The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College presents SKRIP Orkestra (SCREECH Orchestra) as part of the Art of Justice Series on Friday, October 22 at 7:30pm; Saturday, October 23 at 7:30pm and 9:30pm; and Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 7:30pm at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 899 Tenth Avenue, NYC. Tickets are $20 (free for CUNY students with valid ID) and may be purchased by calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or visiting www.ticketcentral.com.
Slovenia's GLEJ Theatre presents the U.S. premiere of SKRIP Orkestra, where pop rock meets kitsch-noir meets performance art. Six women from all over the former Yugoslavia share stories of their childhoods via folk songs, fairy tales, and uncompromising punk music played on unconventional instruments including sewing machines and meat cleavers to put an unlikely playful spin on dark tales of war, domestic violence, childhood sexual abuse and more.SKRIP Orkestra erases the line between theatre and concert performance. The first original project by the actress and dancer Jelena Rusjan, SKRIP Orkestra is an exploration of a form of theatre where the obscure forces of violence, personal responsibility, and lost childhoods face the variegated aesthetics of kitsch-noir. The performance draws its inspiration from a variety of sources, from the darkness of McDonagh's Pillowman and Andersen's tales, to the playful Tim Burton, folk songs, and uncompromising punk. The project resulted in a musical cast who confronts its theatrical roots. Through stories of tormented and abused children, the performers present mainly themselves on stage. The key feature of the SKRIP Orkestra is a critical relation between lighter pop patterns and serious content used to establish the issue of an artist's responsibility towards her social and cultural environment, as well as to search out the most effective forms of expression. SKRIP Orkestra premiered in Ljubljana as part of the International Festival Ex Ponto in September of 2009, was presented at the International Festival of Kosovo and in Croatia in 2009, and continues to tour Eastern Europe in 2010 and 2011. For more information, visit http://skriporkestra.bandcamp.com.Videos