2017 Downtown Urban Arts Festival to Kick Off with LISA LISA at Joe's Pub; Lineup Announced!
By: BWW News Desk Mar. 02, 2017
The eclectic five-week festival will take place over six weeks with events taking place at Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street), the Tribeca Film Center (375 Greenwich Street), Joe's Pub at The Public Theater (425 Lafayette Street), and Nuyorican Poets Café (236 E. 3rd Street). For tickets and more information about Downtown Urban Arts Festival (April 8th - May 20th, 2017) visit at www.duafnyc.com.
This year's Downtown Urban Arts Festival will kick off this year with a special one-night only concert from legendary chart-topper Lisa Lisa ("I Wonder If I Take You Home," "Can You Feel the Beat," "All Cried Out," "Head to Toe," "Lost in Emotion") on Saturday, April 8th at 9:30 p.m. at Joe's Pub at The Public. DUAF continues with Karen Ludwig's Where Was I?, directed by two-time Emmy Award-winner Dorothy Lyman, at Joe's Pub on Thursday, April 13 at 9:30pm. Other festival offerings include
Words Matter Slam at Nuyorican Poets Café on Saturday, April 22 at 7:00pm, Katie Looney's Salt Kid Watches Brooklyn Burn at Joe's Pub on Thursday, April 27 at 9:30pm, a Film Series, screening short films at Tribeca Film Center Wednesday, May 3 through Saturday, May 6 at 7:00pm, and the 15th Anniversary Season of Theater Series, which returns to the Cherry Lane Theater Tuesday, May 9 - Saturday, May 20 at 7:00pm.
Downtown Urban Arts Festival, a celebration of the diversity of New York City, presents groundbreaking new work by up and coming writers from the burgeoning multicultural landscape of America and beyond, all sharing unique stories that interpret our history and our times. Its founding Theatre Series, formerly known as Downtown Urban Theater Festival/DUTF, was created in 2001 and inaugurated in 2002 at the HERE Arts Center in SoHo to help revitalize the NYC downtown arts scene following the WTC disaster. With a purpose to build a repertoire of new American theatre that echoes the true spirit of urban life and speaks to a whole new generation whose lives defy categorizing along conventional lines, over 150 writers have created and refined their work for the stage through this series, and thousands of inspired audience members have applauded their performances. Recognized as "one of the world's best festivals for new works" and described as "not only prestigious, but a slice of heaven for playwrights who want the chance to freely express themselves" (Lisa Mulcahy, Theater Festivals, Allworth Press, 2005) this annual event has evolved into a celebration of the arts that is both multi-disciplinary as well as multicultural, presented over several weeks at various venues each spring in Downtown Manhattan.
The 2017 events for Downtown Urban Arts Festival include:
Lisa Lisa in Concert
Genre: Music
Date: Saturday April 8 at 9:30pm
Venue: Joe's Pub at The Public (425 Lafayette Street)
Tickets: $30
Historically acknowledged as the originator of Latin Hip Hop/Freestyle genre, Lisa Lisa (born Lisa Velez in NYC's Hell Kitchen) is an international superstar with six top-selling albums and more than 20 million records sold worldwide. As the front-woman of Full Force's Cult Jam, Lisa Lisa enjoyed a string of chart-topping songs, including "I Wonder If I Take You Home," "Can You Feel the Beat," "All Cried Out," "Head to Toe," and "Lost in Emotion" from the platinum albums Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force and Spanish Fly, becoming one of the most beloved pop artists of the 1980s.
Where Was I?
Genre: Theater
Written by and starring Karen Ludwig
Directed by Dorothy Lyman
Date: Thursday April 13 at 9:30pm
Venue: Joe's Pub at The Public (425 Lafayette Street)
Tickets: $20
From playing Meryl Streep's lover in Woody Allen's Manhattan, to a heart-rending portrayal of Ethel Rosenberg in "Citizen Cohn," to her many memorable theater performances (Prelude to a Kiss, Broadway Bound, The Devils, and The Bacchae on Broadway; the world premiere of Moonchildren at The Royal Court in London), Karen Ludwig has shared the stage and screen for over four decades with some of Broadway and Hollywood's biggest stars. In Where Was I?, Ms. Ludwig tells the funny and poignant story of a lifetime spent in in the arts, and in one of the most passionate and public professions. Directed by two-time Emmy Award winner Dorothy Lyman, Where Was I? is a moving and often hilarious journey of a dedicated artist in search of her identity.
Words Matter Slam
Genre: Spoken Word
Date: Saturday, April 22 at 7:00pm
Venue: Nuyorican Poets Café (236 E. 3rd Street)
Tickets: $12
Calling all poets with poetic words about today's social issues and social conscious people. Best poem voted by the audience wins $200. Hosted by 2016 Nuyorican Grand Slam Champion Jaime Lee Lewis and with special guest Miguel Algarin, the founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Also, the audience can win tickets to the 2017 Downtown Urban Arts Festival. Sign up for poetry slam starting at 6:30pm.
Salt Kid Watches Brooklyn Burn
Genre: Theater (presented as part of DUAF's Theater Series)
By Katie Looney
Date: Thursday April 27 at 9:30pm
Venue: Joe's Pub at The Public (425 Lafayette Street)
Tickets: $20
A New York City college student wakes up covered in bumps and grapples to stay living in reality as they slowly turn to salt. Based on true events and infused with indie rock, Salt Kid Watches Brooklyn Burn fights the social snares of dominator culture within a radical adaptation of the biblical event of Lot's Wife.
Katie Lonney's plays include 100 Scissors (Insomnium: Nightmare at DCTV), Inheritance of War (Dixon Place), Grrrls and Doll (The LGBT Center), and She Left the Mark of Broken Things (Stella Adler Studio), among others. Looney is a member of The Civilians Field Research Team, Honest Accomplice Theatre, and formerly the AmeriCorps. Up next, Looney will workshop a new play as a featured playwright in the 2017-2018 Magic Time at Judson reading series. BFA/NYU Tisch.
Film Series
Genre: Film (Shorts)
Wednesday, May 3- Saturday, May 6
All screenings at 7:00pm
Venue: Tribeca Film Center (375 Greenwich Street)
Tickets: $15
Schedule:
Wed, May 3 - State of Emergency, Dreams, Superimpose, We All Want to Fly
Thurs, May 4 - Spoilers, Teapot, Piece of Cake, Up Next
Fri, May 5 - My Story, Normal, Toyed, Now What?
Sat, May 6 - An American Short Story, Excess Baggage, Women Versus, Bardo
Theater Series (15th Anniversary Season)
Genre: Theater
Tuesday, May 9 - Saturday, May 20
All performances at 7:00pm
Venue: Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street)
Tickets: $20
Theater Schedule:
Tues, May 9 - Garbo by Joe Gulla
Wed, May 10 - Harold and Rodney Play Chess by Adam Seidel / Members Only by D. L. Siegel
Thurs, May 11 - Dear Dashboard by Justice Hehir / Don't Take Me Alive! by Alano Baez
Fri, May 12 - Crooked Parts by Azure D. Osborne-Lee
Sat, May 13 - The Field Trip by Chip Bolcik / The Problem of Verisimilitude by Jeff Tabnick
Tues, May 16 - Educated and Still Trapped by Cyd Charisse Fulton / The Protest by Nako Adodoadji
Wed, May 17 - Father God Mother Death by Mario Golden
Thurs, May 18 - Honor Among Thieves by Juan Ramirez, Jr.
Fri, May 19 - Malaise by Marcus Scott / Eternal Flamer! The Ballad of Jessie Blade by Tommy Jamerson
Sat, May 20 - The Book of Leonidas by Augusto Federico Amador
For tickets and more information about Downtown Urban Arts Festival (Saturday, April 8th through Saturday, May 20th, 2017) visit at www.duafnyc.com.
About the THEATER SERIES Plays and Playwrights:
Garbo by Joe Gulla
Tuesday, May 9 at 7:00pm
Garbo tells the story of Joe, a Gay New Yorker, who happens upon the tiny, candle-lit Garbo Bar during his visit to Rome, Italy. An emotional adventure begins when he is introduced to the handsome, enigmatic, (possibly!) closeted bartender/owner. Funny and heartfelt, Garbo explores why life and love may be better lived outside the closet... even (or especially) in the shadow of the Vatican!"
Playwright/actor Joe Gulla's The Bronx Queen won the 2016 Downtown Urban Arts Festival "Audience Award," as well as the United Solo Award in 2012 and 2013. Gulla's Faggy at 50 won the 2014 United Solo Award for "Best One Man Show" and Daddy garnered him the 2015 United Solo Award for "Best Comedian." His play Sleeping With the Fish won First Prize at Emerald Theatre Company's "Out of the Closet" Festival in Memphis, Tennessee. His play, Fall and Rise played the 2016 Hollywood FRINGE Festival. As an actor, Gulla was featured in Tony & Tina's Wedding and My Big Gay Italian Wedding. He also starred on NBC's reality series "Lost."
Harold and Rodney Play Chess by Adam Seidel
Members Only by D. L. Siegel
Wednesday May 10 at 7:00 pm
In Harold and Rodney Play Chess, two inmates from different backgrounds find common ground through chess, while confronting the realities of where they are and also what lay before them.
In Members Only, Cove, on the verge of a breakthrough, is welcomed into an ancient circle she never knew existed. But the bonds of sisterhood are only as strong as we make them, and every club has its rules.
Adam Seidel is a New York-based playwright. His work has been featured at and produced by The Cherry Lane, IATI, Milwaukee Rep, St. Louis Actor's Studio, Seattle Rep, The Road in LA, Historic Elitch Theater in Denver, Playhouse on THE SQUARE in Memphis, Collaboraction in Chicago and many more. His play Catch the Butcher was a New York Times Critic's Pick and the European premiere is currently receiving an extended run in Athens, Greece. Adam is a 2017 Athena Writes Playwright, a yearlong fellowship through Athena Theatre, in NYC.
D.L. Siegel was a member of The Amoralists' inaugural Playwriting Residency, 'Wright Club, from 2015-2016. Her plays include: Untouched (Wyoming Theater Festival), Atalnta K.O. (Artemisia Fall Reading Series, The New School for Drama), Like the Last (Silver Spring Stage, The Amoralists), Chosen (Pink BANANA Theatre Company, DUTF 2013, Gallery Players), and I Know What I Saw (Modern-Day Griot Theatre, Millibo Art Theatre, Independent Actors Theatre). Siegel also served as dramaturg and co-adaptor for Jeremy Duncan Pape's Woyzeck, F.J.F., most recently mounted at The New Ohio Theatre by No-Win Productions.
Dear Dashboard by Justice Hehir
Don't Take Me Alive! by Alano Baez
Thursday, May 11 at 7:00pm
In Dear Dashboard, best friends Nella and Alex eat breakfast in a bagel shop parking lot as they prepare for the day ahead of them.
In Don't Take Me Alive!, the line between martyr and murderer is razor thin in a world where badges bleed violence. Done with dancing on that sharp barbed wire, one man, in a search for survival, struggle, spirit and soul, decides that if he can't control how he lives, he will dictate how he dies.
Justice Hehir is currently earning her MFA in Playwriting from Hunter College (CUNY). She has a BA in Women's and Gender Studies and English from Rutgers University. She is a playwright, actress, and sketch comedian. Her writing has been produced previously by The Downtown Urban Theater Festival, Semicolon Theater Company, The Secret Theater, and The Magnet Theater, among others.
Alano Prophet Baez was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico and raised in East Harlem and the South Bronx in New York City. He is a community activist, poet/singer/MC/graffiti writer and actor. Baez has released several independent (anti-corporate) music albums, published a book of poetry, and his work has been featured in a few books and magazines as well. He is also the star of a feature film, Machetero. He currently teaches "resistance writing" to those identified as the homeless with the Homeless Organizing Academy in the South Bronx section of New York City. Don't Take Me Alive! is his first play.
Crooked Parts by Azure D. Osborne-Lee
Friday, May 12 at 7:00pm
Freddy, a transgender black man, returns to his family home in the South after his fiancé breaks up with him. Once there, Freddy must navigate the tension created by his transition and his brother's serial incarceration. Crooked Parts is poignant, queer, funny, and definitely black.
Azure D. Osborne-Lee is a theatre maker from South of the Mason-Dixon Line. He is an inaugural Field Leadership Fund Arts Manager Fellow (2015-2017) as well as a Lambda Literary Fellow in Playwriting (2015 & 2016). Osborne-Lee received the 2015 Mario Fratti-FrEd Newman Political Play Award for his first full-length play Mirrors. Osborne-Lee holds an MA in Advanced Theatre Practice from Royal Central School of Speech & Drama as well as an MA in Women's & Gender Studies and a BA in English & Spanish from The University of Texas at Austin.
The Field Trip by Chip Bolcik
The Problem of Verisimilitude by Jeff Tabnick
Saturday, May 13*
The Field Trip asks the question, what is family? Aspiring actress, Megan, finds out when she encounters a man unlike any other she has ever met. Greg and his three special needs clients are on the R Train bound for Central Park Zoo, and Megan wants in when she sees the way this not-so-traditional "family" takes care of each other. * 7 PM curtain
In The Problem of Verisimilitude, Josh has been writing plays about his best friend's infidelities for years without his best friend's wife ever realizing it. But tonight they've just seen Josh's latest play, which is about a writer who writes about his best friend's infidelities. Oh, now she gets it. *7:30 PM curtain
Chip Bolcik's The Writer won The Seven Festival in Albuquerque, NM; was part of Organised Chaos' Midwinter Ignition in Manchester, UK; The Abingdon Theatre's New Works festival in New York; The InspiraTO Festival in Toronto; The Future Ten 10-Minute Festival in Pittsburgh, and the Unchained Festival in NYC. A Rocky Relationship was performed at The Durango Lively Arts Company's Crossroads Cafe project; M.T. Pockets Theatre's One Act Fest, Morgantown, WV; The StoreFront Theatre's We Like Shorts Festival in Waxhaw, NC; The Artist's Exchange One-Act Festival in Cranston, RI. Chip regularly writes for The Ruskin Group Theater and for InterACT, Los Angeles.
Jeff Tabnick's plays include I Found Her Tied to My Bed (Lightening Strikes, Strange Roads and Propinquity Productions), Something Truly Monstrous (The Blank Theatre), An Idiot (Hangar Theatre and Propinquity Productions), Tonight at Noon (EST, Telluride Playwright's Festival, Acme Theatre, Drilling Company), Love in the Time of Bumblehive (Stage Left, The Blank, Stable Cable), and This Where I Am Now (Abingdon Theatre Company). His screenplay Otherwise, co-written with Jonathan Todd Ross, has won honors at Slamdance, Honolulu Film Festival, LA Screenwriting Contest, and LA Movie Awards.
Educated and Still Trapped by Cyd Charisse Fulton
The Protest by Nako Adodoadji
Tuesday, May 16 at 7:00pm
In Educated and Still Trapped, Ida, an African-American woman, is single and retired. Newscasts, talk shows and weed are her companions. This hazy combination provokes memories of Ida's own salty life experiences. Her comments and rants become prayers that lead to an unorthodox baptism in her living room.
The Protest is a MASH UP of physical and devised theatre that explores the economic, political and social landscape of an America on the cusp of revolution.
Cyd Charisse Fulton, writer and founder/editor of Emphat!c Press, is featured in Stand Our Ground, I Want My Poetry To..., and Dovetail anthologies, aaduna.org electronic magazine, as well as Author's Den and Wordpeace literary journals. Fulton featured her poems during Summerstage, NYU's Say It Loud program, Remembering the Harlem Renaissance, People's STATE OF THE UNION Poetic Address to the Nation, NYU Gallatin School Arts Festival Black Lives Matter, 2014 Washington, DC celebration of DR. Martin LUTHER King, Jr., Louder Arts, Cave Canem, Nuyorican Poets Café, Bowery Poetry Club, and the 100th Anniversary of the death of Harriet Tubman recognition gala in Auburn, NY.
Nako Adodoadji is a writer, actor and multi-disciplinary artist. She has performed at the Wilma Theater, Arden Theatre Company, Prince Music Theater, InterAct Theatre Company, Writing is Live Festival at Brown University and Philadelphia FRINGE Festival. She has worked with such notable artists as Carl Hancock Rux, Ifa Bayeza, Blanka Zizka, and Kym Moore. Her play, A Lonely Night, was presented in the 2015 Women Playwrights International Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, and the 2009 Philadelphia FRINGE Festival. She recently presented a workshop performance of As of Now: Nina Simone, and she is currently developing a new play Night Stalker.
Father God Mother Death by Mario Golden
Wednesday, May 17 at 7:00pm
Father God Mother Death is a poetic lamentation of a Mexican gay son mourning the loss of his mother the week immediately after her death. Deeply evocative, this autobiographical performance solo by playwright/actor Mario Golden combines text, movement, and music to validate the experience of grief for a loved one.
Mario Golden, a New York-based theater artist and writer, is Founding Co-Director of OneHeart Productions and the Allen Davis Playwriting Lab. In 2016 he received an HOLA Outstanding Ensemble Award for Exile is My Home. Previously he earned a Best Actor nomination from the Organization of Independent Theater Artists for Charlotte's Song. He received rave reviews for his plays The Boxer's Son and The Love of Brothers and his solo piece Confessions of a Sex Addict. His play One Less Queen was published in Positive/Negative: Women of Color and HIV.
Honor Among Thieves by Juan Ramirez, Jr.
Thursday May 18 at 7:00pm
A group of thieves watch over their latest stolen car that so happens to be filled with money. When information comes in, the crew must figure out if the car is a gift or a curse.
Juan Ramirez, Jr.'s recent plays include Pro and Cons (10-Minute Play Series/Manhattan Repertory Co.) and Love Diplomats (Raíces Theatre Co.). Love Diplomats was also selected for the 2016 Short + Sweet International Festival Top 80 and Wildcards in Australia and performed at the NYU Abu Dhabi Arts Center. Other plays include Love in All the Right Places (Ophelia Theatre Group/Manhattan Repertory Co.), There's a Wolf at the Door (Manhattan Rep), The Safety of Strangers (Theatre Row), Dad & Son and To Speed or Not to Speed O SPEED at 2014 Gi60 One Minute Play Festival in the United Kingdom.
Malaise by Marcus Scott
Eternal Flamer! The Ballad of Jessie Blade by Tommy Jamerson
Friday, May 19 at 7:00pm
In Malaise, college student Oscar, returning from a disastrous commute on the MTA train system, finally arrives to his destination--the bachelor pad of an old friend, Eduardo. Both men get more than what they bargained for, and are pushed to answer questions that erode away at their machismo, prejudices, reputations and accountability, or lack thereof. Ultimately, both men are forced into a coming of age. To love and be present, it takes a real man to do that.
In Eternal Flamer! The Ballad of Jessie Blade, a neon-coated, campy tribute to the 1980s, pretty-boy Jessie Blade leaves his small Minnesota home for the bright lights of the city that never sleeps (...with the same person twice) only to get mixed-up in a labyrinth of plot twists, drag queens, sex, drugs, and open dance calls!
Marcus Scott is a journalist, reporter, playwright, musical theater writer, songwriter, dramaturge, sketch comic and blogger. His musical Vitruvian Man was performed at NYU and excerpts were performed as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's Inheritance" concert. With Cherry Bomb, Scott became the recipient of the Drama League's 2017 First Stage Artist In Residence. Malaise was performed at the Nuyorican Poets Café and at the Wild Project. Scott also wrote an American family drama Tumbleweed, a finalist for I Am Soul Playwrights Residency and received a workshop at the 2015-2016 Keep Soul Alive reading series at the National Black Theatre.
Tommy Jamerson was born in North Carolina and raised in Northwest Indiana. He attended Indiana State University, concentrating in playwriting and directing. After earning his Bachelor of Science, he moved to Atlanta (GA) to work for the Horizon Theatre Company as a playwriting apprentice where he worked as the librettist on the jukebox musical Gypsies, Tramps, & Thieves. His children's plays, Princess Pigface, The Big Bad Bullysaurus and Charlie Cheat-A-Saurus Rex, and Choose Your Own Oz were recently published by YouthPLAYS Publishing and have since received numerous productions around the country.
The Book of Leonidas by Augusto Federico Amador
Saturday, May 20 at 7:00pm
Lenny, Afro-Dominican, hustles loosies on a Queens street corner that his father once ruled over as legendary crime lord. Caring for his vindictive mother, he finds escapism working on his graphic novels until he stumbles into love with a pretty white girl, careening him to the predestination he no longer can avoid.
Augusto Federico Amador's most recent play, Atacama, was named a finalist for the 2016 National Latino Playwriting Award from the Arizona Theater Co. Amador was a writing fellow with the 2016 Humanitas Prize. His latest co-written screenplay, Ratcatcher, placed in the 2015 TOP 50 Academy Nicholl Fellowship Screenplays. Previously, he was a playwriting fellow with the Emerging Writers Group at The Public Theater in New York and the L.A. Latino Theater Alliance. Amador was named as a finalist for the prestigious 2013 Terrance McNally Award as well as being a finalist for the 2013 Clifford Odets Ensemble New Play Commission.
ABOUT THE FILM SERIES:
(Listed by Date)
View trailers at www.filmduaf.com
Wednesday, May 3 at 7:00pm
State of Emergency (France)
Directed by Tarek Röhlinger
Screenplay by Andrej Sorin, Tarek Röhlinger
Omar is a soldier, securing an official building in Paris. He becomes paranoid because he can't differentiate between the daily routine of a city and a danger of terrorism almost omnipresent. (12 min)
Dreams
Directed by Brian Freeman, Charles Watts, André Correa
A lone artist, whose dream is to become a professional photographer, is faced with obstacles and distractions that force him to decide if he will continue to fight for his passion or if he will settle for what seems to be his destiny. (14 min)
Superimpose
Directed by Daniel Kaufman
Superimpose explores the hyper postmodern story behind The Range's (Brooklyn-based electronic producer James Hinton) new album Potential, which exclusively uses the voices of people who posted videos of themselves signing on YouTube. (27 min)
We All Want to Fly
Directed by Shal Ngo
An experimental narrative that weaves diverse locations and characters together to tell a story of addiction, yearning, and video games. Moving seamlessly from animation to live-action, from psychedelic mushroom trips to surreal photo shoots, this short explores what it means to be human in a seemingly indifferent universe. A dark comedy about a socially inept musician struggling to work up the courage to perform at an open mic. (4 min)
Thursday, May 4 at 7:00pm
Spoilers (Australia)
Directed, written and edited by Brendon McDonall
Two men meet at the end of a plane ride only to become entwined in their own love story. (21 min)
Teapot
Directed by Alexander Gruszynski
Screenplay by Kimberly Abolition
Jaime, a newcomer in a women's ANGER MANAGEMENT program, manipulates her sponsor and friends through the guise of her beloved grandmother's teapot in order to confront her ex about the break up text he recently sent her. (11min)
Piece of Cake
Directed by Ella Lentini
Sarcastic and complicated Jessie and her free-spirited girlfriend, Alex couldn't be any more different from each other, but cupid's ARROW is blind, and it was love at first sight. After a year of dating paradise, things go awry when Jessie's parents arrive to town for their anniversary. At a crossroads, Jessie must decide between revealing her sexuality to her parents, or losing the love of her life. (16 min)
Up Next
Directed by Domenic Yovina
Screenplay by Timothy Earle
A comedy about death and stage fright. (10 min)
Friday, May 5 at 7:00pm
My Story (Mexico)
Directed and written by Juan Pablo Urbina-Rodríguez
A young family man, hard worker, lower class has a secret and does not want his family know. (18 min)
Normal (Venezuela)
Directed and written by Vadim Lasca
A young Chavista man helps his former opposition girlfriend, who participates in the rioting in Caracas, to hide from the National Guard, despite their differences and political intolerance. (17min)
Toyed
Directed and written by Jokes Yanes
A precocious junior high school graffiti artist risks it all to compete against a mysterious new rival to earn respect from his peers during the dawn of the golden age of hip-hop culture in Miami circa 1991. (22 min)
Now What?
Directed by Anna Jones
Screenplay by Nick Maccarone / Story by Anna Jones & Nick Maccarone
Two lifelong friends discuss the complicated nuances of getting older and rerouting their dreams. (12 min)
Saturday, May 6 at 7:00pm
An American Short Story
Directed, written and filmed by Antony Renault
She is white, he is black. They love each other, in plain sight. But one night, their path crosses a group of extremists... who won't let it go. (14 min)
Excess Baggage (Italy)
Directed and written by Mariachiara Manci
A young couple is about to take a flight to Paris when they find out that the man's baggage exceeds the weight limits. Something needs to be taken out of the baggage, but the man has something to hide... (6 min)
Women Versus
Directed and choreographed by Justina Graym
A dance film about a woman's struggle to accept or reject the rules of machines. The ultimate question is: Will she accept the machines' control over her? Or will she fight back? (10 min)
Bardo
Directed by Scott Aharoni & Dennis Latos
Screenplay by Petros Georgiadis
After a long night working the New York City streets as a taxi driver, Johnny finds himself frustrated, on the edge, and seeking an escape. While pulled over and getting ready to satisfy bad habits, he is interrupted by Lily, an old lady insisting for a ride home. Reluctantly, he agrees to drive her and what follows is an unexpected journey. (19 min)
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