Saturday, August 18, 2012
Two Vanish From Their New York Loft — Toni Schlesinger’s play — The Mystery of Oyster Street, Sat, September 15, 2012, one night only preview — Dixon Place Presentation
The Dixon Place Lounge, in the air conditioned, renovated Dixon Place is open before, during, and after the show. (6 pm-midnight) Proceeds directly support Dixon Place’s artists and mission. You can bring drinks in and drink during the show.
Toni awarded Dixon Place Artist-In-Residency “for exceptional artists” to develop her 90-minute play Five Flights Up
PHOTO: Richard Termine
The October-December Dixon Place residency will be followed by a run of Five Flights Up (working title) in February 2014. Above: Raniah Day as the Reporter interviewing The Woman Who Lives By The Sea. This special workshop preview of a scene from Five Flights Up was presented by Dixon Place on May 2, 2012 and funded by The Jim Henson Foundation and The Puffin Foundation.
Toni’s fiction just published in Significant Objects anthology (Fantagraphics Books)
Toni’s fiction, “4-Tile” and the stories of Neil LaBute, William Gibson, Ed Park, Jenny Davidson, Luc Sante, Ben Greenman, and many more were just published in a very unusual book, about surprising responses to the challenge of manufacturing significance. Editors: Joshua Glenn & Rob Walker...http://www.amazon.
com/Significant-Objects-Jason-Grote/dp/1606995251
Toni Schlesinger's 75,000-act play cycle -- Five Flights Up ---May 2 only!
Dixon Place Theater Presents
Act I of Five Flights Up (a 75,000-act play cycle)
7:30 pm, Wednesday, May 2, one night only
Conceived, Written, & Designed By Toni Schlesinger
Directed by Toni Schlesinger and Jeremy Bloom
With performers, co-theater artists, & designers: Cory Antiel, Raniah Day, Hal Eagar, Mary Griswold, Drew Hildebrand, Chris Maresca, Yoko Myoi, Nicholas Pavkovic, Meghan Maureen Williams, Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, & more.
Not so long ago, Toni Schlesinger visited the homes of New Yorkers to find out how they live and survive. Tonight the exploration is more meta-mythological-archetypical as the Reporter meets "The Woman Who Lives By The Sea," a tall, pre-Raphaelite with Chekovian longing and no ears, her romantic octopus, and Philosopher Fish who never stop thinking, in a creaky house on the Island of the Alone.
The full-length cycle, with large-scale puppets, actors, & projections, inspired by Toni’s collection of Village Voice “Shelter” columns in her book, Five Flights Up (Princeton Architectural Press) is in development and will not be presented in its entirety until 2013-2014. This one-night preview was made possible by a grant from The Jim Henson Foundation.
Tickets: www.dixonplace.org or OvationTix toll-free: 866-811-4111. The box office opens half an hour before the show. Call 212.219.0736 for reservations. The highly affordable $12 tickets ($10 student & senior) may sell fast because, in the second part of the evening, "Toni Schlesinger Interviews Comedian Reno Who Will Confess Everything". Toni last saw Reno on the street on September 11, 2001, with three water bottles and her dog --- an account of this is in Five Flights Up. The Dixon Place Lounge is open before, during, and after the show. (6 pm-midnight) Proceeds directly support Dixon Place’s artists and mission. You can bring drinks in and drink during the show.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Toni in "Beach Boys" performance Jan 23 & 24 NYC
A Puppet Playlist “Beach Boys” night — a presentation of Sinking Ship Productions and The Tank, a brilliant group. (Founders and curators and producers: Josh Luxenberg, Jon Levin, Brendan Yi-Fu Tay) There are a number of acts in the evening with many musicians, singers, puppeteers. Toni’s piece is:
“Good Vibrations: How High We Were
And A Brief Discussion Of The Theremin”
Written and designed by Toni, performed by Toni and Bobby Brower.
And A Brief Discussion Of The Theremin”
The Tank@Kraine Theater, above KGB Bar, 85 E 4th Street, NYC,
Monday, January 23: 8:00 p.m and Tues, January 24: 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
Puppet Playlist/Sinking Ship tickets sell out fast!
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Jim Henson Foundation grant awarded for stage adaptation of Five Flights Up
The Jim Henson Foundation just awarded a grant to Toni for her concept, writing, and design of a five-act, large scale puppet work for the stage, a fictional adaptation of her book Five Flights Up (Princeton Architectural Press), the collection of her award-winning columns from the Village Voice about how people live and survive in the city.
Act I, "The Woman Who Lives By The Sea," will be developed to present in Spring 2012. Dates, times, place, actors, puppeteers TBA. The full length work including "The Richest Man In The World," "The Many," "Mr. and Mrs. Kalabash," and "The Man With The Knife In The Wall," will be presented in 2013-2014.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Toni's New York Times cruise ship stories & a Pearl Street story
http://mrbellersneighborhood.com/2011/02/the-whip-and-the-bonnet
http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/travel/13allure.html?hp
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