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Return to Backyart, Love:Underground May 29th!

J. Anthony Roman — Fri, 14 May 2010 01:42:35 +0000

Hey people,

My writing is back at Backyart! And since the weather is shaping up, one can enjoy Backyart as is was meant to be, in the backyard, soaking in the sun. Unless it rains. In that case, one can enjoy it in a cool basement surrounded by art. Either way you will be entertained, and a little sweaty.

This scene went up in March and had a great showing at Rebel Verses. I’m thrilled its at Backyart.

Love:Underground is about a couple coming to the end of their long relationship and relizing their best days were spent within the Subway System.

It will be directed by Lia Woertendyke and features Jenny Gomez and Nic Grelli.

The fun starts at 7PM

BACKYART 649 Metropolitan Avenue

L train to Lorimer, exit at Metropolitan.

Belated Apocalypse Chapter 8: Mikey’s Birthday @ BackYart!

J. Anthony Roman — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:26:15 +0000

Eat with caution...

Mikey’s Birthday: In which Mikey and Gerald visit Bedford Avenue, and things begin to unravel.

Plus more! Visit: http://backyartbrooklyn.blogspot.com/

649 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York (L to Lorimer or Grand)

August 29th, 2009
6:30-7:30pm
Performances Start @ 8:00pm.
Tent is up, so don’t be shook about the weather.

Belated Apocalypse Chapter 7: Independence Day @ BackYart!

J. Anthony Roman — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:23:04 +0000

God Bless America.

Independence Day: In which Mikey and Gerald throw a party, and make an enemy of an old lady on their work block.

Belated Apocalypse Chapter 6: Fathers’s Day & BackYart’s One Year Anniversary!

J. Anthony Roman — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:16:21 +0000

Father’s Day: In which we travel to 1988 and relive the day Mikey’s father died.

Belated Apocalypse Chapter 5: Mother’s Day @ BackYart!

J. Anthony Roman — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:07:19 +0000

Mikey and Gerald have conflicting opinions on their new cocaine selling location on a stoop in Elmhurst, Queens. Mikey feels exposed, as Gerald finds joy in pushing rich kids around.

On their chosen day off, Sundays, Gerald secretly goes fishing, which he learned from the only male presence in his life he’s ever respected, a drunk N.B.A executive assigned to him from the big brothers program back in high school.

Dropping off a mother’s day card for Aunt, Mikey visits the old record shop and finds his replacement, his cousin Franky, in the middle of a homo sexual act with a co worker. Under the guise of intolerance, he beats Franky to keep him safe.

Belated Apocalypse loves their mothers.

Mother’s Day: The duo has been relocated to Elmhurst, Queens! In which Gerald goes fishing, and Mikey finds some “sexual goings on” in their old place of employment!

Belated Apocalypse Chapter 4: April Fool’s Day & Backyart Open House!

J. Anthony Roman — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:51:24 +0000

Gerald believes he hears sobs in the night. Mikey notices he is beginning to think like the authors he reads. Silently observing people, spying on old memories. Uncle informs the duo that they will be promoted to a new location, somewhere in Queens. Mikey finally visits Mirriam and walks in on the woman that raised in him, in her most vulnerable state.

Belated Apocalypse Chapter 3: St.Patrick’s Day & Backyart Film Frenzy!

J. Anthony Roman — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:55:23 +0000

Belated Apocalypse Gets Drunk for St. Pat's!

This Saturday, I will be reading chapter 3 of my novel Belated Apocalypse titled St.Patrick’s Day: In which we gain some of Leah’s (Mikey’s mother) perspective. Also, Mikey and Gerald convince Uncle to take them to a pub to drink like men, where they run into some Irish immigrants.
Speaking of the Irish…

This edition of Backyart will feature Backyart’s First Annual Film Frenzy!! Backyart and The Attic Studio in Dublin have teamed up to create a unique film festival experience. Filmmakers from Dublin and New York City have created films around one central topic and object. Next Saturday we will see what they have come up with!

It all goes down Saturday, March 28th @ 8 PM!!
Backyart: 649 Metropolitan Avenue, #1 (L train to Lorimer, G to Metropolitan)

Belated Apocalypse Chapter 2: Valentine’s Day @ BackYart!

J. Anthony Roman — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:06:21 +0000

Experience the romance of Belated Apocalypse

Hello all you people!

Saturday, February 28^th I will be reading the second chapter of Belated Apocalypse titled “Valentine’s Day” at Backyart. In which we visit Mikey’s matters of the heart, past and present. The chapter culminates with an incident in front of the movie theater pictured above.

Below is the information for February 28^th. And below that is a wrap up of what happened last time in Belated Apocalypse @ Backyart! Last month was a blast, when I left a full blown hoe down was underway.

Belated Apocalypse @ Backyart

649 Metropolitan Avenue, #1 (L train to Lorimer, G to Metropolitan)

8pm

Previously on Belated Apocalypse…

Awaiting his “uncle” to drive him back home to Ridgewood, a border neighborhood between Brooklyn and Queens, Mikey waits for a nuclear attack on New York City during a New Year’s Eve celebration. Mikey is under the belief the end of the world will happen on a holiday. When it doesn’t happen, he begins to ponder his life. We meet his sister Marcy, who has a history of stabbing men. He remembers his godmother, now crippled by a stroke at a live in hospital. We learn Mikey works for his Aunt with his best friend Gerald, selling weed bags in the back of a record store, one of a vast network of locations she owns. When Uncle finally drives him home, they are diverted to an after hours club, where Mikey speaks to, then kisses an older woman.

Belated Apocalypse Chapter 1: New Year’s Day @ BackYart!

J. Anthony Roman — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:14:02 +0000

Celebrate the begining of the end at BackYart!

1998. Considered by many to be the end of New York City’s “Crack Era”. Belated Apocalypse is the story of Mikey and Gerald, two young members of a dying breed trying to come to terms with a changing city. Mikey is sure the end of the world will happen on an American holiday…

This book is the novel which is written by the character “Michael” in my play Chapter One

Saturday, January 31st at Backyart I will read chapter one, New Year’s Day.

Backyart January 31 649 Metropolitan Avenue, #1 8:00 P.M.

(L Train to Lorimer, G to Metropolitan Ave. Exit Metropolitan Ave. exit, and follow the numbers)

…Plus, a lot of other great artists doing their thing!