Sunday, June 18, 2006 at 1pm

Rites & Rituals

New readings of theatrical ceremonies staged on sacred grounds

Susan Yankowitz and The Open Theater's
Terminal (1969-70)

Diane di Prima's
Monuments (1967)

Maria Irene Fornes'
A Vietnamese Wedding (1967)

Judith Malina and Julian Beck's
Paradise Now (1968)

New York Marble Cemetery
41 1/2 Second Avenue (below 3rd Street) map

Ciockwise from top: Judith Malina with cast members of Paradise Now; Julian Beck; members of The Open Theater in workshop; Joseph Chaikin (c. 1966); Diane di Prima (c. 1959)

Paradise Now photo by Max Waldman

July 2, 2006 at 1pm

Plays in Cafés, Part III:
Celebrating works from Café LaMama

Among the plays under consideration:

Paul Foster's Balls (1964)

Michael Locascio's A Corner of the Morning (1961)

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)

Downeast Arts Center
203 Avenue A (between 12th & 13th Streets) map
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The OFF Project is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the Nancy Quinn Fund.