BAM Presents Isabella Rossellini in GREEN PORNO, Now thru 1/25

BAM presents Green Porno, a one-woman show with Isabella Rossellini drawing from her beloved Sundance series, today, Jan 16-25.

Green Porno
Conceived and performed by Isabella Rossellini
Written by Isabella Rossellini and Jean-Claude Carrière
Staged by Muriel Mayette

BAM Fisher (Fishman Space, 321 Ashland Pl)
Jan 16, 17, 18, 21-25 at 7:30pm
Jan 18 & 25 at 2pm
Jan 19 at 3pm

Tickets start at $90
There are a limited number of $30 tickets available. See BAM.org for details

Talk: Green Porno with Isabella Rossellini
Jan 21, post-show (free for same-day ticket holders)
BAM Fisher (Fishman Space, 321 Ashland Pl)

Art-house luminary Isabella Rossellini reveals the surprisingly kinky and confounding mating rituals of insects and marine life in the NY premiere of this one-woman monologue, inspired by the celebrated Sundance Channel series of the same name. Utilizing video footage of day-glo costumes and paper puppets, and text by legendary French screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie), Rossellini entertains the audience with a panoply of reproductive oddities: the praying mantis that consumes its partner while copulating; the male bee who loses his penis in the act; and the shrimp, whose foreplay involves it shimmying seductively out of its shell. Part nature documentary, part DIY cartoon, this reinvented, deeper take on Green Porno draws from all three installments of the series (including "Seduce Me" and "Mammas") bringing a cheeky, delightful zoology lesson vividly to life by Rossellini's singular flair for storytelling.

In conjunction with Green Porno, BAMcinématek presents two special screenings on January 13 with Rossellini in person, including the New York premiere of the restoration of Stromboli, directed by her father, Roberto Rossellini, and starring her mother, Ingrid Bergman; and her breakout film, David Lynch's Blue Velvet.