D I X O N P L A C E
The Performance Playground
"Dixon Place is a real home for theater...a last bastion of downtown New York's long tradition of theatrical experimentation."
—The New York Times
“The new Dixon Place is Amazing”
—New York Magazine
“Most Essential and Necessary Theater Space”
—Paper Magazine
33 YEARS AS NEW YORK’S ARTISTIC INCUBATOR
Established in 1986, Dixon Place is dedicated to supporting the creative process by presenting original works of theater, dance, performance art, music, literature, puppetry and visual art at all stages of development. Artists and audiences of all stripes and callings are inspired and encouraged to take risks. DP’s foremost priorities are to serve as a safety net for hundreds of artists every year, and to provide vivid experiences that stimulate the imaginations of our audiences.
After starting DP as a salon in her Paris apartment in 1985, Ellie Covan set up shop in her East Village living room. Expanding programs, staff and audience prompted DP to build the professional, state-of-the-art facility you’re sitting in, inspiring experimentation & excellence from the seed of an idea to fully realized productions.
Literally tens of thousands of artists have developed their work here over the last 33 years. Blue Man Group, John Leguizamo, Lisa Kron, David Cale, Holly Hughes, Jim Turner Penny Arcade, Peggy Shaw, Deb Margolin & Reno presented their earliest work at DP. We’re proud to work with extraordinary emerging & established artists; and in recent years, we’ve been honored to present BD Wong, Mac Wellman, Vernon Reid, Justin Vivian Bond, Karen Finley, John Fleck, Kate Clinton, Martha Wainwright, Rodney Crowell & Big Art Group.
SO MANY WAYS TO SUPPORT DP’S MISSION & ARTISTS
Become part of our vision to nurture artists as they dare to make new work….
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Dixon Place | 161A Chrystie Street, New York, NY 10002 | 212.219.0736
Dixon Place presents
SPLIT BIll:
MINE (An Excerpt),
Neverbird,
& Bill’s 44th
New Works by Shayna Strype, Dorothy James, & Andy Manjuck
May 2, 2019
MINE
Created & Performed by Shayna Strype
Dramaturgy & Live Camera by Desiree Mitton
Neverbird
Created by Dorothy James
Devised & Puppeteered by Dorothy James & Andy Manjuck
Music/Soundscape by John Glover
Bill’s 44th
Conceived & Written by Andy Manjuck
Designed & Puppeteered by Andy Manjuck & Dorothy James
Shayna Strype is a theater/film/puppet artist based in New York City. Her original work has been presented at The Bushwick Starr, Dixon Place, The Tank, and The Center at West Park. She has worked with Pig Iron, Trusty Sidekick, The Civilians, Patti Bradshaw, David Neumann, and Ping Chong. Shayna was an Artist in Residence at the Object Movement Puppetry Festival in 2018. This summer she will work with Mimi Lien and Pig Iron on their new work, SUPERTERRANEAN. MFA, Sarah Lawrence College. www.shaynastrype.com @woosieparty
Desiree Mitton is an interdisciplinary artist and creative writer. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Modern and Contemporary Art at NYU.
Dorothy James is a Brooklyn-based puppeteer and paper cut artist. Performance credits include ‘Made in China’ (Wakka Wakka, 59E59), ‘The New York Spectacular…’ (Radio City), ‘Hansel & Gretel” (Basil Twist, Michigan Opera Theatre), ‘Snow Child’ (Arena Stage), Amazon’s “Patriot,” and BBC’s new children’s series “Moon and Me.” Dorothy has presented original work at Cloud City, Dixon Place, Under St. Marks, and The Center at West Park. www.dorothy-james.com
Andy Manjuck is the Co-Artistic Director of Eat Drink Tell Your Friends, and a company member of the award-winning Wakka Wakka. Selected Credits include: Saga (Drama Desk Special Award), Baby Universe (Obie Award, Drama Desk Nomination, Helen Hayes Nomination), The Pigeoning, The Plastic Bag Store, Chimpanzee, Made in China, and Petrushka with Doug Fitch. Recently, Andy co-developed a show for Puppet Labapalooza at St. Ann’s Warehouse. www.andymanjuck.com
John Glover Described as "an unabashedly expressive composer," (New Yorker) John Glover creates music for concert, opera, dance, and theater. He has received commissions from organizations including Houston Grand Opera, On Site Opera, The New York Youth Symphony, and Washington National Opera. Upcoming projects include sound design for the immersive theater work HERE by Kelly Bartnik, STAY for On Site Opera with librettist Kelley Rourke, a TAKING SPACE with choreographer Amber Sloan.
Special thanks: Dane Manary, Jordan Parker, Miranda Nichols, Andie Springer, Puppet Homecoming
Coming up at dixon place...
Unfinished
a way out
Heidi Latsky Dance Company
MAY 3, 4, 9, 10, & 11, 2019 AT 7:30PM
Three dancers express literal and figurative acts of repetition through an immersive sequence of ritualized patterns related to the many connotations of completion, including Latsky’s current interest in death and dying. Whether spanning a linear path or rhythmically pounding on a spot, each section explores different movement styles while integrating the individual characteristics of the dancers – Meredith Fages’s speed and precision, Jerron Herman’s limitless vigor, and Jillian Hollis’s juicy dynamism.
“Heidi Latsky-a choreographer and dancer of uncommon intelligence and fluidity…” ~The New York Times
For more info & tickets:
http://dixonplace.org/performances/unfinished/
DIXON PLACE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tom Cole, Ellie Covan, Tracy Hatton,
Michael Howett, Eric Jensen & Sangeeta Ghosh Yesley
DIXON PLACE STAFF
Ellie Covan……..…..……..…………….....….Founder & Artistic Director
Benjamin Soencksen..…………….….…….Business & Finance Director
Rob Lariviere..……..…….........................................Production Manager
Michael Griffiths……...….…...…….Marketing & Audience Development
Ashley Brockington……...……………………………....Artistic Associate
Mark Hayes……………….….…………………….……..Artistic Associate
Kai-Chieh Tu………………….…..Marketing & Administrative Associate
Yve Carruther & Quentin Madia……....Associate Production Managers
Joyce Zheng…………………………....…….....Artistic & Archives Intern
Colin Ying……..……………….………..…………………Marketing Intern
Alejandro Soquisupa, Daniel Santamaeia………..……Technical Interns
Courtney Weber……………………….…..………...Administrative Intern
Ry Szelong, Diana Zuluaga & Krista Jarboe………………....Box Office
Megan Cash.………………...…………….......…….................DP Logos
DIXON PLACE IS MADE POSSIBLE
With public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NY State Legislature; NY State Assembly Member Deborah Glick with funds from NYS Office of Children and Family Services; NYC Department of Cultural Affairs with the City Council/Materials for the Arts/NYC Department of Sanitation/NYC Board of Education, NYC & Company Foundation.
Private support is provided by Alliance of Resident Theaters/New York, AmazonSmile, AxeHoughton Foundation, Bank of America Foundation, CUNY Campaign for Charitable Giving, Gerald J. & Dorothy R. Friedman Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Goldman Sachs & Co., The Greater New Orleans Foundation, The Granny B. & P. Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Jim Henson Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Poets & Writers, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, The Scherman Foundation and The Shubert Foundation.
DP is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization & all contributions are fully tax deductible.
Risk-taking audiences support risk-taking art!
We Are Thriving Thanks To These Generous Individuals
Eric & Anne Jensen, Leslie S.Kogod & Laurie Goldberger and Victoria Labalme
Stanley Adecia, Richard Alexandro, Mark & Lynne A. Amft, Mary V. Antonakos, Yumiko Aratani, Dulcie Arnold, Frieda Arth, Deborah Auer, Malaga Baldi, Jess Barbagallo, Sarah Barnaby, Kelly & Greg Beaty, Nancy Berger, Susan Bernfield, Katherine Berzine, Cameron Birts, Alexander Borinsky, Cathy Borlenghi, Stephen Bracco, Bob Brader & Suzanne Bachner, Arnold Braeske, Ines Braun, C.B. Brazelton, Natasha Brenner, Paul Browne, Barbara Browning, Jon Brunelle, Vince Bruns, Vinnie Burrows, Diana Byrne, Gerard Cabrera, Peter Cameron, Steve Cannon, Sarah Carey, Jean Carlomusto, Michael Carruthers, Yanira Castro, Joseph Cavalieri, Margaret Chase, Christen Diane Clifford, Tom Cole, Maria Coler, Jane Condon, Kristin Conklin, Richard Connette, Jacqueline Cook, Judith Cook, Jay Cooper, Jill Cornell, Jorge Cortiñas, Mihaela Cosma, Sharon Covan, Robert Croonquist, Joanne Cropper, Frank DeGregorie, Steven DeLaTorre, Mark Dendy, Elizabeth Denlinger, William Doan, James Dolan, Stephen Donovan, Elizabeth Doree, Mariet & Albert D’Souza, Kathy Duffy, Sarah East Johnson, Karen Eckhoff, Diane & Steven Eidman, Katy Einerson, Mark A. & Mary Beth Einerson, Bruce Einhorn, Jacob Eliosoff, Mona Fafarman, Maureen Fairlie, Betsy Farrell, Kathleen Feely, Laura Finnegan, Natalie Fitterman, John Fleck, Robert Flynt & Jeff McMahon, Jim Fouratt, Dale Fournier & Michael Wellington, Christine Friedman, Ron Gale, Freddie Ganno, Michael Garces, Armen Garo, Ashley Garrett, Deborah Geltman, Nancy Giles, Philip Gillich, Joseph Giugliano, Katherine Gleason, James & Leigh Godwin, David Goerger, Ezra Gold, Arlene Goldman, Erika Goldman, Jennifer Goodale, Christopher Goodrich, Peggy Gould, Christian Grabowski, Paula Grant, David Green, Neil Greenberg, Jonathan Greenwood Harrison, Carle Groome & Yoshiko Kasuga, Eric Grossman, Jeffrey Grover, Maria Gualy, Carlos Gutierrez-Solana, Wilfredo & Liliana Guzman, Mark Haenny, Naomi Hample, Mary Hankinson, Arthur Hardigg, Tracy Hatton, Aileen & Chris Hengeveld, David Herskovits, Richard Heslin, Deb Hiett Valenti, Gregory Ho, Michael Hoffman, Barry Hoggard & James Wagner, Barbara & Larry Hohlt, Jared Hohlt & Felipe Ossa, A.M. Homes, Cheryl Horne Fitzpatrick, Lei Huang, Carter Hudson, Christian Hudson & Charles Mileski, Jeannie Hutchins, Lauren Huus, Kim Ima, Beth Jacobs, Debra A. James, Diane Janney, Jayson Jarushewsky, Eric & Anne Jensen, Marjorie Johnson, Jeffrey Jones, David Kagan, William Kaiser, Jeff Karas, Charles Kegg, Seth King & Gale Mayron, Carol Kner, Leslie S.Kogod & Laurie Goldberger, Lisa Kron, Jacqueline A. Kuhls & Cordell Schachter, Victoria Labalme, Christine Larchian, Mary Lavin, Paula Lawrence, James Lecesne, Eric Lee, Barbara Leeds, Scott Lehrer, Mary Clare Lennon, Lisa Lerner, George Levasser, Rebecca Levi, David Levine, Julia Levy, Anna Lewis, Kal Lindenberg, Enoch Lipson, A. Lobelo, Joe Lombardi, Michael Lopez, Brittany Lormel, Daniel Lowen, Doreen Lynch, Carri Lyon, Marko Lysko, Holly & Mark Manley, Kal Mansoor, Benjamin Marshall, Jeffrey Matchen, Nello McDaniels & Mary Giudici, John McEneny, Miriam McGrath, Isadora McKeon, Claude Mayers, Michael Midden, Benjamin Miller, Myron Miller, Susan Miller, Deborah Mintz, Madeleine Monaco, Arthur & Marcia Monroe, Jim Moore, John Moore, Willard Morgan, Margaret Morrison, Constance Mortell, Dennis Muir, Richard Murdock, Claire Murphy, Marilyn Neimark & Alisa Solomon, Susan Nicklin, Romero Noelqui, Ugonna Okpalaoka, Alice O'Malley, Tanya Orr, Miguel Ortiz, Xiomara Ortiz, Janice Parrott, Patti & Frank Penski, Peter Perkins, Barbara Perlov, Ginger Perowsky, Gilda Pervin, Renee Philippi, RoiAnn Phillips, Sue Phillips, Tony Pipolo, Carole & Ira Pittelman, Theresa Platt, Andi Poch, Diane Pollinger, Catherine Porter & Barry Rowell, Anne & Douglas Post, Stewart Pravda, Richard Price, Joseph Raiola, Cynthia Reddrick, Glenn Renegar, Reno, Jeep Ries, Jamie Roach, Alex Robayo, Christie Robbins, Jimmy Rodriguez, Tom Rodriguez, David Roman, Linda Rosenquist, Birgit Roy, Linda Russell, Catherine Rutgers, Dawn Ryan, Ana Sani, Ann Marie Santos, Jolie Schaffzin, Kenneth Scheff, Daniel Scheffey, E. Judith Schiller, Gary Schwartz, Jerry Schwartz, Michael Schwartz, Susan Scofield, Tiffany Scott, Shawn Shafner, Mike Shapiro, Kambiz Shekdar, Thor Simon, D.R. Singer, Carlton Smith, Edith Smith, Seton Smith, Sally Ann Sockwell, Isaac Sonsino, Sara Soskolne, Thomas E. Spath, Stephen Splawinski, Seena Stein, Leonard Steinbach, Jeffrey Steinman & Jody Falco, Zara Sternberg, Adam Stoler, Trent Striplin, Beth Sufian, A. Holliday Taylor, Elise Thoron, Abbe Tiger, Gregory Todd, Joy Tomchin, Stanley Tomchin, Pierre Tonachel, Craig Tooman, Kathleen Treat, Jim Turner, Kay F. Turner, Brandon Urbanowitz, Cathy Vaughn, Bridgette Vidunas, Chris Vroom, Michael Wakefield, Joan Wallstein, Deke Weaver, MK Wegmann, Adam & Marianna Leung Weinstein, Andrew Wentink, David R. 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