Poetic Theater Productions, Twilight Theatre Company, and The Nuyorican Poets Café present A special screening of "This Doesn't Work"
“This doesn’t work. No sense in crying That’s not gonna stop us from trying.”
Darian Dauchan and Brian Dykstra take their meta-theatrical comedy of spoken word poetry and politics to the Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe. Directed by Margarett Perry, two long-time friends have been commissioned to write a “virtual” play for a theatre shut down due to the pandemic. It’s been a helluva year and Darian and Brian are doing their best to create as they long to be back in front of a live audience—breathing the same air with their friends and fans. In an evening hosted by Advocate of Wordz, this filmed piece will be given new life as it is screened along with live performances from Darian, Brian, guest poets Vanessa Hidary, Shanelle Gabriel, and Vanessa Rappa , and a Q&A with the creative team.
Featuring Guest Poets Shanelle Gabriel Vanessa Rappa Vanessa Hidary
With Performances by Darian Dauchan Brian Dykstra Advocate of Wordz
Hosted by Advocate of Wordz Filmed by William Hohauser Audio engineered by Sean Ramos Stage managed by Aoife Hough Music by Ray Archie
“This Doesn’t Work” by Darian Dauchan and Brian Dykstra and directed by Margarett Perry Special Thanks to Jason, Jose, Chris, and all of the staff and community of the Nuyorican Poets Café. For links to artist bios and pages visit: https://www.poetictheater.com/event/t...
The 34th Annual [Virtual] Loisaida Festival, 2021 - Feat. excerpt from Haus of Dust
Haus of Dust is a new coming-of-age fantastical docu-mixed media installation by Gabriel G Torres. The story follows a young man, G, writing a story about eight spirits meeting in a bar called “The Abysm”. In this bar, spirits and souls gather to release their last words before they can move into the afterlife. Gabriel Torres and crew (People Of The Chaotic Period) are the latest Artistic Residency Recipient at the Loisaida Inc. Center. Their aim was to create and develop the project titled; Haus of Dust; is also a multimedia campaign aimed at supporting and projecting the realities of a Queer-Latinx community that is struggling with substance abuse, physical and emotional addiction, redemption and rehabilitation through an interdisciplinary artistic lens.
The team behind the Haus of Dust project are comprised of multi-disciplinary creatives: Gabriel Torres (Writer & Director), Dani Sanchez (Designer), Aaron Salazar (Producer) and Josh Friedman (Cognitive Developer) as well as the rest of the People of the Chaotic Period collective; Allie Marotta, Vinny Eden Ortega, Fernando Moya, Salome Eggas, Anthony O’Conell, Vanessa Rappa, Samantha Herrera, Raquel Rivera and Kirsten Kelso among many volunteers and supporters. www.iamdust.org/
Lift Off is a Sci Fi RomCom, two person multimedia play, where it’s When Harry Met Sally meets The Blue Lagoon. Written and Edited by Darian Dauchan Directed by Kristin McCarthy Parker Performed by Darian Dauchan, Vanessa Rappa and Josh Adam Ramos Director of Photography by Marcus Middleton Sound Design by Asa Wember Lighting Design by Sarah Johnston Music and Score by Buddy Cosmos
Developed in the Fresh Ground Pepper Playground Playgroup
In a distant future where human affection is outlawed and virtual stimulation is king, two spaceship wrecked castaways crash on a tropical planet and are seduced by a foreign and forbidden concept called…”love”.
The Exponential Festival ~ A pleasure, a mess, a thrill, and a dream. ~
Exponential is the only month-long January festival dedicated to New York City-based emerging artists working in experimental performance. The participants in this multi-artist, multi-venue festival are committed to ecstatic creativity in the face of commercialism. Exponential is driven by inclusiveness and a diversity of artists, forms, and ideas coupled with utopian resource-sharing, mentoring and the championing of risky, rigorous work in eclectic fields to keep theatre kicking. http://www.theexponentialfestival.org