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February 26-March 15, 2009 Dream of Me : Mainspring Collective

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(based on Fetes de la Nuit by Charles Mee )
Adapted by Alexandria La Porte
Directed by Hilary Krishnan

Thursday February 26th – Sunday, March 1st
Thursday March 5th – Sunday, March 8th
Thursday, March 12th – Sunday, March 15th

All performances are at 8:00pm

Admission: $15 in advance and $18 at the door
Purchase Advanced Tickets Here!

Set in New York City, the play is voyeuristic exploration of love, youth, naivete, and the struggle for finding fulfillment, both in and out of relationships.

This multi-media work infuses Mee’s text with video art, original music, memorable performances, and innovative dance. The resulting vignettes are an eye-popping series embarking upon the complexity of human relationship and life in the city.

December 21st, 11am – Fool's Mass

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In this work, a motley group of medieval village idiots are forced to enact their own Mass, due to the untimely death of their beloved pastor. Though it sounds grim, Fool’s Mass is full of buffoonery and comic audience participation. This, along with choral singing of sacred hymns and chants from the 8th through the 17th centuries, combines to create a work which travels from the ridiculous to the sublime.

For more information: Theatre Group Dzieci

November 8th, 4pm – Reading: APATHY: THE GEN-X MUSICAL

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Saturday, November 8th, 4:00pm

338 W 23rd St. New York, NY

Reading: APATHY, the Gen X Musical

See what it really means to be part of Generation X, then and now. Reunite with the people you remember from the "back in the day" that was YOURS: a slacker, a loser, a princess, a user, a manic and a lost soul from the first gulf war. Follow the wacky adventures of a drug-dealing vamp and her friends in a romp through the ’90s. It’s the HAIR of the ’90s, giving Gen Xers a social icon they can finally call their own. Cut them open and they’ll be bleeding APATHY. Presented by The Show Goes On Productions.

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RSVP Required: Please e-mail Emileena Pedigo at theshowgoeson@gmail.com

Oct 16th [FREE] & Oct 17th [$10] – 8pm Shakespeare's Makbet by Theatre Group Dzieci

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2 Nights Only!

William Shakespeare’s

Makbet

Directed By Matt Mitler

Theatre Group Dzieci @ the cell theatre

October 16th 8pm – FREE NIGHT [RSVP REQUIRED]

October 17th 8pm – $10

For Dzieci’s chamber version of Macbeth, the ensemble has learned all of the lines, of every part, through a process of oral transmission. In our rehearsals, and in production, we do not know who will be playing any given role at any given time. As presented by a traveling family of Gypsies, the hour-long performance creates the impression of a ritual or ceremony. A very dark ceremony. Employing haunting folk songs and chants from Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, Theatre Group Dzieci explores (and explodes), the very essence of theatre and storytelling in their one-act rendition of Shakespeare’s classic.

September 18th, 19th, 20th – Leaves of Grass: A Nude Choral Reading of Whitman's Song of Myself (7pm, 9pm Nightly)

the cell — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:37:00 +0000

Leaves of Grass: A Nude Choral Reading of Whitman’s Song of Myself

Written by Walt Whitman

Directed by Jeremy Bloom

Produced by Alex Zoppa

A daring interpretation of Walt Whitman’s epic "Leaves of Grass"
premieres at the cell Thursday, September 18, 2008, through Saturday,
September 20.

Conceived and directed by Jeremy Bloom (A Mikvah, The Wendy Complex),
Leaves of Grass will highlight Whitman’s most groundbreaking poem,
"Song of Myself", as realized by a chorus of 25 diverse and fully nude
performers.

Tickets are available at the box office of the cell starting at 6pm
on the evening of each performance, or can be reserved by emailing
nudeleavesofgrass@gmail.com

Along with "Leaves of Grass" we are exhibiting Drawings by Anne Minich with portraits of the artist by our resident photographer/artist, Tina Sarno. Our intention is to illuminate the erotic imagination of women in various stages of life. Drawings and photos will remain on display through November. As our gallery hours are flexible, we invite you to contact us for access between events!