Off-Off-Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York City
The Incubator Arts Project was an Off-Off-Broadway theater located above St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery in the East Village of Manhattan , New York City .
History
In 1992, Richard Foreman founded the Ontological Theater at St. Marks as a home for his theater company, the Ontological-Hysteric Theater.[ 1] Radiohole , Elevator Repair Service , Nature Theater of Oklahoma, Richard Maxwell and Young Jean Lee .[ 2]
The theater's many emerging artists programs were restructured in 2005 by artistic directors Morgan von Prelle Pecelli and Shannon Sindelar under the umbrella "Incubator," including a residency program for premieres, two annual music festivals, a regular concert series, a serial work-in-progress program called Short Form, and various roundtables and salons.[ 3] [ 4]
In 2010, Richard Foreman's theater company left the theater at St. Marks, and the theater was renamed the Incubator Arts Project, led by director-producers Sindelar and Samara Naeymi, designer Peter Ksander, production manager Brendan Regimbal, and composer Travis Just.[ 5] Obie Award grant and continued to curate a season of new emerging artists, through their New Performance Series, Short Form, Music, and an annual festival, Other Forces. Presented artists included Banana Bag & Bodice , The Debate Society, Daniel Fish , Half Straddle, Hoi Polloi, Object Collection, Buran Theatre, Theater of a Two-Headed Calf, Vampire Cowboys , and Witness Relocation.[ 6]
In early 2014, the Incubator Arts Project announced it would be closing on July 1, 2014.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Notable Productions
The Mind King by Richard Foreman, January 1992. Inaugural production.[ 10] McGurk: A Cautionary Tale by Elevator Repair Service , 1994.[ 11] Shut Up I Tell You (I Said Shut Up I Tell You) by Elevator Repair Service, 1995.[ 11] The Four Twins by Copi, directed by Sophie Hoviland, June 1996.[ 12] The Train Station by Pavol Liska (Co-Artistic Director of Nature Theater of Oklahoma), July 1996.[ 13] Billings by Richard Maxwell, October 1997.[ 14] Pageant by Ken Nintzel, June 2000.[ 15] St. Scarlet by Julia Jordan , June 2003.[ 16] Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals by Young Jean Lee , July 2003.[ 17] Panel.Animal by Banana Bag & Bodice , July 2005.[ 18] The Sewers by Banana Bag & Bodice , July 2006.[ 18] Dysphoria by Alec Duffy (Artistic Director of Hoi Polloi and founder of JACK), August 2007.[ 19] Vicious Dogs on Premises by Witness Relocation, May 2008.[ 20] The Knockout Blow by Tina Satter, August 2008. Obie Award winning company Half Straddle's first production.[ 21] Astronome: A Night at the Opera by Richard Foreman, March 2009. Foreman's final show at the space.[ 10] The less we talk by Hoi Polloi, April 2009.[ 22] Family by Half Straddle, August 2009.[ 21] [ 23] Laika Dog in Space by The Neo-Futurists , October 2009.[ 24] Trifles by Theater of a Two-Headed Calf, January 2010. Obie Award winning company.[ 25] Three Pianos by Rick Burkhardt, Alec Duffy and Dave Malloy , February 2010. Obie Award , Special Citation.[ 26] The Really Big Once by Target Margin, April 2010. Obie Award winning company.[ 27] Buddy Cop 2 by The Debate Society, June 2010. Obie Award winning company.[ 28] The Little Death, Vol. 1 by Matt Marks (of Alarm Will Sound ), July 2010.[ 29] Aw Keats! Keats, Motherf***er by filmmaker Stiven Luka with Evan D. Watkins (performer/screenwriter), September 2010.[ 23] The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G by Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company , April 2011.[ 30] All Hands by Hoi Polloi, March 2012.[ 31] Grimly Handsome by Julia Jarcho , January 2013. Obie Award , Best New American Play.[ 32] Eternal by Daniel Fish , August 2013.[ 33] Black Wizard / Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent and Dave Malloy , December 2013.[ 34] Magic Bullets by Buran Theatre, May 2014.[ 35] Katorga by OZET, June 2014. Final show in the space.[ 36]
References
^ Als, Hilton. "Richard Foreman takes on the ghosts of imperialism" . The New Yorker, January 26, 2004
^ Shaw, Helen. "Richard Foreman's Ontological Theater Leaves St. Marks" [permanent dead link
^ "About" . Richard Foreman's website . New York.^ Healy, Patrick. "Incubator Arts Project to Close" . New York Times, April 16, 2014
^ Shaw, Helen. "Incubator Arts Project" [permanent dead link
^ "In Performance, January 10, 2013" . Contemporary Performance website . New York.^ "The Incubator Arts Project Says Goodbye" . TCG Circle . New York.^ Spokony, Sam. "Incubator Arts Project to Close" The Villager, May 29, 2014
^ "A New Home for New York Theater Ballet" . New York Times ArtsBeat . New York.^ a b "Productions" . Ontological.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21 .^ a b "Elevator Repair Service: Timeline by Year" . Elevator.org. Retrieved 2018-09-21 .^ BEN BRANTLEY (1996-06-12). "Theater in Review - The New York Times" . Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . ^ RONNIE BRITTON (1997-01-12). "The Salary May Be Tiny, but It's Priceless Practice - The New York Times" . Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . ^ JESSE MCKINLEY (2006-01-18). "Playwright's Trademark Is Deadpan. Now He Wants to Tweak It. - The New York Times" . Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . ^ BEN BRANTLEY (2000-06-27). "THEATER IN REVIEW; Women Trying to Be Madonnas: The Biblical Variety, That Is - The New York Times" . Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . ^ BEN BRANTLEY (2003-01-17). "THEATER REVIEW; In This Mind's Décor, Sex Is No Love Seat - The New York Times" . Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . ^ "Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals (2003) - Young Jean Lee's Theater Company Archive" . Youngjeanlee.org. Retrieved 2018-09-21 .^ a b LongYarnfirst production: 2016 (2015-12-09). "Shows" . Bananabagandbodice.org. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link )^ ANDREA STEVENS (2007-08-11). "Dysphoria - Theater - Review - The New York Times" . Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . ^ Menard, Paul (2008-06-03). "Vicious Dogs on Premises" . Backstage. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . ^ a b "Shows €" Half Straddle" . Halfstraddle.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21 .^ ANDY WEBSTER (2009-05-02). "An Ensemble That Jules Feiffer Would Recognize at St. Mark's Church - The New York Times" . Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . ^ a b BWW News Desk. "Incubator Arts Project Presents THE INTERNET, 8/12" . BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved 2023-02-01 . ^ Harrison, Byrne (2009-10-25). "Review - Laika Dog in Space (New York Neo-Futurists)" . StageBuzz.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . ^ KEN JAWOROWSKI (2010-02-14). "Theater of a Two-Headed Calf Takes On Susan Glaspell's Play - The New York Times" . Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . ^ Gordon Cox (2010-05-17). "Annie Baker wins big at Obie Awards – Variety" . Variety.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . ^ BEN BRANTLEY (2010-05-08). " . Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . ^ JASON ZINOMAN (2010-06-12). "Debate Society's Offbeat Play Has Chemistry - The New York Times" . Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . ^ STEVE SMITH (2010-07-09). "Boy Meets Girl in Matt Marks's 'Little Death, Vol. 1' - The New York Times" . Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . ^ JASON ZINOMAN (2012-03-04). " . Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . ^ JASON ZINOMAN (2012-03-31). " . Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21 . ^ Healy, Patrick. "Obie Awards Honor 'Detroit' and 'Grimly Handsome' . nytimes.com . ^ Rocco, Claudia La. " . nytimes.com . ^ Collins-Hughes, Laura. " . nytimes.com . ^ "Wellness And Health Are The Focus Of Buran Theatre's 'Magic Bullets' . americantheatre.org . 11 May 2014.^ "Incubator Arts Project to close after a decade of experimental programming - The Villager Newspaper" . thevillager.com .
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