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ABOUT THE COMPANY | CONVERSATIONS WITH SAMUEL R. DELANY
SIMULATED CITIES / SIMULATED SYSTEMS Premiere: 1-10 April 2010 at The Kitchen, NYC Assistant Set Design: Abigail Collins, Assistant Video Design: Josh Higgason, Assistant Lighting Design: Austin R. Smith, Assistant Costume Design: Enver Chakartash, Wardrobe Assistant: Daonne Huff Worldwide Tour Representation: Thomas O. Kriegsmann, President, //////////////////////////////////////// Mixing multimedia with deadpan-cool (and very sexy) actors, Scheib is forging new ways of seeing drama. - Time Out New York, “The Best New York Theater Directors,” March 2009 In Bellona, Destroyer of Cities, there has been a cataclysmic event but no one is really sure how it started. An entire city that once held millions of inhabitants now numbers in the thousands. Two moons have appeared in the sky and the sun looms larger than life, and for some unknown reason, this once illustrious city has been all but forgotten by the world beyond it. “You may ask me what place the city of Bellona holds in the minds of those who have never been here. The miracle of order has run out and I am left in an unmiraculous place where anything may happen. What use does any of us have for two moons? Objects are lost in doublelight. What makes it terrible is that in this timeless city, in this spaceless preserve any slippage can occur. Sometimes it seems as if these walls on pivots are controlled by subterranean machines, so that, after one passes, they might suddenly swing to face another direction. Parting at this corner, joining at that one, like a great maze -- forever adjustable, therefore unlearnable." from Dhalgren //////////////////////////////////////// Bellona, Destroyer of Cities has been developed over the course of two years with support form the Mozarteum Institute of Acting and Directing in Salzburg Austria with a work in progress showing in German Language at Central Kino in Salzburg. New York City workshops include: An Open Rehearsal Presentation: 6 p.m., Friday, August 14, 2009 at The Kitchen/NYC; A Work-in-Progress Studio Performance at the Prelude09 Festival, Saturday, October 3, 2009; and second Studio Performance November 19-22, 2009 at The Performing Garage, in New York City. FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT TANYA SELVARATNAM AT //////////////////////////////////////// VERY SPECIAL THANKS! *The Kitchen's presentation of Bellona, Destroyer of Cities is made possible with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States; The Experimental Television Center’s Presentation Funds, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts; The Lucius and Eva Eastman Fund; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Office of the Associate Provost and School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. We gratefully acknowledge support from the following individuals: Anonymous, Winsome Brown & Claude Arpels, Elaine Chen, Merry Conway, Lisa Cortes, Shari Frilot & Roya Rastegar, Jennifer Gibbs & Luis Castro, Agnes Gund, Catherine Gund, Mitch Hurley, Leila Kinney, Marty & Valerie Levenstein, Edward McKeaney, Shira Milikowsky, Walter Mosley, Charles Rice-Gonzalez, Therese Selvaratnam, Lucy Sexton, Audry & Alex Weintrob, Jed Weintrob, Kim Whitener, Soon-Young Yoon & Rick Smith More information about making contributions here! The Kitchen Contact Jay Scheib: jayscheib@jayscheib.com |
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SPONSORSHIP
LEAD SPONSORS OF BELLONA, DESTROYER OF CITIES
The Kitchen with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States; The Experimental Television Center’s Presentation Funds, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts; The Lucius and Eva Eastman Fund; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Office of the Associate Provost and School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS
Very special thanks to the following individual contributors: Anonymous, Winsome Brown & Claude Arpels, Elaine Chen, Merry Conway, Lisa Cortes, Shari Frilot & Roya Rastegar, Jennifer Gibbs & Luis Castro, Agnes Gund, Catherine Gund, Mitch Hurley, Leila Kinney, Marty & Valerie Levenstein, Edward McKeaney, Shira Milikowsky, Walter Mosley, Charles Rice-Gonzalez, Therese Selvaratnam, Lucy Sexton, Audry & Alex Weintrob, Jed Weintrob, Kim Whitener, Soon-Young Yoon & Rick Smith
We greatly appreciate the support of all the individuals and institutions listed above. Donors are listed in alphabetical order and not separated by amounts. Please consider contributing to the productions of Jay Scheib and Tanya Selvaratnam. Your name will be added to the list above or you may choose to remain anonymous.
To make a donation by credit card, please visit the following link: https://www.thefield.org/ContributionToSA.aspx? Select “Jay Scheib” in the drop-down menu. Or you may write a check made out to “The Field” with “Jay Scheib” in the memo line and send it to: Tanya Selvaratnam; 504 Grand Street, H13; New York, NY 10002
The Field is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501 (c) (3) organization serving the New York City performing arts community. Contributions made to The Field and earmarked for Jay Scheib/Tanya Selvaratnam are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information about The Field contact: The Field, 161 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10013, (212) 691-6969, fax: (212) 255-2053. A copy of The Field's latest annual report may be obtained, upon request, from The Field or from the Office of the Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
Producer of Simulated Cities / Simulated Systems
Tanya Selvaratnam, 1.917. 754.4179
tselvar@aol.com
Worldwide Tour Representation:
(Untitled Mars, Addicted to Bad Ideas,and Bellona)
Thomas O. Kriegsmann, President
ArKtype, P.O. Box 1948; New York, NY 10027
http://www.arktype.org, 1.917.386.5468
tommy@arktype.org
for A House in Bali:
Kenny Savelson, Executive Director
Bang on a Can, 80 Hanson Place, Suite 701
Brooklyn, NY 11217 USA, tel: +1 718.852.7755
fx: +1 718.852.7732, kenny@bangonacan.org
www.bangonacan.org
Jay Scheib, jayscheib@jayscheib.com, 1.917.612.2137
- 21C Magazine publishes an interview with Samuel R. Delany and Jay Scheib about Bellona, Destroyer of Cities