THE TRAGEDY OF MARIA MACABRE- two performances added!

Back by popular demand! If you missed it before, RKP's morbid dance drama, The Tragedy of Maria Macabre, will perform twice more at the Access Theater on Saturday, March 19th! Performances will commence at 6:00PM and again at 9:00PM.

After performing to a sold out house earlier this month, we will be reprising the twisted magic!

Rachel Klein’s The Tragedy of Maria Macabre is a movement and visual based theater piece that uses dancers and actors to create a morbid world of fantasy and spectacle.
Upon dying, Maria Macabre is not granted eternal slumber, but instead a whirling, kaleidoscopic carnival of horrors: a morbid funhouse where humanity is stripped away and a permanent place in the gruesome chorus line is all but assured....

Created and directed by Rachel Klein.
Makeup Design by Anita Rundles.
Costume and Wig Design by Rachel Klein.
Music by Borut Krzisnik, Phillip Glass, the Tiger Lillies, the Kronos Quartet, Bernard Herman, and Devotchka.
Costume Construction by Rachel Klein, Megan O'Connor, Stacy Maillet, Ashley Monroe, Olivia Warner, and Kae Burke.
Calligraphy by Pak-Kei Mak.
Sound Design and Editing by Sean Gill.
Wig Assistants: Sara Bender and Jennifer Fusco.
Production Assistant: Miss Kristen Lee
Photos by Beau Allulli and Bruce Burger.

Starring the talents of: Abigail Hawk, Elizabeth Stewart, Michael Porsche, Danielle Marie Fucso, Eric Schmalenberger, Megan O'Connor, Preston Burger, Freddy Mancilla, and Brian Rubiano.

$15 in advance! (recommended!!!!!)
$20 at the door! (cash only at the door!)

Tickets are available HERE.

Tickets on Sale now for The Tragedy of Maria Macabre, Wednesday March 2nd, at Dixon Place!

The Tragedy of Maria Macabre premieres on Wednesday, March 2nd at 7:30pm at Dixon Place! Tickets available at:https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/8640235

Upon dying, Maria Macabre is not granted eternal slumber, but instead a whirling, kaleidoscopic carnival of horrors: a morbid funhouse where humanity is stripped away and a permanent place in the gruesome chorus line is all but assured. The Tragedy of Maria Macabre is a ghoulish movement and visual based theater piece that uses dancers and physical actors to create a world of fantasy and spectacle. It is a work of theater, dance, and performance art.

The Tragedy of Maria Macabre stars Abigail Hawk, Elizabeth Stewart, Michael Porsche, Danielle Marie Fusco, Eric Schmalenberger, Megan O’Connor, Preston Burger, Freddy Mancilla, and Brian Rubiano. Conceived and Directed by Rachel Klein (Circus of Circus at the House of Yes, Princes of Darkness at Theater for the New City, Hound at Planet Connections Theater Festivity). Story by Rachel Klein and Sean Gill. Featuring Music by Borut Krzisnik (Peter Greenaways’ A Life in Suitcases) Costume and Wig Design by Rachel Klein, Makeup Design by Anita Rundles, and Sound Design by Sean Gill. Stage Managed by Marina Steinberg. Choreography by Rachel Klein, Preston Burger, Danielle Marie Fusco, and the Ensemble.

Costume Construction by Rachel Klein, Megan O'Connor, Stacy Maillet, Ashley Monroe, Kae Burke, and Make Fun Studios.

The Tragedy of Maria Macabre will perform on Wednesday, March 2^nd, at 7:30 PM at Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street btwn Rivington and Delancey. F to 2nd Ave, J to Bowery, B, D to Grand, 4, 6 to Spring

Tickets available at https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/8640235

$15 general admission. $12 Students and Seniors.

Circus of Circus at the House of Yes!

Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at the House of Yes! October 1^st through October 16^th!

Adapted from George Orwell’s anti-totalitarian novella Animal Farm, Circus of Circus is presented as a darkly humorous satire on the performance industry told through the strife of entertainers in a corrupt circus.

Set in the middle of the Great Depression, the show combines dazzling musical theatrics and circus spectacles set to original parodies of jazz standards. The multi-talented cast of contortionists, aerialists, acrobats, actors, burlesque dancers, and fire performers parallel the characters of the original Animal Farm as they overthrow their ringmaster and band together to form their own troupe where “all performers are equal- but some are more equal than others.”

Written and Produced by Kae Burke of House of Yes and Lady Circus. Directed and choreographed by Rachel Klein (Princes of Darkness, Hound, Go-Go Killers!) with a live vintage jazz ensemble directed by Benjamin Ickies of This Ambitious Orchestra.

The all-star cast includes seasoned performers of the circus and stage including Benjamin Cerf of Reverend Billy’s Choir, Ashley Monroe of Silky Sirens Burlesque, Shannon Turner, master acrobat Ryan Shinji Murray, fire performer Evgenia Radilova, aerial-contortionist Natasha Ortiz, and Eric Schmalenberger of Rachel Klein Productions as well as David Slone, Ethan O'Hara, Valton Jackson, Angela Harriel and the Love Show Dancers.

Show Dates: Every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from October 1st through October 16th. At the House of Yes Theatre.

342 Maujer Street, Brooklyn, NY. L Train to Grand Ave, walk one block East on Grand, South on Waterburry, and East on Maujer.

Thursdays: Doors at 8:30pm, show at 9:30pm., Fridays & Saturdays: Doors at 7:30 Show at 8:30. Complimentary Goldsmith’s Whiskey while supplies last!!!

Tickets $20-$30. Available at the door or online at circusofcircus.com

RKP at Low Life @ Howl! September 12th in NYC!

The Rachel Klein Dancers perform at Low Life! As Part of Howl Festival!!!

Sunday, September 12th at Tompkins Square Park in the East Village.

Performances are from 5:00pm to 7:00pm.

Absolutely Free!!!

Produced by Chi Chi Valenti and the Jackie Factory. Low Life Presents: Beat Girl



Choreography by Rachel Klein. Starring RKP Performers: Jillaine Gill, Elizabeth Stewart, Michael Porsche, Freddy Mancilla, Preston Burger, Danielle Marie Fusco, Eric Schmalenberger, Megan O’Connor, Brian Rubiano, and Burlesque Sensations: Veronica Vroom!, Miss Kristen Lee, and Rosabelle Selavy.

Additional choreography by the ensemble. Dance Captain: Danielle Marie Fusco. Sound editing: Sean Gill

Princes of Darkness Opens at Theater for the New City

PRINCES OF DARKNESS, a Razors Edge Production.

It's the world premiere solo play presented by The Dream Up Festival, at Theater for the New City, 155 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10003. Shows begin August 8, 2010.

PRINCES OF DARKNESS is written and performed by Bill Connington, directed/choreographed by Rachel Klein, with sound design/music by Sean Gill, Lighting Design by Kia Rogers, and Stage Managed Naomi Anhorn. PR by Emily Owens... PR. Photos by Beau Allulli.

The play is a blending of the Hamlet, Oedipus, and Dracula stories. Your host for the journey is none other than Lucifer. Satan's question is, "If God is so great, why is the world such a mess?" He proposes an unusual and extreme remedy for the problem.

The mood of the evening? A shadowy dungeon full of sultry glamor, and a hint of whiskey in the air. The sounds? Tons of Phillip-Glass-sounding stuff, with hints of spaghetti western melodrama a-la-Ennio-Morricone. The movement/dance? The well-known mixture of Klein irony, energy, and variety of dance genres. This world premiere is brought to you by the guy who presented ZOMBIE, the award-winning Off-Broadway play, adapted from the novella by Joyce Carol Oates. (www.zombietheplay.com). And the gal who brought you La Enferma. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIWAKZQdLiU)

Showtimes:

Sunday, August 8th @ 7:00 pm

Wednesday, August 11th @ 9:00 pm

Thursday, August 12th @ 9:00 pm

Friday, August 13th @ 9:00 pm

Saturday, August 14th @ 7:00 pm

Running time: 60 minutes

Tickets: $12

http://www.theaterforthenewcity.net/

Theater for the New City

155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Streets) Take L train to 1st Ave. station

New York, NY

"The Tragedy of Maria Macabre" at La MaMa, Sunday, June 20th at 5:30

Take an unexpected journey into the Land of the Dead.....

An excerpt from The Tragedy of Maria Macabre will be featured at La MaMa as part of La MaMa Moves! on Sunday, June 20th at 5:30 PM-- as part of the "Cabaret Nights" series curated by Jack Ferver. Sunday, June 20th, 5:30PM, La MaMa, the Club (74A, East 4th Street)

The Tragedy of Maria Macabre--Created, Choreographed, and Designed by Rachel Klein, Make-up by Anita Rundles, Sound Editing by Sean Gill, photos by Beau Allulli.

Starring: Elizabeth Stewart, Michael Porsche, Abigail Hawk, Eric Schmalenberger, Megan O'Connor, Danielle Marie Fusco, Freddy Mancilla, Preston Burger, and Brian Rubiano.

www.lamama.org

COMING SOON: STAGE BLOOD IS NEVER ENOUGH

For two nights only, October 22nd and October 29th, Junta Juleil Theatricals and Rachel Klein Productions are collaborating on an evening of short theater, burlesque, dance, and other mind-blowing forms of performance, with each piece indebted to a different 1980's horror film. It will be held at The Duplex (in Manhattan; 61 Christopher Street at 7th Avenue). More details to come.