Jeremy X. Halpern Cast As Mark Twain's Pre-show 'Mysterious Stranger' In THE REPORT OF MY DEATH Running Thru 8/15

Composer and performer Jeremy X. Halpern has been cast as Mark Twain's pre-show "Mysterious Stranger" in Adam Klasfeld's The Report of My Death. Halpern and his band, Jeremy X. and the Weirdos TV Band will also play post-show concerts on the Lighthouse Tender ship, the Lilac, moored on Pier 40 at West Houston Street and West Street in Manhattan. The Report of My Death will run Wednesdays - Saturdays through August 15th. Tickets are $18.00. Jeremy X. Halpern and his band will perform for free on July 31st, August 1st, August 7th, 8th, and 14th at 10pm. Beer and wine available. For more information on the show and to purchase tickets, please go to: www.onearmedman.org

Jeremy X. Halpern (1-880-Weirdos, Sole Propritor) also founded Verge, a multimedia performance group in 1987; they performed their first gig at CBGB's in 1988 At 1-880-Weirdos, he performs a LIVE interactive musical reality Internet TV show every night at midnight on http://www.Weirdos.TV. As an actor, he has performed on stage, films, and video including acclaimed Iranian director Amir Naderi's "Sound Barrier". As a theatre director, he has masterminded such bizarre epics as "Speak of the Devil (A Satanic Cabaret)" and "The Battle of the Dead Celebs." As a composer, he has invented soundtracks for Verge, as well as having scored many short films.

The Report of My Death stars Michael Graves as the departed Samuel L. Clemens. Mark Twain said that people cannot be completely honest until after they're dead, and this play takes him at his word - with the deceased great writer saying anything he wants. Featuring rare, previously censored and posthumously published letters, stories, and historical artifacts, this one-man docudrama follows Clemens from his bankruptcy through his worldwide lecture tour, personal tragedies, unlikely recovery, and his fiery opposition to the Philippine-American War. This production introduces audiences to the "other" Sam Clemens-American radical and dark prophet.

Adam Klasfeld (Playwright and Director, Artistic Director of One Armed Man Productions) Adams docudrama The Report of My Death has previewed in New York, New Jersey, New Mexico and Alaska, and it will premiere in Manhattan on the deck of the Lilac steamship in Summer ‘09. His drama The Prostitute of Reverie Valley went through developments at the Flea in Manhattan and the Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Alaska before premiering at the 2006 New York International Fringe Festival. His tragicomedy Good Fences Make Good Neighbors received a chashama AREA Award, and opened to critical acclaim at the 2005 FringeNYC. Adam's first full-length play Europa's Child was part of Amphibian Productions' Spring 2004 New Play Reading Series. As a screenwriter, he's written the short films La Virgen de la Caridad and Before Dawn and the feature Club Red: The Innocents Abroad.

Where: The Lilac
Pier 40, Houston Street and West Side Highway
http://lilacpreservationproject.org

When: Jeremy X. Halpern and the Weirdos
July 31st
August 1st
August 7th
August 8th and August 14th at 10pm

The Report of Death:
Wed-Sat. through August 15th @ 8pm
Tickets are $18.00
www.theatermania.com

 

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