Nettles Artists Collective invites you to A HOUSE OF SKIN AND BONE - an original multimedia and physical theater piece inspired by the book The Dark Cave Between My Ribs by Loren Kleinman.
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 A mother and daughter are subjected to their own preconceived ideas of love as they remain trapped inside their house with their painful relationship. Only doors and windows let in a drafty familial past muddied by personal addictions and abuse that snowball and pushes them to their limit.
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A HOUSE OF SKIN AND BONE attempts to decode the language of depression and addiction. Despite society’s growing recognition that depression and addiction are illnesses, both still carry a stigma that forces those who are suffering to hide in shame. Such suffering stifles the voice. It's something we don’t want to hear, we don’t want to see or even whisper. Yet, it plagues our society day and night.
DATES:
Thursday, April 28, 7pm
Friday, April 29, 7pm
Saturday, April 30, 2pm (Matinee)
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LOCATION:
Punto Space - 325 West 38th Street, Storefront #3,
New York, NY 10018
 (Artistic Home of Nettles Artists Collective)Â
RUNNING TIME:
Approximately 45 minutes followed by a short Q & A with respected experts in the arts and psychology field.
(Suggested Donation: $10)
This presentation’s goals are to raise funds and create awareness prior to the official debut of A House of Skin and Bone at the end of National Poetry Month and the beginning of National Mental Health Awareness Month in 2017. It is co-directed by Montserrat Vargas and Sandie Luna and produced by Nettles Artists Collective as part of Punto Space’s initiative #PuntoGivesBack which supports artistic organizations creating social change. Nettles’ mission is to imbue the American stage with authentic voices. This past March, their play Apple of My Eye was presented at the UNICEF. This is the first time that Kleinman’s writing has been transformed into theater, and she decided to choose Nettles Artists Collective because of their mission and expertise devising new works through the use of physicality.Â
Join our cast (Puy Navarro, Ibsen Santos, Jenna Sofia), co-directors (Sandie Luna, Montserrat Vargas) and Loren Kleinman for this special event!
Seating is limited
