THE TANK SPACE FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS

A performance series mediating the balance between words - as they're experienced - and words - as they're heard.

Exploring the myriad ways in which a phrase can be interpreted, writers, performers, monologists and raconteurs present their take on the evening's theme with individual style. It isn't about comedy, drama, or thinking outside the box. It's about destroying the box altogether.

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March 10th
Performances by:

Felice Belle
Erica Hayes Bradshaw
Rob Maitner
Cy Shelhamer
Vickie Tanner
Jenn Wehrung

With Your Host, ROBB LEIGH DAVIS

http://www.meditationonatheme.com/

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Remember when you came out of the closet?

It was dramatic back then, but now at second glance, wasn't it hysterical? SHAWN HOLLENBACH hosts a group of comedians and performers who are going to relive their hilarious coming out experiences just for you. Maybe Dad didn't accept you, but we will.

We have a guy from the movies, JEFF HILLER (Ghost Town, MTV, VH1).

A guy from the radio, FRANK DECARO (The Frank DeCaro Show on Sirius OutQ).

A lovely burlesque/comic, SCOUT DURWOOD (Miss America, MTV).

A gal from the road, LIZ FERTADO (The Lesbians of Laughter Tour).

A former theme park superstar, JOHN FLYNN (UCB, SNL).

A spunky lady you'll all love, JOANNE FILAN (here! TV's Hot Gay Comics).

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Take a preview of past stories on iTunes: http://bit.ly/closetcases

Presale tickets are available here:
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New Music For Guitar and Cello!

After meeting this summer at the Orford Sound Art workshop in Canada, cellist EMILIE GIRARD-CHAREST and guitarist KOBE VAN CAUWENBERGHE decided to join forces and put together an exciting and challenging program of contemporary works for guitar and cello. Not to be missed!

Program:
Helmut Lachenmann, 'Pression'
Brian Ferneyhough, 'Kurze Schatten II' (mvts 2,3 and 5)
José Maria Sanchez-Verdu, 'Nada'
André Hamel, 'Interférence sur le Crin'
Simon Steen-Andersen, 'In-Side-Out-side-In'

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Cellist Emilie Girard-Charest stands out for her eclecticism. She is as involved with traditional classical music as she is with contemporary repertoires and interdisciplinary projects. She has been able to work with artists of every stripe, for example, with choreographer Andrew Tay, as well as the Instant, Éponyme and Émergence theatre companies, interdisciplinary artist Vicky Tansey, and publishers Poètes de Brousse. With flautist Yuki Isami and harpsichordist Jean-Willy Kunz, in 2004 she founded the Allogène ensemble, a group with varying forces dedicated to mainly Baroque and contemporary music, as well as improvisation. Girard-Charest is continuing her education at the Montreal Conservatory under the supervision of Denis Brott.

Kobe Van Cauwenberghe (Antwerp, Belgium) started his guitar studies at the conservatory of Antwerp and recieved his master degree at the conservatory of Ghent where he studied with Tom Pauwels. He currently lives in New York City, persuing a masterdegree in contemporary music performance at the Manhattan School of Music. He performed both in Europe and the US, as solist and in several chambermusic formations and ensembles such as Champ d’Action, Nadar, ZWERM, International Ensemble Modern Academy, Either/Or Ensemble, Signal, Callithumpian Consort, a.o. He has worked with such composers as Vinko Globokar, Richard Barrett, Chaya Czernowin and Brian Ferneyhough. Mr. Van Cauwenberghe is winner of the 2008 Fuchs chamber music competition and a fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation.

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$5 student tickets

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On PURIM, it's a Mitzvah to get drunk. On ST. PAT'S, you're an outcast if you're sober. Two cultures, united in inebriation. For one day, everyone's JewIrish.

Celebrate these two great traditions of two immigrant groups that made America great as they collide in one very American tradition. Participatory, punchy and playful. With live music, karaoke, comedy, tricks, acts, delights, snacks & the story of Purim...of course.

Leprechaun: $5
Blarney Stone: $10, 2 drinks
Queen Esther: $25, DRINK ALL NIGHT
St. Purim Superstar: $50, drink all night + Tank membership

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LINE UP:

8pm Comedy
Comedians KATIE HALPER and HARRY TERJANIAN MC the Megillah -- the story of the Book of Esther.

9pm
DEATH MASK
http://www.myspace.com/deathmask

10:30pm
RUSSEL PATRICK BROWN
http://www.russelpatrickbrown.com
Lady Gaga meets Irish step-dance performance with song and harp. Yes, you read that right.

Karaoke Ever-After.
Special thanks to KARAOKE CHAMP for their generous donation! We couldn't make fools of ourselves without you! http://www.karaokechamp.com

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Look for more details at http://www.stpurimsday.com.

Theater TAS presents the New York premiere of
THE LAST STORY

Written & directed by Kaća Čelan

Starring Jonathan L. Davidson & Tajna Tanović

“A duodrama," a war of conversations, exploding phrases filled with emotions strong like gunpowder- a striking parable of the battle of the sexes.

“The last Adam and Eve” like a leo and lioness, are caught in the cage called marriage. A thematic-dramaturgical journey from the old world to the new, following the never-ending, unavailing quest for paradisiacal harmony between a man and a woman.

"The Last Story" is a postmodern German version of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Kaća Čelan is an award-winning playwright and director.
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Theater TAS is a New York based theater company founded by Kaća Čelan in Sarajevo in 1984 to promote new theater genres. TAS was re-established in 1993 at Burgau Castle in Germany, and was active there until Čelan’s arrival in New York in 2007.

www.theatertas.com

email: info@theatertas.com

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Part of the new bimonthly performance series ‘FRESH OUT THE BOX’ curated by Rafael Gallegos (New York Theatre Workshop).

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New York's top political comedian and Laughing Liberally regular Scott Blakeman hosts a look at the week's news from left to right(or right to left for our Jewish friends).

Scott performs his political standup, interviews special guests from the media, politics and the arts, and hosts a roundtable of liberal and conservative pundits, who talk without talking points and (hopefully) treat each other with civility and respect.

Presale tickets are available here:
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SLAM Theater invites artists and audiences to get involved in the process of making theater. Playwrights bring fresh scripts, and actors are called out of a hat to perform timed segments, completely unrehearsed. After each round, the judges score the plays, moving the top-scoring plays to the next round. Winning writers get to unveil more of their work, acting as director or bringing one in to give timed notes. SLAM is an evening of theater with impromptu performance, spontaneous collaboration, and friendly competition.

Now in it's fourth year, SLAM Theater continues to encourage new voices, opening up a stage for diverse writers to develop work. SLAM is open to everyone. Anyone can come in, throw down a script, put their name in the actor pool, and get involved. A community has grown around SLAM -- a group of artists who come regularly to support each other, and give each other honest feedback in a raw, immediate setting. Each month, our SLAM Champion is given The Tank's space to put on a staged reading of their work. Many artists come and end up making strong connections and creative relationships that continue to develop outside of SLAM. SLAM is always growing and expanding. Actors, bring your talent. Playwrights, bring your scripts. Audience, bring your voice. Come SLAM!

$5 suggested donation