William Burke's FURRY! / LA FURIA! Plays The Bushwick Starr

The Bushwick Starr will present the Spanish language premiere of FURRY!/LA FURIA!, written and directed by WilLiam Burke in special "Spanglish translation" that tells the story of a street Elmo who rises to power by taking over the streets of 42nd to 46th street by using The Art of War.

In a reworking of his 2013 play for one actor and a dirty Sesame Street Army, playwright and director WilLiam Burke is joining forces with Modesto "Flako" Jimenez and Brooklyn Gypsies Collective in a new and explosive Spanish/Spanglish/human translation of FURRY!/LA FURIA depicting the struggle of a pan handling Time Square Elmo. In order to care for his ailing son, a man dressed in his street Elmo best, attempts take over the blocks of 42nd - 46th street, using The Art of War, an army of Elmos and his deepest and most violent self. Naked Cowboy beware. When Elmo Close...Elmo appear Far. The army gathers.

IF YOU GO:

FURRY!/LA FURIA

November 17 - 19, 21, 22, 25 and 26 at 8pm // November 20 at 3pm

Performed by Modesto "Flako" Jimenez and Olander "Big O" Wilson

Production design by Jeanette Yew

Costume design by Ásta Bennie Hostetter

Lighting design by Megan Lang

The English version of FURRY! was originally performed at JACK in 2013

Location: The Bushwick Starr theater: 207 Starr Street, Brooklyn, NY [between Irving and Wyckoff] Via Subway take the L Train to Jefferson Street, exit at Starr Street, walk against traffic on Starr, and the theater is 3/4 of a block on the right. For detailed driving directions visit: www.thebushwickstarr.org/DIRECTIONS.

Tickets are $15.00 at www.thebushwickstarr.org.

WilLiam Burke is playwright and director. His productions include the food was terrible (The Bushwick Starr), PIONEERS!#goforth (JACK), COMFORT DOGS: Live from the Pink House (JACK) and FURRY!(JACK). With Target Margin Theater: I Made a Mistake, EXPLODITY! and DAY!Night?fuck (The Stahl Center at Stoney Brook University) He has developed his plays/presented readings at The BLACK SWAN Lab (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), The Bushwick Starr, Little theatre (Dixon Place), The Prelude Festival (CUNY Grad center) and CATCH. William studied playwriting at Brooklyn College with Mac Wellman and Erin Courtney

Modesto Flako Jimenez is a Dominican-born, Bushwick-raised theater director, writer, poet, actor, producer, and educator. ATI & HOLA Award Winner, NY Times and Wall Street Journal profiled, "Flako" is best known for original productions and three signature festivals - Ghetto Hors D'Oeuvres, One Catches Light, and Oye! Avant Garde Night! - produced with his company Brooklyn Gypsies Collective. Flako has appeared on TEDxBushwick, Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Favorite: Early Shaker Spirituals (Wooster Group), Last Night At The Palladium (Bushwick Starr/3LD), Yoleros(Bushwick Starr/IATI theater), Conversations Pt.1: HowTo Make It Black In America (JACK). Take Me Home (3LD/ Incubator Arts Project). Upcoming: Oye For My Dear Brooklyn (The Performing Garage), Furry by WilLiam Burke (Bushwick Starr), Samara by Richard Maxwell (Soho Rep; dir. Sarah Benson). Modesto received the 2016 Princess Grace Award Honorarium in Theater.

Brooklyn Gypsies is an eclectic artist collective made up of New Yorkers both native and immigrant to our city. We present annual showcases of new works of theater, dance, poetry and film that spark dialogues on critical issues of immigration, economics, and urban survival. We curate a mix of established and emerging artists and give them a platform to explore complex issues in a stimulating environment. Brooklyn Gypsies is a playground to celebrate and share what is unique about Brooklyn's converging arts communities. The company will be changing its official name to The Oye Group in January 2016. www.brooklyngypsies.org

The Bushwick Starr is an Obie Award winning non profit theater that presents an annual Season of new work in theater, dance, and puppetry. We are an organization defined by both our artists and our community, and since 2007, we have grown into a thriving theatrical venue, a vital neighborhood arts center, and a destination for exciting and engaging performance. The Bushwick Starr's mission is to help ambitious artists and ambitious audiences find each other. We provide a springboard for emerging professional artists to make career-defining leaps, and we are a sanctuary where established performance companies come to experiment and innovate. Our past Seasons have included new work from groundbreaking artists such as Clare Barron, Dave Malloy, The Debate Society, the TEAM, and Half Straddle.