Works-In-Progress

About this series:
As Dixon Place's signature activity, Performance Works-In-Progress is one of our most successful ongoing programs. Presented several nights each month as schedule permits, this series focuses on new theatre, performance art, puppetry, dance, music and interdisciplinary collaborations from today's most innovative artists. The goal of the series is to feature a diversity of disciplines and perspectives, and to encourage artistic risk-taking in a supportive, intimate and professional environment. The projects presented are in varying stages of completion; some artists or groups use the program to put the finishing touches on their work before they take it to a larger venue, while others are presenting their projects to an audience for the first time.

PLEASE NOTE: Seats are NOT guaranteed if ticket holders arrive after the listed showtime.

Coming up:

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Peformance FRIDAYS & SATURDAYs
JUNE 14 & 15, 21 & 22, 28 & 29 at 7:30pm Dixon Place & The Apothetae Present The Penalty by Clay McLeod Chapman Tickets: $15 (advance), $18 / $12 stu/sen and TDF (door)
Written by CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN
Directed by KRIS THOR
Music and Lyrics by ROBERT M. JOHANSON and CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN
Starring Gregg Mozgala, Sarah Buffamanti & Phillip Taratula

New York City. 1920. A legless beggar pleads with the oncoming foot-traffic for spare change. Barely a nickel comes his way. But what these pedestrians don't know is—this deformed derelict at their heels is none other than Blizzard, kingpin to the seedy underbelly of the Lower East Side. With an army of dancing girls at his beck and call, Blizzard is hell-bent on executing his master plan: Get his revenge against the prominent doctor who left him in this condition—and against the city that could've cared less. 3 People. 4 Legs. 1 Game of Revenge.
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Theater/Performance Saturday, June 15 at 10:00pm Britton Buttrill Iris Tickets: $12 (advance), $15 door, $10 stu/sen;
TDF accepted

Matt found Iris singing in the back of a Nashville bar. They fell in love. They made music together. They fell apart. When Iris finds him washed up in New York City, it takes one brutal night for them to answer the question: what do you do when the relationship is over, but the art you created lives on?

Written by Britton Buttrill, Directed by Joan Kane
Starring Nick Chris & Amanda Fuller Coyote Commission Project Staged Reading Series Monday, June 17 at 7:30pm Blue Coyote Reading Series Eight Minutes, Twenty Seconds Tickets: $10 in advance, $12 door;
TDF accepted Playwright: John Yearley
Director: Kyle Ancowitz

Ruth and Bo's limits for affection and honesty are tested when a late night out culminates in a string of painful revelations. John Yearley's tense new drama shows a marriage on the brink of disaster. www.bluecoyote.org Lounge, Performance Monday, June 17 at 7:30pm Lucie Pohl Hi, Hitler Tickets: Free Admission

A half-Jewish-half-German-immigrant-girl grows up in a crazy artist family otherwise known as "The Chaos Club" in downtown New York and is fascinated by Hitler. All she wants is to be normal and belong, but the odds are against her. And so is homeland security. Written by Lucie Pohl. www.luciepohl.comestimated runtime: 40 mins Theater, Performance, Music, Queer Tuesday, June 18 at 7:30pm Lisa Leaverton The History of Here Tickets: $12 (advance), $15/$10 (stu/sen) & TDF (door) Lisa Leaverton: writer, director, performer
With ensemble contributors
Featuring: David Dion, Marat Keyder, Abigail Ramsay, Mason Walker
Hillary Manning, Set Design

Uncontainable human histories are collected along with the trash by two sanitation workers whose encounters accrue as a portrait of a disorienting time through realities on the street that can't be explained away by a story, but instead expand into the here and now. Inspired by homiletics, and the 'bearing up' of preachers by congregants, this cosmic-comic performance and sound exploration runs by turns, cold and flaming hot as humans a step from despair or wonderreckon with chance, register their vulnerability in the hands of others, or discover warmth from simple acts of acknowledgement.

http://www.lisaleaverton.com estimated runtime: 55 minutes Theater, Comedy, Music Wednesday, June 19 at 7:30pm Becca Foresman One Evening, Three Comedies Tickets: $12 (advance), $15 / $10 stu/sen & TDF (door) Directed by Tim Vasen
Written by Becca Foresman
Featuring Becca Foresman, Olivia Stoker, Adam Zivkovic

Every wish kept behind a cork, under a lid, or below a belt is waiting to blow! In one evening, these three comedies explore the truth and bright mayhem of wishes unleashed. Four restless women, strapped into lace and tight-lipped propriety, crash their own tea party. Two Liberationsheviks, holed up in a bunker against the regime, dance in the face of uncertainty. A musician, cornered by a beastly piano, sings until the goldfish come home. These plays dive headlong into the absurd, tender, and raucous surprise of declaring impossible hopes out loud. estimated runtime: 60 minutes Lounge, Performance Thursday, June 20 at 10:00pm Leo Rodriguez Broken Moments Tickets: Free Admission
Written & Directed by Leo I Rodriguez
Arrangements by Ben Harrell
Musical Director: Bill Goffi

BROKEN MOMENTS is an immersive piece that surrounds you with harmonies and drama: your neighborhood dive bar where you can come have a drink and hang out with the crowd. We're hosting a bachelorette party, celebrating a 21st birthday, and grappling with the passing of a loved one. "A bar – a good one – hell, even a dive – ESPECIALLY a dive – they all got their very own souls... All depends on your perspective." www.facebook.com/brokenmomentsabarmusical estimated runtime: 1 hr 30 mins Theatre, Dance, Mask/Puppetry Friday, June 21 at 10:00pm Lavinia Roberts Eaten Voices Tickets: $12 advance, $15 door, $10 stu/sen;
TDF accepted Writer: Lavinia Roberts
Director: Irene Kapustina Starring Rebecca Davis, Sarah Goosmann, Cynthia Loren & Elizabeth Bove

Leona, a plucky young girl, is trapped in night, being followed by unknown creatures. She meets a child, a child who knows nothing, and decides that she must be the Moon's Child. Together, they travel through night, a place of stories, song, dance, and mystery, heading towards day. They meet a plethora of strange characters. As Leona approaches day, she begins to remember the trauma of her past and why she retreated into night. http://eatenvoices2013.blogspot.com estimated runtime: 60 mins Theater/Performance Saturday, June 22 at 10:00pm A performance by Carroll Simmons Too Many Lenas Tickets: $12 (advance), $15 door, $10 stu/sen;
TDF accepted

Conceived and Directed by: David Bernstein
Starring: Sam Corbin, Ali Eagle, Stephanie Hsu, Tessa Skara, and Jaime Wright
Written by: The performers, Brittany Allen, and David Bernstein

In Too Many Lenas, pop-up performance collective Carroll Simmons imagine what might happen if five Lena Dunhams all lived together in a Brooklyn loft. The work takes the titular writer, actress and filmmaker as an object of iconic obsession and refracts her persona into a kaleidoscopic narrative in which the Lenas reach for the heights of grotesque self-dramatization. Like a drag queen Richard Foreman directing a hipster slacker comedy, Carroll Simmons arranges a showdown between the tragic farce of the Lena Dunham persona and the hopeful dream her success represents. carrollsimmons.tumblr.com estimated runtime: 65 mins Lounge Saturday, June 25 at 7:30pm Manny Igrejas Margarita and Max Tickets: Free Admission Written by Manuel Igrejas
Starring Kim McKean and Craig Fox
Directed by David Hilder

Margarita is having a rough time. She's unemployed, broke and newly unattached. She's on her way to catch a bus to New York City to interview for a menial job she probably won't get. She could use a miracle. A strong spring breeze blows one of those ubiquitous black plastic bags into her path--and into her life. This is no ordinary bag and this is no ordinary day. Theater, Art Revival Service Sunday, June 30 at 11:30am Secret City Tickets: $10 suggested donation Part revival, part salon, part show, these monthly services feature performance, visual art, music, food & literature, designed to inspire, excite & invigorate the creative community of NYC. Get more info at www.thesecretcity.org estimated runtime: 120 minutes
Photo credits (top to bottom): Mark Romisch (Tze Chun Dance Company), Julie Atwell (UrbanErotika), Jim R. Moore (Tom Murrin, Bindlestiff Family Cirkus), ANIMALS Performance Group (Artist), Marisa Bramwell (Valerie Hager), Jennifer Berklich (Nina Morrison), Tom McDonagh (Zvi Sahar), Spicca Wobbe (artist).