La MaMa Announces February Programming Featuring William Electric Black, Stefanie Batten Bland, and More
La MaMa's 59th Season, “Breaking It Open,” explores how new works are created, performed, and experienced during a pandemic.by BWW News Desk
La MaMa has announced programming for February 2021, which will stream live on LaMaMa.org before becoming available on demand. This month will feature two LiveTalks, one with Stefanie Batten Bland that centers on casting and one with Resident Artists Murielle Borst-Tarrant, Yoshiko Chuma, Shauna Davis, and Tarish Pipkins a.k.a. Jeghetto; two Café La MaMa Lives, one featuring a multi-dimensional science-fiction fairytale puppetry musical written and directed by Charlotte Lily Gaspard and one showcasing some of the work Resident Artists Timothy White Eagle, Justin Hicks, and Joshua William Gelb & Katie Rose McLaughlin / Theater in Quarantine have been working on; Coffeehouse Chronicles Revisited #131: Mabou Mines, in honor of Lee Breuer; Poetry Electric: Terry Lewis Tribute curated by Emmy Award Winner William Electric Black; Downtown Variety: Serbia Edition, curated by Eho animato; Experiments Play Reading: Iseult et Tristan, written by Pia Wilson and directed by Susan Dalian; and La MaMa Kids: A Gun Is Not Fun, a book reading by William Electric Black.