Incubator Arts Project Presents EDIBLES INCORPORATED 8/25-28

Formerly a project of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, the Incubator Arts Project supports independent, experimental performing artists through a series of programs aimed at offering production opportunities and guidance with long-term growth and artistic sustainability. This month, it will feature Ben Forster's "Edibles Incorporated".

Ticketing info: General $18/Student $14

Purchase in advance at incubatorarts.org or by calling TheaterMania at 212-352-3101.
Cash only at the door.
Incubator Arts Project (inside St. Mark's Church) • 131 East 10th Street (at 2nd Ave.)
L to First or Third Ave; R, W to Broadway/8th St.; 6 to Astor Place; N,Q, 4, 5 to Union Sq.

Benjamin Forster
Edibles Incorporated
August 25 - 28
Edibles Incorporated, the nation's only purveyor of beef, is forced to shut down its Bayonne, New Jersey branch after an aggressive American cattle epidemic kills its beloved secretary and renders beef a quickly evaporating commodity. Fifty employees, protected from themselves by Tom, a rent-a-cop, wait to be fired as Glenn in PR struggles to control Bayonne's doomed self-medicating branch manager, Whitney.

Benjamin Forster is a 2007 graduate of New York University (Drama, Urban Design). He is a writer and performer in New York City. Recent stage: Richard Foreman's Astronome (Ontological-Hysteric Theater), Abigail Browde's It's Hell In Here (BAX), Kill Your Parents (original work, Ontological-Hysteric Short Form). Recent film: Satan Hates You (Monsterpants), Hypothermia (Dark Sky Films).

About Incubator Arts Project
The Incubator Arts Project supports independent, experimental performing artists through a series of programs aimed at offering production opportunities and guidance with long-term growth and artistic sustainability. Its programs primarily support world premieres of original work and also include a concert series, work in progress opportunities and artist salons and roundtables.

The Incubator Arts Project grew out of the Incubator, a project of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater. In 2010, the Ontological-Hysteric Theater announced that it would leave its permanent home, St. Mark's Church, and that the Incubator would take over the space and operate year-round.

Beginning in 1993, the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, in addition to its primary support of the work of Richard Foreman, opened its doors to emerging, independent artists. Since 1993 the emerging artists program at the Ontological took many forms, including the Obie-winning Blueprint Series for emerging directors. In 2005, the OHT reorganized the programs under the name INCUBATOR, creating a series of linked programs to provide young theater artists with resources and support to develop process-oriented, original theatrical productions. By 2010, the program had quadrupled in size, involving a range of artists and increased support. The programs included the centerpiece Residency program for premieres, two annual music festivals, a regular concert series, a serial work-in-progress program called Short Form, and roundtables and salons aimed at keeping Incubator artists involved year-round. In May, 2010, the Incubator received an OBIE grant.

 

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