Recital Series
600 Highwaymen
The Fever
September 26, 2015
Board of Officers Room
600 Highwaymen begin with the infamous Rite of Spring as inspiration for their new theater piece, The Fever. Involving a large group of people, the work explores human beings inside systems of organization – who we are together and who we are alone.
Obie Award-winning company 600 Highwaymen construct theater pieces that illuminate the inherent poignancy and theatricality of people together. Formed in 2009 by directors Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone and based in Brooklyn, NY, 600 HIGHWAYMEN’s performances have been awarded distinctions by The New Yorker, New York Times, Village Voice, Flavorpill, and Time Out New York. Productions include The Record (Invisible Dog Arts Center, Under The Radar/The Public Theater; Noorderzon Festival, The Netherlands; Parc de la Villette and Centre Pompidou, Paris; Theaterformen, Germany), Employee of the Year (Mt. Tremper Arts; Crossing the Line; upcoming: Wexner Center for the Arts, International Festival of Arts and Ideas, New Haven; Theaterformen, Germany; Noorderzon Festival, The Netherlands), This Time Tomorrow (“Best Of”; L Magazine), This Great Country (Fusebox Festival and River to River), Empire City (Editors Pick: Village Voice, Time Out New York), Everyone Was Chanting Your Name (Abrons Arts Center). Browde and Silverstone have received fellowships and residencies from the Drama League, Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, Theater Masters, New York State maximum-security prisons, A.R.T./NY, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, and numerous colleges and universities.
Performances
Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 8:00pm
Support
The Under Construction Series is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Also in the Series
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Under Construction Series
Ulysses Owens Jr.
Ulysses Owens, Jr. blends the movement of the choreographer Ulysses Dove, selections from the James Joyce novel Ulysses, and his own compositions in a multi-disciplinary project that explores the melding of art forms inspired by the name “Ulysses.”
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Under Construction Series
Taylor Mac / Machine Dazzle
Taylor Mac presents new material and musical arrangements from his on-going durational concert called A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, which includes performances of songs from the last 24 decades of popular music.
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Under Construction Series
Andew Ondrejcak
Writer, director, and designer Andrew Odrejcak opens his studio to show audiences his work-in-progress ELIJAH GREEN, his adaptation of August Strindberg’s A Dream Play, including large-scale drawings and prototypes of scenery and costume elements.
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Under Construction Series
Brent Green
Brent Green presents his animated films accompanied by a live performance featuring his sound sculptures, live Foley sound effects, and a thirteen-piece band, followed by a studio visit for audiences to further examine his creative process.
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Under Construction Series
Imani Uzuri
Imani Uzuri presents Prayer Request, a new visual, performative, and sonic installation inspired by Sister Gertrude Morgan’s “all white” prayer room exploring the intersection of spirituality, ritual, spectacle, and sound.