ARTISTS PARTICIPATING IN 2021 LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY, MAY 28-30, 2012
Info as of May 4, 2012 - subject to change
For more info go to www.jsnyc.com/season/LES.htm

CABARET
Eric Yves Garcia

COMEDY
Karl Kissim
Eric Purkis
Aaron Dalla Villa

DANCE
Ashley Liang Dance Company
E-dancel
Glitter Kitty
Kaoru Ikeda
Kinding Sindaw
Love Show, The
Multistages
Emily Quant
Rod Rodgers Dance Company
Thunderbird American Indian Dancers
Akiko Tokuoka

EMCEES
Crystal Field
Robert Gonzales Jr.
Melanie Goodreaux
Susan Hemley
Alberto Minero
David Slone
John David West

MAGIC
Great Dubini, The

MUSIC
David Amram
Matt Baker
Alessandra Belloni
Louisa Bradshaw
Maud Lardner Burke
Chinese Theatre Works
Citizens United Protest Band
Talento Davis
Dominic Frigo
Judy Gorman
Gregory Nissen
Ben Harburg
Alexis Karl
Dawoud Kringle
Michael Laderman
M. Lamar
David Lewis
Art Lillard
Lower East Side Performing Arts
Mary Hurlbut / Andrew Bolotwsky
mister pablo
Tym Moss
Ellen Steier
Robert Varkony/Star 60
Richard West
Bill Zeffiro
Frances Key

PERFORMANCE
Katherine Ademenko
Penny Arcade
Danielle Aziza
Malcolm Boyd
Vinie Burrows
Gonzalo Casals
Peter Dizozza
Eva Dorrepaal
Jean Grillo
John Grimaldi
Justine J Hall Hall
Vilma Hodo
Bobbie Horowitz
Joan Kane
Evan Lawrence
Terry Lee King
Robert Liebowitz
Tommie J Moore
Eve Packer
Ben Pologe
Roman Primitivo
James Rado
Reno
Carlina Rivera
Elizabeth Ruf
Richard Weber
Xoregos Performing Company (Group)
Zero Boy
Lei Zhou

POETRY
Curated by Lissa Moira

Alexis Austin
Stan Baker
Amy Barone
Briana Bartenieff
Patricia Carragon
Mitch Corber
Peter Dolack
Jim Feast
Bonny Finberg
David Huberman
Lois Kagan Mingus
Hillary Keel
Linda Kleinbub
Ron Kolm
Tsaurah Litzky
Fran Luck
David Mills
Lissa Moira
Stephan Morrow
Larry Myers
Valery Oisteanu
Rochelle Pashkin
Howard Pflanzer
Wanda Phipps
Sabura Rashid
Lola Rodriguez
Bob Rosenthal
Elizabeth Ruf
Tom Savage
Bina Sharif
Mira J. Spektor
Ellen Steiner
Chocolate Waters
Richard West
Ernest Woodley
Malik Work
Evan

THEATER
Vienna Carroll
Ariana Johns
Bob Kalfin
Anne Lucas
Derek Murphy
Lorcan Otway
The Experimentals
Peter Welch

THEATER GOUPS
13th Street Rep
Accidental Rep
Cobu
Drilling Company
La MaMa ETC
Le Squeezebox Cabaret
Oasis NY Theater Group
Mary Tierney Ensemble
Yara Arts

WRITERS
Tom Diriwachter
Barbara Kahn
Lissa Moira
Stephan Morrow
Bina Sharif
Trav S.D.

VISUAL ARTISTS
Curated by Carolyn Ratcliffe

Roman Albear
Meg Boe Birns
Glenora Blackshire
Kathryn Bloss
Jorge Calvo
Lois Carlo
Kathy Creutzburg
Walter (Vlad) Debowski
Onno De Jong
Silvio De la Cruz
Adrian DiMetriou
Eileen Doster
Ken Ecker
Dennis Edge
Kristan Enos
Susann Ferris Jones
Ken Kobland
Andrew Hockenberry
Francine Lange
Leslie Lowe
Antoinette Maclachlan
Meghan Meehan
Joan Meyer
Esther Mizrahi
Lissa Moira
Horacio Molina
Dorine Oliver
Ruth Oisteanu
Valery Oisteanu
Anna Pasztor
Gilda Pervin
Carolyn Ratcliffe
Cynthia Reynolds
Maria Marta Rosario-Dann
Bonnie Rosenstock
Lola Saenz
Anne Stanner
E Jay Sims
Ethan Shoshan
Sue Strande
Sally Young
Monica Tavernez
Ciaran Tully
Gretchen Van Dyk
Peter Welch
Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

FILMS
Curated by Eva Dorrepaal

The Little House That Could - Mars Roberge - Doc - 90 min
An unconventional family of drag queens, club kids, transsexuals, butch-dykes, gay teenagers and other misunderstood outsiders single-handedly change the world of music, art and fashion. Sex and the City stylist Patricia Field gave them a home in her iconic NYC clothing boutique that started on West 8th Street and eventually closed on the Bowery across from CBGB’s. (www.thelittlehousethatcould.net) 

Collective Immunity - Peter Welch - doc. 6 min
Filmed on Election Day 2016 and edited the week before Election Day 2020, COLLECTIVE IMMUNITY is a visual examination of the election process, especially in regard to its limitations in protecting the citizens who participate.  

Why I Couldn’t Finish My Film -  short  - 7.15 min
Nervous about becoming a corporate lawyer, a young woman has affairs with two avant-garde filmmakers and attempts to make a documentary about fur.

1 out of 8 - Jacqueline Kennedy - doc - 5.26 min 
 '1 Out of 8' explores the challenges Sias faces while working in Construction. The short highlights a woman in construction, working extremely hard to break barriers and stereotypes in NYC and in the construction business. Over 20 years she has been working to challenge new heights.

Joe_IMDb vs Frankie Truffles - William George Louis - buddy comedy, hangout movie - 17 min
A battle of wits between NYC cinephiles.
(showcases three cinephiles in front of every arthouse cinema in NYC, discussing cinema)

Horreur Fatigue - Edwin Brienen - short - 6.44 min
A 1-act mini opera for tortured souls. Shot during the pandemic in NYC. 

Planet Rose - Celine Dayan-Bonilla - Comedy - 5 min
Not your average quarter life crisis 

Hungry Ghost - Mark Burkowski - drama - 17.50 min
A man’s desperate search for a drug addicted wife forces him to live with his own demons or die with hers.

The Virgin Barry - Christopher Williams    - comedy - 7.31 min
A young man struggles with who he should give his virginity. 

Benediction - John Carl and Jonathan Kirk   - drama - 6.25 min
In the middle of the night a girl receives a mysterious phone call from an inmate with a haunting secret.

Camp Video - August Polite - animation - 3.12 min
After a failed suicide attempt, a young filmmaker visits his old summer camp in the hope to find solace.