RETURNS TO ITS ICONIC EAST VILLAGE HOME
Inaugural Season in Two Renovated, Revitalized Theaters Begins with the 13th Annual Coil Festival, and Continues with a Series of Works Addressing the Cultural Legacy and Future of the Pioneering Institution and the East Village
The Final Coil Festival (January 10–February 4, 2018) Features Radically Experimental Works From Heather Kravas, David Thomson, Dean Moss, Dane Terry, Angela Goh, and Atlanta Eke New Semi-Annual Themed Performance Series
February–June 2018), Focusing on the East Village, Includes:
—Artist/FilmmakerTiona Nekkia McClodden
—New Commissions from Choreographers Sarah Michelson and Yve Laris Cohen
—Renowned Performance Artist and Playwright Penny Arcade
—Collaborators Ishmael Houston-Jones, Chris Cochrane, and Dennis Cooper Bringing Their Groundbreaking Performance
THEM Back to Performance Space 122
—Feminist Art Collective BRUJAS
—Fashion Label Women’s History Museum
—Avant-Garde Soprano Diamanda Galás
—Programming Paying Tribute to Postmodern Novelist Kathy Acker Including a Group Exhibit Co-Curated By Bjarne Melgaard, a Marathon Reading, Led by Sarah Schulman, of Blood and Guts in High School, and More
Performance Space 122, the birthplace of contemporary performance as it is known today, returns to its legendary home in the East Village, under the leadership of new Executive Artistic Director Jenny Schlenzka, after nearly six years presenting new works in partnership with venues across New York City. The institution will welcome the public to its newly renovated, column-free facilities at 150 1st Avenue—custom-designed by Deborah Berke Partners for interdisciplinary performance—with its 2018 Coil Festival (January 10 – February 4, 2018). Performance Space 122 will then offer a series of performances focused on the East Village itself (including Performance Space 122’s own iconic history), re-anchoring the organization in the former public school building, and the now vastly-changed neighborhood where it was born in 1980.