David Commander
Latest News on David Commander:
7th Annual SFX Festival to Play Wild Project This Month (Jan 5, 2025)
WILLA'S AUTHENTIC SELF, Re-Imagining of Jewish Golem Myth, to be Presented at MITU580 (Mar 23, 2023)
BWW Review: Gun Violence Abounds in the Experimental Digital Puppetry Show FEAR IN THE WESTERN WORLD at Target Margin Theater (Jan 6, 2020)
7th Annual SFX Festival to Play Wild Project This Month (Jan 5, 2025)
WILLA'S AUTHENTIC SELF, Re-Imagining of Jewish Golem Myth, to be Presented at MITU580 (Mar 23, 2023)
BWW Review: Gun Violence Abounds in the Experimental Digital Puppetry Show FEAR IN THE WESTERN WORLD at Target Margin Theater (Jan 6, 2020)
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7th Annual SFX Festival to Play Wild Project This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Jan 5, 2025
wild project in association with Contemporary Performance will present the 7th Annual Special Effects Festival at wild project beginning next week. Learn more about the lineup here!
by Blair Ingenthron - Jan 5, 2025
wild project in association with Contemporary Performance will present the 7th Annual Special Effects Festival at wild project beginning next week. Learn more about the lineup here!
WILLA'S AUTHENTIC SELF, Re-Imagining of Jewish Golem Myth, to be Presented at MITU580
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 23, 2023
Lisa Clair Group, in association with Immediate Medium and in collaboration with New Georges, will present Willa’s Authentic Self, a musical, monstrous, and maximalist re-imagining of the ancient Jewish Golem myth.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 23, 2023
Lisa Clair Group, in association with Immediate Medium and in collaboration with New Georges, will present Willa’s Authentic Self, a musical, monstrous, and maximalist re-imagining of the ancient Jewish Golem myth.
BWW Review: Gun Violence Abounds in the Experimental Digital Puppetry Show FEAR IN THE WESTERN WORLD at Target Margin Theater
by Joe Lombardi - Jan 6, 2020
Gun violence is the focus in the wildly experimental digital puppetry show, Fear in the Western World. A couple and their daughter are looking for a new home. They find one in Nesthaven, a gated community. There are lots of problems outside. A community website posts about the dangers. At one point, we hear they've 'got to build taller fences around Nesthaven.'
by Joe Lombardi - Jan 6, 2020
Gun violence is the focus in the wildly experimental digital puppetry show, Fear in the Western World. A couple and their daughter are looking for a new home. They find one in Nesthaven, a gated community. There are lots of problems outside. A community website posts about the dangers. At one point, we hear they've 'got to build taller fences around Nesthaven.'
Target Margin Theater Presents FEAR IN THE WESTERN WORLD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 18, 2019
Target Margin Theater (Founding Artistic Director David Herskovits, Associate Artistic Director Moe Yousuf) presents the world premiere of Fear in the Western World, a digital puppetry performance that examines gun control and fear in contemporary America. Created by David Commander (Steve Of Tomorrow, Big Art Group) and Rob Ramirez (Cycling '74), Fear in the Western World looks at the apparatus of fear and how both the repulsion and compulsion towards guns play into their power to oppress. Written and directed by Commander, Fear in the Western World runs January 2-19 at Target Margin Theater's THE DOXSEE as part of TMT Presents and The Exponential Festival. It opens on January 5.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 18, 2019
Target Margin Theater (Founding Artistic Director David Herskovits, Associate Artistic Director Moe Yousuf) presents the world premiere of Fear in the Western World, a digital puppetry performance that examines gun control and fear in contemporary America. Created by David Commander (Steve Of Tomorrow, Big Art Group) and Rob Ramirez (Cycling '74), Fear in the Western World looks at the apparatus of fear and how both the repulsion and compulsion towards guns play into their power to oppress. Written and directed by Commander, Fear in the Western World runs January 2-19 at Target Margin Theater's THE DOXSEE as part of TMT Presents and The Exponential Festival. It opens on January 5.
Tickets Are Available for The Exponential Festival 2020
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 21, 2019
The Exponential team is gearing up for January 2020 - visiting the spaces with artists, consulting on projects and resources, and gathering information to share with our communities.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 21, 2019
The Exponential team is gearing up for January 2020 - visiting the spaces with artists, consulting on projects and resources, and gathering information to share with our communities.
Target Margin Theater to Present FEAR IN THE WESTERN WORLD As Part of The Exponential Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 19, 2019
Target Margin Theater (Founding Artistic Director David Herskovits, Associate Artistic Director Moe Yousuf) is proud to present the world premiere of Fear in the Western World, a digital puppetry performance that examines gun control and fear in contemporary America. Created by David Commander (Steve Of Tomorrow, Big Art Group) and Rob Ramirez (Cycling '74), Fear in the Western World looks at the apparatus of fear and how both the repulsion and compulsion towards guns play into their power to oppress. Written and directed by Commander, Fear in the Western World runs January 2-19 at Target Margin Theater's THE DOXSEE as part of TMT Presents and The Exponential Festival. It opens on January 5.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 19, 2019
Target Margin Theater (Founding Artistic Director David Herskovits, Associate Artistic Director Moe Yousuf) is proud to present the world premiere of Fear in the Western World, a digital puppetry performance that examines gun control and fear in contemporary America. Created by David Commander (Steve Of Tomorrow, Big Art Group) and Rob Ramirez (Cycling '74), Fear in the Western World looks at the apparatus of fear and how both the repulsion and compulsion towards guns play into their power to oppress. Written and directed by Commander, Fear in the Western World runs January 2-19 at Target Margin Theater's THE DOXSEE as part of TMT Presents and The Exponential Festival. It opens on January 5.
Target Margin Theater Announces 2019-2020 Season
by Julie Musbach - Oct 8, 2019
After opening its first permanent home in November 2017 with an inaugural season that began a multi-year focus on The One Thousand and One Nights and then, in October 2018, launching its first curated presenting series, Target Margin Theater is announces its 2019a?"2020 season, which proudly builds on all of this experimentation and supports even more risk-taking artists and theatrical works in Brooklyn and beyond.
by Julie Musbach - Oct 8, 2019
After opening its first permanent home in November 2017 with an inaugural season that began a multi-year focus on The One Thousand and One Nights and then, in October 2018, launching its first curated presenting series, Target Margin Theater is announces its 2019a?"2020 season, which proudly builds on all of this experimentation and supports even more risk-taking artists and theatrical works in Brooklyn and beyond.
SPECIAL EFFECTS FESTIVAL: CLUSTERF*CK and More Coming Up at the wild project This Winter
by BWW News Desk - Dec 13, 2017
The wild project has announced its current and upcoming shows for this winter - scroll down for details!
by BWW News Desk - Dec 13, 2017
The wild project has announced its current and upcoming shows for this winter - scroll down for details!
NUBLU MUSIC OF NOW, OUR BIG F*CKING SHOW and More Coming Up This Winter at The Wild Project
by BWW News Desk - Nov 29, 2017
The Wild Project has just announced its current and upcoming projects for December and January. Scroll down for details!
by BWW News Desk - Nov 29, 2017
The Wild Project has just announced its current and upcoming projects for December and January. Scroll down for details!
STEVE OF TOMORROW Opens This Week at the Collapsable Hole
by BWW News Desk - Mar 13, 2017
After a sold-out 2016 run at HERE Arts Center, STEVE OF TOMORROW, created by David Commander and Rob Ramirez, returns for an exclusive run at The Collapsable Hole (55 Bethune Street, between Washington and West Streets).
by BWW News Desk - Mar 13, 2017
After a sold-out 2016 run at HERE Arts Center, STEVE OF TOMORROW, created by David Commander and Rob Ramirez, returns for an exclusive run at The Collapsable Hole (55 Bethune Street, between Washington and West Streets).
High-Tech Puppet Show STEVE OF TOMORROW to Open This Spring at The Collapsable Hole
by BWW News Desk - Feb 28, 2017
After a sold-out 2016 run at HERE Arts Center, STEVE OF TOMORROW, created by David Commander and Rob Ramirez, returns for an exclusive run at The Collapsable Hole (55 Bethune Street, between Washington and West Streets).
by BWW News Desk - Feb 28, 2017
After a sold-out 2016 run at HERE Arts Center, STEVE OF TOMORROW, created by David Commander and Rob Ramirez, returns for an exclusive run at The Collapsable Hole (55 Bethune Street, between Washington and West Streets).
Photo Flash: Immediate Media & The Collapsable Hole present STEVE OF TOMORROW
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 20, 2017
In video-puppetry extravaganza STEVE OF TOMORROW, a couchsurfing time traveler Steve appears at a crammed apartment shared by sci-fi blogger Ralph and his partner Scott. Steve lands in the middle of a media frenzy surrounding a corporate-produced hurricane. What ensues is a split-screen dark comedy about miscommunication in the age of ever-present media and a democracy interrupted by a flurry of pop-up windows.
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 20, 2017
In video-puppetry extravaganza STEVE OF TOMORROW, a couchsurfing time traveler Steve appears at a crammed apartment shared by sci-fi blogger Ralph and his partner Scott. Steve lands in the middle of a media frenzy surrounding a corporate-produced hurricane. What ensues is a split-screen dark comedy about miscommunication in the age of ever-present media and a democracy interrupted by a flurry of pop-up windows.
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? to Play Special Effects Festival at The Wild Project
by BWW News Desk - Jan 6, 2017
Contemporary Performance's Special Effects Festival presents What's YOUR Problem? // A Deep Space Lounge Act, created by Lisa Clair Group, on January 6, 2016: 8PM at The Wild Project.
by BWW News Desk - Jan 6, 2017
Contemporary Performance's Special Effects Festival presents What's YOUR Problem? // A Deep Space Lounge Act, created by Lisa Clair Group, on January 6, 2016: 8PM at The Wild Project.
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? to Play Special Effects Festival at The Wild Project
by BWW News Desk - Dec 20, 2016
Contemporary Performance's Special Effects Festival presents What's YOUR Problem? // A Deep Space Lounge Act, created by Lisa Clair Group, on January 6, 2016: 8PM at The Wild Project.
by BWW News Desk - Dec 20, 2016
Contemporary Performance's Special Effects Festival presents What's YOUR Problem? // A Deep Space Lounge Act, created by Lisa Clair Group, on January 6, 2016: 8PM at The Wild Project.
STEVE OF TOMORROW to Play HERE Arts Center
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 2, 2016
Steve of Tomorrow is a multi-media, technology based puppet performance about a science fiction enthusiast who posts an open invitation on his blog for time travelers to visit him. Soon after, a man from the future named Steve appears, but he is a lazy, uncommunicative disappointment. Is he a freeloading fake or is this what we become?
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 2, 2016
Steve of Tomorrow is a multi-media, technology based puppet performance about a science fiction enthusiast who posts an open invitation on his blog for time travelers to visit him. Soon after, a man from the future named Steve appears, but he is a lazy, uncommunicative disappointment. Is he a freeloading fake or is this what we become?
HERE's Dream Music Puppetry Program to Present MARCH OF THE PUPPETS, 3/11-19
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 2, 2016
HERE's Dream Music Puppetry Program proudly presents March of the Puppets, taking place March 11 - 19. March of the Puppets features three unique events: "Puppet Parlor 2016" (March 11 & 12), "The Joshua Show" (March 13) and "Steve of Tomorrow" (March 16 - 19). Performances, detailed below, take place in the Dorothy B. Williams Theater at HERE (145 Sixth Avenue).
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 2, 2016
HERE's Dream Music Puppetry Program proudly presents March of the Puppets, taking place March 11 - 19. March of the Puppets features three unique events: "Puppet Parlor 2016" (March 11 & 12), "The Joshua Show" (March 13) and "Steve of Tomorrow" (March 16 - 19). Performances, detailed below, take place in the Dorothy B. Williams Theater at HERE (145 Sixth Avenue).
David Lynch Burlesque, Patty Schemel, Robyn Hood, and More Come to Joe's Pub, 1/27-2/7
by Sally Henry Fuller - Jan 26, 2016
Critically-acclaimed cabarettist Molly Pope returns to Joe's Pub for the live recording of her very first album, An Audience with Molly Pope. Drawing from a catalogue of re-contextualized pop, theater and standards, the "viscerally thrilling alto" (Time Out New York) brings a mix of favorite repertoire and new material.
by Sally Henry Fuller - Jan 26, 2016
Critically-acclaimed cabarettist Molly Pope returns to Joe's Pub for the live recording of her very first album, An Audience with Molly Pope. Drawing from a catalogue of re-contextualized pop, theater and standards, the "viscerally thrilling alto" (Time Out New York) brings a mix of favorite repertoire and new material.
Over 14,000 People Attend 2015 Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
by BWW News Desk - Feb 11, 2015
Nearly nine out of every ten seats were filled at last month's inaugural Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, a major success that attracted a total audience of more than 14,000 to 83 different festival events, sold out more than 80 percent of its shows, and played to 87 percent capacity over the course of its 12-day run, January 14-25.
by BWW News Desk - Feb 11, 2015
Nearly nine out of every ten seats were filled at last month's inaugural Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, a major success that attracted a total audience of more than 14,000 to 83 different festival events, sold out more than 80 percent of its shows, and played to 87 percent capacity over the course of its 12-day run, January 14-25.
2015 Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Kicks Off Today
by BWW News Desk - Jan 14, 2015
Organizers of the inaugural Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival presents the line-up of top contemporary puppets acts and artists from around the world, the U.S. and Chicago to be presented at venues large and small throughout the city today, January 14-25, 2015.
by BWW News Desk - Jan 14, 2015
Organizers of the inaugural Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival presents the line-up of top contemporary puppets acts and artists from around the world, the U.S. and Chicago to be presented at venues large and small throughout the city today, January 14-25, 2015.
A VERY MUSLIM CHRISTMAS, SPECIAL EFFECTS and More Set for The Wild Project This Winter
by BWW News Desk - Dec 16, 2014
The Wild Project has announced its current and upcoming shows for December and January. Details below!
by BWW News Desk - Dec 16, 2014
The Wild Project has announced its current and upcoming shows for December and January. Details below!
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