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The Queens Theatre 31st season includes a variety of performances for families to enjoy from dance, theater and family programming. Courtesy of The Queens Theatre
Great performances for Queens
Theatre’s 31st season
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
cmohamed@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
The Queens Theatre is kicking off its
31st season with a bang of trio performances
by Parsons Dance Company in
September.
“For more than 30 years, Queens
Theatre has introduced audiences to
innovative and exhilarating theater,
dance and family programming,” said
Taryn Sacramone, executive director.
“We’re inspired by the diversity of our
home borough, and the adventurousness
of our audience members.”
Called “one of the great movers of
modern dance,” by The New York
Times, Parsons Dance will be performing
on Sept. 21 at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sept
22. at 3 p.m.
The Parsons Dance Company
(Courtesy of Queens Theatre)
In October, catch a performance
from the L.A. Theatre Works production
of SEVEN, a riveting documentary
play about seven remarkable
women from around the world who
faced life-threatening obstacles before
bringing heroic changes to their home
countries of Russia, protecting women
from domestic violence; Cambodia,
rescuing girls from human trafficking;
Guatemala, giving voice to the
poor; Afghanistan, empowering rural
women; Northern Ireland, promoting
peace and equality; and in Nigeria and
Pakistan, fighting for women’s education
rights.
Each woman’s story is written by an
award-winning female playwright and
can be seen on Oct. 26 at 8 p.m. and
Oct. 27 at 3 p.m.
Later this fall, the Queens Theatre
will produce Neil Simon’s classic comedy,
“Barefoot in the Park.” Simon’s
passing last year brought a tremendous
outpouring of respect and affection for
his outstanding legacy. “Barefoot in
the Park” opens Nov. 15-24, including
a 2 p.m. matinee performance on
Wednesday, Nov. 20.
Catch an electrifying performance
from the Calpulli Mexican Dance
Company, who will bring their holiday
show, “Navidad: A Mexican-American
Christmas,” to Queens Theatre for the
first time Dec. 14 at 2 and 8 p.m., and
Dec. 15 at 1 and 5 p.m.
The Calpulli Mexican Dance
Company (Courtesy of Queens
Theatre)
Navidad celebrates the holiday traditions
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of Mexico and the United States
by focusing on a young person caught
between worlds — their family’s past
in Mexico and their present life in
New York City. Through a dream, the
youngster attempts to bring both sides
together with Aztec-inspired dances
set to Christmas carols, and Mariachi
music fused with “Dance of the Sugar
Plum Fairy.”
Other performances include:
Washington, D.C., SOLE Defined,
who turn the Main Stage into a hip-hop,
tap dancing and high energy stepping
party set to the sounds of the mid-1990s.
(Sunday, Oct. 20 at 1 and 3 p.m.).
Then join brother-and-sister
duo, Jack and Annie, as they travel
to Elizabethan England to help
Shakespeare stage his new play.
“Showtime With Shakespeare” is a
hip-hop musical adaptation of Mary
Pope Osborne’s “Magic Tree House:
Stage Fright on a Summer Night.”
(Saturday, Nov. 2 at 1 and 3 p.m.)
Chickenshed NYC makes an encore
visit with its interactive and inclusive
show, “Tales From the Shed.”
Children, ages 0-6, of all abilities, and
their families can spend time with Lion
Down, Preston and Blurgh with stories,
songs and dancing. (Sunday, Nov. 10 at
1 and 3 p.m.)
The Queens Theatre is also offering a
series of free program through its new
Community Engagement department.
The events include: Queens
Storytellers (Sept. 28) , an evening of
multi-cultural stories about Queens told
by borough residents hosted by David
Lawson, who has appeared on Kevin
Allison’s “RISK!”, “Mortified” and
Mara Wilson’s “What Are You Afraid
Of?”; a Shakespeare-themed obstacle
course for kids in conjunction with
“Showtime With Shakespeare” (Nov.
2); and, during the run of “SEVEN,”
a pop-up photo exhibition by Jody
Christopherson, who examined the
images and words of 50 female-identified
playwrights from diverse backgrounds
(Oct. 18-27).
More information about the fall 2019
season is available at www.queenstheatre.
org. The second half of the 31st
season will be announced later this fall.
The Queens Theatre is located at
14 United Nations Avenue South in
Flushing Meadows Corona Park,
directly under the iconic towers of the
New York State Pavilion. It is easily
accessible by car, bus and subway.
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