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Negative Liberty / Positive Liberty
Following-up on their most recent collaboration, Static Apnea 2020, the american vicarious and The Invisible Dog Art Center proudly present the world premiere of Negative Liberty / Positive Liberty, a socially distanced performance installation exploring Isaiah Berlin’s historic 1958 lecture: Two…
Shooting Celebrities
Shooting Celebrities, written by John Ransom Phillips and directed by Christopher McElroen, is a highly visual and physical exploration of America's identity crisis: the authority possessed by a few to label the individual, versus the power of the individual to define themself. The piece uses the long…
STATIC APNEA
NY Times Critic's Pick "fascinating to behold" The discipline of holding one’s breath underwater, motionless - static apnea. Breath has been taken away. By a virus. By a knee. By the uncertainty. The struggle to restore it has rendered us motionless, collectively holding our breath. Do you know how…
(A)loft Modulation
a play with jazz
World Premiere. "scintillating, magical and transporting" - Broadway World "It looks and sounds terrific" - The New Yorker "You should try not to miss this unique theatre experience" - Theater Pizzazz A gritty, dilapidated five-floor walk-up in Manhattan’s seedy flower district is an after-hours…
Piedmont Blues: A Search For Salvation
Produced by the american vicarious, Piedmont Blues: A Search for Salvation is a live mixed media concert led by celebrated jazz pianist / composer / bandleader Gerald Clayton and directed by Christopher McElroen that explores the essence and impact of the Piedmont blues. The project features The Assembly…