TWO DAYS ONLY!
Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 2pm: LIVE Tour or VIRTUAL Online
OR
Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 2pm: LIVE Tour or VIRTUAL Online
Tours begin at Greeley Square (6th Avenue & 32nd Street)
Info on other Janes' Walk 2023 events HERE.
Walking time: 75 minutes (approximately 1/2 mile)
Building on the success of last year’s riotous walk, Janes Return will return to the controversial Penn Station district with more Janes—in-person and online—to march along the streets where Ms. Jacobs once fought to save the original terminal. For Janes Return Returns, this year’s diverse band of rabble-rousers will channel our inspirational namesake with short performances, including Jacobs’ own words.
Carrying recreations of the iconic "Save Penn" signs, this live promenade will stop at sites currently in danger of demolition, conjuring the 1962 pickets that inspired NYC’s Landmarks law. In-person audiences can chant and sing along the way, while the Janes live-stream each other for online audiences who can’t make it to this rapidly changing neighborhood.
Performed by LAURIE BENNETT • MICHELLE BESHAW • CARMELA DAVIS • BETH GRIFFITH • DEBRA KHAN-BEY • and CATHERINE PORTER
Adapted by MADELEINE POPKIN • Music by SKIP LAPLANTE • Virtual Director IBEN CENHOLT • Director of Photography BIANCA ILICH • Camera Operator CHIARA BOWKER • Stage Managed by FIONA HANSEN • Dramaturged by BARBARA YOSHIDA • Produced by BARRY ROWELL • Conceived & Directed by RALPH LEWIS
Our Peculiar Works projects are being made possible with public funds from made possible by 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 private funds from the Mental Insight Foundation, as well as our many, wonderful, individual donors.
