We’re pleased to report The Ring Cycle has been included in The L Magazine‘s 2011 ‘Best of Art & Performance’ list:

Best Regular-
Motion Sports Sequence
The Ring Cycle Part 1+2 at The Bushwick Starr
The Bushwick Starr’s Sue Kessler joked before the performance we attended that every season they seem to have at least one (this time two) sports plays. This adaptation of the first half of Wagner’s Ring Cycle took the action into the ring, where its mythic competitors became ridiculous 80s pro wrestlers whose choreographed moves were nevertheless thunderous.

Check out the full review here on The L Magazine.

We’re excited to bring you more great news!

Paul Bargetto, Artistic Director of undergroundzero has invited our company to be a Resident Artist in the festival.  undergroundzero has, for the past three years, showcased some of the most daring work in the city.  It’s given our company the opportunity to take risks on new projects (namely The Terrible Temptation to Do Good and the first incarnation of The Ring Cycle).  We’re very pleased to be asked to be permanent residents as this festival takes off in a new direction.

undergroundzero will be on hiatus this year, but will return next summer.

More news as it breaks!

We’re so excited to tell you the news!

Incubator Arts Project has selected The Ring Cycle (the whole deal — parts 1-4) to be a part of their 2012 Season!  We’ll have more details for you as they become available, but for now, just know you’ll get a chance to see the whole gang back in action in April 2012.

We’re very, very excited!  Hope you are too!

Sellar: I also enjoyed The Ring Cycle (Part 1 +2) at the Bushwick Starr, which was a really clever re-creation of the opera.

Soloski: That was the mash-up of Wagner with 1980s professional wrestling?

Sellar: Well, it was more than that. They made it clear that the story of the Ring on one level is actually a primal family drama, which was really insightful. They were sort of making fun of domestic realism, but it worked very well.

You can read the full article at The Village Voice.

Thanks Village Voice!

Happy Holidays everyone.  See you next year!

We bid a fond farewell to our longtime fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas, as we take the training wheels off the bike and begin to ride on as our own non-profit.

How does this change things?  Very little.  Your donations to PL115 are still fully tax-deductible contributions — but they will now be sent to us directly (via the post) or on PayPal (online).

More information on how to give can be found on our Donate page.

Thanks as always for your generous support!

PL115 is taking a short hiatus to rest and recuperate, but we’ll be back soon with more theatrical mischief.

See you soon!

“If a show in Bushwick celebrating the camp and desolation of Reagan’s 1980′s by way of Wagner sounds like a hipster mashup worthy of ironic T-shirts, think again. Performance Lab 115′s production of “The Ring Cycle (Parts 1 and 2)” uses ’80′s wrestling as the lightning rod through which to channel the epic deities of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle with a sense of unadulterated fun.” Read the full article »

Only 3 performances left — this Thursday, Friday and Saturday — 8PM at The Bushwick Starr.

Tickets available at Brown Paper Tickets.

Only 3 performances left! The Ring Cycle (Part 1+2) plays through this Saturday, October 30 only — at The Bushwick Starr. Don’t miss it.

Or you’ll be hearing from Woton.

Get your tickets today!

I’ll give you a hint… it’s awesome:

“This cheeky adaptation, by Dave Dalton, Jeremy Beck and the company, addresses Wagner’s agenda with remarkable sensitivity and insight.

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The final scene, in which Wotan condemns his beloved daughter, the brassy tomboy Brünnhilde (Sara Buffamanti), transcends cheeky parody to achieve a genuinely haunting potency.”

Read more of this great review in The New York Times.

The Ring Cycle has been picking up some serious momentum at The Bushwick Starr. Only 4 shows left. Don’t miss your chance to see it!