Jay Scheib: Bellona, Destroyer of Cities
Thursday – Saturday, April 1 – 3, 8pm
Thursday – Friday, April 8 – 9, 8pm
Saturday, April 10, 2pm and 8pm
Following the critically acclaimed, Obie Award-winning first installment of Jay Scheib's performance trilogy Simulated Cities/Simulated Systems, The Kitchen presents the world premiere of part two, Bellona, Destroyer of Cities, a new theater work based on Samuel R. Delany’s celebrated science fiction novel Dhalgren. Scheib combines passages from the novel with original material, movement sequences, and live video to trace several intertwining plotlines driven by a group of characters with shifting identities. Set in a city after a cataclysmic event, Bellona, Destroyer of Cities draws on the labyrinthine world imagined by Delany to express the intricate and at times abstract delineations of race, gender, and sexuality today.
Featuring performances by Sarita Choudhury, Caleb Hammond, Mikéah Ernest Jennings, Jon Morris, William Nadylam, Kaneza Schaal, Tanya Selvaratnam, April Sweeney, and Natalie Thomas; Scenic Design by Peter Ksander; Costume Design by Oana Botez-Ban; Sound Design by Catherine McCurry; Lighting Design by Miranda k. Hardy; Video and Photography by Carrie Mae Weems and Jay Scheib; Assistant Director: Laine Rettmer; Tour Producer: ArKtype/Thomas O. Kriegsmann; Produced by Tanya Selvaratnam; Conceived and Directed by Jay Scheib.
There will be a post-show discussion on Saturday, April 3 with Samuel R. Delany, Jay Scheib, and Carrie Mae Weems.
There will also be a post-show discussion on Friday, April 9 with Samuel R. Delany and Jay Scheib moderated by multi-media journalist Farai Chideya.
The Kitchen's presentation of Bellona, Destroyer of Cities is made possible with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Additional support provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences; The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States; the Lucius and Eva Eastman Fund; and The Experimental Television Center’s Presentation Funds, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts.
Photo: Carrie Mae Weems
April 1–April 10, 2010
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