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MONUMENTS by Diane di Prima

A Promenade Performance on Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village

Monuments by Diane di Prima. A site-responsive promenade performance on Cornelia St., Greenwich Village. September 12-15, 2021. Collage of faces and images from the original 1968 production of Monuments at the Caffe Cino, 1968.

MONUMENTS by Diane di Prima

4 NIGHTS ONLY:
Sunday, September 12 - Wednesday, September 15, 2021

2 Tours Nightly: 6:00pm and 7:00pm
SPECIAL Early bird price for Sunday and Monday: $20 / $15 students/seniors
Regular Admission Tuesday and Wednesday: $30 / $20 students/seniors

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Performed by
OSCAR CASTILLO* • NATHANIEL CLARIDAD* • CHERRYE J. DAVIS* • JACQUELINE GREGG* • JONATHAN MATTHEWS-GUZMÁN • ANDREW HADRO • KAMELLE MILLS • CATHERINE MICHELE PORTER* • DAN LANE WILLIAMS*

Map of Cornelia Street in Greenwich Village with the names of dedications in Diane di Prima's MONUMENTS: James Waring, Deborah Lee, Alan Marlowe, Diane di Prima, John Herbert McDowell, John Braden, Eddie Barton, Fred Herko.

Take a journey along historic Cornelia Street with legendary Beat poet and playwright Diane di Prima. These 8 monologues are all dedicated to—and were originally performed by—Diane's artist friends and lovers in 1968 Greenwich Village. These Monuments provide startlingly unfiltered and unblinking revelations of these characters; they open up to us and offer a brief glimpse into the rich Bohemian worlds they inhabit. These snapshots, made at a particularly volatile moment in history, have been reinterpretted for our contemporary society—one that is forging its own way through a challenging and turbulent time.

Composer: BÁLINT VARGA
Lighting Design: DAVID CASTANEDA
Costume Designer: GRACE MARTIN
Production Stage Manager: HEATHER OLMSTEAD*
Choreographer: JOHNATHAN MATTHEWS-GUZMÁN
Director: BARRY ROWELL
Producers: RALPH LEWIS, CATHERINE PORTER, BARRY ROWELL

*Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production.


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