Milo Cramer Brings CUTE ACTIVIST to The Bushwick Starr, 1/10-27, 2018

The Bushwick Starr is thrilled to present the world premiere of Cute Activist, a new play by Milo Cramer, directed by Morgan Green, and produced in collaboration with their exciting young company, New Saloon (Minor Character), in association with Clubbed Thumb.

Highly anticipated after New Saloon's popular production of Minor Character, Cute Activist is a playfully fabulist, wildly satirical, anti-romantic comedy, that asks questions about the way activism fits - or doesn't fit - into our daily lives. In a spoOoOoky town in mythical Connecticut where inequality reigns, a shadowy ring of part-time activists battle a baroque, tyrannical Landlorde. Only True Love's Kiss can save the local economy. Cute Activist is a pastel fable full of earnest questions about how to engage politically, at an everyday level, as a normal-feeling civilian. Featuring David Greenspan, Mia Katigbak, Annie Henk, Ronald Peet, and Madeline Wise. With Original Music Composition and Vocal Arrangement by Deepali Gupta

Video Design by Stivo Arnoczy; Lyrics by Milo Cramer, Sound Design, Instrumental Arrangement and Orchestrations by John Gasper; Costume Design by Sabrina Bianca Guillaume; Set Design by Meredith Ries; Lighting Design by Cha See; Puppet Design by Amanda Villalobos; Prop Design by Cheyanne Williams; Producer for New Saloon: Caroline Gart; Stage Manager: Violet Tafari; Production Manager: Russell Maclin; Technical Director: Drew Francis; Master Electrician: Megan Lang; Assistant Producer: Ryan Gedrich; Assistant Stage Manager: Sam McCann

Location: The Bushwick Starr theater: 207 Starr Street, Brooklyn, NY [between Irving and Wyckoff]. Directions: Via Subway take the L Train to Jefferson Street, exit at Starr Street, walk against traffic on Starr, and the theater is 3/4 of a block on the right. For detailed driving directions visit: www.thebushwickstarr.org/DIRECTIONS Tickets available at www.thebushwickstarr.org *Tix go on sale Dec. 12

About New Saloon: New Saloon Theater Co. handcrafts original performances - from evening-length dramas to two-minute dance videos - with dedication and love. Founded in 2012 by Madeline Wise, Milo Cramer, and Morgan Green, the intimately collaborative trio is best known for their kaleidoscopic MINOR CHARACTER: Six Translations of Uncle Vanya at the Same Time, winner of three New York Innovative Theater awards, presented at 2017's Under the Radar: Incoming!, The Sharon Playhouse, and The Invisible Dog.

Milo Cramer (playwright) is an alumni of Soho Rep's Writer/Director Lab, current member of Ars Nova's Playgroup, and under commission from Playwrights Horizons.

Morgan Green (director) Recent credits include The Music Man (Meredith Wilson), Far Away (Caryl Churchill) and Minor Character (New Saloon), all part of her director-driven summer at The Sharon Playhouse. MorganClaireGreen.com "Created by New Saloon, the creative dynamo comprising Milo Cramer, Morgan Green and Madeline Wise, MINOR CHARACTER is the experimental theatre all experimental theatre wants to be: wackily conceived, rigorously executed, and an exhilarating punch in the gut." - Exeunt Magazine

"They have taken a canonical work and have managed to stretch its imaginary spaces, making it instantly important and relevant, pushing the boundaries of adaption and translation work of plays to new height. The bar is set high now. Good luck climbing over it." - Culturebot

About The Bushwick Starr: The Bushwick Starr is an Obie Award winning non profit theater that presents an annual Season of new performance work. We are an organization defined by both our artists and our community, and since 2007, we have grown into a thriving theatrical venue, a vital neighborhood arts center, and a destination for exciting and engaging performance. We provide a springboard for emerging professional artists to make career-defining leaps, and we are a sanctuary where established performance companies come to experiment and innovate. Our past Seasons have included new work from groundbreaking artists such as The Mad Ones, Clare Barron, Dave Malloy, The Debate Society, the TEAM, and Half Straddle. "The work they program is boldly experimental. It's also a lot of fun... a bright spot on the Off Off Broadway map" - New York Times "A home for gutsy experimental work." - 2012 Village Voice OBIE Award for Outstanding Work "Brooklyn's hottest incubator. One of New York's best-curated off-off venues." - Time Out New York

About Clubbed Thumb: Clubbed Thumb commissions, develops and produces funny, strange and provocative new plays by living American writers. Clubbed Thumb is a groundbreaker, with a precise curatorial vision and a remarkable track record for launching artists' careers; and an incubator, nurturing plays, collaborations, and above all artists, through thoughtfully deployed resources, opportunities, mentorship and hospitality. Clubbed Thumb's plays vary in style and content, but are always 90 minutes or under. They feature substantial and challenging roles for both men and women, are questioning, formally inventive, theatrical, and exhibit a sense of humor. Since its founding in 1996, the company has presented nearly 100 productions, and has been awarded 5 Obies, including the Ross Wetzsteon award for sustained artistic excellence.

Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks festival is "one of the best ways to see which local playwrights have had their digits whacked with the talent hammer." - Helen Shaw, Time Out New York