JACK Presents Brooklyn Gypsies ONE CATCHES LIGHT FESTIVAL
By: A.A. Cristi Jan. 03, 2017
Brooklyn Gypsies presents the second-annual One Catches Light Festival, celebrating new solo work of five writers associated with the company, with stand-up comic Olander "Big O" Wilson presiding over the evenings. Icarus in the L.E.S. is a kaleidoscopic performance-poem by Nic Adams, with the wax-winged hero chasing his destiny and scouting out the divide between artistic achievement and personal happiness. I Have No Room for the Broken, written by Angela Abreu, is a play about a cascade towards romantic ruin.
In Please Google Ukraine, Artem Yatsunov leads the audience through a colorful and somewhat-exaggerated depiction of his homeland. Brooklyn Gypsies first commissioned piece, Anna Peretz Rogovoy's How difficult is it for one body, is a choreographed rumination on stolen homes, identities and truths. The host himself, Olander "Big O" Wilson, brings What the F*** Was I Thinking?, his raunchy comedy talking politics, personal life and his transition from the South Carolina countryside to New York City.
THE PLAYSNic Adams - Icarus in the L.E.S.
Anna Peretz Rogovoy - How difficult is it for one body
Artem Yatsunov - Please Google Ukraine
Angela Abreu - I Have No Room for the Broken
Olander "Big O" Wilson - What the F*** Was I Thinking?
Run-time of each play is around 50 minutes. DATES/TIMES:
Friday, January 20 - Sunday, January 22, 6:30 - 11:55 pm
Thursday, January 26 - Saturday, January 28, 6:30 - 11:30 pm
Full schedule below.
FULL SCHEDULE
Friday, January 20:
6:30 pm: Nic Adams - Icarus in the L.E.S.
8 pm: Artem Yatsunov - Please Google Ukraine
9:30 pm: Anna Peretz Rogovoy - How difficult is it for one body
11 pm: Angela Abreu - I Have No Room for the Broken
6:30 pm: Artem Yatsunov - Please Google Ukraine
8 pm: Anna Peretz Rogovoy - How difficult is it for one body
9:30 pm: Angela Abreu - I Have No Room for the Broken
11 pm: Nic Adams - Icarus in the L.E.S. Sunday, January 22:
6:30 pm: Angela Abreu - I Have No Room for the Broken
8 pm: Artem Yatsunov - Please Google Ukraine
9:30 pm: Nic Adams - Icarus in the L.E.S.
11 pm: Anna Peretz Rogovoy - How difficult is it for one body
6:30 pm: Nic Adams - Icarus in the L.E.S.
8 pm: Artem Yatsunov - Please Google Ukraine
9:30 pm: Anna Peretz Rogovoy - How difficult is it for one body
11pm: Olander "Big O" Wilson - What the F*** Was I Thinking? Friday, January 27:
6:30 pm: Anna Peretz Rogovoy - How difficult is it for one body
8 pm: Nic Adams - Icarus in the L.E.S.
9:30 pm: Artem Yatsunov - Please Google Ukraine
11pm: Olander "Big O" Wilson - What the F*** Was I Thinking? Saturday, January 28:
6:30 pm: Anna Peretz Rogovoy - How difficult is it for one body
8 pm: Artem Yatsunov - Please Google Ukraine
9:30 pm: Nic Adams - Icarus in the L.E.S.
11pm: Olander "Big O" Wilson - What the F*** Was I Thinking?
MORE ABOUT EACH PLAYPlease Google Ukraine
Written and performed by Artem Yatsunov Ukrainian-born, Jersey-raised and Brooklyn-based director and storyteller Artem Yatsunov visits his homeland after the break out of the Ukrainian Civil War in 2014. This is the completely true, slightly inaccurate, mostly made up and generally genuine story of highway hijackings, uncontrollable revolutions, broken families, and vodka. Artem Yatsunov (Writer/Performer) is a Ukrainian-born, Brooklyn-based theatre director and storyteller, and is the proud General Manager of The Oye Group. As a director, he is best known for developing new work and creating experiences for people who "mistakenly think they don't like theatre." Artem's work is deeply influenced by his experience as a multilingual Ukrainian immigrant. Past credits include: Oye For My Dear Brooklyn (The Performing Garage), Last Night At The Palladium (Associate Dir; 3LD), Growing Into My Beard (Horse Trade/Minnesota & Philly Fringe/Tank), Basic Help (Frigid Festival), Tilt The Unlit Candle (Luna Stage.) Katherine Chua Almirañez (Director) is a multi-discipline storyteller. She uses the mediums of writing, art, and theatre to capture moments and make them live forever. Born in the Philippines, she was brought to New York City at the age of eight. The foundation of her humor and curiosity is founded in the teachings and tales of her grandparents. She has been a part of the Creative Arts Team (CAT) family, from the youth theater to the artistic staff, for 20 years. She is also the founder and producer of Unboxed Voices Productions and a human rights activist. Find her at www.katchua.com
How difficult is it for one body
By Anna Peretz RogovoyHow difficult is it for one body is a choreographed rumination on stolen homes, identities and truths. Through a diverse movement vocabulary, original and borrowed text, and deeply vulnerable performance, we examine the repercussions of division and loss. Family history merges with the conflict of a nation and a personal tragedy, all in the body of one young woman. Anna Peretz Rogovoy is a Brooklyn-based choreographer and dancer. Her work has been presented at JACK, Eden's Expressway, The Tank, and The Cocoon Theatre, as well as through residencies at Bennington College and the Berkshire Choreography Project. Through the Merce Cunningham Trust, Anna has performed Cunningham's Inlets 2 (1983), Trails (1982), and TV Rerun (1972). She holds a BA in dance and literature from Bennington College (2013).
I Have No Room for the Broken
Performed and written by Angela Abreu
Directed by Armando GarciaI Have No Room for the Broken is a play about a cascade towards romantic ruin. In this monologue, Abreu shares the tragedy of choosing the wrong partner. Abreu expels old love demons, clearing up the clutter of emotional trauma, in an attempt at closure, while piecing together the shattered bits of heart and romance. Angela "Angy" Abreu is a Dominican-American mom, activist, organizer, poet, and freelance writer. Angy co-founded Wordat4F, a grassroots traveling bilingual open mic series in Washington Heights whose aim is to provide a platform for creative artists from all over NYC to showcase their works in spoken word, poetry, theater and the visual arts. Icarus in the L.E.S.
by Nic Adams
Performed by Ronald PeetIcarus in the L.E.S. (full-length premiere) is a kaleidoscopic performance-poem delivered from the final bastions of the New York vanguard. The performance centers on the wax-winged hero - who did not die when he fell from the sky, but instead lives on - chasing his destiny and scouting out the divide between artistic achievement and personal happiness. Taken under the wings of a mystical literati including The Silent Janitor, Bernardo, and The Severed Head of Homer, the poet, Icarus, must ford the rivers of the underworld to his final showdowns with both his nemesis, Rodney Cheshire Clemenceau, and himself. Presented as a teched-out poetry reading, and brimming with sound and video design culled from the most psychically-charged bits of city living, the poem is performed by the soulful and unendingly charismatic Ronald Peet. Nic Adams (Creator) is a Brooklyn-based theatre-maker. Upcoming: Real Talk / Kip Talk (director, Eliza Bent/Abrons Arts Center). Recent: A Star Has Burnt My Eye (production stage manager, BAM) Porgy and Bess (assistant director, Spoleto Festival USA), Toilet Fire (production stage manager and assistant director, Eliza Bent/JACK), White Wines (director, Target Margin Theater/The Bushwick Starr), after the quake (director, The Rogue Theatre, AZ), and Six Church Poems (writer/director, Dixon Place). Nic's work has been presented at venues such as The Bushwick Starr, Cloud City, The Silent Barn, and The Brooklyn Museum. He has been a playwright-in-residence with Theater Reconstruction Ensemble's TRE|haus program, a playwriting fellow with The In-Between People, and a FAIR assistant director at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. nicadams.squarespace.comRonald Peet (Performer) Recent New York: Kentucky (Ensemble Studio Theatre, Page 73), LOVEPLAY/PLAYMONEY (La MaMa), Tilly the Trickster (Atlantic Theater Company), I'll Never Love Again (Drama League), Boats And (Ars Nova), Debutante (Ars Nova), and New Saloon's I'm Miserable But Change Scares Me (The Brick). Regional: The Lion In Winter (Two River Theater), peerless (Barrington Stage), The Golem of Havana (Miami New Drama, Barrington Stage); Thirty roles in thirteen plays over three seasons at The American Shakespeare Center. Upcoming Film/TV: GIRLS, Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories, Dianne Dreyer's Change In The Air. Training: NYU Tisch. www.ronaldalexanderpeet.com
Olander "Big O" Wilson:
What the F*** Was I Thinking? Raunchy stand-up from Olander "Big O" Wilson talking politics, personal life and his transition from the South Carolina countryside to New York City. Olander "Big O" Wilson is an actor/stand-up comedian from the small town of Lake City, South Carolina, having grown up on a farm in the woods. He arrived in New York two years ago to chase his dream of making people laugh.
About the Exponential Festival The Exponential Festival is a multi-week festival that seeks to promote theatrical performances created in New York and presented across Brooklyn. Performances will take place January 4-31in partnership with The Bushwick Starr, The Brick, Chez Bushwick, CPR - Center for Performance Research, The Glove, JACK, Triskelion Arts and Vital Joint. The Exponential Festival celebrates the increasing growth and importance of Brooklyn venues and local artists, working together to keep theatre kicking. Participating artists/companies include Alex Romania, Angy Abreu, Anna Peretz Rogovoy, Aron Canter/Danielle Aziza, Artem Yatsunov, BOOM BAT GESTURE, Brooklyn Gypsies, CJ Holm, LMNO3 (Cori Marquis), Designated Movement Company (Katie Rose McLaughlin), Elena Light, Emily Wexler, Eric Magnus, Ethan Gould, Kate Benson/Lee SundayEvans, Leslie Cuyjet, Lorelei Ramirez, Lorene Bouboushian, DODO Theater Collective (Megan Hill), THE MILLION UNDERSCORES (Nicolas Noreña and Timothy Scott), Nic Adams, Nora Stephens, OZET, Peter Mills Weiss/Ric Royer, Pioneers Go East Collective (Gian Marco Lo Forte), Saints of an Unnamed Country, Sloop Jumbly, Stormy Budwig, Tim Platt, Title:Point and Witness Relocation (Dan Safer). JACK's programming is made possible by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and Councilmember Laurie Cumbo, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund, the Mental Insight Foundation, The Lida Foundation and by The Nathan Cummings Foundation.
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