Photo Flash: M-34 and Cloud of Fools Present World Premiere of ALL THAT DIES AND RISES

M-34 and Cloud of Fools present the World Premiere of ALL THAT DIES AND RISES, created and directed by James Rutherford, and choreographed by Laura Butler Rivera. ALL THAT DIES AND RISES runs fromDecember 11 - 21, 2014 in a limited engagement at The IATI Theater, located at 64 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue & the Bowery in New York City.

Performances are Thursdays - Saturday at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm with additional shows on Sun 12/14 at 8pm and Sat 12/20 at 3pm. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at www.M-34.org.

M-34's James Rutherford (The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway), fresh from assisting Peter Brook on The Valley of Astonishment, collaborates with physical theater ensemble Cloud of Fools (The Whistling Mortician) on ALL THAT DIES AND RISES, a theatrical experiment in the tradition of Grotowski and Meyerhold, finding ecstatic movement in the text of August Strindberg, Franz Kafka, Gertrude Stein and Charles Bukowski. ALL THAT DIES AND RISES is a hurricane of sweat and laughter, asking how we go on in the face of catastrophe.

M-34 has been featured in New York Magazine's Approval Matrix and their shows have been called "well worth the trip" (Back Stage), "excellent and well worth a viewing" (Broadway World), "a company willing to take risks and produce impressive work" (Theatre Is Easy) and "excellent... with tight acting and direction" (Out Magazine).

The cast includes Christopher Cancel, Camber Donahoe, Jon Froehlich, Rachel Kodweis, Maury Miller, Casey Robinson (Macbeth and Age of Iron at Classic Stage, Coney Island Avenue at NY Theatre Workshop) and Emily Viancourt.

The creative team includes Kristen Robinson (Set Design), Bruce Steinberg (Lighting Design), Olga Mill (Costume Design) and Alejandra Maldonado (Production Stage Manager).

Photos by Jill Steinberg