While I'm on a theatre kick, I simply must mention Mike Daisey's "All the Faces of the Moon," which will be opening at Joe's Pub on September 5th. Each night, Daisey will do an entirely different monologue based upon the magic of NYC. He's starting on the new moon, and doing 29 nights of monologues, so the show maps onto one whole lunar cycle. And each monologue is titled after a different tarot card, to boot. Additionally, he will be accompanied on stage each night by a new painting by Larissa Tokmakova - a different painting for every evening. It's almost too much for me to bear. The best part? They're going to be podcasting the whole series, so you can listen to it in its entirety, if you can't make it to any or all of them in person. Here are all the details:
World Premiere
ALL THE FACES OF THE MOON
Created and Performed by Mike Daisey
Directed by Jean-Michele Gregory
September 5 - October 3, 2013
Mike
Daisey returns to The Public with a breathtakingly epic theatrical
event: a story told over the course of a lunar month, a new monologue
every night, in 29 unique consecutive performances. Each evening stands
alone as a single episode, but together they create a living theatrical
novel set against the secret history of New York City – a city that is
loved and loathed and larger than life. From Pentecostal church services
held in IKEA showrooms to Nikola Tesla's laboratories in the Lower East
Side, from the infamous Mole People's convocations deep beneath the
subway lines to the hidden and terrifying plans of Robert Moses, Daisey
weaves a story of ordinary magic in a most extraordinary city. Night
after night he will strive like Scheherazade to tell the largest story
ever attempted in the American theater.
For a full schedule and titles of the 29 monologues in ALL THE FACES OF THE MOON, click here.
Each night Daisey will be joined onstage by one of 29 oil paintings commissioned and created for this show by the Russian artist Larissa Tokmakova, illustrating and illuminating the story he's telling. Audiences can experience these performances live, and also follow online by listening to the free podcast as the story unfolds.
29 MONOLOGUES OVER 29 NIGHTS
Special gifts when you see 3 or More!
See 3: Limited edition poster featuring images of all 29 paintings onstage in each of the 29 monologues.
See 7: Limited edition print of your choice of 1 of the 29
paintings onstage in each of the 29 monologues, plus all gifts for lower
levels.
See 10: Framed, limited edition poster featuring images of all 29 paintings, signed by Mike Daisey and Larissa Tokmakova, plus individual prints of all 29 pieces, plus all gifts for lower levels.
See 15: Special printed book containing images of all 29
paintings with a description of each piece, plus selected scans of the
notes Mike Daisey used to create All the Faces of the Moon, plus all gifts for lower levels.
See 22: Special invitation to the closing night cocktail party,
plus a special cameo appearance consisting of a delightful and brief
interview with Mike Daisey onstage during one of his monologues, plus all gifts for lower levels.
See 29: Special private/group dinner with Mike Daisey, Jean-Michele Gregory, and Larissa Tokmakova in The Library at The Public, plus all gifts for lower levels.
Except for the closing night invite and the "cameo appearance," all other gifts will be distributed after October 3, 2013.
"The
master storyteller...what distinguishes him from most solo performers
is how elegantly he blends personal stories, historical digressions and
philosophical ruminations. He has the curiosity of a highly literate
dilettante and a preoccupation with alternative histories, secrets large
and small, and the fuzzy line where truth and fiction blur."
– The New York Times
The only challenge is figuring out which night(s) to attend! I'm leaning toward the September 8th "She's the High Priestess to You, Jack" monologue, and/or the Sept 29th "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" one. Here's the full list:
ALL THE FACES OF THE MOON Monologue Titles
Sept 5 - Playing the Hand You’re Dealt
Sept 6 - The Fool Who Walks Through Walls
Sept 7 - The Magician and the Fish
Sept 8 - She’s the High Priestess to You, Jack
Sept 9 - Mercury Is a Messenger Who Will Not Wait
Sept 10 - The Empress Holds Her Cards Close
Sept 11 - The Naked Emperor Is Still Laughing
Sept 12 - Venus Is a Star Who Gets What She Wants
Sept 13 - The Hierophant Plays It Loose
Sept 14 - The Lovers Struggle To Take What They Want
Sept 15 - Your Chariot Awaits, My Sweet
Sept 16 - Mars Is a Soldier Whose Hands Are Red
Sept 17 - That Hideous Strength
Sept 18 - The Hermit Stands at the Turn of the River
Sept 19 - This Is How We Make Our Fortune
Sept 20 - Our Justice Runs on a Tilted Table
Sept 21 - Jupiter Is a King Who Never Came Back
Sept 22 - A Hanged Man Knows How To Bluff
Sept 23 - The Untitled
Sept 24 - Temperance Under the Gun
Sept 25 - The Devil Always Plays to a Draw
Sept 26 - Paying the Rent in the Tower of Song
Sept 27 - Saturn Is a Father Devouring His Children
Sept 28 - If You Wish Upon a Star You Will Regret It
Sept 29 - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Sept 30 - The Sun Is a Blind and Burning Thing
Oct 1 - A Flaw in Your Judgment
Oct 2 - The World Is More Than We Will Ever Know
Oct 3 - Last Call
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Decisions, decisions!!
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