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T E  Y E A R  S PRELUDE Marin E. Segal Theatre Center T  e n Y  e  a r  s P R E L  U D E PRELUDE is something that was cool ten years ago when it stared, and is still cool now. Somehow it just never went downhill.”  -Young Jean Lee PRELUDE is a perect cultural embodiment of New York City. Always evolving, always exciting, too crowded, with too much to see in too little time.”  -Vallejo Gantner PRELUDE is like the book I most want to read each fall, with each page full of surprises, cliff-hangers and revelations that change my sense of what’s possible in perormance.”  -Gideon Lester M  a r    i   n E .  S  e  g  a l   T h  e  a  t  r  e  C  e n  t   e r 

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Edited by Frank HentschkerDesigned and design concept by Yu Chien LiuFor over 10 years the annual Prelude Festival, held at The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, has been a force in New York theatre and performance – a free, three-day festival that celebrates artistic and academic exchange in the heart of the city. This book represents ten years (2003-2013) of unlimited creativity, discourse and exchange within an academic setting. The artists of Prelude – pioneers in their field – demonstrate that theatre and performance continue to matter - and that New York City is still at the forefront of the form.www.preludenyc.org

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T E N

Y E A R S

PRELUDEMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

T enY e ar sP R

E L UDE

ldquoPRELUDE is something that was cool ten years ago when it star983156ed and is still cool now

Somehow it just never went downhillrdquo

-Young Jean Lee

ldquoPRELUDE is a per983142ect cultural embodiment of New York City Always evolving always exciting

too crowded with too much to see in too little timerdquo

-Vallejo Gantner

ldquoPRELUDE is like the book I most want to read each fall with each page full of surprises

cliff-hangers and revelations that change my sense of whatrsquos possible in per983142ormancerdquo

-Gideon Lester

M ar 983156 i nE S e g al T h e a t r e C en t er

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Ten Years PRELUDE

Edited by Frank Hentschker

Designed amp Design Concept by

Yu Chien Liu

Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center PublicationsGraduate Center City University of New York

Frank Hentschker Executive DirectorRebecca Sheahan Managing Director

Marvin Carlson Director of Publications

Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center Publications

New York copy2016

Copyright copy 2014 by Mar983156in E Segal Theatre CenterFront cover photo copy2008 by Rachel Rober983156sBack cover photo copy2007 by Julien Jourdes All rights reserved No par983156 of this publication may be reproduced distributed or transmitted in

any form or by any means including photocopying recording or other electronic or mechanicalmethods without permission in writting from the publisher and photographers

Printed in the United States of America

Second Edition 2016

ISBN 978-0-9846160-9-1

Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center PublicationsThe Graduate Center City University of New York365 Fifth Avenue 3rd FloorNew York NY 10016-4309212-817-1860 | mestcgccunyedu

thesegalcenterorgpreludenycorg

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names Hentschker Frank editor | Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Title Ten years Prelude edited by Frank Hentschker designed amp design

concept by Yu Chien Liu

Description First edition | New York Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Publications 2016 | 2014 | Presents a history of the Prelude

Festival held at the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center The Graduate Center

City University of New York from 2003 through 2013

Identifiers LCCN 2015050029 | ISBN 9780984616091 (pbk)

Subjects LCSH Prelude (Festival)--History | Drama festivals--New York

(State)--New York--History--21st century | Theater--New York (State)--New

York--History--21st century

Classification LCC PN2277N52 M38 2016 | DDC 792097471--dc23 LC record available at http surldefense

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7 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

INTRODUCTION

In Weimar Berlin theatre maker Ber983156olt Brecht declared that ldquoNew Times need New Forms of theatrerdquo Theexplorer Brecht created a pleasurable open theatre for the children of the scientific age a theatre that aimedto educate and to enter983156ain Brechtrsquos work for the theatre reacted to the invention of the typewriter the carthe plane film projection the tank the submarine the phone the growing divide between rich and poor thebitter fights between the left and the right the threat of fascism and total war in the first mechanical age

In New York at the Graduate Center CUNY almost 100 years later the research for new forms of theatreand per983142ormance continues at The Segal Centerrsquos PRELUDE this time for the children of the digital age Howdo New Yorkrsquos theatre ar983156ists react to the invention of the iPad the ever-exploding internet SKYPE dronessmar983156 phones smar983156 watches home robots digital cable TV YouTube GPS Google Facebook Twitter and adigitized military How do writers directors and per983142ormers reflect on the ever-growing divide between richand poor the bitter fights between the liberals and the conservatives the threat of Climate Change and theWar on Terror in the second mechanical but first digital age

At the PRELUDE theatre research lab for three days each fall we can observe these new aesthetic practicesgrowing influenced and reacting to what Hegel calls the Weltzustand mdashthe state of the world Still in processin development not finished not polishedmdashbut honestly seriously playfully asking the eternal questions ofwhat is real and what is not what is new and what is old where we come from where we are where we aregoing and what we can do to make change we want to happen

In New York we have an army of skilled theatrical and per983142ormative explorers educating and enter983156ainingthe digital children of our age They truly experiment with form and contentmdashlike in a physics labmdashwhateverthe results may be And every fall PRELUDE has been the very best showcase in the city when it comes toinvention creativity and new ideas The list of PRELUDE ar983156ists and ensembles documented in this bookspeak for themselves And it has been a real honor for us to present their work New York per983142ormance as an entity has become an inspiring model on how to reflect best on HegelrsquosWeltzustand in the new millennium Hundreds of theatre companies and per983142ormance ar983156ists presenthundreds of openings each month The works are often not meant to last they come and go like popsongs Due to the financial and physical constraints of New York City new works are produced fastpresented earlymdasha vehicle for the future research for the next workmdashwith emphasis on the journey and notthe arrival at the temple It is the end of the masterpieces as Ar983156aud called for in fact it calls perhaps forthe end of dominating voices of the masters of theatre might they be writers directors or critics All is influx in movement breathless Work we ultimately see at PS 122 or at BAM HERE Ar983156s Center or St AnnrsquosWarehouse JACK or The Chocolate Factory in Queens or downtown cannot be more different from eachother like blogs on the web For every strong voice that emerges other voices will sound that contradictsor questions immediately But these incompatible approaches help us to organize a new understanding ofeverything the Weltzustand and to learn about the brave new world we all live in We the spectators orpar983156icipantsmdashin ar983156 as in lifemdashhave to navigate ourselves without the help of dominating voices of the mastersWe already know that everyone (like FOX News or a political candidate) who is trying to deliver one truthis deceiving us Now we have learned that it is up to us when in doubt to create the meaning and to do theright thing PRELUDE for over 10 years now has been a real force in New York theatre providing a small space forar983156istic exchange in the hear983156 of the city within the limits of an academic setting but with unlimited creativityand imagination Over 1000 New York theatre makers have par983156icipated and created a discourse wherear983156ists interact with academics and audiences where fellow ar983156ist can see what their colleagues are up toand chat over a cup of coffee about fresh ideas The PRELUDE ar983156istsmdashpioneers in their fieldmdashdemonstratethat theatre and per983142ormance matters in the City and that New York experimental work is still at the forefrontof the form And if that would not be reason enough to celebrate here is one more The act of making ar983156 being anar983156ist living the life of a free ar983156ist in the highly restricted contemporary American society is a radicalar983156istic provocation in itself Surviving in New York just being able to produce and present ar983156work over alonger period of time is meaningful and highly respected by the audience and fellow ar983156ists And should becelebrated as we do the PRELUDE way

-Frank HentschkerExecutive Director Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center The Graduate Center CUNY New York

THE PRELUDE WAYby Frank Hentschker Founder

A n e a r l y v e r s i o n o f t h i s a r 983156 i c l e w a s p u b l i s h e d i n P E R F O R M A N C E

N E W Y

O R K rdquo A J o u r n a l o f P e r 983142 o r m a n c e a n d A r 983156

V o l u m e

3 4 N u m b e r 1 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2 ( P A J 1 0 0 ) B o n n i e M a r r a n c a e d i t o r

PRELUDE Ar983156ists amp Panelist 2003 - 2013

2003 Blue Heron Theatre bull Bravo Productions bull Clubbed Thumb bull Epic Reperory Theatre bullHamm amp Clov Stage Company bull JeanCocteau Reperory Theatre bull MCC Theater bull Metropolitan Playhouse bull National Asain American Theatre Company bull Salt amp PepperMime Company bull Strike Anywhere Perormance Ensemble bull The Geniuses Guild bull The Lark Theatre bull The Play Company bull TheSpar983156an Theatre bull Lisa Stevenson bull Jim Horon bull Daniel Talbot 2004 Ellen StewarLa Mama ETC bull Abingdon Theatre Company bullAmerican Renaissance Theatre (ARTC) bull Banana Boat Productions bull Black Moon Theatre Company bull Boomerang Theatre Companybull CAP 21 (Collaborative Ars Project 21) bull Ergo Theatre Company bull Freestyle Reperory Theatre bull Golden Fleece Ltd bull Hamm ampClov Stage Company bull HERE Ars Center bull Jean Cocteau Reperory bull Juggernaut Theatre Company bull Marie-Louise Miller bullMessenger Theatre Company bull Metropolitan Playhouse bull Mind The Gap Theatre bull NeoPack bull Pan Asian Reperory Theatre bull SarahCameron Sunde bull Six Figures T heatre Company bull Strike Anywhere Perormance Ensemble bull Teatro IATI International Theatre ArsInstitute bull The Actors Theatre Workshop Inc bull The Caribbean Cultural Theatre bull The Dream Theatre bull The Hypothetical TheatreCompany bull Thireenth Night Theatre Company bull Xoregos Perorming Company bull Young Playwrights Inc 2005 David CoteTime OutNew York bull Vallejo GantnerPS 122 bull Eric DyerRadiohole bull Paul LazarBig Dance Theater bull John Jesurun bull Marianne WeemsTheBuilders Association bull Big Dance Theater bull Caden MansonBig Ar Group bull Cynthia Hopkins bull Division 13 Productions bull Elevator

Repair Service bull Erin Courney bull Jay Scheib bull John Jesurun bull Katie Pearl bull Lisa DrsquoAmour bull Mac Wellman bull Madelyn Kent bull Natu reTheater of Oklahoma bull Pavol Liska bull Richard MaxwellNYC Players bull Sheila Callaghan bull The Builders Association bull The NationalTheater of the United States of America bull Todd DrsquoAmour bull Young Jean Lee 2006 Andrew Dinwiddie bull Brooke OrsquoHarra bull GregoryMosher bull Jeffrey M Jones bull Kristin Maring bull Maria Goyanes bull Mark Russell bull Randy Gener bull Risa Shoup bull Rob Handel bull Young JeanLee bull Brendan ConnellyThe Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf bull Brooke OrsquoHarraThe Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf bull Carl Hancock Ruxbull Charles Mee Jr bull Collapsable Giraffe bull Cynthia Hopkins bull Daniel Veronese bull Dean Moss bull Eric Novak bull Elyas Khan bull ExPgirl bullFederico Leoacuten bull Jason Grote bull Jay Scheib bull Jean Graham Jones bull Jennifer Morris bull Jenny Schwarz bull Joyce Cho bull Juan Souki bull LolaArias bull Mabou Mines bull Mallory Catlett Juggernaut Theatre Co bull Nick Flynn bull Rafael Spregelburd bull Ruth Margraff bull Sarah Provost bullShoshana Polanco bull Target Margin Theater bull TENT bull Thomas Bradshaw bull Will Eno bull Yana Ross 2007 Adam Bock bull Alex Timbers bullBrook Stowe bull David Cote bull David Henry Hwang bull Eric Dyer bull James Scruggs bull Jason Grote bull Jim Nicola bull Kristin Maring bull MacWellman bull Madeleine George bull Melanie Joseph bull Morgan Jenness bull Norman Frisch bull Richard Nelson bull Sarah Benson bull ThomasBradshaw bull 31 Down bull Adam Bock bull Andrew Schneider bull Annie-B Parson Big Dance Theater bull Aya Ogawaknife Inc bull ChristinaCampanella bull Dan SaferWitness Relocation bull David LevineCiNE bull John Moran bull Josh FoxInternational WOW Company bull KameronSteeleThe South Wing bull Kristen Kosmas bull Laboratory Theater bull LightBox bull Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental bull Mark Schultz bullMasataka Matsuda bull Mikuni Yanaihara bull Rachel ShukerBushwick Hotel bull Ranbir Sidhu bull Stephanie Fleischmann bull The DebateSociety bull The Play Company bull the TEAM bull Toshiki Okada bull Uchino Tadashi 2008 Andrew Schneider bull Banana Bag amp Bodice bull Big ArGroup bull Big Dance Theater bull Bonnie Marranca bullBranden Jacobs-Jenkins bull Caden Manson bull Cynthia Hedstrom bull David Cote bull DebraSinger bull Eric Dyer bull Eric Grode bull Eric Ting bull George Hunka bull Jay Scheib bull Jennifer Wright Cook bull Joyce Cho bull Kim Whitener bull KristinMaring bull Langdon C Crawford bull Mallory Catlett bull Marianne Weems bull Morgan von Prelle Pecelli bull Nello M cDaniel bull NYC Players bull PaulLazar bull Progress Theater bull Przemyslaw Wojcieszek bull Richard Foreman bull Rober Elmes bull RoseLee Goldberg bull Sally Oswald bull Soph ieHaviland bull Susan Feldman bull Teresa Vasquez bull Vallejo Gantner bull Victor Weinstock bull Yehuda Duenyas bull Zannah Mass bull Alex Delinois

NYC Players bull Andrew SchneiderEDP bull Bob FeldmanNYC Players bull Brian MendesNYC Players bull Christina Mas ciottiNYC Players bullFluxconcer bull Ivan TalijancicWax Factory bull Jenny Schwarz bullJoyce Cho bull Krzysztof Bizio bull Lakpa Bhutia NYC Players bull LeardeBessonet bull Malgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk bullMarcy Arlin bull Michal Walczak bull Moving Theater bull Neal Medlyn bull Okwui Okpokwasili bullPeter Von Salis Untitled Project bull Przemyslaw Wojcieszek bull Rafael Sanchez NYC Players bull Raul Vincent Enriquez bull RichardMaxwell NYC Players bullRuth SergelUntitled Project bull Sheila Callaghan bull Tal Yarden Second Life Street Theater bull TemporaryDistorion bull The Air Band bull The Builders Association bull The National Theater of The United States of America bull The Paper Industry2009 Andrew Schneider bull Arwen Lowb ridge bull Bonnie Marranca bull Esther Robinson bull Harriet Taub bull Helene Lesterlin bull Jeff Hnilicka bullJeremy James Pickard bullJonah Bokaer bull Justin Krebs bull Kristin Maring bull Lisa Phillips bull Michael Johnson-Chase bull Phil Soltanoff MadDog Experimental bull Rober Zukerman bull Sheila Lewandowski bull Tairone Bastien bull Vallejo Gantner bull Wayne Ashley bull Yehuda Duenyas bullAaron Landsman bull Adrienne Truscott bull Andrew Dinwiddie bull Branden Jacobs-Jenkins bull Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory bullBrendan ConnellyThe Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf bull Brooke OrsquoHarra The Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf bull Bruce High QualityFoundation bull Christina MasciottiNYC Players bull Dan Safer Witness Relocation bull David Levine bull David Michalek bull Erin Courney bullHwang Ji Woo bull Jay Scheib bull John Jesurun bull Judith MalinaThe Living Theatre bull Kim Kwang Lim bull Kim Myung Hwa bull Kristen Kosmasbull Marina Abramovic bull Object Collection bull Radiohole bull Steve Cuiffo bull William Cusick bull Wuturi Players 2010 Caridad Svich bull CarlaPeterson bull Christina deRoos bull Eric Dyer bullKevin Cunningham bull Kevin Doyle bull Megan Sprenger bull Tanya Selvaratnam bull Young Jean Leebull Aaron Landsman bull Alec DuffyHoi Polloi bull Andrew Schneider bull Angels Aymar bull Dan Safer bull DJ Spooky bull Esteve Soler bull HERE ArCenter bull Hillary Spector bull Ishmael Houston-Jones bull Jim Findlay bull Joe Silovsky bull Joyce Cho bull Julie Atlas Muz bull Kimon Keramidas bullMallory Catlett bull Mara Buchaca bull Mashinka Firunts bull May Adrales bull Penny Arcade bull Reggie Watts bull Reid Farrington bull Rober QuillenCamp bull Sergi Belbel bull Sylvan OswaldHoi Polloi bull The Field bull The TEAM bull Trajal Harrell 2011 Claudia La Rocco bull Jeffery M Jones bullJulia Robinson bull Pablo Helguera bull Richard Move bull Sibyl Kempson bull Big Dance Theater bull Daniel Fish bull David LevineCiNE bull Doll Pars bullDonelle Woolford bull Elevator Repair Service bull Jackie Sibblies Drury bull Jackson Pollock Bar bull Jake HookerThe Plastic Ars bull Jay Scheib

bull Lumberob bull Mac Wellman bull Nina Beier bull Otso Huopaniemi bull Rober Fitterman bull Sibyl Kempson bull Steve Mellor bull Suzanne Bocanegraamp Paul Lazar bull Temporary Distorion bull Tina SatterHalf Straddle bull Will Holder bull Young Jean Leersquos Theater Compan y 2012 AaronLandsman bull Andy Horwitz bull Caden Manson bull Claire Bishop bull Lear deBessonet bull Marianne Weems bull Niegel Smith bull Tony Torn bull 600Highwaymen bull Adam Feldman bull Alec DuffyHoi Polloibull Amber Marin bull Anais Michel bull Andrew Ondrejcak bull Annie Dorsen bull AnneWashburn bull Anonymous Ensemble bull Branden Jacobs-Jenkins bull Bridget Everett bull Caden MansonBig Ar Group bull Cole Escola bullCorey Dargel bull Corina Copp bullCulturebot bull Daniel Fish bull Dave Malloy bull David Levine bull DJ Mendel bull Eliza Bent bull Erin CourneyAdhesive Theater Project bull Faye Driscoll bull Hannah Bos bull Heidi Schreck bull Jack Ferver bull Jay Scheib amp Co bull Jeff Larson bull Jenn Harris bullJoe Ranono bull Joshua Conkel bull Juliana Francis Kelly bull Karinne Keithley bull Ken Rus Schmoll bull Kristine Haruna Lee bull Lance Horne bullLeah Nanako WinklerEverywhere Theater Group bull Lucas Hnath bull Lumberob bull Mac Wellman bull Maria Striar bull Miguel Gutierrez andThe Powerul People bull Molly Pope bull Myles Kane bull Nature Theater of Oklahoma bull Nellie Tinder bull Niegel Smith bull Phil Solt anoff bull PoorBaby Bree bull Richard Foreman bull Sarah Benson bull Shara Worden bull Sibyl Kempson bull Tei Blow bull The Kioskers bull The Wooster Group bullTina Satter Half Straddle bull Tony Torn bull William Burke bull Yackez bull Yelena GluzmanScience Project bull Young Jean Lee 2013 AaronLandsman bull Abigail Browde bull Adam Horowitz bull Andy Horwitz bull Anne Washburn bull Annie Baker bull Annie Dorsen bull BrandenJacobs-Jenkins bull Carla Peterson bull Clyde Valentine bull Gavin Kroeber bull Gelsey Bell bull Geoffrey Jackson Scott bull Helen Shaw bull MaxPosner bull Melanie Joseph bull Michael Silverstone bull Morgan von Prelle Pecelli bull Niegel Smith bull Risa Shoup bull Rob Marcato bull ShonniEnelow bull Sibyl Kempson bull David LevineCiNE bull Claire Bishop bull 600 Highwaymen bull Andrew Ondrejcak bull Andrew Schneider bullANIMALS bull Big Dance Theater bull Built for Collapse bull Caden MansonBig Ar Group bull Cesar Alvarez bull Chris Tyler bull Cynthia Hopkins bullDaniel Fish bull Erin Markey bull Institute for Psychogeographic Adventure bull James Harrison Monaco bull Jay Scheib amp Co bull Jeffrey M Jonesbull Jerome Ellis bull Jim Findlay bull Katherine BrookTele-Violet bull Katie PearlPearlDamour bull Kippy Winston bull Kristine Haruna Lee bull LisaDrsquoAmourPearlDamour bull Mallory CatlettRestless NYC bull Nature Theater of Oklahoma bull Neal Medlyn bull Niegel Smith bull Rebecca Patekbull Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble bull Sarah Benson bull Taylor Mac bull The Assembly bull The United States Deparment of Ars amp Culture bull

Todd Shalom bull Woodshed Collective bull

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INTRODUCTION

What was surprising about PRELUDE05 mdash genuinely surprising and almost inconceivable even ten

years earlier mdash was the presence of nine experimental American playwrights representing almost half

the programming Throughout the 20th century experimental American playwrights came mdash if they came

at all mdash as single spies OrsquoNeill (donrsquot laugh) Wilder (ditto) Kennedy Baraka Forneacutes Shepard Albee

(sometimes) Foreman Jenkin Shawn Wellman Jesurun Meehellip (surely Irsquom forgettingsomeone )

Then around the turn of the millennium they show up at battalion strength

Scott Adkins Jess Barbagallo Adam Bock Thomas Bradshaw William Burke Sheila CallaghanRober983156 Quillen Camp Barbara Cassidy Alex Collier Corina Copp Erin Cour983156ney Lisa DrsquoAmourJackie Sibblies Drury Will Eno Rob Erickson Sara Farrington Stephanie Fleischmann BenGassman Madeleine George Melissa James Gibson Elana Greenfield David Greenspan RinneGroff Jason Grote W David Hancock Rob Handel Trish Harnetiaux Ann Marie Healy LucasHnath John Jahnke Julia Jarcho Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Karinne Keithley Sibyl KempsonMadelyn Kent Matt Korahais Kristen Kosmas Carson Kreitzer Aaron Landsman Young JeanLee Casey Llewellyn Kirk Lynn Charlotte Meehan Kevin Oakes Andrew Ondrejcak SylvanOswald Suzan-Lori Parks Amber Reed Kate E Ryan Tina Satter Heidi Schreck Jenny Schwar983156z

Normandy Raven Sherwood Mark Sitko Peggy Stafford Ariel Stess Kelly Stuar983156 Lucy ThurberAlice Tuan Ken Urban Anne Washburn Gary Winterhellip8

Something fundamental had changed in the practice of experimental theatre9 and PRELUDE captured it

To understand how playwrights have transformed the field consider first how ensembles have

historically made work While there are cer983156ainly actor-driven companies and those devoted mainly to

script interpretation the default method has been assemblage bricolage collage building pieces out of

smaller discrete pieces of hellip stuff 10 Text was but one element and rarely expected to carry the burden

of structure while the prevalence of cheap and reliable audiovideo recording devices allowed a layering

strategy which sidestepped once and for all the pesky challenges of the traditional play form Out the

window went plot situation character psychology dramatic arc narrative through-line pity and terror and

that damned third act

Playwrights have never had that luxury No matter how weird and woolly a play may be it is first and

always a language structure written to be spoken and for a play to ldquoworkrdquo11 people must be willing to

sit and listen to it Which without getting too technical on you ainrsquot beanbag All but the dreariest plays

ldquoworkrdquo in the limited sense that you can and will follow12 them

8 Most of these playwrights have not (yet) appeared in PRELUDE Other than that this list is entirely objective comprehensive inclusive diverse and non-fattening

9 This is actually all I am trying to say

10 Irsquom not sure if this is what is meant by ldquodevised theatrerdquo because I donrsquot know what ldquodevised theatrerdquo means

11 Plays we are told must work Suffering the curse of Adam they are not allowed to play

12 Even more to the point you will also be able to anticipate them which is the key to maintaining aud ience attention Once you know the play form you candrop into any play at any point and almost immediately orient yourself in terms of time and action Even if you donrsquot know exactly how it will end you can make avery good guess as to when and how much more there is to come

THE TEN YEAR PRELUDE A FORWARD983085LOOKING BACKWARD GLANCEby Jeffrey M Jones

Ten PRELUDES Ten snapshots of a coming season Ten glimpses into the near future of the only kind of

theatre that seeks the future Now Irsquove been asked to examine the entrails and say what it all meansmdash

where we have been and where we are going in 2000 words or less Reader I may not be up to it

Because after all how much really changes over the course of a decade1

When PRELUDE began for example the sitting president was the son of a former president and the

grandson of a US Senator and Wall Street banker while the mayor of New York was the 85th richest

person in the world This year by contrast the sitting president is the son of Kenyan exchange student

and grandson of an unsuccessful furniture salesman while Michael Bloomberg having fiddled with the

rules to stay in office is now the 13th richest person in the world You could as easily say that everything

changes as that nothing ever does

Which is equally true of PRELUDE It is easy enough to find change consider that when the Nature

Theater of Oklahoma2 first sur983142aced in PRELUDE05 its extant body of work consisted of a 20-minute

dance piece at an obscure downtown per983142ormance series held in a former Kosher winery with a very

leaky roof Or that Young Jean Lee also in PRELUDE05 had only presented her first full-length play the

year before over two sweltering weeks at the Incubator summer series (and Incubator itself wouldnrsquottake over the St Markrsquos space for another five years) Or that in 2005 Anne Washburn was the only

playwright to have been produced by 13P3 Even PRELUDE itself was different in those early days there

were no lines seats were readily available and a good par983156 of the audience looked like retirees on a

budget who after a lifetime of theatergoing had learned to sit equably through anything 4

But it is just as true that the ten years of PRELUDE demonstrate constancy and continuity Consider that

the nine ensembles5 in PRELUDE05 were at least five years old and some much older mdash Elevator Repair

Service (1991) The Builders Association (1994) Division 13 Productions (1995) Big Ar983156 Group (1999)

New York City Players (1996) Radiohole (1998) Big Dance Theater (1999) NTUSA (2000) Ten years

on all but one remain still at the forefront touring even bigger venues acclaimed6 in family newspapers

Not that this should be surprising for ensembles are the closest thing we have to institutions7 and like all

institutions tend toward self-perpetuation (as long as human self-perpetuation is held in check Nothing

threatens an ensemble like the pram in the hall)

1 It pains me to say that in writing this piece I realized that the shor983156hand Irsquove always used to represent a decade mdashtwo years with the same last number eg1950-1960mdashis actually 11 years I now know the first decade of PRELUDE is 2004 ndash 2013 but it still looks funny and includes an initial season so differentfrom the rest that itrsquos like an inning of baseball that suddenly turned into nine holes of golfhellip Irsquom really only talking 9 years here and not even that because Ihavenrsquot seen 2013 so wersquore down to 8 (2005-12) and counting

2 Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper had been making work under their own names since the mid 1990s but adopted the name in 2005 at th e insistence of ActorsrsquoEquity based on some Equity rule only they understand You canrsquot make this stuff up

3 ( 2003-2012 death by implosion)

4 If you donrsquot know the word ldquositzfleisch rdquo itrsquos now yours at no extra charge

5 Any exact definition of ldquoensemblerdquo gets pretty slippery Absent the rare collective the Platonic ensemble consists of a company of per983142ormers gatheredaround one or two principal creators This was as true of the Per983142ormance Group as it was of Byrd Hoffman and the Ridiculous At the other extreme standsthe lone-polymath theatremaker who may nonetheless gather a company about him or her The Ontological-Hysteric comes to mind as does SITI But wheredoes the hydra-headed NTUSA fit or the traveling sisterhood of Half Straddle Is Richard Maxwell a playwright a director a producer It all depends

6 Or not

7 That the reper983156ory company their closest equivalent in funded non-profit theatre has been vir983156ually extinct for decades tells you pretty much all you need toknow about the respective differences There is also the matter of clerical staff Once your clerical staff gets big enough you have to put the temps on stage

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11 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

INTRODUCTION

And if it is also striking how little impact 40 years of the American avant-garde has had on seasonal

subscription theatres it may be significant that plays as quietly radical as The Designated Mourner

and Mr Burns have been produced within the last few months at The Public Theatre and Playwrights

Horizons

Irsquove left out a lot of coursemdashcompletely skipped over solo per983142ormers like Andrew Schneider and Cynthia

Hopkins and Carl Hancock Rux and Joe Silovsky (but how could one classify them ) along with the

choreographers dancers composers musicians media ar983156ists even ( yikes ) critics Many PRELUDES

featured mini-festivals of work from other countries I never even saw extensive panel discussions I

had to miss and media showcases I didnrsquot hang around for I hear the par983156ies were pretty good too For

that matter how is it even possible to speak of PRELUDE without mentioning the indefatigable Frank

Hentschker who seems throughout to be in two places at once

But Irsquom out of space Over my word count As to what the next decade of PRELUDE may bring

Well first of all thatrsquos totally hellip

-Jeffrey M Jones

Playwright and essayist New York 2013

The conventional play form13 is durable precisely because it is the result of so many years of trial and

error the sum total of the dramatic constructs that will reliably hold an audience for an hour or two

independent of content Many of the earlier experimental playwrights tried as hard as possible to get

away from the play form one thinks of Meersquos collage experiments Shawnrsquos monologs Foremanrsquospointillist dreamscapes Jesurunrsquos manic talking heads and Wellmanrsquos nonsense plays The new

generation by contrast generally take the play form as their star983156ing point then mess with it

Some in fact have written what might pass for realistic plays save for the one telling detail which calls

the whole representational framework into question Erin Cour983156neyrsquos Demon Baby tosses a malign

garden gnome into a group of young professionals in contemporary London Madeleine Georgersquos The

Zero Hour finds World War II Nazis on the 7 train Julia May Jonasrsquo 14 Evelyn steps straight out of celebrity

rehab into The Bacchae Othersmdashas with Will Enorsquos Thom Paine (Based on Nothing ) or Kristen Kosmasrsquo

There There --work in the opposite direction setting an ordinary three-dimensional (ie ldquoroundedrdquo

moyen-sensuel ) character against an erased blurred or otherwise featureless landscape Playwrights as

different as Lisa DrsquoAmour (Detroit ) and Thomas Bradshaw (take your pick) star983156 with realistic premises

step on the gas and let increasingly out-of-control passions drive the whole thing off a cliff In Crime

or Emergency Sibyl Kempson shifts between dramatic realities with each successive scene while her

Secret Death of Puppets 15 presents the ldquostoryrdquo on audiotape as a kind of radio drama as the author runs

around the stage shifting the empty chairs that represent the ldquocharactersrdquoStill others play even more

complicated games with structure the linguistic traceries and arabesques of Jenny Schwar983156zrsquos Godrsquos Ear

the loop-the-loop and threaded mazes of Jason Grotersquos 1001 Erin Cour983156neyrsquos A Map of Vir983156ue based on

the ring composition theories of Mary Douglas Madelyn Kentrsquos Peninsula and Kempsonrsquos Ich KuumlrbisGeist

are more or less normal plays written in f ractured English Rob Ericksonrsquos Off the Hozzle is autobiographic

monolog fed through a loop machine while Andrew Ondrecjakrsquos Feast channel-sur983142s through a linguistic

Jabberwocky Richard MaxwellrsquosPeople Without History and Young Jean Leersquos The Appeal trash the

most basic conventions of the history play (including but not limited to historical accuracy) Jackie

Sibblies Drury (We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia Formerly Known as

Southwest Africa From the German Sudwestafrika Between the Years 1884-1915 16) and Lucas Hnath

(A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney ) each in their own way

have even written recursive history plays in which ldquoactualrdquo characters comment on the very play which

theyrsquore per983142orming

It seems safe to say the American theatre has never experienced a decade of such feverish invention

Is it too early to gauge the impact of the resurgent playwright Probably yet I find it striking that many of

the newer groups (Hoi Polloi Half Straddle The TEAM 600 HIGHWAYMEN) have also moved toward a

more text-centric approach while other companies (ERS Gatz Daniel Fish hellipA Supposedly Fun Thinghellip)

are literally staging books and some go even fur983156her into a kind of documentary theatre (ERSrsquos Arguendo

OK Theatrersquos massive Life And Times 17 But the long-term impact of playwriting may be the final bridging

of the gap between the experimental and the institutional theatres Plays after all are por983156able they are

designed to be repeatable

13 Play (n) a story in dialog about characters going about their bu siness whom yoursquore meant to care about

14 aka Nellie Tinder

15 For the sake of example I am limiting myself to playwrights who have been par983156 of PRELUDE and trying not to repeat myself But the fact is most of thesewriters have pursued several of these strategies in different plays thus Washburn has also written several history plays and another piece which also shiftsdramatic narrative with each scene Leersquos also written a church service and a cabaret act etc etc

16 In terms of long weird titles this rivals the German bestsellerFour and a Half Years of Struggle Against Lies Stupidity and Cowardice

17 This piece is the closest thing to a ldquohit showrdquo in cont emporary experimental theatre thoughGatz and Wersquore Gonna Die come close As on Broadway witha ldquohit showrdquo mass appeal counts more than critical acclaim One of the most interesting trends in contemporary experimental theatre is radically lowering thebarrier to entry LeCompte Foreman and Wilson were all to some degree deliberately difficult aggressively odd unashamedly ar983156y The newer stuff is typicallyobvious on the sur983142ace and often downright goofy This may be the wave of the futurehellip

(Above) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

THE TEN YEAR PRELUDE A FORWARD983085LOOKING BACKWARD GLANCE

by Jeffrey M Jones(continued)

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MARIANNE WEEMSPRELUDE is a critical par983156 of the organism

(Def a form of life composed of mutually interdependent par983156s that maintain variousvital processes)

PRELUDEis

(Above) The Universe is a Small Hat directed by Cesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 13

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YOUNG JEAN LEEPRELUDE is something that was cool tenyears ago when it star983156edand is still cool nowSomehow it just never went downhill

PAVOL LISKAPRELUDE is the big bang of New York theaterwhere you can see the very origins of work

AARON LANDSMANPRELUDE is where the conversationstar983156s veers arranges itself and gets deep

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11

(Opposite) Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven directed by Young Jean Lee at PRELUDE 05

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GIDEON LESTERPRELUDE is like the book I most want to read each fallwith each page full of surprises cliff-hangers and revelationsthat change my sense of whatrsquos possible in per983142ormance

VALLEJO GANTNERPRELUDE is a per983142ect cultural embodiment of New York City

Always evolving always excitingtoo crowded with too much to see in too little time

(Clockwise from above R) Benjamin Forster in Liz One directed by John Jesurun at PRELUDE09 Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12 Donelle Woolford in Dickrsquos Joke directed by Donelle Woolford at PRELUDE 11Black-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun at PRELUDE 09

(R) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila

Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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BRIAN ROGERSPRELUDE continues to be absolutely indispensableAs an ar983156ist a presenter and everything in between

-so much of how I understand and relate to the work oftheater ar983156ists has its roots here

MAC WELLMANPRELUDE is the one indispensable theater festivalin New York City - it is adventurous intelligent and utterly free of

the corporate mediocrity that typifies most of the mainstreamPRELUDE I hope is here to stay as there is nothing like it

(Above) Lucy Kaminsky in Pink Melon Joy directed by Katherine Brook at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Ryosuke Yamada and Yuki Kawahisa in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion atPRELUDE 08

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JASON GROTE

PRELUDE is like a friendship caught on fire

KRISTEN KOSMASPRELUDE is hands-down my favorite

American theater festival celebration intellectual convention slashextended family reunionthat I secretly wish could go on all year long every year from now toeternity

(Above) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

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JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY PRELUDE is an oppor983156unity to peer into the futureand see work that will have a profound effecton you next year

JOSEPH V MELILLOPRELUDE is a valuable resource for discourse on the pursuitof ar983156 culture and ideaswithin the 21st century here in New York City

(Above) This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05(Opposite) Jeff Biehl in Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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Over this last decade I have looked tothe PRELUDE Festival for new ideasfor information about new writers and

theaters and as an impor983156ant bridge to the international theater

community Its range of programming and guest ar983156ists providesan impor983156ant service enriching the New York theater

1 PRELUDE exists at this wonder983142ulintersection of academic conference andmosh pit Inside the walls of a reputableinstitution we are encouraged to make amess and push the boundaries and it isacknowledged that THAT IS IMPORTANT

and a discourse is created aroundthose messes and potentialities and Ias a maker of things and events haverealized things about what I do and whatother people do that I would not haverecognized otherwise and that is anincredible service and experience

2 PRELUDE is a place to recognize ldquooh this is the community Iam in these are my contemporariesrdquo and that is deeply deeplyvaluable

3 The first time we did PRELUDE we collaborated with Japanese

writer director choreographer Mikuni Yanaihara and sheadmired my Crocs and said they were cool Nobody has done thatsince then

ANNE CATTANEO

DAN SAFER

THE ARTISTS

(From top) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08 DrunkfishOceanrant co-production by Kristine Haruna Lee amp Built for Collapse at Preluse13 Spotlight Japan

Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsuda and Josh FoxInternaonal WOW Copmany at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE is by an extraordinarymargin my favorite favoriteconvening of ar983156ists anywhereA catalyst for emerging workfor nascent endeavours andfor experiments are in thatmoment still experiments still

unsettled and still unsettlingthe PRELUDE festival has established anenvironment for an ongoing revolution in theNew York City theater scene Scholars criticsproducers ar983156ists actually find themselves indialogue one with the other This is beyondimpor983156ant And my gratitude is similarly beyondBeyond measure

JAY SCHEIBEvery fall PRELUDE erupts like a volcanoinside the otherwise calm mountain of theCUNY Graduate Center The Festivalrsquos hotlava of ar983156ists experiments experiences andpar983156icipants disrupts the buildingrsquos monastictranquility its studious lence its bureaucratichum Iconoclasts arrive in droves to infuse

the buildingrsquos lovely neutrality with action-based questions about how and how far to prod push and transformtheatrical form This frenetic energy of per983142ormance science bondsthe diverse streams of PRELUDE people together and they leave thisunlikely place feeling refreshed reconnected and inspiredThe university is not unchanged either therersquos always a lot of cleanupto do after PRELUDE (from floor-sweeping to fence-mending) butPRELUDE teaches its institution what can happen when it flings itsheavy ornate doors wide wide open

RUTH WIKLER983085LUKER

(L) A dance in progress by Big Dance Theater

at PRELUDE 05

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I remember this intense feeling of beingpar983156 of a community of experimentaltrouble makers who were all gatheringin the hallways and theaters and lobbyof the Grad Center Everyone wantedto see everything and everyone wasexcited Sarah Benson and I were workingon a piece called ldquoQuiver and Twitchrdquothat featured a young boy puppet built

and per983142ormed by the singular KevinAugustine This was the 2005 PRELUDEand Young Jean Lee presented ldquoSongsof the Dragon Flying to Heavenrdquo whichbegins with a video of a close-up ofYoung Jeanrsquos face as she is being

slapped hard across the cheek multiple times The momentof impact of the slap is edited out but the recoil after each slapremains I was sitting in the third row with Scott Adkins and weknew that Young Jean had made this video and we were bothfeeling very worried about watching it I felt upset by the idea ofher being physically hur983156 as per983142ormance Songs of the Dragonis about many things but one of the things it deals with is self

hatred Using her own body as the gateway into this painfuland beautiful work of theater was absolutely disarming andyet essential for this par983156icular piece of ar983156 This was violencethat provoked yes but it also provided a space for deepercontemplation Even as I am writing this I am thinking WhatWhat That cannot be correct how can I be saying that violencecan invoke contemplation Eight years later a multitude ofPRELUDE per983142ormances panels videos and dance par983156ies haveinspired me to make better work introduced me to new ar983156iststaught me about process and challenged me as an audiencemember but that first slap in the face remains for me a uniquetheatrical wake up call to pursue the limits of my own discomfor983156

and to face what I fear

ERIN COURTNEYI first did something in PRELUDE in 2004I think It was early work on a piece that atthe time was called The Littlewood ProjectBy 2006 it was called OH WHAT WAR andPRELUDE asked us back There are thingsI make that take a long time and PRELUDEalways seems to be there for me withthem - Red Fly Blue Bottle (Latitude 14)Beowulf (BBampB) City Council Meeting

(Aaron Landsman amp Jim Findlay) and nowthis year with This Was The End (RestlessNYC) I also curated a series of 4 newtranslations of Catalan plays for PRELUDEI had been bugging Frank for years aboutthis and he gave me the oppor983156unity and

sent me to Barcelona PRELUDE has been a kind of landing stripfor me - where you can touch down for a couple days show somepiece of a work talk to your friends see something surprising youdidnrsquot know was out there have a few drinks and some new ideasstar983156 a few fights then get back up in the air back to work WhatFrank star983156ed 10 years ago is a real joy for me Itrsquos great to beasked but just going and seeing other peoplersquos work is also great

The many memorable things - Collapsable Giraffe in the lobbyAndrew Dinwiddiersquos ldquoSwaggar983156rdquo Shatner expounding on ar983156 thanksto Phil Soltonoff and Joe Deibes getting hit in the face with anempty box in Jay Scheibrsquos ldquoWorld of Wiresrdquo Sybil Kempsonrsquos madeup language clinging to the words of Jonathan Foster Wallace asan actress in headphones approached the end of a diving boardbecause of Daniel Fish sitting in the dark with Trajal Harrell ReggieWatts turning a panel discussion into an actual conversation andKristen Kosmasrsquo breathtaking ldquoThis From Cloudlandrdquo To name justa few And the things I missed that were going on in the next roomTo Frank and all the many curatorsproducers over the years manyof whom are friends - Andy Geoffrey Morgan Helen Caleb Claire

Ruth Ber983156ie - what a mark you have made Thank you

MALLORY CATLETT

(L and opposite) A Fiery FlyingRoll or Dick Dick Dick byRadiohole at PRELUDE 05

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BONNIE MARRANCA Over the last decade the Mar983156in E SegalTheatre Centerrsquos PRELUDE program hasbeen a highlight of the star983156 of each theatreseason Its guests read like a Whorsquos Who ofdowntown theatre with an ever-expandingfield of vision PRELUDE brings togethercompanies writers directors presenterscritics and curators for afternoons or

evenings of intelligent conversationabout new work and impor983156ant current topics such as the growingintersection of theatre and per983142ormance ar983156 and the focus on processThere are also previews of productions and plays for the upcomingseason with presentations by ar983156ists of their work and ar983156istic processOn occasion there are spotlights on the work of countries abroad suchas Poland and Korea underlining the Segal Centerrsquos global outreachWhat is exceptionally valuable is the cross-generational cross-mediacamaraderie that occurs among ar983156ists and in which the public isinvited to share at the many events offered Under the far-sightedprogramming of its executive director Frank Hentschker PRELUDEhas evolved as a lively center of serious engagement with the broadspectrum of per983142ormance and writing offered by the most innovativethinkers working today in theatre in New York

ANNIE983085B PARSON We in the theater need our seasonal rituals just like all tribes and PRELUDE has become just that for me Each Fall for a decadeI par983156icipate in and cherish our autumnalharvest festival called PRELUDE Theoperating principle of Prelude is works stillin process and in framing it as such theaudience is both forgiving of the chaff anddesirous of the wheat Therefore since itsinception I have shown unfinished workpresenting something with an implied sign

ldquowarning wet paintrdquo

Under the passionate curious eyes of Frank Hentschker we showwhat we have been doing in rehearsal to the people he gathers thecongregants of our strange church per983142ect for our needs at thatmoment We donrsquot know what we have when we present it and yetwe leave in a different phase of the work pushing towards somefinal version Itrsquos always nerve- wracking as hell one of the requiredindignities of our business to show what we have not completedCuration is not shoppingmdashit isnrsquot- picking this and not picking that It isa rendering of many materials into a community of work Frank andhis curators including Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons through theirgood juju and true understanding of the inner workings of the clocksof new material have nur983156ured audiences to smar983156ly observe workin gestational form These talented curators cluster and shape anevent coaxing the bevy of works to behave in a context of the ldquohandmaderdquo where failure is a given a familiar old friend par983156 of the show

Without that old friend nothing would ever get righted We see it inothersrsquo work too and it reminds us that we the lot of us are cynicsquestioning everything and we have to do it in front of each otherThere is no other way Process is the grammar of PRELUDE Everyonethere knows it And amid the autumnal cornucopia of small successesand larger failures we say togetherAmen

(Above) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Joseph Beuys in NYC by Jackson Pollock Bar at PRELUDE 11

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ldquoSee you at the lsquoLude duderdquo

Over the years the structure and thinking behind PRELUDE has slowly

dawned on me and its influence and impor983156ance Itrsquos where all the thinkersare But therersquos no snobbery about it And there is no place setting forcompetition Itrsquos a char983156ing out and a confirmation of the ways in whichwe are cooperating When you go you canrsquot help but care about whatrsquoshappening there Everyone who goes is par983156icipating Every time I go I get

butter983142lies and also a (lsquorisingrsquo) feeling in my chest Itrsquos a chance to check inwith the exaltation par983156 of being human and it helps put the daily grind-typear983156ist concerns in their proper perspective for the progressing year

Itrsquos been 10 YEARS

My first time Irsquoll never forget It was while I was still deliriously crazing myway through the CUNY Brooklyn College MFA program so that would havebeen sometime between 2004 and 2007 Sarah Benson was curatingat that time I remember showing up at the very dignified CUNY GraduateCenter and basically camping out for the entire festival just attending oneevent after another and feeling completely invigorated the whole time mybrain and hear983156 singing together in harmony There was so much to talkabout and everyone was really talking and discussing everything we wereseeing So many ideas at work and so much freshness and in this beautiful

setting - not in a dark basement or a late night black box on the outskir983156s -and yet with such a blessed lack of marketing or hype-hype

I couldnrsquot believe how much was going on and how much I loved everythingthat I saw all the per983142ormances all the writing how much it seemed to applyto me and how much it meant to me to see that work being presented insuch a lsquolegitimatersquo setting It was an affirmation of the community we havehere and continues to be every year Not the kind of community that islsquofosteredrsquo but a real gathering of tribes that reminds me in a very concretepalpable way that we are all working something together even if we are inseparate processes and applying for the same grants

In the years since I star983156ed my yearly migration to the lsquoLude Irsquove been

honored to be asked to sit on a panel or two and have also seen someof my own work per983142ormed there Which is a thrill But itrsquos really just aswonder983142ul to get to go as an audience member and par983156ake When yoursquovegot something happening at the lsquoLude you donrsquot get to see as much ofother stuff Either way I want to grow old at and with the PRELUDE FestivalHerersquos to ten more of another ten years

SIBYL KEMPSON

Ten years on looking back at PRELUDE

As theater editor and chief drama critic for a weekly magazine (andits online version) I write brief reviews and occasional news items forgeneral audience My readers are a mix of theater ar983156ists fans touristsacademics and savvy culture vultures Itrsquos a restless motley audiencewith diverse needs One thingrsquos for sure my writing is not aimed atavant-garde specialists I canrsquot issue windy manifestoes or theoretical

proclamations without alienating my basemdashor simply irritating itMoreover Irsquom deeply invested in the evaluative and interpretativedimension of criticism My reviews are not above saying whether I likeor dislike whether itrsquos wor983156hy or a waste of time And yes we use astar-rating system Pretentious bloggers and snobby dramaturgsmdashasdisgusted by the media as they are ignorant of its workingsmdasheagerlypoint out that Irsquom no Herber983156 Blau or Richard Gilman Very true WhatI can be though is a conduit between a larger audience and rarefiedcontemporary practices I can try to translate the jargon of academiainto vibrant persuasive language to help a spectator appreciatean event In New York alone the experimental-theater world hasundergone profound changes in the decade since PRELUDE beganconvening panels and presenting works in progress Among the variousphenomena Irsquove noticed through PRELUDE (some of which date back to1960s and rsquo70s) relational aesthetics as play postdramatic stagingopera-theater hybrids digital and mixed-media dramaturgy historicalmeta-(mis)representation and the fascinating range of textualstrategies in new plays that range from found text to Internet-agepoetics

Thatrsquos where the great value of PRELUDE comes in Year after year itoffers a panoramic view of the creative processes of young (and not-so-young) ar983156ists and theorists It demonstrates the variety and ferment ofthe theatrical avant-garde constantly evolving and reacting As a criticand commentator PRELUDE goads me to ask myself How do I write

about this work

DAVID COTE

(Below and oppsite)This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05

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2012The author sits at work and gets a cryptic email asking what she isworking onShe mentions a show about wizards which gets scheduled for PRELUDEShe is ecstatic But also terrified Her collaborator is doing another showand the piece which requires an audience is rehearsed in a frenzy at herapt This isnrsquot what being a real ar983156ist was supposed to be she thinksldquo Black Wizard Blue Wizardrdquo is par983156 of Songspiel Itrsquos another madhouse

but no Styrofoam A line stretches out the door to the lobby The author isfilled with excitement and fear She returns to her improvisational rootschatting casuallymdashand in costumemdashwith the people in line She hears hercue and enters the theatre It is deliriously fun

ELIZA BENT

2007-2009The author sits at work and receives a press release about the PRELUDEfestival It looks cool and she pours over the program The ar983156ists whosenames she recognizes she loves The ar983156ists shersquos unfamiliar with wellshersquod better get to know She attends and is enraptured

2010The author sits at work She is now technically a playwright in addition to

being a sometimes-actor She receives the PRELUDE press release andis deeply envious of everyone involved She looks in the mirror to see ifshersquos turned green She has not but vows to work harder and to one daybe a real ar983156ist

2011The author learns shersquoll be per983142orming in PRELUDE with Half StraddleShe is ecstatic She arrives late to work and listens to a voicemail

Hi Eliza Frank Hentscher from the Segal Center Call me back aboutinterviewing someone for one of our programs Also will we see you atPRELUDE Hope so ciao

The author returns Frankrsquos call

FH HalloEB Hi Frank itrsquos Eliza Bent from American Theatre magazine

They discuss the interview which has nothing to do with PRELUDE

FH Ah very good So will I see you at PRELUDEEB Yeah Thatrsquos me on the posterFH What Who are youEB Irsquom Eliza Bent Irsquom per983142orming in Seagull Irsquom on the posterFH Ah that is youEB YeahFH Yoursquore a cover girl Who are you Which oneEB Irsquom wearing the red lipstick

FH Ah Ha ha You look different So you will do Seagull at the SegalCenter Ha haEB Ha ha

At the per983142ormance there are Styrofoam benches in the gallery spaceand itrsquos a mad house The author rolls along on a skate board observingthe huge windows on the street where onlookers who couldnrsquot squeezein watch Itrsquos super fun Shersquos relieved she doesnrsquot fall off the skateboard

At the after par983156y Frank lifts up Becca Blackwell on the dance floor It isEpic

(Above from L) Beowulf ndash A Thousand Years of Baggage by Banana Bag amp Bodice at PRELUDE 08 Spotligh t Japan

The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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L Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg36 Irina Rozovsky 2011

Julien Jourdes 2007

pg38 R Irina Rozovsky 2011

L Julien Jourdes 2007

Pg39 Julien Jourdes 2007

pg41 Julieta Cervantes 2012Julieta Cervantes 2012

pg43 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg44 Rachel Rober983156s 2008pg46 NTOK Cour983156esy of the ar983156ist

Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg49 Julieta Cervantes 2012

pg51 Julieta Cervantes 2006

pg52-57 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg55 Sarah Benson Frank Hentschker

p g 58 -6 3 Julieta Cervantes 2006

p g 64 -6 9 Julien Jourdes 2007

p g 70 -7 9 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

p g 80 -8 9 Justin Bernhaut 2009p g 90 -9 7 Justin Bernhaut 2010

p g 99 -1 05 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg106-115 Jul ieta Cervantes 2012

p g 10 2 Claire Bishop Cour983156esy of the ar983156ist

pg116-125 Jul ieta Cervantes 2013

pg126 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg127 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg129 Irina Rozovsky 2011

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Ten Years PRELUDE

Edited by Frank Hentschker

Designed amp Design Concept by

Yu Chien Liu

Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center PublicationsGraduate Center City University of New York

Frank Hentschker Executive DirectorRebecca Sheahan Managing Director

Marvin Carlson Director of Publications

Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center Publications

New York copy2016

Copyright copy 2014 by Mar983156in E Segal Theatre CenterFront cover photo copy2008 by Rachel Rober983156sBack cover photo copy2007 by Julien Jourdes All rights reserved No par983156 of this publication may be reproduced distributed or transmitted in

any form or by any means including photocopying recording or other electronic or mechanicalmethods without permission in writting from the publisher and photographers

Printed in the United States of America

Second Edition 2016

ISBN 978-0-9846160-9-1

Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center PublicationsThe Graduate Center City University of New York365 Fifth Avenue 3rd FloorNew York NY 10016-4309212-817-1860 | mestcgccunyedu

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Publications 2016 | 2014 | Presents a history of the Prelude

Festival held at the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center The Graduate Center

City University of New York from 2003 through 2013

Identifiers LCCN 2015050029 | ISBN 9780984616091 (pbk)

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(State)--New York--History--21st century | Theater--New York (State)--New

York--History--21st century

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7 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

INTRODUCTION

In Weimar Berlin theatre maker Ber983156olt Brecht declared that ldquoNew Times need New Forms of theatrerdquo Theexplorer Brecht created a pleasurable open theatre for the children of the scientific age a theatre that aimedto educate and to enter983156ain Brechtrsquos work for the theatre reacted to the invention of the typewriter the carthe plane film projection the tank the submarine the phone the growing divide between rich and poor thebitter fights between the left and the right the threat of fascism and total war in the first mechanical age

In New York at the Graduate Center CUNY almost 100 years later the research for new forms of theatreand per983142ormance continues at The Segal Centerrsquos PRELUDE this time for the children of the digital age Howdo New Yorkrsquos theatre ar983156ists react to the invention of the iPad the ever-exploding internet SKYPE dronessmar983156 phones smar983156 watches home robots digital cable TV YouTube GPS Google Facebook Twitter and adigitized military How do writers directors and per983142ormers reflect on the ever-growing divide between richand poor the bitter fights between the liberals and the conservatives the threat of Climate Change and theWar on Terror in the second mechanical but first digital age

At the PRELUDE theatre research lab for three days each fall we can observe these new aesthetic practicesgrowing influenced and reacting to what Hegel calls the Weltzustand mdashthe state of the world Still in processin development not finished not polishedmdashbut honestly seriously playfully asking the eternal questions ofwhat is real and what is not what is new and what is old where we come from where we are where we aregoing and what we can do to make change we want to happen

In New York we have an army of skilled theatrical and per983142ormative explorers educating and enter983156ainingthe digital children of our age They truly experiment with form and contentmdashlike in a physics labmdashwhateverthe results may be And every fall PRELUDE has been the very best showcase in the city when it comes toinvention creativity and new ideas The list of PRELUDE ar983156ists and ensembles documented in this bookspeak for themselves And it has been a real honor for us to present their work New York per983142ormance as an entity has become an inspiring model on how to reflect best on HegelrsquosWeltzustand in the new millennium Hundreds of theatre companies and per983142ormance ar983156ists presenthundreds of openings each month The works are often not meant to last they come and go like popsongs Due to the financial and physical constraints of New York City new works are produced fastpresented earlymdasha vehicle for the future research for the next workmdashwith emphasis on the journey and notthe arrival at the temple It is the end of the masterpieces as Ar983156aud called for in fact it calls perhaps forthe end of dominating voices of the masters of theatre might they be writers directors or critics All is influx in movement breathless Work we ultimately see at PS 122 or at BAM HERE Ar983156s Center or St AnnrsquosWarehouse JACK or The Chocolate Factory in Queens or downtown cannot be more different from eachother like blogs on the web For every strong voice that emerges other voices will sound that contradictsor questions immediately But these incompatible approaches help us to organize a new understanding ofeverything the Weltzustand and to learn about the brave new world we all live in We the spectators orpar983156icipantsmdashin ar983156 as in lifemdashhave to navigate ourselves without the help of dominating voices of the mastersWe already know that everyone (like FOX News or a political candidate) who is trying to deliver one truthis deceiving us Now we have learned that it is up to us when in doubt to create the meaning and to do theright thing PRELUDE for over 10 years now has been a real force in New York theatre providing a small space forar983156istic exchange in the hear983156 of the city within the limits of an academic setting but with unlimited creativityand imagination Over 1000 New York theatre makers have par983156icipated and created a discourse wherear983156ists interact with academics and audiences where fellow ar983156ist can see what their colleagues are up toand chat over a cup of coffee about fresh ideas The PRELUDE ar983156istsmdashpioneers in their fieldmdashdemonstratethat theatre and per983142ormance matters in the City and that New York experimental work is still at the forefrontof the form And if that would not be reason enough to celebrate here is one more The act of making ar983156 being anar983156ist living the life of a free ar983156ist in the highly restricted contemporary American society is a radicalar983156istic provocation in itself Surviving in New York just being able to produce and present ar983156work over alonger period of time is meaningful and highly respected by the audience and fellow ar983156ists And should becelebrated as we do the PRELUDE way

-Frank HentschkerExecutive Director Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center The Graduate Center CUNY New York

THE PRELUDE WAYby Frank Hentschker Founder

A n e a r l y v e r s i o n o f t h i s a r 983156 i c l e w a s p u b l i s h e d i n P E R F O R M A N C E

N E W Y

O R K rdquo A J o u r n a l o f P e r 983142 o r m a n c e a n d A r 983156

V o l u m e

3 4 N u m b e r 1 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2 ( P A J 1 0 0 ) B o n n i e M a r r a n c a e d i t o r

PRELUDE Ar983156ists amp Panelist 2003 - 2013

2003 Blue Heron Theatre bull Bravo Productions bull Clubbed Thumb bull Epic Reperory Theatre bullHamm amp Clov Stage Company bull JeanCocteau Reperory Theatre bull MCC Theater bull Metropolitan Playhouse bull National Asain American Theatre Company bull Salt amp PepperMime Company bull Strike Anywhere Perormance Ensemble bull The Geniuses Guild bull The Lark Theatre bull The Play Company bull TheSpar983156an Theatre bull Lisa Stevenson bull Jim Horon bull Daniel Talbot 2004 Ellen StewarLa Mama ETC bull Abingdon Theatre Company bullAmerican Renaissance Theatre (ARTC) bull Banana Boat Productions bull Black Moon Theatre Company bull Boomerang Theatre Companybull CAP 21 (Collaborative Ars Project 21) bull Ergo Theatre Company bull Freestyle Reperory Theatre bull Golden Fleece Ltd bull Hamm ampClov Stage Company bull HERE Ars Center bull Jean Cocteau Reperory bull Juggernaut Theatre Company bull Marie-Louise Miller bullMessenger Theatre Company bull Metropolitan Playhouse bull Mind The Gap Theatre bull NeoPack bull Pan Asian Reperory Theatre bull SarahCameron Sunde bull Six Figures T heatre Company bull Strike Anywhere Perormance Ensemble bull Teatro IATI International Theatre ArsInstitute bull The Actors Theatre Workshop Inc bull The Caribbean Cultural Theatre bull The Dream Theatre bull The Hypothetical TheatreCompany bull Thireenth Night Theatre Company bull Xoregos Perorming Company bull Young Playwrights Inc 2005 David CoteTime OutNew York bull Vallejo GantnerPS 122 bull Eric DyerRadiohole bull Paul LazarBig Dance Theater bull John Jesurun bull Marianne WeemsTheBuilders Association bull Big Dance Theater bull Caden MansonBig Ar Group bull Cynthia Hopkins bull Division 13 Productions bull Elevator

Repair Service bull Erin Courney bull Jay Scheib bull John Jesurun bull Katie Pearl bull Lisa DrsquoAmour bull Mac Wellman bull Madelyn Kent bull Natu reTheater of Oklahoma bull Pavol Liska bull Richard MaxwellNYC Players bull Sheila Callaghan bull The Builders Association bull The NationalTheater of the United States of America bull Todd DrsquoAmour bull Young Jean Lee 2006 Andrew Dinwiddie bull Brooke OrsquoHarra bull GregoryMosher bull Jeffrey M Jones bull Kristin Maring bull Maria Goyanes bull Mark Russell bull Randy Gener bull Risa Shoup bull Rob Handel bull Young JeanLee bull Brendan ConnellyThe Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf bull Brooke OrsquoHarraThe Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf bull Carl Hancock Ruxbull Charles Mee Jr bull Collapsable Giraffe bull Cynthia Hopkins bull Daniel Veronese bull Dean Moss bull Eric Novak bull Elyas Khan bull ExPgirl bullFederico Leoacuten bull Jason Grote bull Jay Scheib bull Jean Graham Jones bull Jennifer Morris bull Jenny Schwarz bull Joyce Cho bull Juan Souki bull LolaArias bull Mabou Mines bull Mallory Catlett Juggernaut Theatre Co bull Nick Flynn bull Rafael Spregelburd bull Ruth Margraff bull Sarah Provost bullShoshana Polanco bull Target Margin Theater bull TENT bull Thomas Bradshaw bull Will Eno bull Yana Ross 2007 Adam Bock bull Alex Timbers bullBrook Stowe bull David Cote bull David Henry Hwang bull Eric Dyer bull James Scruggs bull Jason Grote bull Jim Nicola bull Kristin Maring bull MacWellman bull Madeleine George bull Melanie Joseph bull Morgan Jenness bull Norman Frisch bull Richard Nelson bull Sarah Benson bull ThomasBradshaw bull 31 Down bull Adam Bock bull Andrew Schneider bull Annie-B Parson Big Dance Theater bull Aya Ogawaknife Inc bull ChristinaCampanella bull Dan SaferWitness Relocation bull David LevineCiNE bull John Moran bull Josh FoxInternational WOW Company bull KameronSteeleThe South Wing bull Kristen Kosmas bull Laboratory Theater bull LightBox bull Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental bull Mark Schultz bullMasataka Matsuda bull Mikuni Yanaihara bull Rachel ShukerBushwick Hotel bull Ranbir Sidhu bull Stephanie Fleischmann bull The DebateSociety bull The Play Company bull the TEAM bull Toshiki Okada bull Uchino Tadashi 2008 Andrew Schneider bull Banana Bag amp Bodice bull Big ArGroup bull Big Dance Theater bull Bonnie Marranca bullBranden Jacobs-Jenkins bull Caden Manson bull Cynthia Hedstrom bull David Cote bull DebraSinger bull Eric Dyer bull Eric Grode bull Eric Ting bull George Hunka bull Jay Scheib bull Jennifer Wright Cook bull Joyce Cho bull Kim Whitener bull KristinMaring bull Langdon C Crawford bull Mallory Catlett bull Marianne Weems bull Morgan von Prelle Pecelli bull Nello M cDaniel bull NYC Players bull PaulLazar bull Progress Theater bull Przemyslaw Wojcieszek bull Richard Foreman bull Rober Elmes bull RoseLee Goldberg bull Sally Oswald bull Soph ieHaviland bull Susan Feldman bull Teresa Vasquez bull Vallejo Gantner bull Victor Weinstock bull Yehuda Duenyas bull Zannah Mass bull Alex Delinois

NYC Players bull Andrew SchneiderEDP bull Bob FeldmanNYC Players bull Brian MendesNYC Players bull Christina Mas ciottiNYC Players bullFluxconcer bull Ivan TalijancicWax Factory bull Jenny Schwarz bullJoyce Cho bull Krzysztof Bizio bull Lakpa Bhutia NYC Players bull LeardeBessonet bull Malgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk bullMarcy Arlin bull Michal Walczak bull Moving Theater bull Neal Medlyn bull Okwui Okpokwasili bullPeter Von Salis Untitled Project bull Przemyslaw Wojcieszek bull Rafael Sanchez NYC Players bull Raul Vincent Enriquez bull RichardMaxwell NYC Players bullRuth SergelUntitled Project bull Sheila Callaghan bull Tal Yarden Second Life Street Theater bull TemporaryDistorion bull The Air Band bull The Builders Association bull The National Theater of The United States of America bull The Paper Industry2009 Andrew Schneider bull Arwen Lowb ridge bull Bonnie Marranca bull Esther Robinson bull Harriet Taub bull Helene Lesterlin bull Jeff Hnilicka bullJeremy James Pickard bullJonah Bokaer bull Justin Krebs bull Kristin Maring bull Lisa Phillips bull Michael Johnson-Chase bull Phil Soltanoff MadDog Experimental bull Rober Zukerman bull Sheila Lewandowski bull Tairone Bastien bull Vallejo Gantner bull Wayne Ashley bull Yehuda Duenyas bullAaron Landsman bull Adrienne Truscott bull Andrew Dinwiddie bull Branden Jacobs-Jenkins bull Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory bullBrendan ConnellyThe Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf bull Brooke OrsquoHarra The Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf bull Bruce High QualityFoundation bull Christina MasciottiNYC Players bull Dan Safer Witness Relocation bull David Levine bull David Michalek bull Erin Courney bullHwang Ji Woo bull Jay Scheib bull John Jesurun bull Judith MalinaThe Living Theatre bull Kim Kwang Lim bull Kim Myung Hwa bull Kristen Kosmasbull Marina Abramovic bull Object Collection bull Radiohole bull Steve Cuiffo bull William Cusick bull Wuturi Players 2010 Caridad Svich bull CarlaPeterson bull Christina deRoos bull Eric Dyer bullKevin Cunningham bull Kevin Doyle bull Megan Sprenger bull Tanya Selvaratnam bull Young Jean Leebull Aaron Landsman bull Alec DuffyHoi Polloi bull Andrew Schneider bull Angels Aymar bull Dan Safer bull DJ Spooky bull Esteve Soler bull HERE ArCenter bull Hillary Spector bull Ishmael Houston-Jones bull Jim Findlay bull Joe Silovsky bull Joyce Cho bull Julie Atlas Muz bull Kimon Keramidas bullMallory Catlett bull Mara Buchaca bull Mashinka Firunts bull May Adrales bull Penny Arcade bull Reggie Watts bull Reid Farrington bull Rober QuillenCamp bull Sergi Belbel bull Sylvan OswaldHoi Polloi bull The Field bull The TEAM bull Trajal Harrell 2011 Claudia La Rocco bull Jeffery M Jones bullJulia Robinson bull Pablo Helguera bull Richard Move bull Sibyl Kempson bull Big Dance Theater bull Daniel Fish bull David LevineCiNE bull Doll Pars bullDonelle Woolford bull Elevator Repair Service bull Jackie Sibblies Drury bull Jackson Pollock Bar bull Jake HookerThe Plastic Ars bull Jay Scheib

bull Lumberob bull Mac Wellman bull Nina Beier bull Otso Huopaniemi bull Rober Fitterman bull Sibyl Kempson bull Steve Mellor bull Suzanne Bocanegraamp Paul Lazar bull Temporary Distorion bull Tina SatterHalf Straddle bull Will Holder bull Young Jean Leersquos Theater Compan y 2012 AaronLandsman bull Andy Horwitz bull Caden Manson bull Claire Bishop bull Lear deBessonet bull Marianne Weems bull Niegel Smith bull Tony Torn bull 600Highwaymen bull Adam Feldman bull Alec DuffyHoi Polloibull Amber Marin bull Anais Michel bull Andrew Ondrejcak bull Annie Dorsen bull AnneWashburn bull Anonymous Ensemble bull Branden Jacobs-Jenkins bull Bridget Everett bull Caden MansonBig Ar Group bull Cole Escola bullCorey Dargel bull Corina Copp bullCulturebot bull Daniel Fish bull Dave Malloy bull David Levine bull DJ Mendel bull Eliza Bent bull Erin CourneyAdhesive Theater Project bull Faye Driscoll bull Hannah Bos bull Heidi Schreck bull Jack Ferver bull Jay Scheib amp Co bull Jeff Larson bull Jenn Harris bullJoe Ranono bull Joshua Conkel bull Juliana Francis Kelly bull Karinne Keithley bull Ken Rus Schmoll bull Kristine Haruna Lee bull Lance Horne bullLeah Nanako WinklerEverywhere Theater Group bull Lucas Hnath bull Lumberob bull Mac Wellman bull Maria Striar bull Miguel Gutierrez andThe Powerul People bull Molly Pope bull Myles Kane bull Nature Theater of Oklahoma bull Nellie Tinder bull Niegel Smith bull Phil Solt anoff bull PoorBaby Bree bull Richard Foreman bull Sarah Benson bull Shara Worden bull Sibyl Kempson bull Tei Blow bull The Kioskers bull The Wooster Group bullTina Satter Half Straddle bull Tony Torn bull William Burke bull Yackez bull Yelena GluzmanScience Project bull Young Jean Lee 2013 AaronLandsman bull Abigail Browde bull Adam Horowitz bull Andy Horwitz bull Anne Washburn bull Annie Baker bull Annie Dorsen bull BrandenJacobs-Jenkins bull Carla Peterson bull Clyde Valentine bull Gavin Kroeber bull Gelsey Bell bull Geoffrey Jackson Scott bull Helen Shaw bull MaxPosner bull Melanie Joseph bull Michael Silverstone bull Morgan von Prelle Pecelli bull Niegel Smith bull Risa Shoup bull Rob Marcato bull ShonniEnelow bull Sibyl Kempson bull David LevineCiNE bull Claire Bishop bull 600 Highwaymen bull Andrew Ondrejcak bull Andrew Schneider bullANIMALS bull Big Dance Theater bull Built for Collapse bull Caden MansonBig Ar Group bull Cesar Alvarez bull Chris Tyler bull Cynthia Hopkins bullDaniel Fish bull Erin Markey bull Institute for Psychogeographic Adventure bull James Harrison Monaco bull Jay Scheib amp Co bull Jeffrey M Jonesbull Jerome Ellis bull Jim Findlay bull Katherine BrookTele-Violet bull Katie PearlPearlDamour bull Kippy Winston bull Kristine Haruna Lee bull LisaDrsquoAmourPearlDamour bull Mallory CatlettRestless NYC bull Nature Theater of Oklahoma bull Neal Medlyn bull Niegel Smith bull Rebecca Patekbull Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble bull Sarah Benson bull Taylor Mac bull The Assembly bull The United States Deparment of Ars amp Culture bull

Todd Shalom bull Woodshed Collective bull

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INTRODUCTION

What was surprising about PRELUDE05 mdash genuinely surprising and almost inconceivable even ten

years earlier mdash was the presence of nine experimental American playwrights representing almost half

the programming Throughout the 20th century experimental American playwrights came mdash if they came

at all mdash as single spies OrsquoNeill (donrsquot laugh) Wilder (ditto) Kennedy Baraka Forneacutes Shepard Albee

(sometimes) Foreman Jenkin Shawn Wellman Jesurun Meehellip (surely Irsquom forgettingsomeone )

Then around the turn of the millennium they show up at battalion strength

Scott Adkins Jess Barbagallo Adam Bock Thomas Bradshaw William Burke Sheila CallaghanRober983156 Quillen Camp Barbara Cassidy Alex Collier Corina Copp Erin Cour983156ney Lisa DrsquoAmourJackie Sibblies Drury Will Eno Rob Erickson Sara Farrington Stephanie Fleischmann BenGassman Madeleine George Melissa James Gibson Elana Greenfield David Greenspan RinneGroff Jason Grote W David Hancock Rob Handel Trish Harnetiaux Ann Marie Healy LucasHnath John Jahnke Julia Jarcho Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Karinne Keithley Sibyl KempsonMadelyn Kent Matt Korahais Kristen Kosmas Carson Kreitzer Aaron Landsman Young JeanLee Casey Llewellyn Kirk Lynn Charlotte Meehan Kevin Oakes Andrew Ondrejcak SylvanOswald Suzan-Lori Parks Amber Reed Kate E Ryan Tina Satter Heidi Schreck Jenny Schwar983156z

Normandy Raven Sherwood Mark Sitko Peggy Stafford Ariel Stess Kelly Stuar983156 Lucy ThurberAlice Tuan Ken Urban Anne Washburn Gary Winterhellip8

Something fundamental had changed in the practice of experimental theatre9 and PRELUDE captured it

To understand how playwrights have transformed the field consider first how ensembles have

historically made work While there are cer983156ainly actor-driven companies and those devoted mainly to

script interpretation the default method has been assemblage bricolage collage building pieces out of

smaller discrete pieces of hellip stuff 10 Text was but one element and rarely expected to carry the burden

of structure while the prevalence of cheap and reliable audiovideo recording devices allowed a layering

strategy which sidestepped once and for all the pesky challenges of the traditional play form Out the

window went plot situation character psychology dramatic arc narrative through-line pity and terror and

that damned third act

Playwrights have never had that luxury No matter how weird and woolly a play may be it is first and

always a language structure written to be spoken and for a play to ldquoworkrdquo11 people must be willing to

sit and listen to it Which without getting too technical on you ainrsquot beanbag All but the dreariest plays

ldquoworkrdquo in the limited sense that you can and will follow12 them

8 Most of these playwrights have not (yet) appeared in PRELUDE Other than that this list is entirely objective comprehensive inclusive diverse and non-fattening

9 This is actually all I am trying to say

10 Irsquom not sure if this is what is meant by ldquodevised theatrerdquo because I donrsquot know what ldquodevised theatrerdquo means

11 Plays we are told must work Suffering the curse of Adam they are not allowed to play

12 Even more to the point you will also be able to anticipate them which is the key to maintaining aud ience attention Once you know the play form you candrop into any play at any point and almost immediately orient yourself in terms of time and action Even if you donrsquot know exactly how it will end you can make avery good guess as to when and how much more there is to come

THE TEN YEAR PRELUDE A FORWARD983085LOOKING BACKWARD GLANCEby Jeffrey M Jones

Ten PRELUDES Ten snapshots of a coming season Ten glimpses into the near future of the only kind of

theatre that seeks the future Now Irsquove been asked to examine the entrails and say what it all meansmdash

where we have been and where we are going in 2000 words or less Reader I may not be up to it

Because after all how much really changes over the course of a decade1

When PRELUDE began for example the sitting president was the son of a former president and the

grandson of a US Senator and Wall Street banker while the mayor of New York was the 85th richest

person in the world This year by contrast the sitting president is the son of Kenyan exchange student

and grandson of an unsuccessful furniture salesman while Michael Bloomberg having fiddled with the

rules to stay in office is now the 13th richest person in the world You could as easily say that everything

changes as that nothing ever does

Which is equally true of PRELUDE It is easy enough to find change consider that when the Nature

Theater of Oklahoma2 first sur983142aced in PRELUDE05 its extant body of work consisted of a 20-minute

dance piece at an obscure downtown per983142ormance series held in a former Kosher winery with a very

leaky roof Or that Young Jean Lee also in PRELUDE05 had only presented her first full-length play the

year before over two sweltering weeks at the Incubator summer series (and Incubator itself wouldnrsquottake over the St Markrsquos space for another five years) Or that in 2005 Anne Washburn was the only

playwright to have been produced by 13P3 Even PRELUDE itself was different in those early days there

were no lines seats were readily available and a good par983156 of the audience looked like retirees on a

budget who after a lifetime of theatergoing had learned to sit equably through anything 4

But it is just as true that the ten years of PRELUDE demonstrate constancy and continuity Consider that

the nine ensembles5 in PRELUDE05 were at least five years old and some much older mdash Elevator Repair

Service (1991) The Builders Association (1994) Division 13 Productions (1995) Big Ar983156 Group (1999)

New York City Players (1996) Radiohole (1998) Big Dance Theater (1999) NTUSA (2000) Ten years

on all but one remain still at the forefront touring even bigger venues acclaimed6 in family newspapers

Not that this should be surprising for ensembles are the closest thing we have to institutions7 and like all

institutions tend toward self-perpetuation (as long as human self-perpetuation is held in check Nothing

threatens an ensemble like the pram in the hall)

1 It pains me to say that in writing this piece I realized that the shor983156hand Irsquove always used to represent a decade mdashtwo years with the same last number eg1950-1960mdashis actually 11 years I now know the first decade of PRELUDE is 2004 ndash 2013 but it still looks funny and includes an initial season so differentfrom the rest that itrsquos like an inning of baseball that suddenly turned into nine holes of golfhellip Irsquom really only talking 9 years here and not even that because Ihavenrsquot seen 2013 so wersquore down to 8 (2005-12) and counting

2 Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper had been making work under their own names since the mid 1990s but adopted the name in 2005 at th e insistence of ActorsrsquoEquity based on some Equity rule only they understand You canrsquot make this stuff up

3 ( 2003-2012 death by implosion)

4 If you donrsquot know the word ldquositzfleisch rdquo itrsquos now yours at no extra charge

5 Any exact definition of ldquoensemblerdquo gets pretty slippery Absent the rare collective the Platonic ensemble consists of a company of per983142ormers gatheredaround one or two principal creators This was as true of the Per983142ormance Group as it was of Byrd Hoffman and the Ridiculous At the other extreme standsthe lone-polymath theatremaker who may nonetheless gather a company about him or her The Ontological-Hysteric comes to mind as does SITI But wheredoes the hydra-headed NTUSA fit or the traveling sisterhood of Half Straddle Is Richard Maxwell a playwright a director a producer It all depends

6 Or not

7 That the reper983156ory company their closest equivalent in funded non-profit theatre has been vir983156ually extinct for decades tells you pretty much all you need toknow about the respective differences There is also the matter of clerical staff Once your clerical staff gets big enough you have to put the temps on stage

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INTRODUCTION

And if it is also striking how little impact 40 years of the American avant-garde has had on seasonal

subscription theatres it may be significant that plays as quietly radical as The Designated Mourner

and Mr Burns have been produced within the last few months at The Public Theatre and Playwrights

Horizons

Irsquove left out a lot of coursemdashcompletely skipped over solo per983142ormers like Andrew Schneider and Cynthia

Hopkins and Carl Hancock Rux and Joe Silovsky (but how could one classify them ) along with the

choreographers dancers composers musicians media ar983156ists even ( yikes ) critics Many PRELUDES

featured mini-festivals of work from other countries I never even saw extensive panel discussions I

had to miss and media showcases I didnrsquot hang around for I hear the par983156ies were pretty good too For

that matter how is it even possible to speak of PRELUDE without mentioning the indefatigable Frank

Hentschker who seems throughout to be in two places at once

But Irsquom out of space Over my word count As to what the next decade of PRELUDE may bring

Well first of all thatrsquos totally hellip

-Jeffrey M Jones

Playwright and essayist New York 2013

The conventional play form13 is durable precisely because it is the result of so many years of trial and

error the sum total of the dramatic constructs that will reliably hold an audience for an hour or two

independent of content Many of the earlier experimental playwrights tried as hard as possible to get

away from the play form one thinks of Meersquos collage experiments Shawnrsquos monologs Foremanrsquospointillist dreamscapes Jesurunrsquos manic talking heads and Wellmanrsquos nonsense plays The new

generation by contrast generally take the play form as their star983156ing point then mess with it

Some in fact have written what might pass for realistic plays save for the one telling detail which calls

the whole representational framework into question Erin Cour983156neyrsquos Demon Baby tosses a malign

garden gnome into a group of young professionals in contemporary London Madeleine Georgersquos The

Zero Hour finds World War II Nazis on the 7 train Julia May Jonasrsquo 14 Evelyn steps straight out of celebrity

rehab into The Bacchae Othersmdashas with Will Enorsquos Thom Paine (Based on Nothing ) or Kristen Kosmasrsquo

There There --work in the opposite direction setting an ordinary three-dimensional (ie ldquoroundedrdquo

moyen-sensuel ) character against an erased blurred or otherwise featureless landscape Playwrights as

different as Lisa DrsquoAmour (Detroit ) and Thomas Bradshaw (take your pick) star983156 with realistic premises

step on the gas and let increasingly out-of-control passions drive the whole thing off a cliff In Crime

or Emergency Sibyl Kempson shifts between dramatic realities with each successive scene while her

Secret Death of Puppets 15 presents the ldquostoryrdquo on audiotape as a kind of radio drama as the author runs

around the stage shifting the empty chairs that represent the ldquocharactersrdquoStill others play even more

complicated games with structure the linguistic traceries and arabesques of Jenny Schwar983156zrsquos Godrsquos Ear

the loop-the-loop and threaded mazes of Jason Grotersquos 1001 Erin Cour983156neyrsquos A Map of Vir983156ue based on

the ring composition theories of Mary Douglas Madelyn Kentrsquos Peninsula and Kempsonrsquos Ich KuumlrbisGeist

are more or less normal plays written in f ractured English Rob Ericksonrsquos Off the Hozzle is autobiographic

monolog fed through a loop machine while Andrew Ondrecjakrsquos Feast channel-sur983142s through a linguistic

Jabberwocky Richard MaxwellrsquosPeople Without History and Young Jean Leersquos The Appeal trash the

most basic conventions of the history play (including but not limited to historical accuracy) Jackie

Sibblies Drury (We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia Formerly Known as

Southwest Africa From the German Sudwestafrika Between the Years 1884-1915 16) and Lucas Hnath

(A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney ) each in their own way

have even written recursive history plays in which ldquoactualrdquo characters comment on the very play which

theyrsquore per983142orming

It seems safe to say the American theatre has never experienced a decade of such feverish invention

Is it too early to gauge the impact of the resurgent playwright Probably yet I find it striking that many of

the newer groups (Hoi Polloi Half Straddle The TEAM 600 HIGHWAYMEN) have also moved toward a

more text-centric approach while other companies (ERS Gatz Daniel Fish hellipA Supposedly Fun Thinghellip)

are literally staging books and some go even fur983156her into a kind of documentary theatre (ERSrsquos Arguendo

OK Theatrersquos massive Life And Times 17 But the long-term impact of playwriting may be the final bridging

of the gap between the experimental and the institutional theatres Plays after all are por983156able they are

designed to be repeatable

13 Play (n) a story in dialog about characters going about their bu siness whom yoursquore meant to care about

14 aka Nellie Tinder

15 For the sake of example I am limiting myself to playwrights who have been par983156 of PRELUDE and trying not to repeat myself But the fact is most of thesewriters have pursued several of these strategies in different plays thus Washburn has also written several history plays and another piece which also shiftsdramatic narrative with each scene Leersquos also written a church service and a cabaret act etc etc

16 In terms of long weird titles this rivals the German bestsellerFour and a Half Years of Struggle Against Lies Stupidity and Cowardice

17 This piece is the closest thing to a ldquohit showrdquo in cont emporary experimental theatre thoughGatz and Wersquore Gonna Die come close As on Broadway witha ldquohit showrdquo mass appeal counts more than critical acclaim One of the most interesting trends in contemporary experimental theatre is radically lowering thebarrier to entry LeCompte Foreman and Wilson were all to some degree deliberately difficult aggressively odd unashamedly ar983156y The newer stuff is typicallyobvious on the sur983142ace and often downright goofy This may be the wave of the futurehellip

(Above) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

THE TEN YEAR PRELUDE A FORWARD983085LOOKING BACKWARD GLANCE

by Jeffrey M Jones(continued)

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MARIANNE WEEMSPRELUDE is a critical par983156 of the organism

(Def a form of life composed of mutually interdependent par983156s that maintain variousvital processes)

PRELUDEis

(Above) The Universe is a Small Hat directed by Cesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 13

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YOUNG JEAN LEEPRELUDE is something that was cool tenyears ago when it star983156edand is still cool nowSomehow it just never went downhill

PAVOL LISKAPRELUDE is the big bang of New York theaterwhere you can see the very origins of work

AARON LANDSMANPRELUDE is where the conversationstar983156s veers arranges itself and gets deep

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11

(Opposite) Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven directed by Young Jean Lee at PRELUDE 05

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GIDEON LESTERPRELUDE is like the book I most want to read each fallwith each page full of surprises cliff-hangers and revelationsthat change my sense of whatrsquos possible in per983142ormance

VALLEJO GANTNERPRELUDE is a per983142ect cultural embodiment of New York City

Always evolving always excitingtoo crowded with too much to see in too little time

(Clockwise from above R) Benjamin Forster in Liz One directed by John Jesurun at PRELUDE09 Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12 Donelle Woolford in Dickrsquos Joke directed by Donelle Woolford at PRELUDE 11Black-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun at PRELUDE 09

(R) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila

Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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BRIAN ROGERSPRELUDE continues to be absolutely indispensableAs an ar983156ist a presenter and everything in between

-so much of how I understand and relate to the work oftheater ar983156ists has its roots here

MAC WELLMANPRELUDE is the one indispensable theater festivalin New York City - it is adventurous intelligent and utterly free of

the corporate mediocrity that typifies most of the mainstreamPRELUDE I hope is here to stay as there is nothing like it

(Above) Lucy Kaminsky in Pink Melon Joy directed by Katherine Brook at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Ryosuke Yamada and Yuki Kawahisa in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion atPRELUDE 08

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JASON GROTE

PRELUDE is like a friendship caught on fire

KRISTEN KOSMASPRELUDE is hands-down my favorite

American theater festival celebration intellectual convention slashextended family reunionthat I secretly wish could go on all year long every year from now toeternity

(Above) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

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JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY PRELUDE is an oppor983156unity to peer into the futureand see work that will have a profound effecton you next year

JOSEPH V MELILLOPRELUDE is a valuable resource for discourse on the pursuitof ar983156 culture and ideaswithin the 21st century here in New York City

(Above) This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05(Opposite) Jeff Biehl in Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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Over this last decade I have looked tothe PRELUDE Festival for new ideasfor information about new writers and

theaters and as an impor983156ant bridge to the international theater

community Its range of programming and guest ar983156ists providesan impor983156ant service enriching the New York theater

1 PRELUDE exists at this wonder983142ulintersection of academic conference andmosh pit Inside the walls of a reputableinstitution we are encouraged to make amess and push the boundaries and it isacknowledged that THAT IS IMPORTANT

and a discourse is created aroundthose messes and potentialities and Ias a maker of things and events haverealized things about what I do and whatother people do that I would not haverecognized otherwise and that is anincredible service and experience

2 PRELUDE is a place to recognize ldquooh this is the community Iam in these are my contemporariesrdquo and that is deeply deeplyvaluable

3 The first time we did PRELUDE we collaborated with Japanese

writer director choreographer Mikuni Yanaihara and sheadmired my Crocs and said they were cool Nobody has done thatsince then

ANNE CATTANEO

DAN SAFER

THE ARTISTS

(From top) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08 DrunkfishOceanrant co-production by Kristine Haruna Lee amp Built for Collapse at Preluse13 Spotlight Japan

Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsuda and Josh FoxInternaonal WOW Copmany at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE is by an extraordinarymargin my favorite favoriteconvening of ar983156ists anywhereA catalyst for emerging workfor nascent endeavours andfor experiments are in thatmoment still experiments still

unsettled and still unsettlingthe PRELUDE festival has established anenvironment for an ongoing revolution in theNew York City theater scene Scholars criticsproducers ar983156ists actually find themselves indialogue one with the other This is beyondimpor983156ant And my gratitude is similarly beyondBeyond measure

JAY SCHEIBEvery fall PRELUDE erupts like a volcanoinside the otherwise calm mountain of theCUNY Graduate Center The Festivalrsquos hotlava of ar983156ists experiments experiences andpar983156icipants disrupts the buildingrsquos monastictranquility its studious lence its bureaucratichum Iconoclasts arrive in droves to infuse

the buildingrsquos lovely neutrality with action-based questions about how and how far to prod push and transformtheatrical form This frenetic energy of per983142ormance science bondsthe diverse streams of PRELUDE people together and they leave thisunlikely place feeling refreshed reconnected and inspiredThe university is not unchanged either therersquos always a lot of cleanupto do after PRELUDE (from floor-sweeping to fence-mending) butPRELUDE teaches its institution what can happen when it flings itsheavy ornate doors wide wide open

RUTH WIKLER983085LUKER

(L) A dance in progress by Big Dance Theater

at PRELUDE 05

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I remember this intense feeling of beingpar983156 of a community of experimentaltrouble makers who were all gatheringin the hallways and theaters and lobbyof the Grad Center Everyone wantedto see everything and everyone wasexcited Sarah Benson and I were workingon a piece called ldquoQuiver and Twitchrdquothat featured a young boy puppet built

and per983142ormed by the singular KevinAugustine This was the 2005 PRELUDEand Young Jean Lee presented ldquoSongsof the Dragon Flying to Heavenrdquo whichbegins with a video of a close-up ofYoung Jeanrsquos face as she is being

slapped hard across the cheek multiple times The momentof impact of the slap is edited out but the recoil after each slapremains I was sitting in the third row with Scott Adkins and weknew that Young Jean had made this video and we were bothfeeling very worried about watching it I felt upset by the idea ofher being physically hur983156 as per983142ormance Songs of the Dragonis about many things but one of the things it deals with is self

hatred Using her own body as the gateway into this painfuland beautiful work of theater was absolutely disarming andyet essential for this par983156icular piece of ar983156 This was violencethat provoked yes but it also provided a space for deepercontemplation Even as I am writing this I am thinking WhatWhat That cannot be correct how can I be saying that violencecan invoke contemplation Eight years later a multitude ofPRELUDE per983142ormances panels videos and dance par983156ies haveinspired me to make better work introduced me to new ar983156iststaught me about process and challenged me as an audiencemember but that first slap in the face remains for me a uniquetheatrical wake up call to pursue the limits of my own discomfor983156

and to face what I fear

ERIN COURTNEYI first did something in PRELUDE in 2004I think It was early work on a piece that atthe time was called The Littlewood ProjectBy 2006 it was called OH WHAT WAR andPRELUDE asked us back There are thingsI make that take a long time and PRELUDEalways seems to be there for me withthem - Red Fly Blue Bottle (Latitude 14)Beowulf (BBampB) City Council Meeting

(Aaron Landsman amp Jim Findlay) and nowthis year with This Was The End (RestlessNYC) I also curated a series of 4 newtranslations of Catalan plays for PRELUDEI had been bugging Frank for years aboutthis and he gave me the oppor983156unity and

sent me to Barcelona PRELUDE has been a kind of landing stripfor me - where you can touch down for a couple days show somepiece of a work talk to your friends see something surprising youdidnrsquot know was out there have a few drinks and some new ideasstar983156 a few fights then get back up in the air back to work WhatFrank star983156ed 10 years ago is a real joy for me Itrsquos great to beasked but just going and seeing other peoplersquos work is also great

The many memorable things - Collapsable Giraffe in the lobbyAndrew Dinwiddiersquos ldquoSwaggar983156rdquo Shatner expounding on ar983156 thanksto Phil Soltonoff and Joe Deibes getting hit in the face with anempty box in Jay Scheibrsquos ldquoWorld of Wiresrdquo Sybil Kempsonrsquos madeup language clinging to the words of Jonathan Foster Wallace asan actress in headphones approached the end of a diving boardbecause of Daniel Fish sitting in the dark with Trajal Harrell ReggieWatts turning a panel discussion into an actual conversation andKristen Kosmasrsquo breathtaking ldquoThis From Cloudlandrdquo To name justa few And the things I missed that were going on in the next roomTo Frank and all the many curatorsproducers over the years manyof whom are friends - Andy Geoffrey Morgan Helen Caleb Claire

Ruth Ber983156ie - what a mark you have made Thank you

MALLORY CATLETT

(L and opposite) A Fiery FlyingRoll or Dick Dick Dick byRadiohole at PRELUDE 05

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BONNIE MARRANCA Over the last decade the Mar983156in E SegalTheatre Centerrsquos PRELUDE program hasbeen a highlight of the star983156 of each theatreseason Its guests read like a Whorsquos Who ofdowntown theatre with an ever-expandingfield of vision PRELUDE brings togethercompanies writers directors presenterscritics and curators for afternoons or

evenings of intelligent conversationabout new work and impor983156ant current topics such as the growingintersection of theatre and per983142ormance ar983156 and the focus on processThere are also previews of productions and plays for the upcomingseason with presentations by ar983156ists of their work and ar983156istic processOn occasion there are spotlights on the work of countries abroad suchas Poland and Korea underlining the Segal Centerrsquos global outreachWhat is exceptionally valuable is the cross-generational cross-mediacamaraderie that occurs among ar983156ists and in which the public isinvited to share at the many events offered Under the far-sightedprogramming of its executive director Frank Hentschker PRELUDEhas evolved as a lively center of serious engagement with the broadspectrum of per983142ormance and writing offered by the most innovativethinkers working today in theatre in New York

ANNIE983085B PARSON We in the theater need our seasonal rituals just like all tribes and PRELUDE has become just that for me Each Fall for a decadeI par983156icipate in and cherish our autumnalharvest festival called PRELUDE Theoperating principle of Prelude is works stillin process and in framing it as such theaudience is both forgiving of the chaff anddesirous of the wheat Therefore since itsinception I have shown unfinished workpresenting something with an implied sign

ldquowarning wet paintrdquo

Under the passionate curious eyes of Frank Hentschker we showwhat we have been doing in rehearsal to the people he gathers thecongregants of our strange church per983142ect for our needs at thatmoment We donrsquot know what we have when we present it and yetwe leave in a different phase of the work pushing towards somefinal version Itrsquos always nerve- wracking as hell one of the requiredindignities of our business to show what we have not completedCuration is not shoppingmdashit isnrsquot- picking this and not picking that It isa rendering of many materials into a community of work Frank andhis curators including Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons through theirgood juju and true understanding of the inner workings of the clocksof new material have nur983156ured audiences to smar983156ly observe workin gestational form These talented curators cluster and shape anevent coaxing the bevy of works to behave in a context of the ldquohandmaderdquo where failure is a given a familiar old friend par983156 of the show

Without that old friend nothing would ever get righted We see it inothersrsquo work too and it reminds us that we the lot of us are cynicsquestioning everything and we have to do it in front of each otherThere is no other way Process is the grammar of PRELUDE Everyonethere knows it And amid the autumnal cornucopia of small successesand larger failures we say togetherAmen

(Above) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Joseph Beuys in NYC by Jackson Pollock Bar at PRELUDE 11

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ldquoSee you at the lsquoLude duderdquo

Over the years the structure and thinking behind PRELUDE has slowly

dawned on me and its influence and impor983156ance Itrsquos where all the thinkersare But therersquos no snobbery about it And there is no place setting forcompetition Itrsquos a char983156ing out and a confirmation of the ways in whichwe are cooperating When you go you canrsquot help but care about whatrsquoshappening there Everyone who goes is par983156icipating Every time I go I get

butter983142lies and also a (lsquorisingrsquo) feeling in my chest Itrsquos a chance to check inwith the exaltation par983156 of being human and it helps put the daily grind-typear983156ist concerns in their proper perspective for the progressing year

Itrsquos been 10 YEARS

My first time Irsquoll never forget It was while I was still deliriously crazing myway through the CUNY Brooklyn College MFA program so that would havebeen sometime between 2004 and 2007 Sarah Benson was curatingat that time I remember showing up at the very dignified CUNY GraduateCenter and basically camping out for the entire festival just attending oneevent after another and feeling completely invigorated the whole time mybrain and hear983156 singing together in harmony There was so much to talkabout and everyone was really talking and discussing everything we wereseeing So many ideas at work and so much freshness and in this beautiful

setting - not in a dark basement or a late night black box on the outskir983156s -and yet with such a blessed lack of marketing or hype-hype

I couldnrsquot believe how much was going on and how much I loved everythingthat I saw all the per983142ormances all the writing how much it seemed to applyto me and how much it meant to me to see that work being presented insuch a lsquolegitimatersquo setting It was an affirmation of the community we havehere and continues to be every year Not the kind of community that islsquofosteredrsquo but a real gathering of tribes that reminds me in a very concretepalpable way that we are all working something together even if we are inseparate processes and applying for the same grants

In the years since I star983156ed my yearly migration to the lsquoLude Irsquove been

honored to be asked to sit on a panel or two and have also seen someof my own work per983142ormed there Which is a thrill But itrsquos really just aswonder983142ul to get to go as an audience member and par983156ake When yoursquovegot something happening at the lsquoLude you donrsquot get to see as much ofother stuff Either way I want to grow old at and with the PRELUDE FestivalHerersquos to ten more of another ten years

SIBYL KEMPSON

Ten years on looking back at PRELUDE

As theater editor and chief drama critic for a weekly magazine (andits online version) I write brief reviews and occasional news items forgeneral audience My readers are a mix of theater ar983156ists fans touristsacademics and savvy culture vultures Itrsquos a restless motley audiencewith diverse needs One thingrsquos for sure my writing is not aimed atavant-garde specialists I canrsquot issue windy manifestoes or theoretical

proclamations without alienating my basemdashor simply irritating itMoreover Irsquom deeply invested in the evaluative and interpretativedimension of criticism My reviews are not above saying whether I likeor dislike whether itrsquos wor983156hy or a waste of time And yes we use astar-rating system Pretentious bloggers and snobby dramaturgsmdashasdisgusted by the media as they are ignorant of its workingsmdasheagerlypoint out that Irsquom no Herber983156 Blau or Richard Gilman Very true WhatI can be though is a conduit between a larger audience and rarefiedcontemporary practices I can try to translate the jargon of academiainto vibrant persuasive language to help a spectator appreciatean event In New York alone the experimental-theater world hasundergone profound changes in the decade since PRELUDE beganconvening panels and presenting works in progress Among the variousphenomena Irsquove noticed through PRELUDE (some of which date back to1960s and rsquo70s) relational aesthetics as play postdramatic stagingopera-theater hybrids digital and mixed-media dramaturgy historicalmeta-(mis)representation and the fascinating range of textualstrategies in new plays that range from found text to Internet-agepoetics

Thatrsquos where the great value of PRELUDE comes in Year after year itoffers a panoramic view of the creative processes of young (and not-so-young) ar983156ists and theorists It demonstrates the variety and ferment ofthe theatrical avant-garde constantly evolving and reacting As a criticand commentator PRELUDE goads me to ask myself How do I write

about this work

DAVID COTE

(Below and oppsite)This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05

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2012The author sits at work and gets a cryptic email asking what she isworking onShe mentions a show about wizards which gets scheduled for PRELUDEShe is ecstatic But also terrified Her collaborator is doing another showand the piece which requires an audience is rehearsed in a frenzy at herapt This isnrsquot what being a real ar983156ist was supposed to be she thinksldquo Black Wizard Blue Wizardrdquo is par983156 of Songspiel Itrsquos another madhouse

but no Styrofoam A line stretches out the door to the lobby The author isfilled with excitement and fear She returns to her improvisational rootschatting casuallymdashand in costumemdashwith the people in line She hears hercue and enters the theatre It is deliriously fun

ELIZA BENT

2007-2009The author sits at work and receives a press release about the PRELUDEfestival It looks cool and she pours over the program The ar983156ists whosenames she recognizes she loves The ar983156ists shersquos unfamiliar with wellshersquod better get to know She attends and is enraptured

2010The author sits at work She is now technically a playwright in addition to

being a sometimes-actor She receives the PRELUDE press release andis deeply envious of everyone involved She looks in the mirror to see ifshersquos turned green She has not but vows to work harder and to one daybe a real ar983156ist

2011The author learns shersquoll be per983142orming in PRELUDE with Half StraddleShe is ecstatic She arrives late to work and listens to a voicemail

Hi Eliza Frank Hentscher from the Segal Center Call me back aboutinterviewing someone for one of our programs Also will we see you atPRELUDE Hope so ciao

The author returns Frankrsquos call

FH HalloEB Hi Frank itrsquos Eliza Bent from American Theatre magazine

They discuss the interview which has nothing to do with PRELUDE

FH Ah very good So will I see you at PRELUDEEB Yeah Thatrsquos me on the posterFH What Who are youEB Irsquom Eliza Bent Irsquom per983142orming in Seagull Irsquom on the posterFH Ah that is youEB YeahFH Yoursquore a cover girl Who are you Which oneEB Irsquom wearing the red lipstick

FH Ah Ha ha You look different So you will do Seagull at the SegalCenter Ha haEB Ha ha

At the per983142ormance there are Styrofoam benches in the gallery spaceand itrsquos a mad house The author rolls along on a skate board observingthe huge windows on the street where onlookers who couldnrsquot squeezein watch Itrsquos super fun Shersquos relieved she doesnrsquot fall off the skateboard

At the after par983156y Frank lifts up Becca Blackwell on the dance floor It isEpic

(Above from L) Beowulf ndash A Thousand Years of Baggage by Banana Bag amp Bodice at PRELUDE 08 Spotligh t Japan

The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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INTRODUCTION

In Weimar Berlin theatre maker Ber983156olt Brecht declared that ldquoNew Times need New Forms of theatrerdquo Theexplorer Brecht created a pleasurable open theatre for the children of the scientific age a theatre that aimedto educate and to enter983156ain Brechtrsquos work for the theatre reacted to the invention of the typewriter the carthe plane film projection the tank the submarine the phone the growing divide between rich and poor thebitter fights between the left and the right the threat of fascism and total war in the first mechanical age

In New York at the Graduate Center CUNY almost 100 years later the research for new forms of theatreand per983142ormance continues at The Segal Centerrsquos PRELUDE this time for the children of the digital age Howdo New Yorkrsquos theatre ar983156ists react to the invention of the iPad the ever-exploding internet SKYPE dronessmar983156 phones smar983156 watches home robots digital cable TV YouTube GPS Google Facebook Twitter and adigitized military How do writers directors and per983142ormers reflect on the ever-growing divide between richand poor the bitter fights between the liberals and the conservatives the threat of Climate Change and theWar on Terror in the second mechanical but first digital age

At the PRELUDE theatre research lab for three days each fall we can observe these new aesthetic practicesgrowing influenced and reacting to what Hegel calls the Weltzustand mdashthe state of the world Still in processin development not finished not polishedmdashbut honestly seriously playfully asking the eternal questions ofwhat is real and what is not what is new and what is old where we come from where we are where we aregoing and what we can do to make change we want to happen

In New York we have an army of skilled theatrical and per983142ormative explorers educating and enter983156ainingthe digital children of our age They truly experiment with form and contentmdashlike in a physics labmdashwhateverthe results may be And every fall PRELUDE has been the very best showcase in the city when it comes toinvention creativity and new ideas The list of PRELUDE ar983156ists and ensembles documented in this bookspeak for themselves And it has been a real honor for us to present their work New York per983142ormance as an entity has become an inspiring model on how to reflect best on HegelrsquosWeltzustand in the new millennium Hundreds of theatre companies and per983142ormance ar983156ists presenthundreds of openings each month The works are often not meant to last they come and go like popsongs Due to the financial and physical constraints of New York City new works are produced fastpresented earlymdasha vehicle for the future research for the next workmdashwith emphasis on the journey and notthe arrival at the temple It is the end of the masterpieces as Ar983156aud called for in fact it calls perhaps forthe end of dominating voices of the masters of theatre might they be writers directors or critics All is influx in movement breathless Work we ultimately see at PS 122 or at BAM HERE Ar983156s Center or St AnnrsquosWarehouse JACK or The Chocolate Factory in Queens or downtown cannot be more different from eachother like blogs on the web For every strong voice that emerges other voices will sound that contradictsor questions immediately But these incompatible approaches help us to organize a new understanding ofeverything the Weltzustand and to learn about the brave new world we all live in We the spectators orpar983156icipantsmdashin ar983156 as in lifemdashhave to navigate ourselves without the help of dominating voices of the mastersWe already know that everyone (like FOX News or a political candidate) who is trying to deliver one truthis deceiving us Now we have learned that it is up to us when in doubt to create the meaning and to do theright thing PRELUDE for over 10 years now has been a real force in New York theatre providing a small space forar983156istic exchange in the hear983156 of the city within the limits of an academic setting but with unlimited creativityand imagination Over 1000 New York theatre makers have par983156icipated and created a discourse wherear983156ists interact with academics and audiences where fellow ar983156ist can see what their colleagues are up toand chat over a cup of coffee about fresh ideas The PRELUDE ar983156istsmdashpioneers in their fieldmdashdemonstratethat theatre and per983142ormance matters in the City and that New York experimental work is still at the forefrontof the form And if that would not be reason enough to celebrate here is one more The act of making ar983156 being anar983156ist living the life of a free ar983156ist in the highly restricted contemporary American society is a radicalar983156istic provocation in itself Surviving in New York just being able to produce and present ar983156work over alonger period of time is meaningful and highly respected by the audience and fellow ar983156ists And should becelebrated as we do the PRELUDE way

-Frank HentschkerExecutive Director Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center The Graduate Center CUNY New York

THE PRELUDE WAYby Frank Hentschker Founder

A n e a r l y v e r s i o n o f t h i s a r 983156 i c l e w a s p u b l i s h e d i n P E R F O R M A N C E

N E W Y

O R K rdquo A J o u r n a l o f P e r 983142 o r m a n c e a n d A r 983156

V o l u m e

3 4 N u m b e r 1 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2 ( P A J 1 0 0 ) B o n n i e M a r r a n c a e d i t o r

PRELUDE Ar983156ists amp Panelist 2003 - 2013

2003 Blue Heron Theatre bull Bravo Productions bull Clubbed Thumb bull Epic Reperory Theatre bullHamm amp Clov Stage Company bull JeanCocteau Reperory Theatre bull MCC Theater bull Metropolitan Playhouse bull National Asain American Theatre Company bull Salt amp PepperMime Company bull Strike Anywhere Perormance Ensemble bull The Geniuses Guild bull The Lark Theatre bull The Play Company bull TheSpar983156an Theatre bull Lisa Stevenson bull Jim Horon bull Daniel Talbot 2004 Ellen StewarLa Mama ETC bull Abingdon Theatre Company bullAmerican Renaissance Theatre (ARTC) bull Banana Boat Productions bull Black Moon Theatre Company bull Boomerang Theatre Companybull CAP 21 (Collaborative Ars Project 21) bull Ergo Theatre Company bull Freestyle Reperory Theatre bull Golden Fleece Ltd bull Hamm ampClov Stage Company bull HERE Ars Center bull Jean Cocteau Reperory bull Juggernaut Theatre Company bull Marie-Louise Miller bullMessenger Theatre Company bull Metropolitan Playhouse bull Mind The Gap Theatre bull NeoPack bull Pan Asian Reperory Theatre bull SarahCameron Sunde bull Six Figures T heatre Company bull Strike Anywhere Perormance Ensemble bull Teatro IATI International Theatre ArsInstitute bull The Actors Theatre Workshop Inc bull The Caribbean Cultural Theatre bull The Dream Theatre bull The Hypothetical TheatreCompany bull Thireenth Night Theatre Company bull Xoregos Perorming Company bull Young Playwrights Inc 2005 David CoteTime OutNew York bull Vallejo GantnerPS 122 bull Eric DyerRadiohole bull Paul LazarBig Dance Theater bull John Jesurun bull Marianne WeemsTheBuilders Association bull Big Dance Theater bull Caden MansonBig Ar Group bull Cynthia Hopkins bull Division 13 Productions bull Elevator

Repair Service bull Erin Courney bull Jay Scheib bull John Jesurun bull Katie Pearl bull Lisa DrsquoAmour bull Mac Wellman bull Madelyn Kent bull Natu reTheater of Oklahoma bull Pavol Liska bull Richard MaxwellNYC Players bull Sheila Callaghan bull The Builders Association bull The NationalTheater of the United States of America bull Todd DrsquoAmour bull Young Jean Lee 2006 Andrew Dinwiddie bull Brooke OrsquoHarra bull GregoryMosher bull Jeffrey M Jones bull Kristin Maring bull Maria Goyanes bull Mark Russell bull Randy Gener bull Risa Shoup bull Rob Handel bull Young JeanLee bull Brendan ConnellyThe Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf bull Brooke OrsquoHarraThe Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf bull Carl Hancock Ruxbull Charles Mee Jr bull Collapsable Giraffe bull Cynthia Hopkins bull Daniel Veronese bull Dean Moss bull Eric Novak bull Elyas Khan bull ExPgirl bullFederico Leoacuten bull Jason Grote bull Jay Scheib bull Jean Graham Jones bull Jennifer Morris bull Jenny Schwarz bull Joyce Cho bull Juan Souki bull LolaArias bull Mabou Mines bull Mallory Catlett Juggernaut Theatre Co bull Nick Flynn bull Rafael Spregelburd bull Ruth Margraff bull Sarah Provost bullShoshana Polanco bull Target Margin Theater bull TENT bull Thomas Bradshaw bull Will Eno bull Yana Ross 2007 Adam Bock bull Alex Timbers bullBrook Stowe bull David Cote bull David Henry Hwang bull Eric Dyer bull James Scruggs bull Jason Grote bull Jim Nicola bull Kristin Maring bull MacWellman bull Madeleine George bull Melanie Joseph bull Morgan Jenness bull Norman Frisch bull Richard Nelson bull Sarah Benson bull ThomasBradshaw bull 31 Down bull Adam Bock bull Andrew Schneider bull Annie-B Parson Big Dance Theater bull Aya Ogawaknife Inc bull ChristinaCampanella bull Dan SaferWitness Relocation bull David LevineCiNE bull John Moran bull Josh FoxInternational WOW Company bull KameronSteeleThe South Wing bull Kristen Kosmas bull Laboratory Theater bull LightBox bull Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental bull Mark Schultz bullMasataka Matsuda bull Mikuni Yanaihara bull Rachel ShukerBushwick Hotel bull Ranbir Sidhu bull Stephanie Fleischmann bull The DebateSociety bull The Play Company bull the TEAM bull Toshiki Okada bull Uchino Tadashi 2008 Andrew Schneider bull Banana Bag amp Bodice bull Big ArGroup bull Big Dance Theater bull Bonnie Marranca bullBranden Jacobs-Jenkins bull Caden Manson bull Cynthia Hedstrom bull David Cote bull DebraSinger bull Eric Dyer bull Eric Grode bull Eric Ting bull George Hunka bull Jay Scheib bull Jennifer Wright Cook bull Joyce Cho bull Kim Whitener bull KristinMaring bull Langdon C Crawford bull Mallory Catlett bull Marianne Weems bull Morgan von Prelle Pecelli bull Nello M cDaniel bull NYC Players bull PaulLazar bull Progress Theater bull Przemyslaw Wojcieszek bull Richard Foreman bull Rober Elmes bull RoseLee Goldberg bull Sally Oswald bull Soph ieHaviland bull Susan Feldman bull Teresa Vasquez bull Vallejo Gantner bull Victor Weinstock bull Yehuda Duenyas bull Zannah Mass bull Alex Delinois

NYC Players bull Andrew SchneiderEDP bull Bob FeldmanNYC Players bull Brian MendesNYC Players bull Christina Mas ciottiNYC Players bullFluxconcer bull Ivan TalijancicWax Factory bull Jenny Schwarz bullJoyce Cho bull Krzysztof Bizio bull Lakpa Bhutia NYC Players bull LeardeBessonet bull Malgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk bullMarcy Arlin bull Michal Walczak bull Moving Theater bull Neal Medlyn bull Okwui Okpokwasili bullPeter Von Salis Untitled Project bull Przemyslaw Wojcieszek bull Rafael Sanchez NYC Players bull Raul Vincent Enriquez bull RichardMaxwell NYC Players bullRuth SergelUntitled Project bull Sheila Callaghan bull Tal Yarden Second Life Street Theater bull TemporaryDistorion bull The Air Band bull The Builders Association bull The National Theater of The United States of America bull The Paper Industry2009 Andrew Schneider bull Arwen Lowb ridge bull Bonnie Marranca bull Esther Robinson bull Harriet Taub bull Helene Lesterlin bull Jeff Hnilicka bullJeremy James Pickard bullJonah Bokaer bull Justin Krebs bull Kristin Maring bull Lisa Phillips bull Michael Johnson-Chase bull Phil Soltanoff MadDog Experimental bull Rober Zukerman bull Sheila Lewandowski bull Tairone Bastien bull Vallejo Gantner bull Wayne Ashley bull Yehuda Duenyas bullAaron Landsman bull Adrienne Truscott bull Andrew Dinwiddie bull Branden Jacobs-Jenkins bull Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory bullBrendan ConnellyThe Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf bull Brooke OrsquoHarra The Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf bull Bruce High QualityFoundation bull Christina MasciottiNYC Players bull Dan Safer Witness Relocation bull David Levine bull David Michalek bull Erin Courney bullHwang Ji Woo bull Jay Scheib bull John Jesurun bull Judith MalinaThe Living Theatre bull Kim Kwang Lim bull Kim Myung Hwa bull Kristen Kosmasbull Marina Abramovic bull Object Collection bull Radiohole bull Steve Cuiffo bull William Cusick bull Wuturi Players 2010 Caridad Svich bull CarlaPeterson bull Christina deRoos bull Eric Dyer bullKevin Cunningham bull Kevin Doyle bull Megan Sprenger bull Tanya Selvaratnam bull Young Jean Leebull Aaron Landsman bull Alec DuffyHoi Polloi bull Andrew Schneider bull Angels Aymar bull Dan Safer bull DJ Spooky bull Esteve Soler bull HERE ArCenter bull Hillary Spector bull Ishmael Houston-Jones bull Jim Findlay bull Joe Silovsky bull Joyce Cho bull Julie Atlas Muz bull Kimon Keramidas bullMallory Catlett bull Mara Buchaca bull Mashinka Firunts bull May Adrales bull Penny Arcade bull Reggie Watts bull Reid Farrington bull Rober QuillenCamp bull Sergi Belbel bull Sylvan OswaldHoi Polloi bull The Field bull The TEAM bull Trajal Harrell 2011 Claudia La Rocco bull Jeffery M Jones bullJulia Robinson bull Pablo Helguera bull Richard Move bull Sibyl Kempson bull Big Dance Theater bull Daniel Fish bull David LevineCiNE bull Doll Pars bullDonelle Woolford bull Elevator Repair Service bull Jackie Sibblies Drury bull Jackson Pollock Bar bull Jake HookerThe Plastic Ars bull Jay Scheib

bull Lumberob bull Mac Wellman bull Nina Beier bull Otso Huopaniemi bull Rober Fitterman bull Sibyl Kempson bull Steve Mellor bull Suzanne Bocanegraamp Paul Lazar bull Temporary Distorion bull Tina SatterHalf Straddle bull Will Holder bull Young Jean Leersquos Theater Compan y 2012 AaronLandsman bull Andy Horwitz bull Caden Manson bull Claire Bishop bull Lear deBessonet bull Marianne Weems bull Niegel Smith bull Tony Torn bull 600Highwaymen bull Adam Feldman bull Alec DuffyHoi Polloibull Amber Marin bull Anais Michel bull Andrew Ondrejcak bull Annie Dorsen bull AnneWashburn bull Anonymous Ensemble bull Branden Jacobs-Jenkins bull Bridget Everett bull Caden MansonBig Ar Group bull Cole Escola bullCorey Dargel bull Corina Copp bullCulturebot bull Daniel Fish bull Dave Malloy bull David Levine bull DJ Mendel bull Eliza Bent bull Erin CourneyAdhesive Theater Project bull Faye Driscoll bull Hannah Bos bull Heidi Schreck bull Jack Ferver bull Jay Scheib amp Co bull Jeff Larson bull Jenn Harris bullJoe Ranono bull Joshua Conkel bull Juliana Francis Kelly bull Karinne Keithley bull Ken Rus Schmoll bull Kristine Haruna Lee bull Lance Horne bullLeah Nanako WinklerEverywhere Theater Group bull Lucas Hnath bull Lumberob bull Mac Wellman bull Maria Striar bull Miguel Gutierrez andThe Powerul People bull Molly Pope bull Myles Kane bull Nature Theater of Oklahoma bull Nellie Tinder bull Niegel Smith bull Phil Solt anoff bull PoorBaby Bree bull Richard Foreman bull Sarah Benson bull Shara Worden bull Sibyl Kempson bull Tei Blow bull The Kioskers bull The Wooster Group bullTina Satter Half Straddle bull Tony Torn bull William Burke bull Yackez bull Yelena GluzmanScience Project bull Young Jean Lee 2013 AaronLandsman bull Abigail Browde bull Adam Horowitz bull Andy Horwitz bull Anne Washburn bull Annie Baker bull Annie Dorsen bull BrandenJacobs-Jenkins bull Carla Peterson bull Clyde Valentine bull Gavin Kroeber bull Gelsey Bell bull Geoffrey Jackson Scott bull Helen Shaw bull MaxPosner bull Melanie Joseph bull Michael Silverstone bull Morgan von Prelle Pecelli bull Niegel Smith bull Risa Shoup bull Rob Marcato bull ShonniEnelow bull Sibyl Kempson bull David LevineCiNE bull Claire Bishop bull 600 Highwaymen bull Andrew Ondrejcak bull Andrew Schneider bullANIMALS bull Big Dance Theater bull Built for Collapse bull Caden MansonBig Ar Group bull Cesar Alvarez bull Chris Tyler bull Cynthia Hopkins bullDaniel Fish bull Erin Markey bull Institute for Psychogeographic Adventure bull James Harrison Monaco bull Jay Scheib amp Co bull Jeffrey M Jonesbull Jerome Ellis bull Jim Findlay bull Katherine BrookTele-Violet bull Katie PearlPearlDamour bull Kippy Winston bull Kristine Haruna Lee bull LisaDrsquoAmourPearlDamour bull Mallory CatlettRestless NYC bull Nature Theater of Oklahoma bull Neal Medlyn bull Niegel Smith bull Rebecca Patekbull Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble bull Sarah Benson bull Taylor Mac bull The Assembly bull The United States Deparment of Ars amp Culture bull

Todd Shalom bull Woodshed Collective bull

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What was surprising about PRELUDE05 mdash genuinely surprising and almost inconceivable even ten

years earlier mdash was the presence of nine experimental American playwrights representing almost half

the programming Throughout the 20th century experimental American playwrights came mdash if they came

at all mdash as single spies OrsquoNeill (donrsquot laugh) Wilder (ditto) Kennedy Baraka Forneacutes Shepard Albee

(sometimes) Foreman Jenkin Shawn Wellman Jesurun Meehellip (surely Irsquom forgettingsomeone )

Then around the turn of the millennium they show up at battalion strength

Scott Adkins Jess Barbagallo Adam Bock Thomas Bradshaw William Burke Sheila CallaghanRober983156 Quillen Camp Barbara Cassidy Alex Collier Corina Copp Erin Cour983156ney Lisa DrsquoAmourJackie Sibblies Drury Will Eno Rob Erickson Sara Farrington Stephanie Fleischmann BenGassman Madeleine George Melissa James Gibson Elana Greenfield David Greenspan RinneGroff Jason Grote W David Hancock Rob Handel Trish Harnetiaux Ann Marie Healy LucasHnath John Jahnke Julia Jarcho Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Karinne Keithley Sibyl KempsonMadelyn Kent Matt Korahais Kristen Kosmas Carson Kreitzer Aaron Landsman Young JeanLee Casey Llewellyn Kirk Lynn Charlotte Meehan Kevin Oakes Andrew Ondrejcak SylvanOswald Suzan-Lori Parks Amber Reed Kate E Ryan Tina Satter Heidi Schreck Jenny Schwar983156z

Normandy Raven Sherwood Mark Sitko Peggy Stafford Ariel Stess Kelly Stuar983156 Lucy ThurberAlice Tuan Ken Urban Anne Washburn Gary Winterhellip8

Something fundamental had changed in the practice of experimental theatre9 and PRELUDE captured it

To understand how playwrights have transformed the field consider first how ensembles have

historically made work While there are cer983156ainly actor-driven companies and those devoted mainly to

script interpretation the default method has been assemblage bricolage collage building pieces out of

smaller discrete pieces of hellip stuff 10 Text was but one element and rarely expected to carry the burden

of structure while the prevalence of cheap and reliable audiovideo recording devices allowed a layering

strategy which sidestepped once and for all the pesky challenges of the traditional play form Out the

window went plot situation character psychology dramatic arc narrative through-line pity and terror and

that damned third act

Playwrights have never had that luxury No matter how weird and woolly a play may be it is first and

always a language structure written to be spoken and for a play to ldquoworkrdquo11 people must be willing to

sit and listen to it Which without getting too technical on you ainrsquot beanbag All but the dreariest plays

ldquoworkrdquo in the limited sense that you can and will follow12 them

8 Most of these playwrights have not (yet) appeared in PRELUDE Other than that this list is entirely objective comprehensive inclusive diverse and non-fattening

9 This is actually all I am trying to say

10 Irsquom not sure if this is what is meant by ldquodevised theatrerdquo because I donrsquot know what ldquodevised theatrerdquo means

11 Plays we are told must work Suffering the curse of Adam they are not allowed to play

12 Even more to the point you will also be able to anticipate them which is the key to maintaining aud ience attention Once you know the play form you candrop into any play at any point and almost immediately orient yourself in terms of time and action Even if you donrsquot know exactly how it will end you can make avery good guess as to when and how much more there is to come

THE TEN YEAR PRELUDE A FORWARD983085LOOKING BACKWARD GLANCEby Jeffrey M Jones

Ten PRELUDES Ten snapshots of a coming season Ten glimpses into the near future of the only kind of

theatre that seeks the future Now Irsquove been asked to examine the entrails and say what it all meansmdash

where we have been and where we are going in 2000 words or less Reader I may not be up to it

Because after all how much really changes over the course of a decade1

When PRELUDE began for example the sitting president was the son of a former president and the

grandson of a US Senator and Wall Street banker while the mayor of New York was the 85th richest

person in the world This year by contrast the sitting president is the son of Kenyan exchange student

and grandson of an unsuccessful furniture salesman while Michael Bloomberg having fiddled with the

rules to stay in office is now the 13th richest person in the world You could as easily say that everything

changes as that nothing ever does

Which is equally true of PRELUDE It is easy enough to find change consider that when the Nature

Theater of Oklahoma2 first sur983142aced in PRELUDE05 its extant body of work consisted of a 20-minute

dance piece at an obscure downtown per983142ormance series held in a former Kosher winery with a very

leaky roof Or that Young Jean Lee also in PRELUDE05 had only presented her first full-length play the

year before over two sweltering weeks at the Incubator summer series (and Incubator itself wouldnrsquottake over the St Markrsquos space for another five years) Or that in 2005 Anne Washburn was the only

playwright to have been produced by 13P3 Even PRELUDE itself was different in those early days there

were no lines seats were readily available and a good par983156 of the audience looked like retirees on a

budget who after a lifetime of theatergoing had learned to sit equably through anything 4

But it is just as true that the ten years of PRELUDE demonstrate constancy and continuity Consider that

the nine ensembles5 in PRELUDE05 were at least five years old and some much older mdash Elevator Repair

Service (1991) The Builders Association (1994) Division 13 Productions (1995) Big Ar983156 Group (1999)

New York City Players (1996) Radiohole (1998) Big Dance Theater (1999) NTUSA (2000) Ten years

on all but one remain still at the forefront touring even bigger venues acclaimed6 in family newspapers

Not that this should be surprising for ensembles are the closest thing we have to institutions7 and like all

institutions tend toward self-perpetuation (as long as human self-perpetuation is held in check Nothing

threatens an ensemble like the pram in the hall)

1 It pains me to say that in writing this piece I realized that the shor983156hand Irsquove always used to represent a decade mdashtwo years with the same last number eg1950-1960mdashis actually 11 years I now know the first decade of PRELUDE is 2004 ndash 2013 but it still looks funny and includes an initial season so differentfrom the rest that itrsquos like an inning of baseball that suddenly turned into nine holes of golfhellip Irsquom really only talking 9 years here and not even that because Ihavenrsquot seen 2013 so wersquore down to 8 (2005-12) and counting

2 Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper had been making work under their own names since the mid 1990s but adopted the name in 2005 at th e insistence of ActorsrsquoEquity based on some Equity rule only they understand You canrsquot make this stuff up

3 ( 2003-2012 death by implosion)

4 If you donrsquot know the word ldquositzfleisch rdquo itrsquos now yours at no extra charge

5 Any exact definition of ldquoensemblerdquo gets pretty slippery Absent the rare collective the Platonic ensemble consists of a company of per983142ormers gatheredaround one or two principal creators This was as true of the Per983142ormance Group as it was of Byrd Hoffman and the Ridiculous At the other extreme standsthe lone-polymath theatremaker who may nonetheless gather a company about him or her The Ontological-Hysteric comes to mind as does SITI But wheredoes the hydra-headed NTUSA fit or the traveling sisterhood of Half Straddle Is Richard Maxwell a playwright a director a producer It all depends

6 Or not

7 That the reper983156ory company their closest equivalent in funded non-profit theatre has been vir983156ually extinct for decades tells you pretty much all you need toknow about the respective differences There is also the matter of clerical staff Once your clerical staff gets big enough you have to put the temps on stage

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And if it is also striking how little impact 40 years of the American avant-garde has had on seasonal

subscription theatres it may be significant that plays as quietly radical as The Designated Mourner

and Mr Burns have been produced within the last few months at The Public Theatre and Playwrights

Horizons

Irsquove left out a lot of coursemdashcompletely skipped over solo per983142ormers like Andrew Schneider and Cynthia

Hopkins and Carl Hancock Rux and Joe Silovsky (but how could one classify them ) along with the

choreographers dancers composers musicians media ar983156ists even ( yikes ) critics Many PRELUDES

featured mini-festivals of work from other countries I never even saw extensive panel discussions I

had to miss and media showcases I didnrsquot hang around for I hear the par983156ies were pretty good too For

that matter how is it even possible to speak of PRELUDE without mentioning the indefatigable Frank

Hentschker who seems throughout to be in two places at once

But Irsquom out of space Over my word count As to what the next decade of PRELUDE may bring

Well first of all thatrsquos totally hellip

-Jeffrey M Jones

Playwright and essayist New York 2013

The conventional play form13 is durable precisely because it is the result of so many years of trial and

error the sum total of the dramatic constructs that will reliably hold an audience for an hour or two

independent of content Many of the earlier experimental playwrights tried as hard as possible to get

away from the play form one thinks of Meersquos collage experiments Shawnrsquos monologs Foremanrsquospointillist dreamscapes Jesurunrsquos manic talking heads and Wellmanrsquos nonsense plays The new

generation by contrast generally take the play form as their star983156ing point then mess with it

Some in fact have written what might pass for realistic plays save for the one telling detail which calls

the whole representational framework into question Erin Cour983156neyrsquos Demon Baby tosses a malign

garden gnome into a group of young professionals in contemporary London Madeleine Georgersquos The

Zero Hour finds World War II Nazis on the 7 train Julia May Jonasrsquo 14 Evelyn steps straight out of celebrity

rehab into The Bacchae Othersmdashas with Will Enorsquos Thom Paine (Based on Nothing ) or Kristen Kosmasrsquo

There There --work in the opposite direction setting an ordinary three-dimensional (ie ldquoroundedrdquo

moyen-sensuel ) character against an erased blurred or otherwise featureless landscape Playwrights as

different as Lisa DrsquoAmour (Detroit ) and Thomas Bradshaw (take your pick) star983156 with realistic premises

step on the gas and let increasingly out-of-control passions drive the whole thing off a cliff In Crime

or Emergency Sibyl Kempson shifts between dramatic realities with each successive scene while her

Secret Death of Puppets 15 presents the ldquostoryrdquo on audiotape as a kind of radio drama as the author runs

around the stage shifting the empty chairs that represent the ldquocharactersrdquoStill others play even more

complicated games with structure the linguistic traceries and arabesques of Jenny Schwar983156zrsquos Godrsquos Ear

the loop-the-loop and threaded mazes of Jason Grotersquos 1001 Erin Cour983156neyrsquos A Map of Vir983156ue based on

the ring composition theories of Mary Douglas Madelyn Kentrsquos Peninsula and Kempsonrsquos Ich KuumlrbisGeist

are more or less normal plays written in f ractured English Rob Ericksonrsquos Off the Hozzle is autobiographic

monolog fed through a loop machine while Andrew Ondrecjakrsquos Feast channel-sur983142s through a linguistic

Jabberwocky Richard MaxwellrsquosPeople Without History and Young Jean Leersquos The Appeal trash the

most basic conventions of the history play (including but not limited to historical accuracy) Jackie

Sibblies Drury (We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia Formerly Known as

Southwest Africa From the German Sudwestafrika Between the Years 1884-1915 16) and Lucas Hnath

(A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney ) each in their own way

have even written recursive history plays in which ldquoactualrdquo characters comment on the very play which

theyrsquore per983142orming

It seems safe to say the American theatre has never experienced a decade of such feverish invention

Is it too early to gauge the impact of the resurgent playwright Probably yet I find it striking that many of

the newer groups (Hoi Polloi Half Straddle The TEAM 600 HIGHWAYMEN) have also moved toward a

more text-centric approach while other companies (ERS Gatz Daniel Fish hellipA Supposedly Fun Thinghellip)

are literally staging books and some go even fur983156her into a kind of documentary theatre (ERSrsquos Arguendo

OK Theatrersquos massive Life And Times 17 But the long-term impact of playwriting may be the final bridging

of the gap between the experimental and the institutional theatres Plays after all are por983156able they are

designed to be repeatable

13 Play (n) a story in dialog about characters going about their bu siness whom yoursquore meant to care about

14 aka Nellie Tinder

15 For the sake of example I am limiting myself to playwrights who have been par983156 of PRELUDE and trying not to repeat myself But the fact is most of thesewriters have pursued several of these strategies in different plays thus Washburn has also written several history plays and another piece which also shiftsdramatic narrative with each scene Leersquos also written a church service and a cabaret act etc etc

16 In terms of long weird titles this rivals the German bestsellerFour and a Half Years of Struggle Against Lies Stupidity and Cowardice

17 This piece is the closest thing to a ldquohit showrdquo in cont emporary experimental theatre thoughGatz and Wersquore Gonna Die come close As on Broadway witha ldquohit showrdquo mass appeal counts more than critical acclaim One of the most interesting trends in contemporary experimental theatre is radically lowering thebarrier to entry LeCompte Foreman and Wilson were all to some degree deliberately difficult aggressively odd unashamedly ar983156y The newer stuff is typicallyobvious on the sur983142ace and often downright goofy This may be the wave of the futurehellip

(Above) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

THE TEN YEAR PRELUDE A FORWARD983085LOOKING BACKWARD GLANCE

by Jeffrey M Jones(continued)

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

MARIANNE WEEMSPRELUDE is a critical par983156 of the organism

(Def a form of life composed of mutually interdependent par983156s that maintain variousvital processes)

PRELUDEis

(Above) The Universe is a Small Hat directed by Cesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 13

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YOUNG JEAN LEEPRELUDE is something that was cool tenyears ago when it star983156edand is still cool nowSomehow it just never went downhill

PAVOL LISKAPRELUDE is the big bang of New York theaterwhere you can see the very origins of work

AARON LANDSMANPRELUDE is where the conversationstar983156s veers arranges itself and gets deep

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11

(Opposite) Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven directed by Young Jean Lee at PRELUDE 05

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GIDEON LESTERPRELUDE is like the book I most want to read each fallwith each page full of surprises cliff-hangers and revelationsthat change my sense of whatrsquos possible in per983142ormance

VALLEJO GANTNERPRELUDE is a per983142ect cultural embodiment of New York City

Always evolving always excitingtoo crowded with too much to see in too little time

(Clockwise from above R) Benjamin Forster in Liz One directed by John Jesurun at PRELUDE09 Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12 Donelle Woolford in Dickrsquos Joke directed by Donelle Woolford at PRELUDE 11Black-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun at PRELUDE 09

(R) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila

Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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BRIAN ROGERSPRELUDE continues to be absolutely indispensableAs an ar983156ist a presenter and everything in between

-so much of how I understand and relate to the work oftheater ar983156ists has its roots here

MAC WELLMANPRELUDE is the one indispensable theater festivalin New York City - it is adventurous intelligent and utterly free of

the corporate mediocrity that typifies most of the mainstreamPRELUDE I hope is here to stay as there is nothing like it

(Above) Lucy Kaminsky in Pink Melon Joy directed by Katherine Brook at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Ryosuke Yamada and Yuki Kawahisa in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion atPRELUDE 08

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JASON GROTE

PRELUDE is like a friendship caught on fire

KRISTEN KOSMASPRELUDE is hands-down my favorite

American theater festival celebration intellectual convention slashextended family reunionthat I secretly wish could go on all year long every year from now toeternity

(Above) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

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JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY PRELUDE is an oppor983156unity to peer into the futureand see work that will have a profound effecton you next year

JOSEPH V MELILLOPRELUDE is a valuable resource for discourse on the pursuitof ar983156 culture and ideaswithin the 21st century here in New York City

(Above) This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05(Opposite) Jeff Biehl in Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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Over this last decade I have looked tothe PRELUDE Festival for new ideasfor information about new writers and

theaters and as an impor983156ant bridge to the international theater

community Its range of programming and guest ar983156ists providesan impor983156ant service enriching the New York theater

1 PRELUDE exists at this wonder983142ulintersection of academic conference andmosh pit Inside the walls of a reputableinstitution we are encouraged to make amess and push the boundaries and it isacknowledged that THAT IS IMPORTANT

and a discourse is created aroundthose messes and potentialities and Ias a maker of things and events haverealized things about what I do and whatother people do that I would not haverecognized otherwise and that is anincredible service and experience

2 PRELUDE is a place to recognize ldquooh this is the community Iam in these are my contemporariesrdquo and that is deeply deeplyvaluable

3 The first time we did PRELUDE we collaborated with Japanese

writer director choreographer Mikuni Yanaihara and sheadmired my Crocs and said they were cool Nobody has done thatsince then

ANNE CATTANEO

DAN SAFER

THE ARTISTS

(From top) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08 DrunkfishOceanrant co-production by Kristine Haruna Lee amp Built for Collapse at Preluse13 Spotlight Japan

Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsuda and Josh FoxInternaonal WOW Copmany at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE is by an extraordinarymargin my favorite favoriteconvening of ar983156ists anywhereA catalyst for emerging workfor nascent endeavours andfor experiments are in thatmoment still experiments still

unsettled and still unsettlingthe PRELUDE festival has established anenvironment for an ongoing revolution in theNew York City theater scene Scholars criticsproducers ar983156ists actually find themselves indialogue one with the other This is beyondimpor983156ant And my gratitude is similarly beyondBeyond measure

JAY SCHEIBEvery fall PRELUDE erupts like a volcanoinside the otherwise calm mountain of theCUNY Graduate Center The Festivalrsquos hotlava of ar983156ists experiments experiences andpar983156icipants disrupts the buildingrsquos monastictranquility its studious lence its bureaucratichum Iconoclasts arrive in droves to infuse

the buildingrsquos lovely neutrality with action-based questions about how and how far to prod push and transformtheatrical form This frenetic energy of per983142ormance science bondsthe diverse streams of PRELUDE people together and they leave thisunlikely place feeling refreshed reconnected and inspiredThe university is not unchanged either therersquos always a lot of cleanupto do after PRELUDE (from floor-sweeping to fence-mending) butPRELUDE teaches its institution what can happen when it flings itsheavy ornate doors wide wide open

RUTH WIKLER983085LUKER

(L) A dance in progress by Big Dance Theater

at PRELUDE 05

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I remember this intense feeling of beingpar983156 of a community of experimentaltrouble makers who were all gatheringin the hallways and theaters and lobbyof the Grad Center Everyone wantedto see everything and everyone wasexcited Sarah Benson and I were workingon a piece called ldquoQuiver and Twitchrdquothat featured a young boy puppet built

and per983142ormed by the singular KevinAugustine This was the 2005 PRELUDEand Young Jean Lee presented ldquoSongsof the Dragon Flying to Heavenrdquo whichbegins with a video of a close-up ofYoung Jeanrsquos face as she is being

slapped hard across the cheek multiple times The momentof impact of the slap is edited out but the recoil after each slapremains I was sitting in the third row with Scott Adkins and weknew that Young Jean had made this video and we were bothfeeling very worried about watching it I felt upset by the idea ofher being physically hur983156 as per983142ormance Songs of the Dragonis about many things but one of the things it deals with is self

hatred Using her own body as the gateway into this painfuland beautiful work of theater was absolutely disarming andyet essential for this par983156icular piece of ar983156 This was violencethat provoked yes but it also provided a space for deepercontemplation Even as I am writing this I am thinking WhatWhat That cannot be correct how can I be saying that violencecan invoke contemplation Eight years later a multitude ofPRELUDE per983142ormances panels videos and dance par983156ies haveinspired me to make better work introduced me to new ar983156iststaught me about process and challenged me as an audiencemember but that first slap in the face remains for me a uniquetheatrical wake up call to pursue the limits of my own discomfor983156

and to face what I fear

ERIN COURTNEYI first did something in PRELUDE in 2004I think It was early work on a piece that atthe time was called The Littlewood ProjectBy 2006 it was called OH WHAT WAR andPRELUDE asked us back There are thingsI make that take a long time and PRELUDEalways seems to be there for me withthem - Red Fly Blue Bottle (Latitude 14)Beowulf (BBampB) City Council Meeting

(Aaron Landsman amp Jim Findlay) and nowthis year with This Was The End (RestlessNYC) I also curated a series of 4 newtranslations of Catalan plays for PRELUDEI had been bugging Frank for years aboutthis and he gave me the oppor983156unity and

sent me to Barcelona PRELUDE has been a kind of landing stripfor me - where you can touch down for a couple days show somepiece of a work talk to your friends see something surprising youdidnrsquot know was out there have a few drinks and some new ideasstar983156 a few fights then get back up in the air back to work WhatFrank star983156ed 10 years ago is a real joy for me Itrsquos great to beasked but just going and seeing other peoplersquos work is also great

The many memorable things - Collapsable Giraffe in the lobbyAndrew Dinwiddiersquos ldquoSwaggar983156rdquo Shatner expounding on ar983156 thanksto Phil Soltonoff and Joe Deibes getting hit in the face with anempty box in Jay Scheibrsquos ldquoWorld of Wiresrdquo Sybil Kempsonrsquos madeup language clinging to the words of Jonathan Foster Wallace asan actress in headphones approached the end of a diving boardbecause of Daniel Fish sitting in the dark with Trajal Harrell ReggieWatts turning a panel discussion into an actual conversation andKristen Kosmasrsquo breathtaking ldquoThis From Cloudlandrdquo To name justa few And the things I missed that were going on in the next roomTo Frank and all the many curatorsproducers over the years manyof whom are friends - Andy Geoffrey Morgan Helen Caleb Claire

Ruth Ber983156ie - what a mark you have made Thank you

MALLORY CATLETT

(L and opposite) A Fiery FlyingRoll or Dick Dick Dick byRadiohole at PRELUDE 05

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BONNIE MARRANCA Over the last decade the Mar983156in E SegalTheatre Centerrsquos PRELUDE program hasbeen a highlight of the star983156 of each theatreseason Its guests read like a Whorsquos Who ofdowntown theatre with an ever-expandingfield of vision PRELUDE brings togethercompanies writers directors presenterscritics and curators for afternoons or

evenings of intelligent conversationabout new work and impor983156ant current topics such as the growingintersection of theatre and per983142ormance ar983156 and the focus on processThere are also previews of productions and plays for the upcomingseason with presentations by ar983156ists of their work and ar983156istic processOn occasion there are spotlights on the work of countries abroad suchas Poland and Korea underlining the Segal Centerrsquos global outreachWhat is exceptionally valuable is the cross-generational cross-mediacamaraderie that occurs among ar983156ists and in which the public isinvited to share at the many events offered Under the far-sightedprogramming of its executive director Frank Hentschker PRELUDEhas evolved as a lively center of serious engagement with the broadspectrum of per983142ormance and writing offered by the most innovativethinkers working today in theatre in New York

ANNIE983085B PARSON We in the theater need our seasonal rituals just like all tribes and PRELUDE has become just that for me Each Fall for a decadeI par983156icipate in and cherish our autumnalharvest festival called PRELUDE Theoperating principle of Prelude is works stillin process and in framing it as such theaudience is both forgiving of the chaff anddesirous of the wheat Therefore since itsinception I have shown unfinished workpresenting something with an implied sign

ldquowarning wet paintrdquo

Under the passionate curious eyes of Frank Hentschker we showwhat we have been doing in rehearsal to the people he gathers thecongregants of our strange church per983142ect for our needs at thatmoment We donrsquot know what we have when we present it and yetwe leave in a different phase of the work pushing towards somefinal version Itrsquos always nerve- wracking as hell one of the requiredindignities of our business to show what we have not completedCuration is not shoppingmdashit isnrsquot- picking this and not picking that It isa rendering of many materials into a community of work Frank andhis curators including Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons through theirgood juju and true understanding of the inner workings of the clocksof new material have nur983156ured audiences to smar983156ly observe workin gestational form These talented curators cluster and shape anevent coaxing the bevy of works to behave in a context of the ldquohandmaderdquo where failure is a given a familiar old friend par983156 of the show

Without that old friend nothing would ever get righted We see it inothersrsquo work too and it reminds us that we the lot of us are cynicsquestioning everything and we have to do it in front of each otherThere is no other way Process is the grammar of PRELUDE Everyonethere knows it And amid the autumnal cornucopia of small successesand larger failures we say togetherAmen

(Above) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Joseph Beuys in NYC by Jackson Pollock Bar at PRELUDE 11

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ldquoSee you at the lsquoLude duderdquo

Over the years the structure and thinking behind PRELUDE has slowly

dawned on me and its influence and impor983156ance Itrsquos where all the thinkersare But therersquos no snobbery about it And there is no place setting forcompetition Itrsquos a char983156ing out and a confirmation of the ways in whichwe are cooperating When you go you canrsquot help but care about whatrsquoshappening there Everyone who goes is par983156icipating Every time I go I get

butter983142lies and also a (lsquorisingrsquo) feeling in my chest Itrsquos a chance to check inwith the exaltation par983156 of being human and it helps put the daily grind-typear983156ist concerns in their proper perspective for the progressing year

Itrsquos been 10 YEARS

My first time Irsquoll never forget It was while I was still deliriously crazing myway through the CUNY Brooklyn College MFA program so that would havebeen sometime between 2004 and 2007 Sarah Benson was curatingat that time I remember showing up at the very dignified CUNY GraduateCenter and basically camping out for the entire festival just attending oneevent after another and feeling completely invigorated the whole time mybrain and hear983156 singing together in harmony There was so much to talkabout and everyone was really talking and discussing everything we wereseeing So many ideas at work and so much freshness and in this beautiful

setting - not in a dark basement or a late night black box on the outskir983156s -and yet with such a blessed lack of marketing or hype-hype

I couldnrsquot believe how much was going on and how much I loved everythingthat I saw all the per983142ormances all the writing how much it seemed to applyto me and how much it meant to me to see that work being presented insuch a lsquolegitimatersquo setting It was an affirmation of the community we havehere and continues to be every year Not the kind of community that islsquofosteredrsquo but a real gathering of tribes that reminds me in a very concretepalpable way that we are all working something together even if we are inseparate processes and applying for the same grants

In the years since I star983156ed my yearly migration to the lsquoLude Irsquove been

honored to be asked to sit on a panel or two and have also seen someof my own work per983142ormed there Which is a thrill But itrsquos really just aswonder983142ul to get to go as an audience member and par983156ake When yoursquovegot something happening at the lsquoLude you donrsquot get to see as much ofother stuff Either way I want to grow old at and with the PRELUDE FestivalHerersquos to ten more of another ten years

SIBYL KEMPSON

Ten years on looking back at PRELUDE

As theater editor and chief drama critic for a weekly magazine (andits online version) I write brief reviews and occasional news items forgeneral audience My readers are a mix of theater ar983156ists fans touristsacademics and savvy culture vultures Itrsquos a restless motley audiencewith diverse needs One thingrsquos for sure my writing is not aimed atavant-garde specialists I canrsquot issue windy manifestoes or theoretical

proclamations without alienating my basemdashor simply irritating itMoreover Irsquom deeply invested in the evaluative and interpretativedimension of criticism My reviews are not above saying whether I likeor dislike whether itrsquos wor983156hy or a waste of time And yes we use astar-rating system Pretentious bloggers and snobby dramaturgsmdashasdisgusted by the media as they are ignorant of its workingsmdasheagerlypoint out that Irsquom no Herber983156 Blau or Richard Gilman Very true WhatI can be though is a conduit between a larger audience and rarefiedcontemporary practices I can try to translate the jargon of academiainto vibrant persuasive language to help a spectator appreciatean event In New York alone the experimental-theater world hasundergone profound changes in the decade since PRELUDE beganconvening panels and presenting works in progress Among the variousphenomena Irsquove noticed through PRELUDE (some of which date back to1960s and rsquo70s) relational aesthetics as play postdramatic stagingopera-theater hybrids digital and mixed-media dramaturgy historicalmeta-(mis)representation and the fascinating range of textualstrategies in new plays that range from found text to Internet-agepoetics

Thatrsquos where the great value of PRELUDE comes in Year after year itoffers a panoramic view of the creative processes of young (and not-so-young) ar983156ists and theorists It demonstrates the variety and ferment ofthe theatrical avant-garde constantly evolving and reacting As a criticand commentator PRELUDE goads me to ask myself How do I write

about this work

DAVID COTE

(Below and oppsite)This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05

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2012The author sits at work and gets a cryptic email asking what she isworking onShe mentions a show about wizards which gets scheduled for PRELUDEShe is ecstatic But also terrified Her collaborator is doing another showand the piece which requires an audience is rehearsed in a frenzy at herapt This isnrsquot what being a real ar983156ist was supposed to be she thinksldquo Black Wizard Blue Wizardrdquo is par983156 of Songspiel Itrsquos another madhouse

but no Styrofoam A line stretches out the door to the lobby The author isfilled with excitement and fear She returns to her improvisational rootschatting casuallymdashand in costumemdashwith the people in line She hears hercue and enters the theatre It is deliriously fun

ELIZA BENT

2007-2009The author sits at work and receives a press release about the PRELUDEfestival It looks cool and she pours over the program The ar983156ists whosenames she recognizes she loves The ar983156ists shersquos unfamiliar with wellshersquod better get to know She attends and is enraptured

2010The author sits at work She is now technically a playwright in addition to

being a sometimes-actor She receives the PRELUDE press release andis deeply envious of everyone involved She looks in the mirror to see ifshersquos turned green She has not but vows to work harder and to one daybe a real ar983156ist

2011The author learns shersquoll be per983142orming in PRELUDE with Half StraddleShe is ecstatic She arrives late to work and listens to a voicemail

Hi Eliza Frank Hentscher from the Segal Center Call me back aboutinterviewing someone for one of our programs Also will we see you atPRELUDE Hope so ciao

The author returns Frankrsquos call

FH HalloEB Hi Frank itrsquos Eliza Bent from American Theatre magazine

They discuss the interview which has nothing to do with PRELUDE

FH Ah very good So will I see you at PRELUDEEB Yeah Thatrsquos me on the posterFH What Who are youEB Irsquom Eliza Bent Irsquom per983142orming in Seagull Irsquom on the posterFH Ah that is youEB YeahFH Yoursquore a cover girl Who are you Which oneEB Irsquom wearing the red lipstick

FH Ah Ha ha You look different So you will do Seagull at the SegalCenter Ha haEB Ha ha

At the per983142ormance there are Styrofoam benches in the gallery spaceand itrsquos a mad house The author rolls along on a skate board observingthe huge windows on the street where onlookers who couldnrsquot squeezein watch Itrsquos super fun Shersquos relieved she doesnrsquot fall off the skateboard

At the after par983156y Frank lifts up Becca Blackwell on the dance floor It isEpic

(Above from L) Beowulf ndash A Thousand Years of Baggage by Banana Bag amp Bodice at PRELUDE 08 Spotligh t Japan

The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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INTRODUCTION

What was surprising about PRELUDE05 mdash genuinely surprising and almost inconceivable even ten

years earlier mdash was the presence of nine experimental American playwrights representing almost half

the programming Throughout the 20th century experimental American playwrights came mdash if they came

at all mdash as single spies OrsquoNeill (donrsquot laugh) Wilder (ditto) Kennedy Baraka Forneacutes Shepard Albee

(sometimes) Foreman Jenkin Shawn Wellman Jesurun Meehellip (surely Irsquom forgettingsomeone )

Then around the turn of the millennium they show up at battalion strength

Scott Adkins Jess Barbagallo Adam Bock Thomas Bradshaw William Burke Sheila CallaghanRober983156 Quillen Camp Barbara Cassidy Alex Collier Corina Copp Erin Cour983156ney Lisa DrsquoAmourJackie Sibblies Drury Will Eno Rob Erickson Sara Farrington Stephanie Fleischmann BenGassman Madeleine George Melissa James Gibson Elana Greenfield David Greenspan RinneGroff Jason Grote W David Hancock Rob Handel Trish Harnetiaux Ann Marie Healy LucasHnath John Jahnke Julia Jarcho Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Karinne Keithley Sibyl KempsonMadelyn Kent Matt Korahais Kristen Kosmas Carson Kreitzer Aaron Landsman Young JeanLee Casey Llewellyn Kirk Lynn Charlotte Meehan Kevin Oakes Andrew Ondrejcak SylvanOswald Suzan-Lori Parks Amber Reed Kate E Ryan Tina Satter Heidi Schreck Jenny Schwar983156z

Normandy Raven Sherwood Mark Sitko Peggy Stafford Ariel Stess Kelly Stuar983156 Lucy ThurberAlice Tuan Ken Urban Anne Washburn Gary Winterhellip8

Something fundamental had changed in the practice of experimental theatre9 and PRELUDE captured it

To understand how playwrights have transformed the field consider first how ensembles have

historically made work While there are cer983156ainly actor-driven companies and those devoted mainly to

script interpretation the default method has been assemblage bricolage collage building pieces out of

smaller discrete pieces of hellip stuff 10 Text was but one element and rarely expected to carry the burden

of structure while the prevalence of cheap and reliable audiovideo recording devices allowed a layering

strategy which sidestepped once and for all the pesky challenges of the traditional play form Out the

window went plot situation character psychology dramatic arc narrative through-line pity and terror and

that damned third act

Playwrights have never had that luxury No matter how weird and woolly a play may be it is first and

always a language structure written to be spoken and for a play to ldquoworkrdquo11 people must be willing to

sit and listen to it Which without getting too technical on you ainrsquot beanbag All but the dreariest plays

ldquoworkrdquo in the limited sense that you can and will follow12 them

8 Most of these playwrights have not (yet) appeared in PRELUDE Other than that this list is entirely objective comprehensive inclusive diverse and non-fattening

9 This is actually all I am trying to say

10 Irsquom not sure if this is what is meant by ldquodevised theatrerdquo because I donrsquot know what ldquodevised theatrerdquo means

11 Plays we are told must work Suffering the curse of Adam they are not allowed to play

12 Even more to the point you will also be able to anticipate them which is the key to maintaining aud ience attention Once you know the play form you candrop into any play at any point and almost immediately orient yourself in terms of time and action Even if you donrsquot know exactly how it will end you can make avery good guess as to when and how much more there is to come

THE TEN YEAR PRELUDE A FORWARD983085LOOKING BACKWARD GLANCEby Jeffrey M Jones

Ten PRELUDES Ten snapshots of a coming season Ten glimpses into the near future of the only kind of

theatre that seeks the future Now Irsquove been asked to examine the entrails and say what it all meansmdash

where we have been and where we are going in 2000 words or less Reader I may not be up to it

Because after all how much really changes over the course of a decade1

When PRELUDE began for example the sitting president was the son of a former president and the

grandson of a US Senator and Wall Street banker while the mayor of New York was the 85th richest

person in the world This year by contrast the sitting president is the son of Kenyan exchange student

and grandson of an unsuccessful furniture salesman while Michael Bloomberg having fiddled with the

rules to stay in office is now the 13th richest person in the world You could as easily say that everything

changes as that nothing ever does

Which is equally true of PRELUDE It is easy enough to find change consider that when the Nature

Theater of Oklahoma2 first sur983142aced in PRELUDE05 its extant body of work consisted of a 20-minute

dance piece at an obscure downtown per983142ormance series held in a former Kosher winery with a very

leaky roof Or that Young Jean Lee also in PRELUDE05 had only presented her first full-length play the

year before over two sweltering weeks at the Incubator summer series (and Incubator itself wouldnrsquottake over the St Markrsquos space for another five years) Or that in 2005 Anne Washburn was the only

playwright to have been produced by 13P3 Even PRELUDE itself was different in those early days there

were no lines seats were readily available and a good par983156 of the audience looked like retirees on a

budget who after a lifetime of theatergoing had learned to sit equably through anything 4

But it is just as true that the ten years of PRELUDE demonstrate constancy and continuity Consider that

the nine ensembles5 in PRELUDE05 were at least five years old and some much older mdash Elevator Repair

Service (1991) The Builders Association (1994) Division 13 Productions (1995) Big Ar983156 Group (1999)

New York City Players (1996) Radiohole (1998) Big Dance Theater (1999) NTUSA (2000) Ten years

on all but one remain still at the forefront touring even bigger venues acclaimed6 in family newspapers

Not that this should be surprising for ensembles are the closest thing we have to institutions7 and like all

institutions tend toward self-perpetuation (as long as human self-perpetuation is held in check Nothing

threatens an ensemble like the pram in the hall)

1 It pains me to say that in writing this piece I realized that the shor983156hand Irsquove always used to represent a decade mdashtwo years with the same last number eg1950-1960mdashis actually 11 years I now know the first decade of PRELUDE is 2004 ndash 2013 but it still looks funny and includes an initial season so differentfrom the rest that itrsquos like an inning of baseball that suddenly turned into nine holes of golfhellip Irsquom really only talking 9 years here and not even that because Ihavenrsquot seen 2013 so wersquore down to 8 (2005-12) and counting

2 Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper had been making work under their own names since the mid 1990s but adopted the name in 2005 at th e insistence of ActorsrsquoEquity based on some Equity rule only they understand You canrsquot make this stuff up

3 ( 2003-2012 death by implosion)

4 If you donrsquot know the word ldquositzfleisch rdquo itrsquos now yours at no extra charge

5 Any exact definition of ldquoensemblerdquo gets pretty slippery Absent the rare collective the Platonic ensemble consists of a company of per983142ormers gatheredaround one or two principal creators This was as true of the Per983142ormance Group as it was of Byrd Hoffman and the Ridiculous At the other extreme standsthe lone-polymath theatremaker who may nonetheless gather a company about him or her The Ontological-Hysteric comes to mind as does SITI But wheredoes the hydra-headed NTUSA fit or the traveling sisterhood of Half Straddle Is Richard Maxwell a playwright a director a producer It all depends

6 Or not

7 That the reper983156ory company their closest equivalent in funded non-profit theatre has been vir983156ually extinct for decades tells you pretty much all you need toknow about the respective differences There is also the matter of clerical staff Once your clerical staff gets big enough you have to put the temps on stage

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And if it is also striking how little impact 40 years of the American avant-garde has had on seasonal

subscription theatres it may be significant that plays as quietly radical as The Designated Mourner

and Mr Burns have been produced within the last few months at The Public Theatre and Playwrights

Horizons

Irsquove left out a lot of coursemdashcompletely skipped over solo per983142ormers like Andrew Schneider and Cynthia

Hopkins and Carl Hancock Rux and Joe Silovsky (but how could one classify them ) along with the

choreographers dancers composers musicians media ar983156ists even ( yikes ) critics Many PRELUDES

featured mini-festivals of work from other countries I never even saw extensive panel discussions I

had to miss and media showcases I didnrsquot hang around for I hear the par983156ies were pretty good too For

that matter how is it even possible to speak of PRELUDE without mentioning the indefatigable Frank

Hentschker who seems throughout to be in two places at once

But Irsquom out of space Over my word count As to what the next decade of PRELUDE may bring

Well first of all thatrsquos totally hellip

-Jeffrey M Jones

Playwright and essayist New York 2013

The conventional play form13 is durable precisely because it is the result of so many years of trial and

error the sum total of the dramatic constructs that will reliably hold an audience for an hour or two

independent of content Many of the earlier experimental playwrights tried as hard as possible to get

away from the play form one thinks of Meersquos collage experiments Shawnrsquos monologs Foremanrsquospointillist dreamscapes Jesurunrsquos manic talking heads and Wellmanrsquos nonsense plays The new

generation by contrast generally take the play form as their star983156ing point then mess with it

Some in fact have written what might pass for realistic plays save for the one telling detail which calls

the whole representational framework into question Erin Cour983156neyrsquos Demon Baby tosses a malign

garden gnome into a group of young professionals in contemporary London Madeleine Georgersquos The

Zero Hour finds World War II Nazis on the 7 train Julia May Jonasrsquo 14 Evelyn steps straight out of celebrity

rehab into The Bacchae Othersmdashas with Will Enorsquos Thom Paine (Based on Nothing ) or Kristen Kosmasrsquo

There There --work in the opposite direction setting an ordinary three-dimensional (ie ldquoroundedrdquo

moyen-sensuel ) character against an erased blurred or otherwise featureless landscape Playwrights as

different as Lisa DrsquoAmour (Detroit ) and Thomas Bradshaw (take your pick) star983156 with realistic premises

step on the gas and let increasingly out-of-control passions drive the whole thing off a cliff In Crime

or Emergency Sibyl Kempson shifts between dramatic realities with each successive scene while her

Secret Death of Puppets 15 presents the ldquostoryrdquo on audiotape as a kind of radio drama as the author runs

around the stage shifting the empty chairs that represent the ldquocharactersrdquoStill others play even more

complicated games with structure the linguistic traceries and arabesques of Jenny Schwar983156zrsquos Godrsquos Ear

the loop-the-loop and threaded mazes of Jason Grotersquos 1001 Erin Cour983156neyrsquos A Map of Vir983156ue based on

the ring composition theories of Mary Douglas Madelyn Kentrsquos Peninsula and Kempsonrsquos Ich KuumlrbisGeist

are more or less normal plays written in f ractured English Rob Ericksonrsquos Off the Hozzle is autobiographic

monolog fed through a loop machine while Andrew Ondrecjakrsquos Feast channel-sur983142s through a linguistic

Jabberwocky Richard MaxwellrsquosPeople Without History and Young Jean Leersquos The Appeal trash the

most basic conventions of the history play (including but not limited to historical accuracy) Jackie

Sibblies Drury (We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia Formerly Known as

Southwest Africa From the German Sudwestafrika Between the Years 1884-1915 16) and Lucas Hnath

(A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney ) each in their own way

have even written recursive history plays in which ldquoactualrdquo characters comment on the very play which

theyrsquore per983142orming

It seems safe to say the American theatre has never experienced a decade of such feverish invention

Is it too early to gauge the impact of the resurgent playwright Probably yet I find it striking that many of

the newer groups (Hoi Polloi Half Straddle The TEAM 600 HIGHWAYMEN) have also moved toward a

more text-centric approach while other companies (ERS Gatz Daniel Fish hellipA Supposedly Fun Thinghellip)

are literally staging books and some go even fur983156her into a kind of documentary theatre (ERSrsquos Arguendo

OK Theatrersquos massive Life And Times 17 But the long-term impact of playwriting may be the final bridging

of the gap between the experimental and the institutional theatres Plays after all are por983156able they are

designed to be repeatable

13 Play (n) a story in dialog about characters going about their bu siness whom yoursquore meant to care about

14 aka Nellie Tinder

15 For the sake of example I am limiting myself to playwrights who have been par983156 of PRELUDE and trying not to repeat myself But the fact is most of thesewriters have pursued several of these strategies in different plays thus Washburn has also written several history plays and another piece which also shiftsdramatic narrative with each scene Leersquos also written a church service and a cabaret act etc etc

16 In terms of long weird titles this rivals the German bestsellerFour and a Half Years of Struggle Against Lies Stupidity and Cowardice

17 This piece is the closest thing to a ldquohit showrdquo in cont emporary experimental theatre thoughGatz and Wersquore Gonna Die come close As on Broadway witha ldquohit showrdquo mass appeal counts more than critical acclaim One of the most interesting trends in contemporary experimental theatre is radically lowering thebarrier to entry LeCompte Foreman and Wilson were all to some degree deliberately difficult aggressively odd unashamedly ar983156y The newer stuff is typicallyobvious on the sur983142ace and often downright goofy This may be the wave of the futurehellip

(Above) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

THE TEN YEAR PRELUDE A FORWARD983085LOOKING BACKWARD GLANCE

by Jeffrey M Jones(continued)

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MARIANNE WEEMSPRELUDE is a critical par983156 of the organism

(Def a form of life composed of mutually interdependent par983156s that maintain variousvital processes)

PRELUDEis

(Above) The Universe is a Small Hat directed by Cesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 13

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YOUNG JEAN LEEPRELUDE is something that was cool tenyears ago when it star983156edand is still cool nowSomehow it just never went downhill

PAVOL LISKAPRELUDE is the big bang of New York theaterwhere you can see the very origins of work

AARON LANDSMANPRELUDE is where the conversationstar983156s veers arranges itself and gets deep

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11

(Opposite) Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven directed by Young Jean Lee at PRELUDE 05

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GIDEON LESTERPRELUDE is like the book I most want to read each fallwith each page full of surprises cliff-hangers and revelationsthat change my sense of whatrsquos possible in per983142ormance

VALLEJO GANTNERPRELUDE is a per983142ect cultural embodiment of New York City

Always evolving always excitingtoo crowded with too much to see in too little time

(Clockwise from above R) Benjamin Forster in Liz One directed by John Jesurun at PRELUDE09 Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12 Donelle Woolford in Dickrsquos Joke directed by Donelle Woolford at PRELUDE 11Black-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun at PRELUDE 09

(R) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila

Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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BRIAN ROGERSPRELUDE continues to be absolutely indispensableAs an ar983156ist a presenter and everything in between

-so much of how I understand and relate to the work oftheater ar983156ists has its roots here

MAC WELLMANPRELUDE is the one indispensable theater festivalin New York City - it is adventurous intelligent and utterly free of

the corporate mediocrity that typifies most of the mainstreamPRELUDE I hope is here to stay as there is nothing like it

(Above) Lucy Kaminsky in Pink Melon Joy directed by Katherine Brook at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Ryosuke Yamada and Yuki Kawahisa in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion atPRELUDE 08

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JASON GROTE

PRELUDE is like a friendship caught on fire

KRISTEN KOSMASPRELUDE is hands-down my favorite

American theater festival celebration intellectual convention slashextended family reunionthat I secretly wish could go on all year long every year from now toeternity

(Above) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

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JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY PRELUDE is an oppor983156unity to peer into the futureand see work that will have a profound effecton you next year

JOSEPH V MELILLOPRELUDE is a valuable resource for discourse on the pursuitof ar983156 culture and ideaswithin the 21st century here in New York City

(Above) This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05(Opposite) Jeff Biehl in Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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Over this last decade I have looked tothe PRELUDE Festival for new ideasfor information about new writers and

theaters and as an impor983156ant bridge to the international theater

community Its range of programming and guest ar983156ists providesan impor983156ant service enriching the New York theater

1 PRELUDE exists at this wonder983142ulintersection of academic conference andmosh pit Inside the walls of a reputableinstitution we are encouraged to make amess and push the boundaries and it isacknowledged that THAT IS IMPORTANT

and a discourse is created aroundthose messes and potentialities and Ias a maker of things and events haverealized things about what I do and whatother people do that I would not haverecognized otherwise and that is anincredible service and experience

2 PRELUDE is a place to recognize ldquooh this is the community Iam in these are my contemporariesrdquo and that is deeply deeplyvaluable

3 The first time we did PRELUDE we collaborated with Japanese

writer director choreographer Mikuni Yanaihara and sheadmired my Crocs and said they were cool Nobody has done thatsince then

ANNE CATTANEO

DAN SAFER

THE ARTISTS

(From top) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08 DrunkfishOceanrant co-production by Kristine Haruna Lee amp Built for Collapse at Preluse13 Spotlight Japan

Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsuda and Josh FoxInternaonal WOW Copmany at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE is by an extraordinarymargin my favorite favoriteconvening of ar983156ists anywhereA catalyst for emerging workfor nascent endeavours andfor experiments are in thatmoment still experiments still

unsettled and still unsettlingthe PRELUDE festival has established anenvironment for an ongoing revolution in theNew York City theater scene Scholars criticsproducers ar983156ists actually find themselves indialogue one with the other This is beyondimpor983156ant And my gratitude is similarly beyondBeyond measure

JAY SCHEIBEvery fall PRELUDE erupts like a volcanoinside the otherwise calm mountain of theCUNY Graduate Center The Festivalrsquos hotlava of ar983156ists experiments experiences andpar983156icipants disrupts the buildingrsquos monastictranquility its studious lence its bureaucratichum Iconoclasts arrive in droves to infuse

the buildingrsquos lovely neutrality with action-based questions about how and how far to prod push and transformtheatrical form This frenetic energy of per983142ormance science bondsthe diverse streams of PRELUDE people together and they leave thisunlikely place feeling refreshed reconnected and inspiredThe university is not unchanged either therersquos always a lot of cleanupto do after PRELUDE (from floor-sweeping to fence-mending) butPRELUDE teaches its institution what can happen when it flings itsheavy ornate doors wide wide open

RUTH WIKLER983085LUKER

(L) A dance in progress by Big Dance Theater

at PRELUDE 05

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I remember this intense feeling of beingpar983156 of a community of experimentaltrouble makers who were all gatheringin the hallways and theaters and lobbyof the Grad Center Everyone wantedto see everything and everyone wasexcited Sarah Benson and I were workingon a piece called ldquoQuiver and Twitchrdquothat featured a young boy puppet built

and per983142ormed by the singular KevinAugustine This was the 2005 PRELUDEand Young Jean Lee presented ldquoSongsof the Dragon Flying to Heavenrdquo whichbegins with a video of a close-up ofYoung Jeanrsquos face as she is being

slapped hard across the cheek multiple times The momentof impact of the slap is edited out but the recoil after each slapremains I was sitting in the third row with Scott Adkins and weknew that Young Jean had made this video and we were bothfeeling very worried about watching it I felt upset by the idea ofher being physically hur983156 as per983142ormance Songs of the Dragonis about many things but one of the things it deals with is self

hatred Using her own body as the gateway into this painfuland beautiful work of theater was absolutely disarming andyet essential for this par983156icular piece of ar983156 This was violencethat provoked yes but it also provided a space for deepercontemplation Even as I am writing this I am thinking WhatWhat That cannot be correct how can I be saying that violencecan invoke contemplation Eight years later a multitude ofPRELUDE per983142ormances panels videos and dance par983156ies haveinspired me to make better work introduced me to new ar983156iststaught me about process and challenged me as an audiencemember but that first slap in the face remains for me a uniquetheatrical wake up call to pursue the limits of my own discomfor983156

and to face what I fear

ERIN COURTNEYI first did something in PRELUDE in 2004I think It was early work on a piece that atthe time was called The Littlewood ProjectBy 2006 it was called OH WHAT WAR andPRELUDE asked us back There are thingsI make that take a long time and PRELUDEalways seems to be there for me withthem - Red Fly Blue Bottle (Latitude 14)Beowulf (BBampB) City Council Meeting

(Aaron Landsman amp Jim Findlay) and nowthis year with This Was The End (RestlessNYC) I also curated a series of 4 newtranslations of Catalan plays for PRELUDEI had been bugging Frank for years aboutthis and he gave me the oppor983156unity and

sent me to Barcelona PRELUDE has been a kind of landing stripfor me - where you can touch down for a couple days show somepiece of a work talk to your friends see something surprising youdidnrsquot know was out there have a few drinks and some new ideasstar983156 a few fights then get back up in the air back to work WhatFrank star983156ed 10 years ago is a real joy for me Itrsquos great to beasked but just going and seeing other peoplersquos work is also great

The many memorable things - Collapsable Giraffe in the lobbyAndrew Dinwiddiersquos ldquoSwaggar983156rdquo Shatner expounding on ar983156 thanksto Phil Soltonoff and Joe Deibes getting hit in the face with anempty box in Jay Scheibrsquos ldquoWorld of Wiresrdquo Sybil Kempsonrsquos madeup language clinging to the words of Jonathan Foster Wallace asan actress in headphones approached the end of a diving boardbecause of Daniel Fish sitting in the dark with Trajal Harrell ReggieWatts turning a panel discussion into an actual conversation andKristen Kosmasrsquo breathtaking ldquoThis From Cloudlandrdquo To name justa few And the things I missed that were going on in the next roomTo Frank and all the many curatorsproducers over the years manyof whom are friends - Andy Geoffrey Morgan Helen Caleb Claire

Ruth Ber983156ie - what a mark you have made Thank you

MALLORY CATLETT

(L and opposite) A Fiery FlyingRoll or Dick Dick Dick byRadiohole at PRELUDE 05

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BONNIE MARRANCA Over the last decade the Mar983156in E SegalTheatre Centerrsquos PRELUDE program hasbeen a highlight of the star983156 of each theatreseason Its guests read like a Whorsquos Who ofdowntown theatre with an ever-expandingfield of vision PRELUDE brings togethercompanies writers directors presenterscritics and curators for afternoons or

evenings of intelligent conversationabout new work and impor983156ant current topics such as the growingintersection of theatre and per983142ormance ar983156 and the focus on processThere are also previews of productions and plays for the upcomingseason with presentations by ar983156ists of their work and ar983156istic processOn occasion there are spotlights on the work of countries abroad suchas Poland and Korea underlining the Segal Centerrsquos global outreachWhat is exceptionally valuable is the cross-generational cross-mediacamaraderie that occurs among ar983156ists and in which the public isinvited to share at the many events offered Under the far-sightedprogramming of its executive director Frank Hentschker PRELUDEhas evolved as a lively center of serious engagement with the broadspectrum of per983142ormance and writing offered by the most innovativethinkers working today in theatre in New York

ANNIE983085B PARSON We in the theater need our seasonal rituals just like all tribes and PRELUDE has become just that for me Each Fall for a decadeI par983156icipate in and cherish our autumnalharvest festival called PRELUDE Theoperating principle of Prelude is works stillin process and in framing it as such theaudience is both forgiving of the chaff anddesirous of the wheat Therefore since itsinception I have shown unfinished workpresenting something with an implied sign

ldquowarning wet paintrdquo

Under the passionate curious eyes of Frank Hentschker we showwhat we have been doing in rehearsal to the people he gathers thecongregants of our strange church per983142ect for our needs at thatmoment We donrsquot know what we have when we present it and yetwe leave in a different phase of the work pushing towards somefinal version Itrsquos always nerve- wracking as hell one of the requiredindignities of our business to show what we have not completedCuration is not shoppingmdashit isnrsquot- picking this and not picking that It isa rendering of many materials into a community of work Frank andhis curators including Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons through theirgood juju and true understanding of the inner workings of the clocksof new material have nur983156ured audiences to smar983156ly observe workin gestational form These talented curators cluster and shape anevent coaxing the bevy of works to behave in a context of the ldquohandmaderdquo where failure is a given a familiar old friend par983156 of the show

Without that old friend nothing would ever get righted We see it inothersrsquo work too and it reminds us that we the lot of us are cynicsquestioning everything and we have to do it in front of each otherThere is no other way Process is the grammar of PRELUDE Everyonethere knows it And amid the autumnal cornucopia of small successesand larger failures we say togetherAmen

(Above) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Joseph Beuys in NYC by Jackson Pollock Bar at PRELUDE 11

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ldquoSee you at the lsquoLude duderdquo

Over the years the structure and thinking behind PRELUDE has slowly

dawned on me and its influence and impor983156ance Itrsquos where all the thinkersare But therersquos no snobbery about it And there is no place setting forcompetition Itrsquos a char983156ing out and a confirmation of the ways in whichwe are cooperating When you go you canrsquot help but care about whatrsquoshappening there Everyone who goes is par983156icipating Every time I go I get

butter983142lies and also a (lsquorisingrsquo) feeling in my chest Itrsquos a chance to check inwith the exaltation par983156 of being human and it helps put the daily grind-typear983156ist concerns in their proper perspective for the progressing year

Itrsquos been 10 YEARS

My first time Irsquoll never forget It was while I was still deliriously crazing myway through the CUNY Brooklyn College MFA program so that would havebeen sometime between 2004 and 2007 Sarah Benson was curatingat that time I remember showing up at the very dignified CUNY GraduateCenter and basically camping out for the entire festival just attending oneevent after another and feeling completely invigorated the whole time mybrain and hear983156 singing together in harmony There was so much to talkabout and everyone was really talking and discussing everything we wereseeing So many ideas at work and so much freshness and in this beautiful

setting - not in a dark basement or a late night black box on the outskir983156s -and yet with such a blessed lack of marketing or hype-hype

I couldnrsquot believe how much was going on and how much I loved everythingthat I saw all the per983142ormances all the writing how much it seemed to applyto me and how much it meant to me to see that work being presented insuch a lsquolegitimatersquo setting It was an affirmation of the community we havehere and continues to be every year Not the kind of community that islsquofosteredrsquo but a real gathering of tribes that reminds me in a very concretepalpable way that we are all working something together even if we are inseparate processes and applying for the same grants

In the years since I star983156ed my yearly migration to the lsquoLude Irsquove been

honored to be asked to sit on a panel or two and have also seen someof my own work per983142ormed there Which is a thrill But itrsquos really just aswonder983142ul to get to go as an audience member and par983156ake When yoursquovegot something happening at the lsquoLude you donrsquot get to see as much ofother stuff Either way I want to grow old at and with the PRELUDE FestivalHerersquos to ten more of another ten years

SIBYL KEMPSON

Ten years on looking back at PRELUDE

As theater editor and chief drama critic for a weekly magazine (andits online version) I write brief reviews and occasional news items forgeneral audience My readers are a mix of theater ar983156ists fans touristsacademics and savvy culture vultures Itrsquos a restless motley audiencewith diverse needs One thingrsquos for sure my writing is not aimed atavant-garde specialists I canrsquot issue windy manifestoes or theoretical

proclamations without alienating my basemdashor simply irritating itMoreover Irsquom deeply invested in the evaluative and interpretativedimension of criticism My reviews are not above saying whether I likeor dislike whether itrsquos wor983156hy or a waste of time And yes we use astar-rating system Pretentious bloggers and snobby dramaturgsmdashasdisgusted by the media as they are ignorant of its workingsmdasheagerlypoint out that Irsquom no Herber983156 Blau or Richard Gilman Very true WhatI can be though is a conduit between a larger audience and rarefiedcontemporary practices I can try to translate the jargon of academiainto vibrant persuasive language to help a spectator appreciatean event In New York alone the experimental-theater world hasundergone profound changes in the decade since PRELUDE beganconvening panels and presenting works in progress Among the variousphenomena Irsquove noticed through PRELUDE (some of which date back to1960s and rsquo70s) relational aesthetics as play postdramatic stagingopera-theater hybrids digital and mixed-media dramaturgy historicalmeta-(mis)representation and the fascinating range of textualstrategies in new plays that range from found text to Internet-agepoetics

Thatrsquos where the great value of PRELUDE comes in Year after year itoffers a panoramic view of the creative processes of young (and not-so-young) ar983156ists and theorists It demonstrates the variety and ferment ofthe theatrical avant-garde constantly evolving and reacting As a criticand commentator PRELUDE goads me to ask myself How do I write

about this work

DAVID COTE

(Below and oppsite)This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05

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2012The author sits at work and gets a cryptic email asking what she isworking onShe mentions a show about wizards which gets scheduled for PRELUDEShe is ecstatic But also terrified Her collaborator is doing another showand the piece which requires an audience is rehearsed in a frenzy at herapt This isnrsquot what being a real ar983156ist was supposed to be she thinksldquo Black Wizard Blue Wizardrdquo is par983156 of Songspiel Itrsquos another madhouse

but no Styrofoam A line stretches out the door to the lobby The author isfilled with excitement and fear She returns to her improvisational rootschatting casuallymdashand in costumemdashwith the people in line She hears hercue and enters the theatre It is deliriously fun

ELIZA BENT

2007-2009The author sits at work and receives a press release about the PRELUDEfestival It looks cool and she pours over the program The ar983156ists whosenames she recognizes she loves The ar983156ists shersquos unfamiliar with wellshersquod better get to know She attends and is enraptured

2010The author sits at work She is now technically a playwright in addition to

being a sometimes-actor She receives the PRELUDE press release andis deeply envious of everyone involved She looks in the mirror to see ifshersquos turned green She has not but vows to work harder and to one daybe a real ar983156ist

2011The author learns shersquoll be per983142orming in PRELUDE with Half StraddleShe is ecstatic She arrives late to work and listens to a voicemail

Hi Eliza Frank Hentscher from the Segal Center Call me back aboutinterviewing someone for one of our programs Also will we see you atPRELUDE Hope so ciao

The author returns Frankrsquos call

FH HalloEB Hi Frank itrsquos Eliza Bent from American Theatre magazine

They discuss the interview which has nothing to do with PRELUDE

FH Ah very good So will I see you at PRELUDEEB Yeah Thatrsquos me on the posterFH What Who are youEB Irsquom Eliza Bent Irsquom per983142orming in Seagull Irsquom on the posterFH Ah that is youEB YeahFH Yoursquore a cover girl Who are you Which oneEB Irsquom wearing the red lipstick

FH Ah Ha ha You look different So you will do Seagull at the SegalCenter Ha haEB Ha ha

At the per983142ormance there are Styrofoam benches in the gallery spaceand itrsquos a mad house The author rolls along on a skate board observingthe huge windows on the street where onlookers who couldnrsquot squeezein watch Itrsquos super fun Shersquos relieved she doesnrsquot fall off the skateboard

At the after par983156y Frank lifts up Becca Blackwell on the dance floor It isEpic

(Above from L) Beowulf ndash A Thousand Years of Baggage by Banana Bag amp Bodice at PRELUDE 08 Spotligh t Japan

The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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INTRODUCTION

And if it is also striking how little impact 40 years of the American avant-garde has had on seasonal

subscription theatres it may be significant that plays as quietly radical as The Designated Mourner

and Mr Burns have been produced within the last few months at The Public Theatre and Playwrights

Horizons

Irsquove left out a lot of coursemdashcompletely skipped over solo per983142ormers like Andrew Schneider and Cynthia

Hopkins and Carl Hancock Rux and Joe Silovsky (but how could one classify them ) along with the

choreographers dancers composers musicians media ar983156ists even ( yikes ) critics Many PRELUDES

featured mini-festivals of work from other countries I never even saw extensive panel discussions I

had to miss and media showcases I didnrsquot hang around for I hear the par983156ies were pretty good too For

that matter how is it even possible to speak of PRELUDE without mentioning the indefatigable Frank

Hentschker who seems throughout to be in two places at once

But Irsquom out of space Over my word count As to what the next decade of PRELUDE may bring

Well first of all thatrsquos totally hellip

-Jeffrey M Jones

Playwright and essayist New York 2013

The conventional play form13 is durable precisely because it is the result of so many years of trial and

error the sum total of the dramatic constructs that will reliably hold an audience for an hour or two

independent of content Many of the earlier experimental playwrights tried as hard as possible to get

away from the play form one thinks of Meersquos collage experiments Shawnrsquos monologs Foremanrsquospointillist dreamscapes Jesurunrsquos manic talking heads and Wellmanrsquos nonsense plays The new

generation by contrast generally take the play form as their star983156ing point then mess with it

Some in fact have written what might pass for realistic plays save for the one telling detail which calls

the whole representational framework into question Erin Cour983156neyrsquos Demon Baby tosses a malign

garden gnome into a group of young professionals in contemporary London Madeleine Georgersquos The

Zero Hour finds World War II Nazis on the 7 train Julia May Jonasrsquo 14 Evelyn steps straight out of celebrity

rehab into The Bacchae Othersmdashas with Will Enorsquos Thom Paine (Based on Nothing ) or Kristen Kosmasrsquo

There There --work in the opposite direction setting an ordinary three-dimensional (ie ldquoroundedrdquo

moyen-sensuel ) character against an erased blurred or otherwise featureless landscape Playwrights as

different as Lisa DrsquoAmour (Detroit ) and Thomas Bradshaw (take your pick) star983156 with realistic premises

step on the gas and let increasingly out-of-control passions drive the whole thing off a cliff In Crime

or Emergency Sibyl Kempson shifts between dramatic realities with each successive scene while her

Secret Death of Puppets 15 presents the ldquostoryrdquo on audiotape as a kind of radio drama as the author runs

around the stage shifting the empty chairs that represent the ldquocharactersrdquoStill others play even more

complicated games with structure the linguistic traceries and arabesques of Jenny Schwar983156zrsquos Godrsquos Ear

the loop-the-loop and threaded mazes of Jason Grotersquos 1001 Erin Cour983156neyrsquos A Map of Vir983156ue based on

the ring composition theories of Mary Douglas Madelyn Kentrsquos Peninsula and Kempsonrsquos Ich KuumlrbisGeist

are more or less normal plays written in f ractured English Rob Ericksonrsquos Off the Hozzle is autobiographic

monolog fed through a loop machine while Andrew Ondrecjakrsquos Feast channel-sur983142s through a linguistic

Jabberwocky Richard MaxwellrsquosPeople Without History and Young Jean Leersquos The Appeal trash the

most basic conventions of the history play (including but not limited to historical accuracy) Jackie

Sibblies Drury (We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia Formerly Known as

Southwest Africa From the German Sudwestafrika Between the Years 1884-1915 16) and Lucas Hnath

(A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney ) each in their own way

have even written recursive history plays in which ldquoactualrdquo characters comment on the very play which

theyrsquore per983142orming

It seems safe to say the American theatre has never experienced a decade of such feverish invention

Is it too early to gauge the impact of the resurgent playwright Probably yet I find it striking that many of

the newer groups (Hoi Polloi Half Straddle The TEAM 600 HIGHWAYMEN) have also moved toward a

more text-centric approach while other companies (ERS Gatz Daniel Fish hellipA Supposedly Fun Thinghellip)

are literally staging books and some go even fur983156her into a kind of documentary theatre (ERSrsquos Arguendo

OK Theatrersquos massive Life And Times 17 But the long-term impact of playwriting may be the final bridging

of the gap between the experimental and the institutional theatres Plays after all are por983156able they are

designed to be repeatable

13 Play (n) a story in dialog about characters going about their bu siness whom yoursquore meant to care about

14 aka Nellie Tinder

15 For the sake of example I am limiting myself to playwrights who have been par983156 of PRELUDE and trying not to repeat myself But the fact is most of thesewriters have pursued several of these strategies in different plays thus Washburn has also written several history plays and another piece which also shiftsdramatic narrative with each scene Leersquos also written a church service and a cabaret act etc etc

16 In terms of long weird titles this rivals the German bestsellerFour and a Half Years of Struggle Against Lies Stupidity and Cowardice

17 This piece is the closest thing to a ldquohit showrdquo in cont emporary experimental theatre thoughGatz and Wersquore Gonna Die come close As on Broadway witha ldquohit showrdquo mass appeal counts more than critical acclaim One of the most interesting trends in contemporary experimental theatre is radically lowering thebarrier to entry LeCompte Foreman and Wilson were all to some degree deliberately difficult aggressively odd unashamedly ar983156y The newer stuff is typicallyobvious on the sur983142ace and often downright goofy This may be the wave of the futurehellip

(Above) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

THE TEN YEAR PRELUDE A FORWARD983085LOOKING BACKWARD GLANCE

by Jeffrey M Jones(continued)

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MARIANNE WEEMSPRELUDE is a critical par983156 of the organism

(Def a form of life composed of mutually interdependent par983156s that maintain variousvital processes)

PRELUDEis

(Above) The Universe is a Small Hat directed by Cesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 13

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YOUNG JEAN LEEPRELUDE is something that was cool tenyears ago when it star983156edand is still cool nowSomehow it just never went downhill

PAVOL LISKAPRELUDE is the big bang of New York theaterwhere you can see the very origins of work

AARON LANDSMANPRELUDE is where the conversationstar983156s veers arranges itself and gets deep

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11

(Opposite) Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven directed by Young Jean Lee at PRELUDE 05

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

GIDEON LESTERPRELUDE is like the book I most want to read each fallwith each page full of surprises cliff-hangers and revelationsthat change my sense of whatrsquos possible in per983142ormance

VALLEJO GANTNERPRELUDE is a per983142ect cultural embodiment of New York City

Always evolving always excitingtoo crowded with too much to see in too little time

(Clockwise from above R) Benjamin Forster in Liz One directed by John Jesurun at PRELUDE09 Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12 Donelle Woolford in Dickrsquos Joke directed by Donelle Woolford at PRELUDE 11Black-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun at PRELUDE 09

(R) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila

Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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BRIAN ROGERSPRELUDE continues to be absolutely indispensableAs an ar983156ist a presenter and everything in between

-so much of how I understand and relate to the work oftheater ar983156ists has its roots here

MAC WELLMANPRELUDE is the one indispensable theater festivalin New York City - it is adventurous intelligent and utterly free of

the corporate mediocrity that typifies most of the mainstreamPRELUDE I hope is here to stay as there is nothing like it

(Above) Lucy Kaminsky in Pink Melon Joy directed by Katherine Brook at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Ryosuke Yamada and Yuki Kawahisa in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion atPRELUDE 08

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JASON GROTE

PRELUDE is like a friendship caught on fire

KRISTEN KOSMASPRELUDE is hands-down my favorite

American theater festival celebration intellectual convention slashextended family reunionthat I secretly wish could go on all year long every year from now toeternity

(Above) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

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JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY PRELUDE is an oppor983156unity to peer into the futureand see work that will have a profound effecton you next year

JOSEPH V MELILLOPRELUDE is a valuable resource for discourse on the pursuitof ar983156 culture and ideaswithin the 21st century here in New York City

(Above) This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05(Opposite) Jeff Biehl in Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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Over this last decade I have looked tothe PRELUDE Festival for new ideasfor information about new writers and

theaters and as an impor983156ant bridge to the international theater

community Its range of programming and guest ar983156ists providesan impor983156ant service enriching the New York theater

1 PRELUDE exists at this wonder983142ulintersection of academic conference andmosh pit Inside the walls of a reputableinstitution we are encouraged to make amess and push the boundaries and it isacknowledged that THAT IS IMPORTANT

and a discourse is created aroundthose messes and potentialities and Ias a maker of things and events haverealized things about what I do and whatother people do that I would not haverecognized otherwise and that is anincredible service and experience

2 PRELUDE is a place to recognize ldquooh this is the community Iam in these are my contemporariesrdquo and that is deeply deeplyvaluable

3 The first time we did PRELUDE we collaborated with Japanese

writer director choreographer Mikuni Yanaihara and sheadmired my Crocs and said they were cool Nobody has done thatsince then

ANNE CATTANEO

DAN SAFER

THE ARTISTS

(From top) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08 DrunkfishOceanrant co-production by Kristine Haruna Lee amp Built for Collapse at Preluse13 Spotlight Japan

Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsuda and Josh FoxInternaonal WOW Copmany at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE is by an extraordinarymargin my favorite favoriteconvening of ar983156ists anywhereA catalyst for emerging workfor nascent endeavours andfor experiments are in thatmoment still experiments still

unsettled and still unsettlingthe PRELUDE festival has established anenvironment for an ongoing revolution in theNew York City theater scene Scholars criticsproducers ar983156ists actually find themselves indialogue one with the other This is beyondimpor983156ant And my gratitude is similarly beyondBeyond measure

JAY SCHEIBEvery fall PRELUDE erupts like a volcanoinside the otherwise calm mountain of theCUNY Graduate Center The Festivalrsquos hotlava of ar983156ists experiments experiences andpar983156icipants disrupts the buildingrsquos monastictranquility its studious lence its bureaucratichum Iconoclasts arrive in droves to infuse

the buildingrsquos lovely neutrality with action-based questions about how and how far to prod push and transformtheatrical form This frenetic energy of per983142ormance science bondsthe diverse streams of PRELUDE people together and they leave thisunlikely place feeling refreshed reconnected and inspiredThe university is not unchanged either therersquos always a lot of cleanupto do after PRELUDE (from floor-sweeping to fence-mending) butPRELUDE teaches its institution what can happen when it flings itsheavy ornate doors wide wide open

RUTH WIKLER983085LUKER

(L) A dance in progress by Big Dance Theater

at PRELUDE 05

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I remember this intense feeling of beingpar983156 of a community of experimentaltrouble makers who were all gatheringin the hallways and theaters and lobbyof the Grad Center Everyone wantedto see everything and everyone wasexcited Sarah Benson and I were workingon a piece called ldquoQuiver and Twitchrdquothat featured a young boy puppet built

and per983142ormed by the singular KevinAugustine This was the 2005 PRELUDEand Young Jean Lee presented ldquoSongsof the Dragon Flying to Heavenrdquo whichbegins with a video of a close-up ofYoung Jeanrsquos face as she is being

slapped hard across the cheek multiple times The momentof impact of the slap is edited out but the recoil after each slapremains I was sitting in the third row with Scott Adkins and weknew that Young Jean had made this video and we were bothfeeling very worried about watching it I felt upset by the idea ofher being physically hur983156 as per983142ormance Songs of the Dragonis about many things but one of the things it deals with is self

hatred Using her own body as the gateway into this painfuland beautiful work of theater was absolutely disarming andyet essential for this par983156icular piece of ar983156 This was violencethat provoked yes but it also provided a space for deepercontemplation Even as I am writing this I am thinking WhatWhat That cannot be correct how can I be saying that violencecan invoke contemplation Eight years later a multitude ofPRELUDE per983142ormances panels videos and dance par983156ies haveinspired me to make better work introduced me to new ar983156iststaught me about process and challenged me as an audiencemember but that first slap in the face remains for me a uniquetheatrical wake up call to pursue the limits of my own discomfor983156

and to face what I fear

ERIN COURTNEYI first did something in PRELUDE in 2004I think It was early work on a piece that atthe time was called The Littlewood ProjectBy 2006 it was called OH WHAT WAR andPRELUDE asked us back There are thingsI make that take a long time and PRELUDEalways seems to be there for me withthem - Red Fly Blue Bottle (Latitude 14)Beowulf (BBampB) City Council Meeting

(Aaron Landsman amp Jim Findlay) and nowthis year with This Was The End (RestlessNYC) I also curated a series of 4 newtranslations of Catalan plays for PRELUDEI had been bugging Frank for years aboutthis and he gave me the oppor983156unity and

sent me to Barcelona PRELUDE has been a kind of landing stripfor me - where you can touch down for a couple days show somepiece of a work talk to your friends see something surprising youdidnrsquot know was out there have a few drinks and some new ideasstar983156 a few fights then get back up in the air back to work WhatFrank star983156ed 10 years ago is a real joy for me Itrsquos great to beasked but just going and seeing other peoplersquos work is also great

The many memorable things - Collapsable Giraffe in the lobbyAndrew Dinwiddiersquos ldquoSwaggar983156rdquo Shatner expounding on ar983156 thanksto Phil Soltonoff and Joe Deibes getting hit in the face with anempty box in Jay Scheibrsquos ldquoWorld of Wiresrdquo Sybil Kempsonrsquos madeup language clinging to the words of Jonathan Foster Wallace asan actress in headphones approached the end of a diving boardbecause of Daniel Fish sitting in the dark with Trajal Harrell ReggieWatts turning a panel discussion into an actual conversation andKristen Kosmasrsquo breathtaking ldquoThis From Cloudlandrdquo To name justa few And the things I missed that were going on in the next roomTo Frank and all the many curatorsproducers over the years manyof whom are friends - Andy Geoffrey Morgan Helen Caleb Claire

Ruth Ber983156ie - what a mark you have made Thank you

MALLORY CATLETT

(L and opposite) A Fiery FlyingRoll or Dick Dick Dick byRadiohole at PRELUDE 05

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BONNIE MARRANCA Over the last decade the Mar983156in E SegalTheatre Centerrsquos PRELUDE program hasbeen a highlight of the star983156 of each theatreseason Its guests read like a Whorsquos Who ofdowntown theatre with an ever-expandingfield of vision PRELUDE brings togethercompanies writers directors presenterscritics and curators for afternoons or

evenings of intelligent conversationabout new work and impor983156ant current topics such as the growingintersection of theatre and per983142ormance ar983156 and the focus on processThere are also previews of productions and plays for the upcomingseason with presentations by ar983156ists of their work and ar983156istic processOn occasion there are spotlights on the work of countries abroad suchas Poland and Korea underlining the Segal Centerrsquos global outreachWhat is exceptionally valuable is the cross-generational cross-mediacamaraderie that occurs among ar983156ists and in which the public isinvited to share at the many events offered Under the far-sightedprogramming of its executive director Frank Hentschker PRELUDEhas evolved as a lively center of serious engagement with the broadspectrum of per983142ormance and writing offered by the most innovativethinkers working today in theatre in New York

ANNIE983085B PARSON We in the theater need our seasonal rituals just like all tribes and PRELUDE has become just that for me Each Fall for a decadeI par983156icipate in and cherish our autumnalharvest festival called PRELUDE Theoperating principle of Prelude is works stillin process and in framing it as such theaudience is both forgiving of the chaff anddesirous of the wheat Therefore since itsinception I have shown unfinished workpresenting something with an implied sign

ldquowarning wet paintrdquo

Under the passionate curious eyes of Frank Hentschker we showwhat we have been doing in rehearsal to the people he gathers thecongregants of our strange church per983142ect for our needs at thatmoment We donrsquot know what we have when we present it and yetwe leave in a different phase of the work pushing towards somefinal version Itrsquos always nerve- wracking as hell one of the requiredindignities of our business to show what we have not completedCuration is not shoppingmdashit isnrsquot- picking this and not picking that It isa rendering of many materials into a community of work Frank andhis curators including Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons through theirgood juju and true understanding of the inner workings of the clocksof new material have nur983156ured audiences to smar983156ly observe workin gestational form These talented curators cluster and shape anevent coaxing the bevy of works to behave in a context of the ldquohandmaderdquo where failure is a given a familiar old friend par983156 of the show

Without that old friend nothing would ever get righted We see it inothersrsquo work too and it reminds us that we the lot of us are cynicsquestioning everything and we have to do it in front of each otherThere is no other way Process is the grammar of PRELUDE Everyonethere knows it And amid the autumnal cornucopia of small successesand larger failures we say togetherAmen

(Above) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Joseph Beuys in NYC by Jackson Pollock Bar at PRELUDE 11

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ldquoSee you at the lsquoLude duderdquo

Over the years the structure and thinking behind PRELUDE has slowly

dawned on me and its influence and impor983156ance Itrsquos where all the thinkersare But therersquos no snobbery about it And there is no place setting forcompetition Itrsquos a char983156ing out and a confirmation of the ways in whichwe are cooperating When you go you canrsquot help but care about whatrsquoshappening there Everyone who goes is par983156icipating Every time I go I get

butter983142lies and also a (lsquorisingrsquo) feeling in my chest Itrsquos a chance to check inwith the exaltation par983156 of being human and it helps put the daily grind-typear983156ist concerns in their proper perspective for the progressing year

Itrsquos been 10 YEARS

My first time Irsquoll never forget It was while I was still deliriously crazing myway through the CUNY Brooklyn College MFA program so that would havebeen sometime between 2004 and 2007 Sarah Benson was curatingat that time I remember showing up at the very dignified CUNY GraduateCenter and basically camping out for the entire festival just attending oneevent after another and feeling completely invigorated the whole time mybrain and hear983156 singing together in harmony There was so much to talkabout and everyone was really talking and discussing everything we wereseeing So many ideas at work and so much freshness and in this beautiful

setting - not in a dark basement or a late night black box on the outskir983156s -and yet with such a blessed lack of marketing or hype-hype

I couldnrsquot believe how much was going on and how much I loved everythingthat I saw all the per983142ormances all the writing how much it seemed to applyto me and how much it meant to me to see that work being presented insuch a lsquolegitimatersquo setting It was an affirmation of the community we havehere and continues to be every year Not the kind of community that islsquofosteredrsquo but a real gathering of tribes that reminds me in a very concretepalpable way that we are all working something together even if we are inseparate processes and applying for the same grants

In the years since I star983156ed my yearly migration to the lsquoLude Irsquove been

honored to be asked to sit on a panel or two and have also seen someof my own work per983142ormed there Which is a thrill But itrsquos really just aswonder983142ul to get to go as an audience member and par983156ake When yoursquovegot something happening at the lsquoLude you donrsquot get to see as much ofother stuff Either way I want to grow old at and with the PRELUDE FestivalHerersquos to ten more of another ten years

SIBYL KEMPSON

Ten years on looking back at PRELUDE

As theater editor and chief drama critic for a weekly magazine (andits online version) I write brief reviews and occasional news items forgeneral audience My readers are a mix of theater ar983156ists fans touristsacademics and savvy culture vultures Itrsquos a restless motley audiencewith diverse needs One thingrsquos for sure my writing is not aimed atavant-garde specialists I canrsquot issue windy manifestoes or theoretical

proclamations without alienating my basemdashor simply irritating itMoreover Irsquom deeply invested in the evaluative and interpretativedimension of criticism My reviews are not above saying whether I likeor dislike whether itrsquos wor983156hy or a waste of time And yes we use astar-rating system Pretentious bloggers and snobby dramaturgsmdashasdisgusted by the media as they are ignorant of its workingsmdasheagerlypoint out that Irsquom no Herber983156 Blau or Richard Gilman Very true WhatI can be though is a conduit between a larger audience and rarefiedcontemporary practices I can try to translate the jargon of academiainto vibrant persuasive language to help a spectator appreciatean event In New York alone the experimental-theater world hasundergone profound changes in the decade since PRELUDE beganconvening panels and presenting works in progress Among the variousphenomena Irsquove noticed through PRELUDE (some of which date back to1960s and rsquo70s) relational aesthetics as play postdramatic stagingopera-theater hybrids digital and mixed-media dramaturgy historicalmeta-(mis)representation and the fascinating range of textualstrategies in new plays that range from found text to Internet-agepoetics

Thatrsquos where the great value of PRELUDE comes in Year after year itoffers a panoramic view of the creative processes of young (and not-so-young) ar983156ists and theorists It demonstrates the variety and ferment ofthe theatrical avant-garde constantly evolving and reacting As a criticand commentator PRELUDE goads me to ask myself How do I write

about this work

DAVID COTE

(Below and oppsite)This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05

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2012The author sits at work and gets a cryptic email asking what she isworking onShe mentions a show about wizards which gets scheduled for PRELUDEShe is ecstatic But also terrified Her collaborator is doing another showand the piece which requires an audience is rehearsed in a frenzy at herapt This isnrsquot what being a real ar983156ist was supposed to be she thinksldquo Black Wizard Blue Wizardrdquo is par983156 of Songspiel Itrsquos another madhouse

but no Styrofoam A line stretches out the door to the lobby The author isfilled with excitement and fear She returns to her improvisational rootschatting casuallymdashand in costumemdashwith the people in line She hears hercue and enters the theatre It is deliriously fun

ELIZA BENT

2007-2009The author sits at work and receives a press release about the PRELUDEfestival It looks cool and she pours over the program The ar983156ists whosenames she recognizes she loves The ar983156ists shersquos unfamiliar with wellshersquod better get to know She attends and is enraptured

2010The author sits at work She is now technically a playwright in addition to

being a sometimes-actor She receives the PRELUDE press release andis deeply envious of everyone involved She looks in the mirror to see ifshersquos turned green She has not but vows to work harder and to one daybe a real ar983156ist

2011The author learns shersquoll be per983142orming in PRELUDE with Half StraddleShe is ecstatic She arrives late to work and listens to a voicemail

Hi Eliza Frank Hentscher from the Segal Center Call me back aboutinterviewing someone for one of our programs Also will we see you atPRELUDE Hope so ciao

The author returns Frankrsquos call

FH HalloEB Hi Frank itrsquos Eliza Bent from American Theatre magazine

They discuss the interview which has nothing to do with PRELUDE

FH Ah very good So will I see you at PRELUDEEB Yeah Thatrsquos me on the posterFH What Who are youEB Irsquom Eliza Bent Irsquom per983142orming in Seagull Irsquom on the posterFH Ah that is youEB YeahFH Yoursquore a cover girl Who are you Which oneEB Irsquom wearing the red lipstick

FH Ah Ha ha You look different So you will do Seagull at the SegalCenter Ha haEB Ha ha

At the per983142ormance there are Styrofoam benches in the gallery spaceand itrsquos a mad house The author rolls along on a skate board observingthe huge windows on the street where onlookers who couldnrsquot squeezein watch Itrsquos super fun Shersquos relieved she doesnrsquot fall off the skateboard

At the after par983156y Frank lifts up Becca Blackwell on the dance floor It isEpic

(Above from L) Beowulf ndash A Thousand Years of Baggage by Banana Bag amp Bodice at PRELUDE 08 Spotligh t Japan

The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

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(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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MARIANNE WEEMSPRELUDE is a critical par983156 of the organism

(Def a form of life composed of mutually interdependent par983156s that maintain variousvital processes)

PRELUDEis

(Above) The Universe is a Small Hat directed by Cesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 13

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

YOUNG JEAN LEEPRELUDE is something that was cool tenyears ago when it star983156edand is still cool nowSomehow it just never went downhill

PAVOL LISKAPRELUDE is the big bang of New York theaterwhere you can see the very origins of work

AARON LANDSMANPRELUDE is where the conversationstar983156s veers arranges itself and gets deep

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11

(Opposite) Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven directed by Young Jean Lee at PRELUDE 05

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GIDEON LESTERPRELUDE is like the book I most want to read each fallwith each page full of surprises cliff-hangers and revelationsthat change my sense of whatrsquos possible in per983142ormance

VALLEJO GANTNERPRELUDE is a per983142ect cultural embodiment of New York City

Always evolving always excitingtoo crowded with too much to see in too little time

(Clockwise from above R) Benjamin Forster in Liz One directed by John Jesurun at PRELUDE09 Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12 Donelle Woolford in Dickrsquos Joke directed by Donelle Woolford at PRELUDE 11Black-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun at PRELUDE 09

(R) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila

Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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BRIAN ROGERSPRELUDE continues to be absolutely indispensableAs an ar983156ist a presenter and everything in between

-so much of how I understand and relate to the work oftheater ar983156ists has its roots here

MAC WELLMANPRELUDE is the one indispensable theater festivalin New York City - it is adventurous intelligent and utterly free of

the corporate mediocrity that typifies most of the mainstreamPRELUDE I hope is here to stay as there is nothing like it

(Above) Lucy Kaminsky in Pink Melon Joy directed by Katherine Brook at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Ryosuke Yamada and Yuki Kawahisa in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion atPRELUDE 08

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JASON GROTE

PRELUDE is like a friendship caught on fire

KRISTEN KOSMASPRELUDE is hands-down my favorite

American theater festival celebration intellectual convention slashextended family reunionthat I secretly wish could go on all year long every year from now toeternity

(Above) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

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JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY PRELUDE is an oppor983156unity to peer into the futureand see work that will have a profound effecton you next year

JOSEPH V MELILLOPRELUDE is a valuable resource for discourse on the pursuitof ar983156 culture and ideaswithin the 21st century here in New York City

(Above) This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05(Opposite) Jeff Biehl in Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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Over this last decade I have looked tothe PRELUDE Festival for new ideasfor information about new writers and

theaters and as an impor983156ant bridge to the international theater

community Its range of programming and guest ar983156ists providesan impor983156ant service enriching the New York theater

1 PRELUDE exists at this wonder983142ulintersection of academic conference andmosh pit Inside the walls of a reputableinstitution we are encouraged to make amess and push the boundaries and it isacknowledged that THAT IS IMPORTANT

and a discourse is created aroundthose messes and potentialities and Ias a maker of things and events haverealized things about what I do and whatother people do that I would not haverecognized otherwise and that is anincredible service and experience

2 PRELUDE is a place to recognize ldquooh this is the community Iam in these are my contemporariesrdquo and that is deeply deeplyvaluable

3 The first time we did PRELUDE we collaborated with Japanese

writer director choreographer Mikuni Yanaihara and sheadmired my Crocs and said they were cool Nobody has done thatsince then

ANNE CATTANEO

DAN SAFER

THE ARTISTS

(From top) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08 DrunkfishOceanrant co-production by Kristine Haruna Lee amp Built for Collapse at Preluse13 Spotlight Japan

Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsuda and Josh FoxInternaonal WOW Copmany at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE is by an extraordinarymargin my favorite favoriteconvening of ar983156ists anywhereA catalyst for emerging workfor nascent endeavours andfor experiments are in thatmoment still experiments still

unsettled and still unsettlingthe PRELUDE festival has established anenvironment for an ongoing revolution in theNew York City theater scene Scholars criticsproducers ar983156ists actually find themselves indialogue one with the other This is beyondimpor983156ant And my gratitude is similarly beyondBeyond measure

JAY SCHEIBEvery fall PRELUDE erupts like a volcanoinside the otherwise calm mountain of theCUNY Graduate Center The Festivalrsquos hotlava of ar983156ists experiments experiences andpar983156icipants disrupts the buildingrsquos monastictranquility its studious lence its bureaucratichum Iconoclasts arrive in droves to infuse

the buildingrsquos lovely neutrality with action-based questions about how and how far to prod push and transformtheatrical form This frenetic energy of per983142ormance science bondsthe diverse streams of PRELUDE people together and they leave thisunlikely place feeling refreshed reconnected and inspiredThe university is not unchanged either therersquos always a lot of cleanupto do after PRELUDE (from floor-sweeping to fence-mending) butPRELUDE teaches its institution what can happen when it flings itsheavy ornate doors wide wide open

RUTH WIKLER983085LUKER

(L) A dance in progress by Big Dance Theater

at PRELUDE 05

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I remember this intense feeling of beingpar983156 of a community of experimentaltrouble makers who were all gatheringin the hallways and theaters and lobbyof the Grad Center Everyone wantedto see everything and everyone wasexcited Sarah Benson and I were workingon a piece called ldquoQuiver and Twitchrdquothat featured a young boy puppet built

and per983142ormed by the singular KevinAugustine This was the 2005 PRELUDEand Young Jean Lee presented ldquoSongsof the Dragon Flying to Heavenrdquo whichbegins with a video of a close-up ofYoung Jeanrsquos face as she is being

slapped hard across the cheek multiple times The momentof impact of the slap is edited out but the recoil after each slapremains I was sitting in the third row with Scott Adkins and weknew that Young Jean had made this video and we were bothfeeling very worried about watching it I felt upset by the idea ofher being physically hur983156 as per983142ormance Songs of the Dragonis about many things but one of the things it deals with is self

hatred Using her own body as the gateway into this painfuland beautiful work of theater was absolutely disarming andyet essential for this par983156icular piece of ar983156 This was violencethat provoked yes but it also provided a space for deepercontemplation Even as I am writing this I am thinking WhatWhat That cannot be correct how can I be saying that violencecan invoke contemplation Eight years later a multitude ofPRELUDE per983142ormances panels videos and dance par983156ies haveinspired me to make better work introduced me to new ar983156iststaught me about process and challenged me as an audiencemember but that first slap in the face remains for me a uniquetheatrical wake up call to pursue the limits of my own discomfor983156

and to face what I fear

ERIN COURTNEYI first did something in PRELUDE in 2004I think It was early work on a piece that atthe time was called The Littlewood ProjectBy 2006 it was called OH WHAT WAR andPRELUDE asked us back There are thingsI make that take a long time and PRELUDEalways seems to be there for me withthem - Red Fly Blue Bottle (Latitude 14)Beowulf (BBampB) City Council Meeting

(Aaron Landsman amp Jim Findlay) and nowthis year with This Was The End (RestlessNYC) I also curated a series of 4 newtranslations of Catalan plays for PRELUDEI had been bugging Frank for years aboutthis and he gave me the oppor983156unity and

sent me to Barcelona PRELUDE has been a kind of landing stripfor me - where you can touch down for a couple days show somepiece of a work talk to your friends see something surprising youdidnrsquot know was out there have a few drinks and some new ideasstar983156 a few fights then get back up in the air back to work WhatFrank star983156ed 10 years ago is a real joy for me Itrsquos great to beasked but just going and seeing other peoplersquos work is also great

The many memorable things - Collapsable Giraffe in the lobbyAndrew Dinwiddiersquos ldquoSwaggar983156rdquo Shatner expounding on ar983156 thanksto Phil Soltonoff and Joe Deibes getting hit in the face with anempty box in Jay Scheibrsquos ldquoWorld of Wiresrdquo Sybil Kempsonrsquos madeup language clinging to the words of Jonathan Foster Wallace asan actress in headphones approached the end of a diving boardbecause of Daniel Fish sitting in the dark with Trajal Harrell ReggieWatts turning a panel discussion into an actual conversation andKristen Kosmasrsquo breathtaking ldquoThis From Cloudlandrdquo To name justa few And the things I missed that were going on in the next roomTo Frank and all the many curatorsproducers over the years manyof whom are friends - Andy Geoffrey Morgan Helen Caleb Claire

Ruth Ber983156ie - what a mark you have made Thank you

MALLORY CATLETT

(L and opposite) A Fiery FlyingRoll or Dick Dick Dick byRadiohole at PRELUDE 05

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BONNIE MARRANCA Over the last decade the Mar983156in E SegalTheatre Centerrsquos PRELUDE program hasbeen a highlight of the star983156 of each theatreseason Its guests read like a Whorsquos Who ofdowntown theatre with an ever-expandingfield of vision PRELUDE brings togethercompanies writers directors presenterscritics and curators for afternoons or

evenings of intelligent conversationabout new work and impor983156ant current topics such as the growingintersection of theatre and per983142ormance ar983156 and the focus on processThere are also previews of productions and plays for the upcomingseason with presentations by ar983156ists of their work and ar983156istic processOn occasion there are spotlights on the work of countries abroad suchas Poland and Korea underlining the Segal Centerrsquos global outreachWhat is exceptionally valuable is the cross-generational cross-mediacamaraderie that occurs among ar983156ists and in which the public isinvited to share at the many events offered Under the far-sightedprogramming of its executive director Frank Hentschker PRELUDEhas evolved as a lively center of serious engagement with the broadspectrum of per983142ormance and writing offered by the most innovativethinkers working today in theatre in New York

ANNIE983085B PARSON We in the theater need our seasonal rituals just like all tribes and PRELUDE has become just that for me Each Fall for a decadeI par983156icipate in and cherish our autumnalharvest festival called PRELUDE Theoperating principle of Prelude is works stillin process and in framing it as such theaudience is both forgiving of the chaff anddesirous of the wheat Therefore since itsinception I have shown unfinished workpresenting something with an implied sign

ldquowarning wet paintrdquo

Under the passionate curious eyes of Frank Hentschker we showwhat we have been doing in rehearsal to the people he gathers thecongregants of our strange church per983142ect for our needs at thatmoment We donrsquot know what we have when we present it and yetwe leave in a different phase of the work pushing towards somefinal version Itrsquos always nerve- wracking as hell one of the requiredindignities of our business to show what we have not completedCuration is not shoppingmdashit isnrsquot- picking this and not picking that It isa rendering of many materials into a community of work Frank andhis curators including Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons through theirgood juju and true understanding of the inner workings of the clocksof new material have nur983156ured audiences to smar983156ly observe workin gestational form These talented curators cluster and shape anevent coaxing the bevy of works to behave in a context of the ldquohandmaderdquo where failure is a given a familiar old friend par983156 of the show

Without that old friend nothing would ever get righted We see it inothersrsquo work too and it reminds us that we the lot of us are cynicsquestioning everything and we have to do it in front of each otherThere is no other way Process is the grammar of PRELUDE Everyonethere knows it And amid the autumnal cornucopia of small successesand larger failures we say togetherAmen

(Above) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Joseph Beuys in NYC by Jackson Pollock Bar at PRELUDE 11

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ldquoSee you at the lsquoLude duderdquo

Over the years the structure and thinking behind PRELUDE has slowly

dawned on me and its influence and impor983156ance Itrsquos where all the thinkersare But therersquos no snobbery about it And there is no place setting forcompetition Itrsquos a char983156ing out and a confirmation of the ways in whichwe are cooperating When you go you canrsquot help but care about whatrsquoshappening there Everyone who goes is par983156icipating Every time I go I get

butter983142lies and also a (lsquorisingrsquo) feeling in my chest Itrsquos a chance to check inwith the exaltation par983156 of being human and it helps put the daily grind-typear983156ist concerns in their proper perspective for the progressing year

Itrsquos been 10 YEARS

My first time Irsquoll never forget It was while I was still deliriously crazing myway through the CUNY Brooklyn College MFA program so that would havebeen sometime between 2004 and 2007 Sarah Benson was curatingat that time I remember showing up at the very dignified CUNY GraduateCenter and basically camping out for the entire festival just attending oneevent after another and feeling completely invigorated the whole time mybrain and hear983156 singing together in harmony There was so much to talkabout and everyone was really talking and discussing everything we wereseeing So many ideas at work and so much freshness and in this beautiful

setting - not in a dark basement or a late night black box on the outskir983156s -and yet with such a blessed lack of marketing or hype-hype

I couldnrsquot believe how much was going on and how much I loved everythingthat I saw all the per983142ormances all the writing how much it seemed to applyto me and how much it meant to me to see that work being presented insuch a lsquolegitimatersquo setting It was an affirmation of the community we havehere and continues to be every year Not the kind of community that islsquofosteredrsquo but a real gathering of tribes that reminds me in a very concretepalpable way that we are all working something together even if we are inseparate processes and applying for the same grants

In the years since I star983156ed my yearly migration to the lsquoLude Irsquove been

honored to be asked to sit on a panel or two and have also seen someof my own work per983142ormed there Which is a thrill But itrsquos really just aswonder983142ul to get to go as an audience member and par983156ake When yoursquovegot something happening at the lsquoLude you donrsquot get to see as much ofother stuff Either way I want to grow old at and with the PRELUDE FestivalHerersquos to ten more of another ten years

SIBYL KEMPSON

Ten years on looking back at PRELUDE

As theater editor and chief drama critic for a weekly magazine (andits online version) I write brief reviews and occasional news items forgeneral audience My readers are a mix of theater ar983156ists fans touristsacademics and savvy culture vultures Itrsquos a restless motley audiencewith diverse needs One thingrsquos for sure my writing is not aimed atavant-garde specialists I canrsquot issue windy manifestoes or theoretical

proclamations without alienating my basemdashor simply irritating itMoreover Irsquom deeply invested in the evaluative and interpretativedimension of criticism My reviews are not above saying whether I likeor dislike whether itrsquos wor983156hy or a waste of time And yes we use astar-rating system Pretentious bloggers and snobby dramaturgsmdashasdisgusted by the media as they are ignorant of its workingsmdasheagerlypoint out that Irsquom no Herber983156 Blau or Richard Gilman Very true WhatI can be though is a conduit between a larger audience and rarefiedcontemporary practices I can try to translate the jargon of academiainto vibrant persuasive language to help a spectator appreciatean event In New York alone the experimental-theater world hasundergone profound changes in the decade since PRELUDE beganconvening panels and presenting works in progress Among the variousphenomena Irsquove noticed through PRELUDE (some of which date back to1960s and rsquo70s) relational aesthetics as play postdramatic stagingopera-theater hybrids digital and mixed-media dramaturgy historicalmeta-(mis)representation and the fascinating range of textualstrategies in new plays that range from found text to Internet-agepoetics

Thatrsquos where the great value of PRELUDE comes in Year after year itoffers a panoramic view of the creative processes of young (and not-so-young) ar983156ists and theorists It demonstrates the variety and ferment ofthe theatrical avant-garde constantly evolving and reacting As a criticand commentator PRELUDE goads me to ask myself How do I write

about this work

DAVID COTE

(Below and oppsite)This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05

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2012The author sits at work and gets a cryptic email asking what she isworking onShe mentions a show about wizards which gets scheduled for PRELUDEShe is ecstatic But also terrified Her collaborator is doing another showand the piece which requires an audience is rehearsed in a frenzy at herapt This isnrsquot what being a real ar983156ist was supposed to be she thinksldquo Black Wizard Blue Wizardrdquo is par983156 of Songspiel Itrsquos another madhouse

but no Styrofoam A line stretches out the door to the lobby The author isfilled with excitement and fear She returns to her improvisational rootschatting casuallymdashand in costumemdashwith the people in line She hears hercue and enters the theatre It is deliriously fun

ELIZA BENT

2007-2009The author sits at work and receives a press release about the PRELUDEfestival It looks cool and she pours over the program The ar983156ists whosenames she recognizes she loves The ar983156ists shersquos unfamiliar with wellshersquod better get to know She attends and is enraptured

2010The author sits at work She is now technically a playwright in addition to

being a sometimes-actor She receives the PRELUDE press release andis deeply envious of everyone involved She looks in the mirror to see ifshersquos turned green She has not but vows to work harder and to one daybe a real ar983156ist

2011The author learns shersquoll be per983142orming in PRELUDE with Half StraddleShe is ecstatic She arrives late to work and listens to a voicemail

Hi Eliza Frank Hentscher from the Segal Center Call me back aboutinterviewing someone for one of our programs Also will we see you atPRELUDE Hope so ciao

The author returns Frankrsquos call

FH HalloEB Hi Frank itrsquos Eliza Bent from American Theatre magazine

They discuss the interview which has nothing to do with PRELUDE

FH Ah very good So will I see you at PRELUDEEB Yeah Thatrsquos me on the posterFH What Who are youEB Irsquom Eliza Bent Irsquom per983142orming in Seagull Irsquom on the posterFH Ah that is youEB YeahFH Yoursquore a cover girl Who are you Which oneEB Irsquom wearing the red lipstick

FH Ah Ha ha You look different So you will do Seagull at the SegalCenter Ha haEB Ha ha

At the per983142ormance there are Styrofoam benches in the gallery spaceand itrsquos a mad house The author rolls along on a skate board observingthe huge windows on the street where onlookers who couldnrsquot squeezein watch Itrsquos super fun Shersquos relieved she doesnrsquot fall off the skateboard

At the after par983156y Frank lifts up Becca Blackwell on the dance floor It isEpic

(Above from L) Beowulf ndash A Thousand Years of Baggage by Banana Bag amp Bodice at PRELUDE 08 Spotligh t Japan

The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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YOUNG JEAN LEEPRELUDE is something that was cool tenyears ago when it star983156edand is still cool nowSomehow it just never went downhill

PAVOL LISKAPRELUDE is the big bang of New York theaterwhere you can see the very origins of work

AARON LANDSMANPRELUDE is where the conversationstar983156s veers arranges itself and gets deep

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11

(Opposite) Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven directed by Young Jean Lee at PRELUDE 05

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GIDEON LESTERPRELUDE is like the book I most want to read each fallwith each page full of surprises cliff-hangers and revelationsthat change my sense of whatrsquos possible in per983142ormance

VALLEJO GANTNERPRELUDE is a per983142ect cultural embodiment of New York City

Always evolving always excitingtoo crowded with too much to see in too little time

(Clockwise from above R) Benjamin Forster in Liz One directed by John Jesurun at PRELUDE09 Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12 Donelle Woolford in Dickrsquos Joke directed by Donelle Woolford at PRELUDE 11Black-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun at PRELUDE 09

(R) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila

Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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BRIAN ROGERSPRELUDE continues to be absolutely indispensableAs an ar983156ist a presenter and everything in between

-so much of how I understand and relate to the work oftheater ar983156ists has its roots here

MAC WELLMANPRELUDE is the one indispensable theater festivalin New York City - it is adventurous intelligent and utterly free of

the corporate mediocrity that typifies most of the mainstreamPRELUDE I hope is here to stay as there is nothing like it

(Above) Lucy Kaminsky in Pink Melon Joy directed by Katherine Brook at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Ryosuke Yamada and Yuki Kawahisa in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion atPRELUDE 08

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JASON GROTE

PRELUDE is like a friendship caught on fire

KRISTEN KOSMASPRELUDE is hands-down my favorite

American theater festival celebration intellectual convention slashextended family reunionthat I secretly wish could go on all year long every year from now toeternity

(Above) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

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JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY PRELUDE is an oppor983156unity to peer into the futureand see work that will have a profound effecton you next year

JOSEPH V MELILLOPRELUDE is a valuable resource for discourse on the pursuitof ar983156 culture and ideaswithin the 21st century here in New York City

(Above) This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05(Opposite) Jeff Biehl in Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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Over this last decade I have looked tothe PRELUDE Festival for new ideasfor information about new writers and

theaters and as an impor983156ant bridge to the international theater

community Its range of programming and guest ar983156ists providesan impor983156ant service enriching the New York theater

1 PRELUDE exists at this wonder983142ulintersection of academic conference andmosh pit Inside the walls of a reputableinstitution we are encouraged to make amess and push the boundaries and it isacknowledged that THAT IS IMPORTANT

and a discourse is created aroundthose messes and potentialities and Ias a maker of things and events haverealized things about what I do and whatother people do that I would not haverecognized otherwise and that is anincredible service and experience

2 PRELUDE is a place to recognize ldquooh this is the community Iam in these are my contemporariesrdquo and that is deeply deeplyvaluable

3 The first time we did PRELUDE we collaborated with Japanese

writer director choreographer Mikuni Yanaihara and sheadmired my Crocs and said they were cool Nobody has done thatsince then

ANNE CATTANEO

DAN SAFER

THE ARTISTS

(From top) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08 DrunkfishOceanrant co-production by Kristine Haruna Lee amp Built for Collapse at Preluse13 Spotlight Japan

Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsuda and Josh FoxInternaonal WOW Copmany at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE is by an extraordinarymargin my favorite favoriteconvening of ar983156ists anywhereA catalyst for emerging workfor nascent endeavours andfor experiments are in thatmoment still experiments still

unsettled and still unsettlingthe PRELUDE festival has established anenvironment for an ongoing revolution in theNew York City theater scene Scholars criticsproducers ar983156ists actually find themselves indialogue one with the other This is beyondimpor983156ant And my gratitude is similarly beyondBeyond measure

JAY SCHEIBEvery fall PRELUDE erupts like a volcanoinside the otherwise calm mountain of theCUNY Graduate Center The Festivalrsquos hotlava of ar983156ists experiments experiences andpar983156icipants disrupts the buildingrsquos monastictranquility its studious lence its bureaucratichum Iconoclasts arrive in droves to infuse

the buildingrsquos lovely neutrality with action-based questions about how and how far to prod push and transformtheatrical form This frenetic energy of per983142ormance science bondsthe diverse streams of PRELUDE people together and they leave thisunlikely place feeling refreshed reconnected and inspiredThe university is not unchanged either therersquos always a lot of cleanupto do after PRELUDE (from floor-sweeping to fence-mending) butPRELUDE teaches its institution what can happen when it flings itsheavy ornate doors wide wide open

RUTH WIKLER983085LUKER

(L) A dance in progress by Big Dance Theater

at PRELUDE 05

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I remember this intense feeling of beingpar983156 of a community of experimentaltrouble makers who were all gatheringin the hallways and theaters and lobbyof the Grad Center Everyone wantedto see everything and everyone wasexcited Sarah Benson and I were workingon a piece called ldquoQuiver and Twitchrdquothat featured a young boy puppet built

and per983142ormed by the singular KevinAugustine This was the 2005 PRELUDEand Young Jean Lee presented ldquoSongsof the Dragon Flying to Heavenrdquo whichbegins with a video of a close-up ofYoung Jeanrsquos face as she is being

slapped hard across the cheek multiple times The momentof impact of the slap is edited out but the recoil after each slapremains I was sitting in the third row with Scott Adkins and weknew that Young Jean had made this video and we were bothfeeling very worried about watching it I felt upset by the idea ofher being physically hur983156 as per983142ormance Songs of the Dragonis about many things but one of the things it deals with is self

hatred Using her own body as the gateway into this painfuland beautiful work of theater was absolutely disarming andyet essential for this par983156icular piece of ar983156 This was violencethat provoked yes but it also provided a space for deepercontemplation Even as I am writing this I am thinking WhatWhat That cannot be correct how can I be saying that violencecan invoke contemplation Eight years later a multitude ofPRELUDE per983142ormances panels videos and dance par983156ies haveinspired me to make better work introduced me to new ar983156iststaught me about process and challenged me as an audiencemember but that first slap in the face remains for me a uniquetheatrical wake up call to pursue the limits of my own discomfor983156

and to face what I fear

ERIN COURTNEYI first did something in PRELUDE in 2004I think It was early work on a piece that atthe time was called The Littlewood ProjectBy 2006 it was called OH WHAT WAR andPRELUDE asked us back There are thingsI make that take a long time and PRELUDEalways seems to be there for me withthem - Red Fly Blue Bottle (Latitude 14)Beowulf (BBampB) City Council Meeting

(Aaron Landsman amp Jim Findlay) and nowthis year with This Was The End (RestlessNYC) I also curated a series of 4 newtranslations of Catalan plays for PRELUDEI had been bugging Frank for years aboutthis and he gave me the oppor983156unity and

sent me to Barcelona PRELUDE has been a kind of landing stripfor me - where you can touch down for a couple days show somepiece of a work talk to your friends see something surprising youdidnrsquot know was out there have a few drinks and some new ideasstar983156 a few fights then get back up in the air back to work WhatFrank star983156ed 10 years ago is a real joy for me Itrsquos great to beasked but just going and seeing other peoplersquos work is also great

The many memorable things - Collapsable Giraffe in the lobbyAndrew Dinwiddiersquos ldquoSwaggar983156rdquo Shatner expounding on ar983156 thanksto Phil Soltonoff and Joe Deibes getting hit in the face with anempty box in Jay Scheibrsquos ldquoWorld of Wiresrdquo Sybil Kempsonrsquos madeup language clinging to the words of Jonathan Foster Wallace asan actress in headphones approached the end of a diving boardbecause of Daniel Fish sitting in the dark with Trajal Harrell ReggieWatts turning a panel discussion into an actual conversation andKristen Kosmasrsquo breathtaking ldquoThis From Cloudlandrdquo To name justa few And the things I missed that were going on in the next roomTo Frank and all the many curatorsproducers over the years manyof whom are friends - Andy Geoffrey Morgan Helen Caleb Claire

Ruth Ber983156ie - what a mark you have made Thank you

MALLORY CATLETT

(L and opposite) A Fiery FlyingRoll or Dick Dick Dick byRadiohole at PRELUDE 05

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BONNIE MARRANCA Over the last decade the Mar983156in E SegalTheatre Centerrsquos PRELUDE program hasbeen a highlight of the star983156 of each theatreseason Its guests read like a Whorsquos Who ofdowntown theatre with an ever-expandingfield of vision PRELUDE brings togethercompanies writers directors presenterscritics and curators for afternoons or

evenings of intelligent conversationabout new work and impor983156ant current topics such as the growingintersection of theatre and per983142ormance ar983156 and the focus on processThere are also previews of productions and plays for the upcomingseason with presentations by ar983156ists of their work and ar983156istic processOn occasion there are spotlights on the work of countries abroad suchas Poland and Korea underlining the Segal Centerrsquos global outreachWhat is exceptionally valuable is the cross-generational cross-mediacamaraderie that occurs among ar983156ists and in which the public isinvited to share at the many events offered Under the far-sightedprogramming of its executive director Frank Hentschker PRELUDEhas evolved as a lively center of serious engagement with the broadspectrum of per983142ormance and writing offered by the most innovativethinkers working today in theatre in New York

ANNIE983085B PARSON We in the theater need our seasonal rituals just like all tribes and PRELUDE has become just that for me Each Fall for a decadeI par983156icipate in and cherish our autumnalharvest festival called PRELUDE Theoperating principle of Prelude is works stillin process and in framing it as such theaudience is both forgiving of the chaff anddesirous of the wheat Therefore since itsinception I have shown unfinished workpresenting something with an implied sign

ldquowarning wet paintrdquo

Under the passionate curious eyes of Frank Hentschker we showwhat we have been doing in rehearsal to the people he gathers thecongregants of our strange church per983142ect for our needs at thatmoment We donrsquot know what we have when we present it and yetwe leave in a different phase of the work pushing towards somefinal version Itrsquos always nerve- wracking as hell one of the requiredindignities of our business to show what we have not completedCuration is not shoppingmdashit isnrsquot- picking this and not picking that It isa rendering of many materials into a community of work Frank andhis curators including Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons through theirgood juju and true understanding of the inner workings of the clocksof new material have nur983156ured audiences to smar983156ly observe workin gestational form These talented curators cluster and shape anevent coaxing the bevy of works to behave in a context of the ldquohandmaderdquo where failure is a given a familiar old friend par983156 of the show

Without that old friend nothing would ever get righted We see it inothersrsquo work too and it reminds us that we the lot of us are cynicsquestioning everything and we have to do it in front of each otherThere is no other way Process is the grammar of PRELUDE Everyonethere knows it And amid the autumnal cornucopia of small successesand larger failures we say togetherAmen

(Above) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Joseph Beuys in NYC by Jackson Pollock Bar at PRELUDE 11

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ldquoSee you at the lsquoLude duderdquo

Over the years the structure and thinking behind PRELUDE has slowly

dawned on me and its influence and impor983156ance Itrsquos where all the thinkersare But therersquos no snobbery about it And there is no place setting forcompetition Itrsquos a char983156ing out and a confirmation of the ways in whichwe are cooperating When you go you canrsquot help but care about whatrsquoshappening there Everyone who goes is par983156icipating Every time I go I get

butter983142lies and also a (lsquorisingrsquo) feeling in my chest Itrsquos a chance to check inwith the exaltation par983156 of being human and it helps put the daily grind-typear983156ist concerns in their proper perspective for the progressing year

Itrsquos been 10 YEARS

My first time Irsquoll never forget It was while I was still deliriously crazing myway through the CUNY Brooklyn College MFA program so that would havebeen sometime between 2004 and 2007 Sarah Benson was curatingat that time I remember showing up at the very dignified CUNY GraduateCenter and basically camping out for the entire festival just attending oneevent after another and feeling completely invigorated the whole time mybrain and hear983156 singing together in harmony There was so much to talkabout and everyone was really talking and discussing everything we wereseeing So many ideas at work and so much freshness and in this beautiful

setting - not in a dark basement or a late night black box on the outskir983156s -and yet with such a blessed lack of marketing or hype-hype

I couldnrsquot believe how much was going on and how much I loved everythingthat I saw all the per983142ormances all the writing how much it seemed to applyto me and how much it meant to me to see that work being presented insuch a lsquolegitimatersquo setting It was an affirmation of the community we havehere and continues to be every year Not the kind of community that islsquofosteredrsquo but a real gathering of tribes that reminds me in a very concretepalpable way that we are all working something together even if we are inseparate processes and applying for the same grants

In the years since I star983156ed my yearly migration to the lsquoLude Irsquove been

honored to be asked to sit on a panel or two and have also seen someof my own work per983142ormed there Which is a thrill But itrsquos really just aswonder983142ul to get to go as an audience member and par983156ake When yoursquovegot something happening at the lsquoLude you donrsquot get to see as much ofother stuff Either way I want to grow old at and with the PRELUDE FestivalHerersquos to ten more of another ten years

SIBYL KEMPSON

Ten years on looking back at PRELUDE

As theater editor and chief drama critic for a weekly magazine (andits online version) I write brief reviews and occasional news items forgeneral audience My readers are a mix of theater ar983156ists fans touristsacademics and savvy culture vultures Itrsquos a restless motley audiencewith diverse needs One thingrsquos for sure my writing is not aimed atavant-garde specialists I canrsquot issue windy manifestoes or theoretical

proclamations without alienating my basemdashor simply irritating itMoreover Irsquom deeply invested in the evaluative and interpretativedimension of criticism My reviews are not above saying whether I likeor dislike whether itrsquos wor983156hy or a waste of time And yes we use astar-rating system Pretentious bloggers and snobby dramaturgsmdashasdisgusted by the media as they are ignorant of its workingsmdasheagerlypoint out that Irsquom no Herber983156 Blau or Richard Gilman Very true WhatI can be though is a conduit between a larger audience and rarefiedcontemporary practices I can try to translate the jargon of academiainto vibrant persuasive language to help a spectator appreciatean event In New York alone the experimental-theater world hasundergone profound changes in the decade since PRELUDE beganconvening panels and presenting works in progress Among the variousphenomena Irsquove noticed through PRELUDE (some of which date back to1960s and rsquo70s) relational aesthetics as play postdramatic stagingopera-theater hybrids digital and mixed-media dramaturgy historicalmeta-(mis)representation and the fascinating range of textualstrategies in new plays that range from found text to Internet-agepoetics

Thatrsquos where the great value of PRELUDE comes in Year after year itoffers a panoramic view of the creative processes of young (and not-so-young) ar983156ists and theorists It demonstrates the variety and ferment ofthe theatrical avant-garde constantly evolving and reacting As a criticand commentator PRELUDE goads me to ask myself How do I write

about this work

DAVID COTE

(Below and oppsite)This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05

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2012The author sits at work and gets a cryptic email asking what she isworking onShe mentions a show about wizards which gets scheduled for PRELUDEShe is ecstatic But also terrified Her collaborator is doing another showand the piece which requires an audience is rehearsed in a frenzy at herapt This isnrsquot what being a real ar983156ist was supposed to be she thinksldquo Black Wizard Blue Wizardrdquo is par983156 of Songspiel Itrsquos another madhouse

but no Styrofoam A line stretches out the door to the lobby The author isfilled with excitement and fear She returns to her improvisational rootschatting casuallymdashand in costumemdashwith the people in line She hears hercue and enters the theatre It is deliriously fun

ELIZA BENT

2007-2009The author sits at work and receives a press release about the PRELUDEfestival It looks cool and she pours over the program The ar983156ists whosenames she recognizes she loves The ar983156ists shersquos unfamiliar with wellshersquod better get to know She attends and is enraptured

2010The author sits at work She is now technically a playwright in addition to

being a sometimes-actor She receives the PRELUDE press release andis deeply envious of everyone involved She looks in the mirror to see ifshersquos turned green She has not but vows to work harder and to one daybe a real ar983156ist

2011The author learns shersquoll be per983142orming in PRELUDE with Half StraddleShe is ecstatic She arrives late to work and listens to a voicemail

Hi Eliza Frank Hentscher from the Segal Center Call me back aboutinterviewing someone for one of our programs Also will we see you atPRELUDE Hope so ciao

The author returns Frankrsquos call

FH HalloEB Hi Frank itrsquos Eliza Bent from American Theatre magazine

They discuss the interview which has nothing to do with PRELUDE

FH Ah very good So will I see you at PRELUDEEB Yeah Thatrsquos me on the posterFH What Who are youEB Irsquom Eliza Bent Irsquom per983142orming in Seagull Irsquom on the posterFH Ah that is youEB YeahFH Yoursquore a cover girl Who are you Which oneEB Irsquom wearing the red lipstick

FH Ah Ha ha You look different So you will do Seagull at the SegalCenter Ha haEB Ha ha

At the per983142ormance there are Styrofoam benches in the gallery spaceand itrsquos a mad house The author rolls along on a skate board observingthe huge windows on the street where onlookers who couldnrsquot squeezein watch Itrsquos super fun Shersquos relieved she doesnrsquot fall off the skateboard

At the after par983156y Frank lifts up Becca Blackwell on the dance floor It isEpic

(Above from L) Beowulf ndash A Thousand Years of Baggage by Banana Bag amp Bodice at PRELUDE 08 Spotligh t Japan

The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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GIDEON LESTERPRELUDE is like the book I most want to read each fallwith each page full of surprises cliff-hangers and revelationsthat change my sense of whatrsquos possible in per983142ormance

VALLEJO GANTNERPRELUDE is a per983142ect cultural embodiment of New York City

Always evolving always excitingtoo crowded with too much to see in too little time

(Clockwise from above R) Benjamin Forster in Liz One directed by John Jesurun at PRELUDE09 Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12 Donelle Woolford in Dickrsquos Joke directed by Donelle Woolford at PRELUDE 11Black-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun at PRELUDE 09

(R) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila

Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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BRIAN ROGERSPRELUDE continues to be absolutely indispensableAs an ar983156ist a presenter and everything in between

-so much of how I understand and relate to the work oftheater ar983156ists has its roots here

MAC WELLMANPRELUDE is the one indispensable theater festivalin New York City - it is adventurous intelligent and utterly free of

the corporate mediocrity that typifies most of the mainstreamPRELUDE I hope is here to stay as there is nothing like it

(Above) Lucy Kaminsky in Pink Melon Joy directed by Katherine Brook at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Ryosuke Yamada and Yuki Kawahisa in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion atPRELUDE 08

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JASON GROTE

PRELUDE is like a friendship caught on fire

KRISTEN KOSMASPRELUDE is hands-down my favorite

American theater festival celebration intellectual convention slashextended family reunionthat I secretly wish could go on all year long every year from now toeternity

(Above) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

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JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY PRELUDE is an oppor983156unity to peer into the futureand see work that will have a profound effecton you next year

JOSEPH V MELILLOPRELUDE is a valuable resource for discourse on the pursuitof ar983156 culture and ideaswithin the 21st century here in New York City

(Above) This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05(Opposite) Jeff Biehl in Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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Over this last decade I have looked tothe PRELUDE Festival for new ideasfor information about new writers and

theaters and as an impor983156ant bridge to the international theater

community Its range of programming and guest ar983156ists providesan impor983156ant service enriching the New York theater

1 PRELUDE exists at this wonder983142ulintersection of academic conference andmosh pit Inside the walls of a reputableinstitution we are encouraged to make amess and push the boundaries and it isacknowledged that THAT IS IMPORTANT

and a discourse is created aroundthose messes and potentialities and Ias a maker of things and events haverealized things about what I do and whatother people do that I would not haverecognized otherwise and that is anincredible service and experience

2 PRELUDE is a place to recognize ldquooh this is the community Iam in these are my contemporariesrdquo and that is deeply deeplyvaluable

3 The first time we did PRELUDE we collaborated with Japanese

writer director choreographer Mikuni Yanaihara and sheadmired my Crocs and said they were cool Nobody has done thatsince then

ANNE CATTANEO

DAN SAFER

THE ARTISTS

(From top) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08 DrunkfishOceanrant co-production by Kristine Haruna Lee amp Built for Collapse at Preluse13 Spotlight Japan

Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsuda and Josh FoxInternaonal WOW Copmany at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE is by an extraordinarymargin my favorite favoriteconvening of ar983156ists anywhereA catalyst for emerging workfor nascent endeavours andfor experiments are in thatmoment still experiments still

unsettled and still unsettlingthe PRELUDE festival has established anenvironment for an ongoing revolution in theNew York City theater scene Scholars criticsproducers ar983156ists actually find themselves indialogue one with the other This is beyondimpor983156ant And my gratitude is similarly beyondBeyond measure

JAY SCHEIBEvery fall PRELUDE erupts like a volcanoinside the otherwise calm mountain of theCUNY Graduate Center The Festivalrsquos hotlava of ar983156ists experiments experiences andpar983156icipants disrupts the buildingrsquos monastictranquility its studious lence its bureaucratichum Iconoclasts arrive in droves to infuse

the buildingrsquos lovely neutrality with action-based questions about how and how far to prod push and transformtheatrical form This frenetic energy of per983142ormance science bondsthe diverse streams of PRELUDE people together and they leave thisunlikely place feeling refreshed reconnected and inspiredThe university is not unchanged either therersquos always a lot of cleanupto do after PRELUDE (from floor-sweeping to fence-mending) butPRELUDE teaches its institution what can happen when it flings itsheavy ornate doors wide wide open

RUTH WIKLER983085LUKER

(L) A dance in progress by Big Dance Theater

at PRELUDE 05

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I remember this intense feeling of beingpar983156 of a community of experimentaltrouble makers who were all gatheringin the hallways and theaters and lobbyof the Grad Center Everyone wantedto see everything and everyone wasexcited Sarah Benson and I were workingon a piece called ldquoQuiver and Twitchrdquothat featured a young boy puppet built

and per983142ormed by the singular KevinAugustine This was the 2005 PRELUDEand Young Jean Lee presented ldquoSongsof the Dragon Flying to Heavenrdquo whichbegins with a video of a close-up ofYoung Jeanrsquos face as she is being

slapped hard across the cheek multiple times The momentof impact of the slap is edited out but the recoil after each slapremains I was sitting in the third row with Scott Adkins and weknew that Young Jean had made this video and we were bothfeeling very worried about watching it I felt upset by the idea ofher being physically hur983156 as per983142ormance Songs of the Dragonis about many things but one of the things it deals with is self

hatred Using her own body as the gateway into this painfuland beautiful work of theater was absolutely disarming andyet essential for this par983156icular piece of ar983156 This was violencethat provoked yes but it also provided a space for deepercontemplation Even as I am writing this I am thinking WhatWhat That cannot be correct how can I be saying that violencecan invoke contemplation Eight years later a multitude ofPRELUDE per983142ormances panels videos and dance par983156ies haveinspired me to make better work introduced me to new ar983156iststaught me about process and challenged me as an audiencemember but that first slap in the face remains for me a uniquetheatrical wake up call to pursue the limits of my own discomfor983156

and to face what I fear

ERIN COURTNEYI first did something in PRELUDE in 2004I think It was early work on a piece that atthe time was called The Littlewood ProjectBy 2006 it was called OH WHAT WAR andPRELUDE asked us back There are thingsI make that take a long time and PRELUDEalways seems to be there for me withthem - Red Fly Blue Bottle (Latitude 14)Beowulf (BBampB) City Council Meeting

(Aaron Landsman amp Jim Findlay) and nowthis year with This Was The End (RestlessNYC) I also curated a series of 4 newtranslations of Catalan plays for PRELUDEI had been bugging Frank for years aboutthis and he gave me the oppor983156unity and

sent me to Barcelona PRELUDE has been a kind of landing stripfor me - where you can touch down for a couple days show somepiece of a work talk to your friends see something surprising youdidnrsquot know was out there have a few drinks and some new ideasstar983156 a few fights then get back up in the air back to work WhatFrank star983156ed 10 years ago is a real joy for me Itrsquos great to beasked but just going and seeing other peoplersquos work is also great

The many memorable things - Collapsable Giraffe in the lobbyAndrew Dinwiddiersquos ldquoSwaggar983156rdquo Shatner expounding on ar983156 thanksto Phil Soltonoff and Joe Deibes getting hit in the face with anempty box in Jay Scheibrsquos ldquoWorld of Wiresrdquo Sybil Kempsonrsquos madeup language clinging to the words of Jonathan Foster Wallace asan actress in headphones approached the end of a diving boardbecause of Daniel Fish sitting in the dark with Trajal Harrell ReggieWatts turning a panel discussion into an actual conversation andKristen Kosmasrsquo breathtaking ldquoThis From Cloudlandrdquo To name justa few And the things I missed that were going on in the next roomTo Frank and all the many curatorsproducers over the years manyof whom are friends - Andy Geoffrey Morgan Helen Caleb Claire

Ruth Ber983156ie - what a mark you have made Thank you

MALLORY CATLETT

(L and opposite) A Fiery FlyingRoll or Dick Dick Dick byRadiohole at PRELUDE 05

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BONNIE MARRANCA Over the last decade the Mar983156in E SegalTheatre Centerrsquos PRELUDE program hasbeen a highlight of the star983156 of each theatreseason Its guests read like a Whorsquos Who ofdowntown theatre with an ever-expandingfield of vision PRELUDE brings togethercompanies writers directors presenterscritics and curators for afternoons or

evenings of intelligent conversationabout new work and impor983156ant current topics such as the growingintersection of theatre and per983142ormance ar983156 and the focus on processThere are also previews of productions and plays for the upcomingseason with presentations by ar983156ists of their work and ar983156istic processOn occasion there are spotlights on the work of countries abroad suchas Poland and Korea underlining the Segal Centerrsquos global outreachWhat is exceptionally valuable is the cross-generational cross-mediacamaraderie that occurs among ar983156ists and in which the public isinvited to share at the many events offered Under the far-sightedprogramming of its executive director Frank Hentschker PRELUDEhas evolved as a lively center of serious engagement with the broadspectrum of per983142ormance and writing offered by the most innovativethinkers working today in theatre in New York

ANNIE983085B PARSON We in the theater need our seasonal rituals just like all tribes and PRELUDE has become just that for me Each Fall for a decadeI par983156icipate in and cherish our autumnalharvest festival called PRELUDE Theoperating principle of Prelude is works stillin process and in framing it as such theaudience is both forgiving of the chaff anddesirous of the wheat Therefore since itsinception I have shown unfinished workpresenting something with an implied sign

ldquowarning wet paintrdquo

Under the passionate curious eyes of Frank Hentschker we showwhat we have been doing in rehearsal to the people he gathers thecongregants of our strange church per983142ect for our needs at thatmoment We donrsquot know what we have when we present it and yetwe leave in a different phase of the work pushing towards somefinal version Itrsquos always nerve- wracking as hell one of the requiredindignities of our business to show what we have not completedCuration is not shoppingmdashit isnrsquot- picking this and not picking that It isa rendering of many materials into a community of work Frank andhis curators including Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons through theirgood juju and true understanding of the inner workings of the clocksof new material have nur983156ured audiences to smar983156ly observe workin gestational form These talented curators cluster and shape anevent coaxing the bevy of works to behave in a context of the ldquohandmaderdquo where failure is a given a familiar old friend par983156 of the show

Without that old friend nothing would ever get righted We see it inothersrsquo work too and it reminds us that we the lot of us are cynicsquestioning everything and we have to do it in front of each otherThere is no other way Process is the grammar of PRELUDE Everyonethere knows it And amid the autumnal cornucopia of small successesand larger failures we say togetherAmen

(Above) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Joseph Beuys in NYC by Jackson Pollock Bar at PRELUDE 11

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ldquoSee you at the lsquoLude duderdquo

Over the years the structure and thinking behind PRELUDE has slowly

dawned on me and its influence and impor983156ance Itrsquos where all the thinkersare But therersquos no snobbery about it And there is no place setting forcompetition Itrsquos a char983156ing out and a confirmation of the ways in whichwe are cooperating When you go you canrsquot help but care about whatrsquoshappening there Everyone who goes is par983156icipating Every time I go I get

butter983142lies and also a (lsquorisingrsquo) feeling in my chest Itrsquos a chance to check inwith the exaltation par983156 of being human and it helps put the daily grind-typear983156ist concerns in their proper perspective for the progressing year

Itrsquos been 10 YEARS

My first time Irsquoll never forget It was while I was still deliriously crazing myway through the CUNY Brooklyn College MFA program so that would havebeen sometime between 2004 and 2007 Sarah Benson was curatingat that time I remember showing up at the very dignified CUNY GraduateCenter and basically camping out for the entire festival just attending oneevent after another and feeling completely invigorated the whole time mybrain and hear983156 singing together in harmony There was so much to talkabout and everyone was really talking and discussing everything we wereseeing So many ideas at work and so much freshness and in this beautiful

setting - not in a dark basement or a late night black box on the outskir983156s -and yet with such a blessed lack of marketing or hype-hype

I couldnrsquot believe how much was going on and how much I loved everythingthat I saw all the per983142ormances all the writing how much it seemed to applyto me and how much it meant to me to see that work being presented insuch a lsquolegitimatersquo setting It was an affirmation of the community we havehere and continues to be every year Not the kind of community that islsquofosteredrsquo but a real gathering of tribes that reminds me in a very concretepalpable way that we are all working something together even if we are inseparate processes and applying for the same grants

In the years since I star983156ed my yearly migration to the lsquoLude Irsquove been

honored to be asked to sit on a panel or two and have also seen someof my own work per983142ormed there Which is a thrill But itrsquos really just aswonder983142ul to get to go as an audience member and par983156ake When yoursquovegot something happening at the lsquoLude you donrsquot get to see as much ofother stuff Either way I want to grow old at and with the PRELUDE FestivalHerersquos to ten more of another ten years

SIBYL KEMPSON

Ten years on looking back at PRELUDE

As theater editor and chief drama critic for a weekly magazine (andits online version) I write brief reviews and occasional news items forgeneral audience My readers are a mix of theater ar983156ists fans touristsacademics and savvy culture vultures Itrsquos a restless motley audiencewith diverse needs One thingrsquos for sure my writing is not aimed atavant-garde specialists I canrsquot issue windy manifestoes or theoretical

proclamations without alienating my basemdashor simply irritating itMoreover Irsquom deeply invested in the evaluative and interpretativedimension of criticism My reviews are not above saying whether I likeor dislike whether itrsquos wor983156hy or a waste of time And yes we use astar-rating system Pretentious bloggers and snobby dramaturgsmdashasdisgusted by the media as they are ignorant of its workingsmdasheagerlypoint out that Irsquom no Herber983156 Blau or Richard Gilman Very true WhatI can be though is a conduit between a larger audience and rarefiedcontemporary practices I can try to translate the jargon of academiainto vibrant persuasive language to help a spectator appreciatean event In New York alone the experimental-theater world hasundergone profound changes in the decade since PRELUDE beganconvening panels and presenting works in progress Among the variousphenomena Irsquove noticed through PRELUDE (some of which date back to1960s and rsquo70s) relational aesthetics as play postdramatic stagingopera-theater hybrids digital and mixed-media dramaturgy historicalmeta-(mis)representation and the fascinating range of textualstrategies in new plays that range from found text to Internet-agepoetics

Thatrsquos where the great value of PRELUDE comes in Year after year itoffers a panoramic view of the creative processes of young (and not-so-young) ar983156ists and theorists It demonstrates the variety and ferment ofthe theatrical avant-garde constantly evolving and reacting As a criticand commentator PRELUDE goads me to ask myself How do I write

about this work

DAVID COTE

(Below and oppsite)This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05

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2012The author sits at work and gets a cryptic email asking what she isworking onShe mentions a show about wizards which gets scheduled for PRELUDEShe is ecstatic But also terrified Her collaborator is doing another showand the piece which requires an audience is rehearsed in a frenzy at herapt This isnrsquot what being a real ar983156ist was supposed to be she thinksldquo Black Wizard Blue Wizardrdquo is par983156 of Songspiel Itrsquos another madhouse

but no Styrofoam A line stretches out the door to the lobby The author isfilled with excitement and fear She returns to her improvisational rootschatting casuallymdashand in costumemdashwith the people in line She hears hercue and enters the theatre It is deliriously fun

ELIZA BENT

2007-2009The author sits at work and receives a press release about the PRELUDEfestival It looks cool and she pours over the program The ar983156ists whosenames she recognizes she loves The ar983156ists shersquos unfamiliar with wellshersquod better get to know She attends and is enraptured

2010The author sits at work She is now technically a playwright in addition to

being a sometimes-actor She receives the PRELUDE press release andis deeply envious of everyone involved She looks in the mirror to see ifshersquos turned green She has not but vows to work harder and to one daybe a real ar983156ist

2011The author learns shersquoll be per983142orming in PRELUDE with Half StraddleShe is ecstatic She arrives late to work and listens to a voicemail

Hi Eliza Frank Hentscher from the Segal Center Call me back aboutinterviewing someone for one of our programs Also will we see you atPRELUDE Hope so ciao

The author returns Frankrsquos call

FH HalloEB Hi Frank itrsquos Eliza Bent from American Theatre magazine

They discuss the interview which has nothing to do with PRELUDE

FH Ah very good So will I see you at PRELUDEEB Yeah Thatrsquos me on the posterFH What Who are youEB Irsquom Eliza Bent Irsquom per983142orming in Seagull Irsquom on the posterFH Ah that is youEB YeahFH Yoursquore a cover girl Who are you Which oneEB Irsquom wearing the red lipstick

FH Ah Ha ha You look different So you will do Seagull at the SegalCenter Ha haEB Ha ha

At the per983142ormance there are Styrofoam benches in the gallery spaceand itrsquos a mad house The author rolls along on a skate board observingthe huge windows on the street where onlookers who couldnrsquot squeezein watch Itrsquos super fun Shersquos relieved she doesnrsquot fall off the skateboard

At the after par983156y Frank lifts up Becca Blackwell on the dance floor It isEpic

(Above from L) Beowulf ndash A Thousand Years of Baggage by Banana Bag amp Bodice at PRELUDE 08 Spotligh t Japan

The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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p g 58 -6 3 Julieta Cervantes 2006

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p g 70 -7 9 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

p g 80 -8 9 Justin Bernhaut 2009p g 90 -9 7 Justin Bernhaut 2010

p g 99 -1 05 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg106-115 Jul ieta Cervantes 2012

p g 10 2 Claire Bishop Cour983156esy of the ar983156ist

pg116-125 Jul ieta Cervantes 2013

pg126 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg127 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg129 Irina Rozovsky 2011

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BRIAN ROGERSPRELUDE continues to be absolutely indispensableAs an ar983156ist a presenter and everything in between

-so much of how I understand and relate to the work oftheater ar983156ists has its roots here

MAC WELLMANPRELUDE is the one indispensable theater festivalin New York City - it is adventurous intelligent and utterly free of

the corporate mediocrity that typifies most of the mainstreamPRELUDE I hope is here to stay as there is nothing like it

(Above) Lucy Kaminsky in Pink Melon Joy directed by Katherine Brook at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Ryosuke Yamada and Yuki Kawahisa in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion atPRELUDE 08

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JASON GROTE

PRELUDE is like a friendship caught on fire

KRISTEN KOSMASPRELUDE is hands-down my favorite

American theater festival celebration intellectual convention slashextended family reunionthat I secretly wish could go on all year long every year from now toeternity

(Above) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

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JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY PRELUDE is an oppor983156unity to peer into the futureand see work that will have a profound effecton you next year

JOSEPH V MELILLOPRELUDE is a valuable resource for discourse on the pursuitof ar983156 culture and ideaswithin the 21st century here in New York City

(Above) This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05(Opposite) Jeff Biehl in Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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Over this last decade I have looked tothe PRELUDE Festival for new ideasfor information about new writers and

theaters and as an impor983156ant bridge to the international theater

community Its range of programming and guest ar983156ists providesan impor983156ant service enriching the New York theater

1 PRELUDE exists at this wonder983142ulintersection of academic conference andmosh pit Inside the walls of a reputableinstitution we are encouraged to make amess and push the boundaries and it isacknowledged that THAT IS IMPORTANT

and a discourse is created aroundthose messes and potentialities and Ias a maker of things and events haverealized things about what I do and whatother people do that I would not haverecognized otherwise and that is anincredible service and experience

2 PRELUDE is a place to recognize ldquooh this is the community Iam in these are my contemporariesrdquo and that is deeply deeplyvaluable

3 The first time we did PRELUDE we collaborated with Japanese

writer director choreographer Mikuni Yanaihara and sheadmired my Crocs and said they were cool Nobody has done thatsince then

ANNE CATTANEO

DAN SAFER

THE ARTISTS

(From top) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08 DrunkfishOceanrant co-production by Kristine Haruna Lee amp Built for Collapse at Preluse13 Spotlight Japan

Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsuda and Josh FoxInternaonal WOW Copmany at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE is by an extraordinarymargin my favorite favoriteconvening of ar983156ists anywhereA catalyst for emerging workfor nascent endeavours andfor experiments are in thatmoment still experiments still

unsettled and still unsettlingthe PRELUDE festival has established anenvironment for an ongoing revolution in theNew York City theater scene Scholars criticsproducers ar983156ists actually find themselves indialogue one with the other This is beyondimpor983156ant And my gratitude is similarly beyondBeyond measure

JAY SCHEIBEvery fall PRELUDE erupts like a volcanoinside the otherwise calm mountain of theCUNY Graduate Center The Festivalrsquos hotlava of ar983156ists experiments experiences andpar983156icipants disrupts the buildingrsquos monastictranquility its studious lence its bureaucratichum Iconoclasts arrive in droves to infuse

the buildingrsquos lovely neutrality with action-based questions about how and how far to prod push and transformtheatrical form This frenetic energy of per983142ormance science bondsthe diverse streams of PRELUDE people together and they leave thisunlikely place feeling refreshed reconnected and inspiredThe university is not unchanged either therersquos always a lot of cleanupto do after PRELUDE (from floor-sweeping to fence-mending) butPRELUDE teaches its institution what can happen when it flings itsheavy ornate doors wide wide open

RUTH WIKLER983085LUKER

(L) A dance in progress by Big Dance Theater

at PRELUDE 05

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I remember this intense feeling of beingpar983156 of a community of experimentaltrouble makers who were all gatheringin the hallways and theaters and lobbyof the Grad Center Everyone wantedto see everything and everyone wasexcited Sarah Benson and I were workingon a piece called ldquoQuiver and Twitchrdquothat featured a young boy puppet built

and per983142ormed by the singular KevinAugustine This was the 2005 PRELUDEand Young Jean Lee presented ldquoSongsof the Dragon Flying to Heavenrdquo whichbegins with a video of a close-up ofYoung Jeanrsquos face as she is being

slapped hard across the cheek multiple times The momentof impact of the slap is edited out but the recoil after each slapremains I was sitting in the third row with Scott Adkins and weknew that Young Jean had made this video and we were bothfeeling very worried about watching it I felt upset by the idea ofher being physically hur983156 as per983142ormance Songs of the Dragonis about many things but one of the things it deals with is self

hatred Using her own body as the gateway into this painfuland beautiful work of theater was absolutely disarming andyet essential for this par983156icular piece of ar983156 This was violencethat provoked yes but it also provided a space for deepercontemplation Even as I am writing this I am thinking WhatWhat That cannot be correct how can I be saying that violencecan invoke contemplation Eight years later a multitude ofPRELUDE per983142ormances panels videos and dance par983156ies haveinspired me to make better work introduced me to new ar983156iststaught me about process and challenged me as an audiencemember but that first slap in the face remains for me a uniquetheatrical wake up call to pursue the limits of my own discomfor983156

and to face what I fear

ERIN COURTNEYI first did something in PRELUDE in 2004I think It was early work on a piece that atthe time was called The Littlewood ProjectBy 2006 it was called OH WHAT WAR andPRELUDE asked us back There are thingsI make that take a long time and PRELUDEalways seems to be there for me withthem - Red Fly Blue Bottle (Latitude 14)Beowulf (BBampB) City Council Meeting

(Aaron Landsman amp Jim Findlay) and nowthis year with This Was The End (RestlessNYC) I also curated a series of 4 newtranslations of Catalan plays for PRELUDEI had been bugging Frank for years aboutthis and he gave me the oppor983156unity and

sent me to Barcelona PRELUDE has been a kind of landing stripfor me - where you can touch down for a couple days show somepiece of a work talk to your friends see something surprising youdidnrsquot know was out there have a few drinks and some new ideasstar983156 a few fights then get back up in the air back to work WhatFrank star983156ed 10 years ago is a real joy for me Itrsquos great to beasked but just going and seeing other peoplersquos work is also great

The many memorable things - Collapsable Giraffe in the lobbyAndrew Dinwiddiersquos ldquoSwaggar983156rdquo Shatner expounding on ar983156 thanksto Phil Soltonoff and Joe Deibes getting hit in the face with anempty box in Jay Scheibrsquos ldquoWorld of Wiresrdquo Sybil Kempsonrsquos madeup language clinging to the words of Jonathan Foster Wallace asan actress in headphones approached the end of a diving boardbecause of Daniel Fish sitting in the dark with Trajal Harrell ReggieWatts turning a panel discussion into an actual conversation andKristen Kosmasrsquo breathtaking ldquoThis From Cloudlandrdquo To name justa few And the things I missed that were going on in the next roomTo Frank and all the many curatorsproducers over the years manyof whom are friends - Andy Geoffrey Morgan Helen Caleb Claire

Ruth Ber983156ie - what a mark you have made Thank you

MALLORY CATLETT

(L and opposite) A Fiery FlyingRoll or Dick Dick Dick byRadiohole at PRELUDE 05

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BONNIE MARRANCA Over the last decade the Mar983156in E SegalTheatre Centerrsquos PRELUDE program hasbeen a highlight of the star983156 of each theatreseason Its guests read like a Whorsquos Who ofdowntown theatre with an ever-expandingfield of vision PRELUDE brings togethercompanies writers directors presenterscritics and curators for afternoons or

evenings of intelligent conversationabout new work and impor983156ant current topics such as the growingintersection of theatre and per983142ormance ar983156 and the focus on processThere are also previews of productions and plays for the upcomingseason with presentations by ar983156ists of their work and ar983156istic processOn occasion there are spotlights on the work of countries abroad suchas Poland and Korea underlining the Segal Centerrsquos global outreachWhat is exceptionally valuable is the cross-generational cross-mediacamaraderie that occurs among ar983156ists and in which the public isinvited to share at the many events offered Under the far-sightedprogramming of its executive director Frank Hentschker PRELUDEhas evolved as a lively center of serious engagement with the broadspectrum of per983142ormance and writing offered by the most innovativethinkers working today in theatre in New York

ANNIE983085B PARSON We in the theater need our seasonal rituals just like all tribes and PRELUDE has become just that for me Each Fall for a decadeI par983156icipate in and cherish our autumnalharvest festival called PRELUDE Theoperating principle of Prelude is works stillin process and in framing it as such theaudience is both forgiving of the chaff anddesirous of the wheat Therefore since itsinception I have shown unfinished workpresenting something with an implied sign

ldquowarning wet paintrdquo

Under the passionate curious eyes of Frank Hentschker we showwhat we have been doing in rehearsal to the people he gathers thecongregants of our strange church per983142ect for our needs at thatmoment We donrsquot know what we have when we present it and yetwe leave in a different phase of the work pushing towards somefinal version Itrsquos always nerve- wracking as hell one of the requiredindignities of our business to show what we have not completedCuration is not shoppingmdashit isnrsquot- picking this and not picking that It isa rendering of many materials into a community of work Frank andhis curators including Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons through theirgood juju and true understanding of the inner workings of the clocksof new material have nur983156ured audiences to smar983156ly observe workin gestational form These talented curators cluster and shape anevent coaxing the bevy of works to behave in a context of the ldquohandmaderdquo where failure is a given a familiar old friend par983156 of the show

Without that old friend nothing would ever get righted We see it inothersrsquo work too and it reminds us that we the lot of us are cynicsquestioning everything and we have to do it in front of each otherThere is no other way Process is the grammar of PRELUDE Everyonethere knows it And amid the autumnal cornucopia of small successesand larger failures we say togetherAmen

(Above) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Joseph Beuys in NYC by Jackson Pollock Bar at PRELUDE 11

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ldquoSee you at the lsquoLude duderdquo

Over the years the structure and thinking behind PRELUDE has slowly

dawned on me and its influence and impor983156ance Itrsquos where all the thinkersare But therersquos no snobbery about it And there is no place setting forcompetition Itrsquos a char983156ing out and a confirmation of the ways in whichwe are cooperating When you go you canrsquot help but care about whatrsquoshappening there Everyone who goes is par983156icipating Every time I go I get

butter983142lies and also a (lsquorisingrsquo) feeling in my chest Itrsquos a chance to check inwith the exaltation par983156 of being human and it helps put the daily grind-typear983156ist concerns in their proper perspective for the progressing year

Itrsquos been 10 YEARS

My first time Irsquoll never forget It was while I was still deliriously crazing myway through the CUNY Brooklyn College MFA program so that would havebeen sometime between 2004 and 2007 Sarah Benson was curatingat that time I remember showing up at the very dignified CUNY GraduateCenter and basically camping out for the entire festival just attending oneevent after another and feeling completely invigorated the whole time mybrain and hear983156 singing together in harmony There was so much to talkabout and everyone was really talking and discussing everything we wereseeing So many ideas at work and so much freshness and in this beautiful

setting - not in a dark basement or a late night black box on the outskir983156s -and yet with such a blessed lack of marketing or hype-hype

I couldnrsquot believe how much was going on and how much I loved everythingthat I saw all the per983142ormances all the writing how much it seemed to applyto me and how much it meant to me to see that work being presented insuch a lsquolegitimatersquo setting It was an affirmation of the community we havehere and continues to be every year Not the kind of community that islsquofosteredrsquo but a real gathering of tribes that reminds me in a very concretepalpable way that we are all working something together even if we are inseparate processes and applying for the same grants

In the years since I star983156ed my yearly migration to the lsquoLude Irsquove been

honored to be asked to sit on a panel or two and have also seen someof my own work per983142ormed there Which is a thrill But itrsquos really just aswonder983142ul to get to go as an audience member and par983156ake When yoursquovegot something happening at the lsquoLude you donrsquot get to see as much ofother stuff Either way I want to grow old at and with the PRELUDE FestivalHerersquos to ten more of another ten years

SIBYL KEMPSON

Ten years on looking back at PRELUDE

As theater editor and chief drama critic for a weekly magazine (andits online version) I write brief reviews and occasional news items forgeneral audience My readers are a mix of theater ar983156ists fans touristsacademics and savvy culture vultures Itrsquos a restless motley audiencewith diverse needs One thingrsquos for sure my writing is not aimed atavant-garde specialists I canrsquot issue windy manifestoes or theoretical

proclamations without alienating my basemdashor simply irritating itMoreover Irsquom deeply invested in the evaluative and interpretativedimension of criticism My reviews are not above saying whether I likeor dislike whether itrsquos wor983156hy or a waste of time And yes we use astar-rating system Pretentious bloggers and snobby dramaturgsmdashasdisgusted by the media as they are ignorant of its workingsmdasheagerlypoint out that Irsquom no Herber983156 Blau or Richard Gilman Very true WhatI can be though is a conduit between a larger audience and rarefiedcontemporary practices I can try to translate the jargon of academiainto vibrant persuasive language to help a spectator appreciatean event In New York alone the experimental-theater world hasundergone profound changes in the decade since PRELUDE beganconvening panels and presenting works in progress Among the variousphenomena Irsquove noticed through PRELUDE (some of which date back to1960s and rsquo70s) relational aesthetics as play postdramatic stagingopera-theater hybrids digital and mixed-media dramaturgy historicalmeta-(mis)representation and the fascinating range of textualstrategies in new plays that range from found text to Internet-agepoetics

Thatrsquos where the great value of PRELUDE comes in Year after year itoffers a panoramic view of the creative processes of young (and not-so-young) ar983156ists and theorists It demonstrates the variety and ferment ofthe theatrical avant-garde constantly evolving and reacting As a criticand commentator PRELUDE goads me to ask myself How do I write

about this work

DAVID COTE

(Below and oppsite)This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05

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2012The author sits at work and gets a cryptic email asking what she isworking onShe mentions a show about wizards which gets scheduled for PRELUDEShe is ecstatic But also terrified Her collaborator is doing another showand the piece which requires an audience is rehearsed in a frenzy at herapt This isnrsquot what being a real ar983156ist was supposed to be she thinksldquo Black Wizard Blue Wizardrdquo is par983156 of Songspiel Itrsquos another madhouse

but no Styrofoam A line stretches out the door to the lobby The author isfilled with excitement and fear She returns to her improvisational rootschatting casuallymdashand in costumemdashwith the people in line She hears hercue and enters the theatre It is deliriously fun

ELIZA BENT

2007-2009The author sits at work and receives a press release about the PRELUDEfestival It looks cool and she pours over the program The ar983156ists whosenames she recognizes she loves The ar983156ists shersquos unfamiliar with wellshersquod better get to know She attends and is enraptured

2010The author sits at work She is now technically a playwright in addition to

being a sometimes-actor She receives the PRELUDE press release andis deeply envious of everyone involved She looks in the mirror to see ifshersquos turned green She has not but vows to work harder and to one daybe a real ar983156ist

2011The author learns shersquoll be per983142orming in PRELUDE with Half StraddleShe is ecstatic She arrives late to work and listens to a voicemail

Hi Eliza Frank Hentscher from the Segal Center Call me back aboutinterviewing someone for one of our programs Also will we see you atPRELUDE Hope so ciao

The author returns Frankrsquos call

FH HalloEB Hi Frank itrsquos Eliza Bent from American Theatre magazine

They discuss the interview which has nothing to do with PRELUDE

FH Ah very good So will I see you at PRELUDEEB Yeah Thatrsquos me on the posterFH What Who are youEB Irsquom Eliza Bent Irsquom per983142orming in Seagull Irsquom on the posterFH Ah that is youEB YeahFH Yoursquore a cover girl Who are you Which oneEB Irsquom wearing the red lipstick

FH Ah Ha ha You look different So you will do Seagull at the SegalCenter Ha haEB Ha ha

At the per983142ormance there are Styrofoam benches in the gallery spaceand itrsquos a mad house The author rolls along on a skate board observingthe huge windows on the street where onlookers who couldnrsquot squeezein watch Itrsquos super fun Shersquos relieved she doesnrsquot fall off the skateboard

At the after par983156y Frank lifts up Becca Blackwell on the dance floor It isEpic

(Above from L) Beowulf ndash A Thousand Years of Baggage by Banana Bag amp Bodice at PRELUDE 08 Spotligh t Japan

The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

JASON GROTE

PRELUDE is like a friendship caught on fire

KRISTEN KOSMASPRELUDE is hands-down my favorite

American theater festival celebration intellectual convention slashextended family reunionthat I secretly wish could go on all year long every year from now toeternity

(Above) Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY PRELUDE is an oppor983156unity to peer into the futureand see work that will have a profound effecton you next year

JOSEPH V MELILLOPRELUDE is a valuable resource for discourse on the pursuitof ar983156 culture and ideaswithin the 21st century here in New York City

(Above) This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05(Opposite) Jeff Biehl in Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

Over this last decade I have looked tothe PRELUDE Festival for new ideasfor information about new writers and

theaters and as an impor983156ant bridge to the international theater

community Its range of programming and guest ar983156ists providesan impor983156ant service enriching the New York theater

1 PRELUDE exists at this wonder983142ulintersection of academic conference andmosh pit Inside the walls of a reputableinstitution we are encouraged to make amess and push the boundaries and it isacknowledged that THAT IS IMPORTANT

and a discourse is created aroundthose messes and potentialities and Ias a maker of things and events haverealized things about what I do and whatother people do that I would not haverecognized otherwise and that is anincredible service and experience

2 PRELUDE is a place to recognize ldquooh this is the community Iam in these are my contemporariesrdquo and that is deeply deeplyvaluable

3 The first time we did PRELUDE we collaborated with Japanese

writer director choreographer Mikuni Yanaihara and sheadmired my Crocs and said they were cool Nobody has done thatsince then

ANNE CATTANEO

DAN SAFER

THE ARTISTS

(From top) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08 DrunkfishOceanrant co-production by Kristine Haruna Lee amp Built for Collapse at Preluse13 Spotlight Japan

Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsuda and Josh FoxInternaonal WOW Copmany at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

PRELUDE is by an extraordinarymargin my favorite favoriteconvening of ar983156ists anywhereA catalyst for emerging workfor nascent endeavours andfor experiments are in thatmoment still experiments still

unsettled and still unsettlingthe PRELUDE festival has established anenvironment for an ongoing revolution in theNew York City theater scene Scholars criticsproducers ar983156ists actually find themselves indialogue one with the other This is beyondimpor983156ant And my gratitude is similarly beyondBeyond measure

JAY SCHEIBEvery fall PRELUDE erupts like a volcanoinside the otherwise calm mountain of theCUNY Graduate Center The Festivalrsquos hotlava of ar983156ists experiments experiences andpar983156icipants disrupts the buildingrsquos monastictranquility its studious lence its bureaucratichum Iconoclasts arrive in droves to infuse

the buildingrsquos lovely neutrality with action-based questions about how and how far to prod push and transformtheatrical form This frenetic energy of per983142ormance science bondsthe diverse streams of PRELUDE people together and they leave thisunlikely place feeling refreshed reconnected and inspiredThe university is not unchanged either therersquos always a lot of cleanupto do after PRELUDE (from floor-sweeping to fence-mending) butPRELUDE teaches its institution what can happen when it flings itsheavy ornate doors wide wide open

RUTH WIKLER983085LUKER

(L) A dance in progress by Big Dance Theater

at PRELUDE 05

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I remember this intense feeling of beingpar983156 of a community of experimentaltrouble makers who were all gatheringin the hallways and theaters and lobbyof the Grad Center Everyone wantedto see everything and everyone wasexcited Sarah Benson and I were workingon a piece called ldquoQuiver and Twitchrdquothat featured a young boy puppet built

and per983142ormed by the singular KevinAugustine This was the 2005 PRELUDEand Young Jean Lee presented ldquoSongsof the Dragon Flying to Heavenrdquo whichbegins with a video of a close-up ofYoung Jeanrsquos face as she is being

slapped hard across the cheek multiple times The momentof impact of the slap is edited out but the recoil after each slapremains I was sitting in the third row with Scott Adkins and weknew that Young Jean had made this video and we were bothfeeling very worried about watching it I felt upset by the idea ofher being physically hur983156 as per983142ormance Songs of the Dragonis about many things but one of the things it deals with is self

hatred Using her own body as the gateway into this painfuland beautiful work of theater was absolutely disarming andyet essential for this par983156icular piece of ar983156 This was violencethat provoked yes but it also provided a space for deepercontemplation Even as I am writing this I am thinking WhatWhat That cannot be correct how can I be saying that violencecan invoke contemplation Eight years later a multitude ofPRELUDE per983142ormances panels videos and dance par983156ies haveinspired me to make better work introduced me to new ar983156iststaught me about process and challenged me as an audiencemember but that first slap in the face remains for me a uniquetheatrical wake up call to pursue the limits of my own discomfor983156

and to face what I fear

ERIN COURTNEYI first did something in PRELUDE in 2004I think It was early work on a piece that atthe time was called The Littlewood ProjectBy 2006 it was called OH WHAT WAR andPRELUDE asked us back There are thingsI make that take a long time and PRELUDEalways seems to be there for me withthem - Red Fly Blue Bottle (Latitude 14)Beowulf (BBampB) City Council Meeting

(Aaron Landsman amp Jim Findlay) and nowthis year with This Was The End (RestlessNYC) I also curated a series of 4 newtranslations of Catalan plays for PRELUDEI had been bugging Frank for years aboutthis and he gave me the oppor983156unity and

sent me to Barcelona PRELUDE has been a kind of landing stripfor me - where you can touch down for a couple days show somepiece of a work talk to your friends see something surprising youdidnrsquot know was out there have a few drinks and some new ideasstar983156 a few fights then get back up in the air back to work WhatFrank star983156ed 10 years ago is a real joy for me Itrsquos great to beasked but just going and seeing other peoplersquos work is also great

The many memorable things - Collapsable Giraffe in the lobbyAndrew Dinwiddiersquos ldquoSwaggar983156rdquo Shatner expounding on ar983156 thanksto Phil Soltonoff and Joe Deibes getting hit in the face with anempty box in Jay Scheibrsquos ldquoWorld of Wiresrdquo Sybil Kempsonrsquos madeup language clinging to the words of Jonathan Foster Wallace asan actress in headphones approached the end of a diving boardbecause of Daniel Fish sitting in the dark with Trajal Harrell ReggieWatts turning a panel discussion into an actual conversation andKristen Kosmasrsquo breathtaking ldquoThis From Cloudlandrdquo To name justa few And the things I missed that were going on in the next roomTo Frank and all the many curatorsproducers over the years manyof whom are friends - Andy Geoffrey Morgan Helen Caleb Claire

Ruth Ber983156ie - what a mark you have made Thank you

MALLORY CATLETT

(L and opposite) A Fiery FlyingRoll or Dick Dick Dick byRadiohole at PRELUDE 05

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BONNIE MARRANCA Over the last decade the Mar983156in E SegalTheatre Centerrsquos PRELUDE program hasbeen a highlight of the star983156 of each theatreseason Its guests read like a Whorsquos Who ofdowntown theatre with an ever-expandingfield of vision PRELUDE brings togethercompanies writers directors presenterscritics and curators for afternoons or

evenings of intelligent conversationabout new work and impor983156ant current topics such as the growingintersection of theatre and per983142ormance ar983156 and the focus on processThere are also previews of productions and plays for the upcomingseason with presentations by ar983156ists of their work and ar983156istic processOn occasion there are spotlights on the work of countries abroad suchas Poland and Korea underlining the Segal Centerrsquos global outreachWhat is exceptionally valuable is the cross-generational cross-mediacamaraderie that occurs among ar983156ists and in which the public isinvited to share at the many events offered Under the far-sightedprogramming of its executive director Frank Hentschker PRELUDEhas evolved as a lively center of serious engagement with the broadspectrum of per983142ormance and writing offered by the most innovativethinkers working today in theatre in New York

ANNIE983085B PARSON We in the theater need our seasonal rituals just like all tribes and PRELUDE has become just that for me Each Fall for a decadeI par983156icipate in and cherish our autumnalharvest festival called PRELUDE Theoperating principle of Prelude is works stillin process and in framing it as such theaudience is both forgiving of the chaff anddesirous of the wheat Therefore since itsinception I have shown unfinished workpresenting something with an implied sign

ldquowarning wet paintrdquo

Under the passionate curious eyes of Frank Hentschker we showwhat we have been doing in rehearsal to the people he gathers thecongregants of our strange church per983142ect for our needs at thatmoment We donrsquot know what we have when we present it and yetwe leave in a different phase of the work pushing towards somefinal version Itrsquos always nerve- wracking as hell one of the requiredindignities of our business to show what we have not completedCuration is not shoppingmdashit isnrsquot- picking this and not picking that It isa rendering of many materials into a community of work Frank andhis curators including Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons through theirgood juju and true understanding of the inner workings of the clocksof new material have nur983156ured audiences to smar983156ly observe workin gestational form These talented curators cluster and shape anevent coaxing the bevy of works to behave in a context of the ldquohandmaderdquo where failure is a given a familiar old friend par983156 of the show

Without that old friend nothing would ever get righted We see it inothersrsquo work too and it reminds us that we the lot of us are cynicsquestioning everything and we have to do it in front of each otherThere is no other way Process is the grammar of PRELUDE Everyonethere knows it And amid the autumnal cornucopia of small successesand larger failures we say togetherAmen

(Above) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Joseph Beuys in NYC by Jackson Pollock Bar at PRELUDE 11

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ldquoSee you at the lsquoLude duderdquo

Over the years the structure and thinking behind PRELUDE has slowly

dawned on me and its influence and impor983156ance Itrsquos where all the thinkersare But therersquos no snobbery about it And there is no place setting forcompetition Itrsquos a char983156ing out and a confirmation of the ways in whichwe are cooperating When you go you canrsquot help but care about whatrsquoshappening there Everyone who goes is par983156icipating Every time I go I get

butter983142lies and also a (lsquorisingrsquo) feeling in my chest Itrsquos a chance to check inwith the exaltation par983156 of being human and it helps put the daily grind-typear983156ist concerns in their proper perspective for the progressing year

Itrsquos been 10 YEARS

My first time Irsquoll never forget It was while I was still deliriously crazing myway through the CUNY Brooklyn College MFA program so that would havebeen sometime between 2004 and 2007 Sarah Benson was curatingat that time I remember showing up at the very dignified CUNY GraduateCenter and basically camping out for the entire festival just attending oneevent after another and feeling completely invigorated the whole time mybrain and hear983156 singing together in harmony There was so much to talkabout and everyone was really talking and discussing everything we wereseeing So many ideas at work and so much freshness and in this beautiful

setting - not in a dark basement or a late night black box on the outskir983156s -and yet with such a blessed lack of marketing or hype-hype

I couldnrsquot believe how much was going on and how much I loved everythingthat I saw all the per983142ormances all the writing how much it seemed to applyto me and how much it meant to me to see that work being presented insuch a lsquolegitimatersquo setting It was an affirmation of the community we havehere and continues to be every year Not the kind of community that islsquofosteredrsquo but a real gathering of tribes that reminds me in a very concretepalpable way that we are all working something together even if we are inseparate processes and applying for the same grants

In the years since I star983156ed my yearly migration to the lsquoLude Irsquove been

honored to be asked to sit on a panel or two and have also seen someof my own work per983142ormed there Which is a thrill But itrsquos really just aswonder983142ul to get to go as an audience member and par983156ake When yoursquovegot something happening at the lsquoLude you donrsquot get to see as much ofother stuff Either way I want to grow old at and with the PRELUDE FestivalHerersquos to ten more of another ten years

SIBYL KEMPSON

Ten years on looking back at PRELUDE

As theater editor and chief drama critic for a weekly magazine (andits online version) I write brief reviews and occasional news items forgeneral audience My readers are a mix of theater ar983156ists fans touristsacademics and savvy culture vultures Itrsquos a restless motley audiencewith diverse needs One thingrsquos for sure my writing is not aimed atavant-garde specialists I canrsquot issue windy manifestoes or theoretical

proclamations without alienating my basemdashor simply irritating itMoreover Irsquom deeply invested in the evaluative and interpretativedimension of criticism My reviews are not above saying whether I likeor dislike whether itrsquos wor983156hy or a waste of time And yes we use astar-rating system Pretentious bloggers and snobby dramaturgsmdashasdisgusted by the media as they are ignorant of its workingsmdasheagerlypoint out that Irsquom no Herber983156 Blau or Richard Gilman Very true WhatI can be though is a conduit between a larger audience and rarefiedcontemporary practices I can try to translate the jargon of academiainto vibrant persuasive language to help a spectator appreciatean event In New York alone the experimental-theater world hasundergone profound changes in the decade since PRELUDE beganconvening panels and presenting works in progress Among the variousphenomena Irsquove noticed through PRELUDE (some of which date back to1960s and rsquo70s) relational aesthetics as play postdramatic stagingopera-theater hybrids digital and mixed-media dramaturgy historicalmeta-(mis)representation and the fascinating range of textualstrategies in new plays that range from found text to Internet-agepoetics

Thatrsquos where the great value of PRELUDE comes in Year after year itoffers a panoramic view of the creative processes of young (and not-so-young) ar983156ists and theorists It demonstrates the variety and ferment ofthe theatrical avant-garde constantly evolving and reacting As a criticand commentator PRELUDE goads me to ask myself How do I write

about this work

DAVID COTE

(Below and oppsite)This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05

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2012The author sits at work and gets a cryptic email asking what she isworking onShe mentions a show about wizards which gets scheduled for PRELUDEShe is ecstatic But also terrified Her collaborator is doing another showand the piece which requires an audience is rehearsed in a frenzy at herapt This isnrsquot what being a real ar983156ist was supposed to be she thinksldquo Black Wizard Blue Wizardrdquo is par983156 of Songspiel Itrsquos another madhouse

but no Styrofoam A line stretches out the door to the lobby The author isfilled with excitement and fear She returns to her improvisational rootschatting casuallymdashand in costumemdashwith the people in line She hears hercue and enters the theatre It is deliriously fun

ELIZA BENT

2007-2009The author sits at work and receives a press release about the PRELUDEfestival It looks cool and she pours over the program The ar983156ists whosenames she recognizes she loves The ar983156ists shersquos unfamiliar with wellshersquod better get to know She attends and is enraptured

2010The author sits at work She is now technically a playwright in addition to

being a sometimes-actor She receives the PRELUDE press release andis deeply envious of everyone involved She looks in the mirror to see ifshersquos turned green She has not but vows to work harder and to one daybe a real ar983156ist

2011The author learns shersquoll be per983142orming in PRELUDE with Half StraddleShe is ecstatic She arrives late to work and listens to a voicemail

Hi Eliza Frank Hentscher from the Segal Center Call me back aboutinterviewing someone for one of our programs Also will we see you atPRELUDE Hope so ciao

The author returns Frankrsquos call

FH HalloEB Hi Frank itrsquos Eliza Bent from American Theatre magazine

They discuss the interview which has nothing to do with PRELUDE

FH Ah very good So will I see you at PRELUDEEB Yeah Thatrsquos me on the posterFH What Who are youEB Irsquom Eliza Bent Irsquom per983142orming in Seagull Irsquom on the posterFH Ah that is youEB YeahFH Yoursquore a cover girl Who are you Which oneEB Irsquom wearing the red lipstick

FH Ah Ha ha You look different So you will do Seagull at the SegalCenter Ha haEB Ha ha

At the per983142ormance there are Styrofoam benches in the gallery spaceand itrsquos a mad house The author rolls along on a skate board observingthe huge windows on the street where onlookers who couldnrsquot squeezein watch Itrsquos super fun Shersquos relieved she doesnrsquot fall off the skateboard

At the after par983156y Frank lifts up Becca Blackwell on the dance floor It isEpic

(Above from L) Beowulf ndash A Thousand Years of Baggage by Banana Bag amp Bodice at PRELUDE 08 Spotligh t Japan

The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

P

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY PRELUDE is an oppor983156unity to peer into the futureand see work that will have a profound effecton you next year

JOSEPH V MELILLOPRELUDE is a valuable resource for discourse on the pursuitof ar983156 culture and ideaswithin the 21st century here in New York City

(Above) This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05(Opposite) Jeff Biehl in Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) written by Sheila Callaghan at PRELUDE 08

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

Over this last decade I have looked tothe PRELUDE Festival for new ideasfor information about new writers and

theaters and as an impor983156ant bridge to the international theater

community Its range of programming and guest ar983156ists providesan impor983156ant service enriching the New York theater

1 PRELUDE exists at this wonder983142ulintersection of academic conference andmosh pit Inside the walls of a reputableinstitution we are encouraged to make amess and push the boundaries and it isacknowledged that THAT IS IMPORTANT

and a discourse is created aroundthose messes and potentialities and Ias a maker of things and events haverealized things about what I do and whatother people do that I would not haverecognized otherwise and that is anincredible service and experience

2 PRELUDE is a place to recognize ldquooh this is the community Iam in these are my contemporariesrdquo and that is deeply deeplyvaluable

3 The first time we did PRELUDE we collaborated with Japanese

writer director choreographer Mikuni Yanaihara and sheadmired my Crocs and said they were cool Nobody has done thatsince then

ANNE CATTANEO

DAN SAFER

THE ARTISTS

(From top) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08 DrunkfishOceanrant co-production by Kristine Haruna Lee amp Built for Collapse at Preluse13 Spotlight Japan

Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsuda and Josh FoxInternaonal WOW Copmany at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

PRELUDE is by an extraordinarymargin my favorite favoriteconvening of ar983156ists anywhereA catalyst for emerging workfor nascent endeavours andfor experiments are in thatmoment still experiments still

unsettled and still unsettlingthe PRELUDE festival has established anenvironment for an ongoing revolution in theNew York City theater scene Scholars criticsproducers ar983156ists actually find themselves indialogue one with the other This is beyondimpor983156ant And my gratitude is similarly beyondBeyond measure

JAY SCHEIBEvery fall PRELUDE erupts like a volcanoinside the otherwise calm mountain of theCUNY Graduate Center The Festivalrsquos hotlava of ar983156ists experiments experiences andpar983156icipants disrupts the buildingrsquos monastictranquility its studious lence its bureaucratichum Iconoclasts arrive in droves to infuse

the buildingrsquos lovely neutrality with action-based questions about how and how far to prod push and transformtheatrical form This frenetic energy of per983142ormance science bondsthe diverse streams of PRELUDE people together and they leave thisunlikely place feeling refreshed reconnected and inspiredThe university is not unchanged either therersquos always a lot of cleanupto do after PRELUDE (from floor-sweeping to fence-mending) butPRELUDE teaches its institution what can happen when it flings itsheavy ornate doors wide wide open

RUTH WIKLER983085LUKER

(L) A dance in progress by Big Dance Theater

at PRELUDE 05

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

I remember this intense feeling of beingpar983156 of a community of experimentaltrouble makers who were all gatheringin the hallways and theaters and lobbyof the Grad Center Everyone wantedto see everything and everyone wasexcited Sarah Benson and I were workingon a piece called ldquoQuiver and Twitchrdquothat featured a young boy puppet built

and per983142ormed by the singular KevinAugustine This was the 2005 PRELUDEand Young Jean Lee presented ldquoSongsof the Dragon Flying to Heavenrdquo whichbegins with a video of a close-up ofYoung Jeanrsquos face as she is being

slapped hard across the cheek multiple times The momentof impact of the slap is edited out but the recoil after each slapremains I was sitting in the third row with Scott Adkins and weknew that Young Jean had made this video and we were bothfeeling very worried about watching it I felt upset by the idea ofher being physically hur983156 as per983142ormance Songs of the Dragonis about many things but one of the things it deals with is self

hatred Using her own body as the gateway into this painfuland beautiful work of theater was absolutely disarming andyet essential for this par983156icular piece of ar983156 This was violencethat provoked yes but it also provided a space for deepercontemplation Even as I am writing this I am thinking WhatWhat That cannot be correct how can I be saying that violencecan invoke contemplation Eight years later a multitude ofPRELUDE per983142ormances panels videos and dance par983156ies haveinspired me to make better work introduced me to new ar983156iststaught me about process and challenged me as an audiencemember but that first slap in the face remains for me a uniquetheatrical wake up call to pursue the limits of my own discomfor983156

and to face what I fear

ERIN COURTNEYI first did something in PRELUDE in 2004I think It was early work on a piece that atthe time was called The Littlewood ProjectBy 2006 it was called OH WHAT WAR andPRELUDE asked us back There are thingsI make that take a long time and PRELUDEalways seems to be there for me withthem - Red Fly Blue Bottle (Latitude 14)Beowulf (BBampB) City Council Meeting

(Aaron Landsman amp Jim Findlay) and nowthis year with This Was The End (RestlessNYC) I also curated a series of 4 newtranslations of Catalan plays for PRELUDEI had been bugging Frank for years aboutthis and he gave me the oppor983156unity and

sent me to Barcelona PRELUDE has been a kind of landing stripfor me - where you can touch down for a couple days show somepiece of a work talk to your friends see something surprising youdidnrsquot know was out there have a few drinks and some new ideasstar983156 a few fights then get back up in the air back to work WhatFrank star983156ed 10 years ago is a real joy for me Itrsquos great to beasked but just going and seeing other peoplersquos work is also great

The many memorable things - Collapsable Giraffe in the lobbyAndrew Dinwiddiersquos ldquoSwaggar983156rdquo Shatner expounding on ar983156 thanksto Phil Soltonoff and Joe Deibes getting hit in the face with anempty box in Jay Scheibrsquos ldquoWorld of Wiresrdquo Sybil Kempsonrsquos madeup language clinging to the words of Jonathan Foster Wallace asan actress in headphones approached the end of a diving boardbecause of Daniel Fish sitting in the dark with Trajal Harrell ReggieWatts turning a panel discussion into an actual conversation andKristen Kosmasrsquo breathtaking ldquoThis From Cloudlandrdquo To name justa few And the things I missed that were going on in the next roomTo Frank and all the many curatorsproducers over the years manyof whom are friends - Andy Geoffrey Morgan Helen Caleb Claire

Ruth Ber983156ie - what a mark you have made Thank you

MALLORY CATLETT

(L and opposite) A Fiery FlyingRoll or Dick Dick Dick byRadiohole at PRELUDE 05

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

BONNIE MARRANCA Over the last decade the Mar983156in E SegalTheatre Centerrsquos PRELUDE program hasbeen a highlight of the star983156 of each theatreseason Its guests read like a Whorsquos Who ofdowntown theatre with an ever-expandingfield of vision PRELUDE brings togethercompanies writers directors presenterscritics and curators for afternoons or

evenings of intelligent conversationabout new work and impor983156ant current topics such as the growingintersection of theatre and per983142ormance ar983156 and the focus on processThere are also previews of productions and plays for the upcomingseason with presentations by ar983156ists of their work and ar983156istic processOn occasion there are spotlights on the work of countries abroad suchas Poland and Korea underlining the Segal Centerrsquos global outreachWhat is exceptionally valuable is the cross-generational cross-mediacamaraderie that occurs among ar983156ists and in which the public isinvited to share at the many events offered Under the far-sightedprogramming of its executive director Frank Hentschker PRELUDEhas evolved as a lively center of serious engagement with the broadspectrum of per983142ormance and writing offered by the most innovativethinkers working today in theatre in New York

ANNIE983085B PARSON We in the theater need our seasonal rituals just like all tribes and PRELUDE has become just that for me Each Fall for a decadeI par983156icipate in and cherish our autumnalharvest festival called PRELUDE Theoperating principle of Prelude is works stillin process and in framing it as such theaudience is both forgiving of the chaff anddesirous of the wheat Therefore since itsinception I have shown unfinished workpresenting something with an implied sign

ldquowarning wet paintrdquo

Under the passionate curious eyes of Frank Hentschker we showwhat we have been doing in rehearsal to the people he gathers thecongregants of our strange church per983142ect for our needs at thatmoment We donrsquot know what we have when we present it and yetwe leave in a different phase of the work pushing towards somefinal version Itrsquos always nerve- wracking as hell one of the requiredindignities of our business to show what we have not completedCuration is not shoppingmdashit isnrsquot- picking this and not picking that It isa rendering of many materials into a community of work Frank andhis curators including Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons through theirgood juju and true understanding of the inner workings of the clocksof new material have nur983156ured audiences to smar983156ly observe workin gestational form These talented curators cluster and shape anevent coaxing the bevy of works to behave in a context of the ldquohandmaderdquo where failure is a given a familiar old friend par983156 of the show

Without that old friend nothing would ever get righted We see it inothersrsquo work too and it reminds us that we the lot of us are cynicsquestioning everything and we have to do it in front of each otherThere is no other way Process is the grammar of PRELUDE Everyonethere knows it And amid the autumnal cornucopia of small successesand larger failures we say togetherAmen

(Above) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Joseph Beuys in NYC by Jackson Pollock Bar at PRELUDE 11

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ldquoSee you at the lsquoLude duderdquo

Over the years the structure and thinking behind PRELUDE has slowly

dawned on me and its influence and impor983156ance Itrsquos where all the thinkersare But therersquos no snobbery about it And there is no place setting forcompetition Itrsquos a char983156ing out and a confirmation of the ways in whichwe are cooperating When you go you canrsquot help but care about whatrsquoshappening there Everyone who goes is par983156icipating Every time I go I get

butter983142lies and also a (lsquorisingrsquo) feeling in my chest Itrsquos a chance to check inwith the exaltation par983156 of being human and it helps put the daily grind-typear983156ist concerns in their proper perspective for the progressing year

Itrsquos been 10 YEARS

My first time Irsquoll never forget It was while I was still deliriously crazing myway through the CUNY Brooklyn College MFA program so that would havebeen sometime between 2004 and 2007 Sarah Benson was curatingat that time I remember showing up at the very dignified CUNY GraduateCenter and basically camping out for the entire festival just attending oneevent after another and feeling completely invigorated the whole time mybrain and hear983156 singing together in harmony There was so much to talkabout and everyone was really talking and discussing everything we wereseeing So many ideas at work and so much freshness and in this beautiful

setting - not in a dark basement or a late night black box on the outskir983156s -and yet with such a blessed lack of marketing or hype-hype

I couldnrsquot believe how much was going on and how much I loved everythingthat I saw all the per983142ormances all the writing how much it seemed to applyto me and how much it meant to me to see that work being presented insuch a lsquolegitimatersquo setting It was an affirmation of the community we havehere and continues to be every year Not the kind of community that islsquofosteredrsquo but a real gathering of tribes that reminds me in a very concretepalpable way that we are all working something together even if we are inseparate processes and applying for the same grants

In the years since I star983156ed my yearly migration to the lsquoLude Irsquove been

honored to be asked to sit on a panel or two and have also seen someof my own work per983142ormed there Which is a thrill But itrsquos really just aswonder983142ul to get to go as an audience member and par983156ake When yoursquovegot something happening at the lsquoLude you donrsquot get to see as much ofother stuff Either way I want to grow old at and with the PRELUDE FestivalHerersquos to ten more of another ten years

SIBYL KEMPSON

Ten years on looking back at PRELUDE

As theater editor and chief drama critic for a weekly magazine (andits online version) I write brief reviews and occasional news items forgeneral audience My readers are a mix of theater ar983156ists fans touristsacademics and savvy culture vultures Itrsquos a restless motley audiencewith diverse needs One thingrsquos for sure my writing is not aimed atavant-garde specialists I canrsquot issue windy manifestoes or theoretical

proclamations without alienating my basemdashor simply irritating itMoreover Irsquom deeply invested in the evaluative and interpretativedimension of criticism My reviews are not above saying whether I likeor dislike whether itrsquos wor983156hy or a waste of time And yes we use astar-rating system Pretentious bloggers and snobby dramaturgsmdashasdisgusted by the media as they are ignorant of its workingsmdasheagerlypoint out that Irsquom no Herber983156 Blau or Richard Gilman Very true WhatI can be though is a conduit between a larger audience and rarefiedcontemporary practices I can try to translate the jargon of academiainto vibrant persuasive language to help a spectator appreciatean event In New York alone the experimental-theater world hasundergone profound changes in the decade since PRELUDE beganconvening panels and presenting works in progress Among the variousphenomena Irsquove noticed through PRELUDE (some of which date back to1960s and rsquo70s) relational aesthetics as play postdramatic stagingopera-theater hybrids digital and mixed-media dramaturgy historicalmeta-(mis)representation and the fascinating range of textualstrategies in new plays that range from found text to Internet-agepoetics

Thatrsquos where the great value of PRELUDE comes in Year after year itoffers a panoramic view of the creative processes of young (and not-so-young) ar983156ists and theorists It demonstrates the variety and ferment ofthe theatrical avant-garde constantly evolving and reacting As a criticand commentator PRELUDE goads me to ask myself How do I write

about this work

DAVID COTE

(Below and oppsite)This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05

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2012The author sits at work and gets a cryptic email asking what she isworking onShe mentions a show about wizards which gets scheduled for PRELUDEShe is ecstatic But also terrified Her collaborator is doing another showand the piece which requires an audience is rehearsed in a frenzy at herapt This isnrsquot what being a real ar983156ist was supposed to be she thinksldquo Black Wizard Blue Wizardrdquo is par983156 of Songspiel Itrsquos another madhouse

but no Styrofoam A line stretches out the door to the lobby The author isfilled with excitement and fear She returns to her improvisational rootschatting casuallymdashand in costumemdashwith the people in line She hears hercue and enters the theatre It is deliriously fun

ELIZA BENT

2007-2009The author sits at work and receives a press release about the PRELUDEfestival It looks cool and she pours over the program The ar983156ists whosenames she recognizes she loves The ar983156ists shersquos unfamiliar with wellshersquod better get to know She attends and is enraptured

2010The author sits at work She is now technically a playwright in addition to

being a sometimes-actor She receives the PRELUDE press release andis deeply envious of everyone involved She looks in the mirror to see ifshersquos turned green She has not but vows to work harder and to one daybe a real ar983156ist

2011The author learns shersquoll be per983142orming in PRELUDE with Half StraddleShe is ecstatic She arrives late to work and listens to a voicemail

Hi Eliza Frank Hentscher from the Segal Center Call me back aboutinterviewing someone for one of our programs Also will we see you atPRELUDE Hope so ciao

The author returns Frankrsquos call

FH HalloEB Hi Frank itrsquos Eliza Bent from American Theatre magazine

They discuss the interview which has nothing to do with PRELUDE

FH Ah very good So will I see you at PRELUDEEB Yeah Thatrsquos me on the posterFH What Who are youEB Irsquom Eliza Bent Irsquom per983142orming in Seagull Irsquom on the posterFH Ah that is youEB YeahFH Yoursquore a cover girl Who are you Which oneEB Irsquom wearing the red lipstick

FH Ah Ha ha You look different So you will do Seagull at the SegalCenter Ha haEB Ha ha

At the per983142ormance there are Styrofoam benches in the gallery spaceand itrsquos a mad house The author rolls along on a skate board observingthe huge windows on the street where onlookers who couldnrsquot squeezein watch Itrsquos super fun Shersquos relieved she doesnrsquot fall off the skateboard

At the after par983156y Frank lifts up Becca Blackwell on the dance floor It isEpic

(Above from L) Beowulf ndash A Thousand Years of Baggage by Banana Bag amp Bodice at PRELUDE 08 Spotligh t Japan

The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

PRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

P

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

Over this last decade I have looked tothe PRELUDE Festival for new ideasfor information about new writers and

theaters and as an impor983156ant bridge to the international theater

community Its range of programming and guest ar983156ists providesan impor983156ant service enriching the New York theater

1 PRELUDE exists at this wonder983142ulintersection of academic conference andmosh pit Inside the walls of a reputableinstitution we are encouraged to make amess and push the boundaries and it isacknowledged that THAT IS IMPORTANT

and a discourse is created aroundthose messes and potentialities and Ias a maker of things and events haverealized things about what I do and whatother people do that I would not haverecognized otherwise and that is anincredible service and experience

2 PRELUDE is a place to recognize ldquooh this is the community Iam in these are my contemporariesrdquo and that is deeply deeplyvaluable

3 The first time we did PRELUDE we collaborated with Japanese

writer director choreographer Mikuni Yanaihara and sheadmired my Crocs and said they were cool Nobody has done thatsince then

ANNE CATTANEO

DAN SAFER

THE ARTISTS

(From top) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08 DrunkfishOceanrant co-production by Kristine Haruna Lee amp Built for Collapse at Preluse13 Spotlight Japan

Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsuda and Josh FoxInternaonal WOW Copmany at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE is by an extraordinarymargin my favorite favoriteconvening of ar983156ists anywhereA catalyst for emerging workfor nascent endeavours andfor experiments are in thatmoment still experiments still

unsettled and still unsettlingthe PRELUDE festival has established anenvironment for an ongoing revolution in theNew York City theater scene Scholars criticsproducers ar983156ists actually find themselves indialogue one with the other This is beyondimpor983156ant And my gratitude is similarly beyondBeyond measure

JAY SCHEIBEvery fall PRELUDE erupts like a volcanoinside the otherwise calm mountain of theCUNY Graduate Center The Festivalrsquos hotlava of ar983156ists experiments experiences andpar983156icipants disrupts the buildingrsquos monastictranquility its studious lence its bureaucratichum Iconoclasts arrive in droves to infuse

the buildingrsquos lovely neutrality with action-based questions about how and how far to prod push and transformtheatrical form This frenetic energy of per983142ormance science bondsthe diverse streams of PRELUDE people together and they leave thisunlikely place feeling refreshed reconnected and inspiredThe university is not unchanged either therersquos always a lot of cleanupto do after PRELUDE (from floor-sweeping to fence-mending) butPRELUDE teaches its institution what can happen when it flings itsheavy ornate doors wide wide open

RUTH WIKLER983085LUKER

(L) A dance in progress by Big Dance Theater

at PRELUDE 05

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I remember this intense feeling of beingpar983156 of a community of experimentaltrouble makers who were all gatheringin the hallways and theaters and lobbyof the Grad Center Everyone wantedto see everything and everyone wasexcited Sarah Benson and I were workingon a piece called ldquoQuiver and Twitchrdquothat featured a young boy puppet built

and per983142ormed by the singular KevinAugustine This was the 2005 PRELUDEand Young Jean Lee presented ldquoSongsof the Dragon Flying to Heavenrdquo whichbegins with a video of a close-up ofYoung Jeanrsquos face as she is being

slapped hard across the cheek multiple times The momentof impact of the slap is edited out but the recoil after each slapremains I was sitting in the third row with Scott Adkins and weknew that Young Jean had made this video and we were bothfeeling very worried about watching it I felt upset by the idea ofher being physically hur983156 as per983142ormance Songs of the Dragonis about many things but one of the things it deals with is self

hatred Using her own body as the gateway into this painfuland beautiful work of theater was absolutely disarming andyet essential for this par983156icular piece of ar983156 This was violencethat provoked yes but it also provided a space for deepercontemplation Even as I am writing this I am thinking WhatWhat That cannot be correct how can I be saying that violencecan invoke contemplation Eight years later a multitude ofPRELUDE per983142ormances panels videos and dance par983156ies haveinspired me to make better work introduced me to new ar983156iststaught me about process and challenged me as an audiencemember but that first slap in the face remains for me a uniquetheatrical wake up call to pursue the limits of my own discomfor983156

and to face what I fear

ERIN COURTNEYI first did something in PRELUDE in 2004I think It was early work on a piece that atthe time was called The Littlewood ProjectBy 2006 it was called OH WHAT WAR andPRELUDE asked us back There are thingsI make that take a long time and PRELUDEalways seems to be there for me withthem - Red Fly Blue Bottle (Latitude 14)Beowulf (BBampB) City Council Meeting

(Aaron Landsman amp Jim Findlay) and nowthis year with This Was The End (RestlessNYC) I also curated a series of 4 newtranslations of Catalan plays for PRELUDEI had been bugging Frank for years aboutthis and he gave me the oppor983156unity and

sent me to Barcelona PRELUDE has been a kind of landing stripfor me - where you can touch down for a couple days show somepiece of a work talk to your friends see something surprising youdidnrsquot know was out there have a few drinks and some new ideasstar983156 a few fights then get back up in the air back to work WhatFrank star983156ed 10 years ago is a real joy for me Itrsquos great to beasked but just going and seeing other peoplersquos work is also great

The many memorable things - Collapsable Giraffe in the lobbyAndrew Dinwiddiersquos ldquoSwaggar983156rdquo Shatner expounding on ar983156 thanksto Phil Soltonoff and Joe Deibes getting hit in the face with anempty box in Jay Scheibrsquos ldquoWorld of Wiresrdquo Sybil Kempsonrsquos madeup language clinging to the words of Jonathan Foster Wallace asan actress in headphones approached the end of a diving boardbecause of Daniel Fish sitting in the dark with Trajal Harrell ReggieWatts turning a panel discussion into an actual conversation andKristen Kosmasrsquo breathtaking ldquoThis From Cloudlandrdquo To name justa few And the things I missed that were going on in the next roomTo Frank and all the many curatorsproducers over the years manyof whom are friends - Andy Geoffrey Morgan Helen Caleb Claire

Ruth Ber983156ie - what a mark you have made Thank you

MALLORY CATLETT

(L and opposite) A Fiery FlyingRoll or Dick Dick Dick byRadiohole at PRELUDE 05

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

BONNIE MARRANCA Over the last decade the Mar983156in E SegalTheatre Centerrsquos PRELUDE program hasbeen a highlight of the star983156 of each theatreseason Its guests read like a Whorsquos Who ofdowntown theatre with an ever-expandingfield of vision PRELUDE brings togethercompanies writers directors presenterscritics and curators for afternoons or

evenings of intelligent conversationabout new work and impor983156ant current topics such as the growingintersection of theatre and per983142ormance ar983156 and the focus on processThere are also previews of productions and plays for the upcomingseason with presentations by ar983156ists of their work and ar983156istic processOn occasion there are spotlights on the work of countries abroad suchas Poland and Korea underlining the Segal Centerrsquos global outreachWhat is exceptionally valuable is the cross-generational cross-mediacamaraderie that occurs among ar983156ists and in which the public isinvited to share at the many events offered Under the far-sightedprogramming of its executive director Frank Hentschker PRELUDEhas evolved as a lively center of serious engagement with the broadspectrum of per983142ormance and writing offered by the most innovativethinkers working today in theatre in New York

ANNIE983085B PARSON We in the theater need our seasonal rituals just like all tribes and PRELUDE has become just that for me Each Fall for a decadeI par983156icipate in and cherish our autumnalharvest festival called PRELUDE Theoperating principle of Prelude is works stillin process and in framing it as such theaudience is both forgiving of the chaff anddesirous of the wheat Therefore since itsinception I have shown unfinished workpresenting something with an implied sign

ldquowarning wet paintrdquo

Under the passionate curious eyes of Frank Hentschker we showwhat we have been doing in rehearsal to the people he gathers thecongregants of our strange church per983142ect for our needs at thatmoment We donrsquot know what we have when we present it and yetwe leave in a different phase of the work pushing towards somefinal version Itrsquos always nerve- wracking as hell one of the requiredindignities of our business to show what we have not completedCuration is not shoppingmdashit isnrsquot- picking this and not picking that It isa rendering of many materials into a community of work Frank andhis curators including Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons through theirgood juju and true understanding of the inner workings of the clocksof new material have nur983156ured audiences to smar983156ly observe workin gestational form These talented curators cluster and shape anevent coaxing the bevy of works to behave in a context of the ldquohandmaderdquo where failure is a given a familiar old friend par983156 of the show

Without that old friend nothing would ever get righted We see it inothersrsquo work too and it reminds us that we the lot of us are cynicsquestioning everything and we have to do it in front of each otherThere is no other way Process is the grammar of PRELUDE Everyonethere knows it And amid the autumnal cornucopia of small successesand larger failures we say togetherAmen

(Above) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Joseph Beuys in NYC by Jackson Pollock Bar at PRELUDE 11

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ldquoSee you at the lsquoLude duderdquo

Over the years the structure and thinking behind PRELUDE has slowly

dawned on me and its influence and impor983156ance Itrsquos where all the thinkersare But therersquos no snobbery about it And there is no place setting forcompetition Itrsquos a char983156ing out and a confirmation of the ways in whichwe are cooperating When you go you canrsquot help but care about whatrsquoshappening there Everyone who goes is par983156icipating Every time I go I get

butter983142lies and also a (lsquorisingrsquo) feeling in my chest Itrsquos a chance to check inwith the exaltation par983156 of being human and it helps put the daily grind-typear983156ist concerns in their proper perspective for the progressing year

Itrsquos been 10 YEARS

My first time Irsquoll never forget It was while I was still deliriously crazing myway through the CUNY Brooklyn College MFA program so that would havebeen sometime between 2004 and 2007 Sarah Benson was curatingat that time I remember showing up at the very dignified CUNY GraduateCenter and basically camping out for the entire festival just attending oneevent after another and feeling completely invigorated the whole time mybrain and hear983156 singing together in harmony There was so much to talkabout and everyone was really talking and discussing everything we wereseeing So many ideas at work and so much freshness and in this beautiful

setting - not in a dark basement or a late night black box on the outskir983156s -and yet with such a blessed lack of marketing or hype-hype

I couldnrsquot believe how much was going on and how much I loved everythingthat I saw all the per983142ormances all the writing how much it seemed to applyto me and how much it meant to me to see that work being presented insuch a lsquolegitimatersquo setting It was an affirmation of the community we havehere and continues to be every year Not the kind of community that islsquofosteredrsquo but a real gathering of tribes that reminds me in a very concretepalpable way that we are all working something together even if we are inseparate processes and applying for the same grants

In the years since I star983156ed my yearly migration to the lsquoLude Irsquove been

honored to be asked to sit on a panel or two and have also seen someof my own work per983142ormed there Which is a thrill But itrsquos really just aswonder983142ul to get to go as an audience member and par983156ake When yoursquovegot something happening at the lsquoLude you donrsquot get to see as much ofother stuff Either way I want to grow old at and with the PRELUDE FestivalHerersquos to ten more of another ten years

SIBYL KEMPSON

Ten years on looking back at PRELUDE

As theater editor and chief drama critic for a weekly magazine (andits online version) I write brief reviews and occasional news items forgeneral audience My readers are a mix of theater ar983156ists fans touristsacademics and savvy culture vultures Itrsquos a restless motley audiencewith diverse needs One thingrsquos for sure my writing is not aimed atavant-garde specialists I canrsquot issue windy manifestoes or theoretical

proclamations without alienating my basemdashor simply irritating itMoreover Irsquom deeply invested in the evaluative and interpretativedimension of criticism My reviews are not above saying whether I likeor dislike whether itrsquos wor983156hy or a waste of time And yes we use astar-rating system Pretentious bloggers and snobby dramaturgsmdashasdisgusted by the media as they are ignorant of its workingsmdasheagerlypoint out that Irsquom no Herber983156 Blau or Richard Gilman Very true WhatI can be though is a conduit between a larger audience and rarefiedcontemporary practices I can try to translate the jargon of academiainto vibrant persuasive language to help a spectator appreciatean event In New York alone the experimental-theater world hasundergone profound changes in the decade since PRELUDE beganconvening panels and presenting works in progress Among the variousphenomena Irsquove noticed through PRELUDE (some of which date back to1960s and rsquo70s) relational aesthetics as play postdramatic stagingopera-theater hybrids digital and mixed-media dramaturgy historicalmeta-(mis)representation and the fascinating range of textualstrategies in new plays that range from found text to Internet-agepoetics

Thatrsquos where the great value of PRELUDE comes in Year after year itoffers a panoramic view of the creative processes of young (and not-so-young) ar983156ists and theorists It demonstrates the variety and ferment ofthe theatrical avant-garde constantly evolving and reacting As a criticand commentator PRELUDE goads me to ask myself How do I write

about this work

DAVID COTE

(Below and oppsite)This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05

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2012The author sits at work and gets a cryptic email asking what she isworking onShe mentions a show about wizards which gets scheduled for PRELUDEShe is ecstatic But also terrified Her collaborator is doing another showand the piece which requires an audience is rehearsed in a frenzy at herapt This isnrsquot what being a real ar983156ist was supposed to be she thinksldquo Black Wizard Blue Wizardrdquo is par983156 of Songspiel Itrsquos another madhouse

but no Styrofoam A line stretches out the door to the lobby The author isfilled with excitement and fear She returns to her improvisational rootschatting casuallymdashand in costumemdashwith the people in line She hears hercue and enters the theatre It is deliriously fun

ELIZA BENT

2007-2009The author sits at work and receives a press release about the PRELUDEfestival It looks cool and she pours over the program The ar983156ists whosenames she recognizes she loves The ar983156ists shersquos unfamiliar with wellshersquod better get to know She attends and is enraptured

2010The author sits at work She is now technically a playwright in addition to

being a sometimes-actor She receives the PRELUDE press release andis deeply envious of everyone involved She looks in the mirror to see ifshersquos turned green She has not but vows to work harder and to one daybe a real ar983156ist

2011The author learns shersquoll be per983142orming in PRELUDE with Half StraddleShe is ecstatic She arrives late to work and listens to a voicemail

Hi Eliza Frank Hentscher from the Segal Center Call me back aboutinterviewing someone for one of our programs Also will we see you atPRELUDE Hope so ciao

The author returns Frankrsquos call

FH HalloEB Hi Frank itrsquos Eliza Bent from American Theatre magazine

They discuss the interview which has nothing to do with PRELUDE

FH Ah very good So will I see you at PRELUDEEB Yeah Thatrsquos me on the posterFH What Who are youEB Irsquom Eliza Bent Irsquom per983142orming in Seagull Irsquom on the posterFH Ah that is youEB YeahFH Yoursquore a cover girl Who are you Which oneEB Irsquom wearing the red lipstick

FH Ah Ha ha You look different So you will do Seagull at the SegalCenter Ha haEB Ha ha

At the per983142ormance there are Styrofoam benches in the gallery spaceand itrsquos a mad house The author rolls along on a skate board observingthe huge windows on the street where onlookers who couldnrsquot squeezein watch Itrsquos super fun Shersquos relieved she doesnrsquot fall off the skateboard

At the after par983156y Frank lifts up Becca Blackwell on the dance floor It isEpic

(Above from L) Beowulf ndash A Thousand Years of Baggage by Banana Bag amp Bodice at PRELUDE 08 Spotligh t Japan

The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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PRELUDE is by an extraordinarymargin my favorite favoriteconvening of ar983156ists anywhereA catalyst for emerging workfor nascent endeavours andfor experiments are in thatmoment still experiments still

unsettled and still unsettlingthe PRELUDE festival has established anenvironment for an ongoing revolution in theNew York City theater scene Scholars criticsproducers ar983156ists actually find themselves indialogue one with the other This is beyondimpor983156ant And my gratitude is similarly beyondBeyond measure

JAY SCHEIBEvery fall PRELUDE erupts like a volcanoinside the otherwise calm mountain of theCUNY Graduate Center The Festivalrsquos hotlava of ar983156ists experiments experiences andpar983156icipants disrupts the buildingrsquos monastictranquility its studious lence its bureaucratichum Iconoclasts arrive in droves to infuse

the buildingrsquos lovely neutrality with action-based questions about how and how far to prod push and transformtheatrical form This frenetic energy of per983142ormance science bondsthe diverse streams of PRELUDE people together and they leave thisunlikely place feeling refreshed reconnected and inspiredThe university is not unchanged either therersquos always a lot of cleanupto do after PRELUDE (from floor-sweeping to fence-mending) butPRELUDE teaches its institution what can happen when it flings itsheavy ornate doors wide wide open

RUTH WIKLER983085LUKER

(L) A dance in progress by Big Dance Theater

at PRELUDE 05

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I remember this intense feeling of beingpar983156 of a community of experimentaltrouble makers who were all gatheringin the hallways and theaters and lobbyof the Grad Center Everyone wantedto see everything and everyone wasexcited Sarah Benson and I were workingon a piece called ldquoQuiver and Twitchrdquothat featured a young boy puppet built

and per983142ormed by the singular KevinAugustine This was the 2005 PRELUDEand Young Jean Lee presented ldquoSongsof the Dragon Flying to Heavenrdquo whichbegins with a video of a close-up ofYoung Jeanrsquos face as she is being

slapped hard across the cheek multiple times The momentof impact of the slap is edited out but the recoil after each slapremains I was sitting in the third row with Scott Adkins and weknew that Young Jean had made this video and we were bothfeeling very worried about watching it I felt upset by the idea ofher being physically hur983156 as per983142ormance Songs of the Dragonis about many things but one of the things it deals with is self

hatred Using her own body as the gateway into this painfuland beautiful work of theater was absolutely disarming andyet essential for this par983156icular piece of ar983156 This was violencethat provoked yes but it also provided a space for deepercontemplation Even as I am writing this I am thinking WhatWhat That cannot be correct how can I be saying that violencecan invoke contemplation Eight years later a multitude ofPRELUDE per983142ormances panels videos and dance par983156ies haveinspired me to make better work introduced me to new ar983156iststaught me about process and challenged me as an audiencemember but that first slap in the face remains for me a uniquetheatrical wake up call to pursue the limits of my own discomfor983156

and to face what I fear

ERIN COURTNEYI first did something in PRELUDE in 2004I think It was early work on a piece that atthe time was called The Littlewood ProjectBy 2006 it was called OH WHAT WAR andPRELUDE asked us back There are thingsI make that take a long time and PRELUDEalways seems to be there for me withthem - Red Fly Blue Bottle (Latitude 14)Beowulf (BBampB) City Council Meeting

(Aaron Landsman amp Jim Findlay) and nowthis year with This Was The End (RestlessNYC) I also curated a series of 4 newtranslations of Catalan plays for PRELUDEI had been bugging Frank for years aboutthis and he gave me the oppor983156unity and

sent me to Barcelona PRELUDE has been a kind of landing stripfor me - where you can touch down for a couple days show somepiece of a work talk to your friends see something surprising youdidnrsquot know was out there have a few drinks and some new ideasstar983156 a few fights then get back up in the air back to work WhatFrank star983156ed 10 years ago is a real joy for me Itrsquos great to beasked but just going and seeing other peoplersquos work is also great

The many memorable things - Collapsable Giraffe in the lobbyAndrew Dinwiddiersquos ldquoSwaggar983156rdquo Shatner expounding on ar983156 thanksto Phil Soltonoff and Joe Deibes getting hit in the face with anempty box in Jay Scheibrsquos ldquoWorld of Wiresrdquo Sybil Kempsonrsquos madeup language clinging to the words of Jonathan Foster Wallace asan actress in headphones approached the end of a diving boardbecause of Daniel Fish sitting in the dark with Trajal Harrell ReggieWatts turning a panel discussion into an actual conversation andKristen Kosmasrsquo breathtaking ldquoThis From Cloudlandrdquo To name justa few And the things I missed that were going on in the next roomTo Frank and all the many curatorsproducers over the years manyof whom are friends - Andy Geoffrey Morgan Helen Caleb Claire

Ruth Ber983156ie - what a mark you have made Thank you

MALLORY CATLETT

(L and opposite) A Fiery FlyingRoll or Dick Dick Dick byRadiohole at PRELUDE 05

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BONNIE MARRANCA Over the last decade the Mar983156in E SegalTheatre Centerrsquos PRELUDE program hasbeen a highlight of the star983156 of each theatreseason Its guests read like a Whorsquos Who ofdowntown theatre with an ever-expandingfield of vision PRELUDE brings togethercompanies writers directors presenterscritics and curators for afternoons or

evenings of intelligent conversationabout new work and impor983156ant current topics such as the growingintersection of theatre and per983142ormance ar983156 and the focus on processThere are also previews of productions and plays for the upcomingseason with presentations by ar983156ists of their work and ar983156istic processOn occasion there are spotlights on the work of countries abroad suchas Poland and Korea underlining the Segal Centerrsquos global outreachWhat is exceptionally valuable is the cross-generational cross-mediacamaraderie that occurs among ar983156ists and in which the public isinvited to share at the many events offered Under the far-sightedprogramming of its executive director Frank Hentschker PRELUDEhas evolved as a lively center of serious engagement with the broadspectrum of per983142ormance and writing offered by the most innovativethinkers working today in theatre in New York

ANNIE983085B PARSON We in the theater need our seasonal rituals just like all tribes and PRELUDE has become just that for me Each Fall for a decadeI par983156icipate in and cherish our autumnalharvest festival called PRELUDE Theoperating principle of Prelude is works stillin process and in framing it as such theaudience is both forgiving of the chaff anddesirous of the wheat Therefore since itsinception I have shown unfinished workpresenting something with an implied sign

ldquowarning wet paintrdquo

Under the passionate curious eyes of Frank Hentschker we showwhat we have been doing in rehearsal to the people he gathers thecongregants of our strange church per983142ect for our needs at thatmoment We donrsquot know what we have when we present it and yetwe leave in a different phase of the work pushing towards somefinal version Itrsquos always nerve- wracking as hell one of the requiredindignities of our business to show what we have not completedCuration is not shoppingmdashit isnrsquot- picking this and not picking that It isa rendering of many materials into a community of work Frank andhis curators including Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons through theirgood juju and true understanding of the inner workings of the clocksof new material have nur983156ured audiences to smar983156ly observe workin gestational form These talented curators cluster and shape anevent coaxing the bevy of works to behave in a context of the ldquohandmaderdquo where failure is a given a familiar old friend par983156 of the show

Without that old friend nothing would ever get righted We see it inothersrsquo work too and it reminds us that we the lot of us are cynicsquestioning everything and we have to do it in front of each otherThere is no other way Process is the grammar of PRELUDE Everyonethere knows it And amid the autumnal cornucopia of small successesand larger failures we say togetherAmen

(Above) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Joseph Beuys in NYC by Jackson Pollock Bar at PRELUDE 11

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ldquoSee you at the lsquoLude duderdquo

Over the years the structure and thinking behind PRELUDE has slowly

dawned on me and its influence and impor983156ance Itrsquos where all the thinkersare But therersquos no snobbery about it And there is no place setting forcompetition Itrsquos a char983156ing out and a confirmation of the ways in whichwe are cooperating When you go you canrsquot help but care about whatrsquoshappening there Everyone who goes is par983156icipating Every time I go I get

butter983142lies and also a (lsquorisingrsquo) feeling in my chest Itrsquos a chance to check inwith the exaltation par983156 of being human and it helps put the daily grind-typear983156ist concerns in their proper perspective for the progressing year

Itrsquos been 10 YEARS

My first time Irsquoll never forget It was while I was still deliriously crazing myway through the CUNY Brooklyn College MFA program so that would havebeen sometime between 2004 and 2007 Sarah Benson was curatingat that time I remember showing up at the very dignified CUNY GraduateCenter and basically camping out for the entire festival just attending oneevent after another and feeling completely invigorated the whole time mybrain and hear983156 singing together in harmony There was so much to talkabout and everyone was really talking and discussing everything we wereseeing So many ideas at work and so much freshness and in this beautiful

setting - not in a dark basement or a late night black box on the outskir983156s -and yet with such a blessed lack of marketing or hype-hype

I couldnrsquot believe how much was going on and how much I loved everythingthat I saw all the per983142ormances all the writing how much it seemed to applyto me and how much it meant to me to see that work being presented insuch a lsquolegitimatersquo setting It was an affirmation of the community we havehere and continues to be every year Not the kind of community that islsquofosteredrsquo but a real gathering of tribes that reminds me in a very concretepalpable way that we are all working something together even if we are inseparate processes and applying for the same grants

In the years since I star983156ed my yearly migration to the lsquoLude Irsquove been

honored to be asked to sit on a panel or two and have also seen someof my own work per983142ormed there Which is a thrill But itrsquos really just aswonder983142ul to get to go as an audience member and par983156ake When yoursquovegot something happening at the lsquoLude you donrsquot get to see as much ofother stuff Either way I want to grow old at and with the PRELUDE FestivalHerersquos to ten more of another ten years

SIBYL KEMPSON

Ten years on looking back at PRELUDE

As theater editor and chief drama critic for a weekly magazine (andits online version) I write brief reviews and occasional news items forgeneral audience My readers are a mix of theater ar983156ists fans touristsacademics and savvy culture vultures Itrsquos a restless motley audiencewith diverse needs One thingrsquos for sure my writing is not aimed atavant-garde specialists I canrsquot issue windy manifestoes or theoretical

proclamations without alienating my basemdashor simply irritating itMoreover Irsquom deeply invested in the evaluative and interpretativedimension of criticism My reviews are not above saying whether I likeor dislike whether itrsquos wor983156hy or a waste of time And yes we use astar-rating system Pretentious bloggers and snobby dramaturgsmdashasdisgusted by the media as they are ignorant of its workingsmdasheagerlypoint out that Irsquom no Herber983156 Blau or Richard Gilman Very true WhatI can be though is a conduit between a larger audience and rarefiedcontemporary practices I can try to translate the jargon of academiainto vibrant persuasive language to help a spectator appreciatean event In New York alone the experimental-theater world hasundergone profound changes in the decade since PRELUDE beganconvening panels and presenting works in progress Among the variousphenomena Irsquove noticed through PRELUDE (some of which date back to1960s and rsquo70s) relational aesthetics as play postdramatic stagingopera-theater hybrids digital and mixed-media dramaturgy historicalmeta-(mis)representation and the fascinating range of textualstrategies in new plays that range from found text to Internet-agepoetics

Thatrsquos where the great value of PRELUDE comes in Year after year itoffers a panoramic view of the creative processes of young (and not-so-young) ar983156ists and theorists It demonstrates the variety and ferment ofthe theatrical avant-garde constantly evolving and reacting As a criticand commentator PRELUDE goads me to ask myself How do I write

about this work

DAVID COTE

(Below and oppsite)This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05

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2012The author sits at work and gets a cryptic email asking what she isworking onShe mentions a show about wizards which gets scheduled for PRELUDEShe is ecstatic But also terrified Her collaborator is doing another showand the piece which requires an audience is rehearsed in a frenzy at herapt This isnrsquot what being a real ar983156ist was supposed to be she thinksldquo Black Wizard Blue Wizardrdquo is par983156 of Songspiel Itrsquos another madhouse

but no Styrofoam A line stretches out the door to the lobby The author isfilled with excitement and fear She returns to her improvisational rootschatting casuallymdashand in costumemdashwith the people in line She hears hercue and enters the theatre It is deliriously fun

ELIZA BENT

2007-2009The author sits at work and receives a press release about the PRELUDEfestival It looks cool and she pours over the program The ar983156ists whosenames she recognizes she loves The ar983156ists shersquos unfamiliar with wellshersquod better get to know She attends and is enraptured

2010The author sits at work She is now technically a playwright in addition to

being a sometimes-actor She receives the PRELUDE press release andis deeply envious of everyone involved She looks in the mirror to see ifshersquos turned green She has not but vows to work harder and to one daybe a real ar983156ist

2011The author learns shersquoll be per983142orming in PRELUDE with Half StraddleShe is ecstatic She arrives late to work and listens to a voicemail

Hi Eliza Frank Hentscher from the Segal Center Call me back aboutinterviewing someone for one of our programs Also will we see you atPRELUDE Hope so ciao

The author returns Frankrsquos call

FH HalloEB Hi Frank itrsquos Eliza Bent from American Theatre magazine

They discuss the interview which has nothing to do with PRELUDE

FH Ah very good So will I see you at PRELUDEEB Yeah Thatrsquos me on the posterFH What Who are youEB Irsquom Eliza Bent Irsquom per983142orming in Seagull Irsquom on the posterFH Ah that is youEB YeahFH Yoursquore a cover girl Who are you Which oneEB Irsquom wearing the red lipstick

FH Ah Ha ha You look different So you will do Seagull at the SegalCenter Ha haEB Ha ha

At the per983142ormance there are Styrofoam benches in the gallery spaceand itrsquos a mad house The author rolls along on a skate board observingthe huge windows on the street where onlookers who couldnrsquot squeezein watch Itrsquos super fun Shersquos relieved she doesnrsquot fall off the skateboard

At the after par983156y Frank lifts up Becca Blackwell on the dance floor It isEpic

(Above from L) Beowulf ndash A Thousand Years of Baggage by Banana Bag amp Bodice at PRELUDE 08 Spotligh t Japan

The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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p g 70 -7 9 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

p g 80 -8 9 Justin Bernhaut 2009p g 90 -9 7 Justin Bernhaut 2010

p g 99 -1 05 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg106-115 Jul ieta Cervantes 2012

p g 10 2 Claire Bishop Cour983156esy of the ar983156ist

pg116-125 Jul ieta Cervantes 2013

pg126 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg127 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg129 Irina Rozovsky 2011

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I remember this intense feeling of beingpar983156 of a community of experimentaltrouble makers who were all gatheringin the hallways and theaters and lobbyof the Grad Center Everyone wantedto see everything and everyone wasexcited Sarah Benson and I were workingon a piece called ldquoQuiver and Twitchrdquothat featured a young boy puppet built

and per983142ormed by the singular KevinAugustine This was the 2005 PRELUDEand Young Jean Lee presented ldquoSongsof the Dragon Flying to Heavenrdquo whichbegins with a video of a close-up ofYoung Jeanrsquos face as she is being

slapped hard across the cheek multiple times The momentof impact of the slap is edited out but the recoil after each slapremains I was sitting in the third row with Scott Adkins and weknew that Young Jean had made this video and we were bothfeeling very worried about watching it I felt upset by the idea ofher being physically hur983156 as per983142ormance Songs of the Dragonis about many things but one of the things it deals with is self

hatred Using her own body as the gateway into this painfuland beautiful work of theater was absolutely disarming andyet essential for this par983156icular piece of ar983156 This was violencethat provoked yes but it also provided a space for deepercontemplation Even as I am writing this I am thinking WhatWhat That cannot be correct how can I be saying that violencecan invoke contemplation Eight years later a multitude ofPRELUDE per983142ormances panels videos and dance par983156ies haveinspired me to make better work introduced me to new ar983156iststaught me about process and challenged me as an audiencemember but that first slap in the face remains for me a uniquetheatrical wake up call to pursue the limits of my own discomfor983156

and to face what I fear

ERIN COURTNEYI first did something in PRELUDE in 2004I think It was early work on a piece that atthe time was called The Littlewood ProjectBy 2006 it was called OH WHAT WAR andPRELUDE asked us back There are thingsI make that take a long time and PRELUDEalways seems to be there for me withthem - Red Fly Blue Bottle (Latitude 14)Beowulf (BBampB) City Council Meeting

(Aaron Landsman amp Jim Findlay) and nowthis year with This Was The End (RestlessNYC) I also curated a series of 4 newtranslations of Catalan plays for PRELUDEI had been bugging Frank for years aboutthis and he gave me the oppor983156unity and

sent me to Barcelona PRELUDE has been a kind of landing stripfor me - where you can touch down for a couple days show somepiece of a work talk to your friends see something surprising youdidnrsquot know was out there have a few drinks and some new ideasstar983156 a few fights then get back up in the air back to work WhatFrank star983156ed 10 years ago is a real joy for me Itrsquos great to beasked but just going and seeing other peoplersquos work is also great

The many memorable things - Collapsable Giraffe in the lobbyAndrew Dinwiddiersquos ldquoSwaggar983156rdquo Shatner expounding on ar983156 thanksto Phil Soltonoff and Joe Deibes getting hit in the face with anempty box in Jay Scheibrsquos ldquoWorld of Wiresrdquo Sybil Kempsonrsquos madeup language clinging to the words of Jonathan Foster Wallace asan actress in headphones approached the end of a diving boardbecause of Daniel Fish sitting in the dark with Trajal Harrell ReggieWatts turning a panel discussion into an actual conversation andKristen Kosmasrsquo breathtaking ldquoThis From Cloudlandrdquo To name justa few And the things I missed that were going on in the next roomTo Frank and all the many curatorsproducers over the years manyof whom are friends - Andy Geoffrey Morgan Helen Caleb Claire

Ruth Ber983156ie - what a mark you have made Thank you

MALLORY CATLETT

(L and opposite) A Fiery FlyingRoll or Dick Dick Dick byRadiohole at PRELUDE 05

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BONNIE MARRANCA Over the last decade the Mar983156in E SegalTheatre Centerrsquos PRELUDE program hasbeen a highlight of the star983156 of each theatreseason Its guests read like a Whorsquos Who ofdowntown theatre with an ever-expandingfield of vision PRELUDE brings togethercompanies writers directors presenterscritics and curators for afternoons or

evenings of intelligent conversationabout new work and impor983156ant current topics such as the growingintersection of theatre and per983142ormance ar983156 and the focus on processThere are also previews of productions and plays for the upcomingseason with presentations by ar983156ists of their work and ar983156istic processOn occasion there are spotlights on the work of countries abroad suchas Poland and Korea underlining the Segal Centerrsquos global outreachWhat is exceptionally valuable is the cross-generational cross-mediacamaraderie that occurs among ar983156ists and in which the public isinvited to share at the many events offered Under the far-sightedprogramming of its executive director Frank Hentschker PRELUDEhas evolved as a lively center of serious engagement with the broadspectrum of per983142ormance and writing offered by the most innovativethinkers working today in theatre in New York

ANNIE983085B PARSON We in the theater need our seasonal rituals just like all tribes and PRELUDE has become just that for me Each Fall for a decadeI par983156icipate in and cherish our autumnalharvest festival called PRELUDE Theoperating principle of Prelude is works stillin process and in framing it as such theaudience is both forgiving of the chaff anddesirous of the wheat Therefore since itsinception I have shown unfinished workpresenting something with an implied sign

ldquowarning wet paintrdquo

Under the passionate curious eyes of Frank Hentschker we showwhat we have been doing in rehearsal to the people he gathers thecongregants of our strange church per983142ect for our needs at thatmoment We donrsquot know what we have when we present it and yetwe leave in a different phase of the work pushing towards somefinal version Itrsquos always nerve- wracking as hell one of the requiredindignities of our business to show what we have not completedCuration is not shoppingmdashit isnrsquot- picking this and not picking that It isa rendering of many materials into a community of work Frank andhis curators including Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons through theirgood juju and true understanding of the inner workings of the clocksof new material have nur983156ured audiences to smar983156ly observe workin gestational form These talented curators cluster and shape anevent coaxing the bevy of works to behave in a context of the ldquohandmaderdquo where failure is a given a familiar old friend par983156 of the show

Without that old friend nothing would ever get righted We see it inothersrsquo work too and it reminds us that we the lot of us are cynicsquestioning everything and we have to do it in front of each otherThere is no other way Process is the grammar of PRELUDE Everyonethere knows it And amid the autumnal cornucopia of small successesand larger failures we say togetherAmen

(Above) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Joseph Beuys in NYC by Jackson Pollock Bar at PRELUDE 11

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ldquoSee you at the lsquoLude duderdquo

Over the years the structure and thinking behind PRELUDE has slowly

dawned on me and its influence and impor983156ance Itrsquos where all the thinkersare But therersquos no snobbery about it And there is no place setting forcompetition Itrsquos a char983156ing out and a confirmation of the ways in whichwe are cooperating When you go you canrsquot help but care about whatrsquoshappening there Everyone who goes is par983156icipating Every time I go I get

butter983142lies and also a (lsquorisingrsquo) feeling in my chest Itrsquos a chance to check inwith the exaltation par983156 of being human and it helps put the daily grind-typear983156ist concerns in their proper perspective for the progressing year

Itrsquos been 10 YEARS

My first time Irsquoll never forget It was while I was still deliriously crazing myway through the CUNY Brooklyn College MFA program so that would havebeen sometime between 2004 and 2007 Sarah Benson was curatingat that time I remember showing up at the very dignified CUNY GraduateCenter and basically camping out for the entire festival just attending oneevent after another and feeling completely invigorated the whole time mybrain and hear983156 singing together in harmony There was so much to talkabout and everyone was really talking and discussing everything we wereseeing So many ideas at work and so much freshness and in this beautiful

setting - not in a dark basement or a late night black box on the outskir983156s -and yet with such a blessed lack of marketing or hype-hype

I couldnrsquot believe how much was going on and how much I loved everythingthat I saw all the per983142ormances all the writing how much it seemed to applyto me and how much it meant to me to see that work being presented insuch a lsquolegitimatersquo setting It was an affirmation of the community we havehere and continues to be every year Not the kind of community that islsquofosteredrsquo but a real gathering of tribes that reminds me in a very concretepalpable way that we are all working something together even if we are inseparate processes and applying for the same grants

In the years since I star983156ed my yearly migration to the lsquoLude Irsquove been

honored to be asked to sit on a panel or two and have also seen someof my own work per983142ormed there Which is a thrill But itrsquos really just aswonder983142ul to get to go as an audience member and par983156ake When yoursquovegot something happening at the lsquoLude you donrsquot get to see as much ofother stuff Either way I want to grow old at and with the PRELUDE FestivalHerersquos to ten more of another ten years

SIBYL KEMPSON

Ten years on looking back at PRELUDE

As theater editor and chief drama critic for a weekly magazine (andits online version) I write brief reviews and occasional news items forgeneral audience My readers are a mix of theater ar983156ists fans touristsacademics and savvy culture vultures Itrsquos a restless motley audiencewith diverse needs One thingrsquos for sure my writing is not aimed atavant-garde specialists I canrsquot issue windy manifestoes or theoretical

proclamations without alienating my basemdashor simply irritating itMoreover Irsquom deeply invested in the evaluative and interpretativedimension of criticism My reviews are not above saying whether I likeor dislike whether itrsquos wor983156hy or a waste of time And yes we use astar-rating system Pretentious bloggers and snobby dramaturgsmdashasdisgusted by the media as they are ignorant of its workingsmdasheagerlypoint out that Irsquom no Herber983156 Blau or Richard Gilman Very true WhatI can be though is a conduit between a larger audience and rarefiedcontemporary practices I can try to translate the jargon of academiainto vibrant persuasive language to help a spectator appreciatean event In New York alone the experimental-theater world hasundergone profound changes in the decade since PRELUDE beganconvening panels and presenting works in progress Among the variousphenomena Irsquove noticed through PRELUDE (some of which date back to1960s and rsquo70s) relational aesthetics as play postdramatic stagingopera-theater hybrids digital and mixed-media dramaturgy historicalmeta-(mis)representation and the fascinating range of textualstrategies in new plays that range from found text to Internet-agepoetics

Thatrsquos where the great value of PRELUDE comes in Year after year itoffers a panoramic view of the creative processes of young (and not-so-young) ar983156ists and theorists It demonstrates the variety and ferment ofthe theatrical avant-garde constantly evolving and reacting As a criticand commentator PRELUDE goads me to ask myself How do I write

about this work

DAVID COTE

(Below and oppsite)This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05

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2012The author sits at work and gets a cryptic email asking what she isworking onShe mentions a show about wizards which gets scheduled for PRELUDEShe is ecstatic But also terrified Her collaborator is doing another showand the piece which requires an audience is rehearsed in a frenzy at herapt This isnrsquot what being a real ar983156ist was supposed to be she thinksldquo Black Wizard Blue Wizardrdquo is par983156 of Songspiel Itrsquos another madhouse

but no Styrofoam A line stretches out the door to the lobby The author isfilled with excitement and fear She returns to her improvisational rootschatting casuallymdashand in costumemdashwith the people in line She hears hercue and enters the theatre It is deliriously fun

ELIZA BENT

2007-2009The author sits at work and receives a press release about the PRELUDEfestival It looks cool and she pours over the program The ar983156ists whosenames she recognizes she loves The ar983156ists shersquos unfamiliar with wellshersquod better get to know She attends and is enraptured

2010The author sits at work She is now technically a playwright in addition to

being a sometimes-actor She receives the PRELUDE press release andis deeply envious of everyone involved She looks in the mirror to see ifshersquos turned green She has not but vows to work harder and to one daybe a real ar983156ist

2011The author learns shersquoll be per983142orming in PRELUDE with Half StraddleShe is ecstatic She arrives late to work and listens to a voicemail

Hi Eliza Frank Hentscher from the Segal Center Call me back aboutinterviewing someone for one of our programs Also will we see you atPRELUDE Hope so ciao

The author returns Frankrsquos call

FH HalloEB Hi Frank itrsquos Eliza Bent from American Theatre magazine

They discuss the interview which has nothing to do with PRELUDE

FH Ah very good So will I see you at PRELUDEEB Yeah Thatrsquos me on the posterFH What Who are youEB Irsquom Eliza Bent Irsquom per983142orming in Seagull Irsquom on the posterFH Ah that is youEB YeahFH Yoursquore a cover girl Who are you Which oneEB Irsquom wearing the red lipstick

FH Ah Ha ha You look different So you will do Seagull at the SegalCenter Ha haEB Ha ha

At the per983142ormance there are Styrofoam benches in the gallery spaceand itrsquos a mad house The author rolls along on a skate board observingthe huge windows on the street where onlookers who couldnrsquot squeezein watch Itrsquos super fun Shersquos relieved she doesnrsquot fall off the skateboard

At the after par983156y Frank lifts up Becca Blackwell on the dance floor It isEpic

(Above from L) Beowulf ndash A Thousand Years of Baggage by Banana Bag amp Bodice at PRELUDE 08 Spotligh t Japan

The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

P

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

BONNIE MARRANCA Over the last decade the Mar983156in E SegalTheatre Centerrsquos PRELUDE program hasbeen a highlight of the star983156 of each theatreseason Its guests read like a Whorsquos Who ofdowntown theatre with an ever-expandingfield of vision PRELUDE brings togethercompanies writers directors presenterscritics and curators for afternoons or

evenings of intelligent conversationabout new work and impor983156ant current topics such as the growingintersection of theatre and per983142ormance ar983156 and the focus on processThere are also previews of productions and plays for the upcomingseason with presentations by ar983156ists of their work and ar983156istic processOn occasion there are spotlights on the work of countries abroad suchas Poland and Korea underlining the Segal Centerrsquos global outreachWhat is exceptionally valuable is the cross-generational cross-mediacamaraderie that occurs among ar983156ists and in which the public isinvited to share at the many events offered Under the far-sightedprogramming of its executive director Frank Hentschker PRELUDEhas evolved as a lively center of serious engagement with the broadspectrum of per983142ormance and writing offered by the most innovativethinkers working today in theatre in New York

ANNIE983085B PARSON We in the theater need our seasonal rituals just like all tribes and PRELUDE has become just that for me Each Fall for a decadeI par983156icipate in and cherish our autumnalharvest festival called PRELUDE Theoperating principle of Prelude is works stillin process and in framing it as such theaudience is both forgiving of the chaff anddesirous of the wheat Therefore since itsinception I have shown unfinished workpresenting something with an implied sign

ldquowarning wet paintrdquo

Under the passionate curious eyes of Frank Hentschker we showwhat we have been doing in rehearsal to the people he gathers thecongregants of our strange church per983142ect for our needs at thatmoment We donrsquot know what we have when we present it and yetwe leave in a different phase of the work pushing towards somefinal version Itrsquos always nerve- wracking as hell one of the requiredindignities of our business to show what we have not completedCuration is not shoppingmdashit isnrsquot- picking this and not picking that It isa rendering of many materials into a community of work Frank andhis curators including Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons through theirgood juju and true understanding of the inner workings of the clocksof new material have nur983156ured audiences to smar983156ly observe workin gestational form These talented curators cluster and shape anevent coaxing the bevy of works to behave in a context of the ldquohandmaderdquo where failure is a given a familiar old friend par983156 of the show

Without that old friend nothing would ever get righted We see it inothersrsquo work too and it reminds us that we the lot of us are cynicsquestioning everything and we have to do it in front of each otherThere is no other way Process is the grammar of PRELUDE Everyonethere knows it And amid the autumnal cornucopia of small successesand larger failures we say togetherAmen

(Above) Comme Toujours Here I Stand by Big Dance Theater at PRELUDE 08

(Below) Joseph Beuys in NYC by Jackson Pollock Bar at PRELUDE 11

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ldquoSee you at the lsquoLude duderdquo

Over the years the structure and thinking behind PRELUDE has slowly

dawned on me and its influence and impor983156ance Itrsquos where all the thinkersare But therersquos no snobbery about it And there is no place setting forcompetition Itrsquos a char983156ing out and a confirmation of the ways in whichwe are cooperating When you go you canrsquot help but care about whatrsquoshappening there Everyone who goes is par983156icipating Every time I go I get

butter983142lies and also a (lsquorisingrsquo) feeling in my chest Itrsquos a chance to check inwith the exaltation par983156 of being human and it helps put the daily grind-typear983156ist concerns in their proper perspective for the progressing year

Itrsquos been 10 YEARS

My first time Irsquoll never forget It was while I was still deliriously crazing myway through the CUNY Brooklyn College MFA program so that would havebeen sometime between 2004 and 2007 Sarah Benson was curatingat that time I remember showing up at the very dignified CUNY GraduateCenter and basically camping out for the entire festival just attending oneevent after another and feeling completely invigorated the whole time mybrain and hear983156 singing together in harmony There was so much to talkabout and everyone was really talking and discussing everything we wereseeing So many ideas at work and so much freshness and in this beautiful

setting - not in a dark basement or a late night black box on the outskir983156s -and yet with such a blessed lack of marketing or hype-hype

I couldnrsquot believe how much was going on and how much I loved everythingthat I saw all the per983142ormances all the writing how much it seemed to applyto me and how much it meant to me to see that work being presented insuch a lsquolegitimatersquo setting It was an affirmation of the community we havehere and continues to be every year Not the kind of community that islsquofosteredrsquo but a real gathering of tribes that reminds me in a very concretepalpable way that we are all working something together even if we are inseparate processes and applying for the same grants

In the years since I star983156ed my yearly migration to the lsquoLude Irsquove been

honored to be asked to sit on a panel or two and have also seen someof my own work per983142ormed there Which is a thrill But itrsquos really just aswonder983142ul to get to go as an audience member and par983156ake When yoursquovegot something happening at the lsquoLude you donrsquot get to see as much ofother stuff Either way I want to grow old at and with the PRELUDE FestivalHerersquos to ten more of another ten years

SIBYL KEMPSON

Ten years on looking back at PRELUDE

As theater editor and chief drama critic for a weekly magazine (andits online version) I write brief reviews and occasional news items forgeneral audience My readers are a mix of theater ar983156ists fans touristsacademics and savvy culture vultures Itrsquos a restless motley audiencewith diverse needs One thingrsquos for sure my writing is not aimed atavant-garde specialists I canrsquot issue windy manifestoes or theoretical

proclamations without alienating my basemdashor simply irritating itMoreover Irsquom deeply invested in the evaluative and interpretativedimension of criticism My reviews are not above saying whether I likeor dislike whether itrsquos wor983156hy or a waste of time And yes we use astar-rating system Pretentious bloggers and snobby dramaturgsmdashasdisgusted by the media as they are ignorant of its workingsmdasheagerlypoint out that Irsquom no Herber983156 Blau or Richard Gilman Very true WhatI can be though is a conduit between a larger audience and rarefiedcontemporary practices I can try to translate the jargon of academiainto vibrant persuasive language to help a spectator appreciatean event In New York alone the experimental-theater world hasundergone profound changes in the decade since PRELUDE beganconvening panels and presenting works in progress Among the variousphenomena Irsquove noticed through PRELUDE (some of which date back to1960s and rsquo70s) relational aesthetics as play postdramatic stagingopera-theater hybrids digital and mixed-media dramaturgy historicalmeta-(mis)representation and the fascinating range of textualstrategies in new plays that range from found text to Internet-agepoetics

Thatrsquos where the great value of PRELUDE comes in Year after year itoffers a panoramic view of the creative processes of young (and not-so-young) ar983156ists and theorists It demonstrates the variety and ferment ofthe theatrical avant-garde constantly evolving and reacting As a criticand commentator PRELUDE goads me to ask myself How do I write

about this work

DAVID COTE

(Below and oppsite)This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05

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2012The author sits at work and gets a cryptic email asking what she isworking onShe mentions a show about wizards which gets scheduled for PRELUDEShe is ecstatic But also terrified Her collaborator is doing another showand the piece which requires an audience is rehearsed in a frenzy at herapt This isnrsquot what being a real ar983156ist was supposed to be she thinksldquo Black Wizard Blue Wizardrdquo is par983156 of Songspiel Itrsquos another madhouse

but no Styrofoam A line stretches out the door to the lobby The author isfilled with excitement and fear She returns to her improvisational rootschatting casuallymdashand in costumemdashwith the people in line She hears hercue and enters the theatre It is deliriously fun

ELIZA BENT

2007-2009The author sits at work and receives a press release about the PRELUDEfestival It looks cool and she pours over the program The ar983156ists whosenames she recognizes she loves The ar983156ists shersquos unfamiliar with wellshersquod better get to know She attends and is enraptured

2010The author sits at work She is now technically a playwright in addition to

being a sometimes-actor She receives the PRELUDE press release andis deeply envious of everyone involved She looks in the mirror to see ifshersquos turned green She has not but vows to work harder and to one daybe a real ar983156ist

2011The author learns shersquoll be per983142orming in PRELUDE with Half StraddleShe is ecstatic She arrives late to work and listens to a voicemail

Hi Eliza Frank Hentscher from the Segal Center Call me back aboutinterviewing someone for one of our programs Also will we see you atPRELUDE Hope so ciao

The author returns Frankrsquos call

FH HalloEB Hi Frank itrsquos Eliza Bent from American Theatre magazine

They discuss the interview which has nothing to do with PRELUDE

FH Ah very good So will I see you at PRELUDEEB Yeah Thatrsquos me on the posterFH What Who are youEB Irsquom Eliza Bent Irsquom per983142orming in Seagull Irsquom on the posterFH Ah that is youEB YeahFH Yoursquore a cover girl Who are you Which oneEB Irsquom wearing the red lipstick

FH Ah Ha ha You look different So you will do Seagull at the SegalCenter Ha haEB Ha ha

At the per983142ormance there are Styrofoam benches in the gallery spaceand itrsquos a mad house The author rolls along on a skate board observingthe huge windows on the street where onlookers who couldnrsquot squeezein watch Itrsquos super fun Shersquos relieved she doesnrsquot fall off the skateboard

At the after par983156y Frank lifts up Becca Blackwell on the dance floor It isEpic

(Above from L) Beowulf ndash A Thousand Years of Baggage by Banana Bag amp Bodice at PRELUDE 08 Spotligh t Japan

The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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ldquoSee you at the lsquoLude duderdquo

Over the years the structure and thinking behind PRELUDE has slowly

dawned on me and its influence and impor983156ance Itrsquos where all the thinkersare But therersquos no snobbery about it And there is no place setting forcompetition Itrsquos a char983156ing out and a confirmation of the ways in whichwe are cooperating When you go you canrsquot help but care about whatrsquoshappening there Everyone who goes is par983156icipating Every time I go I get

butter983142lies and also a (lsquorisingrsquo) feeling in my chest Itrsquos a chance to check inwith the exaltation par983156 of being human and it helps put the daily grind-typear983156ist concerns in their proper perspective for the progressing year

Itrsquos been 10 YEARS

My first time Irsquoll never forget It was while I was still deliriously crazing myway through the CUNY Brooklyn College MFA program so that would havebeen sometime between 2004 and 2007 Sarah Benson was curatingat that time I remember showing up at the very dignified CUNY GraduateCenter and basically camping out for the entire festival just attending oneevent after another and feeling completely invigorated the whole time mybrain and hear983156 singing together in harmony There was so much to talkabout and everyone was really talking and discussing everything we wereseeing So many ideas at work and so much freshness and in this beautiful

setting - not in a dark basement or a late night black box on the outskir983156s -and yet with such a blessed lack of marketing or hype-hype

I couldnrsquot believe how much was going on and how much I loved everythingthat I saw all the per983142ormances all the writing how much it seemed to applyto me and how much it meant to me to see that work being presented insuch a lsquolegitimatersquo setting It was an affirmation of the community we havehere and continues to be every year Not the kind of community that islsquofosteredrsquo but a real gathering of tribes that reminds me in a very concretepalpable way that we are all working something together even if we are inseparate processes and applying for the same grants

In the years since I star983156ed my yearly migration to the lsquoLude Irsquove been

honored to be asked to sit on a panel or two and have also seen someof my own work per983142ormed there Which is a thrill But itrsquos really just aswonder983142ul to get to go as an audience member and par983156ake When yoursquovegot something happening at the lsquoLude you donrsquot get to see as much ofother stuff Either way I want to grow old at and with the PRELUDE FestivalHerersquos to ten more of another ten years

SIBYL KEMPSON

Ten years on looking back at PRELUDE

As theater editor and chief drama critic for a weekly magazine (andits online version) I write brief reviews and occasional news items forgeneral audience My readers are a mix of theater ar983156ists fans touristsacademics and savvy culture vultures Itrsquos a restless motley audiencewith diverse needs One thingrsquos for sure my writing is not aimed atavant-garde specialists I canrsquot issue windy manifestoes or theoretical

proclamations without alienating my basemdashor simply irritating itMoreover Irsquom deeply invested in the evaluative and interpretativedimension of criticism My reviews are not above saying whether I likeor dislike whether itrsquos wor983156hy or a waste of time And yes we use astar-rating system Pretentious bloggers and snobby dramaturgsmdashasdisgusted by the media as they are ignorant of its workingsmdasheagerlypoint out that Irsquom no Herber983156 Blau or Richard Gilman Very true WhatI can be though is a conduit between a larger audience and rarefiedcontemporary practices I can try to translate the jargon of academiainto vibrant persuasive language to help a spectator appreciatean event In New York alone the experimental-theater world hasundergone profound changes in the decade since PRELUDE beganconvening panels and presenting works in progress Among the variousphenomena Irsquove noticed through PRELUDE (some of which date back to1960s and rsquo70s) relational aesthetics as play postdramatic stagingopera-theater hybrids digital and mixed-media dramaturgy historicalmeta-(mis)representation and the fascinating range of textualstrategies in new plays that range from found text to Internet-agepoetics

Thatrsquos where the great value of PRELUDE comes in Year after year itoffers a panoramic view of the creative processes of young (and not-so-young) ar983156ists and theorists It demonstrates the variety and ferment ofthe theatrical avant-garde constantly evolving and reacting As a criticand commentator PRELUDE goads me to ask myself How do I write

about this work

DAVID COTE

(Below and oppsite)This Place is a Deser983156 directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 05

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2012The author sits at work and gets a cryptic email asking what she isworking onShe mentions a show about wizards which gets scheduled for PRELUDEShe is ecstatic But also terrified Her collaborator is doing another showand the piece which requires an audience is rehearsed in a frenzy at herapt This isnrsquot what being a real ar983156ist was supposed to be she thinksldquo Black Wizard Blue Wizardrdquo is par983156 of Songspiel Itrsquos another madhouse

but no Styrofoam A line stretches out the door to the lobby The author isfilled with excitement and fear She returns to her improvisational rootschatting casuallymdashand in costumemdashwith the people in line She hears hercue and enters the theatre It is deliriously fun

ELIZA BENT

2007-2009The author sits at work and receives a press release about the PRELUDEfestival It looks cool and she pours over the program The ar983156ists whosenames she recognizes she loves The ar983156ists shersquos unfamiliar with wellshersquod better get to know She attends and is enraptured

2010The author sits at work She is now technically a playwright in addition to

being a sometimes-actor She receives the PRELUDE press release andis deeply envious of everyone involved She looks in the mirror to see ifshersquos turned green She has not but vows to work harder and to one daybe a real ar983156ist

2011The author learns shersquoll be per983142orming in PRELUDE with Half StraddleShe is ecstatic She arrives late to work and listens to a voicemail

Hi Eliza Frank Hentscher from the Segal Center Call me back aboutinterviewing someone for one of our programs Also will we see you atPRELUDE Hope so ciao

The author returns Frankrsquos call

FH HalloEB Hi Frank itrsquos Eliza Bent from American Theatre magazine

They discuss the interview which has nothing to do with PRELUDE

FH Ah very good So will I see you at PRELUDEEB Yeah Thatrsquos me on the posterFH What Who are youEB Irsquom Eliza Bent Irsquom per983142orming in Seagull Irsquom on the posterFH Ah that is youEB YeahFH Yoursquore a cover girl Who are you Which oneEB Irsquom wearing the red lipstick

FH Ah Ha ha You look different So you will do Seagull at the SegalCenter Ha haEB Ha ha

At the per983142ormance there are Styrofoam benches in the gallery spaceand itrsquos a mad house The author rolls along on a skate board observingthe huge windows on the street where onlookers who couldnrsquot squeezein watch Itrsquos super fun Shersquos relieved she doesnrsquot fall off the skateboard

At the after par983156y Frank lifts up Becca Blackwell on the dance floor It isEpic

(Above from L) Beowulf ndash A Thousand Years of Baggage by Banana Bag amp Bodice at PRELUDE 08 Spotligh t Japan

The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

P

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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2012The author sits at work and gets a cryptic email asking what she isworking onShe mentions a show about wizards which gets scheduled for PRELUDEShe is ecstatic But also terrified Her collaborator is doing another showand the piece which requires an audience is rehearsed in a frenzy at herapt This isnrsquot what being a real ar983156ist was supposed to be she thinksldquo Black Wizard Blue Wizardrdquo is par983156 of Songspiel Itrsquos another madhouse

but no Styrofoam A line stretches out the door to the lobby The author isfilled with excitement and fear She returns to her improvisational rootschatting casuallymdashand in costumemdashwith the people in line She hears hercue and enters the theatre It is deliriously fun

ELIZA BENT

2007-2009The author sits at work and receives a press release about the PRELUDEfestival It looks cool and she pours over the program The ar983156ists whosenames she recognizes she loves The ar983156ists shersquos unfamiliar with wellshersquod better get to know She attends and is enraptured

2010The author sits at work She is now technically a playwright in addition to

being a sometimes-actor She receives the PRELUDE press release andis deeply envious of everyone involved She looks in the mirror to see ifshersquos turned green She has not but vows to work harder and to one daybe a real ar983156ist

2011The author learns shersquoll be per983142orming in PRELUDE with Half StraddleShe is ecstatic She arrives late to work and listens to a voicemail

Hi Eliza Frank Hentscher from the Segal Center Call me back aboutinterviewing someone for one of our programs Also will we see you atPRELUDE Hope so ciao

The author returns Frankrsquos call

FH HalloEB Hi Frank itrsquos Eliza Bent from American Theatre magazine

They discuss the interview which has nothing to do with PRELUDE

FH Ah very good So will I see you at PRELUDEEB Yeah Thatrsquos me on the posterFH What Who are youEB Irsquom Eliza Bent Irsquom per983142orming in Seagull Irsquom on the posterFH Ah that is youEB YeahFH Yoursquore a cover girl Who are you Which oneEB Irsquom wearing the red lipstick

FH Ah Ha ha You look different So you will do Seagull at the SegalCenter Ha haEB Ha ha

At the per983142ormance there are Styrofoam benches in the gallery spaceand itrsquos a mad house The author rolls along on a skate board observingthe huge windows on the street where onlookers who couldnrsquot squeezein watch Itrsquos super fun Shersquos relieved she doesnrsquot fall off the skateboard

At the after par983156y Frank lifts up Becca Blackwell on the dance floor It isEpic

(Above from L) Beowulf ndash A Thousand Years of Baggage by Banana Bag amp Bodice at PRELUDE 08 Spotligh t Japan

The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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p g 58 -6 3 Julieta Cervantes 2006

p g 64 -6 9 Julien Jourdes 2007

p g 70 -7 9 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

p g 80 -8 9 Justin Bernhaut 2009p g 90 -9 7 Justin Bernhaut 2010

p g 99 -1 05 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg106-115 Jul ieta Cervantes 2012

p g 10 2 Claire Bishop Cour983156esy of the ar983156ist

pg116-125 Jul ieta Cervantes 2013

pg126 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg127 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg129 Irina Rozovsky 2011

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

TOM SELLAR

New York City in the 21st Century is not Greenwich Village 1963

It is not SoHo in the 1970s or Loisada in the 1980s There is no

single neighborhood calling to seekers of aesthetic political or

sexual revelation There is no center no haven no focal point to the

per983142ormance worldmdashperhaps understandably given the diversities

embedded within it today

This is what I simultaneously revere and mourn in our theater

community spread as it is across disparate par983156s of a dense city

separated by rivers and train lines and by less conspicuous barriers of

society real estate and outmoded disciplinary thinking Keeping up with

progressive thinkers and theater-makers in this town means putting

on a good pair of sneakers and criss-crossing the boroughs to locate

and join the innovators in their hideouts in garages and community

centers makeshift studios in corners claimed in schools and parks in

living rooms and parking lots and on rooftops And of course in actual

theaters and galleries and ar983156 houses Everyone finds their own thread

of readings workshops per983142ormances openings par983156iesmdashand the

weave can be rich and beautiful

What we often lack in this continuously expanding metropolitan

constellation however is any sense of a public to address Or the

feeling of belonging to a cohesive common cause For the past decade

PRELUDE has offered a glimpse of both For a few days each year the

map is condensed and this far-flung geography is reduced to a human

scale

For me PRELUDE is an improbable convergence and a foreshadowingWe convene at the cityrsquos centermost point in the shadow of the Empire

Statersquos great capitalist spire to share a building and a headspace We

reflect on the season about to set off a big-bang of the calendar and

of the mind which will soon send us reeling and keep us in continuous

movement across the urban sprawl through the maze in search of

the next piece of the whole For now though we come together for an

experience of communitymdashtemporary and provisional but palpablemdashto

sustain another year of living apar983156

(Above from top) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11 Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanella and

Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

THE CURATORS

HELEN SHAW

At the end of PRELUDE12 my co-curator Caleb and I were a little worried

that we had broken CUNY We had stuffed over 50 per983142ormances into a

festival that usually had two dozen at one point during one of the raucousGershwin cabarets Bridget Everett had picked Frank Hentschker up

bodily and borne him away for some unspeakable serenade And yet we

had also seen Frank wrestle an actor nearly to the death during a Sibyl

Kempson piece (so we knew he was resilient) and everywhere we turned

we saw happy fascinated still-game faces In my two years at PRELUDE

it dawned on me that this was exactly the magic of a festival dedicated to

the snippet the trailer the sneak-peek the process Give us our theatrical

overload in bite-size snippets and we can eat and eat while never feeling

full

In the years I was coming to PRELUDE as a critic and theatergoer I always

left feeling inspired But after seeing it from the insidemdashseeing the insane

commitment from Frank and the Segal and CUNY seeing the ego-less

delight ar983156ists find in one anotherrsquos creations I have found inspiration on

a completely different level My private (now public) hope is that PRELUDE

is recreated elsewhere that other campuses and theaters realize how a

festival so blissfully free from commercial and critical concerns serves its

ar983156-making community

(Above) Seagull (Thinking of you) directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 11 (L) Aoi an adaptation of YukioMishimarsquos The Lady Aoi directed by Kameron SteeleThe SouthWing at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) Spotlight Japan Auto-Da-Fe by Matasaka Matsudaand Josh FoxInternational WOW Company at PRELUDE 07

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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Drawings by Michael Ar983156hur 2008

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

ANDY HORWITZ

ON PRELUDE

My first PRELUDE Festival experience was in 2005 and it is still one of myfavorites

Nature Theater of Oklahoma showed a draft of ldquoPoeticsrdquo Jay ScheibRichard Maxwell Mac Wellman and NTUSA all gave us glimpses into

their process I saw what is still my favorite incarnation of Young JeanLeersquos ldquoSongs Of The Dragons Flying To Heavenrdquo a staged reading in theElebashI couldnrsquot ar983156iculate it at the time but I came to believe that there areseveral factors at work that make PRELUDE so special First is thatthe festival is all works-in-progress so therersquos no pressure to per983142ormSecond is that it is the only time all year where everyone can get togetherin an environment that is both social and focused on the work where thewhole community is free from the pressures of the marketplace to justdo the thing we love ndash make and watch and talk about theater And thendrink

When Frank Hentschker offered Geoffrey Jackson Scott and me the

oppor983156unity to follow Sarah Benson as co-curators of PRELUDE I washonored Since launching Culturebotorg in December 2003 I hadinhabited this peculiar precarious liminal space between administratorproducer critic scholar and sometime ar983156ist PRELUDE was where it allcame together for me in both theory and practice PRELUDE was whereI star983156ed to think of curating and criticism as creative practices untothemselves and it was my first canvas I have always been of the opinionthat you look for the ar983156ists and collaborators who interest you who piqueyour imagination with their perspective and questions put them togetherand see what you can learn from the unexpected juxtapositions PRELUDEwas the first time I got to really experiment with that and I think it wassuccessful

In 2007 I was lucky to have Geoffrey as a co-curator as we stumbledthrough that first year It turned out well but it was a steep learningcurve In 2008 Frank Geoffrey and I star983156ed to come up with ideas ndash likebringing Morgan on as festival dramaturg - that pushed the festival to thenext level conceptually but required more resources We were for983156unateto find a great group of collaborators including Rebecca Sheahan AllisonLyman and Kimon Keramides who were willing to dedicate immeasurableamounts of time and energy to the project

Every year I come back to PRELUDE excited to see what the new curatorshave done who the new ar983156ists are and what new ideas aesthetics andinterrogations are on everyonersquos minds And every year I come backto see Frank and marvel at the work hersquos doing tirelessly year in andyear out One of Frankrsquos unique talents is his ability to create a spacewhere academics ar983156ists and audiences come together in curious andmutually respectful conversation The programming at the Segal Center is

evidence of that but the PRELUDE Festival is Frankrsquos enduring gift to ourcommunity And having been a PRELUDE curator has continued to be oneof my most treasured gifts

(R) Schmoetics (A Poetics Talk by Tina Satter) by Tina SatterHalf Straddle at PRELUDE 12

(Below) War Lesbian directed by KristineHaruna Lee at PRELUDE 12

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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Drawings by Michael Ar983156hur 2008

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THE ARTISTS amp CURATORS

GEOFFREY JACKSON SCOTT

PRELUDE Piece

The Beginning

My relationship with PRELUDE began sometime around lsquo05 or lsquo06as a member of the audience The festival was my orientation to

the contemporary per983142ormance scene in NYC Irsquod recently moved out

from Chicago to take a fellowship in literary management at New York

Theatre Workshop (NYTW) In that role my everyday was all about new

plays and playwrightsPRELUDE was something different entirely Night after night my sense

of what was possible for theatre grew And this is coming from a guy

whose training was pretty traditional you know Like a real well-madeplay kind of mindset PRELUDE exploded that and I was --and am--

forever grateful for that push into new directions

The Middle

When Frank invited me to curate the festival alongside Andy it was

a pretty crazy ask Here I was this guy whose mind had only recently

been blown being offered an oppor983156unity to paint a picture of the fieldon what was to me a MAJOR canvas That first year at bat--2007--Irsquom

gonna skip over that I was still finding my sea legs and figuring out

what I might have to add to a pretty robust conversation Basically thatfirst year I was winging it But by 2008 with a strong assist from Andy

and later Morgan I learned where Irsquod personally gone wrong in 2007

At that time I thought PRELUDE was about making statements when it

was really about asking questions--it wanted to be a dialogue and not amonologue

The questions in 2008 were about the par983156icular per983142ormance ecology

of NY and also the distance between the ldquoper983142ormingrdquo ar983156s and the

ldquovisualrdquo We juxtaposed the work of theatre ar983156ists theatre ar983156 againstthe work of visual ar983156ists visual ar983156 to see what there was to see-

to explore the differences similarities traditions and to ask why

things like difference even mattered and to whom For me personallyit was a year of questioning my place in the field and coming to an

understanding that as much as I cared about the ar983156 I cared as much--if

not more--about the audience So yeah in 2008 the audience and the

audience experience the sense that ar983156 of any stripe is an utterance--aspeech act in search of a receiver--came to the fore Itrsquos also the year

that Helen Shaw called me a ldquoper983142ormance studies eggheadrdquo in print

At the time I had no f-ing clue what that meant

The End

Frank believed strongly in term limits--a feeling I inherited from him Be

warned Ar983156istic Directors--so to be invited back in 2009 was a gift cuz I was

set to wrap after year two in 2008 At the star983156 Frank was like ldquoWho haveyou always wanted to curate into PRELUDErdquo And without hesitation I

replied ldquoMarina Abramovicrdquo Thatrsquos pretty much how we ended up on a path

to get Marina and Klaus into the festival She brought along her documentary

crew and so cameras were EVERYWHERE We were experimenting withlivestreaming things that year too--and may have star983156ed this the year before

when we also dabbled in Second Life--and I remember the film crew knocked

my camera to the ground effectively killing the livestream and pissing off folkswho were watching from wherever It was so crazy

The whole festival as a platform grew like mad that year too Some of the

things I was interested in working against--the festival as a commercial-

necessarily came back but on the whole it was a great great way to goout Anybody remember that panel discussion helmed by Claire Bishop and

featuring David Levine Aaron Landsman Bruce HIgh Quality Foundation and

Marina Remember when Marina whispered something to David - about

needing to get to dinner I think - and just got up and walked off the stage and

out of the room Haha Yeah 2009 was a great yearThough my formal relationship with PRELUDE ended in 2009 the effects of my

time with the festival continue on I continue on in that mode of research anddiscovery and the asking of questions that first sparked in PRELUDE08 And

I continue on thinking from the audience position in my current role as Director

New Play Development at Victory Gardens in Chicago That gig is all about

public programming--developing the public conversation around the work--andsussing out the institution ldquoplaysrdquo within the context of the city the nation the

world In a very real sense bridging the worlds of ar983156 and public life--which is

par983156 of what we were up to in those years--burns on in me even today

So PRELUDE Yeah that shit was crazy Where to next

(opposite) Dream of the Red Chamber directed by Jim Findlay at PRELUDE 13

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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TEN YEARS

of

PRELUDE2003-2013

(Above) Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins Temporary Distor983156ion at PRELUDE08

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L UDE 0 3

(From top) Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper Nature Theater of Oklahoma Chautauqua by the NationalTheater of the United States of America at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 03

This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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pg31 Irina Rozovsky 2011

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L Rachel Rober983156s 2008

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Julien Jourdes 2007

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L Julien Jourdes 2007

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Rachel Rober983156s 2008

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pg51 Julieta Cervantes 2006

pg52-57 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg55 Sarah Benson Frank Hentschker

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p g 80 -8 9 Justin Bernhaut 2009p g 90 -9 7 Justin Bernhaut 2010

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pg116-125 Jul ieta Cervantes 2013

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This QR code will take you directly to thePRELUDE digital archive of that year

A New York first---the magnificent pre-season celebration of some ofthe best theatre that New York City has to offer the PRELUDE weekendwill provide a forum that exemplifies the diverse work being produced bymembers of New Yorkrsquos distinctive non-profit Off-Broadway communityThe Graduate Center will host 16 member companies of the Alliance ofResident Theatres New York providing New York students faculty andteachers theatre professionals and theatre-goers a first look at the

eclectic work being developed for the upcoming 2003-04 season andbeyond

Inspired by Washington DCrsquos Kennedy Center program Journey fromPage to Stage the PRELUDE to Off-Broadway weekend will includereadings of new plays sample rehearsals and process workshop aswell as a series of panel discussions Many of the presentations will befollowed by discussion Audience members will have a rare chance to seeplays in the early stages of development and ar983156istic directors will have achance to talk about their developmental process in front of the audience

and colleagues

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Illuminating 30 Years of Not for Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Lisa Stevenson (Alliance of Resident Theatres New York)

Fringe and Mainstream Closer Than You ThinkModerator Jim Hor983156on (Castillo Theatre)

A Dialogue Between Off And Off-Off Broadway Ar983156istic Directors And AGroup Of Emerging Theatre Ar983156istsModerator Daniel Talbot (Rising Phoenix Rep)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Leah Nanako Winkler in Work Hard Play Harder a manifesto by a next generation theatre maker directed by LeahNanako WinklerEverywhere Theatre Group at PRELUDE 12

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Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L UDE 0 4

Illuminating the History of Not-for-Profit Off Broadway TheatreModerator Ellen Stewar983156 (La MaMa ETC)

How to Know Where to GoAlternative Strategies for New York Theatre Companies to Get Their Work Noticed

New York Theatre Companies and International Theatre

DISCUSSIONS

(Above) Oh What War directed by Mallory CatlettJuggernaut Theatre Co at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

P

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L UDE 0 5

(Above) Dead City by Sheila CallaghanNew Georges (L) Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour(Below) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee All atPRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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PRELUDE 05

PRELUDE lsquo05 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2005-06 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo05gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process ofcontemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

NYC Theatre Within a Global ContextModeratorDavid Cote (Time Out New York)Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Radiohole) Vallejo Gantner (PS122) John Jesurn

Paul Lazar (Big Dance Theater)

and Marianne Weems (The Builders Association)

DISCUSSIONS

(R) Sarah Benson curator of PRELUDE 05 (Below) Peninsula directedby Madelyn Kent at PRELUDE 05

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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PRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the DragonsFlying to Heaven directed byYoung Jean Lee at PRELUDE05(L amp below) Todd DrsquoAmour in

Stanley by Lisa DrsquoAmour All atPRELUDE 05

(Above) Songs of the Dragons Flying toHeaven directed by Young Jean Lee (R) Susie Sokol in a monologue directedby John CollinsElevator Repair Service(Below) Black-Eyed Susan and JasonLee in The Woman Who Loved too

Much directed by John Jesurun All atPRELUDE 05

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

P

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L UDE 0 6

(L) Adventures of Charcoal Boy by Eric NovakSarah ProvostElyas

Khan (Below)10 Plates by ExPGirl and CUNY doctoral students intheatre Both at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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PRELUDE 06

PRELUDE rsquo06 brings together some of New Yorkrsquos most distinctivecontemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies to par983156icipate in the four983156hannual festival and symposium featuring per983142ormances readings studiopresentations and open rehearsals with a focus on work in progress forthe 2007-07 season and beyond PRELUDE 06 gives audience the rarechance to see the upcoming work of New Yorkrsquos most exciting theatrein one place and to experience the developmental process of the cityrsquos

best contemporary theatre ar983156ists and companies All per983142ormances andpresentations will be followed by informal talk-backs with the ar983156ists

Curated by Sarah Benson and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Theatre and the CityFocusing How the City Reflects and Refracts New York TheatreModeratorsYoung Jean Lee (playwright) and Rangy Gener (The American Theatre)Par983156icipantsGregory Mosher(Columbia University) Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE Ar983156 Center)

Mark Russel (Producer UNDER THE RADAR) Maria Goyanesand Rob Handel (13 Playwrights)

DISCUSSIONS

(Below) Pieces of David Greenspanrsquos adaptation of Aristotlersquos Poetics and TMTrsquos adaptation of The Symposium by TargetMargin Theater at PRELUDE 06

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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PRELUDE 06

(L from top) The Grand Kindness by AmberReed presented by Joyce Cho Panel NYCCriticsBloggers with David Cote Steve Luberand others Both at PRELUDE 06

(R) Gone a work in progress by CharlesMee Jr at PRELUDE 06

(Above) from L) The Whole Story and Nothing Butt by Collapsable Giraffe atPRELUDE 06 Gone a work in progress by Charles Mee Jr at PRELUDE 06(Below) Marian Seldes in a reading of several scenes of a new untitled play by WillEno Both at PRELUDE 06

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

P

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L UDE 0 7

(Above) A vidoetalk on the subject of the practice ofchoreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatreat PRELUDE 07 (R)The Americas Trilogy by LuciditySuitcase Intercontinental at PRELUDE 07

(Below)Red FlyBlue Bottle by Christina Campanellaand Stephanie Fleischmann at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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PRELUDE 07

PRELUDE lsquo07 is a mini-festival celebrating and discussing the very bestof new and unconventional theatre being created by NYC-based theatrear983156ists and companies The event features over 20 shor983156 per983142ormancesreadings open rehearsals and talkbacks ndash with a focus on works inprogress for the upcoming 2007-08 season and beyond PRELUDE rsquo07gives audiences the rare chance to see the work of NYCrsquos most excitingtheatre in one place and to experience the developmental process of

contemporary NYC theatre ar983156ists

Curated by Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank Hentschker

Associate Producer Meg Araneo Production Assistant Ruth Eglsaer

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

Uptown DowntownModeratorDavid CotePar983156icipantsSarah Benson Adam Bock Jim Nicola and Alex Timbers

Playwright vs TextModeratorBrook StowePar983156icipantsMadeleine George Richard Nelson Eric Dyer and Mac Wellman

DowntownRaceModeratorJason GrotePar983156icipantsJames Scruggs Thomas Bradshaw David Henry Hwang and Melanie Joseph

New DramaturgyNew YorkPar983156icipantsMorgan Jenness Kristin Mar983156ing and Norman Frisch

DISCUSSIONS

(L) Uchino Tadashi co-curator of Spotlight Japan and ToshikiOkada in post per983142ormance discussion at PRELUDE 07(Below) A Spotlight Japan post per983142ormance discussion withFrank Hentschker Uchino Tadashi co-curator playwrightsToshiki Okada Mikuni Yanaihara and Masataka Matsudaand others at PRELUDE 07(Opposite) The Worshipped Or Wreck of the Dictators byRachel Shuker983156Bushwick Hotel at PRELUDE 07

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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PRELUDE 07

(Above from L to R from top to buttom) A videotalk on the subject of the practice of choreography by Annie-B ParsonBig Dance Theatre at PRELUDE 07 Kameron Steele Josh Fox Kate Loewald ar983156istic director of the Play Company JasonGrote Melanie Joseph David Henry Hwang James Scruggs in the Panel DowntoenRace at PRELUDE 07(Below from top )Segal staff at PRELUDE 07 I Used To Be Curi ous (Loud ) by 31 Down at PRELUDE 07

(Above) Sherru Zahad And Her Arabian Knights directed by Yvan GreenbergLaboratory Theater at PRELUDE 07 (Below) Spotlight Japan The Blue Bird by Mikuni Yanaihara and Dan SaferWitness Relocation at PRELUDE 07

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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Drawings by Michael Ar983156hur 2008

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P R E L UDE 0 8

(Above from top) Andrew Schneider in CHN01 directed by Andrew Schneider Adam Lerman Megan Tusing andIlan Bachrach in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by Jamie PetersonThe Paper Industry Chautauqua by The NationalTheater of the United States of America All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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PRELUDE 08

Between White Cubes and Black Boxes Per983142ormance Place amp ContextModeratorAndy Horwitz and Geoffrey Jackson Scott (PRELUDE Curators)Par983156icipantsRaul Vincent Enriquez (Ar983156ist)

Bonnie Marranca (co-founderEditor PAJ A Journal of Per983142ormance and Ar983156) Paul Lazar (Co-Ar983156istic Director Big Dance Theater) Debra Singer (Executive Director and Chief Curator The Kitchen) RoseLee Goldberg (founder Per983142orma author)

Producing Meaning New Media Technology amp the Role of DramaturgyModerator Peter Von Salis (Dramaturg)Par983156icipants Marianne Weems (Ar983156istic Director The Builderrsquos Association)

Jay Scheib (Director) Victor Weinstock (DirectorDramaturg) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging

Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center) Mallory Catlett DirectorDramaturg

Surreal Estate Ar983156ists Urban Development amp the Future of New YorkModerator Jennifer Wright Cook (Executive Director The Field)Par983156icipants Yehuda Duenyas (Founding Member of NTUSA)

Rober983156 Elmes (Founder of Galapagos) Zannah Mass (Cultural Affairs Director Two Trees Management) Teresa Vasquez (Non-Profit Dest NYC Economic Developmen t Corporation)

Building Work in Multiple Sites Financing Ar983156istic Work on the RoadModerator David Cote (Theater Editor Time Out New York)Par983156icipants Eric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)

Susan Feldman (Ar983156istic Director St Annrsquos Warehouse) Cynthia Hedstrom (ProducerDirector of Special Projects The Wooster Group) Caden Manson (Ar983156istic Director Big Ar983156 Group)

Kim Whitener (Producing Director HERE Ar983156s Center)

realist (little r) TheaterConstructing amp Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Per983142ormance Prac-ticeModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Ar983156istic and Development Director for Emerging Ar983156ists 3LD Ar983156 amp TechnologyCenter)

Par983156icipantsEric Dyer (Founding Member of Radiohole)Richard Foreman (DirectorDesignerPlaywright)

Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director of Per983142ormance Space 122) Nello McDaniel (Principal Director ARTS Action Research)

Jay Scheib (Director)

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us at this yearrsquos festival and helping us celebrateour 5th Anniversary As you may have noticed wersquove got a new look andwersquore doing things a little differently Approaching this yearrsquos festivalwe gave a lot of thought to what we wanted it to be how we could servethe community and what issues we wanted to address as curatorsThroughout our discussions we kept returning to this idea of context andplace specifically how does live per983142ormance in a theater differ from live

per983142ormance in a museum How does context affect our perception andvaluation of the work How do we reinforce the idea that theater is - orcan be - Ar983156

Realizing the scope of the task that lay ahead we engaged a dramaturg- Morgan von Prelle Pecelli - to guide and suppor983156 our investigations Weexplored the ideas behind contemporary museum practice the historiesof experimental theater per983142ormance ar983156 live ar983156 and the ar983156ists creatingwork ldquobetween the black box and the white cuberdquo

Living as we do in a hybrid multidisciplinary platform-agnosticon-demand world we decided that the question of context was soimpor983156ant that we would overlay the entire festival with this idea one

might even look at PRELUDE lsquo08 as a 4-day interactive durationalper983142ormance From opening panel to final conversation PRELUDE lsquo08will explore the spaces in and between the black box and the whitecube The program is arranged in a series of themed ldquoexhibitionsrdquo orldquogalleriesrdquo star983156ing with the form most removed from traditional theater- Second Life - and culminating in an exhibit of some of todayrsquos finestwordsmiths The schedule is staggered to allow people to move morefreely from showing to showing Rather than following each showing witha discussion we have structured the exhibitions to culminate in groupconversations

We hope you will move through this exhibition carefully and in its entiretyengage with the ar983156ists and the work on display join the conversationsmeet the people and most of all enjoy the show

PRELUDE lsquo08 Curators Andy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Frank

Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Panel The New Theatre with George Hunka and others at PRELUDE 08(Above) Adam Lerman Megan Tusing Ilan Bachrach and Brian Smolin in Sine Wave Goodbye directed by JamiePetersonThe Paper Industry

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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PRELUDE 08

(Opposite L) Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08 (R) Andy Horwitzand Geoffrey Jackson Scott curators of PRELUDE 08(Below) Brian Rogers and Claudia La Rocco in A Burrito Truck by Raul Vincent Enriquez at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

P

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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PRELUDE 08

(Clockwise from far above R) BLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Neighbors written by Branden Jacobs-JenkinsBLINDNESS directed by Ivan TalijancicWax Factory Ryan Kelly in TTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156) by Moving Theater Ryan Kelly inTTID (Le Theatre Est Mor983156 ) by Moving Theater FLAUXCONCERT 20080925-27 by FLAUXCONCERTNeal Medlynrsquos The Passionof Kanye West by Neal Medlyn All at PRELUDE 08

(From top) Farris Craddock Neal Medlyn and Carmine Covelli in Neal Medlynrsquos The Passion of Kanye West by Neal Medlyn ASTRS by Joyce Cho Ben Beckley Ryosuke Yamada and Lorraine Mattox in Americana Kamikaze directed by Kenneth Collins TemporaryDistor983156ion All at PRELUDE 08

PRELUDE 08

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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PRELUDE 08

(From L to R from top to bottom) Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Geoffrey Jackson Scott curator of PRELUDE 08Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 08 Caden Manson Marianne Weems Kristin Mar983156ing Jay Scheib OkwuiOkpokwasili Vallejo Gantner Big Dance Theater in Ar983156ists in Conversation Compositional Per983142ormance Panel Discussion at PRELUDE 08 Big Ar983156 Group in Ar983156ists in Conversation Media Per983142ormance Geschichtlos a work in progress by Richard MaxwellNYC Players at PRELUDE 08(Opposite above two) Chautauqua by The National Theater of the United States of America (Bottom)Untitled Film Project by Richard ForemanThe Bridge Project at PRELUDE 08

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P R E L UDE 0 9

(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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(Above L) Map of Vir983156ue by Erin Cour983156ney (Above R) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed byJay Scheib Both at PRELUDE 09

(Above) WHA Whatever Heaven Allows by Radiohole at PRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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PRELUDE 09

Ar983156ists In Conversation DigitalModerator Andy Horwitz (founder CULTUREBOTORG PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Steve Cuiffo John Jesurun William Cusick and David Michalek

Ar983156ists In Conversation HybridModerator Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

(Director of Development PS122 PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)Ar983156ists Adrienne Truscott (Choreographer) Dan Safer (Director Witness Relocation)

Brian Rogers (Co-Founder The Chocolate Factory )Phil Soltanoff (Director Mad Dog Experimental)

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoliticalModerator Claire Bishop (Ar983156 Historian amp Critic)Ar983156ists Marina Abramovic The Bruce High Quality Foundation Aaron Landsman

David Levine and Andrew Dinwiddie

Ar983156ists In Conversation BricolageModerator Sarah Benson(Ar983156istic Director Soho Rep)Ar983156ists Jay Scheib Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Judith Malina and Eric Dyer

Ar983156ists In Conversation PoeticsModerator Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Literary Associate New York Theatre Workshop PRELUDE 09 Co-Curator)

Ar983156ists Erin Cour983156ney Kristen Kosmas Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Christina Masciotti

Symposium CitizenshipModerator Arwen Lowbridge (PRELUDE 09 Associate Producer)Par983156icipants Rober983156 Zukerman (Theater Program Director NYSCA)

Justin Krebs (Ar983156istic Director The Tank) Sheila Lewandowski (Co-Founder amp Executive Director The Chocolate Factory)

Symposium ProductionModerator Heacutelegravene Lesterlin (EMPAC)Par983156icipants Vallejo Gantner (Ar983156istic Director PS122)

Kristin Mar983156ing (Ar983156istic Director HERE)Jeff Hnilicka (Co-Founder FEAST)

Symposium GreenModerator Lisa PhillipsPar983156icipants Harriet Taub (Executive Director Materials for The Ar983156s)

Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer and Founder Chez BushwickCenter forPer983142ormance Research)

Jeremy James Pickard (Co-Founder Superhero Clubhouse) Michael Johnson-Chase (Green Jobs Program Director SolarOne)

National Ar983156s Journalism SummitAnnenberg School of Communication University of Southern California

DISCUSSIONS

Thank you for joining us for PRELUDE rsquo09 Ecologies Economies andEngagement As we approached this yearrsquos festival we kept talkingabout the characteristics of the current moment Right now as you readthis someone is saying more in 140 characters than we have said in207 Someone is using the iPhone they just bought to upload footagethey just shot to a blog they just created We are undergoing a profoundand transformative renegotiation of experience and engagement - all

around us all the time As we looked at the work of PRELUDE ar983156ists thisyear the question we came back to was ldquohow does this work reflect orpredict the new world into which we are hur983156ling at breakneck speedrdquo

Seeking to build upon the porous and par983156icipatory structure of lastyearrsquos festival we have left the format largely unchanged Ar983156istsand companies have again been curated into tracks Whereas lastyear we were focusing on disciplinary boundaries this year ar983156istsare grouped around loci of content form and practice Digital PoeticPolitical Bricolage and Hybrid Also making a return this year are theAr983156ists in Conversation which unite the dynamic ar983156ists of each track inconversation with each other at the close of each day We invite you to join us for this unique oppor983156unity to hear the ar983156ists informally discuss

how they create their work

Our symposia investigations this year ndash Citizenship Production andGreen ndash will be oppor983156unities to move outside the work Through eachwe hope to foster dialogues about the changing relationship of ar983156 andculture new ways of engaging our political muscles new modes inproducing and new strategies in greener creation Rounding out the billthis year is our annual international collaboration this year featuringSpotlight Korea and a live streaming of the National Ar983156s JournalismProject summit on ldquoCultural Coverage in the 21st Centuryrdquo

In an attempt to augment the festivalrsquos transparency and engagementwe are inviting those on twitter to par983156icipate in the various symposia anddialogues via the hashtag preludenyc Use it to ask questions of thear983156ists make suggestions and get more information about the variousgoings on The goal is to offer a wide swath of experiences and chancesfor you to interact with the ar983156ists and with each other

We hope you will look with one eye towards the imagined future and theother on the rapidly receding past

PRELUDE lsquo09 CuratorsAndy Horwitz Geoffrey Jackson ScottMorgan von Prelle Pecelli and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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PRELUDE 09

(Below) Selective Memory directed by Brian RogersThe Chocolate Factory atPRELUDE 09

(L) Opening Panel ThePRELUDE 6x6 with (fromleft) Esther RobinsonAndrew SchneiderYehuda Duenyas andBonnie Marranca atPRELUDE 09

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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PRELUDE 09

(Above from top) Neal Medlyn and Adrienne Truscott in Bermuda ($$) directed by Adrienne Truscott Benjamin Forster andBlack-Eyed Susan in Liz One directed by John Jesurun Both at PRELUDE 09

(Opposite from L to R top to bottom)Yehuda Duenyas Bonnie Marranca Tairone Bastien Andrew Schneider EstherRobinson Wayne Ashley Sheila Lewandowski Justin Krebs Jeff Hnilicka Kristin Mar983156ing Heacutelegravene Lesterlin Rober983156Zuckerman David Levine Brooke OrsquoHarra Kara Feely Andrew Dinwiddie Matthew Maher William Cusick Dan Safer in Panelat PRELUDE 09 Symposium Green with Lisa Phillips and others at PRELUDE 09

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U 0

(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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(Above from top) Bellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib LA Par983156y directed by Phil SoltanoffMad Dog Experimental Jay Scheib in the talkback afterBellona Destroyer of Cities directed by Jay Scheib All at PRELUDE 09(L from top) Andy Horwitz curator of PRELUDE 09 Morgan von Prelle Pecellicurator of PRELUDE 09 Geoffrey Jackson Scott c urator of PRELUDE 09 PhilSoltanoff Eric Dyer Eric Dyer and Jay Scheib in Ar983156ists in Conversation Bricolage

(Clockwise from top)Marina Abramovic in Ar983156istin Discussion MarinaAbramovic in Ar983156ist inDiscussion Ar983156 History withBenefits by The Bruce highQuality Foundation GunSale by Object CollectionJudith Malina in Ar983156ists inConversation Bricolage Allat PRELUDE 09

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L UDE 1 0

(R) Liz Sargent in Botanica directed by Jim Findlay(Below) Zoetrope by HOI POLLOI amp Sylvan Oswald Bothat PRELUDE 10

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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Communication Where Exchange Becomes CommunitasPar983156icipants Rober983156 Quillen Camp Rachel Chavkin (the TEAM) Alec Duffy (Hoi Polloi) Trajal Harrell Karinne Keithly (Joyce Cho)

S Oswald (Hoi Polloi and Play a Journal of Plays)Joined by SMallory Catlett (SPOTLIGHT CATALONIA Curator) Caridad Svich (Playwright)

Christina deRoos (Chez Bushwick) Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody)

Provocation Attempts To Activate Overstimulated City DwellersPar983156icipants Penny Arcade Jennifer Wright Cook (The Field) Jim Findlay

Ishmael Houston-Jones Aaron Landsman Kristin Mar983156ing (HERE)Julie Atlas Muz Jon Stancato (Stolen Chair)

Joined by Young Jean Lee

Simulation Living The SimulacraPar983156icipantsRKimon Keramidas Reid Farrington Andrew Schneider Reggie WattsJoined by Kevin Cunningham (3LD Ar983156 amp Technology Center)

Tanya Selvaratnam (per983142ormerproducer )Megan Sprenger (Dance Theatre Workshop and mvworks)Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop) Eric Dyer (Radiohole)

ROUND TABLES

PRELUDE 10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding audienceand disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary per983142ormancesector ldquoWhy Does Live Matterrdquo What is its purpose How do wemeasure its value to individuals to communities and to that collector ofthe dead - History Three themes over three days drive our investigationCommunication Provocation and Simulation

Since live ar983156 is as much about the audience as it is about the ar983156istwe star983156 each day with par983156icipation Our afternoon ldquoActivity Sessionsrdquochallenge you to question yourself and the world beyond formulateanswers experience new tools and create your own ar983156works with thecurated ar983156ists leading the sessions

The evening ldquoPer983142ormancesrdquo return audience members to thecontemporary habit of distanced observation But donrsquot get toocomfor983156able these ar983156ists provoke us to consider how live per983142ormancecan regain its relevance to society unsettle perception and habits andengage organically in the digital age

To conclude each day we push you to the edge of voyeurism by closing

you out of the conversation entirely During the nightly ldquoRound Tablesrdquoyou will witness the ar983156ists from each dayrsquos sessions discuss and debatethe practical amp philosophical ramifications of each dayrsquos theme joined byselected peers

Looping back around and returning us to that first par983156icipatory momentof the day each night we journey to the local watering-hole to continuethe discussion and remind ourselves of the world beyond our whitecubes and black boxes

Finally we know it would be impossible to remain relevant in the lives ofour audiences if we ignored our daily engagement with the socializingforces of vir983156ual technology To facilitate your vir983156ual par983156icipation wehave also included QR codes in this program that you can scan withyour digital device after downloading a QR Scanner application The QRcodes will take you directly to web content relevant to the related ar983156istsor projects and open up new avenues for creativity and par983156icipationincluding our Facebook page and Live Writersrsquo Wiki

We hope you join us in the flesh and in the vir983156ual for all three days

The PRELUDE10 TeamMorgan von Prelle Pecelli Frank Hentschker Arwen Lowbridgeand Mashinka Firunts

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above)The Cleaning Lady Has Something to Say (Par983156 1) directed by Julie Atlas Muz (Below) Mission Drift directed by

Rachel ChavkinThe Team Both at PRELUDE 10

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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(Below) Mission Drift directed by Rachel ChavkinThe Team at PRELUDE 10

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

PRELUDE 11

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Morgan von Prelle Pecelli curator ofPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Morgan von Prelle Pecelliand others (Below) Rober983156 Quillen Camp in ThatBlack Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp atPRELUDE 10

(L) Round Table Communication where exchangebecomes communitas with Alec Duffy and others(Below) Ryan Eggensperger in That Black Gravity written by Rober983156 Quillen Camp at PRELUDE 10

(Above) Liz Sargent (R) Liz Sargent and ChetMazur (Below) Chet Mazur inBotanica directed byJim Findlay at PRELUDE 10

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

PRELUDE 11

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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PR E L UDE 1 1

(Above) Gus Solomons Jr in Complete Works (20092011) by Nina Beier at PRELUDE 11

(Above and below) World of Wires directed by JayScheib at PRELUDE 11

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

PRELUDE 11

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

PRELUDE 12

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

PRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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RepurposingModerator Claire BishopPar983156icipants Rob Fitterman (poet) Richard Move (choreographerper983142ormer) Julia Robinson (ar983156 historian)

Text As TextureModerator Helen ShawPar983156icipants Otso Huopaniemi Jeff Jones Sibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman

We Present A PresentationModerator Rob MarcatoPar983156icipants Pablo Helguera Jake Hooker and Claudia La Rocco

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE11

In its shor983156 life the PRELUDE festival has taken on a number of rolesmdashcollection point for exciting New York work sampler-platter of the comingseason and site for academic and ar983156istic interaction This is the eighthedition of PRELUDE and it marks a depar983156ure from previous years byfocusing on live per983142ormance from an interdisciplinary perspective For

the first time we are using the James Gallery at the Graduate Center aswell as the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center as venues for the festival sothat we can juxtapose and compare two types of per983142ormance space ndashthe ldquowhite cuberdquo and the ldquoblack boxrdquo

The dialogue is not simply between experimental theatrical productionand visual ar983156 per983142ormance however Also included in this yearrsquosPRELUDE are representatives of new tendencies in poetry andcontemporary dance In our months of planning wersquove discoveredcultural and pragmatic differences that divide these related disciplinesbut wersquove also been happy to uncover the extent to which differentmediums frequently address similar issues We have identified threemain areas around which these common themes converge Repurposing

Text as Texture and We Present a Presentation

The per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the James Galleryand the Mar983156in Segal Theatre Center In the evenings there will be a barin the James Gallery illuminated by David Levinersquos YES (2011)

Each day begins with a panel discussion featuring the per983142ormers andexper983156s and where time allows per983142ormances will be followed by adiscussion with the ar983156ists But our job isnrsquot done until audience andper983142ormers are all in a room debating what they have seen ndash so we lookforward to seeing you here over the next three days and over a glass ofwine at our closing par983156y at the Gershwin Hotel on Friday October 14th

The PRELUDE TeamClaire Bishop Frank Hentschker Rob Marcato Helen Shaw

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above) Loveabz directed by Otso Huopaniemi at PRELUDE 11(Row below and opposite) Rob Erickson in Mangle Me Slowmo by Lumberob at PRELUDE 11

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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(Above) Panel Text as Texture with (from left) Helen Shaw Jeffrey M Jones Otso HuopaniemiSibyl Kempson and Mac Wellman at PRELUDE 11

(Above from left) Helen ShawClaire Bishop and Rob Marcato curators of PRELUDE 11

(Above L) Pablo Helguera and Jake Hooker in Panel We Present a Presentation (R) Rober983156Fitterman in Robs by Rober983156 Fitterman both at PRELUDE 11

Otso Huopaniemi Mac Wellman Sibyl Kempson Jeffrey M Jones

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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(Above from top) Yes (2011) by David LevineTalkback after Half Straddlersquos Seagull (Thinking ofYou) with Caleb Hammons Joseph Beuys in NYCby Jackson Pollock Bar Paul Lazar in When A PriestMarries A Witch by Suzanne Bocanegra amp PaulLazar All at PRELUDE 11

(Above from top)THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Mapof the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe PlasticAr983156s Seagull (Thinking of You)directed by Tina SatterHalf Straddle both at PRELUDE 11

(Above) THISISITISTHISIT (Shit Shit Shit) A Map of the Known World directed by Jake HookerThe Plastic Ar983156s at PRELUDE 11

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 11

(Above) World of Wires directed by Jay Scheib at PRELUDE 11

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

PRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

PRELUDE 12

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

PRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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Drawings by Michael Ar983156hur 2008

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pg14 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg 15 Justin Bernhaut 2009

pg16 Top L Justin Bernhaut 2009

R Justin Bernhaut 2009

Bottom L Irina Rozovsky 2011

R Julieta Cervantes 2012

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pg18 Julieta Cervantes 2013

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Julieta Cervantes 2013

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PR E L UDE 1 2

(Above) Dave Malloy Mikeah Ernest Jennings Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy at PRELUDE 12

(Above) Jack Ferver in All of a Sudden by Jack Ferver in collaboration with Joshua Lubin-Levy atPRELUDE 12

PRELUDE 12

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

PRELUDE 12

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

PRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

P

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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Imitation Of Par983156icipationModerator Caleb HammonsPar983156icipants Claire Bishop (scholar) Lear deBessonet (ar983156ist)

Andy Horwitz (ar983156ist writer) Aaron Landsman (ar983156ist) Niegel Smith (ar983156ist)

The Future Of The Cinema Is The StageModerators Julie Talen (scholar) and Helen ShawPar983156icipants Caden Manson (Ar983156ist) Tony Torn (Ar983156ist) Marianne Weems (Ar983156ist) amp others

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE12 the ninth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

Thank you so much for joining us We hope we have furnished you with a feast ofprovoking ravishing bizarre complicated and blithely enter983156aining workmdashenoughto delight the most voracious per983142ormance-lover As always PRELUDE offersits banquet in appetizer por983156ions snippets readings and works-in-progress alltempting morsels that we think will pique your appetite for the seasons to come

This year as we looked for works by ar983156ists we think define (and rewrite thedefinition of) the New York scene we were struck by an oxymoron Therewas a strong presence of absence Many of our most treasured creatorspressed by funding exigencies and a dependence on touring must work farfrom home leaving a hole at the center of any New York season Emergingmakers are creating in spite of an absence of space time money and a majorpremiere There are other disappearances too as theater and dance ar983156istsincreasingly create work deliberately void of live components These are not newcircumstances or strategies yet any true survey of the current experimental NewYork moment must make some mention of these intentional and unintentionallacunae

Throughout the festival we will be investigating these absences and their

residual reactionary presences how they are changing our notions of liveper983142ormance the practice thereof and the par983156icipation therein We have askeda slew of ar983156ists to create and per983142orm manifestos for 2012 so that we can hearhow others fully affirm ar983156rsquos presence in the modern wilderness We will explorethe influence of cinema on the avant-garde stage and the current uses of filmand video within what we still call ldquoliverdquo practice We will look at the links betweenpar983156icipation authenticity and imitation We will try to understand the continuingrole music plays in the ar983156 of live per983142ormancemdashthe way it joyfully reaffirms ritualconnections at some cellular level

Per983142ormances are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate CenterrsquosElebash Recital Hall and the Mar983156in E Segal Theatre Center but look for uselsewhere as well Niegel Smith has created a walk just for PRELUDEmdasha spiritual

journey through the streets around CUNYmdashand our par983156ner the Gershwin Hotel

will also host our two loudest offerings Adam Feldman curates an Avant-CabaretSpectacular on the night of October 3rd while our per983142ormance-heavy closingnight par983156y will feature a DJ set from the singular Lumberob

None of this will be complete though without your par983156icipation We hope thatyoursquoll engage with our Critical Par983156ners writing on Culturebot (culturebotorg)and Contemporary Per983142ormance (contemporaryper983142ormanceorg) and thatyoursquoll continue the analysis in a slightly less academic vein over beers at theGershwin Whichever your chosen venue we hope you feel as we do that theprogramming can only ever be half the conversation we rely on you to turn it intoa dialogue

The PRELUDE TeamCaleb Hammons amp Helen Shaw and Frank Hentschker

CURATORSrsquo NOTE

(Above L) Andrew Champlin in The Problem with Dancing by Miguel Gutierrez and the Power983142ul People (R) Spoken Karaoke apar983156icipatory event directed by Annie Dorsen at PRELUDE 12(Below) Raise Your Voice in Medieval Counterpoint directed by Julia May JonasNellie Tinder at PRELUDE 12

PRELUDE 12

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

PRELUDE 12

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

PRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

P

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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(Below) Audience at the Segal Theater CUNY at PRELUDE 12(Opposite) Eliza Bent and Nikki Calonge in Black Wizard Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent amp Dave Malloy

PRELUDE 12

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

PRELUDE 12

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

P

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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119 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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127 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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129 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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Drawings by Michael Ar983156hur 2008

pg11 Julieta Cervantes 2013pg12 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg14 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg 15 Justin Bernhaut 2009

pg16 Top L Justin Bernhaut 2009

R Justin Bernhaut 2009

Bottom L Irina Rozovsky 2011

R Julieta Cervantes 2012

pg17 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg18 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg19 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg20 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg21 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg22 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg23 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg24 Justin Bernhaut 2009

Julieta Cervantes 2013

Julien Jourdes 2007

pg26-27 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg29 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg30 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg31 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg32 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg33 Tasja Keetman 2005

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L Rachel Rober983156s 2008

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Julien Jourdes 2007

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L Julien Jourdes 2007

Pg39 Julien Jourdes 2007

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pg116-125 Jul ieta Cervantes 2013

pg126 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg127 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg129 Irina Rozovsky 2011

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(Above L) Jay Scheib in Jay Scheib Untitled Ecologies by Jay Scheib ampCo (Bottom L) Tony Torn and Richard Foreman in Untitled by RichardForeman (R) A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about theDeath of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath directed by Sarah Benson All atPRELUDE 12

(L) Andrew Champlin in TheProblem with Dancing byMiguel Gutierrez and thePower983142ul People (R) LeahNanako Winkler in Work HardPlay Harder a manifesto by anext generation theatre maker directed by Leah NanakoWinklerEverywhere TheatreGroup at PRELUDE 12

(R) Mar983156y Brown in Furry byWilliam Burke at PRELUDE 12

(From top) Helen Shaw andCaleb Hammons curatorsof PRELUDE 12 Audienceat the Segal Theater CUNYFurry by William Burke atPRELUDE 12

PRELUDE 12

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115 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

P

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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119 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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121 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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123 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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125 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

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127 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

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129 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullten-years-prelude 6565

P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

headers[pg78 2539124 128]

Drawings by Michael Ar983156hur 2008

pg11 Julieta Cervantes 2013pg12 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg14 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg 15 Justin Bernhaut 2009

pg16 Top L Justin Bernhaut 2009

R Justin Bernhaut 2009

Bottom L Irina Rozovsky 2011

R Julieta Cervantes 2012

pg17 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg18 Julieta Cervantes 2013

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pg22 Irina Rozovsky 2011

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pg24 Justin Bernhaut 2009

Julieta Cervantes 2013

Julien Jourdes 2007

pg26-27 Tasja Keetman 2005

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pg31 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg32 Tasja Keetman 2005

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Julien Jourdes 2007

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Pg39 Julien Jourdes 2007

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pg43 Julieta Cervantes 2013

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Rachel Rober983156s 2008

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pg51 Julieta Cervantes 2006

pg52-57 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg55 Sarah Benson Frank Hentschker

p g 58 -6 3 Julieta Cervantes 2006

p g 64 -6 9 Julien Jourdes 2007

p g 70 -7 9 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

p g 80 -8 9 Justin Bernhaut 2009p g 90 -9 7 Justin Bernhaut 2010

p g 99 -1 05 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg106-115 Jul ieta Cervantes 2012

p g 10 2 Claire Bishop Cour983156esy of the ar983156ist

pg116-125 Jul ieta Cervantes 2013

pg126 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg127 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg129 Irina Rozovsky 2011

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(Above) Tony Torn and Julie Atlas Muz in Ubu SingsUbu directed by Tony Torn at PRELUDE 12

(R) Audience at the Gershwin Hotel at PRELUDE 12(Below) Avant-Cabaret Spectacular at the GershwinHotel at PRELUDE 12

(Above)The House of Von Macrame by Joshua Conkelat PRELUDE 12

(Above) Helen Shaw and Caleb Hammons curators ofPRELUDE 12

(Above) Frank Hentschker in River of Gruel Pile of Pigs The Requisite Gesture[s] of Narrow Approach directed by SibylKempson

P

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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119 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

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127 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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129 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullten-years-prelude 6565

P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

headers[pg78 2539124 128]

Drawings by Michael Ar983156hur 2008

pg11 Julieta Cervantes 2013pg12 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg14 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg 15 Justin Bernhaut 2009

pg16 Top L Justin Bernhaut 2009

R Justin Bernhaut 2009

Bottom L Irina Rozovsky 2011

R Julieta Cervantes 2012

pg17 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg18 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg19 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg20 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg21 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg22 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg23 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg24 Justin Bernhaut 2009

Julieta Cervantes 2013

Julien Jourdes 2007

pg26-27 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg29 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg30 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg31 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg32 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg33 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg35 R Julien Jourdes 2007

L Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg36 Irina Rozovsky 2011

Julien Jourdes 2007

pg38 R Irina Rozovsky 2011

L Julien Jourdes 2007

Pg39 Julien Jourdes 2007

pg41 Julieta Cervantes 2012Julieta Cervantes 2012

pg43 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg44 Rachel Rober983156s 2008pg46 NTOK Cour983156esy of the ar983156ist

Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg49 Julieta Cervantes 2012

pg51 Julieta Cervantes 2006

pg52-57 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg55 Sarah Benson Frank Hentschker

p g 58 -6 3 Julieta Cervantes 2006

p g 64 -6 9 Julien Jourdes 2007

p g 70 -7 9 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

p g 80 -8 9 Justin Bernhaut 2009p g 90 -9 7 Justin Bernhaut 2010

p g 99 -1 05 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg106-115 Jul ieta Cervantes 2012

p g 10 2 Claire Bishop Cour983156esy of the ar983156ist

pg116-125 Jul ieta Cervantes 2013

pg126 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg127 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg129 Irina Rozovsky 2011

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RE L UDE 1 3

(Top) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson (Bottom L) Elijah Green directed by AndrewOndrejcak (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider in YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider All at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

DISCUSSIONS CURATORSrsquo NOTE

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119 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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121 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullten-years-prelude 6165

123 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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125 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullten-years-prelude 6365

127 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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129 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullten-years-prelude 6565

P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

headers[pg78 2539124 128]

Drawings by Michael Ar983156hur 2008

pg11 Julieta Cervantes 2013pg12 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg14 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg 15 Justin Bernhaut 2009

pg16 Top L Justin Bernhaut 2009

R Justin Bernhaut 2009

Bottom L Irina Rozovsky 2011

R Julieta Cervantes 2012

pg17 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg18 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg19 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg20 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg21 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg22 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg23 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg24 Justin Bernhaut 2009

Julieta Cervantes 2013

Julien Jourdes 2007

pg26-27 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg29 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg30 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg31 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg32 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg33 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg35 R Julien Jourdes 2007

L Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg36 Irina Rozovsky 2011

Julien Jourdes 2007

pg38 R Irina Rozovsky 2011

L Julien Jourdes 2007

Pg39 Julien Jourdes 2007

pg41 Julieta Cervantes 2012Julieta Cervantes 2012

pg43 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg44 Rachel Rober983156s 2008pg46 NTOK Cour983156esy of the ar983156ist

Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg49 Julieta Cervantes 2012

pg51 Julieta Cervantes 2006

pg52-57 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg55 Sarah Benson Frank Hentschker

p g 58 -6 3 Julieta Cervantes 2006

p g 64 -6 9 Julien Jourdes 2007

p g 70 -7 9 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

p g 80 -8 9 Justin Bernhaut 2009p g 90 -9 7 Justin Bernhaut 2010

p g 99 -1 05 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg106-115 Jul ieta Cervantes 2012

p g 10 2 Claire Bishop Cour983156esy of the ar983156ist

pg116-125 Jul ieta Cervantes 2013

pg126 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg127 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg129 Irina Rozovsky 2011

Page 59: Ten Years PRELUDE

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119 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

The Brooklyn Commune ProjectCollaborating Ar983156ists Gelsey Bell Abigail Browde Annie Dorsen Shonni Enelow Andy Horwitz

Carla Peterson Risa Shoup Michael Silverstone Clyde Valentine and more

Per983142orming New York CityHow Theater and Per983142ormance Can Survive the Next DecadeModerator David Levine

Par983156icipantsSarah Benson Claire Bishop Caleb Hammons Frank Hentschker Andy Horwitz

Rob Marcato Morgan von Prelle Pecelli Geoffrey Jackson Scott and Helen Shaw

The Willing Par983156icipantModeratorGavin KroeberPar983156icipantsAdam Horowitz Melanie Joseph Aaron Landsman Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith

Re (No Subject)Moderator Caleb Hammons

Par983156icipants Annie Baker Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Sibyl Kempson Max Posner

and Anne Washburn

DISCUSSIONS

Hello and welcome to PRELUDE13 the tenth annual PRELUDE Festival at theMar983156in E Segal Theatre Center

A ldquopreluderdquo according to Webster is ldquoan introductory per983142ormance action orevent preceding and preparing for the principal or a more impor983156ant matterrdquo It isintrinsic then that the direction in which to plan and experience a prelude is withsights set forward Each October for the past ten years PRELUDE has introducedNew York ar983156ists and audiences to the season ahead This season as a slight

depar983156ure we approached the occasion of PRELUDE13 as a critical juncture amoment to consider what came before char983156 the evolutions that brought us intothe now and to launch inquiries into where we can go from here The next tenyears are our ldquomore impor983156ant matterrdquo

What star983156ed a decade ago as a way to facilitate exchange between currentscholarly and ar983156istic practices rooted in New York City no longer binds theseproceedings by the roles we play and the spaces in which we play them ThePRELUDE of today is a collective laboratory of local ar983156istic process celebratingand inquiring into the unique creative forces that live and thrive in this cityPRELUDE13 subtitled FORWARD is a place to discover and engage in whatvoices ideas and debates are colliding to shape the near and distant future ofcontemporary theatre and per983142ormance in NYC In celebration of the Festivalrsquosfirst decade PRELUDE13 also recognizes and reflects on the community of

ar983156ists audience scholars and other par983156icipants who have contributed to adecade of discourse

Events are scheduled to alternate between the Graduate Centerrsquos Mar983156in E SegalTheatre and the Elebash Recital Hall but be attentive to unexpected encountersin unusual sites If the zeitgeist does in fact point us to the core of the presentdisposition a new elocution will emerge in the next decade surrounding socialsite-based and par983156icipatory practices in the theatrical realm As a (willing)par983156icipant in this yearrsquos events you may find yourself in hallways with strangersprocessed for access to an alien spacecraft exploring the geography of your ownpsyche asked to sleep during the per983142ormance or even (finally) in Brooklyn (forthe closing night par983156y mdash transpor983156ation provided)

Whether you have arrived at PRELUDE as an ar983156ist spectator scholar or any

combination thereof over the next three days you are par983156 of a communitasOnstage online on-screen on the page on the streets or with a drink in handat our closing night Tenth Anniversary Celebration we implore you to observeengage commune and critique with us Our aim this week is for collision ndash withboth the work and the people around us Our duty thereafter is to carry this spiritour experiments and our inquiries FORWARD

Thank you for par983156icipating in this milestone PRELUDE year

- The PRELUDE Team Caleb Hammons amp Frank Hentschker

CURATORS NOTE

(Below )HASHTAG A Per983142ormance Ar983156 Per983142ormance by Chris Tyler at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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123 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

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125 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

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127 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullten-years-prelude 6465

129 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullten-years-prelude 6565

P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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Drawings by Michael Ar983156hur 2008

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pg14 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg 15 Justin Bernhaut 2009

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Bottom L Irina Rozovsky 2011

R Julieta Cervantes 2012

pg17 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

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Julieta Cervantes 2013

Julien Jourdes 2007

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pg127 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg129 Irina Rozovsky 2011

Page 60: Ten Years PRELUDE

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121 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

(Above) The People LES by The Big Ar983156 Group at PRELUDE 13 (Above) Taylor Mac in 24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the History of Popular Music The1850s (An Open Rehearsal ) by Taylor Mac at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullten-years-prelude 6165

123 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

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125 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullten-years-prelude 6365

127 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullten-years-prelude 6465

129 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullten-years-prelude 6565

P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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Drawings by Michael Ar983156hur 2008

pg11 Julieta Cervantes 2013pg12 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg14 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg 15 Justin Bernhaut 2009

pg16 Top L Justin Bernhaut 2009

R Justin Bernhaut 2009

Bottom L Irina Rozovsky 2011

R Julieta Cervantes 2012

pg17 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg18 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg19 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg20 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg21 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg22 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg23 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg24 Justin Bernhaut 2009

Julieta Cervantes 2013

Julien Jourdes 2007

pg26-27 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg29 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg30 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg31 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg32 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg33 Tasja Keetman 2005

pg35 R Julien Jourdes 2007

L Rachel Rober983156s 2008

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pg43 Julieta Cervantes 2013

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Rachel Rober983156s 2008

pg49 Julieta Cervantes 2012

pg51 Julieta Cervantes 2006

pg52-57 Tasja Keetman 2005

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p g 64 -6 9 Julien Jourdes 2007

p g 70 -7 9 Rachel Rober983156s 2008

p g 80 -8 9 Justin Bernhaut 2009p g 90 -9 7 Justin Bernhaut 2010

p g 99 -1 05 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg106-115 Jul ieta Cervantes 2012

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pg116-125 Jul ieta Cervantes 2013

pg126 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg127 Julieta Cervantes 2013

pg129 Irina Rozovsky 2011

Page 61: Ten Years PRELUDE

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123 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

(L) Alan Smithee Directed This Play by BigDance Theatre at PRELUDE 13(Middle L) Taylor Mac and pianist in24-Decade Concer983156 Series of the Historyof Popular Music The 1850s (An OpenRehearsal) by Taylor Mac (Middle R) Jerome Ellis in AaronMarie by JeromeEllis and James Harrison Monaco atPRELUDE 13(Bottom L) Paul Zimet in This Wasthe End by Mallory CatlettRestlessNYC (Bottom R) Andrew Schneider inYOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider

(Above) PRELUDE 13 Opening Panel How Theater and Per983142ormance can Survive the NextDecade with (from left) Frank Hentschk er Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons Claire Bishop AndyHorwitz Rob Marcato Helen Shaw and Geoffrey Jackson Scott

(Below)The Universe is a SmallHat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah

Benson (R) Radoslaw KonopkaLiza Wade Green and AndrewGoldberg in Experiment 2 frac12(PRELUDE) by The Institute forPsychogeographic Adventure(IPA) at PRELUDE 13

PRELUDE 13

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

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125 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

(R) Sarah Benson Caleb Hammons andClaire Bishop

(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullten-years-prelude 6365

127 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

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129 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

CREDITS

PHOTO CREDITS

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

httpslidepdfcomreaderfullten-years-prelude 6565

P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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pg14 Irina Rozovsky 2011

pg 15 Justin Bernhaut 2009

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Bottom L Irina Rozovsky 2011

R Julieta Cervantes 2012

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(Below) Panel The Willing Par983156icipantwith Gavin Kroeber and others atPRELUDE 13

(Below) The Universe is a Small Hat by Ceacutesar Alvarez and Sarah Benson at PRELUDE 1 3

(Above)That Poor Dream by the Assembly at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Cynthia Hopkins in A Living Documentary by Cynthia Hopkins at PRELUDE 13

(Above) Audience in the Corridor all at PRELUDE 13

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2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

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2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

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PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 0 5

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Stage Managers Monica MooreSarah Bishop-Stone

Intern Amanda Wright

2 0 0 6

Curators Frank Hentschker

Sarah Benson

MESTC Director of Administration Jan Stenzel

Associate Producer Amanda Wright

Stage Manager Ryan Parow

Poster Designer Alex Irklievsky

Postcard Designer Brendan Dugan

2 0 0 7

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Associate Producers Meg Araneo

Ruth Eglsaer

Graphic Designer Phyllis B Dooney

Stage Managers Sarah Hughes

Clifton K Cahall

2 0 0 8

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

Producers Allison Lyman

Rebecca Sheahan

Dramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Ar983156 Director George Bixby

2 0 0 9

Curators Andy Horwitz

Geoffrey Jackson Scott

Frank Hentschker

CuratorDramaturg Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Producer Allison Lyman

ProducerMarketing Rebecca Sheahan

Associate Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

2 0 1 0

Curators Morgan von Prelle Pecelli

Frank Hentschker

Producer Arwen Lowbridge

Dramaturg Mashinka Firunts

Spotlight Curator Mallory Catlett

Graphic Designer George Bixby

Web Designer Kimon Keramidas

Co-technical Directors Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Manager Ruth Wikler-Luker

On-site Coordinator Melissa F Moschitto

2 0 1 1

Curators Claire Bishop

Rob Marcato

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Caleb Hammons

Marketing amp publibity Rayya El Zein

Anais Michel

Ruth Wikler-Luker

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad Krumholz

Brendan Regimbal

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Rachel Parks

Greg Redlawsk(Above) Rob Erickson inMangle Me Slowmo byLumberob at PRELUDE11

(Above) Sipiwe Moyo in PinkMelon Joy by Katherine BrookTele-Violet at PRELUDE 13

THE PRELUDE TEAMS

2 0 1 2 2 0 1 4

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129 THE MARTIN E SEGAL THEATRE CENTER

Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

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PHOTO CREDITS

7172019 Ten Years PRELUDE

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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Curators Caleb Hammons

Helen Shaw

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Company Manager Lauren DiGiulio

Technical Directors Tim Fodness

Brad KrumholzBrendan Regimbal

Design Coordinator Sarah Rose Leonard

Production Coordinator Lisa McGinn

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Company ManagerOutreach Ruth Wikler-Luker

2 0 1 3

Curators Caleb Hammons

Frank Hentschker

Producer Rachel Silverman

PRELUDE Director of Administration Rebecca Sheahan

Alt Space Production Coordinator Sarah Bishop-Stone

Production Coordinator Lindsey Tur983156eltaub

Production Assistants Brad Burgess

Lisa Szolovits

Company Manager Shelley Car983156er

Sound Technician Michael Costagliola

Web Developer Kimon Keramidas

Par983156y Producer Sarah Rose Leonard

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Matt Romein

Stage Managers Greg Redlawsk

Mary Spadoni

Design Coordinator Sarah Stites

Curators Chloeuml Bass

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Sarah Rose Leonard

Allison Lyman

Producer Sarah Stites

Associate Producer Mary Spadoni

Executic Director the Segal Center Frank Hentschker

Managing Director the Segal Center Rebecca SheahanSegal Center Associate the Segal Center Brad Burgess

Design Coordinator Michael LoCicero

Graphic Designers Kaitlin Meyers

Yu Chien Liu

Web Designer Alex Weiss-Hills

Par983156y Producers Social Media Managers Shelley Car983156er

Emilyn Kowaleski

Technical Directors Peter Mills-Weiss

Carl Wipple

Stage Managers Eric Marlin

Greg Redlawsk

Company Manager Yu Chien Liu

Volunteer Coordinator Sam French

Producerrsquos Assistant Joy Arab

Blake Bishton

Front of House Staff Camille Gaume

(Above) Audience in James Gallery CUNY at PRELUDE 13

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PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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P R E L U D E P h o t o g r a p h e r s

2005 Tasja Keetman wwwtasjakeetmancom

2006 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2007 Julien Jourdes wwwjourdescom

2008 Rachel Rober983156s wwwrachelrober983156sphotocom2009 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

2010 Justin Bernhaut wwwbernhautcom

John DesRoches wwwjohndesrochesphotographycom

2011 Irina Rozovsky wwwirinarcom

2012 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

2013 Julieta Cervantes www julietacervantescom

PHOTO CREDITS

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