Staff Picks No. 13
River Watchers: Dina Vovsi, Dan Caffrey, Jens Rasmussen
Manhattan Avenue Street End Park
October 19th - October 29th 2023
OKAY PEOPLE: This is a play *clap emoji* in *clap emoji* a canoe! A site-specific, journey-based theatrical experience on a 14-seat Langley canoe, "River Keepers" rides along Newtown Creek in an intimate production inspired by the waterway’s environmental challenges and resilience. Eco folks, go. Immersive theater folks, go. Water lovers, you must.
Staffer: Billy McEntee
PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE: NORMANDY SHERWOOD
HERE Arts
Thursday, September 21st 2023
There is magic in this show, I've heard. Magic theater moments. And I'm not surprised. I know about this show through Daniel Nelson who is -simply put- a theater wizard. I think he can do literally any single thing that needs to happen in a theater: act, run a light board, stage manage a show from either on or off the stage, rig up a trapdoor, hang lights, source discount bread in the west village...and he is just one of this incredible team directed by HARP recipient Normandy Sherwood. And if you need a little more encouragement, the piece's tagline is giving timely:
Tired of dissociating? Try PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE!
Staffer: Lena Engelstein
The Saga of the Shining Emblem: Chapter VIII: The Saga and perhaps YOU
Brick Aux
Wednesday, September 27th 2023
The Saga of The Shining Emblem is a show that I will just keep recommending forever. You cannot stop me. You cannot stop The Saga! It is goofy, but don't let that fool you. There is a lotta substance beneath the silliness.
Staffer: Theresa Buchheister
REST WITHIN THE WAKE: James Allister Sprang, Marin Day
Baryshnikov Arts Center
September 27th - September 30th 2023
I know about this show because my incredible sister/friend Marin Day was the producer for it. She got me into the Monday "dress rehearsal" where I laid on yoga mat, surrounded by strategically placed speakers, in the fourth floor studio at BAC alongside 15 other people and entered the third realm: not awake but not asleep. It's a place I usually get to through acupuncture. It was deeply restful, as the sound-experience is meant to be I think, and it was a strange expression of community, resting near strangers in the middle of a rainy day in midtown. Highly recommend for this strange seasonal transition/never ending tropical storm/official entry into fall.
Staffer: Lena Engelstein
Salty Brine’s And If You Listen Very Hard: The Led Zeppelin Show: Salty Brine, Nate Weida
Lincoln Center
Thursday, October 12th 2023
Everyone and their extended family knows I am a big ol fan boi of Nate Weida, so when Nate revealed to me that this show happens FOR FREE on MY BIRTHDAY and is covering ZEPPELIN... I died and resurrected and then said, "This is now my birthday plan, thank you."
Staffer: Theresa Buchheister