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NEXT UP:
Alternative Adaptations
Plays from literary sources
Saturday, January 21, 2006, 1pm
Join us for an afternoon of readings celebrating the influence of literature on pioneering NYC theatre artists
1:00 The Performance Group's Dionysus in 69 (1968), directed by Chris Mirto
2:30 Judith Malina's translation of Bertolt Brecht's Antigone (1967), directed by Barry Rowell
3:30 Al Carmines' and Gertrude Stein's what happened (1963), directed by Alec Duffy
Jefferson Market Library
Sixth Avenue at West 10th Street map
Admission Free
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Ciockwise from top:
The Performance Group's Dionysus in 69 (1968); Gertrude Stein; Al Carmines (inset); Judith Malina and Julian Beck in The Living Theatre's Antigone (1967)
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Sunday, February 19, 2006 at 2pm
American Myth
Among the plays under consideration:
Joel Oppenheimer's The Great American Desert (1961)
Jean-Claude van Itallie's America Hurrah (1965)
Sam Shepard's Cowboys (1964)
Rosalyn Drexler's Home Movies (1964)
Jimmy's #43
43 East 7th Street, between Bowery and Second Avenue map
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Saturday, March 18, 2006 at 1pm
The Women of OFF
Presented with New Georges
Among the plays under consideration:
Ilsa Gilbert's Circus (1967)
Claris Nelson's The Rue Garden (1962)
Ruth Krauss' 38 Haikus (1964)
Diane di Prima's Murder Cake (1963)
Adrienne Kennedy's A Rat's Mass (1969)
Maria Irene Fornes' Promenade (1965)
Julie Bovasso's Gloria and Esperanza (1969)
New Georges' The Room
580 Eighth Avenue, Suite 326, at West 36th Street map
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April 2006
Plays of Protest
Among the plays under consideration:
Megan Terry's Viet Rock (1966)
Maria Irene Fornes' A Vietnamese Wedding (1967)
Walter Hadler's The Water Works at Lincoln (1969)
Sam Shepard's Forensic and the Navigators (1967)
Kenneth Brown's The Brig (1963)
Grant Duay's Fruit Salad (1967)
Location TBA
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Sunday, May 28, 2006 at 1pm
Outside Underground
Plays currently scheduled:
Sam Shepard's Icarus's Mother (1965)
Ruth Krauss' A Beautiful Day (1963)
John Guare's The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year (1966)
Jean-Claude van Itallie and The Open Theater's The Serpent (1968)
Jefferson Market Garden
Greenwich Avenue below West 10th Street beside the Jefferson Market Library map
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June 2006
Plays in Cafés, Part II:
Celebrating works from Café LaMama
Among the plays under consideration:
Paul Foster's Balls (1964)
Tom Eyen's Why Hannah's Skirt Won't Stay Down (1965)
Rochelle Owens' Futz (1967)
David Starkweather's You May Go Home Again (1965)
Leonard Melfi's Birdbath (1966)
Lanford Wilson's Home Free (1964)
Jeff Weiss' That's How the Rent Gets Paid (1966)
Location TBA
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June 2006
Rites and Rituals:
Ensemble-generated works
Among the plays under consideration:
Susan Yankowitz and The Open Theater's Terminal (1969-70)
Murray Mednick and Tony Barsha's The Hawk (1967)
Leon Katz's Dracula: Sabbat (1970)
Judith Malina's Paradise Now (1968)
Location TBA
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The OFF Project is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and the Nancy Quinn Fund.
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