Mourning Machine: A Joyful Grief-Space for the NYC Theater Community

Mourning Machine is a low-stakes participatory ritual designed to honor the history and resilience of the NYC theater community during a time of uncertainty and reconfiguration. The gathering will feature Coffin Karaoke, lasagna, drinks, sparkly clown-tears, and more! Come sing a song, deliver an impromptu eulogy, or just hang out. This event is part of an ongoing research & performance project about the “practice” of grieving-in-community as a form of political resistance.

Doors at 6:30pm

Karaoke at 7:30pm

Party til 9:30pm 

Come for all or part!

Mourning Machine was created by a polydicsciplinary ensemble that includes Mollie Andron, Jess Applebaum, Mica Baum-Tuccillo, Nic Benacerraf, Choco Garcia Rivera, Kate Fry, Dorothea Gloria, Bea Martino, and Austin Purnell.

Edge Effect is a “think and do tank” that creates participatory experiences for individuals to share knowledge across personal, cultural, and disciplinary boundaries. Co-founded by dramaturg Jess Applebaum and director/scenographer Nic Benacerraf, EE’s process  is deeply rooted in the edge-blurring practices of devised theater. Each project unites a polydisciplinary community to study a transcendent issue of our time, who then creates original multimedia performances for new communities to deepen the investigation.

www.edgeeffectmedia.org/

*This project is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement, a regrant program funded by DCLA, NYSCA, and the Howard Gilman Foundation, and administered by LMCC.