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8980: Book of Travelers

First Preview: Nov 29, 2017
Opening Date: Nov 30, 2017
Closing Date: Dec 2, 2017
Running Time: 01:15
8980: Book of Travelers

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Playing @
BAM Harvey Theater
651 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
In November 2016, singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane (The Ambassador, 2014 Next Wave) took a two-week train trip across the US with no phone or internet, embracing 8,980 miles of monkish Amtrak existence.

The result is this hymn to the analog intimacy of American rail culture as antidote to the fragmentation and efficiency of modern life. Alone at the piano, Kahane draws from dining car conversations with dozens of strangers—cowboys, postmasters, religious luddites, sea-steading software engineers—to sing of his own upended assumptions about the body politic as revealed through his unplugged railroad exile.

Created in collaboration with director Daniel Fish and designer Jim FindlayBook of Travelers is a meditation on the beautiful terror of getting lost in an unfamiliar landscape.

Part of the 2017 Next Wave Festival
ConcertConcertRegional
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 13
Audience Advisory: Balcony seating is only accessible by 70 stairs.

Performance Schedule

THURSDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM


Music
  • Gabriel Kahane

Director
  • Daniel Fish

TDF Tickets Offers:

TDF Member tickets:

Not currently available for this show

Listed at

Never

Full-price tickets:

$28.00 - $50.00

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Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Info

    Four locations. Two areas in aisle of orchestra. Can accommodate two wheelchairs each.
  • Elevator/Escalator

    Elevator: Automatic. Accesses orchestra level (2nd floor only). Raised lettering.
  • Passenger Loading Zone

    Front.
  • Parking

    Lots: Two, both marked BAM across street. Spaces on street close to main entrance can be reserved.
  • Curb Ramps

    Corner of Ashland Pl. & Fulton St.
  • Entrance

    Double doors in series: 1st set (each 28.5) has one pair of automatic doors from 44th St. to Ticket Lobby with push-button control. 2nd set (each 28", attended by ushers) to inner lobby. Doors wide and heavy, but usually open during performances. Marked with large lettering.
  • Box Office

    Ticket Lobby. Counters 38.5", 41.5", 47". Accessible pass-through with writing shelf at 32". Assistance available.Main level. Counter less than 48".
  • Restroom

    Womens: 1st floor. Outer door wider than 32". Stall door 29". Stall size less than 60". Commode 18". Grab bars.Mens: 1st floor. Outer door wider than 32". Stall doors 31". Stall size less than 60". Commode 18". Grab bars.
  • Water Fountain

    Main Lobby. Spouts 36" and 44".Ask usher for cups.
  • Telephone

    Ticket lobby. Coin slot 46". Cord 29". With TTY and electric outlet.
  • Assisted Listening System

    yes
  • Visual Assistance

    None.

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