As part of the "Evolve" theater series, the comic noir thriller Rip Me Open will receive its world premiere tonight at the Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The show will run throughout the month of April playing every Friday of the month - April 7, 14, 21, 28 - at 8:00 PM."She's
a private dick who's seen it all. He's a blonde bombshell waiting to
explode. In this filthy, lonely city, some secrets just can't stay
hidden. Rip Me Open follows
two wise-cracking, desperate souls as they investigate a strange sexual
act in a case of threatened violence and psychosexual intrigue. Drawing
on influences ranging from classic film noir to Dennis Cooper and
Haruki Murakami, it combines pulse-pounding mystery with crackling
comedic dialogue and several original songs," according to press notes.
Desiree Burch and Michael Cyril Creighton star in Rip Me Open, which was created and developed collaboratively with director Brian Mullin and OBIE Award-winning playwright Kyle Jarrow."These four multi-disciplinary artists created Rip Me Open
using techniques from improv comedy and company-based avant-garde
theater, crafting characters specifically for Burch and Creighton to
play in a creation style is much akin to that currently practiced by
such downtown companies as The Civilians and The National Theater of
the United States of America."
Jarrow penned the Off- and Off-Off-Broadway shows A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant (2004 OBIE Award), Gorilla Man (P.S. 122 2005 season, soon to be published by Samuel French), Armless (Best of the NY Fringe Festival 2004), and President Harding is a Rock Star among
others. His work has been performed at The John Houseman Theater, P.S.
122, HERE Art Center, The Ohio Theater, The Hangar Theater, Boston
Theatre Works and Dad's Garage in Atlanta among others. Mullin
is an award-winning writer/director whose work has been presented by
the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, Lynx Ensemble Theater, the National
Student Drama Festival of Great Britain, and the Oxford University New
Writing Festival. He works extensively with the All Stars Project's
Youth Onstage! division, where he directs the New Voices reading series
and is a founding faculty member of the Community Performance School.
"The
OBIE Award-winning Galapagos Art Space, located at the heart of
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, proudly presents the premier season of
'Evolve,' a new theater series curated by Artistic Director Travis
Chamberlain, featuring the best of New York's groundbreaking theater
artists. Every month 'Evolve' presents a new production in Galapagos'
newly reopened back room, spotlighting work by theater and multi-media
artists who challenge the boundaries of traditional form and content.
Inspired by the Williamsburg community and its reputation for bold
grassroots artistic independence, 'Evolve' champions a unique rock n'
roll financial and promotional philosophy, presenting cutting edge live
art with self-contained production values."
Tickets are $10 in advance / $12 at the door (cash only at door). Advance tickets can be purchased through SmartTix at (212) 868-4444 or online. Galapagos Art Space is located at 70 North 6th Street, Williamsburg. For more information visit www.galapagosartspace.com.