THE SINDBAD LAB
From various translations and tales from ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS
Lead by Stephanie Weeks, Avi Amon, Kareem Fahmy, Moe Yousuf
The Doxsee Theater | May 31 – June 24, 2018
232 52nd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220
THE SINDBAD LAB is a performance festival dismantling and rebuilding all seven voyages from the classic Sindbad tales from ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS.
MORE WONDER, PLEASE
Created and Directed by Stephanie Weeks
May 31-June 3, 2018
A devised work with original text and pulling themes and language from SINDBAD AND THE SEVEN VOYAGES. What are the fortunes we seek beyond ourselves? What is gained by going through toil and hardship? Is anything lost by it? An exploration perhaps even a meditation on Wanderlust, Courage and Treasure! The wonders of the world and the wonders of ourselves.
Featuring Jessica Banegas, Morgan Hooper, Feryal Kilisli, Molly McAdoo, and Rayshaun Sandlin
Scenic Designer You-Shin Chen
Lighting Designer Sarah Lurie
Sound Designer Kate Marvin
Production Stage Manager Garrett Markgraf
MORE WONDER program
INSHALLAH/MASHALLAH
Created and Performed by Avi Amon
June 7-10, 2018
There are way too many Sindbads! An inter-dimensional experiment gone horribly awry or a successful Ponzi Scheme? Which Sindbad are you destined to be? Part sound installation, part concept album, INSHALLAH/MASHALLAH explores the powers and problems of myth in cultural narrative via sound, song, and sensory manipulation.
Scenic Designer: D’Vaughn Agu
Lighting Designer: Ebony Burton
Sound Engineer: Jesse Freedman
Co-Sound Designer & Production Stage Manager: Nicholas Cocks
Production Manager: Will Jennings
INSHALLAH Program
THE TRIUMPHANT [PARTS 3, 4 & 7]
Created and directed by Kareem Fahmy
June 13-17, 2018
Trapped in a prison, a group of gay men conjure the fantastical stories of Sindbad the Sailor as they await their uncertain future. A multi-media theatre performance piece that draws both from interviews conducted with members of the LGBTQ community in Egypt and mythic stories of survival and bravery, THE TRIUMPHANT [PARTS 3, 4 & 7] is about the resilience of the human spirit even in the face of the greatest adversities.
Featuring: Sarah Suzuki, Paul Pontrelli, Samy el-Noury, Matthew Brown, and Justice Nnanna
Original Music & Sound Design: Mark Van Hare
Scenic Designer: Andrew Moerdyk
Lighting Designer: Cha See
Costume Designer: Susanne Houstle
Production Stage Manager: Garrett Markgraf
TRIUMPHANT program
YOGIBOGEYBOX
Conceived by Moe Yousuf
Created by Moe Yousuf and Brian Lawlor
June 21-24, 2018
Part trance / part transmigration, YOGIBOGEYBOX combines the sheer spectacle of the Sindbad tales with an ethnomusicological exploration of neo-colonialism’s impact on Silk Road cultures. Mixing traditional forms of drone music, UAV drone choreography, erhu, Mrse code, heavy synth, western instrumentation, and Dabke dance, YOGIBOGEYBOX (a room in which spiritualism is practised) is an experimental Tarab performance for THE NOW.
Featuring Reza Behjat, Mehdya Fassi,Brian Lawlor, Moe Yousuf, Eden Zane, and Nan Zhang
Composer & Arranger Brian Lawlor
Scenic & Costume Designer M.E.Guadalupe Rubi
Lighting Designer & UAV Pilot Reza Behjat
Sound Engineer Nick Cocks
Production Stage Manager: Mira al Jallaf
YOGIBOGEYBOX Program
Photo by Gaia Squarci