Theatre Is Dead and So Are You

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January 9 -31 : Theatre is Dead runs at The Connelly

When: Thursday - Saturday @ 8pm
Jan 15 - 31

Where: The Connelly Theater
220 East 4th Street Btw Ave A & B,
F at 2nd Ave or 6 at Bleecker.

Tickets: SmartTix or (212) 868-4444

Cost: Coupon code MLIST for $14 tickets

Theatre Is Dead Photos (Carrie Leonard, 2009)

A vaudevillian take on mortality that
stares death in the face and laughs.

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Written by Kiran Rikhye
Directed by Jon Stancato
Dramaturgy & Music Direction by Emily Otto
Lights & Set by David Bengali
Costumes by Julie B. Schworm
Stage Management & Props by Aviva Meyer
Postcard by Carrie Leonard and Aviva Meyer

Featuring: David Bengali, David Berent*, Julia Coe, Tommy Dickie, Liza Wade Green, Noah Schultz, David Skeist, Alexia Vernon

Theatre is Dead and So Are You is an irreverent funeral for the stage. A ragtag bunch of variety hacks are laying their sometimes beloved MC to rest, performing his funeral live, travelling from city to city, until such time as his body is too decomposed to make the proceedings pleasant. Their "eulogies" are performed à la classic variety, with slapstick, melodrama, song & dance, and feats of illusion and mentalism, each taking its own deadly turn as they celebrate the life and death of their dearly departed dead dead dead friend. Even in their joyous performance, a spectre looms as each knows they've all been exposed to the fatal disease that killed their MC: Life. Watch these seasoned has-beens kill theatre, live before your very eyes.

Like most businesses, Stolen Chair has to front quite a bit of capital before we can open our doors to the public. At this point in the process, three weeks before opening a show, we are in the red due to money spent paying our collaborators, renting space, making costumes, building set pieces, and advertising our work. Unfortunately, unlike other businesses who hope to recoup their expenses with the sale of their products, the sale of Stolen Chair’s tickets (capped at $18 each) will only bring in about $8,000. New York State and private foundations help us out a bit, but without your individual contributions we’ll still be in the red. Your tax-deductible donation of $10-$10,000 will give Stolen Chair the greatest holiday gift of all: fiscal solvency.

We are halfway to our goal. Help us get out of the red. Donate today.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 months of tinkering, we're very pleased to announce the debut of Stolen Chair's new website at www.stolenchair.org. We're still in the process of fixing bugs and migrating content over from the old site, but you'll still be able to buy tickets, donate to the company, and browse our photo galleries and press while the site is in its earliest beta stages. If anything renders strangely in your browser or you discover broken links or you just want to say how much you love or hate the new site, please contact Aviva (aviva [at] stolenchair.org).