undergroundzerofestival2008

FEEDER: A LOVE STORY July 16, 23, 30 @ 7:30pm Written by James Carter Directed by David Anzuelo Developed by terraNOVA Collective Featuring Jennifer Conley Darling & Kevin Cristaldi Running Time 60 minutes Jesse is a 703-pound Gainer who consumes 15,000 calories per day. Noel is her Feeder. Both share in a world of passion, obsession and desserts. $15 in advance/$18 @ door BUY TICKETS HERE

THE EVENT July 17, 18, 19 @ 7:30pm Written and Directed by John Clancy Memorized and said out loud by Matt Oberg Running Time 65 minutes The Event is a comic examination of the act of theater. What starts as a straight-forward dismantling of the “one-man show” transforms into an honest attempt at communion with those gathered. Dealing directly and bluntly with the technician, the stage manager, the playwright, director and critics, the actor moves quickly into dangerous and slippery territory. Armed only with his memorized words, can an actor say something else? $15 in advance/$18 @ door BUY TICKETS HERE

THE TERRIBLE TEMPTATION TO DO GOOD: A BRECHTIAN LOUNGE ACT July 18 & 19 at 9pm, July 20 @ 5pm Text Adapted by Ramona Mosse Composed by Mark Valadez Created by Performance Lab 115 Featuring Sara Buffamanti, Rebecca Lingafelter, Rachel Jablin, Jeff Clarke, Robert Johanson Running Time 40 minutes A Brechtian Lounge Act of Epic Proportions! Come see the musical stylings of Performance Lab 115, as they continue to explore the material of Bertolt Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle following their 6 month residency with Mabou Mines. Interweaving found text, original music and inspirations from CCC, PL115 invites you to grab a beer, sip a cocktail and enjoy Brecht’s rebuttal to the Broadway musical. $15 in advance/$18 @ door OFF SITE EVENT AT GRACE/114 FRANKLIN STREET BUY TICKETS HERE

PINCHBOTTOM DECLARES WAR! (OR, FULL FRONTAL JACKET) July 18 & 19 @ 10pm, July 20 @ 7pm Written by Jonny Porkpie Featuring Nasty Canasta, Jonny Porkpie, Amber Ray, Anita Cookie, Bastard Keith, Clams Casino, Dirty Martini, Doctor Lukki, Naughtia Nice, Pookie Patootie, Scott Rayow, Tigger! Running Time 85 minutes When beleaguered President Jonny Porkpie decides that Nasty Canasta’s Pinchbottom Burlesque Organization is stockpiling “Weapons of Ass Destruction”, he orders an immediate invasion of her home base... NYC. In response, PINCHBOTTOM DECLARES WAR and Drill Sergeant Canasta whips “the best burlesque” in NYC (New York Magazine, Village Voice) into fighting form at high-heeled boot camp. When the two armies clash, will Porkpie’s elite Presidential unit infiltrate the burlesque stronghold? Or will his regime be toppled by Nasty’s privates? $15 in advance/$18 @ door BUY TICKETS HERE

League of Independent Theater Townhall Tuesday, July 22 @ 7:30pm FREE Admission at C:U Join the League of Independent Theater for an informal town hall discussion about the current situation facing the 99 seat theater world in New York City. Hosted by LIT’s Executive Director John Clancy and Managing Director Abby Marcus, this is an opportunity to share concerns, strategies, war stories and new ideas with the new advocacy organization and business league of Off-Off Broadway.

THE PROPOSAL BASED ON AN OLD FARCE July 24, 25, 26 @ 7:30pm Reconstituted by Seth Powers Directed by Daniel Irizarry Featuring Laura Butler, Seth Powers, and Daniel Irizarry Running Time 60 minutes World Premiere Daniel Irizarry has a proposal. Anton Chekhov, deceased, cannot refuse. Daniel is down on one knee anyway, and Anton, giggling like a schoolgirl, puts another flower in his hair. A mangy dog puts his head in your lap, and, for some reason, you’re looking at the stage. Shadowy pirouettes sputter into quiet sobs. Irizarry collapses, drunk, and theatregoers take their seats. This is not to be missed. In a moment, he will crackle like a roman candle, spreading desire like butter, mouthing the hopes and dreams of old Russia, and acting like a jerk. $15 in advance/$18 @ door BUY TICKETS HERE

PRAY, MANTID July 24, 25 @ 9pm, July 27 @ 7:30pm Written by Steven Gaultney Directed by Onur Karaoglu Dramaturgy by David Schultz Featuring Meera Kumbhani and Jason Martin Running Time 60 minutes This new play about a man and a woman deals with such things as love, sex, violence and death. The entire course of a relationship is boiled down to the fulfillment of a contractual agreement over a single hour. At the end of the hour, the man and the woman are dead. $15 in advance/$18 @ door BUY TICKETS HERE

THE APOCALYPSE OF JOHN THE RABBIT July 26 & 27 @ 5pm, July 27 @ 3pm Presented by East River Commedia Written & Directed by Freddi Price Puppet Design And Construction by Robin Frohardt, Duskin Drumm, Benjamin Burke, Freddi Price Running time 60 minutes New York Premiere Far in the desert in the depths of his cave, John, a drug crazed, sex starved rabbit and harbinger of doom lapses into a hallucination which, this time, might just not be drug induced. An albino blues guitar wizard and a talking lamb lead him into a world of harlots and beasts, horned monsters and monstrous men. This is not your ordinary Chicken Little story. In this intricate shadow puppet show, the sky really is falling, and it’s going to take more than a paranoid bunny to save the world from total destruction. $15 in advance/$18 @ door BUY TICKETS HERE

CLOWN AXIOMS & THE BITTER POET: A DOUBLE BILL OF NEW WORKS July 31 & August 1 & 2 @ 7:30pm Running Time 70 minutes SHOW 1: CLOWN AXIOMS Created and Directed by Kendall Cornell Nine women clowns spin tales of gothic romance and gory fairy tales with high comedy and unexpected twists. Clown Axioms is a brand new work-in-progress from Kendall Cornell and Clowns Ex Machina (formerly known as Kendall Cornell’s Soon-To-Be-World-Famous Women’s Clown Troupe). SHOW 2: THE BITTER POET The Bitter Poet performs his new guitar-driven poems on the search for Love in all the wrong black box performance spaces, downtown basement bars and Portland strip clubs. The Bitter Poet has been described as, “high energy...a quirky figure who demands attention, and not just because he is prone to scream at the top of his lungs, rip off his shirt and move like a poster boy for Saint Vitus dance.” $15 in advance/$18 @ door BUY TICKETS HERE

TALES FROM BORDERTOWN (VOL. II) July 31 & August 1 @ 9pm, August 2 @ 10pm Running Time 60 minutes Conceived, Written, Directed and Performed by Eric Dean Scott World Premiere Performing in storytelling/monologue style, downtown performer Eric Dean Scott follows a trail of dreams, beat poetry, jazz recollection and tales from true life through South American border towns, college quad, New Orleans, Peruvian mountain villages, the Amazon River and on past the Strait of Magellan – taking the audience through the looking glass on a mysterious journey into the silent heart of the existential question. $15 in advance/$18 @ door BUY TICKETS HERE