Past Performances At The Alchemical
2024
April 5th 2024
Ekphrastic
A Choral premieRE
Hannah Cai Sobel, Marie Herrington, Bryan Murray, and Evan Fontaine premiere Hannah Cai Sobel's new choral song cycle, Ekphrastic, which sets 10 poems by Josh Massey, all loosely based on artwork from the Met.
Come watch the performance of 10 motets which are very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very loosely based off of 10 paintings in the Met.
Friday April 5th at 7pm
Tickets are $20 and available here
MARCH 31st 2024
Deep Listening In Motion
Participatory show
& interactive installation
Presented by Brooklyn Motion Capture Dance Ensemble
Join the Brooklyn Motion Capture Dance Ensemble for an exploration into an embodied playground filled with motion capture instruments listening and reacting to your presence!
You will have a chance to create along-side members of the ensemble as we explore an interactive installation created by our extraordinary creative team that will turn your motions into sounds. Drawing on technologies from the artificially intelligent, to the complex, to the mundane, we will investigate together new layers of the body's relationship to sound creation.
This will be an interactive space. Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes. While active participation will not be required of attendees, we highly encourage you to please come prepared to move!
Featuring the collaborative efforts of:
Erin Landers - Movement Director
Sophie Delphis - Dancer
Mary Mark - Dancer, Creative Coder
Dylan Sherry - Creative Coder
Camilla Cadwell - Technical Director
Brian Ellis - Artistic Director
Special thanks to Jonah Udall, Artistic Advisor
Sunday March 31st at 3pm & 7pm
Tickets are suggested $15,
no one turned away for lack of funds
and available here for 3pm show
CONTENT ADVISORY
This show will make use of several hand-held flashlights, many of which will be handed to audience members. While we will not intentionally be creating a strobe with them, those with sensitivity to strobe effects should exercise caution.
Mar 20–24th 2024
The Rite of Spring
Co-presented by
Village Verein,
Fluid Creature Collective
& Alchemical Studios
We welcome you to join the ritual~
Village Verein and Fluid Creature Collective are excited to present an energetic exploration of Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring."
A co-production of the Alchemical Studios, the "Rite" promises electrifying intimacy within the Alchemical's white-box theater. Fluid Creature Collective presents new and charged choreography to Village Verein's piano two piano four hands performance of Stravinsky's controversial score.
All tickets to the Wednesday 03/20 performance include access to a pre-show Spring Equinox rooftop celebration.
Fluid Creature Collective is:
Gary McCall
Sadi Weir
Jessica Lemcke
Megan McDevitt
Lo Poppy, Creative Consultant
Village Verein is:
Ethan Osman
Seth Schultheis
Caroline Couch, Executive Director
Co-produced and Advised by Carlo Altomare,
Artistic Director of Alchemical Studios
EQUINOX, Wednesday March 20th at 5:30pm
Saturday March 23rd at 7:30pm
& Sunday March 24th at 4pm
Tickets are $18-35 and available here
Mar 22nd 2024
Welcome to BITE
an interactive comedy show
Choosing your culinary comedic experience from an eclectic, limited seasonal menu was a bold move by current service industry employees, Kate Jarecki and Analyse Capodiferro. But the ingredients at BITE are fresh and funny, with absolutely no preservatives. We aim to provide a variety of laughs for every diet.
Starring:
Kate Jarecki
&
Analyse Capodiferro
Directed by Jason Tyus Smith
FEB 16th 2024
DEMOCRACY 2024HORE
A LIVE IMPROVISED DEBATE
FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA....
or probably just for laughs.
Do you love one-night-only comedic events? Maybe some unscripted mayhem? Does the thought of being in an election year spark deep and irrepressible dread in your psyche? Then this is the show for you!
A partially scripted, partially improvised debate between the third-party candidates America needs. They have bold new ideas, they’re messy, but most importantly they’re ready to save this country, one bad idea at a time. Come and meet your unlikely third choice, have a laugh, and indulge in some whimsy. Audience questions will be accepted…
Cast:
Antonyio Artis
Michelle Cohn
Jack Dominick
Kate Gauthier
Bibek Gurung
Alex Rood
Written By: Emily Frantz
Produced By: Tessa Bagby
FEB 14th 2024
The Way Knight Falls
Presented by
Spellbound Repertory Theatre
The Terror began on Valentines Day 20 years ago.
Add a little thrill into Valentine's Day with a 20th anniversary celebration staged reading of The Way Knights Fall, a thriller by Klehotas Tshyre.
Wednesday February 14th
at 6:30pm.
Tickets are free and available at the door.
FEB 11TH–13th 2024
ATTENTION RETAILERS 👑
Join us for a stroll through Little Creative Factory's remarkable FW24 King’s Road collection.
They are excited to guide you through it starting
Sunday and continuing on Monday and Tuesday.
Sunday February 11th – Tuesday February 13th
9am – 6pm, by appointment.
Text or call (340) 347-9855
for viewing appointment.
Jan 22nd– Feb 12th 2024
ONE MONTH STAND UP COMEDY WORKSHOP
with
Gina Brillon
Organized by Laughing Buddha Comedy
This class is made for people who want to hone their stand-up comedy skills. Whether you're a beginner who has never tried stand-up before or an intermediate comedian looking to take your act to the next level.
They focus on developing highly original material that represents your unique voice. Throughout the class, you'll have the opportunity to perform your material in front of a supportive and enthusiastic class audience. This will give you the chance to test your material, get comfortable on stage, and fine-tune your own comedic style.
At the end of the one-month workshop, you'll have the opportunity to show your skills in an incredible showcase performance at Eastville Comedy Club. where you will be given the opportunity to perform in front of a live audience, family, and friends.
4 weeks of Monday night classes
7–10pm
(plus class showcase
at comedy club)
Tuition $295. Registration available here.
ABOUT GINA BRILLON
Gina Brillon was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. The Puerto Rican actress, comedian, writer (and new mom!) has been a standup comic since she was 17 years old. Her Gracie award winning 1 hour special Gina Brillon: The Floor is Lava is now available on Amazon Prime Video, along with her first one hour special, Pacifically Speaking.
She performs in the HA Festival: The Art of Comedy on HBO Max. Her 1/2 hour special Easily Offended was one of the top shows from the Entre Nos franchise on HBO Latino, and streams on all HBO Digital Platforms. She’s made appearances on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, E!’s Chelsea Lately, The View, Late Night with Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel Live. You have seen her on Kevin Can Wait on CBS and The Conners on ABC. In 2012, she became the first (and only) Latina winner of NBC’s Stand up for Diversity Showcase. The following year, she was a “New Face” at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival. Gina is a singer, published writer, and poet.
Her pieces have appeared in the New York Post and Daily News, among others. In 2019, she featured on Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias’ “Beyond the Fluffy Tour” - hitting 46 cities around the US. She was a top 5 finalist on Season 16 on America's Got Talent (AGT). You can find her podcast Mess In Progress on iTunes. Gina and co-host Katherine G. Mendoza dole out sound homegirl advice, since it’s clear no one has any idea what they're doing in life.
JAN 27th 2024
I Will Dance With Those
Oak Trees As Long as
Presented by
CP4P International Productions
I need a street
Empty of bloodstains,
A street that has never seen
Or known terror.
Let it be flawless, les it be flawless, flawless
Like the sex of these girls that are killed unjustly
Let it be long, let it be long, long,
Like their agony.
- Kajal Ahmad
In March of 1988 in Halabja, Iraq, Saddam Hussein’s regime committed an atrocious genocide of Kurdish peoples through the use of chemical weapons. Set in a carpet store at this time, I will dance with those oak trees as long as takes us on a poetic voyage into the life of three Kurdish women, inspired by the poetry of Kajal Ahmad and the characters Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and Ninsun from the world’s most ancient epic poem: Gilgamesh. Carpets, chairs, and strings create the environment in which two actresses interpret the three different women and how they react to a violent and unstable outside world.
Accompanied by soundscapes inspired by traditional Kurdish music, this international duo uses objects, puppets, and a multilayered world of reality, dreams, memories, and visions to explore the question of what it means to be a hero when you have no other choice.
Performed by Audrey Rose Dégez & Daria Holovchanska
Audrey Rose Dégez - Producer, Playwright, Director, Actress
Daria Holovchanska - Puppet Master, Lighting & Sound Designer, Movement & Object Director
Berivan Alothman - Stage Manager
JAN 13th 2024
Unheard-of // Dialogues:
Inner Landscapes
A concert
Presented by
Unheard-Of // Ensemble
We are thrilled to welcome back Unheard-of Ensemble for the first show of their 2024 Unheard-of//Dialogues season.
In this Dialogues show, they feature a premiere of Lila Meretzky's For Linda Catlin Smith commissioned by Unheard-of along with a solo clarinet work by Linda Catlin Smith. Iva writes a new piece, Daniel meditates Reiko Fueting's Meditations on Luigi Rossi, and we present two trios by Geli Li and Jessica Meyer.
PROGRAM:
Linda Catlin Smith - Blackwing
Lila Meretzky - For Linda Catlin Smith
Jessica Meyer - Bridge and Tunnel
Reiko Fueting - Meditations on Luigi Rossi
Iva Casian-Lakos – Premiere
Geli Li - Trio
Brian Brown - Left Wanting
Event is free with optional reservation.
