Theater for the New City - Village Halloween Costume Ball

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY'S VILLAGE HALLOWEEN COSTUME BALL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2009 Nonstop theater, a costume competition and ballroom dancing will bewitch the East Village in Theater for the New City's 33rd annual Village Halloween Costume Ball on Saturday, October 31 at TNC, 155 First Avenue. This unique festival continues as a grand coming-together for everyday New Yorkers and artists alike. A carefree fall tradition, it celebrates the creativity that comes with the season. The one-night fiesta takes over all four of TNC's theater spaces, plus its lobby and the block of East Tenth Street between First and Second Avenues. Customarily over 1,400 wildly-clad celebrants gather for dancing, dining, showing off costumes and viewing acts from the cutting-edge of Cabaret and Theater. Admission is $20; costume or formal wear is required. Big-Band Dance orchestras take over the large Johnson Theater. These will includeHot Lavender Swing Band, an all-Gay and Lesbian 18-piece orchestra, Maquina Mono, and New York Flaggers. With its Witches' Cauldron, the event can justifiably claim to have downtown's most sensational Halloween cafe. The Community Theater of TNC becomes an atmospheric grande buffet for the event, with a variety of American and international delicacies available at peoples' prices. Holiday dishes are contributed by neighboring East Village restaurants, some with celebrity chefs. You can gobble couscous from a coffin lid beginning at 7:30 pm while enjoying spine-tingling performances by performance artists, songwriters, poets and variety artists. Outside, there are bluegrass and jazz bands, fire eaters, jugglers, storyweavers and stilt dancers, all free to the public and a gift from TNC to its neighborhood. Inside, there is theater all evening.
SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES (Subject to change)
BANDSTAGE Outside on East 10th Street beginning at 3:30PM MC: PRIMY RIVERA 3:30 - GARY NEWTON 3:40 - LA CUMBIAMBA NY 4:10 - GEORGE BILLECI 4:20 - RAS-I AND FRIENDS 4:50 - JOE BENDIK 5:00 - ROBERT MUSSO BAND 5:40 - BEN SILVERMAN ENSEMBLE 6:10 - TAMARA HEY 6:20 - STAR 69 7:00 - THE RED AND BLACK MASQUE Written by Arthur Sainer Directed by Crystal Field Music by David Tice Stage Manager Whitney Thompson Performers: Alison Nolan, Allison Patrick, Ben Harburg, Bobby Abido, Briana Bartenieff, Bridget Dowret, Gabriela Nunic, George Billeci, Justin Rodriguez, Lenin Alevante, Michael Leigh, Michael Sanders, Miguel Ortiz, Neta Lee Sherman, Pamela Mayo, Rosanna Ramos, Sean Smith, Stuart Green, Ylva Weeks Torch Bearers: Alex Simmons, Celestina Bradsher-Layne, Rizwan Alvi, Richard Duncan, Chris King, Wayne Nehwadowich Flag Bearers: Mary Krapf Lighting and Sound Designed by Jimmy Flood
CABARET In the Community Space Theater Performances and more, 8PM - 12AM MC: FRANK BIANCAMANO 8:00 - VON JACOBS 8:12 - SHANE BAKER 8:29 - JOHN GRIMALDI, NY LYRIC CIRCUS 8:41 - KNIGHT IN THE VIPER ROOM by LARRY MYERS 8:53 - ANDRE BROWN 9:00 - MY LITTLE ELECTRIC CHAIR Lyrics by Crystal Field, Music by Phoebe Legere Performed by Zen Mansley & Candice Burridge 9:04 - PHOEBE LEGERE 9:16 - SABURA RASHID 9:28 - PAULINA BRAHM 9:33 - SCREAM CONTEST - LISSA MOIRA & ZEN MANSLEY 9:55 - BAMBI KILLERS 10:10 - ZEN MANSLEY Performing the opening monologue from Richard III, directed by Mark Marcante 10:17 - steve ben israel 10:29 - BINA SHARIF 10:46 - THE WYCHERLY SYSTERS 11:08 - RICHARD WEST 11:20 - ARTHUR ABRAMS, ELIZABETH RUF & STEPHEN FYBISH 11:27 - THE LOVE SHOW 11:39 - DONALD L. BROOKS 11:51 - LAVINIA CO-OP Set Design by Donald L. Brooks Lighting Design by Roy Chang Stage Managers: Charles Casano & GV Maldonado	WOMB ROOM In the Cabaret Theater Performances and more, 8PM - 12AM MC: ROBERT FITZSIMMONS 8:00 - EPSTEIN & HASSAN 8:22 - JIGGERS IS KING 8:54 - GUY GSELL 9:06 - JOE BENDIK 9:18 - ELLEN STEIER 9:31 - THE AMAZING AMY 9:39 - LEI ZHOU 9:51 - LIAT RON & ANN MALINOWSKY 10:03 - LORETTA AUDITORIUM 10:15 - VON JACOBS 10:27 - HYPNOTIZED DANCE COMPANY 10:39 - PAULA JEANINE 10:51 - LENIN ALEVANTE 11:03 - PETER CARLAFTES 11:15 - EVE PACKER 11:27 - DOMINGO RIVERA 11:39 - STAN RIFKEN 11:51 - STAN BAKER Set Design by Adriano Moraes Lighting Design by Jonathan Rivera Stage Manager Tashika Futch
CAULDRON In the Cino Theater Come enjoy food from the East Village's Best Restaurants! MC: ROBERT DAHDAH 7:30 - THE CAROLINA LAW 8:02 - GARY NEWTON 8:14 - EVAN LAURENCE & DAVID F. SLONE 8:26 - ARTHUR ABRAMS 8:58 - GEORGE BILLECI 9:10 - NORMAN SAVITT w/SUSAN MITCHELL 9:32 - MIGUEL ORTIZ, 3 BOLEROS 9:44 - RICHARD WEST 10:16 - ELLEN STEIER 10:48 - PETER DIZOZZA 11:10 - GARY HEIDT 11:42 - ANNIE WILSON - HAUNTED PIANO Set Design by Donald L. Brooks Lighting Design by Alexander Bartenieff Stage Manager Casey Keeler
BALLROOM In the Johnson Theater Come dance the night away with the fabulous HOT LAVENDER SWING BAND and MAQUINA MONO from 9PM until Midnight 10:30pm - MYKEL with the NEW YORK FLAGGERS Performing at 10:45pm, MAQUINA MONO makes their first performance at TNC's VILLAGE HALLOWEEN COSTUME BALL this year. COSTUME PARADE AND CONTEST BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT CELEBRITY JUDGES: ROBERT DAHDAH ROBERT HEIDE JOHN GILMAN CHINO GARCIA ROME NEAL BINA SHARIF JANE CATHERINE SHAW DAVID WILLINGER GARLAND LEE THOMPSON GEORGE FERENCZ MIGUEL MALDONADO RAMIRO SANDOVAL SABURA RASHID Costume Parade Music by ARTHUR ABRAMS Set Design by Walter Gurbo Lighting Design by Evan Schlossberg Stage Manager Jimmy Walker
LOBBY Hell Souls and More all evening! HELL SOULS: STEPHEN FYBISH, PAGANINI APPARITION VINCENT MANES LEVANAH BOB HOMEYER PETER DIZOZZA MARGO LEE SHERMAN Win Prizes from our Fish Pond! Visit one of our Reader Rooms! Astral Portraits by Eugenia Macer-Story I-Ching by Phyllis Yampolsky Astrology & Numerology by Ron Harris Reader Rooms designed by Pamela Mayo Fish Pond designed by Rona Figueroa Pumpkin Carving by Jonathan Weber Lighting Design by Alexander Bartenieff Stage Manager Richard Weber
THE BASEMENT Come see our walls transformed by some of the East Village's best Artists! Walls by: ADRIANO MORAES, ABIGAIL GREENWALD, ALLZEIT WAKS, BAMBI KILLERS, BARNABY RUHE & STUDENTS OF NYU'S GALLATIN SCHOOL, CANDICE BURRIDGE, DESIREE CONSTON, ETHEL KRISS, J. KATHLEEN WHITE, JEANETTE ARNONE-K, MICHA LAZARE, MILES ANGERSON, MORENA SAENZ, PAT PREZNIKA, NATALIA JANUL, MORIAH RESSLER, ROCHELLE PASHKIN, SCOT TERBAN GET A FRIGHT IN THE HOUSE OF HORRORS! House Of Horrors in the Rehearsal Space designed & Created by Zen Mansley Featuring Pat Przesnika, Natalia Janul, Moriah Ressler and Bob Homeyer The Pit designed by Vivien LaCorte Under the Stairs designed by Judy Sky