SEASON ARCHIVE

COMPLETE 2010-2011 SEASON:
	THE RING CYCLE: PART 1+2 by Performance Lab 115 OCTOBER 14-30, Thursdays - Sundays Previews Oct. 7-10 ($10) All shows at 8pm $15 PL115 transforms Wagner's opera into an action-packed saga pumped up on pro wrestling and Rock and Roll. "...addresses Wagner’s agenda with remarkable sensitivity and insight... [and] transcends cheeky parody to achieve a genuinely haunting potency." - The New York Times "It's golden fun- from an ensemble that goes all the way to the mat." - The Village Voice "an extremely rewarding adventure in creative adaptation." - L Magazine "...mixing two unlikely elements together can be a brilliant move. So it is with Wagner’s “Ring” cycle and the bangin’ detritus of the 1980′s." - Culturebot

	BAND OF PUPPETS FEST NOVEMBER 11-14 Thursday + Friday at 8pm Saturday + Sunday at 4pm + 8pm $12 FREE for kids under 18 for the Sat.+Sun. matinees! The Bushwick Starr premiers our annual new works puppetry festival! Selected artists will create live music videos in the style of the golden age of MTV rock epics such as "Thriller". This year's theme is David Bowie. Curated by The BWS and Amanda Maddock Puppet Producer - Amanda Maddock FEATURING: One Whole Asian Productions Eliza Laytner and Tanner Slick Little Did Productions No.11 Productions Andrea Detwiler Patty Nelson

	I'M GOING TO MAKE A SMALL INCISION BEHIND YOUR EAR TO CHECK AND SEE IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY HUMAN By Witness Relocation DECEMBER 8-18 Previews Dec. 6+7 ($10) All shows at 8pm $15 A dance/ theater/ installation/ chance operation comprised of 30+ segments presented in random order every night. Witness Relocation presents acts of mayhem and panic with a plot about invasion. "...great fun, punctuated by fleeting breakthroughs into surprisingly personal revelations from a game cast of seven" - The New York Times "...pleasantly anarchic" - The Village Voice "...funny, occasionally a little shocking, but definitely worth the trip out to Bushwick." - Culturebot "...one gets to savor the hallmark of Witness Relocation--fluid, mercurial, downright gutsy physicality." - InfiniteBody

	in the pony palace / FOOTBALL by Half Straddle FEBRUARY 10-26, Thursdays-Saturdays Previews Feb. 8+9 ($10) All shows at 8pm $15 The girls of the Pony Palace know how to run the spread, cheerleaders still have all the power, and everyone just wants to play forever. A new piece by Half Straddle is a sly consideration about being on a team and living for a feeling. "...dissects high school football with gender-flipped casting that reveals the sport’s hidden dimensions." - The New York Times Critic's Pick "...a particularly coordinated goal-line drive to a new feminist form." - Helen Shaw, Time Out NY "It's the stuff of epic sports movies and closely guarded childhood memories." - Benjamin Sutton, L Magazine "...great music, a strong cast, and vivid, oddly wonderful language." - Matt Roberson, nytheatre.com

	BIG GREEN THEATER APRIL 22 + 23, Friday + Saturday at 4pm + 7pm $12 FREE for Bushwick community members. Details to follow. Big Green Theater is a new environmental education program developed by The Bushwick Starr. Please visit our comprehensive BGT Blog to read more about the project! This program is operated in collaboration with our partners: Still Waters in a Storm Superhero Clubhouse and our Education and Outreach Director, Joy Jones

	HERE AT HOME by 31 Down MAY 12-28, Thursdays-Saturdays Previews May 8+9 ($10) All shows at 8pm $15 31 Down's trademark hallucinatory audio visual landscapes fuel playwright Eric Bland's contemplative, poetic characters in HERE AT HOME, a surreal interpretation of how wars abroad affect everyday lives in the homeland. "31 Down's stunningly designed Here at Home [is a] pocket-size spectacle with charged and moody stage pictures that stubbornly resist cliché." - Jason Zinoman, The New York Times "31 Down has found its niche creating eerie, atmospheric pieces" - Alexis Soloski, The Village Voice "...thanks to a lucid, gripping script by new collaborator Eric Bland, sensory disjunction actually serves a larger purpose-to reveal America's schizoid attitude toward war." - Helen Shaw, Time Out NY "...this smartly styled multimedia piece feels almost cosmically in sync and relevant." - Back Stage

	the 4th annual bushwhack series Produced by The Bushwick Starr JUNE 2-5, Thursday-Sunday All shows at 8pm $12 The Bushwhack Series is a performance festival devoted to the development of new work within the neighborhood of Bushwick. This year, we are teaming up with Arts In Bushwick's annual Open Studios Festival to highlight our local talent right here in Bushwick, and celebrate what is unique and special about our arts community. FEATURING: Desert Sin Regina Rocke + Niall Jones Sherrine Azab + A Host of People Flako Jimenez Paul Rome and New York Neo-Futurists