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13th annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival
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- Category: Art/Antiques
- Published on Saturday, 05 September 2009 10:14
- Written by FFTraveler Staff
The free three-day multi-site neighborhood-wide D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® is a one-of-a-kind art happening: where serendipity meets the haphazard and where the unpredictable, spontaneous and downright weird thrive.
The now teenage D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival® presents touchable, accessible, and interactive art, on a scale that makes it the nation's largest urban forum for experimental art. The 13th annual event presented by the Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) takes places from from Sept. 25th to Sept. 27th, 2009.
Art Under the Bridge is an opportunity for young artists to use any medium imaginable to create temporary projects on-the-spot everywhere and anywhere, completely transforming the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, New York, into a vibrant platform for self-expression. In addition to the 80+ projects throughout the historical post-industrial waterfront span, visitors can tour local artists' studios or check out the indoor video_dumbo, a non-stop program of cutting-edge video art from New York City and around the world.
The immediacy of the event means many artists reflect on current issues: among others, the rise of technology, recession blues, homelessness and environmental concerns, for example:
River's Edge, is a street installation of oyster shells by John Monteith. It remembers the past use of these shells as an industrial material while it celebrates their recent use as an environmental tool.
Welcome to NYC; Boomtown 2006 by Artcodex creates a commentary about the failing boom markets of art and real estate by recreating New York as a post goldrush town. Performance times: Sat. 12-2PM; Sun. 2-4PM
Ballooning Awareness is an interactive roaming performance by John Bonafede that prompts youngsters to answer the question: "What is climate change and what should we do about it?" Performance times: Sat. 12PM; Sun. 12PM
The Tree of Life: Reina Kubota’s plastic bag installation blooms under the night sky.
Stir Crazy: Come see Ryan Roth, forced by these economic times into the endangered, caged and untamed, business werewolf. Performance times: Fri. 8-9PM; Sat. 12-9PM; Sun. 12-9PM
Eco-disco: Join Scott Rummler at the eco-disco and experience a dialogue between nature, technology, and culture.
Tercet: Throughout the streets, Angela Silver questions meaning in contemporary experience by usurping the ubiquitous traffic sign system and replacing the text with multi-lingual poetics.
The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) has been the exclusive producer of the D.U.M.B.O Art Under the Bridge Festival® since 1997. DAC is a big impact, small non-profit, that in addition to its year-round gallery exhibitions, is committed to preserving Dumbo as a site in New York City where emerging visual artists can experiment in the public domain, while having unprecedented freedom and access to normally off-limit locations.
DAC reports that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has selected the 13th D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival for a case study on outdoor festivals, to be published in 2010.
Rogue Theater Festival Showcases Diversity of Stage Arts
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- Category: Theater
- Published on Saturday, 02 August 2025 12:37
- Written by Brad Balfour
With a range of performing arts such as plays, spoken word, musicals, magic, dancing, and much much more, the Rogue Theater Festival returns for its seventh installment. Running August 4th to 10th at the Flea Theater and online at Cur8 the festival will showcase 37 original plays and musicals, including fully staged productions, short plays, staged readings, and digital streaming performances
The festival’s diverse lineup explores a wide range of themes, such as the LGBTQIA+ experience, the pursuit of the American dream, World War II, death and grief, and life in New York City—including stories set in Queens, Brooklyn, and a haunted house in Staten Island.
Plays include Beto's Interview by Julio Lourido, Directed by Eric Paeper, which challenges the idealized notion of the American Dream by exploring the complexities of immigration and the psychological dynamics between two immigrants from different backgrounds. Overlap by Erin Proctor, Directed by Dante Piro is a tragic rom-com about theatre-makers thwarted by the infrastructure of the MTA, as we follow two twenty-somethings navigating minimum wage jobs, mommy issues, grief, and producing theatre from beyond the grave.
RTF founder Allison Hohman shared what inspired her to create the festival, “Rogues namesake came from the mission of exploring what a theater festival could be. I wanted to create a space that could allow theater of all different forms to grow and that could make room for creators of all different experience levels to see their work on stage. Rogue is a self proclaimed mom and pops festival experience where support and individual attention are number one”.
To learn more, go to: https://www.roguetheaterfestival.com/
Rogue Theater Festival
August 4 - 10, 2025
The Flea Theater
20 Thomas Street
New York, NY 10007
Origin 1st Irish Festival 2025: Irish Art & Theatre in NYC
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- Category: Theater
- Published on Wednesday, 26 March 2025 14:34
- Written by Brad Balfour
For years the 1st Irish Festival has been bringing contemporary Irish theatre to NYC and this year it returns with a new crop of plays. Running April 1st to the 28th, the Origin 1st Irish Festival features five critically acclaimed productions from Ireland with their original cast as well as 11 plays in competition.
Productions include Tom Moran Is A Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar. Tom is a charismatic people-pleaser, an expert in empathy, but someone who struggles with the truth. Explored through the dynamic of a mother-daughter relationship, In Two Minds is deeply personal look at the allure and the challenges of living with bipolar disorder. Fight Night is a journey charting the comeback of Dan Coyle Jr., a failed amateur boxer from a long line of accomplished fighters as he battle with life, love, and temptation. A satirical look at Irish theatre, Irishtown follows a group of performers preparing for their new show. After the astounding success of their last production, the company are scheduled to open on Broadway, with the same visionary playwright at the helm. However, trouble arises when the actors decide she’s going too dark, too experimental, and… not Irish enough?
The festival also includes readings and special events such as the book launch for Rockin’ the Bronx by Larry Kirwan, with the author being interviewed by Rich McLaughlin, Program Director of WFUV-FM. Irish Stew - Live from 1st Irish is an in-depth conversation on the role of theatre in promoting Northern Ireland's image around the globe with the Irish Stew podcast.
To learn more, go to: https://www.origintheatre.org/1st-irish-festival
Origin 1st Irish Festival
April 1 - 28, 2025
Various venues in NYC
Origin Theatre's Plays In May: Taxi Cabs, Spies, & Apartments
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- Category: Theater
- Published on Tuesday, 14 May 2024 14:34
- Written by Brad Balfour
For the month of May the Origin Theatre Company is presenting a trilogy of plays and readings from contemporary Irish playwrights looking at the diaspora and life of Irish people. Plays in May runs May 16th, 20th, and 22nd at the American Irish Historical Society (991 5th Ave).
Performed on May 16th is John McDonagh’s Off The Meter, a one man show about driving a Yellow Cab in NYC for the last 40 years. The show has sold out in Boston and New York and more recently Ireland.
On May 20th is Dry Rot, a comedy by Don Creedon. The Burgess family find themselves at a crossroads amidst Dublin's tumultuous housing crisis. Betty, sober for five years, is refusing to leave the family home, while Martin, her estranged husband, is adamant they sell. Nuala, their daughter, is caught between the two. Dry Rot depicts the absurd new realities of Dublin's housing market.
The final play performed on May 22nd, Dublin Noir by Honor Molloy, is set in neutral Ireland on the eve of World War II. Set in 1941 and 1939 – moving between Mountjoy Prison and a farm near Drogheda – the play grapples with the terrifying growth of fascism in 1930s Europe. On a day trip to Drogheda, Dubliner Tadgh Steele is captured by a dairy farmer and locked in a cowshed. Is Tadgh a poet as he claims or a Nazi spy? Makes no difference to the farmer’s slop girl who falls head over heels for the handsome stranger and casts him as the hero of a “fil-um in her head.”
To learn more, go to: https://www.origintheatre.org/playsinmay
Origin Theatre Plays in May
May 16, 20th, and 22nd, 2024
The American Irish Historical Society
991 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10028
