soloNOVA Arts Fest Presents THE SURPRISE, Performed By Martin Dockery 5/7-13

By: Apr. 13, 2009
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soloNOVA Arts Festival presents THE SURPRISE, Created & Performed by Martin Dockery and directed by Jean-Michele Gregory. *Winner* Audience Choice Award, FRIGID Fest NYC 2009. Will transfer to the DR2 Theatre for five performances this May.

After winning the Audience Choice award at this year's FRIGID Fest, New York storyteller Martin Dockery will once again team with director Jean-Michele Gregory (How Theater Failed America, If You See Something Say Something, Mike Daisey) to present his latest autobiographical monologue, The Surprise, at the DR2 space as part of this year's soloNOVA festival from May 7-13.

A veteran of the New York storytelling scene and frequent performer on the stages of The Moth, The Liar Show, and Speakeasy, this is Dockery's third full-length monologue. Set amidst the ruins, cities, and beaches of South-East Asia, The Surprise is the true and comic story of an uncertain girlfriend, an enigmatic father, and a most epic game of emotional chicken. Told with equal parts humor and heart, it is the tale of a family rife with secrets, and clueless as to how to reveal them.

"The Surprise is funny, warm, and entertaining.... A superlative storytelling show, one that offers plenty to laugh about, relate to, and ponder long after the storyteller has left the stage." - NYTheatre.com

Following his sold-out 2008 monologue Wanderlust ("spectacularly good... absolutely unforgettable," NYTheatre.com), Dockery reunites with Mike Daisey's longtime director and collaborator Jean-Michele Gregory to create a new theatrical monologue that takes us through the ruins of Angkor Wat and the chaos of bustling Saigon, as startling revelations force him to question what it means to be a family, and what remains when foundations crumble.

"Dockery is a master at weaving his own personal life into his family saga. Travels, girlfriends, ecstasies and disappointments are masterfully layered with his own brand of neurotic, self-effacing humor."-NYTheatre-wire.com

The Surprise

Created and Performed by Martin Dockery
Directed by Jean-Michele Gregory
May 7, 9, 11 & 13 @ 7pm
May 10 @ 2pm
DR2 Theatre
103 E 15th St (just off Union Square), NYC
$20 tickets at terranovacollective.org
More info at martindockery.com

 


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