May 14, 2014

Jim Findlay: Dream of the Red Chamber, a performance for a sleeping audience

What: Times Square Arts, in partnership with Allied Partners and Brickman Real Estate, present Dream of the Red Chamber, a performance for a sleeping audience, produced by Collapsable Giraffe and 3-Legged Dog. A literal dream play, the work is performed for an audience that is encouraged to experience the work while they fall in and out of sleep. This durational performance installation invites the audience to take an immersive journey through Cao Xueqin's 18th century Chinese novel "Dream of the Red Chamber" -- an epic love story between a stone and a flower, framed by a dizzying series of metaphysical dreams.
      The set, video, sound, and lighting design of Dream of the Red Chamber, a performance for a sleeping audience will transform the vast basement space of the iconic Brill Building into an environment that advocates and facilitates sleep. The audience can choose to experience the work while lying and/or sleeping in one of the many beds that will fill the basement, or sit and watch from a more traditional chair, as the performers travel through the space and the story unfolds.
When: May 9th - 17th, 2014
Where: Brill Building, 1619 Broadway - Enter through storefront entrance at 1623 Broadway near 49th Street
FREE