— Daisey doin' it —

Posted by Ringmaster at March 1, 2005 10:42 PM

Two-time WYSIWYG alum and storyteller extraordinaire Mike Daisey has been a busy man lately!

There's only one show left of his latest creation, Monopoly!, this Friday, March 4th and it's nearly sold out, so if you're hoping to catch it you'd better get your tickets right away.

But if you miss out on that one, you've got another chance coming up in just two weeks: All Stories Are Fiction returns to P. S. 122!

Last spring monologuist Mike Daisey created 13 new shows in 13 weeks in a daring new series at P.S. 122 called All Stories Are Fiction. Plucking from events that befell him in the years, days, and sometimes minutes before he walked onstage, Daisey weaved together brand-new shows, creating one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-seen-again monologues before the eyes of the audience each and every time.

Now the creator of 21 Dog Years and the monologuist the New York Times has dubbed "the master storyteller" and the Seattle Times calls "a cross between Noam Chomsky and Jack Black" is back at P.S. 122 on Monday nights from March 14 through May 9 at 7:30 PM, this time taking aim at nothing less than happiness itself.

The rules are deceptively simple: 45 minutes before show time, Mike goes into his dressing room with a legal pad and a Sharpie and creates an outline. At 7:30 sharp, Mike emerges and tells his tale for the assembled audience for the first and only time. Over two months these monologues will address the essential question of happiness: what role does it play--or should it play--in our lives?

"Each night is designed to stand on its own," says director Jean-Michele Gregory, "but there are arguments and motifs that will develop and be sustained, and over the span of this larger canvas the stories will juxtapose in ways that simply can't happen in traditional theater." P.S. 122 will be offering single tickets for $10, or a $50 pass that allows admission to the entire series.

March 14: WHERE WATER MEETS WITH WATER
Being that every river, in time, pours down to the sea.

March 21: ON LACKING CONVICTION
Not every child thrown to the wolves becomes a hero.

March 28: GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
Diplomacy: the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock.

April 4: TENSION IS THE GREAT INTEGRITY
The lost science of each piece held precisely in place.

April 11: SERENITY THROUGH VICIOUSNESS
A useful guide for rank amateurs and seasoned professionals.

April 18: JUST AS THE LIGHT FAILS
In twilight, in the dark, on each and every doorstep.

April 25: YES, THERE WILL BE DANCING
Simple questions on the afterlife, answered plainly.

May 9: TO BE ANNOUNCED
An entertainment whose nature can not yet be divulged.