Axh Marie & Gina Ferraro

September 29 2024

3B Development Series

IN RESIDENCE: September 12 – 30, 2024

Influenced by Samuel Beckett’s short plays, Axh Marie and Gina Ferraro explore the inner workings of their mind under the influence of anxiety, depression & body dysmorphia. Using clown, mask work, and sound collage they will physicalize their inner worlds and create visceral movement pieces. Blowing up the microcosm of their unconscious with repetition, patterns and absurdity so that the audience can see themselves within it. In this Capitalistic world, our mental disorders are created and fed by social media, long work hours with low wages, poisoned food and water, and a government that makes better laws for companies than people. In this unfair system, we need to learn how to override it together and that starts with the most anti-establishment thing we can do; self-love.

PERFORMANCE: September 29th at 5pm
RUNNING TIME: 45-60 mins
PRICE: $5 suggested donation
At IRT: 154 Christopher st. NYC #3B (third floor)
ADA Accessible
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Co-creator/Performer: Axh Marie
Co-creator/Performer: Gina Ferraro

Axh Marie (they/them) is a New Mexico born Queer aktor, artist and integrative wellness practitioner. They create solo performance art and support Artists developing mental/physical & spiritual well-being through workshops and 1:1 coaching. They received formal training from the University of New Mexico (BA Theatre ’13) and Columbia University of New York (MFA Acting ’18) and has worked and trained with various companies such as: Theatre Mitu, SITI Company, Shakespeare and Co, Funny School of Good Acting and more. They have traveled the world to train and work with notable artists such as: Marina Abramovic (Generator, NYC, ’14), Yoshito Ohno (workshops, Japan, ’11) Eiko and Koma (workshop, New Mexico, ’10) Anne Bogart (Columbia U. ’18) Ruben Polendo (Workshop, Bangalore, India ’17). They hold weekly and monthly yoga & tarot workshops for their community in NYC.

Gina Ferraro (they/them)  is a performer/creator who’s training in clown has deeply influenced how they make art. They’ve trained with Chris Bayes, Michael Toomey and Philippe Gaulier. Always on the search for authenticity, they love to make small improvised pieces that connect to what is happening internally at the moment. They perform regularly at the Idiots Hour and other weekly variety shows.

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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