THEATRE ARTS: Samanatha Chanse ('12SOA), "Back to the Graveyard"

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Date:

From 13-Oct-10 7:00 pm through 9:30 pm

Location:

Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (Between Houston and Bleecker), NYC

Contact:

Theatre Arts Program

Info:

For further information regarding this event, please contact Theatre Arts Program by sending email to theater@columbia.edu .

Bowery Poetry Club: graveyard & other stuff.

Featuring: 

Musical performances by Brooklyn-based drummer TIM BULKLEY and singer-songwriter MICHELLE AMADOR

BACK TO THE GRAVEYARD, a solo theater show written & performed by SAMANTHA CHANSE

DATE: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
TIME: 7 - 9.30pm 
7pm: doors open

7.15-7.45pm: Michelle Amador & Tim Bulkley
8-9pm: "Back to the Graveyard"/ Samantha Chanse

LOCATION: Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (Between Houston and Bleecker), NYC

COST: $7-10; $5 students

BACK TO THE GRAVEYARD is a 60-minute solo show about the joys and perils of family dinner planning, bad art, drinking in public, and, of course, flesh-eating monsters. Writer&performer Samantha Chanse presents four characters in a tragicomic hour featuring sullen volunteers, groundbreaking Re-Readings of The Text from POC Perspectives, brave and honest explorations of homophobia
& post-racist fantasies, and zero nudity.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS
MICHELLE AMADOR is a Brooklyn-based singer and songwriter. Whether accompanying herself on rhodes or performing with a full band, Michelle consistently and sincerely reaches out to audiences with songs that are “simply bliss with heart.” (Pop Matters). More info athttp://www.michelleamador.com/

TIM BULKLEY is a Brooklyn-based drummer. More information athttp://timbulkley.com/

SAMANTHA CHANSE is a writer&performer, educator, and arts organizer based in New York and San Francisco. Her work has been presented with FringeNYC, KSW, The Marsh, Berkeley Rep, and others. She co-founded bicoastal salon series Laundry Party, served as KSW's artistic director, and is currently pursuing a MFA in playwriting at Columbia University. The recipient of a SFAC Individual Artist Commission, she's also performed standup at comedy clubs, dimly-lit bars, and brightly-lit cafes. Her solo play Lydia's Funeral Video will be published by Kaya Press in 2011. She's also a new member of the Ma-Yi Writers' Lab.
http://www.samanthachanse.com/.

 

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