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The Chaplin Plays
First Preview: Jun 29, 2016
Opening Date: Sep 14, 2016
Closing Date: Sep 18, 2016
Running Time: 01:30
Playing @
Theater for the New City
155 First Ave, New York, NY 10003
The Chaplin Plays: A Double Feature Tramp on Tightrope with Monkeys and Charlie and the Siberian Monkey Goddess
Strip away the masks and make up, the remarkable number of personas under the face of Charlie Chaplin—cockney orphan, music hall vagabond, beloved tramp, movie star, director, genius, lover, abuser, dictator, murderer, traitor, exile, recluse—all of them inventions on of one who knew they were not at all real, and who is left? Who is the person under the pretense?
Does the fiction of the image, the celebrity, all the various roles become reality? This double-feature explores two versions of Chaplin, inside whom many others are layered, muddled and mixed, and we witness a relentless Siberian Monkey Goddess attack and attempt to peel away the façade to see what if anything is left lying beneath.
Playwright: Don Nigro
Directed by Lori Kee
Part of Dream up Festival 2016
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Wednesday - September 14 - 6:30 pm
Thursday - September 15 - 9 pm
Friday - September 16 - 9 pm
Saturday - September 17 - 5 pm
Sunday - September 18 - 5 pm
Strip away the masks and make up, the remarkable number of personas under the face of Charlie Chaplin—cockney orphan, music hall vagabond, beloved tramp, movie star, director, genius, lover, abuser, dictator, murderer, traitor, exile, recluse—all of them inventions on of one who knew they were not at all real, and who is left? Who is the person under the pretense?
Does the fiction of the image, the celebrity, all the various roles become reality? This double-feature explores two versions of Chaplin, inside whom many others are layered, muddled and mixed, and we witness a relentless Siberian Monkey Goddess attack and attempt to peel away the façade to see what if anything is left lying beneath.
Playwright: Don Nigro
Directed by Lori Kee
Part of Dream up Festival 2016
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Wednesday - September 14 - 6:30 pm
Thursday - September 15 - 9 pm
Friday - September 16 - 9 pm
Saturday - September 17 - 5 pm
Sunday - September 18 - 5 pm
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 13
TDF Tickets Offers:
TDF Member tickets:
Not currently available for this show
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Never
Full-price tickets:
$20.00 - $20.00
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Accessibility
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Box Office
Counter 43". -
Parking
SVI Permit. -
Curb Ramps
All corners. -
Passenger Loading Zone
Front. -
Restroom
Unisex: Lobby. Lightweight door 33". Stall 66" x 68". Commode 19". Grab bars. -
Seating
Four Theatres: Three on lobby-level (one seating 240, two seating 99 each), one in basement (seats 65). No fixed seating in any of the theaters. -
Elevator/Escalator
Elevator: For access to basement theater. Lift for one person using wheelchair and one ambulatory person. Operated with key by house manager. -
Telephone
Lobby. Coin slot 61". Cord 29". -
Entrance
Ground level. Double doors in series (each 36"). Easy to operate with adequate maneuvering space. -
Visual Assistance
None. -
Water Fountain
None. -
Assisted Listening System
None. -
Wheelchair Info
No fixed seating in any of the theaters.








