| The Tank Announces Spring 2025 Core Productions | |
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| THE TANK ANNOUNCES SPRING 2025 CORE PRODUCTIONS PEREGRINATION A MASKED SHOW ABOUT PEOPLE AND BORDERS CO-PRODUCED BY DUTCH KILLS THEATER AND LONG STORY SHORT PERFORMED BY MEGAN CAMPISI, JULIA CAVAGNA, JAY DUNN, BLAKE HABERMANN, MALCOLM OPOKU, AND ANGELA PARRA JANUARY 9-26, 2025 TOUCH BY LORI GOODMAN DIRECTED BY JANICE L. GOLDBERG FEBRUARY 20 – MARCH 16, 2025 DEADCLASS, OHIO DEVISED BY THE GOAT EXCHANGE (CHLOE CLAUDEL, MITCHELL POLONSKY, & ELIYA SMITH) ORIGINAL TEXT BY ELIYA SMITH DIRECTED BY MITCHELL POLONSKY AND CHLOE CLAUDEL MARCH 4 – 23, 2025 birthday birthday birthday BY JOHNNY G. LLOYD DIRECTED BY WILL STEINBERGER MARCH 27 – APRIL 19, 2025 ASTRONAUTS WANTED BY HELOISE WILSON DIRECTED BY SAKI KAWAMURA APRIL 4 – 27, 2025 LOBSTER BY KALLAN DANA DIRECTED BY HANNA YURFEST CO-PRODUCED BY EMMA RICHMOND AND NEEDY LOVER APRIL 24 – MAY 18, 2025 (New York – October 16, 2024) The Tank (Meghan Finn, Artistic Director; Johnny G. Lloyd, Director of Artistic Development; Molly FitzMaurice, Managing Producer) announced today their Spring 2025 Core Productions. The spring season will begin in January with Peregrination, a co-production with Dutch Kills Theater devised by Megan Campisi, Julia Cavagna, Jay Dunn, Blake Habermann, Joan Hofmeyr, Brendan McMahon, and Malcolm Opoku and directed by Brendan McMahon. In February The Tank will present Touch by Lori Goodman and directed by Janice L. Goldberg. March will bring Deadclass, Ohio, devised by The Goat Exchange (Chloe Claudel, Mitchell Polonsky, & Eliya Smith) with original text by Eliya Smith and directed by Mitchell Polonsky and Chloe Claudel, which was previously scheduled to run in November 2024, and birthday birthday birthday by Director of Artistic Development Johnny G. Lloyd and directed by Will Steinberger. The Tank will round out their spring season in April with Astronauts Wanted by Heloise Wilson and directed by Saki Kawamura, and Lobster by Kallan Dana and directed by Hanna Yurfest. “As we move into a new calendar year, The Tank is excited to present work that speaks to the current moment. These pieces respond to our world in ways that are unexpected, exciting, and wholly unique,” said Johnny G. Lloyd, Director of Artistic Development. Adds Meghan Finn, Artistic Director, “"This Spring Season includes a slew of up-and-comers who we'll all be talking about in five years, and more than one stellar talent that we should all know well by now for their unique and visionary approach to their craft. Tank audiences are in for a treat." All performances will take place at The Tank (312 West 36th Street) and more information is available at thetanknyc.org/20242025. Casting and additional creative team members, plus onsale dates, will be announced at a later date. The Tank's Core Production series serves companies and artists as they create new works for performance. Core Productions are central to The Tank’s mission to give emerging artists resources to build their careers and artistic voices. These productions receive institutional support in the form of financial assistance, performance and rehearsal space, press, marketing, and more, culminating in a world premiere production run. The Core Production series offers a way for emerging artists to fully realize their artistic vision in partnership with The Tank. Details on the Spring 2025 season: PEREGRINATION A Masked Show About People and Borders Co-produced by Dutch Kills Theater and Long Story Short Performed by Megan Campisi, Julia Cavagna, Jay Dunn, Blake Habermann, Malcolm Opoku, and Angela Parra Outside Eye is Brendan McMahon Original Sound Design and Live Sound Performance by Joan Hofmeyr Performances begin January 9, 2025 Limited run through January 26, 2025 The Tank’s 98 Seat Theater Peregrination: noun /?p?r?gr?' ne???n/ A long journey or period of wandering, especially in foreign lands; from the Latin: peregrinus, meaning “foreigner.” Peregrination is a wordless play with original music and sound design exploring journeys of displacement and migration. It is drawn from interviews with displaced people and personal stories of our international performance collective and performed in masks. Peregrination uses the poetic, metaphoric language of the masks to explore shared experiences of journeys across borders. TOUCH A New Comedy By Lori Goodman Directed by Janice L. Goldberg Performances begin February 20, 2025 Limited run through March 16, 2025 The Tank’s 56 Seat Theater Now in Florida, Betty, a widow, is having a difficult time adjusting to life without her husband. She's driving her son crazy as she dips her toe into online dating. Bob, a widower, also a Florida transplant, gets a call from his recently divorced daughter: she's coming to visit. They are too much alike to help each other. With poignancy, pathos, and humor, a cast of seven travels the vicissitudes of navigating life after loss, reaching across the generational divide, getting older, and just being human. Eric Nightengale is the Sound and Lighting Designer and Paul Boyd is the Prop and Set Designer. DEADCLASS, OHIO Devised by The Goat Exchange Original text by Eliya Smith (Grief Camp, Atlantic Theater Company) Directed by Mitchell Polonsky and Chloe Claudel Performances begin March 4, 2025 Limited run through March 23, 2025 The Tank’s 98 Seat Theater you’re never home how are you? i hope you’re staying far away from places if anybody knows what’s safe what isn’t safe we had a little scary ice storm i wonder if you had any of it felt like someone was breaking windows but no windows were broken thank god it was an ice storm hello? oh maybe she hung up? hello? Loosely inspired by Tadeusz Kantor’s masterpiece The Dead Class and assembled from original text, recycled memories, family secrets, old photos, live violin score, and verbatim fragments of rediscovered memoirs and voicemails, Deadclass, Ohio is a seance for the living and a love song for the dead. Deadclass, Ohio was previously scheduled to run at The Tank in November 2024. birthday birthday birthday By Johnny G. Lloyd (Patience, Second Stage Theater) Directed by Will Steinberger (The Berlin Diaries, Pool Plays) Performances begin March 27, 2025 Limited run through April 19, 2025 The Tank’s 98 Seat Theater Marissa and Clark are best friends who share a birthday. Marissa and Clark are best friends who share a birthday party. And Marissa and Clark plan on doing anything in their power to share that birthday party for the rest of their lives - and then some.. A multi-decade romp through race, class, and time, birthday birthday birthday is about who we choose, how we change, and what it takes to remember it all. ASTRONAUTS WANTED By Heloise Wilson (Democra, Fault Line Theatre) Directed by Saki Kawamura Performances begin April 4, 2025 Limited run through April 27, 2025 The Tank’s 56 Seat Theater Inspired by the Mars One Project, which aimed to send the first human beings to Mars, Astronauts Wanted mixes projections and physical theatre. The piece is based on real-life interviews with the Mars One project participants and in collaboration with the scientific community. Three volunteers, Sol, Sorcha and Tallulah are on their way to Mars. Playing with their fate, they push the boundaries of their own humanity and look deep within as they embark on a no-return mission. Suzu Sakai is the Set Designer, Bentley Heydt is the Lighting Designer, and Chase Kniffen is the Projection and Sound Designer. LOBSTER By Kallan Dana (Racecar Racecar Racecar, The Hearth) Directed by Hanna Yurfest Co-Produced by Emma Richmond and Needy Lover Performances begin April 24, 2025 Limited run through May 18, 2025 The Tank’s 98 Seat Theater Nora loves Patti Smith. Nora is Patti Smith. Nora is stoned out of her mind in the Chelsea Hotel, no, the Chelsea Hotel is her mind, actually, the Chelsea Hotel is an out-of-use portable classroom in the Pacific Northwest, but that portable is a breeding ground for lobsters young women. ABOUT THE TANK Founded in 2003, The Tank is an Obie Award-winning, multi-disciplinary non-profit arts presenter and producer, which provides a home to emerging artists working across all disciplines, including theater, comedy, dance, film, music, puppetry, and storytelling. Led by Artistic Director Meghan Finn, Managing Producer Molly FitzMaurice, and Director of Artistic Development Johnny G. Lloyd, The Tank champions emerging artists engaged in the pursuit of new ideas and forms of expression. In doing so the company removes the economic barriers from the creation of new work for artists launching their careers and experimenting within their art form. From the company’s home with two theaters on 36th Street, The Tank serves over 3,000 artists every year, presents 800 to 1,000 performances, and welcomes an average of 36,000 audience members annually. The company fully produces a curated season of 8-12 theatrical World or New York premieres each season. In addition to a 2020 OBIE Award for Institutional Recognition celebrating our Extraordinary Support of Emerging Artists, The Tank has been honored with 6 Drama Desk nominations for our co-produced work, and an official New York City Council proclamation. Recent work includes hit productions of Midnight Coleslaw Tales from Beyond the Closet!!! by Joey Merlo (2024), Invasive Species by Maia Novi (2023), Joan of Arc in a Supermarket in California by Chloe Xtina (2023), Mahinerator by Jerry Lieblich (2023), New York Times Critics’ Picks Simon and His Shoes (2022), Taxilandia (2021, 2023 OBIE Award), OPEN by Crystal Skillman (2019), Red Emma & The Mad Monk by Alexis Roblan (2018), and The Offending Gesture by Mac Wellman (2016); as well as Drama Desk Award-nominated productions The Hunger Artist (2018), The Paper Hat Game (2017), the ephemera trilogy (2017), Ada/Ava (2016) and youarenowhere (2016). FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.TheTankNYC.org |
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