The Interart Theatre Development Series Presents

Blessed Unrest

and Jaimie Van Dyke's

Music Mélange

Music Mélange

French for “a bit of this and a touch of that”, Music Mélange asks the question, what happens when you get a bunch of musicians to pick their own repertoire?

The bar will be stocked so come party and listen to performers with passion playing whatever their hearts desire.

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Saturday June 12

Doors open at 7:30 pm
The show starts at 8:00

The Interart Theatre
500 W 52nd Street
at the corner of 10th Avenue

Tickets only $10 at the door
All ticket sale proceeds go directly to the performers.

For reservations
email jaimie.vandyke@gmail.com
or just come to the door!

Clarinets…violins…a taste of the east…some improv…and a tuba…

Find out what happens!

Featuring

Ervin Dede, Carol McGonnell,
Boris Shpitalnik, Matt Muszynski,
Danny Famiano, Sean Statser

and

Paul Brill
with Nuno Antunes and Katie Scheele

DJ Assterism and live special guests
to spin after the show
until LATE LATE LATE!

And in the lobby…

A Silent Auction

to support the work of Blessed Unrest

Items on the block include a selection of hand-crafted infused vodkas, private Pilates lessons, intriguing books, and more!

Can't make the show?
Come late to hear DJ Assterism and party at the theatre.
Tickets are $5 after 10pm

Please email Jaimie at jaimie.vandyke@gmail.com with questions or to reserve tickets.

Coming up

June 2010

ArtCamp SexyTime FootBall

We’ll wrap up our season by developing from scratch ArtCamp SexyTime FootBall, a brand new Blessed Unrest extravaganza! Curious? Stay tuned for sneak peeks…

Earlier this season

May 2010

CoMotion

May 9, 2010
2:00pm and 7:30pm

Free Admission

NYU's Frederick Lowe Theatre
35 West 4th Street

Reservations are not required.
For more information call 646-238-0829
or email

Two worlds collide as Blessed Unrest and the New York University Percussion Ensemble combine classical percussion and physical theatre. This explosive show is Blessed Unrest's third percussive theatre collaboration with NYU, and this year's all-new program features Igor Stravinsky's "A Soldier's Story" with text by Kurt Vonnegut. Also included is music and text by Philip Glass, Ho Chi Minh, Larry Spivack, and Javier Diaz.

Directed by
Anna Kepe and Matt Opatrny

Musical Direction by
Jonathan Haas

Choreography by
Jessica Burr

Stage Manager
Jaimie Van Dyke

Featuring
Jason Griffin, Beverley Prentice,
Damen Scranton, Laura Wickens

and
The NYU Percussion Ensemble

March & April 2010

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Photo by Alex Koch

Blessed Unrest heats up Shakespeare’s magical tale of people desperately trying to love each other in spite of volatile weather, identity confusion and meddling sprites. This physically dynamic production ignites Shakespeare’s language and tears open the heart of the play.

Thank god for Blessed Unrest’s production of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream". This diamond in the rough restored my faith in off-off Broadway….

This company’s energetic and crystal-clear presentation of a play packed with fairies, amazon queens, magic elixirs, and shape-changing donkeys made Shakespeare’s magical forest thoroughly relevant and captivating from start to finish.

~Lily Saint
bardonthehudson.blogspot.com

This production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream definitely has passion. In fact, it is all heart, soul and fluid movement.

I suggest an evening frolicking in Shakespeare’s magical woods with this innovative company. I found it to be a dream that is hard to forget.

~F.A.M.E NYC Magazine

We see the seasons alter...
The spring, the summer,
The childing autumn, angry winter, change
Their wonted liveries; and the mazed world
By their increase now knows not which is which.

Written by
William Shakespeare

Directed by
Jessica Burr

Lighting Design by
Benjamin C. Tevelow

Costume and Set Design by
Evan Prizant

Assistant Direction
and Sound Design by
Joan Jubett

Fight Direction by
Matt Opatrny

Stage Managed by
Jaimie Van Dyke

Featuring
Scott Barrow*, Davina Cohen*
Stephen Drabicki, Stephen Pilkington*
Damen Scranton*, Vaishnavi Sharma
Carlos Alberto Valencia*
Laura Wickens*, Hannah Wilson*

*Appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association. Equity-Approved Showcase.

This project has been made possible by the generosity of individual donors, the Interart Theatre Development Series, and public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

August 2009

Doruntine toured Albania,
Macedonia, and Kosova

Blessed Unrest began the seaon by taking Doruntine, our acclaimed collaboration with Teatri Oda of Kosova, on a month-long tour of major cities in Albania, Macedonia, and Kosova. The show was a huge hit, with sold-out performances and extensive national print and television coverage.

This tour was made possible by the generosity of Trust for Mutual Understanding, the US State Department, and the Kosova Ministry of Culture.