William Badgett

After a five-year search, Target Margin Theater has announced the opening of the Company's first permanent home.

Talking Band, the seminal downtown New York City theater collective, continue their 40th anniversary celebration with a gala evening that will bring together many of the countless artists with whom they have collaborated since Paul Zimet, Ellen Maddow and Tina Shepard founded the company in 1974. The event will take place Monday, April 27 at the Ukrainian National Home Ballroom (140 Second Ave, between St. Mark's Place and East 9th Street) in the East Village. Proceeds will support the Talking Band's artistic programs.

LaMaMa E.T.C. and the Talking Band present Imminence written and directed by Paul Zimet, with electronic music by Peter Gordon and acoustic music by Ellen Maddow, Friday, February 15 - March 2, 2008 at the LaMaMa Annex (74 East 4th St.) Previews begin Friday, February 15, 2008 with an official opening on Sunday February 17, 2008.