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HOUSE OF DREAMS
Feb 5 - 20, 2010
THE WRITERS PROJECT
April 2 - 10, 2010
THE WAISTMAKERS' OPERA
May 8 - 30, 2010
The NYC Street Festival of Young Artists & Leaders
Saturday, June 5, 2010
(more below)
HOUSE OF DREAMS
Feb 5 - 20, 2010
This season looks at the lives of teens one hundred years ago and HOUSE OF DREAMS does that by celebrating the 100th anniversary of "The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets" by Jane Addams, a founder of the Settlement House Movement and an outspoken advocate for young people, immigrants, and those struggling in American cities.
An energetic collage of theater, dance, and video created by Downtown Art's teen company with director/writer Ryan Gilliam, HOUSE OF DREAMS traces the almost obsessive relationship between working class teen boys and the popular culture of 1909 -- the music, the theater, the dime novel, and the new Nickelodeon cinema -- and the deep concerns of parents and well-meaning adults that these stories of adventure, thrills and revenge would turn 'good' boys into 'bad.'
Performed at University Settlement.
THE WRITERS PROJECT
April 2 - 10, 2010
The works of a selected group of teen playwrights, who take on the task of giving us an inside look at their perspective on adult behavior and concerns. These plays are being written throughout the fall and winter, but we expect that (if past plays by teens are any guide) the final works will combine fresh, sharp insight, humor, tenderness and frustration at the inconsistencies and blind spots of those making the rules.
Performance location, TBA
THE WAISTMAKERS' OPERA
May 8 - 30, 2010
In the winter or 1909/1910, teen girls working in the shirtwaist factory, courageously went on strike to demand a 52 hour work week and recognition of their union. Their effort became a citywide phenomenon, and they faced powerful foes, including the factory owners who were led by the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, a mayor and police force who (controlled by the corrupt forces of Tammany Hall) turned their back on them, thugs and prostitutes hired by factory owners to beat and humiliate them, and judges who told them they were "striking against God." This is the story of those girls, told through music and song, dance and dialogue, and enacted outdoors on locations steeped in the history of those events. An original score by Michael Hickey; text & direction by Ryan Gilliam.
To be performed outdoors on East 4th Street, and neighboring areas of the Lower East Side.
The NYC Street Festival of Young Artists & Leaders
Saturday, June 5, 2010
A free outdoor festival on East 4th Street of theater, dance, music, poetry, video and artwork by New York City's teen artists, as well as demonstrations of teen leadership in addressing city issues and needs. Last year, the first Festival hosted over 30 companies from all parts of the city, giving a powerful demonstration of the creativity and leadership young people offer New York. This is a stunning display of originality and talent that will put new hope in your heart for what the future holds.
East 4th Street Cultural District, between Second Avenue and Bowery
