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Mark Sitko

MARK SITKO  

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below is a list of Mark Sitko's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Gonna See a Movie Called Gunga Din         redevelop (death valley)         Rocky Philly

Gonna See a Movie Called Gunga Din

Synopsis:
This is the world premiere of Gonna See a Movie Called Gunga Din. This new play draws from intimate, real-life interviews with United States veterans set against a vivid collage of physical movement culled from classic American war films. Van Cougar, a homegrown company of The Bushwick Starr, presents Gonna See a Movie Called Gunga Din to examine the distance between cinematic depictions of American soldiers and the reality of service men and women from the last century to current day.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
The Bushwick Starr
207 Starr Street, #4, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, NY 11237    18 Jan 2012

Organisations:
The Bushwick Starr

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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redevelop (death valley)

Synopsis:
Conceived, directed and choreographed by Chocolate Factory Artistic Director Brian Rogers, redevelop (death valley) is inspired by his experience of living and working in Long Island City, Queens (the site of an ongoing massive redevelopment project) for many years; and by his fascination with the Gold Rush Era ghost towns of the American West. redevelop (death valley) will juxtapose found footage and field recordings of ghost towns, precisely executed miniature dances, and video captured in real time to construct a series of interweaving visual narratives around ideas of shared, temporary and abandoned living spaces. Separated from the audience by movable translucent panels made from industrial plastic (which also serve as projection surfaces), barely-seen on-stage movements will be performed, captured in extreme close-up by moving video cameras, then repeated, cut up, and mashed atop one another, leading to a sort of densely layered accumulated history of many people in one space over time. Assembled from field recordings and video filmed during visits to ghost towns in Nevada, Arizona, and California (Death Valley); video interviews with lifelong LIC residents; dances made from mortgage calculators and real estate ads; Ennio Morricone-inspired sounds; text compiled from FDR's fireside chats, statements by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Mamet's
- press release

Notes:
created And performed by Brian Rodgers, Jennifer Lee Dudek, Sheila Lewandowski, Yoko Myoi, And Mark Sitko

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Genre:
Piece

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Rocky Philly

Synopsis:
The Bushwick Starr and Van Cougar present the world premiere of Rocky Philly, a 90-minute play that weaves personal stories collected from citizens of Philadelphia with the movements of the characters from the classic Academy Award-winning film. Rocky Philly juxtaposes two forms of storytelling: a cinematic underdog story created as entertainment and the personal stories of everyday people. The show layers story over movement to emphasize the relationship between the way stories are told to us in modern entertainments, and told by us when connecting with members of our own communities. The structure of the movie is held in tact: the well-known characters Mick, Adrian, Paulie, Jergen and Apollo Creed join a female Rocky in retelling the Rocky story. The actors recite recorded stories from Philadelphians verbatim; stories which have been carefully woven together by dramaturg Erica Rippy and director Mark Sitko. Speaking first-hand about living in the City of Brotherly Love, the numerous storytellers unknowingly provide insight into the creation of a story-from beginning to end-and how it is the silences, as well as the utterances, that make a story truly worth listening to.
- press release

Notes:
by dramaturg Erica Rippy And director Mark Sitko

1st Produced:
The Bushwick Starr, NY    09 Sep 2009

Organisations:
The Bushwick Starr and Van Cougar

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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