Photo Flash: The Neo-Futurists in Chicago, NYC and San Francisco Unveil Late Night Show THE INFINITE WRENCH
By: BWW News Desk Feb. 28, 2017
The Neo-Futurists in Chicago, along with The New York Neo-Futurists and The San Francisco Neo-Futurists, announced today the new name of their late night shows: The Infinite Wrench. The Infinite Wrench begins its ongoing runs with inaugural performances in all three cities Friday, March 3. Performances of the show will follow each company's regular late-night schedule*, where they will continue to create new work and experiment with the form of presenting two-minute plays. Scroll down for a sneak peek!
"We're changing our show's name, but we are still The Neo-Futurists," says The Neo-Futurists Artistic Director Kurt Chiang. "We are making new work at a fast weekly clip, and those plays tell our honest first-person perspectives through chance, risk and speed. We'll continue to welcome sold-out audiences around the block to our shows every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 50 weekends of the year, every year."
The three ensembles have experimented for three decades within The Neo-Futurist aesthetic; as of January 2017, Chicago, New York and San Francisco had created over 9,800, 4,000, and 1,000 plays, respectively. Each company spent the last month in preview periods, investigating different elements and structures, just as Neo ensembles have experimented with new plays and forms within the late-night time throughout their respective histories. The Neo-Futurists will continue to collaborate with each other and their sister companies on the best way to present short new works within a quick timeframe.
*CITY INFORMATION FOR THE INFINITE WRENCH:
CHICAGO
All performances at The Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL
Every weekend except December 15-17 and 22-24, 2017
Tickets at the door: Cash only, $9 plus the roll of one six-sided die ($10-15)
Advance tickets: $20 with a $1-6 cash rollback; tickets online at www.neofuturists.org
Pre-sale tickets and more information at www.neofuturists.org or 773.878.4557.
All performances at the Kraine Theater, 85 E 4th St, New York, NY
Every Friday, Saturday at 10:30 p.m.
Tickets at the door: $13 plus the roll of a six-sided die. Advance tickets: $19
Pre-sale tickets and more information at nynf.org.SAN FRANCISCO
All performances at SAFEhouse for the Arts,1200 Market St., San Francisco, CA
Every Friday and Saturday at 9 p.m.
Tickets available at the door: cash/walk-up $10 + the roll of a 6-sided die ($11-16)
Pre-sale tickets and more information at sfneofuturists.com.
The Neo-Futurists ensembles in Chicago, New York and San Francisco are collectives of wildly productive writer-director-performers that create: theater that is fusion of sport, poetry and living-newspaper; non-illusory, interactive performance that conveys experiences and ideas as directly and honestly as possible; immediate, irreproducible events at affordable prices; and programs that embrace those unreached or unmoved by conventional theater-inspiring them to thought, feeling and action.
(back row) Tif Harrison,Trevor Dawkins, Kirsten Riiber, Dan Kerr-Hobert and Jeewon Kim; (front row) Bilal Dardai, Nick Hart, Leah Urzendowski, Kurt Chiang, Dan Kerr-Hobert, Lily Mooney, Malic White and Ida Cuttler. Photo by Joe Mazza/Brave Lux
Leah Urzendowski, Jeewon Kim and Dan Kerr-Hobert. Photo by Joe Mazza/Brave Lux.
Audience featuring Lily Mooney, Bilal Dardai, Kurt Chiang and Trevor Dawkins. Photo by Evan Hanover.
Audience featuring Kurt Chiang. Photo by Evan Hanover.
Trevor Dawkins and Nick Hart​
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