REDCAT (Venue Partner)
631 W 2nd St
213-237-2800
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Lauren Weedman
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- When
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Thursday Aug 6, 2009 (8:30pm)
Friday Aug 7, 2009 (8:30pm)
Saturday Aug 8, 2009 (8:30pm)
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- Price
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$14-18 / $36 Festival pass
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“The third and final week of the 2009 NOW Festival — REDCAT's commitment to supporting alternative visions of contemporary visual and performing art in a collaborative model — features a new work from Mariana Marroquin, Wu Ingrid Tsang, and LA-based artist Zackary Drucker, whose recent exhibition at Steve Turner Contemporary used a technique of documenting previous performance-based events through a unique video installation. Addressing sometimes thorny themes of dominant socio-political paradigms, in particular gay and transgender issues, Drucker's work combines intensely personal narrative with historical investigations — turning secrets and lies into vibrant, illuminating proofs of life.”
Shana Nys Dambrot, Flavorpill
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Check out our exclusive interview with Zackary Drucker over at Flavorwire.
The annual three-week NOW Festival launches eight new works by Los Angeles dance, theater, music and multimedia performance artists.
"REDCAT's New Original Works (NOW) series has become one of the city's more eclectic and vital performance festivals." LA Weekly
Meg Wolfe: watch her (not know it now)
Sharp, precise and wholly original, choreographer Meg Wolfe is known for dances that are restlessly inquisitive and edged with dark humor crafted from fractured neo-noir storytelling, avian video imagery and showgirl camp. Now she strips the stage bare for a new solo accompanied only by Aaron Drake's original score, placing at the center of the work her signature dancing in which gesture is tied to action, muscles are strong-willed and abstraction rubs against articulation.
"Wolfe's restless creative spirit knows no bounds." Flavorpill
Zackary Drucker/Mariana Marroquin/Wu Ingrid Tsang: PIG
Provocative multimedia colloborators Zackary Drucker, Mariana Marroquin and Wu Ingrid Tsang stage a meeting of Politically Involved Girls in their compelling and wryly funnyPIG. With an irreverent nod to Warhol's cult film Women In Revolt, the unpredictable trio mixes biting humor with socio-political themes ranging from contemporary transgender politics, sexual identity, civil rights, and the evolving language of trans societal constructs.
Lauren Weedman: OFF
In her unflinchingly funny theater works, Lauren Weedman's incisive observations and painfully dead-on characterizations are woven into laugh-out-loud stories that boomerang back to nail the teller of the tale. Her latest solo performance traces her attempts to "trust herself" even as she struggles with things beyond her control. On the brink of motherhood, Weedman seeks comfort in hospice work, hangs out with a pair of harassed lesbian moms, and puts her faith in not one but two untalented tattoo artists. Her inner voice may not yet be audible, but her outer voice is certain to spill its guts.
