terraNOVA Collective Presents CREATING ILLUSION 7/17-18

terraNOVA Collective PRESENTS Creating Illusion, Written and Performed by Jeff Grow AS PART OF THE 4th ANNUAL undergroundzero festival

JULY 17 & JULY 18 @ PERFORMANCE SPACE 122

Recipient of the 2009 Innovative Theatre Awards:
Outstanding Solo Performer
Outstanding Performance Art Production

Seeing is believing - but perception can be manipulated for beauty or deception. Magician Jeff Grow takes you on a journey where elegant sleight of hand and insight into human behavior collide to dismantle everyday experience, tempting us to question: why do we choose to believe the unbelievable?

"Grow is an appealing technician who brings a boyish charm to a group willing to be fooled... he's got us in the palm of his hand." Jo Ann Rosen, nytheatre.com

Creating Illusion will run Saturday, July 17 at 5pm and Sunday, July 18 at 7pm as part of the 4th Annual undergroundzero festival at Performance Space 122 (150 1st Avenue at 9th Street). Tickets ($20) may be purchased online at www.PS122.org or via phone at (212) 352-3101.

Jeff Grow (Writer & Performer) Jeff has been featured in award winning films, and national and international commercials. His stage shows Creating Illusion, Magicians, Wise Fools & Ordinary Magic, and A Story About Magic have been presented in venues throughout New York City and Europe. He is a featured performer at New York City's top venues and events - a plethora of corporate and private clients have incorporated Jeff's work into their principal events. He consults on film, commercials and theatre, including recent productions for Arena Stage and Long Wharf Theatre.

Jessi D. Hill (Director) Recent credits include: Mia McCullough's Lucinda's Bed for Chicago Dramatists, Johnna Adams' Angel Eaters for Flux Theatre Ensemble (6 New York Innovative Theatre Award Nominations), and The Children's Hour for Astoria Performing Arts Center. She has also directed and developed plays for The New Group, The Lark, Diverse City, and Youngblood among others. MFA Directing 2007: Yale School of Drama.