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PWP @ 30: A BENEFIT PERFORMANCE

Celebrating 30 Years of Peculiar Work

Peculiar Works Project @ 30 logo with three black and white photos: Scott McKinley giving Catherine Porter a blood transfusion in Before I Wake, Kelly Salvadore as Frollo and Vincent Rutherfor as Quazimodo!, and Sherry Davey fixing Paige Jones' hair in Wallpaper--all shows in PWP's first season, 1993-94.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2023: 7-9pm
Special VIP Reception: 6-7pm

Celebrate 30 years of Peculiar Works with us! Over 30 artists are revisiting our history in theater, dance, live music, and visual art. We're installing them in various spots throughout the Blue Gallery, a historic 160-year-old space in the shadow of the Chrysler Building. It's going to be a magical evening that you won't want to miss.

The Blue Gallery, 222 East 46th Street, NYC map it
subways: 4-5-6-7 to Grand Central; E or F to Lexington/53rd Street
buses: M101, 102, 103 to Lexington/46th or 42nd Street

Tickets:
$50 General admission
$100 includes VIP cocktail reception

see selections from PWP productions
BEFORE I WAKE (1993) • WALLPAPER (1994) • JUDSON HOUSE PROJECT (2000) • MANNA-HATA (2013) • SON OF COCKSTRONG (2014) • FLOYDADA (2015) • AFTERPARTY: THE ROTHKO PROJECT (2019) • FREEDOM’S LAST STAND (2024)

Peculiar Works Project at 30 artists KATHLEEN AMSHOFF, MYREL CHERNICK, NATHANIEL P. CLARIDAD, RACHEL COHEN, TIM CUSACK, STEVEN DEAN, MARIA DESSENA, HOWARD FISHMAN, SPENCER KATZMAN, ROB MITZNER, DAVE ROSS, R. SIKORYAK, GABRIEL STELIAN-SHANKS, and NOMI TICHMAN
created by
KATHLEEN AMSHOFF • MYREL CHERNICK • NATHANIEL P. CLARIDAD • RACHEL COHEN • TIM CUSACK • STEVEN DEAN • MARIA DESSENA • HOWARD FISHMAN • SPENCER KATZMAN • ROB MITZNER • DAVE ROSS • R. SIKORYAK • GABRIEL STELIAN-SHANKS • NOMI TICHMAN

and performed by
CAROLINE ALTER • ASHLEIGH AWUSIE • CHARLES BASKERVILLE • MARISSA CARPIO • OSCAR CASTILLO • CHERRYE J. DAVIS • AYAKO DEAN • PHILIP ESTRERA • DAVID FINE • JACQ GREGG • TIM HOTCHKIN • GRACE MARTIN • GRACE PHELAN • DESPINA STAMOS • JESSICA THREET • JACK UTRATA • JENNE VATH • and more!

DAVID CASTANEDA lighting • HEATHER OLMSTEAD production manager

We opened our first production—a double-bill of Barry Rowell's spin on Dracula, Before I Wake, and David Koren's reimagining of Victor Hugo, Quazimodo!—on October 21, 1993.

"You have to be insane or geniuses to keep a theatre going in NYC for 30 years. Maybe a bit of both :)".—Kelly O'Donnell, director 3Christs (2014)

Come hang out with us for a couple of hours and find out for yourself! Raise a glass, have a nosh, and roam the gallery to discover mini-jewels from our history. It's going to be a magical celebration—30 years in the making.

New York State Council on the Arts and NYC Department of Cultural Affairs logosOur Peculiar Works projects are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and from New York City Council member Christopher Marte; and with private funds from the Mental Insight Foundation, as well as our many, wonderful, individual donors.