Westside Experiment

I Am…..

July 20, 2019

IN RESIDENCE: July 8- 20, 2019
I am … a review of sign/mime performance pieces ranging from published poetry to original pieces created by our students exploring identity and answering the question, Who am I?…..

PERFORMANCES:Sat. July 20, 2019
TIME: 11am & 1pm
LENGTH OF SHOW: 40 min
PRICE: Pay What You Can
At IRT:154 Christopher st. NYC #3B (third floor)

Featuring:
Andrew Constantinescu, Asher Ginsberg, Brianna Pena, Charlie Foster, Jazmin Braude, Kaci Walfall, Kimmie Madeline, and Shauna Kwag Linda Ginsberg-Peltz, Stacia Walfall, Nicole Colbert, Alexandra Pena, Yeong Soon Park, Stephanie Braude, Antonella Constantinescu, and Pamela Kallimanis.

ABOUT RESIDENT COMPANY: DANGEROUS SIGNS
Dr. Luane Davis Haggerty, Malik C. Paris, Danica Zielinski, and Samantha Geffen.

Dangerous Signs is a performance group that represents global community building through the use of American Sign Language (ASL), spoken English, music and dance. We intend to present the beauty of Deaf, hearing and ethnic cultures when they all combine on stage.

HONORARY GUEST TEACHERS:

Sarah J. Hom is Roundabout Theatre Company’s Director of Audience Services. She is passionate about and dedicated to increasing accessibility and inclusion in the arts. Prior to joining Roundabout, she held senior positions with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and the Colorado Symphony and was Board Chair for Phamaly Theatre Company. When she isn’t sitting inside a theatre (which isn’t often), Sarah also enjoys skiing; particularly with the NSCD in Winter Park, Colorado.

John McGinty Broadway: Children of a Lesser God and King Lear. NY (selected): Fêtes de la Nuit (New Ohio Theatre), Veritas (The Representatives), Samuel Hunter’s The Healing (Theater Row). Regional (selected): Levity (Warren Miller Performing Arts Center), Children of a Lesser God (Berkshire Theatre Group), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Sacramento Music Circus and La Mirada Theatre), Tribes (Guthrie Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre, Everyman Theatre), Pippin (Center Theater Group, Deaf West). Film (selected): “Wonderstruck” with Todd Haynes, Award-winning “Sign.” TV/Web Series (selected): “High Maintenance” (HBO/Vimeo), “Don’t Shoot the Messenger.” @TheJohnMcGinty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moZVsEYJUpE

Daniel Irizarry (SAG, AFTRA) Artistic Director of One-Eighth Theater. Recently directed the world premiere of The Madman and The Nun by Witkacy performed by turkish actors at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. Conceptualized and directed Mouthgasm at Bilkent University in Ankara and METU in Cyprus. Directed and performed in One-Eighth theater The Maids (The New York Times Critics Pick), a new adaptation by Jose Rivera, at INTAR Theatre. He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. Directed and performed the critically acclaimed production Teach Teacher Teachest written by David koteles loosely based by Eugene Ionesco’s The Lesson. Directed and performed the critically acclaimed production UBU (Time Out New York Critics Pick), Text by Adam Szymkowicz at INTAR Theatre. Directed An Italian Staw Hat by Eugene Labiche at Folkwang University and MASCHINENHAUS Essen, Germany. Irizarry is a director, actor, and teaching artist based in NYC. He has taught Acting at Columbia University’s MFA Acting Program, Vilnius Kolejia in Lithuania, University of Wales Trinity Saint David in UK, The Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, Actors without Boarders from Istanbul and The Sarah Lawrence University at La MaMa Theatre, CAVE/LEIMAY, Bilkent University in Turkey, German Stat Theater in Timisoara, Freie University in Berlin, Syowa Ongaku University in Tokyo, The University of Puerto Rico, and Kookmin University in Seoul.www.danielirizarry.org

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. Some of the founding artists we have supported include Young Jean Lee, Reggie Watts and Mike Daisey.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts, and The Nancy Quinn Fund, a project of ART-NY.

PLEASE NOTE: All sales final and there is no late seating at IRT Theater.
***IRT is a fully wheelchair-accessible facility.***