Photo credit: Anja Matthes, courtesy of Open Source Gallery
It's been a busy theatrical summer, which I'm winding up with a new play, "Venus von Merkel," which opens this Friday. It's much broader and more overtly political than I'm used to writing. But thanks to Open Source Gallery, I have the opportunity.
All the info is below.
Dramahound Productions and Open Source Gallery are pleased
to announce the world premiere of a one-act play by Anne Phelan, Venus von Merkel. It will be performed September 18 and 19 at
7:30 and 8:30 PM at Open Source Gallery, 306 17th Street, Park
Slope. Admission is free.
The play was commissioned by Open Source Gallery, and is
inspired by its current exhibition Venus
von Hamburg, Cristian Bors and Marius Ritiu’s sculptural take on the Greek
debt crisis. It features Alexandra Gellner (Romeo & Juliet, The
Cradle Theatre Company; Pericles, The New Ensemble Workshop; Coffee
& Biscuit, HERE Arts SubletSeries, NYC Fringe) as Aphrodite, and
Jacob Grigolia-Rosenbaum (Robert Moses, in Les Frères
Corbusier’s Boozy; Bernie Madoff in Woodshed Collective’s The
Confidence Man; Old Testament God in Les Frères The Franklin
Thesis) as German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The director is Christie
Marie Clark (Anne Phelan’s They All Know Me, Thespian Production Slam-a-Thon; Clown
Love, Strawberry One-Act Festival; The Diner, Caravan
Play Festival) with costume design by Anna Slocum.
Venus von Merkel imagines
a surreal summit between Merkel, dressed as a pirate of the Caribbean, and
Aphrodite, representing the Greek people.
It is a satirical, questioning exploration of globalization, the euro
crisis and their the human cost.
This is Anne Phelan and Dramahound’s sixth production at
Open Source; previous plays include Brooklyn
Lighthouse; Deconstruction
(featuring Jacob Grigolia-Rosenbaum); Mi
Tigre, My Lover (featuring Jacob Grigolia-Rosenbaum); a reading of The Tiger Play; and Olmsted in Autumn.
Open Source Gallery is a 501(c)3 owned and curated by Gary
Baldwin and Monika Wuhrer. Directions: To reach Open Source, take the R train to
Prospect Avenue. 306 17th
Street, near Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn NY.
646.279.3969
open-source-gallery.org
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