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Can
a Video Arcade
Worker Find True Love,
Reconnect
With Her Mother
&
Save The World
...or
at least herself?
Find
out in the World Premiere of
Up,
Up, Down, Down
Beginning
February 3rd at the Access Theatre
The truth is out there – if you have the courage to face it. Barton
Bishop's Up, Up, Down,
Down combines the addictive lure of video gaming with the
paranoia of the Bush years and throws in a love story for good measure. New York
Theatre Experiment will present the world premiere of this multi-media dark
comedy, directed by Erik Pearson, on February 3rd at the Access
Theatre, located at 380 Broadway. Press photos are available upon request.
Members of the press are welcome at all performances.
Twentysomething Joy's tranquil existence working in a video arcade is
suddenly shattered when her long-estranged mother barrels back into her life,
claiming to have stumbled onto a terrorist plot, the secrets of which are
encoded in a video game she stole. At first Joy dismisses her mother's claims
outright, but why is there a car now following them everywhere they go -- and
who is the shadowy figure trailing them every step of the way? To find out
what's real and what's not, and aided by a co-worker (and manic video gamer) she
secretly loves, and her very best friend -- who technically might not even exist
-- Joy may have to reveal a long-hidden secret in her past, before she loses
everything she holds dear.
Running
through February 20th, Up, Up, Down, Down will be performed
at the Access Theatre, located at 380 Broadway (between Walker and White
Streets) on the 4th Floor. Show times are Wednesday-Friday at 8pm,
Saturday at 2pm &
8pm and
Sunday at 2pm. There
is no Sunday performance on February 6th. All tickets are $18.00. Reservations:
1-800-838-3006 or www.brownpapertickets.com/event/145005. For
further information, go to www.newyorktheatreexperiment.org., www.twitter.com/nytexperiment or
www.facebook.com/newyorktheatreexperiment.
The cast of Up, Up, Down, Down features Carter
Gill, Allyson Morgan, Jonathan O’Brien, Amy Tribbey, Christopher T. VanDijk and
Ben Williams.
Barton
Bishop’s
plays have been produced throughout the
United
States and
internationally. His work has been published by Playscripts, Inc.,
Heinemann Press, and Smith & Krauss. New
York
productions include The Amphibian Song,
The Complex, The Great Who Knows, God’s Daughter, Things Fall,
Meanwhile (which has
been produced in over 15 states and internationally), Still the River Runs,
and
Eminene. In
addition to writing for theatre, he has written over 300 episodes for several
animated television series, including YuGiOh, Dinosaur
King, Pokemon, Winx Club, and Shaman
King (for which
he also worked on the video game series), and he is a staff writer for Gameloft,
a mobile game development company. He received a BA in Theatre from
Rollins
College in his
home state of Florida, and
earned his MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU’s
Tisch
School of the
Arts. At one
point, Dramatist Magazine named
him among the "Fifty Playwrights to Watch."
Erik
Pearson
has directed in New
York
for The Playwrights Realm, American Opera Projects, HERE, terraNOVA, The Lark
and NYU/Tisch, as well as regionally for The Shakespeare Theatre Company,
Shakespeare Santa Cruz and BRAVA! He was artistic director of The Quixote
Project and co-artistic director of Rococo Risqué and Yale Cabaret. Erik
has designed projections in New
York
for STREB, American Opera Projects, and the new musical Heading East with B.D. Wong. Regionally he has
designed for The Magic, Shakespeare Santa
Cruz,
Marin Theatre Company and Center Rep as well as Moorehouse/Spellman College,
Brandeis Theater Company and U.C.S.C. where he taught theatrical projection
design. He works regularly as Wendall Harrington's associate designer. He
has an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.
More
About New York Theatre Experiment (NYTE):
Founded in 2004, New York Theatre Experiment is
dedicated to artistic exploration and innovation. NYTE develops and produces
works of theatre that expose the complexity of the human condition, as well has
a special interest in works that explore the contemporary cultural moment. Past
projects include Capture the Flag: A
Festival of New American Plays, Charise Jones: The Comeback XXXmas Tour, Burn,
Fallen, The Long Christmas Dinner and A
New
York Christmas Carol, Stuck,
and...and...and, and Feud. NYTE is also committed to
the development of the next generation of theatre artists and audiences. NYTE’s
unique educational programs are designed to empower and inspire, and, like their
productions, are intended to make theatre accessible, relevant and personal for
all audiences.
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