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bird play
May 30-June 9 2024
IN RESIDENCE: May 28 – June 10, 2024
bird play, or, How the Young Ornithologist Society of East Athens Finally Defeated the Junior Ornithologist Society of West Athens, or, How Four Friends Finally Became Birds.
Performances:
THURS, MAY 30, 8pm
FRI, MAY 31, 8pm
SAT, JUNE 1, 2pm
SAT, JUNE 1, 8pm
SUN, JUNE 2, 2pm
THURS, JUNE 6, 8pm
FRI, JUNE 7, 8pm
SAT, JUNE 8, 2pm
SAT, JUNE 9, 8pm
SUN, JUNE 9, 2pm
RUNNING TIME: 1hr 15 min
PRICE: Pay What You Can” from $20 to $30
At IRT: 154 Christopher st. NYC #3B (third floor)
ADA Accessible
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World Premiere of a new play written by Sarah Grace Goldman and Nigel Berkeley.
bird play, or, How the Young Ornithologist Society of East Athens Finally Defeated the Junior Ornithologist Society of West Athens, or, How Four Friends Finally Became Birds is about four 12 year old birdwatchers at their last year of summer camp, The Young Ornithologist Society of East Athens. We follow them as they go into the woods to participate in a competition against their rival camp, and as they dare to venture beyond the blackberry bush, where they find the kingdom of the birds, and are forever changed by the encounter.
bird play is about being so obsessed with your favorite thing that it takes over your whole being and the stupid things we say as kids that we can never ever take back—even if they keep us up at night for the rest of our lives.
Written by Sarah Grace Goldman and Nigel Berkeley
Directed by Nigel Berkeley
Cast:
Josh Brelsford
Sarah Grace Goldman
Daniel Holzman
Gus Mahoney
Cashel O’Malley
Jake Regensburg
Jordan Reising
IRT Theater is a grassroots laboratory for independent theater and performance in New York City, providing space and support to a new generation of artists. Tucked away in the old Archive Building in Greenwich Village, IRT’s mission is to build a community of emerging and established artists by creating a home for the development and presentation of new work.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council; A.R.T./New York’s NYC Small Theatres Fund made possible with support from the Howard Gilman Foundation & support for ASL interpretation provided in part through funding from Access A.R.T./New York.
ACCESS: IRT is a fully wheelchair-accessible facility. Please reach out to Kori Rushton if you have any accessibility questions or concerns, krushton@irttheater.org
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