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 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)
Experience the romance of Belated Apocalypse
Hello all you people!
Saturday, February 28th 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 28th. 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.
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!
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No Matinees.... returns!
June 2008:
J. Anthony Roman & company rent out a theater for a week in the hopes of getting the artistic monkey off his back.
What did we learn?
Sometimes one week just isn’t enough!
Behold, NO MATINEES: SUPPLEMENTAL
This one night theater variety event pops off January 9th at 7pm
Here’s is what we you’ll see that night:
A special performance by Jedidiah Clarke!
The (Supplemental) Scenes:
Uzi Man
Directed by James David Jackson
With C.L. Weatherstone and Kira Blaskovich
So, you and your drug dealer get along? This scene takes a look at the circumstances that can make a progressive liberal artist into a NARC.
Pick Your Poison
Help Anthony Choose one of his short stories to read.
The choices are:
1) The Empty Room on 35 …A Property Manager, a newswoman, a Canadian girl, and some Uruguayan immigrants clash in this tragic tale.
2) Amatiel… A woman with prescient powers on the verge.
3) Line Wars… A first person account of life on the Star Wars: Episode One:, The Phantom Menace ticket line! Told in 3 episodes.
Chapter One
Directed by Jill DeArmon
With Jamie Klassel, Tracy Perez, Reyna de Courcy, Franco Boulan and Scott Norman
A young writer after the shine of fame and creativity has worn off finds himself at a crossroads with his oldest friend.
The Chapter One reading will serve as a prelude to the BackYart Winter Series, where Anthony, will be reading the novel, Belated Apocalypse, a novel written as a companion piece to Chapter One, chapter by chapter at the monthly Backyart events.
And a Musical Performance from MonsterRallly!
$12 cash at the door
or
www.theatermania.com for advance sales
