STUART B MEYERS
The Dybbuk Part 2, Or Still Between Two Worlds
OCTOBER 12-14, 2023
8PM
EARLY BIRDS
$20
$16 HEARTS for queer trans BIPOC
AT-THE DOOR
$25
The Dybbuk Part 2
Or Still Between Two Worlds
“The Dybbuk Part 2, or Still Between Two Worlds*” is a performance where Jewish history, iconography, and mysticism collide with queer culture, drag, raving, and dance. As an imagined sequel to S. Ansky’s classic Yiddish play “The Dybbuk,” this new work resides in the feeling of being forever possessed, reframing what it might mean to live between two worlds. The original play tells the story of a young bride in a 19th century Chasidic-Russian village who dies in the process of being possessed by the demonic spirit (or “dybbuk”) of her former lover. In this new second installment, time collapses when her soul possesses a modern queer body locked into its own cycle of cosmic tragedy. “The Dybbuk Part 2, or Still Between Two Worlds” is about how it is to be endlessly possessed – by insatiable desire, ancestral trauma, complicated joy, and a need to survive.
Run time: 90 minutes without intermission.
Portions of this performance contain strobe lighting, water based haze, partial nudity and graphic content.
Stuart B Meyers
Stuart B Meyers is an artist who creates dance, theatre, ritual, and nightlife. Stuart’s worked alongside Colette Sadler, Nick Cave, Ann Liv Young, Robert Wilson, Christopher Williams, Tino Sehgal & Mina Nishimura. Stuart received funding from Berlin’s Senate, the BK Arts Council and the NEA, is a 2019-2021 NYLA Fresh Tracks Artist & CPR AIR and was a danceWeb Scholar. Stuart’s international works include “*The Shabbos Queen*, a Queer Jewish Shabbat Dinner Extravaganza,” KOPFINO, WITCH DANCE, and the installations PRIDE INSIDE and TAP DANCING IN THE OUTFIELD. Stuart organizes NY's queer Jewish party FLAMINGGG, kabbalistically reads Tarot + Dreams and DJs as Party Girl.
@stuartbmeyers, @flamingggnyc
Stuart B Meyers is the recipient of the 2023 and inaugural Production Residency. The purpose of this residency is to provide the resident artist with the invaluable gift of time – time spent within the theater's space and with access to its theatrical equipment. With unhindered access to our theater's technical components and the expertise of our dedicated team of technicians and designers, the resident artist is empowered to push boundaries, explore new horizons, and discover innovative approaches. Through this immersive experience, the artist finds the freedom to nurture their creativity to its fullest potential.
Photo by Helena Baldr