CLOSET WORKS is a monthly Theater in Quarantine (TiQ) performance lab of short dance-based work featuring Joshua William Gelb and choreographer Katie Rose McLaughlin with special guest artists. CLOSET WORKS is dedicated to creating work that embraces the architecturally imposed constraints that have defined this current moment of unprecedented isolation and unrest. Performed in TiQ-founder Joshua William Gelb's 2' x 4' x 8’ closet in the East Village, CLOSET WORKS is a virtual playground exploring new methods of remote collaboration and physical performance. The performances feature guest artists Sanaz Ghajar, Veronica Jiao, Nehemiah Luckett, Nate Stevens, Raja Feather Kelly, Damani Van Rensalier, Afra Hines, and Ahmad Simmons.
Presented by the Invisible Dog Art Center with additional support from Mamie Kanfer and Justin Stewart.
Facebook: @theaterinquarantine
YouTube: youtube.com/c/joshuawilliamgelb
September 12, 2020
featuring Guest Choreographer Afra Hines from Hadestown
Head over to the link of show on YouTube after the show for a post-show Q&A with the artists.
7pm Live Performance
9pm Live Performance
August 13, 2020
featuring Guest Choreographer Damani Van Rensalier
7pm Live Performance
9pm Live Performance
July 16, 2020
7pm Live Performance
9pm Live Performance
About Joshua William Gelb
Joshua William Gelb is an East Village-based director, performer, and librettist currently building theater out of his converted closet, which he has christened the Theater in Quarantine. Prior to the pandemic, Gelb created the musical interrogation of the 1927 Al Jolson film Jazz Singer (New Yorker critic’s pick), commissioned and built-in residence at Abrons Arts Center. Previously in residence at Abrons, Gelb conceived and directed the sesquicentennial anniversary reimagining of America’s supposed first musical The Black Crook (NYT Critic’s Pick), about which he lectured at Harvard University's Houghton Library. His Drama Desk-nominated adaptation of A Hunger Artist, created with Sinking Ship, continues to tour. Other work has been presented at Ars Nova, LMCC Process Space, New Ohio, Joe's Pub, Polyphone Festival, and Target Margin. Gelb participated in the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, is an associate artist with Sinking Ship, and teaches Theater Collaboration at Cooper Union.
Website: joshuawilliamgelb.com
Instagram: @joshuawilliamgelb
About Katie Rose McLaughlin
Katie Rose McLaughlin is an NYC-based choreographer originally from Minneapolis, MN. Her choreography has been presented by The Chocolate Factory, Catch, the Invisible Dog Art Center, HERE Arts Center, CounterPointe, newMoves Contemporary Dance Festival, Dixon Place, Little Theater, AUNTS, Movement Research at Judson Church, Center for Performance Research, Triskelion, 9x22 DanceLab, Links Hall, Red Eye Theater, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the International Festival of Art & Ideas. She was an artist-in-residence at LMCC’s Process Space (2017), Dance Lab New York (2017), Kaatsbaan International Dance Center (2017), the Barn Arts Collective (2015 & 2016), and LMCC’s SPARC program (2013). Katie Rose is the Associate Choreographer of the Tony-award winning Broadway show Hadestown directed by Rachel Chavkin and choreographed by David Neumann.
Notable theater credits include Orlando (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Indecent (Weston Playhouse), Bear Slayer (Ars Nova), and The Black Crook (Abrons Arts Center). In 2013, she co-founded and became the Artistic Director of Designated Movement Co., a dance/theater company interested in blurring the lines between forms.
Website: katierosemclaughlin.com
Instagram: @katierosierose
Dates + Times
Thursday, July 16, 7pm + 9pm encore
Thursday, August 13, 7pm + 9pm encore
Saturday, September 12, 7pm + 9pm encore
Location
Online