Tonight! Last Chance to See the Tweed Fractured Classick "Raisinets in the Sunshine"

The TWEED Fractured Classicks Series presents: RAISINETS IN THE SUNSHINE

Saturday, Sep 18  8 PM - 10 PM

$20.00

Theatre 80 St. Marks, 80 St. Marks Place

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/123729

Fractured by Stephen Pell, Directed by Kevin Malony, with Costumes by Ramona Ponce... Featuring The Unsinkable Flotilla DeBarge, Jodi Lennon, Nicole Byer, David Ilku,Clark Beasley and Special Guest Stars... Produced by TWEED TheaterWorks and Kearns Artists Services...Door proceeds to benefit The Actors Fund for HOWL! HELP.

Photos from last night's performance by Nathaniel Siegel

The Tweed Fractured Classicks Series Presents: "Raisinets in the Sunshine" at Theater 80

Flotilla De Barge -photo by Sean Watters

Friday, September 17  and Saturday, September 18th  8 PM - 10 PM

   

$20.00

Theatre 80 St. Marks, 80 St. Marks Place

Fractured by Stephen Pell, Directed by Kevin Malony, with Costumes by Ramona Ponce... Featuring The Unsinkable Flotilla DeBarge, Jodi Lennon, Nicole Byer, David Ilku,Clark Beasley and Special Guest Stars... Produced by TWEED TheaterWorks and Kearns Artists Services...Door proceeds to benefit The Actors Fund for HOWL! HELP.

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/123729

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See Sonia Sanchez play Sister Son/Ji on Labor Day 4pm NYC with Talk-back by Sonia

SISTER SON/JI at Theatre 80 – HOWL! Festival

The HOWL! Festival wants you to know about this rare opportunity.

SISTER SON/JI by Sonia Sanchez
Monday, Sep 6 4 PM – 7 PM
$10.00
Theatre 80 St. Marks, 80 St. Marks Place 212-388-0388

The Howl! Festival presents iconoclastic poet Sonia Sanchez & a production of her play Sister Son/ji. Ms. Sanchez will be present for a rare audience talkback moderated by the artistic director of BeBop Theatre Collective, SC2.  This event also celebrates the publication I’m Black When I’m Singing, I’m Blue When I Ain’t and Other Plays. Fans of Ms. Sanchez receive for the first time all of her plays which span five decades.

In Sister Son/Ji, written by Sonia Sanchez, directed by SC2 and starring Jacqueline Gregg, poet/playwright Sanchez unflinchingly examines the paradoxical notions of liberation within in the Black Power Movement.

Sonia Sanchez is a Poet. Mother. Professor. National and International lecturer on Black Culture and Literature, Women’s Liberation, Peace and Racial Justice, as well as an author of over 16 books.

This solo play stars Jacqueline Gregg, who has performed in countless plays, both classical and modern, also works extensively with various educational theatre organizations, bringing classical as well as contemporary theatre to schools in and around New York City.

Door proceeds to benefit the Actors Fund for HOWL! HELP.

Advance tickets $10.00 http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/124400

Tickets will be available at the door 1 hour before showtime on the day of the show (cash only).

 

Following the play and talk back a special Dance Performance in honor of Ms. Sanchez will be presented by Genesis Dance Company.

Under the direction of Karen L. Arceneaux, Genesis Dance Company, a modern dance company founded in 2001, believes that dance feeds the soul and rejuvenates the mind, body, and spirit. Since its debut season in July 2002, the company has been relentless in its mission to uplift and inspire humanity through the beautiful art form of dance.

Celebrating 9 years of fearless endurance and mesmerizing appeal, Genesis Dance Company is honored to be a part of The Howl Festival. A new addition to the Festival series, the company will perform a dynamic, thought-provoking, and energetic evening of excerpts from its rich and diverse repertory, woven together in suite titled "In Passing". Breathtaking, Awe-inspiring, Electrifying…Experience Genesis Dance Company! For more information: www.genesisdance.org

photo: Genesis Dance Company, by Rachel Neville 2010

Howl! Spotlight -Personal Appearance by Filmmaker Jerry Aronson to Screen and Discuss...

JERRY ARONSON'S 'THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ALLEN GINSBERG'

In-person appearance by the filmmaker Jerry Aronson with Q and A and DVD signing.

A New York Exclusive screening.  One night only -  to benefit the HOWL ! H.E.L.P. Fund !

Thursday, Sep 9  8 PM - 9:30 PM

$10.00

Theatre 80 St. Marks, 80 St. Marks Place 212-388-0388

The re-release of Jerry Aronson's biopic, The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg, timed to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of 'Howl,' suits this wonderful documentary and proves Ginsberg central to all radical artistic and political movements of the past 60 years. The feature-length film, segmented by decade, provides ample footage of Ginsberg's life; but extras added into this package, including footage of his memorial and 35 interviews with artists inspired by the visionary poet--from Beck to Lawrence Ferlinghetti--solidify Ginsberg as an American cultural icon. The film unravels Ginsberg's obsession for life and death around his mother's nervous breakdown and his father's affinity for poetry. Interviews with Ginsberg from each decade, both amongst his Beat friends like Burroughs and Huncke, and later with talk show hosts William Buckley and Dick Cavett, show the author's progression from sexual politics in the '40s and '50s to the 'politics of ecstasy' in the '60s and '70s, when he founded the Flower Power movement with Tim Leary, and later, Naropa Univeristy. Ample footage of Ginsberg's stepmother provides a sensitive outsider's opinion on how he blossomed into one of the most spontaneous minds of the century. The film transcends simple Ginsberg descriptions by framing his life with historical happenings to contextualize the author's words and actions. The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg reminds the viewer that there is no better example of an artist devoted to a life of letters, activism, and idealism than the original beatnik.

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/124543

For further information, please visit www.howlfestival.com