ADA/AVA Extends at 3LD Art & Technology Center

By: Jul. 06, 2015
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3-Legged Dog (Kevin Cunningham, Artistic Director) and The Tank (Rosalind Grush, Artistic Director) are is thrilled to announce that due to ticket demand, ADA/AVA will extend through Sunday, July 26. Originally scheduled to close on Sunday, July 5, ADA/AVA now runs through Sunday, July 12. The performance schedule for this week (7/7 - 7/12) is Wednesday at 8 PM; Thursday - Friday at 7 PM & 9 PM; Saturday - Sunday 3 PM & 7 PM. The remaining performance schedule is Wednesday - Friday at 8 PM; Saturday & Sunday at 3 PM & 7 PM. Please note, the performances on Saturday 7/18 are 3 PM & 5 PM; there is no 7 PM performance. Conceived by Chicago's Manual Cinema, directed by Drew Dir, and part of The Tank's Flint & Tinder, their flagship theater program. ADA/AVA began performances on Tuesday, June 16 for a Sunday, June 21 press opening. Performances are at 3LD Art and Technology Center (80 Greenwich Street, at Rector, in downtown Manhattan). The ticket price ranges from $24 - $35 ($15 for students). Tickets are available by calling Ovationtix at 866-811-4111 or visiting www.3ldnyc.org.

Bereaved of her twin sister Ava, septuagenarian Ada marks time in the patterns of a life built for two. When a traveling carnival and mirror maze come to town, Ada is plunged into a journey across the threshold of life and death. This exquisite mix of live theater, puppetry, cinema, and live music creates a haunting, ephemeral tale that is "sculpted in shadows" (Chicago Tribune).

ADA/AVA is a gothic, Hitchcockian tale that uses old-school overhead projectors, actors in silhouette, an original score, and over three hundred shadow puppets to create a live, handmade animation about mourning and melancholy.

Through their ingenious use of live performance and puppetry, ADA/ AVA won the Best in Festival award at the National Puppetry Festival in 2013. The Chicago Tribune had high praise of their work, saying, "To describe Manual Cinema as just a shadow puppet show is to say that Pixar makes cartoons." The New York critical response was just as enthusiastic, with the New Yorker calling it "astounding!" The show is a critics' pick in both The New York Times and Time Out New York.

The puppeteer/performers are Kara Davidson, Sam Deutsch, Drew Dir, Sarah Fornace and Julia Miller.

The sound design and original score is by Kyle Vegter and Ben Kauffman. The production design is by Drew Dir, Sarah Fornace, and Julia Miller. The live music is performed by Maren Celest, Michael Hilger, and Kyle Vegter.

ADA/AVA is part of 3-Legged Dog's Artist Residency program.



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