I thought the NY DUers would be interested in this:
One year after the RNC. New York takes itself back.
What is the Infringement? see:
http://infringementfestival.com/mandate.htmlMusic, performance, action, puppetry, marching.
All events are at the Player's Theater Loft (115 MacDougal Street, between W. 3rd and
Minetta, 3rd floor), unless otherwise noted.
All events are pay what you can, unless otherwise noted. All money goes to the artists involved.
Thursday Sept. 1:
At Theater For The New City, 155 First Ave. (between 9th
and l0th Sts.) in Manhattan:
All are invited to attend a run-through rehearsal of HOMELAND, by Gene
Ruffini, a powerful drama about America in the near future under a
repressive regime. The run-through rehearsal -- no interruptions -- will be
held Thursday Sept. 1 at 7p. Best to get there by 6:30 pm. The play tells
the story of a librarian, his teacher wife and their gay daughter who defy the
Patriot Act, by trying to help a beautiful Indian girl who faces
incarceration as an enemy alien, and are destroyed by the totalitarian
government. The ending is stunning. The play runs Sept. 8-25, Thurs-Sat at
8 pm and Sun at 3p.
At Player's:
8:00: Mother Dis-Courage-Subversive Theatre Company
http://www.subversivetheatre.org/productions/infringe_discourage/old_index.htm9:15: KAWAISOO (THE PITY OF THINGS)-by Jason Grote, directed by
Laramie Dennis, with Kate Benson
A meditation on consumerism and globalization in the immediate
aftermath of 9/11. Ellie, a bereaved (and somewhat loopy) woman, gives a
tour of a suburban grocery store to her ex-husband, a worker for a poverty
NGO who was killed in the WTC attacks.
10PM-??, At CBGB's 313 Gallery: IFNY Kickoff party. There is a cover at this event.
KUMA (www.kumarocks.com) will play, and we would love volunteers to do short performances afterwards. a
great cabaret evening. We'll be making a performance list over the
week. Anyone can apply. It's basically a performance open mic with
advance sign up, and a great time to kick off the fest and get to know
the community of folks around you. Possible performances include "10 dollar hooker, or FDR's bathtub", and you.
Friday Sept 2nd:
7PM: KAWAISOO (THE PITY OF THINGS)
7:45: Blue Box Productions 10 Minute Plays:
ASL by Gary Winter
CIA Play by David Marcus
Has the Whole World Gone Crazy? by Elizabeth Emmons
http://www.blueboxproductions.net/8:30: Mother Dis-Courage
9:45: Armand Ruhlman
10:30: Bryan and Marcy: Songs of Love and Protest
www.bryanandmarcy.com
11:30: Der Kosmonaut: The Fall of New York
The Fall of New York analyses the social, political and cultural crisis
of New York in the 1990's under the regime of Rudy Giuliani.
Der Kosmonaut takes the story and condenses his epic manuscript into a
30 minute poem with his mix of underground electronic music music
along with images of a bygone New York. The Fall of New York also
collects and mixes post
9/11 poetry and his collection of politically and socially critical
repertoire over the past decade.
Saturday, Sept. 3rd:
<Car Stories (
http://www.optative.net/) will be performing tonight
7:30 to 10:30 at a location to be announced.>
3pm: Bushiva (www.bushiva.com) is revealed in Washington Square Park.
Bring yourselves your friends and maybe some cans to bang on.
Bushiva will make sporadic appearances all weekend.
4:30PM: Der Kosmonaut: the Fall of New York
6:15 W-Mart in Baghdad-The Blacklist Committee for Unsafe Theatre
An anti-war farce about th eopening of a Wal-Martesque department store in the Green Zone in present day Baghdad.
6:45: LINDSAY by Monica Raymond, directed by Billy Christopher
7:15 Blue Box Productions
8:00: KAWAISOO (THE PITY OF THINGS)
8:40: Bryan and Marcy: Songs of Love and Protest
9:15: Mother Dis-Courage
10:30: Massey
http://www.loopholerecords.com11:30: Rectangle Club
Sunday Sept 4th
2-5pm CAR STORIES start location to be announced
3pm Bushiva in the parks: come play. Bushiva may be making the
Washington SQ. Park Union Square Circuit, check back for details
5:45: LINDSAY
6:00: Mother Dis-Courage
7:15: W-MART IN BAGHDAD
7:45: KAWAISOO (THE PITY OF THINGS)
8:30: Massey
9:30: Pretty Flowers
Pretty Flowers will give a great inringement send off with such political hits as Laura's Bush,
It's Not My Fault and Separate Church and State.
www.prettyflowers.org
after: drinking, carousing, planning the future, and maybe more BUSHIVA!!!
Monday, Sept 5th
2-5 Car Stories start location TBD.
IFNY is looking for MC's for each night. If you're interested, contact us here.
We'll also be blogging the festival at
http://ifnewyork.blogspot.com/ beginning Monday, Aug 29th. Check back regularly for updates and commentary.
Now come out and Infringe with us!!!
peace,
Ross and Brian