The New Theatre Project offers special offer for Valentine's Day performance of 'The Dance of the Seven Veils'
Amanda Lyn Jungquist and Maria Thomas star in "The Dance of the Seven Veils."
Photo by Nicole Ladonne Photography
For the 8 p.m. performance on Monday, February 14 at Pot and Box, at 220 Felch St., patrons will get two tickets for the price of one. So bring a loved one to share the true stories of sex workers, and the ultimate discovery of one's self.
Advance reservations are highly recommended as seating is very limited. Call or text 734-645-9776 or email tickets@thenewtheatreproject.org to reserve tickets. Free parking is available onsite. Â "Dance" is based on Obie award-winning playwright Charles L. Mee's work "Salome." Mee publishes all his work online and claims that there is no such thing as an original play. He borrows heavily from classical sources as well as contemporary forms of communication, such as blogs and Twitter, and then combines all of these into theatrical collages with a unique, organic narrative formed by multiple voices. On his website, the (re)making project, Mee invites others to use his words and texts and re-invent and re-interpret them.
"Dance" uses parts of Mee's script, but removes all of the narrative structure, replacing it with a story woven from the real lives of sex workers. The text of "Dance" was created using TNTP's interviews with sex workers, while also drawing materials from public domain blogs and books. Much of the text is derived from a social networking site for sex workers called NakedTruth.ca. The play involves three women who will represent one sex worker's story at multiple stages in her life. In reality, they are speaking the voices of several women, imagined and real, to comprise a singular, universal story of “how it is to be a woman.” Â "Dance" was compiled and written by Amanda Lyn Jungquist and is under the direction of Keith Paul Medelis (director, "The Spring Awakening Project") and choreographed by Ben Stange (director, "Cloud Tectonics"). The production features Jungquist ("The Spring Awakening Project," "Mother Courage in Concert"), Linda Rabin Hammell, and Maria Thomas.
For more details, visit www.thenewtheatreproject.org.