La Mama E.T.C. News

Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company presents Camino Real at Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse Nov. 19-21 and Dec. 2-12.

Krzysztof Trzaskowski, one of Poland's leading emerging pianists, takes over the piano this week in 'Chopin-An Impression' by The Bialystok Puppet Theatre. This virtuoso performance of Chopin's music by a virtuoso puppet troupe plays through November 7, performed by its original company and presented by La MaMa E.T.C. in association with The Polish Cultural Institute in New York. It is part of 'La MaMa Puppet Series IV-Built to Perform,' a festival dedicated to puppet artists from all over the world.

On November 2nd, a group of Russian playwrights and theater directors will present a staged reading of two new plays at La MaMa e.t.c., a renowned venue for experimental and international theater.

What puppeteer doesn't wonder what will happen to him as he impersonates the creator? In 'Wake Up, You're Dead!,' Aaron Haskell of Brooklyn Art Department (www.brooklynartdepartment.com), one of the original designers of Nightmare: NYC's Haunted House, gives us a Halloween-flavored creation myth. It's a De La Guarda-type event and spectacle that adds a late-night attraction to 'La MaMa Puppet Series IV--Built to Perform.' It will be presented October 29 to November 7 in the second-floor Club of La MaMa E.T.C., 74A East Fourth Street.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents Edward Albee's A DELICATE BALANCE, directed by James Bundy, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street) through November 13.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents Edward Albee's A DELICATE BALANCE, directed by James Bundy, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street) October 22-November 13.

'Chopin-An Impression,' a virtuoso performance of Chopin's music by a virtuoso puppet troupe, was originally commissioned by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as part of the worldwide celebration of The Year of Chopin 2010, celebrating the bicentennial of the composer's birth in Zelazowa Wola, Poland.

Elizabeth Alice Murray's one-woman show, Woman in the Dark has been chosen to be part of the 2010 inaugural edition of the United Solo Theatre Festival.

La MaMa ETC in association with La Criatura Theater presents the World Premiere of THE ORPHANS by Karina Casiano.

Know Theatre is pleased to announce the return of two popular Cincinnati Fringe Festival performances. The Bengsons, performers of Ain't That Good News at the 2010 Cincinnati Fringe Festival, will perform October 14 in Know Theatre's Underground following that evening's performance of Skin Tight.

On November 2nd, a group of Russian playwrights and theater directors will present a staged reading of two new plays at La MaMa e.t.c., a renowned venue for experimental and international theater.

Know Theatre is pleased to announce the return of two popular Cincinnati Fringe Festival performances. The Bengsons, performers of Ain't That Good News at the 2010 Cincinnati Fringe Festival, will perform October 14 in Know Theatre's Underground following that evening's performance of Skin Tight.

Ritter, Dene, Voss is a delicious Beckett-meets-Brechtian farce. Thomas Bernhard explores the themes of sexual repression and familial rivalry (a fun combo) with great resolve and humor. Ritter, Dene, Voss introduces us to two sisters, who are part-time actresses and full-time heiresses. They are charged with the societal reintegration of their tormented genius brother Ludwig, a part-time philosopher and full-time grandstander, who has returned from a mental health institute. The result? They swallow each other alive.

La MaMa E.T.C. presents award-winning neo-vaudevillian performance artist Poor Baby Bree (Bree Benton) in I Am Going to Run Away. Musical director and pianist Franklin Bruno leads a three-piece ensemble for six performances at The Club at La MaMa Oct. 1-10.

With its newest production, 'In Retrospect,' the LOCO7 Dance Puppet Theatre Company, led by Federico Restrepo, investigates how we each construct our personal memory box: how we keep our memories fresh and preserve the things that made us who we are.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents Edward Albee's A DELICATE BALANCE, directed by James Bundy, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street) October 22-November 13.

Encore Theater Company is thrilled to host The Bengsons to develop their new musical, THE PROOF, through a weeklong residency.

'Broken Nails: A Marlene Dietrich Dialogue' by Anna Skubik (Poland) has NY premiere November 11-21 as part of 'La MaMa Puppet Series IV-Built to Perform.'

La MaMa E.T.C. presents award-winning neo-vaudevillian performance artist Poor Baby Bree (Bree Benton) in I Am Going to Run Away. Musical director and pianist Franklin Bruno leads a three-piece ensemble for six performances at The Club at La MaMa Oct. 1-10.

'I Fioretti in Musica-Opera in Danza' (Little Flowers in Music, an Opera in Dance) is an original opera with concept, libretto, direction and sets by Gian Marco Lo Forte and an acoustic score for five voices composed by Sasha Zamler-Carhart juxtaposed with an electronic score consisting of fixed electro-acoustic sound and live vocal processing by Ryan Carter.