Theater for the New City - 15th Annual Lower East = Side Festival of the Arts, Cabaret Theater, Friday, May 28th

L.E.S.

THE 15TH ANNUAL LOWER EAST = SIDE FESTIVAL=20 OF THE ARTS

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY, = MAY=20 28th
CABARET THEATER

Please note - Schedule = Subject to=20 change. We will post all changes as soon as possible.

6:45pm NEW YORK = NEO-FUTURISTS
The=20 New York Neo-Futurists will be performing a selec tion of plays = from Too=20 Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. The plays are written and = performed by=20 the ensemble. Tonight's cast is Cara Francis, Ryan Good, Rob = Neill, Adam=20 Smith and Lusia Strus.

7:02 PETER DIZOZZA
Peter Dizozza = and The=20 Steppes present opera scenes from A Question of Solitude, = dedicated to the=20 James Bond Legacy.

7:14 MARGO LEE SHERMAN is an = actress who=20 creates solo performances and tours internationally.

7:26 SCOTT HODGES
Wake Up, = written by Leon=20 Pinkney, performed by Scott Hodges.

7:38 CHRIS KAPP
CO-OP written = and directed=20 by Barbara Kahn. Martha faces life on the street after = gentrification.

7:50 HORSE TRADE THEATER=20 GROUP
Turning the Glass Around. Written by Pia Wilson, = directed by=20 Heidi G. Grumelot. Performed by Nick Maccarone and Brittany=20 Bellizeare.

8:02 KITSCH

8:14 GENE RUFFINI
An astounding = and gripping=20 presentation of a stock offering of a new technological advance = that will=20 solve major world problems. This is a must for those inter ested = in global=20 salvation and vast profits.

8:26 WALTER CORWIN
"The = Rehearsal," a=20 selection from STOPS ALONG THE ROAD, which was presented at TNC = April 1 -=20 11, 2010. Written by Walter Corwin, Directed by Jonathan Weber. = Featuring=20 Rachel Krah and Kate McGrath as the Actresses, Oliver Thrun as the = Author,=20 and Jonathan Weber as the Director.

8:38 POEZ
New York-based = video=20 spoken-word artist and Bowery Poetry Books author Paul L. Mills = a.k.a.=20 Poez (www.poezthepoet.com) has created video collaborations with = saxo=20 phonist Ornette Coleman, singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega, = painter-musician=20 Mark Kostabi; performed in the streets, theaters, clubs, concert = halls, on=20 radio and television in New York, San Francisco, Paris, London, = Prague.=20 The New York Times has described him as a "spoken-word pioneer" = and "a=20 sonic fantasia"; Le Figaro (Paris) as "Etonnant et impre vu."

8:50 NORMAN SAVITT
will be = playing 3 of his=20 original compositions for guitar from his new CD, "Norman Savitt = and=20 Friends" which is now out on Balkan Samba Records. "compelling = fingerstyle guitar solos relentlessly fluid, impressionistic, = melody-rich=20 and exuberant...Worth searching out!" ---Sing Out! magazine, = vol53#2,=20 2010

9:02 JOE BENDIK
Cited as a = pioneer of NYC's=20 Anti Folk sound by Alternative Press, Bendik has been a LES = fixture since=20 the late 80's.

9:14 AGE OUT
When a promising = actor/waiter=20 "loses it" during a shift, his life shifts hilari- ously beneath = his feet.=20 Written by Tom Diriwachter, directed by Jonathan Weber. With Bob = Homeyer,=20 Tony King, Nicholas John Mazza and Oliver Thrun. Age Out will be = performed=20 as part of TNC's Chrysalis program on Wednesday, June 9th.

9:26 BENNO HAENEL
Poppa's Girls, = A Dark=20 Comedy, by Judith Estrine, Directed by Benno Haenel. With Jan = Burrell,=20 Kitty Hendrix, Bryan Hickey, Susan Mitchell. Three sisters reunite = at=20 their family estate for the reading of the will.

9:38 STAN RIFKEN
has been doing = his comedic=20 social and political riffs since the Carter administration, when = he began=20 doing street comedy in Washington Square Park.

9:50 CHRIS FORCE
SIN CENTRAL by = Christopher=20 Force, directed by Paul Guskin. Performed by Sarah Giller and = Trino=20 Maldonado.

10:02 OLIVER THRUN
18:30, a = short play about=20 the missing minutes from the Watergate Tapes. Featuring Trevor = Buteau,=20 Chris Kind, Tony King, Jessica Ritacco and Nora Vetter. Directed = by=20 Jonathan Weber. Oliver Thrun's next full-length play, "Gods at the = End of=20 the World," will be premiering at TNC June 17-July 3.

10:14 MICHAEL SANDERS
Chess: Two = people=20 battle over a chess board. Once the game starts, they become the = pieces.=20 Dream Scape is an exploration of common nightmares like being = chased,=20 spiders and penis loss.

10:26 EUGENIA MACER-STORY
HOLY = DRAGONET, a=20 mummers play with words & music by Eugenia Macer-Story. With = Cathie=20 Boruch as THE DRAGONET, Megumi Haggerty as LADY GRACILALA, Thane = Floreth=20 as LORD PLUTO, Jonah Dill-D'Ascoli as ST. GEORGE, Eugenia = Macer-Story as=20 CHORAL SINGER & MUSICIA.

10:38 JONATHAN WEBER
9J, written = &=20 directed by Jonathan Weber. With Oliver Thrun as Charles and Tony = King as=20 Andrew.

10:50 LEI ZHOU
Canker Sores and = Other=20 Distractions, written by Christopher Durang. With Julia Wolferman = as=20 Prunella and Rumana Habib as the Waitress.

11:02 STAN BAKER
veteran of the = downtown=20 performance scene -- will perform pieces from his solo act, THE = HUMAN=20 TELEVISION, a satire of the medium that the Village Voice calls = "Clever,=20 subversive, and gut-bucket funny."

11:14 FRESH FRUIT=20 FESTIVAL
India Mendelshon in Night of the Three Divas.

11:26 KATHERINE = ADAMENKO
METRONOME. An=20 excerpt from Katherine's new one- woman Cabaret Performance Art = show,=20 ESCAPING BIOLOGY. A self-help-yogi-neurotic New Yorker opens up to = the=20 audience about her quest for love and pregnancy against the clock. = Written=20 and Performed by Katherine Adamenko

11:38 DOMINGO
One Man Short.

11:50 LENIN ALEVANTE/THE HOUSE OF = ELLANA=20 COTORE
Lenin Alevante has been a part of the Yip Harburg = Foundation for=20 over ten years. He's done different versions of The Wizard of Oz = as well=20 as many, many other original shows. Lenin is the Author, Director = and=20 Lyricist of The House of Ellana Cotoure: Dare To Transform. = Featuring:=20 G.V. Maldonado, Gabriela Nunic, Ramon Torres & Lenin Alevante. = With=20 Nick Santiago on Drums and Luke Wayne on Electric Guitar. Sound by = Steve=20 McMullen