Theaterlab to Premiere HEART-WOMMMEN-3, 2/22

Theaterlab (Carlo Altomare and Orietta Crispino, Co-Artistic Directors) will present the United States premiere of Heart-wommmen-3, Jacques Perdigues's multidisciplinary piece featuring painting, video and theater at its downtown studios (137 West 14th Street).

HW3 is a voyage into the core of words, emotions and the body -- a voyage into the universe and time. The piece is ultimately an exploration of the heart from all sides, dimensions and scales, in order to re-establish the heart as an emotional and physical center, as an engine to all actions and as a pillar to all sentient life.

Based on Femmme by playwright and screenwriter Christian Rullier, HW3 is the raw, poetic perspective of a man through the eyes of a woman, exposing the genesis, the mother, the culture, three childhoods, the fusion, the feeling of being in love, while trapped by the enclavement of the body.

HW3 is conceived and directed by Jacques Perdigues, recently a collaborator of French soprano-accordionist Nicole Renaud in New York City, from text by Christian Rullier. The piece is performed by Nanette Stanley, Julia Wilkins and Jacques Perdigues.

Performances of Heart-wommmen-3 run February 22 – 25, 2012, Wednesday through Saturday at 8:00 pm at Theaterlab (137 West 14th Street, between 6th and 7th Ave.; Subway: 1/2/3 or F/M or A/C/E to 14th St. or L to 6th Ave.). Tickets are $15 at www.theaterlabnyc.com or (212) 352-3101. The running time is 60 minutes without intermission. The piece is performed in English.