Vagabond Inventions returns to New York with an expanded version of UNDER THE SKIFF, devised by Maja Bieler, Jennifer Sargent, Audrey Lamarque, and Iciar Trespaderne, and directed by Maja Bieler and Jennifer Sargent. UNDER THE SKIFF begins performances on Wednesday, October 24 for a limited engagement through Saturday, November 10. Performances are at The Red Room (85 East 4th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues/Bowery). The performance schedule is Wednesday – Sunday at 8 PM. The regular ticket price is $20. For tickets, call Brown Paper Tickets on 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information, visit www.vagabondinventions.com.
In the barren immigration office of a strange country, two naïve applicants wait (and wait… and wait….) for their papers to be approved. Between escapades with naturalization forms, barking loudspeakers, and a tangle of miscommunications in wacky foreign languages, our heroines navigate absurd catastrophes small and large with infectious optimism and remarkable endurance.
Inspired by true stories of female immigrants who journeyed alone to London or New York from Kenya, Ecuador, and Haiti, UNDER THE SKIFF premieres in September at the Galerie G – L’Art au Garage in Paris before arriving in New York. Following its NYC engagement, the show will then travel to New Orleans’ popular experimental theater venue, The Allways Theatre.
The cast features Maja Bieler and Jennifer Sargent.
Jennifer Sargent is the Artistic Director of Vagabond Inventions, an association of physical theater artists based in New York City. She has created seven full-length shows that have performed in seven countries. In New York, she has collaborated with Trusty Sidekick, The LITE Company, and SaBooge Theater and has performed at Abrons Art Center, HERE, The Chocolate Factory, and The Brick Theater, among others. She holds a diploma from the École Lecoq in Paris.
A native of Sweden, Maja Bieler is the Director of InterAction, a Paris-based multi-cultural non-profit organization that coordinates interaction between diverse creative disciplines. Ms. Bieler’s work as an actor, director, singer, and teacher includes collaborations with over twenty physical theater companies in France, Sweden, Norway, England, and Azerbaijan. Ms. Bieler holds a pedagogy degree as well as an acting and directing diploma from Wendelsbergs FHS in Sweden and a diploma from the École Lecoq in Paris
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