SERIES AT THE TANK
NECROMANCERS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
Each month, Theater of the Apes plucks a long forgotten volume from the shelves of the New York Society Library and resurrect it as a low budget variety show.
Necromancers of the Public Domain resurrects long forgotten books as 1-night only variety shows. Up next: Perkin Warbeck, Pretender to the Crown of England (1902)
TICKETS
$15
Each month, Theater of the Apes plucks a long forgotten volume from the shelves of the New York Society Library to resurrect as a one-night-only NYC variety show…
THIS MONTH: Cape-Coddities by Dennis and Marion Chatham
(aka Roger Livingston Scaife)
(1920)
From the book, 1921:
I know of no greater relief than to escape from town and come to the Cape.
Help us celebrate for the anniversary of Cape Cod wash-ashore / Theater of the Apes' Silverback Greg Kotis’ birth…
Performers to be announced
Hosted by Ayun Halliday, Queen of the Apes
TICKETS
$15
Each month, Theater of the Apes plucks a long forgotten volume from the shelves of the New York Society Library to resurrect as a One-Night-Only NYC variety show…
This month: The Art of Aubrey Beardsley
Introduction by Arthur Symons (1918)
Like most artists who have thought much of popularity he had an immense contempt for the public; and the desire to kick that public into admiration, and then to kick it for admiring the wrong thing or not knowing why it was admiring, led him into many of his most outrageous practical jokes of the pen.
– From the book, 1918
WITH:
Tyler Gunther (Medieval Comics / Dark Ages Deadly Wit)
Timothy McGown Reynolds (Blue-Beard / Le Lycanthrope)
Shelton Pritchard Lindsay (The Shallow B-Rate Spectacle / Story As Rite)
Pearl Rhein (The Bushwick Book Club / Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812)
Christian Roberson (Who Made the Potato Salad?)
Teresa Toro (The Bushwick Book Club)
and more to be announced!
Hosted by Queen of the Apes, Ayun Halliday (No Touch Monkey! / East Village Inky)
Behold the book in its entirety online.
Theater of the Apes: Human See. Human Do.
Dare to Be Heinie. Read the East Village Inky
Each month, Theater of the Apes plucks a long forgotten volume from the shelves of the New York Society Library and resurrect it as a low budget variety show.
TICKETS
$15
TICKETS
$15
Each month, Theater of the Apes plucks a long forgotten volume from the shelves of the New York Society Library to resurrect as a low budget variety show. THIS MONTH: Childhood by Alice Maynell (1913)
Each month, Theater of the Apes plucks a long forgotten volume from the shelves of the New York Society Library to resurrect as a low budget variety show.
Monday, April 15 at 8pm
The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art 1919
Each month, Theater of the Apes plucks a long forgotten volume from the shelves of the New York Society Library and resurrects it as a low budget variety show.
Each month, THEATER OF THE APES plucks a long forgotten volume from the shelves of the New York Society Library and resurrects it as a low budget variety show.
This month: Christmas in Art by Frederick Keppell (1909)
Each month, THEATER OF THE APES plucks a long forgotten volume from the shelves of the New York Society Library and resurrects it as a low budget variety show.
This month:
What Makes the House Beautiful: A Collection of Building Details with Measured Drawings (1920) by Henrietta C. Peabody, editor
An elaborate stairway is as out-of-place in a simple house as a simple one is in an elaborate house. An eccentric one is bad in any house.
WITH:
Andria Alefhi (Well Never Have Paris / Listening to Work)
Ellia Bisker (Charming Disaster / Sweet Soubrette)
Shayna Strype (Antrak / Curiouser and Curiouser) with Sarah Willis
Stephen ORourke (Peas and Carrots / Love Sucks)
and more to be announced!
Hosted by Queen of the Apes, Ayun Halliday (No Touch Monkey! / The East Village Inky)
Bio: Theater of the Apes is an East Harlem-based theater company dedicated to affordable ticket prices, fresh takes, and the comedy of existence. Join the Apes this holiday season for the 10th anniversary of Greg Kotis' The Truth About Santa, a co-production of Theater of the Apes and The Tank. Human see, Human do
Read the full text here:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101067663680;view=1up;seq=18
Relive the glory of Necromancers Past here:
http://www.theater-of-the-apes.com/current-productions/past-productions/necromancers-public-domain-past-editions/
Each month, Theater of the Apes plucks a long forgotten volume from the shelves of the New York Society Library and resurrects it as a low budget variety show.
This month: HOW TO SING A SONG: The Art of Lyric and Dramatic Interpretation by Mme. Yvette Guilbert (1918)