CRIME OR EMERGENCY -PLUS LATE NIGHT SHOWING OF "EMERGENCY OR CRIME" December 4, 2009

THE OFFICIAL WORLD PREMIERE
"...my favorite, favorite thing that I have encountered in the last few years... I froze into that enchanted immobility that only the most spectacular shows provoke... I would actually buy your ticket to this show. I want you to see it that much. See you at PS!" - Helen Shaw via Claudia La Rocco's Performance Club Blog Post "The A-List"

Two iconoclastic downtown performers threaten our Aristotelian/Stanislavskian conceptions of contemporary American theatre and identity as we safely understand it. In other words:

Mike Iveson, with his demonic arrangements of the indigenous music of their native New Jersey, joins Kempson in a rapturous and obsessive melodrama of consciousness. Together they distill this 11-person play into a desperate and harried duet (Kempson performs 10 out of 11 characters; Iveson performs the 11th and also underscores the entire evening with barely recognizable piano arrangements of early Bruce Springsteen songs.) Part cabaret fiasco, part aesthetic holocaust, their dual dueling performance pits them in a life-or-death struggle for the right to devour the soul of the play.

PLUS Exclusive Late Night Edition: "Emergency or Crime"
Please note that at the Late Shows, the part played by Ms. Kempson will be played by Mr. Iveson; and the part and piano played by Mr. Iveson will be played or appear to be played by Ms. Kempson. In this compulsory late night companion piece to "Crime or Emergency", a fifth dimension of dementia ensues. Recommended for those who have already seen Crime and Emergency or who do not get out of bed until 930 PM (wake up Spaniards!) Warning: Ears and eyes may bleed.

Single Tickets: $20 or get The Package: see both for $30.

Crime or Emergency
Dec 4 - 20
Wed - Sat 7:30pm | Sun 5:30pm

Emergency or Crime
Sat, Dec 12 + Sat, Dec 19 10pm

Official Website: http://www.ps122.org/performances/crime_or_emergency.html