June 23–25, 2022
In Multiple Spaces at the 122 CC Building
150 First Avenue, New York, NY 10009

 

 

Mabou Mines proudly celebrates its 50th Anniversary in person with audiences—convening a dynamic group of performers to participate in live readings of nearly 30 works produced by Mabou Mines.

Throughout multiple spaces in Mabou Mines’ 122CC home (150 1st Avenue), audiences will be able to revisit a panorama of pieces of the company’s creative history, through readings, excerpts, installations, concerts. In conjunction with the live events, an archival gallery exhibition, The Process Is The Romance: The Mabou Mines Archive, will open June 9th at the PS122 Gallery in 122CC, curated by Nicholas Martin of NYU Fales Library.

 

Read about our Celebration Weekend in The New York Times:
“At 52, Mabou Mines Is Still Testing Boundaries,” 6/22/22

Mabou Mines’ four co-artistic directors, from left: Carl Hancock Rux, Mallory Catlett, Sharon Ann Fogarty and Karen Kandel. Photo by Krista Schlueter for The New York Times.

 

 

Full list of 50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend Programming:

All performances are live except where noted as “(Film),” which refers to in-person film screenings. To learn more about the original Mabou Mines productions of these readings, visit our A-Z Index page.

 

SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 23

PASSES ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND ANY PERFORMANCE on a first-come, first-served basis. Once you purchase a pass, click “RESERVE” below to purchase a $5 guaranteed-seat reservation for that performance (you’ll be required to log in with the email used to purchase your pass).

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  • 5–6pm
    Music for Voices
    1972 | Philip Glass | directed by Mallory Catlett | music directed by Gregory Purnhagen | with Carl Hancock Rux, Christina Campanella, Gelsey Bell, Gregory Purnhagen, Jude Schimer, Nick Hallett, Rima Fand, Saori Tsukada, Tomas Cruz, and Vinson Fraley
    -SOLD OUT-

 

  • 6:30–7:30pm
    The Lost Ones
    1975 | Samuel Beckett | with Bill Irwin
    RESERVE

 

  • 7:30–8:15pm
    The Warrior Ant     (The Ant Conceived) (Musical excerpts)
    1988 | Lee Breuer | music Bob Telson | with Bob Telson, Shari Addison, Joey Williams, and Diane Garisto, with instrumentalists Leroy Clouden, Roger Squitero, John Hagen, Xito Lovell, Chris Royal, Lincoln Schleifer, and Marc Shulman
    RESERVE

 

  • 8:30–10pm
    Through the Leaves
    1984 | Franz Zaver Kroetz | translated by Roger Downey | directed by JoAnne Akalaitis | with Bill Camp and Elizabeth Marvel
    RESERVE

 

SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 24

PASSES ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND ANY PERFORMANCE on a first-come, first-served basis. Once you purchase a pass, click “RESERVE” below to purchase a $5 guaranteed-seat reservation for that performance (you’ll be required to log in with the email used to purchase your pass).

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  • 2–4pm
    Mabou Mines DollHouse (Film)
    2008 Paris Premiere | screenplay and direction by Lee Breuer, based on the stage production co-adapted from Ibsen by Lee Breuer and Maude Mitchell | introduction by Maude Mitchell | cinematography by Diane Bartier | edited by Alexandra Strauss | original music by Eve Beglarian | with Maude Mitchell, Mark Povinelli, Ning Yu, Ricardo Gil, Kristopher Medina, Janet Girardeau, Margaret Lancaster, Hannah Kritzeck, Keaton Povinelli, and Jessica Weinstein
    RESERVE

 

  • 5–5:45pm
    Play
    1971 | Samuel Beckett | directed by JoAnne Akalaitis | with David Greenspan, Ellen McElduff, and Ellen McLaughlin
    Come and Go
    1971 | Samuel Beckett | directed by JoAnne Akalaitis | with Clove Galilee, Ellen McElduff, and Ellen McLaughlin
    RESERVE

 

  • 6–6:30pm
    B. Beaver Animation (Excerpt)
    1974 | Lee Breuer | directed by David Neumann | with Jennifer Nikki Kidwell
    RESERVE

 

  • 6–7pm
    Dressed Like an Egg (Excerpt)
    1977 | JoAnne Akalaitis adapted from Colette | directed by Katie Pearl | with Andy Paris, Ellen McElduff, Florencia Lozano, Madeline Wise, and Yonatan Gebeyehu
    Dead End Kids: A History of Nuclear Power (Excerpt)
    1980 | JoAnne Akalaitis | directed by Katie Pearl | with Andy Paris, Deandre Sevon, Ellen McElduff, Greg Mehrten, Larissa Marten, Yonatan Gebeyehu and chorus members Annemarie Hagenaars, Grisha London, Keith Jones, Patrick Nash, Sarah Bitar, Skye Papa, Stuart Green, Surya Verma Buddharaju, and Vianca Perez
    RESERVE

 

  • 7–8pm
    La Divina Caricatura (Musical excerpts)
    2013 | Lee Breuer | Composed and music directed by Lincoln Schleifer | with Beverly Crosby, Sherryl Marshall, Leslie Wagner, Roy Bennett, and John Margolis, with instrumentalists John Korba, Gary Sieger, Denny McDermott, and Joshua Shneider
    A Mabou Man (Excerpted from a feature-length documentary about Lee Breuer’s work)
    Film by François Lizé
    RESERVE

 

  • 7–8pm
    Animal Magnetism
    2000 | Terry O’Reilly | directed by Terry O’Reilly | music by Eve Beglarian | with Clove Galilee and Sean Runnette
    RESERVE

 

  • 8–9:30pm
    “Mother”
    1994 | Patricia Spears Jones | directed by John McGrath | with Dael Orlandersmith, Ching Valdes-Aran, Carl Hancock Rux, David Neumann, and Andres Nicolas Chaves
    RESERVE

 

  • 8:15–10:15pm
    Mabou Mines DollHouse (Film)
    2008 Paris Premiere | screenplay and direction by Lee Breuer, based on the stage production co-adapted from Ibsen by Lee Breuer and Maude Mitchell | introduction by Maude Mitchell | cinematography by Diane Bartier | edited by Alexandra Strauss | original music by Eve Beglarian | with Maude Mitchell, Mark Povinelli, Ning Yu, Ricardo Gil, Kristopher Medina, Janet Girardeau, Margaret Lancaster, Hannah Kritzeck, Keaton Povinelli, and Jessica Weinstein
    RESERVE

 

  • 9:30–11pm
    Dead End Kids: A History of Nuclear Power (Film)
    1986 | Text and direction by JoAnne Akalaitis | Music by David Byrne with additional music by Philip Glass | with George Bartenieff, David Brisbin, John Fistos, Michael Kuhling, Ruth Maleczech, Ellen McElduff, Greg Mehrten, Frederick Neumann, Terry O’Reilly, B-St. John Scofield, Scotty Snyder, Juliet Glass, Clove Galilee, Chas Cowing, and Zachary Glass
    RESERVE

 

SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 25

PASSES ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND ANY PERFORMANCE on a first-come, first-served basis. Once you purchase a pass, click “RESERVE” below to purchase a $5 guaranteed-seat reservation for that performance (you’ll be required to log in with the email used to purchase your pass).

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  • 1–2pm
    The Red Horse Animation
    1970 | Lee Breuer | with Clove Galilee, David Neumann, and JoAnne Akalaitis
    The Saint and the Football Players
    1973 | Lee Breuer | directed by David Neumann | with Adrian Enscoe, evan ray suzuki, Sophia Castuera, Wesley Garlington, Star Yuexing Sun, Sid Diamond, Karen Loewy Movilla, and Hallie Riddick
    RESERVE

 

  • 2–3pm
    Pataphysics Penyeach: Porco Morto
    2009 | Lee Breuer | directed by Maude Mitchell | music by Jay Ansill | with Greg Mehrten
    RESERVE

 

  • 3–4pm
    Company
    1983 | Samuel Beckett | directed by Mark Dechiazza | with Rinde Eckert
    RESERVE

 

  • 4:30–5:15pm
    Lucia’s Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
    2003 | Sharon Fogarty | directed by Sharon Fogarty | with Kathleen Chalfant and Paul Kandel
    RESERVE

 

  • 5–5:45pm
    Hajj
    1983 | Lee Breuer | directed by Jenny Rogers and Clove Galilee | with Clove Galilee
    RESERVE

 

  • 5:45–6:45pm
    Shaggy Dog Animation
    1978 | Lee Breuer | directed by Katherine Wilkinson | with Arielle Yoder and Adam Coy
    RESERVE

 

  • 6:45–8:15pm
    The Bribe (Excerpt)
    1993 | Terry O’Reilly | directed by Terrence I. Mosley | music by John Zorn | with Black-Eyed Susan and Terry O’Reilly
    Wrong Guys (Excerpt)
    1981 | Adapted by Ruth Maleczech from text from the novel by Jim Strahs | directed by Julia Jarcho
    Pretty Boy (Excerpt)
    1984 | Greg Mehrten | directed by NJ Agwuna | with Andres Nicolas Chaves, Adrian Enscoe, and Alfredo Narciso
    Help Wanted (Excerpt)
    1986 | Franz Xaver Kroetz | directed by Ralph Peña | with Alfredo Narciso and Elizabeth Narciso
    RESERVE

 

  • 7–7:30pm
    Sueños (Musical Excerpt)
    1989 | Adapted by Ruth Maleczech from the writings of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Eduardo Galeano, and Homero Aridjis | directed by george emilio sanchez | music directed by Herschel Garfien | with Heather Johnson, george emilio sanchez, and Roger Guenveur Smith
    RESERVE

 

  • 8:15–9pm
    Song for New York: What Women Do While Men Sit Knitting (Musical Excerpt)
    2007 | conceived by Ruth Maleczech | music by Lisa Gutkin | lyrics by Karen Kandel, Migdalia Cruz, Maggie Dubris, Patricia Spears Jones, and Imelda O’Reilly | with singers Susan McKeown, Elisa Bocanegra, and Simotra Simone Nana, and instrumentalists Lisa Gutkin and John T. LaBarbera
    RESERVE

 

  • 9:15–11:15pm
    Moi-Même     (Film)
    1969/2022 | Lee Breuer and Mojo Lorwin | director of
    photography John Rounds | with Kevin Matthews, Patrick Martin, David Warrilow, Ruth Maleczech and Fred Neumann | narrated by Declan Kenneally, Karen Kandel, Paul Kandel and Bella Breuer with instrumentalists Stefan Zeniuk, Kelt Leray, Alex Tiappa Klimovitsky, and Jay Peck
    Sister Suzie Cinema (Film)
    1982 | Lee Breuer and Bob Telson | filmed in collaboration with Gustav Lamke (Cinema Action) | with Fourteen Karat Soul: Glen (Glenny T.) Wright, Reginald (Briz) Brisbon, Russell Foxx II, Brian (Le Mont) Simpson, and David Thurmond
    RESERVE

 

INSTALLATIONS & MORE THROUGHOUT WEEKEND

  • Starcock
    1985 | Apple Vail | an installation directed by Sabrina Hamilton | music by Richard Isen
  • Media Room with videos and photos from the company’s 50 years of work
  • Pop-Up performances with Web of Lee’s by Anonymous Ensemble and more…

 

Mabou Mines is supported, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts, New Music USA and with support from: The Made in NY Women’s Film, TV & Theatre Fund by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment in association with The New York Foundation for the Arts, The Café Royal Cultural Foundation, Axe-Houghton Foundation, and the JKW Foundation.