:00 DADAnewyork
presents Kurt Schwitter's "Ribble Bobble Pimlico," performed by Robert Hieger and Joanie Fritz Zosike.
10:12 SHANE WEBB
Comedian Shane Webb regularly performs in the Lower East Side and produces shows at the Slipper Room. She recently opened for Marc Maron in DC, and was in the semi-finals of the Andy Kaufman Awards. Most people consider her an alternative comic and very awkward.
10:24 RICHARD WEBER
Adapted from Roddy Doyle's Irish novel, A Star Called Henry, written and performed by Richard Weber.
10:36 MARIA MICHELES
A Room in Memory by Maria Micheles. Starring Amanda Pennington & Peter Stoll.
10:48 VON DUVOIS JACOBS
tribute/michaeljanet is a new dance piece by Vonduvoisdancecollective. It is a dance tribute to the two great iconic artists, Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson.Choreographer: Von Duvois Jacobs. Cast: David Williams, Christopher Person, Laquelle Mills, Lindsay Aerial Grimble, Lauren Monroe, Joelle Lewis, Yuri Tiger, Jay Adam,ÊAveila, Azreal.
11:00 ELLEN STEIER
has appeared in several TNC productions, including the Poe adaptation, The System of Dr. Tarr & Professor Fether. In her passion for composing and performing more serious work as well as rap poetry, silly blues songs and song parodies, she is and will continue to be a Raven maniac.
11:12 DIXON PLACE
Sex and Suffering in the Afternoon. An exploration of the relationship between naturalist drama and expressionist soap opera techniques using a text made up of out-of-place revelations, disconnected bouts of pain and mixed up fights. Director: Tracy Cameron Francis. Writer/Performer/Sound Design: Julian Mesri
11:24 JESSICA DELFINO tells jokes & sings folk and pop songs with dirty lyrics, kind of like Joni Mitchell if she were raised wrong. It's fun for the whole family, except the kids. Her work has been publicly denounced by the US Catholic League and praised in print by Thurston Moore, Michael Musto and more.
11:36 MONICA HUNKEN
A Segment from Blondie of Arabia, a new solo play written and performed by Monica Hunken. Directed by Laura Newman. Two weeks before Christmas, Monica flew into the heart of the Persian Gulf to work at a royal wedding party and ended up biking across three countries in the Middle East. Alone. This play chronicles the true story of her desert odyssey. Watch the broke blonde American swerve her bicycle through close encounters with military capture, sex tourism, Gulf royalty, three wedding parties and near death. Blondie of Arabia will play at The Living Theater June 3, 4, 5 at 8pm.
11:48 JULIETTE FAIRLEY
The Making of a Mulatto. is about an Afro G.I. who meets and marries a white French woman after World War 2. Juxtaposing the Jim Crow South with the Nazi invasion of Germany, actress Juliette Fairley performs all of the characters.Miss Fairley played a co-star role in Spike Lee's tv pilot for NBC and was a candidate for a Beverly Hills Hollywood NAACP Theatre Award nomination in 2009. |
