BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange Presents GIRL MEAT 4/9-5/2

BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange is pleased to announce GIRL MEAT by Victoria Libertore (BAX 2009/10 Artist In Residence: theater). This performance marks the culmination of a residency that included valuable Open Rehearsals, shered showcase performances and meaningful audience feedback.

Girl Meat is being presented as part of BAX's AIR FESTIVAL | April 9 - May 2, 2010
ADMISSION:

IN ADVANCE / ONLINE
$12 General | $7 Low-Income | $5 Childcare Services
(a modest fee applies to tickets purchased online)

AT THE DOOR / IN-PERSON
$15 General | $8 Low-Income

PLEASE NOTE:
Online ticket sales close at 5:00 pm on Friday the week of the show.
Box Office opens 30 minutes before show time.
Childcare services will be available during Sunday's shows at BAX.
Childcare tickets must be purchased by 5:00 pm the Thursday before the show.

ABOUT THE WORK:

GIRL MEAT
Victoria Libertore

According to legend, Countess Elizabeth Bathory is the most prolific female serial killer in history. Drinking and bathing in the blood of her victims, she tortured and killed hundreds of women. Intrigued by this true story, solo performer Victoria Libertore channels Bathory's essence with a dose of camp and a hint of insanity. All the while exploring why as a society we find naked, twisted-up, bloodied bodies of women so damn fascinating.

Written and Performed by
Victoria Libertore
Direction by
Rosalie Purvis
Dramaturgy by
Jen-Scott Mobley
Set design by
Jono Binono
Costume design by
Jeffrey Sturdivant

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Victoria Libertorehas created four solo shows (though she does get along with people): My Journey of Decay, (Dir. by Rosalie Purvis), The Should Dream (Dir. by Ryan Migge), stalk(her) (Dir. by Kimberly I. Kefgen) and Camille: The Forgotten Artist (Dir. by Sara Laudonia). She's lived in NYC for the past 12 years and performed her work at venues such as Barrow Street Theatre, BAX, Dance New Amsterdam, Dixon Place, HERE, New Dance Alliance, Joyce SoHo, PS122 and Six Figures Theatre. Libertore has also performed her work in Boston, Philadelphia, Provincetown, Montreal and Toronto. She curates and hosts variety shows as her incarnation of Liza Minnelli. She teaches performance and burlesque workshops using her unique approach of archetypal energy work. (Performance Workshop: Artists in Action at BAX in March). She has a B.F.A in Theatre from Otterbein College. Libertore lives in Brooklyn where she also gives intuitive readings.

Rosalie Purvis has directed plays, readings and dance theatre pieces at the Brick, the Henry Street Settlement, Manhattan Theatre Source, 78th Street Theatre Lab, Playwrights Horizons, the Culture Project, the Atlantic Theatre, Dixon Place and LaMama ETC. among others. Girl Meat is her second collaboration with Victoria Libertore. Purvis holds a BA in dance/literature from Bard College and an MFA in theater directing from Brooklyn College. She currently teaches literature, writing and theatre at Lehman College, Pace University and John Jay College. She also co-directs the theatre and creative writing programs at the Putney Summer Program.

Jen-Scott Mobley is a theatre practitioner, teacher, and scholar who has performed regionally and off-off Broadway, primarily in Shakespearean roles but also in her one-woman show As I Like It. Holding an M.F.A. in Dramaturgy and Theatre Criticism and will complete her doctorate in theatre studies this spring, Mobley has worked as a production dramaturg and written study guides for Expanded Arts, BRIC, and BAM. She is an Artist-in-Residence for the White Horse Theatre Company. She teaches dramaturgy and script analysis at Marymount Manhattan College. Many thanks to Rosalie, Vic, and BAX for the opportunity to work on Girl Meat.

Jono Lukas was born and raised in the swampy woodlands of north east Florida with life focus around him being for animal and wild land conservation. His perspective comes from that of the woods. Lukas' primary training is in blown glass art and metal sculpture, having studied at universities and craft schools on both sides of the US and Western Europe. Also currently teaching glass blowing classes at Urban Glass in Brooklyn. Having just made Brooklyn his new home, Lukas is proud to be making his debut in New York City creating set design for Girl Meat.

Jeffrey Sturdivant is a Brooklyn based costume designer for art, film, and theatre. Sturdivant's recent projects include Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish, An Affirmative Act, The Man from a Dying Planet, and a video for band Tigersapian.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE:

LANDS AND PEOPLES
Jennie MaryTai Liu in collaboration with Sean Donavan
Friday & Saturday, April 9-10 @ 8:00 pm | Sunday, April 11 @ 6:00 pm
The Theater @ BAX, 421 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

GIRL MEAT
Victoria Libertore
Friday & Saturday, April 23-24 @ 8:00 pm | Sunday, April 25 @ 6:00 pm
The Theater @ BAX, 421 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

THANGKS FOR NOTHIN
Abigail Browde
Friday & Saturday, April 30-May 1 @ 8:00 pm | Sunday, May 2 @ 6:00 pm
The Theater @ BAX, 421 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

PURO DESEO
luciana achugar
Thursday-Saturday, April 29-May 1 @ 8:00 pm | Sunday, May 2 @ 5:00 pm
The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street, NYC

The Artists-in-Residence Program is supported, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and with private funds from the Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation New York Theater Program, Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, the New York Times Company Foundation Fund for Midsize Theaters, a project of ART/NY and the Lila Acheson Wallace Theater Fund, established in the New York Community Trust by the founders of The Reader's Digest Association.

PURO DESEO received additional support from the MAP FUND.

BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange is a professional community arts center located in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Artist opportunities include the Artist in Residence program, the Space Grant program, the Subsidized Rehearsal Space Rental program, Professional Development Workshops for Artists, and more. For more information about BAX and its opportunities for performing artists please call 718-832-0018 or visit us on the web at www.bax.org.

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