Theater for the New City Presents GONE FISSION, Opens 7/31
It's Summer, and at TNC, that means one thing: STREET THEATER! Our Award-Winning Street Theater company is currently preparing to take our new musical, "GONE FISSION" to the Streets! Starting July 31st, our musical begins its 13-performance tour through all 5 boroughs of New York City, AND ALL PERFORMANCES ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC!
GONE FISSION
Written & Directed by Crystal Field
Music Composed and Arranged by Joseph Vernon Banks
When an out-of-work Account Executive takes a survival job as a Census Taker, he visits a fish restaurant. A hurricane transforms the place to a Louisiana Bayou, where Father Neptune is conducting a summit with the creatures of the sea. Our hero's job is to count, but he also listens. He learns that animals are people, too; they are just like the gay couple in 3E, the single mom in 5D, the gang member in 6A, the illlegal immigrant family in 4B and Lady Gaga in the Lobby. He sees that the human race is an important part of the Animal Kingdom and learns "dissenting" notions he would have considered fishy, like offshore drilling is disgraceful and that you shouldn't dig for coal by lopping off the top of a mountain. He even learns there are alternative lifestyles to world domination and empire building. The operetta features a La Vegas style Can-Can number called "Investors' Russian Roulette" and a Sea Creatures Anthem, "We Are The Animals."
The Census Taker takes his neighbors so seriously that he realizes that grassroots organizing is the way to go. When he goes to an angry Community Board meeting with a chorus of shrimp, fish, dolphins, a pelican, and a polar bear, led by Father Neptune, to plead the case for Alternative Power, the meeting elects him as a public member. He considers a run for City Council. As Father Neptune says, "You've gotta start somewhere!"SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES
ALL PERFORMANCES FREE TO THE PUBLIC!
Saturday, July 31st - 2PM - Manhattan
TNC, East 10th Street at 1st Avenue
Sunday, August 1st - 2PM - Manhattan
Jackie Robinson Park, West 147th Street & Bradhurst Avenue
Saturday, August 7th - 2PM - Bronx
St. Mary's Park, 147th Street & St. Ann's Avenue
Sunday, August 8th - 2PM - Brooklyn
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Herbert Von King Park at Marcy & Tompkins
Friday, August 13th - 8PM - Brooklyn
Coney Island Boardwalk at West 10th Street
Saturday, August 14th - 2PM - Manhattan
Tompkins Square Park at East 7th Street & Avenue A
Sunday, August 15th - 2PM - Manhattan
Central Park Bandshell, 72nd Street Crosswalk
Saturday, August 21st - 2PM - Brooklyn
Prospect Park Concert Grove
Sunday, August 22nd - 2PM - Queens
Jackson Heights, Travers Park at 34th Avenue between 77th & 78th Streets
Saturday, August 28th - 2PM - Manhattan
Wise Towers, West 90th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues
Sunday, August 29th - 2PM - Manhattan
Washington Square Park
Saturday, September 11th - 2PM - Staten Island
Sobel Court & Bowen Street
Sunday, September 12th - 2PM - Manhattan
St. Marks Church, East 10th Street at 2nd Avenue
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