A solo creation at the intersection of theater, dance and visual art installation, Bronx Gothic gives palatable force to the charged relationship between two girls on the verge of adolescence in 1980s outer-borough New York City–Orchard Beach, Nathan’s hot dogs, and Whitney Houston’s hair bring an unforgettably moving landscape of memory to life with unflinching honesty.
Okwui Okpokwasili’s breakthrough work is fully realized for the first time at New York Live Arts as part of a multi-year collaboration. Okpokwasili’s intensely physical performance pushes against extremes—and reverberates with a potency that threatens to break the body—in this partially-true chronicle of one woman’s past.
Created in collaboration with Peter Born, Bronx Gothic draws inspiration from Victorian-era novels and West African griot storytelling to reveal a dark and powerful tale of sexual self-discovery, the (brown) body in transformation and the humor, love, strangeness and even terror that accompany it.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM
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Okwui Okpokwasili: Bronx Gothic
First Preview: Oct 15, 2015
Opening Date: Oct 21, 2015
Closing Date: Oct 24, 2015
Running Time: 01:15
Playing @
New York Live Arts
219 West 19th Street, New York City, NY 10011
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 13
Audience Advisory: NO LATE SEATING. Engagement is SOLD OUT
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$15.00 - $40.00
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Reviews
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“In language that is by turns blunt and poetic, crudely funny and incantatory, Ms. Okpokwasili conjures and probes this adolescent friendship, a jumble of insults, anger and love…A magnetic performer”
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“In language that is by turns blunt and poetic, crudely funny and incantatory, Ms. Okpokwasili conjures and probes this adolescent friendship, a jumble of insults, anger and love…A magnetic performer”
-----New York imes -
“In language that is by turns blunt and poetic, crudely funny and incantatory, Ms. Okpokwasili conjures and probes this adolescent friendship, a jumble of insults, anger and love…A magnetic performer”
-----New York imes -
“In language that is by turns blunt and poetic, crudely funny and incantatory, Ms. Okpokwasili conjures and probes this adolescent friendship, a jumble of insults, anger and love…A magnetic performer”
-----New York imes
Accessibility
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Box Office
Lobby level; accessible -
Restroom
The ground floor restrooms and theater are wheelchair accessible. -
Elevator/Escalator
Elevator to all floors -
Telephone
None on premises -
Entrance
The lobby is accessible via the double doors to the left of the revolving door at 219 W 19th Street. -
Wheelchair Info
The first floor lobby is a communal public space and wheelchair accessible via the street facing double doors next to the main entrance at 219 W 19th Street. Theater, dressing rooms and 3rd floor studios are accessible by elevator. Restrooms throughout the building and theater are wheelchair accessible. -
Folding Armrests
None available -
Parking
Street parking only -
Water Fountain
Lobby level; wheelchair accessible
