Undercurrents & Exchange Schedule for Week

posted by Third Rail Projects

Below is the schedule of performances for Week #1 (Feb 2-6) of Undercurrents & Exchange at the WFC:


Mon, Feb 2 at 1pm

Business man and Mermaid (created and performed by Zach Morris & Marissa Nielsen-Pincus)

A short duet that explores the impossible relationship between a business man and a mermaid that finds her way up from the Hudson River into the Winter Garden.

Tues, Feb 3 at 1pm

Coffee Break Duet (created and performed by Zach Morris & Donna Ahmadi)

An excerpt from the Bessie-Award winning Vanishing Point, which is reconfigured for the WFC Winter Garden. A look at the relationship between two people sharing a break, a cup of coffee, and a dance. Live music by Bessie Award-winning composer Kris Bauman and Luca Benedetti of the Dang-It Bobbys.


Wed, Feb 4 at 1pm

Banjo Love (Tara O'Con & Kris Bauman)

A subsequent excerpt from the Bessie-Award winning Vanishing Point, which explores the developing personal relationship between two people as they begin their courtship amid a busy and very public thoroughfare. Live music by Bessie Award-winning composer Kris Bauman and Luca Benedetti of the Dang-It Bobbys.

Thurs, Feb 5 at 1pm

Bookfair (Created by Tom Pearson and performed by Zach Morris, Marissa Nielsen-Pincus, Tara O'Con, and Mayuna Shimizu)

A group experience relating to another event in the space, Thursday's book fair. The performers withdraw into their own private, individual experiences of reading while seated on the benches in the palm garden, and then echo the undercurrent of the grid pattern of traffic through the palms.

Fri, Feb 6 at 12:30pm

Duet with Baby Jane Dexter and her Trio (Created by Zach Morris, Marissa Nielsen-Pincus, and Tom Pearson)

A second coordinated effort with another event happening in the WFC . A couple arrives via escalator to dance a surprise duet during Baby Jane Dexter's set at the WFC. Live Music!