This month, from July 14-30th, four actors from Studio Child will travel to Poland to participate in intensive training with Teatr ZAR. For two weeks, these actors will live and work with an international group of theater artists, immersed in the rigorous physical, vocal, and collaborative practice for which Teatr ZAR is known worldwide.

The intensive takes place at the Grotowski Institute’s Brzezinka forest base, located about 40 kilometers outside Wrocław, Poland. Founded in the 1970s by avant-garde director Jerzy Grotowski, this historic site has long served as a home for experimental theater research and practice.

This experience will serve as a touchstone for the Studio’s burgeoning artistic culture, a groundwork to be shared with the broader company back in NYC, and a catalyst for the ensemble’s ongoing laboratory work on its next daring theatrical project.

We are raising funds to support airfare, workshop fees, and travel expenses for the four participating actors undertaking this unique artistic expedition. Your support directly enables this one-of-a-kind training and invests in the future work of Studio Child.

Participating Studio Child Members:

• Lydia Brinkmann

• Carmen Ezcurra

• James Majewski

• Peter Murphy

Ways your gift can help:

• $50 helps provide meals

• $100 helps support workshop fees and accommodation

• $250 helps offset airfare

• $900 sponsors one actor’s full airfare or training costs

We are so grateful for your support! Please spread the word and offer what you can -- even the smallest gift makes a big difference for these performers and the Studio.

(Pictured above: Studio Child Artistic Director James Majewski at Brzezinka in 2018)

"My first residency in Brzezinka alongside members of Teatr ZAR was a watershed moment for me as an artist. It changed me on a cellular level. Returning a second time years later, I came back to New York City afterward determined to establish a studio where a similar line of practice could be pursued in the United States. The 'DNA' of Brzezinka already lives in Studio Child. With this opportunity, it becomes a collective experience—no longer something for me to communicate and others to imagine, but a common touchstone we will share. It would be a watershed moment for our work."

- James Majewski, Studio Child Artistic Director

A laboratory creation of the studio, “ghostcreator” is a paean to the Mystical in the theater, with echoes of Hamlet’s ghost. Directed by James T. Majewski and written by Karina Pooran Majewski, this poetical and physical exploration will push the boundaries of form and invite contemplation.

Performed by Lydia Brinkmann, Sharbel Habchy, Vincenzo Hinckley, James Majewski, Karina Majewski, & Peter Murphy. Music by John-William Gambrell.

Tickets now available!

Tickets are $25 in advance, or $30 at the door.
Online sales will end at 7pm on the day of the performance.
The box office will open at 7:30pm.

Where:
The Chapel
Holy Family-St. Thomas Aquinas
249 9th Street
(Entrance on 4th Ave between 8th & 9th St)
Brooklyn, NY 11215

When:
May 22nd & 23rd
Box office opens at 7:30pm
Performance begins at 8:00pm