Photo Flash: New York Neo-Futurists' World Premiere of A SIMPLE ART Opens Tonight

The award-winning New York Neo-Futurists are pleased to announce the World Premiere production of A Simple Art created and directed by Alex Vlahov. Written by and featuring Nessa Norich, Kyra Sims and Vlahov the true crime documentary play opens at the Roy Arias 777 Theatre tonight. Evening performances are June 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 at 7pm and 2pm matinees are June 3, 4, 10, 11. Tickets are $20 general admission ($16 for students) and are on sale now at nynf.org or 866-811-4111.

Check out photos from the show below!

Based on Raymond Chandler's 1944 essay The Simple Art of Murder, first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1944, A Simple Art is a live true-crime documentary looking at the 2014 New Year's Eve murder of Vlahov's high-school priest, Father Eric Freed. By syncing up interviews taken from Humboldt County with storytelling, dance, onstage analog devices, and repetitive tasks, the cast of NY Neo-Futurists ensemble members (Nessa Norich, Kyra Sims, & Alex Vlahov) scrutinize the human need for narrative through the lens of noir. This new play "investigates" the region's history, the marijuana industry, the Catholic Church, police procedure, and the crime itself, all in an attempt to explore why (and how) we construct stories from the chaos of reality. Do we embrace the mystery of life or try to solve it?

Photo credit: Anthony Dean

Kyra Sims, Alex Vlahov, and Nessa Norich
Alex Vlahov
Nessa Norich, Kyra Sims, and Alex Vlahov
Alex Vlahov and Kyra Sims
Kyra Sims, Nessa Norich, and Alex Vlahov
Kyra Sims
Kyra Sims and Alex Vlahov
Kyra Sims
Nessa Norich
Nessa Norich
Nessa Norich, Kyra Sims, and Alex Vlahov