UPCOMING: CONCRETE TEMPLE THEATRE'S Hudson to China

Go see this play! Hudson to China is up and at it again, this time at Dixon Place, on December 15th, at 7.30 and 9:30 pm:

Puppet Blok at Dixon Place

presents

Concrete Temple Theatre's

Hudson to China


Wednesday, December 15th

at 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM

(running time 60 minutes)

For tickets and additional info:

http://www.dixonplace.org/puppetblok/puppet_blok/index.html

tickets: $12

Dixon Place: 161A Chrystie Street, Btwn Rivington & Delancey

F to 2nd Ave, 6 to Bleecker, JZ to Bowery, M to Essex

Hudson to China

is a spectacle with projections, puppetry, theatre, and live-music. It parallels three different beings seeking a way to China: the Statue of Henry Hudson that stands in the Bronx; a young man, Harry, who dreams of success by literally conquering what he fears: China & its economy; and Hua, a Chinese immigrant, who longs for home.  On the journey the voyagers and we, the audience, lose our way, finding it just to lose it again, echoing Henry Hudson's voyages and our own lives, searching for the mythical Orient

 Co-created by Renee Philippi and Carlo Adinolfi

Original music: Bob Goldberg

Stage Manager, Assistant Director, Lighting Designer: Casey McLain

Performers: Carlo Adinolfi, Bob Goldberg, Akiko Hiroshima, and Jordan Swisher.

www.ConcreteTempleTheatre.com

Support for Hudson to China comes from: a commission by the Hudson Opera House with funds from the

New York State Council for the Arts as well as Concrete Temple Theatre's support from NYSCA and

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in addition to a Jim Henson Foundation Project Grant.
 

August Open Rehearsal Pictures

Charley Parden sent along these photos, images from our August 22nd open rehearsal of TEXT/PLAY/ORCHESTER outside of the Goddamn Cobras Annex. In 'em, we are testing/working/rebuilding our technologies/movements and exploring the silence in the piece (it's dark in places, and it gets a little lulling.) The result, of course, is a kind of party--our player set around chatting, while we worked to get the technology up and working. When we did text--the motion of the player was executed without the knowledge of those around them, resulting in some kind of craziness (thanks be to Charley for documenting the caboodle.)


Here's it happening:

BABYSKINGLOVE's THE DINNER FAMINE

Go see this show by our friends BabySkinGlove:

 

It's a fantastic show; an amazing time; a delight; a very fun evening!

UNTITLED TRAVELOGUE PROJECT.

We're headed to Washington, Oregon, and California December 22-January 1st to a) see family and friends, b) connect with some artist in that regions regarding future projects and c) make some experimental theatre.  

Enter our untitled travelogue project: a theatre/film experiment in remote location (hidden spaces) and text.  The project will following a set 2 person scene, 2 minute scene, that is played out over a series of 15 remote locations down the West Coast.  Each showing will feature a constant player (Amy) and an unknown, who is new the play, and thus experiencing the work as both a participant and a spectator.

Our remote locations, which are currently carefully hunted and curated by Eric,  are designed to amplify the themes of the 2 minute text: islotation, alienation, and environment.  

The project is still very much in infant stages, and of course, we are wild about the challenges: weather, cold, located our players, transpertaions, and creating vast theatrical space on a dime (we are hoping the words do a lot.  Of course, every scene and 'playing' is documented; so we'll be posting the video as soon as the project is complete....