Brooklyn Gypsies' First-Annual ONE CATCHES LIGHT Festival Coming Up This Month
By: BWW News Desk Jan. 13, 2016
For three nights, three solo artists in Brooklyn Gypsies family will share a bill -- Colie McClellan with Arethusa Speaks, Bay Bryan and Growing into My Beard and Nick E Finn in Last Hipster in Brooklyn. Honesty, music, new love and Brooklyn from three voices catch the light each night.
About the SHOWS:
Last Hipster in Brooklyn
Written/Performed by Nick E Finn
Thurs., Jan. 28 at 8:30 pm
Fri., Jan. 29 at 7 pm
Sat., Jan. 30 at 10 pm
Directed by Modesto Flako Jimenez
Visual Designer: Kevin Torres
Sound designer: Lateef Dameer
Stage Manager: Olander Big O. Wilson
What is a hipster? The Last Hipster in Brooklyn is a one-man-show that captures a specific place and time in American history. By weaving a story that blends theater, spoken-word and hip-hop, self-professed hipster Nick E. Finn takes on multiple perspectives and characters - both Brooklyn natives and transplants - to tell the story of 2016 Brooklyn. As both a satire of the Hipster Subculture and a sincere ode to Brooklyn, Nick falls in love with BK but then is forced to confront his own role in the borough's gentrification and its rapidly changing identity. Will Nick be able to reconcile his love for the "Old Brooklyn" with his affiliation with the "New Brooklyn?" And will he be able to answer, once and for all - what is a hipster? Comedy, adventure, romance, and poetry come alive in this slice of our time.
Arethusa Speaks
Colie McClellan: Writer/Performer
Mark Kennedy: Director/Designer
Thurs., Jan. 28 at 7 pm
Fri., Jan. 29 at 10 pm
Sat., Jan. 30 at 8:30 pm
How do you know if you know a woman who's survived abuse? The answer comes in Arethusa Speaks, a solo show with a social justice mission focusing on survivors of intimate partner violence. After critically acclaimed runs in the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC, the FringeArts Festival in Philadelphia, PA, and two runs at The Tank NYC, this spoken word-style docudrama exposes the devastation laid by intimate partner violence through the voices of modern women and their mythological sisters. Developed by performer and writer Colie McClellan, the script is based on interviews that she conducted over several months with women who are survivors of such violence. McClellan weaves her own poetry in and out of these testimonials, incorporating Greek myth and Southern folklore based on stories from McClellan's home town in coastal South Carolina. With a series of minimal set pieces, props, lights, and sound, crafted by director and designer Mark Kennedy, each woman's voice is given shape, metaphor, and theatrical presence.
Growing into my Beard
Written/Performed by Bay Bryan
Directed/Produced by Artem Yatsunov
Thurs., Jan. 28 at 10 pm
Fri., Jan. 29 at 8:30 pm
Sat., Jan. 30 at 7 pm
Growing Into My Beard follows Bay Bryan, a self-proclaimed ginger-swan from Golden, Colorado, figuring who he is, growing into his own and falling in love - real love - for the first time. A hilarious and partially-improvised evening written/composed/starring & lived by Bay Bryan, Growing into my Beard is a timely autobiographical chronicle of coming-out and coming-of-age. Bay fuses live music and personal narrative into a dreamy blend of storytelling and performance art, with just a dash of drag. Growing Into My Beard is an invitation to celebrate everyone who has ever felt - even a little bit - queer at heart. Last seen at the FringeArts Festival in Philadelphia, the Minnesota Fringe, and Horse Trade Theater's Queerly Festival.
FESTIVAL TECH + PRODUCTION TEAM:
Modesto Flako Jimenez- Curator
Kevin Torres- Video Designer/Boards
Dan Kent- Technical Director
Karina Paez- Stage Manager
Olander Wilson- Assist.Stage Manager
Kaitlyn Meade- House Manager
Artem Yatsunov- General Manager
BROOKLYN GYPSIES is an eclectic artist collective made up of New Yorkers both native and immigrant to our City. We present annual showcases of new work in theater, dance, poetry and film that spark dialogues on critical issues of immigration, economics, and urban survival. We curate a mix of established and emerging artists and give them a platform to explore complex issues in a stimulating environment. Brooklyn Gypsies is a playground to celebrate and share what is unique about Brooklyn's converging arts communities.www.brooklyngypsies.org.
JACK is an OBIE-award winning arts center in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn led by Artistic Director Alec Duffy. Our mission is to serve as a cultural hub, presenting cutting-edge theater, music and dance performances, expanding access to the arts, bridging audiences and educating youth. JACK was co-founded in 2012 by Duffy, Mimi Lien, Steve Leffue, Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr., Nikaury Rodriguez, Prentice Onayemi, Ike Ufomadu, Amy Laird Webb, Jennifer Kidwell and Andreea Mincic.
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