Past Performances At The Alchemical
2024
June 26th 2024
Curious Species
Wildlife Wednesdays Series
Presented by
Wildlife Music Collective
An evening of song & stories inspired by our eternal link
to the world of plants
Wildlife Music Collective co-founders Concetta Abbate,
Charlie Rauh and Jesse Greenberg present the second show in their 6-month residency, "Wildlife Wednesdays" at Alchemical Studios.
Charlie Rauh will join improviser, author, and philosopher David Rothenberg in exploring the relationship humans and animals have with music. Performances from Rauh’s “Theoria” Interspecies wellness-oriented solo guitar lullabies commissioned by LSU School of Veterinary Medicine), and Rothenberg’s “Secret Sounds of Ponds” (recently published book and sonic experience exploring the music created by pond dwelling creatures) will be intertwined with discussion and spontaneous improvisation to examine how music holds a singular reverence in the natural world.
WILD LIFE is a music collective exploring our interspecies relationships with plants and animals. We seek to highlight the effects of climate change and the importance of drawing attention to our natural environment. We explore the ways in which animal and plant consciousness demonstrates empathetic sentience. Featuring music by three award-winning composer/performers Concetta Abbate, Jesse Greenberg and Charlie Rauh.
June 24–25th 2024
The Amazing Doctor She Medicine Show reveals the history of misogyny in western medicine. Oops, we mean the history of women in western medicine! (Somehow we always get those two things mixed up!)
Join our quest to recover Doctor She’s “Miracle Cure,” a wellness supplement lost since the 13th Century, much like the story of the doctor herself. In a madcap blend of humor, games, speculative fiction, interactive games and totally gross medical facts, we’ll share the incredible history of this extraordinary literary figure from Bocaccio and Shakespeare. And for a reasonable fee, we might even cure you!
Starring Katie Fanning*, directed by Phoebe Brooks
and produced by Isabelle Russo.
Production Team:
Graphic Design by Sophie Golomb
Original Compositions by Lucky Bommireddy
Puppet Design by Ashil Lee
Production Assistance by Janvi Sai
*This is an Equity Approved Showcase. Equity Member appearing with permission of Actor's Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway Production.
The Amazing Doctor She Medicine Show
Presented by A Manly Enterprise
& Spicy witch productions
An evening of miracles, medicine
and the tiniest bit of All's Well That Ends Well
Monday June 24th at 7:30pm
Tuesday June 25th at 7:30pm
Tickets start at $15 and available here.
Show runs about 65 minutes
May 29th 2024
Wildlife Music Collective co-founder Concetta Abbate and our guest artist, songwriter Joseph Ruddleston, present their first in a series of six events "Wildlife Wednesdays" at Alchemical Studios.
Program includes original music about the magical nature of trees and plants.
Featuring excerpts from Concetta Abbate's Song Cycle for vocalizing String Quartet OF SAGE, OF HOLLOW performed by the KAON Quartet.
WILD LIFE is a music collective exploring our interspecies relationships with plants and animals. We seek to highlight the effects of climate change and the importance of drawing attention to our natural environment. We explore the ways in which animal and plant consciousness demonstrates empathetic sentience. Featuring music by three award-winning composer/performers Concetta Abbate, Jesse Greenberg and Charlie Rauh.
Mythology of Greening
Wildlife Wednesdays Series
Presented by
Wildlife Music Collective
An evening of song & stories inspired by our eternal link
to the world of plants
May 16th – June 26th 2024
Girls Who Walked on Glass
An Immersive Theatrical production
by Gordon Farrell
Directed by Kurt Roediger and Chelsea LeSage
Presented by Red Productions Events
Presents four stories adapted from the lives of young women who followed dangerous paths and struggled against the odds to finally find family and freedom.
Girls Who Walked On Glass is an immersive show which divides the audience into separate groups and carefully guides them through multiple rooms and corridors. Whether it is in workplaces, restaurants, or living rooms, the audience will experience the pivotal moments in each woman’s life. They not only see the story, they live it with these women - feeling first-hand their fear, anxiety and desperation. Many times, these women take wrong and frightening turns in life to find strength and new lives for themselves.
Award-winning Broadway playwright Gordon Farrell (Co-Author, The Lifespan of a Fact) has produced this immersive theatrical showcase through his company, Red Productions Events, along with Kim Piazza, Chelsea LeSage, Gayle Petri and Ron Barba.
Directors Kurt Roediger and Chelsea LeSage lead the cast of eleven actors as they bravely depict the real-life challenges of these women. This is a unique experience not to be missed.
The cast includes Dasja Amenze, Ron Barba, Veronica Vale, Liza Giangrande,
Chelsea LeSage, Daniel Jordano, Adam P. Murphy, Zane Michael. Leslie C. Nemet,
Gayle Petri, Melissa Xiaolan Warren, Katherine Mullis, and Charles D. Lincoln.
Please see their website for showtimes.
Tickets start at $70
and are available here
Show runs about 2 ½ hours
30% Senior Discount available
with PROMO CODE "SENIORS"
A limited number of Student Discounts
are available (with ID at the door)
Use PROMO CODE "SWWOG"
May 12th 2024
THE KNOWN UNIVERSE:
Part THree of The Second World Trilogy
A staged reading of a new play
by Scott C. Sickles
and directed by Janet Bentley
Presented by Leviathan Lab
2067. The Earth is entering a new ice age and nothing on the surface will survive. Astronaut Anzor "Andy" Khasanov-Manners is in a space station, in orbit, assisting with evacuation efforts… which have just been abandoned. His husband, Teddy, and their family were supposed to have been on the next flight up. As the temperature plummets and the planet becomes uninhabitable, Anzor and his family bid each other a long farewell.
FEATURING
Lissa Brennan* Joe Burby* Nik Duggan* Jon Okabayashi*
Chino Ramos* Kari Swenson Riley* Sam Tanabe* Perri Yaniv*
*Member, AEA
Sunday May 12th at 4pm
Tickets are free,
please reserve your seat here.
Reading runs about 2 hours
April 27th – May 11th 2024
MARIANAS TRENCH
Part One of The Second World Trilogy
A new Play by Scott C. Sickles
Direction & Production Design by Janet Bentley
Presented by Leviathan Lab & Roly Poly Productions
Teddy Passanante and Anzor Khasanov are eleven-year-old pen pals. Teddy is an unathletic, half-Asian nerd living in a liberal U.S. made up of what used to be Blue States. Anzor is the child of Muslim refugees trapped in a militant right-wing Christian theocracy that used to be the Red States. The boys know their correspondence is mandated and monitored by Anzor’s government. This is a love story. 2019 O'Neill Finalist.
MARIANAS TRENCH by Scott C. Sickles** is the first piece in an alt-history/science fiction trilogy that follows a love story between two guys from when they're 11-year-old pen pals until the end of the world nearly 50 years later. Don't miss Leviathan's Spring Reading Series featuring part two, PANGEA, and part three, THE KNOWN UNIVERSE!
Featuring Nik Duggan*, Timothy Kim, Jinn S. Kim*, Chad Anthony Miller*,
Jon Okabayashi*, Christine Verleny, Perri Yaniv*, and Morgan Zipf-Meister.
*Denotes member of Actors' Equity Association.
MARIANAS TRENCH is an Equity Approved Showcase Production.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Jayda Jones, Assistant Director
Andy Evan Cohen, Sound Design & Technical Direction
Crys Clemente, Lighting Design
Sabrina Morabito, Production Stage Manager
Pradanya Subramanyan, Producer
Ariel Estrada, Producing Artistic Director, Leviathan Lab
Janet Bentley & Andy Evan Cohen, Roly Poly Productions
Alex Chester-Blank, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Mixed Asian Media
Bob Ost, President, Theater Resources Unlimited
Saturday April 27th at 8pm,
Sunday April 28th at 3pm,
and April 30th–May 11th
Tuesdays–Thursdays at 7pm
Fridays–Saturdays at 8pm
Tickets are "Pay-As-You-Are" $20-65
and available here
CONTENT ADVISORY
Please note that this production of MARIANAS TRENCH makes references to suicide, self-harm, homophobia, and Islamophobia
** Playwright Scott C. Sickles is a member of the Dramatists Guild. Produced by arrangement with Scott C. Sickles and The Barbara Hogenson Agency, Inc.
Leviathan Lab’s 2023 activities, are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
May 5th 2024
PANGEA:
Part Two of The Second World Trilogy
A staged reading of a new play
by Scott C. Sickles
and directed by Janet Bentley
Presented by Leviathan Lab
Palmer Research Station, Antarctica: New Year’s Day, 2046. Twenty-six years after the events of MARIANAS TRENCH,
Teddy and Aznor meet for the first time as adults. When they were children, the Red States became the New Confederate States of America. Now, the New Confederacy is collapsing, the climate is reaching another catastrophic tipping point, and two men who have loved each other all their lives must confront an intimately and globally uncertain future.
FEATURING
Chad Anthony Miller* Jon Okabayashi* Chino Ramos*
Kari Swenson Riley* Alyssa Simon* Perri Yaniv*
*Member, AEA
Sunday May 5th at 6pm
Tickets are free,
please reserve your seat here.
Reading runs about 2.5 hours
May 5th 2024
Welcome to BITE
An INteractive Comedy show
Presented by Bite Comedy NYC
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.
After a SOLD OUT Grand Opening, BITE is returning for a special show on.....CINCO DE MAYO! Featuring a new menu with dishes sure to fill your belly with laughs! Get ready to dine on the funniest two-person, interactive sketch comedy has to offer! This is the Cinco De Mayo party you won't wanna miss! MAY 5TH! BYOB...but a margarita might be in your cards as well...
April 29th 2024
Singularity
A staged reading of a new play
by Minh-Anh Day
and directed by Grace Goheen
Presented by Leviathan Lab
Struggling to secure investments for a start-up that promises eternal life in the cloud, a young founder rekindles his connection with an old college friend, whose latest breakthrough research gives him the credibility he needs. But when their AI assistant lies during a pitch meeting with big-time investors, they become entangled in a string of deceptions as their company scrambles to deliver on the promises they made before their time and money run out.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Minh-Anh (he/him/his) is a playwright and book writer, specializing in deeply researched confrontations of classic works. His most recent play, Singularity, was a finalist for the Woodward/Newman Award and the Neukom Literary Arts award, and received a reading at Chicago Dramatists in 2023.
Previously, his play Thirteenth Night was workshopped by the Actors’ Shakespeare Project, then produced as part of the New York Theater Festival in 2022. minhanhday.com
Monday April 29th at 6pm
Tickets are free,
please reserve your seat here.
Reading runs about 2 hours
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.
