Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow THEATRE DIES!!!
Save the date: Theatre Is Dead and So Are You opens Jan 9, 2009
Stolen Chair launches its 7th season with the premiere of its 12th original work, a
vaudevillian take on mortality that stares death in the face and laughs. Join us for:
Theatre Is Dead and So Are You
Previews begin January 9. Opening night set for January
15.
"One of NYC's most remarkable and accomplished young companies" -nytheatre.com
The Stolen Chair Theatre Company wakes the dead in Kiran Rikhye’s latest “unholy hybrid,” Theatre Is Dead and So Are You. Directed by Jon Stancato,
previews begin January 9 at the Connelly Theatre.
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.
The production stars returning Stolen Chair veterans David Bengali, David
Berent, Stanley Brode, Rainbow Dickerson, Tommy Dickie, Liza
Wade Green, Noah Schultz, and Alexia Vernon, with sets and lighting by
David Bengali and costumes by Julie Schworm, and live music by Raphael
Biran and Emily Otto.
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