Staff Picks No. 69
2024 La MaMa Puppet Festival : So So Many Great Artists, Including Teatro Lafauna, Puzzle Theatre, UnderWasser, Foreshadow Puppetry and Lone Wolf Tribe
La MaMa
October 24th - November 17th 2024
I wish I could go every night! Everything looks amazing! I’m particularly interested in Teatro Lafauna’s LOVO which looks to be an expanded multimedia puppetry experience. I’m so curious about Puzzle Theatre’s Woods, in which driftwood becomes the embodied object. And I’m stoked for UnterWasser’s OUT. International puppetry makers! Three weeks of strange and beautiful objects given life! Come through!
Staffer: Joshua Dumas
Pianographique : Maki Namekawa & Dennis Russell Davies with visuals by Cori O’Lan
Auditorium at 12th Street at The New School
Saturday, October 26th 2024
Call me basic, but if someone's playing steve reich's piano phase, i am coming by. if that is followed by music by laurie anderson and philip glass, i'm STAYING
Staffer: Travis Amiel
Fright Night :
High School Murder Mystery - Nadia Pinder, Lindsey Weaving, Ana McCasland, Andrea Simons, & more
Psychoplasm Fix : AKA Body Mess - Alyse Lamb, Katie Mulligan, Andrya Ambro
The Brick Theater
Wednesday, October 30th 2024
Oh you need some terrifying Halloween fun? Where there may be gore and fog? I thought so. Nadia and Alyse are wildly talented artists and ALSO are two of my most cherished collaborators. AND they are bringing their unique vibes together for one creeptastic night. The stuff that precious nightmares are made of!
Staffer: Theresa Buchheister
TWO WINDOWS :
Cast: Joel Dean, Lili Dekker, Gabriel Lyons Loeb, Alessandro Magania, Eva Nelson, Katiana Rangel.
Directed by Salome Oggenfuss.
Produced by Montez Press Radio.
Canal and Forsyth
October 26th-27th 2024
I am gonna FaceTime in for this one! I am not sure how well it will work, but I am gonna try. The site suggests bringing binoculars and a warm beverage, ostensibly to make peeping into these windows from the street a real fall treat! The stunning Alessandro Magania and the captivating Katiana Rangel are performers, which is how it is on my radar. I would not dream of missing it. But also the idea is really intriguing and it feels like a love letter to NY at the same time as being a fuck you to expensive commercial real estate. Even if that is not the intention, it is how my heart is feeling it.
Staffer: Theresa Buchheister
Election Night w/ Crackhead Barney : Crackhead Barney
CPR - Center for Performance Research
Tuesday, November 5th 2024
I’m leaving the country soon so not a lot is on my radar for the next few weeks, but I can say this was the one event that damn near brought me to my knees out of fomo that I won’t get to go….
Staffer: Matthew Antoci
BrickFlix Presents : Mala Mala : Antonio Santini, Dan Sickles, Toney Brown, BrickFlix
The Brick Theater
Monday, October 28th 2024
Toney has been excited about bringing this film and these filmmakers to The Brick all year and it is going to be a really special night. The film is a celebration of the trans community in Puerto Rico and the often difficult quest to live authentically in this world. Community is so important. That is one of many reasons this film is a perfect piece of art to feature at BrickFlix and everyone should go.
Staffer: Theresa Buchheister