THEATER IN ASYLUM
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March 16, 2014
The Kraine Theatre, NYC

DUENDE: a mysterious force that everyone feels and no philosopher has explained. 
There are many names for the dark force that drives us to confront ourselves and our deepest fears and truths. This eternal energy continues to possess artists: seducing them, taking hold of their imaginations, compelling them to create. THEATER IN ASYLUM continues to face the duende with the European debut of ¡Olé!, and we are thrilled to kick off our fundraising efforts with The DUENDE Project. Theater artists, musicians, dancers, poets and visual artists unite to seek the duende. 

Join us for an unforgettable night of bewitching, mysterious and dangerous new works.


Lorca's Duende Sermon

Written by Federico Garcia Lorca
Edited by Paul Bedard


We Are as Far Off as We Thought We Weren't

Choreographed by Cassandra Cotta in collaboration with performers - Maddison Clay, Katie Heckman, Toni Lugo and Megan Lynn
“It was an attempt to discover who he was at the moment.” - Brian Krans
Mlynnasterialdance.com
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Glory Days

Written by Essie Martsinkovsky Directed by Anna Strasser
Original music by Randall Benichak Starring Jake Levitt


Soundcheck

Written and performed by Sandra Susser ([email protected])
“How astonishing it is that language can almost mean,
and frightening that it does not quite.” 
– Jack Gilbert, “The Forgotten Dialect of the Heart”


it carries me

Music by Loren Dempster
Poetry by Tracy K. Smith, “Duende” from Duende: Poems. 
Copyright © 2007 by Tracy K. Smith. Used with the permission of The Permissions Company, Inc., on behalf of Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, MN. USA, www.graywolfpress.org. 
Choreographed and danced by Melissa Brading
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A Shared Name

Written by Samantha Keogh
Directed by Laura Aristovulos
Woman 1: Christiana Blain
Woman 2: Samantha Keogh
Woman 3: Emily Margaret Goodell
Special thanks to Peggy Werns and Bill Aristovulos for letting us turn their home into a rehearsal studio; EXTRAORDINARY for the inspiration; and THEATER IN ASYLUM for this opportunity.
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Capricho Árabe

Composed by Francisco Tárrega
Performed Adrian Bridges (music)


Jean Cocteau: On Death

Written by Jean Jocteau
Changed and Rearranged by Paul Bedard
Performed by Jake Lasser
“The duration of human life belongs to those who shape and form the minute.”
 - Jean Cocteau
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one through twelve (1-12)

Written and Created by Julia Bray Directed by Joseph Merlo III
I am. I have. I think. I feel. I act.
I balance. I analyze. I transform. I learn.
I use. I know. I believe. 
www.julia-bray.com 
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Thyself Be True

Written by Quin Chia
Directed by Roxana Petzold
Starring Kelly McCabe, Tyler Strickland, Marcy Clark and
Levi Kaihui Ahlo Oliveira
Anton is suffering from a devastating loss. The only person who can help refuses to rescue him. Can Anton convince her or will he end up revealing a flaw in a perfect system. 
Infinite thanks to the wonderful cast and director.
Visit Kelly McCabe at kellymccabe.com


Memento Mori

Created by Eric Mercado & Elizabeth Spano
Art by Elizabeth Spano Music by Luke Santy
Puppeteers: Sean Daniels, Eric Mercado, & Elizabeth Spano
A memento mori is an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death.
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Rise Up

Created by Ashley Brooke Monroe
“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.” 
- Oscar Wilde


"So in Love"

Conceived and choreographed by Francesca Caviglia. 
Performed by Trixie La Fée.
Piano arrangement and recording by Fidel Cuellar
www.HotBoxGirls.com www.LOperaBurlesque.com
 
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Corporate Drag Racing

Choreographed and performed by Guy Yedwab
Assistant Choreography by Dan Eric Martin
Not in order to teach others but to learn with them what our existence, our organism, our personal and repeatable experience have to give us; to learn to break down the barriers which surround us and to free ourselves from the breaks which hold us back, from the lies about ourselves which we manufacture daily for ourselves and for others; to destroy the limitations caused by our ignorance or lack of courage; in short, to fill the emptiness in us: to fulfill ourselves...work is a ripening, an evolution, an uplifting which enables us to emerge from darkness into a blaze of light.” -- Steve Jobs. Or maybe it was Mark Zuckerberg. 
Look it up.


???

Created and performed by Chris Harcum
www.chrisharcum.com
For Aimee, Judy and Ted.

 

Gravity

Music: Gravity by Sara Barielles
Dancers: Virginia Jimenez, Brett Nomberg
[email protected]
We are so excited to be a part of this project! Thanks to all of the support from Theater In Asylum and to all the blues dancers in New York City!
This piece is largely improvised by the dancers in the moment. The spontaneity makes it alive. Enjoy.
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Calling

Conceived and Directed by Meghan E Kennedy
Created with and performed by Irene Turri and Eric Ian Goldberg
www.ireneturri.com


The DUENDE Project

Hosted by Frankie Alicea
Produced by Katie Palmer
Assistant Production work and Ticketing by Kathryn Appleton
Stage Managed by Samantha Keogh
Technical Coordination by Paul Bedard
Food by Rick Fudge
Special Thanks to Erez Ziv and his Horse Trade Theater Group, for whose residency program TIA created ¡Olé!. Also to Mandy Robbins and Kylie Christensen for helping us make the night happen. And of course, we would like to thank all the artists for dedicating their time and talents to this event.

Click here to read Lorca's understanding of duende.

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