Mason Holdings To Premiere New Play CONSUMPTION In November

The critically acclaimed theatre company, Mason Holdings, will premiere their new site-specific production of Consumption, at the Beverly Social Club in Kensington Brooklyn. The limited engagement runs November 9 - December 8.

The play was conceived and developed by Mason Holdings Founder and Artistic Director, Tracy Weller. Consumption was written by Devin Burnam. Kristjan Thor serves as director.

A mysterious German doctor; a dying woman; stoned teenagers; a showbiz marriage on the rocks; an itinerant fortune teller; a lost episode of TV's Dragnet. Loosely based on the true-ish story of Elena Hoyos and Count Carl Von Cosel, five disparate but intertwining couples fly through time, space, and planes of existence to ponder the nature of love.

Consumption is an intimate, experiential and immersive work that will play for an audience of just thirty people per performance. The cast, which consists of two actors, will be "on stage" for the duration of the performance, moving amongst the audience, guiding them through the story and the venue. The play takes place in a beautifully restored 100-year old Victorian home where the first floor, including two parlor spaces and a ballroom will be utilized.

Consumption is performed by Devin Burnam & Tracy Weller with scenic design by Christopher Swader and Justin Swader, and lighting design by Daisy Long.

Consumption is performed by Devin Burnam & Tracy Weller with scenic design by Christopher Swader and Justin Swader and lighting design by Daisy Long.

Performances take place at the Beverly Social Club, 1016 Beverley Road (Between Stratford Road and Coney Island Avenue), Brooklyn, New York 11218. Subway: Q to Beverley Road. There is a four block walk from the subway.

Consumption runs Saturday, November 10 - Saturday, December 8. Performances are Wednesday - Saturday at 8 pm (excluding Thursday, November 22nd. An additional performance will be added that week on Tuesday, November 20th). Running time: 90 minutes. Tickets are $25 and are available at https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1000498.

More information available at www.mason.holdings/consumption

BIOGRAPHIES

Tracy Weller (Actress, Playwright, Founder/Director of Mason Holdings) has performed throughout NYC, and festivals in Germany, South Korea and Italy. NYC credits include: Down Range (The Mint), A Christmas Carol: A New Musical (Vortex), Heist (Sargent Theatre), Amuse Bouche (INTAR), Touched (Uncle Ming's), Twelfth Night, House of Bernarda Alba (Riverside Theatre), Family Picnic (Best Actress, New York Winterfest), Most Sincerely, Edward Albee (WIT Festival 2017), and The Love & Death Traveling Circus (WIT Festival, 2018). She is playwright/performer of: Jarring (and its short film adaptation: Finalist, Blow-Up International Arthouse Film Festival), Holiday House: Christmas Bends, and Most Sincerely, Edward Albee, and creator/curator/producer of Mason Holdings' monthly playwrights' series, Unseen & Unheard, showcasing over twenty-five playwrights in three years. Current/future projects include The Mason Holdings Radio Hour, featuring the lost diaries of Elena Hoyos, and Hart Island, the story of NYC's potter's field. Training: Columbia University MFA, Ann Bogart/Siti Company. www.tracyweller.land

Devin Burnam (Playwright/Actor) is an original member of Sister Sylvester Productions, a frequent collaborator with Mason Holdings, and the Owner/Operator of The Abandoned Gas Station. Recent work: Writer & Director of the short films "Death by Chocolate" and "Brooklyn Lear" (Strand/Nitehawk Official Selection). Brecht Cocktails with the Prelude Festival. Previously, Dixon Place, The Brick, St. Cecilia's, Combustive Motor Corp., Naked Angels Tuesdays @9. Catastrophe Carnivale with Troy Foundry. Most recently, By the Time Kurt Cobain Was Your Age, He Was Dead, and How Not to Buy a Boat. In pre-production, the feature film Objects of Desire. He lives in Bushwick. www.abandonedgasstation.com and www.devinburnam.com.

Kristjan Thor (Director) is a critically-acclaimed director of both theater and film. Some highlights of Kristjan's theater work in NYC include: the US premier of Lukas Barfuss' The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents, with Grace Gummer and the world premieres of Artifacts of Consequence, Balaton, Lathem Prince, and The Laws of Motion, all by Ashlin Halfnight. Kristjan's work has been seen at PS 122, The Wild Project, CSC, the Sanford Meisner (with Vortex productions), and the Frying Pan, among others. Last spring, Thor directed The Penalty, by Clay McCloud Chapman at Dixon Place and recently revived it at The Public Theater. Since 2009, Thor has been the Co-Creator and Founder of the immersive horror experience, BLACKOUT Haunted House, which currently has productions running in NYC, LA, Chicago, and Miami. A documentary about BLACKOUT called, The Blackout Experiments premiered at Sundance 2016. He has previously directed two Mason Holdings productions: Jarring in 2015 and Holiday House: Christmas Bends in 2016. Thor graduated as a Senior Fellow from Dartmouth College and holds an MFA in Directing from Columbia's School of the Arts and is presently teaching at NYU's Stonestreet Studio. www.kristhor.com

About Mason Holdings:

Mason Holdings creates intimate, experiential theatre inspired by outsiders. We both create work that examines the life of the unrecognized human, and we seek out and support the work of the unrecognized artist. MH operates outside the confines of commercial theatre, creating experiences that illuminate life outside our quotidian consciousness.

We build transporting worlds in expected spaces, exploring the shadowy terrain of our periphery. You may be submerged in a sea of lost souls - or you may plunge into your own secret depths. The Mason Holdings experience is always a personal one.

About the Beverley Social Club:

The Beverley Social Club is an historic building originally built for a doctor at the turn of the last century. In the 1920's it was home to the Brooklyn Democratic Club, and for the last 60 years has been a synagogue. In 2017, it was restored to its original state. The house is located on a tree lined street with many other Victorian houses. www.beverleysocialclub.com