Blessed Unrest

🚨Audition Alert! ‼️ NOTE CHANGED DATES! 🚨

Award-winning Blessed Unrest Theatre Company is holding auditions for our Training Ensemble! We are seeking humans, storytellers, movers, actors & dancers who want to be a part of a community committed to the exploration of time, space and text in order to better ourselves and the world.

We are intentionally seeking individuals that make up the rich multi-cultural identities of NYC and beyond. We believe that every body has a unique story to tell, and acknowledge that the collision of race, gender, cultural background & other identities brings necessary and important elements to the creation of well-rounded art. We invite and welcome these complexities to our Ensemble.

Do you have a unique cultural perspective on how bodies move through space? Are you a mover/performer and seek a community of like-hearted individuals to keep you fresh and responsive to the world around you? Blessed Unrest can be a home for you!

Click the link in bio, grab the QR, or enter bit.ly/BUauditions into your browser to SIGN UP! 🙌🏼

🚨Audition Alert!🚨

Award-winning Blessed Unrest Theatre Company is holding auditions for our Training Ensemble! We are seeking humans, storytellers, movers, actors & dancers who want to be a part of a community committed to the exploration of time, space and text in order to better ourselves and the world.

We are intentionally seeking individuals that make up the rich multi-cultural identities of NYC and beyond. We believe that every body has a unique story to tell, and acknowledge that the collision of race, gender, cultural background & other identities brings necessary and important elements to the creation of well-rounded art. We invite and welcome these complexities to our Ensemble.

Do you have a unique cultural perspective on how bodies move through space? Are you a mover/performer and seek a community of like-hearted individuals to keep you fresh and responsive to the world around you? Blessed Unrest can be a home for you!

Click the link in bio, grab the QR, or enter bit.ly/BUauditions into your browser to SIGN UP! 🙌🏼

Wrapping up a fantastic training season with our exquisite Blessed Unrest Training Ensemble!

Tonight is your LAST chance to catch La Musica Deuxième, by Marguerite Duras, directed by the fabulous Jessica Burr, picture here!

Thank you to everyone who has come out and supported from near and far! We couldn’t have done it without you.

A la prochaine, tout le monde! ❤️‍🔥🎡

We're throwing a party tonight and YOU are invited! La Musica Deuxième must close, and we are ready to celebrate this beautiful show. 7:30 TONIGHT, but be a little early for a pre-show treat...
BlessedUnrest.org.

Photos by the extraordinary Maria Baranova

The third and final week of shows kicks off TONIGHT with three more chances to attend! As Bina Sharif of Arts International writes:

“This is a wonderfully acted play by both Valentine and Woods, and directed to perfection by Jessica Burr. Lit very effectively in dim light by Jay Ryan, it will be with me for a long time as well. I already feel a strong desire to see it one more time.”

So rush to the theatre tonight so you can catch it again before it closes! 🙌🏼💃🏻🕺🏻

7:30 PM | 75 min run time | 247 West 30th Street

See you at the theatre!

Gorgeous 📸 by Maria Baranova:

We're throwing a post-show fête this Saturday for artists and audiences alike! Yes, it's that kind of a show...

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"A quotidian initial conversation, flecked with longing and spite in Barbara Bray’s eloquent translation, evolves quickly into an intense psychological contest of wills – and won’ts.

“…an undercurrent of sexual and emotional tension drives the action. Showing the immanence of this energy is key to a play of interiority like this. Woods and Valentine succeed mightily.”

MUST CLOSE SATURDAY! TONIGHT at 7:30
https://blogcritics.org/theater-review-nyc-blessed-unrest-la-musica-deuxieme-marguerite-duras/
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Another amazing review!! 💥 We are so grateful to Jon Sobel, Lead Editor of the Culture & Society section of BlogCritics.org for sharing his insights and experience at La Musica Deuxième. Jon writes:

“an undercurrent of sexual and emotional tension drives the action. Showing the immanence of this energy is key to a play of interiority like this. Woods and Valentine succeed mightily. Their Anne-Marie and Michele ooze the cold desperation of unfulfilled dreams.”

THREE more chances to see the show!

May 16 | May 17 | May 18
🎨 🎭 The Drawing Room NYC
247 West 30th Street

“…an undercurrent of sexual and emotional tension drives the action. Showing the immanence of this energy is key to a play of interiority like this. Woods and Valentine succeed mightily. Their Anne-Marie and Michele ooze the cold desperation of unfulfilled dreams.”
THREE MORE SHOWS. BlessedUnrest.org
https://blogcritics.org/theater-review-nyc-blessed-unrest-la-musica-deuxieme-marguerite-duras/

"I hadn’t seen a Blessed Unrest production in a few years – since well before the pandemic, I think. I’m very happy they survived that cataclysm and are continuing to produce excellent work in a city that’s becoming increasingly difficult for smaller companies to thrive in. La Musica Deuxième continues only through May 18, so get your tickets now."

https://blogcritics.org/theater-review-nyc-blessed-unrest-la-musica-deuxieme-marguerite-duras/

WOW!! ✨ Thank you to Bina Sharif, Editor/Publisher of Arts International for this wonderful review!! Bina writes:

“I already feel a strong Desire to see it one more time. Everyone should rush to catch a performance of a great play by the most wonderful writer in the world.” 💫

Seats for tonight’s show are filling up fast, but we always reserve some tickets for the door! Make sure to catch it for the first - or second, or third time!! 👩‍❤️‍👨

Did we mention La Musica Deuxième is a steamy play about desire and passion - alienation and repulsion? You can almost say you can’t have one without the other. Or can you?

Entertain this question with us… and Marguerite Duras!

Six more shows, get your tickets while they’re hot!
May 10 | May 11 | May 12 | May 16 | May 17 | May 18 ❤️‍🔥

La Musica Deuxième tonight at 7:30
https://www.blessedunrest.org/

"The play which evolves like a mystery is always interesting as the two characters reveal themselves to us and each other."

7:30 TONIGHT through SUNDAY

La Musica Deuxième - TheaterScene.net A rare outing for the revised version of a classic play by French playwright and novelist Marguerite Duras.

The reviews are rolling in! Thank you to Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief of TheaterScene.net for featuring our production. Victor writes:

▪️⬜️▪️“Jessica Burr’s Blessed Unrest production of Marguerite Duras’ La Musica Deuxième in the 1992 translation by Barbara Bray is like a violent Jean Paul Sartre short story directed in the cool style of filmmaker Éric Rohmer.” ▪️⬜️▪️

Come check it out for yourself! Seven more shows remain. May 9-12 and May 16-18 at 7:30 pm at:

The Drawing Room NYC 247 west 30th Street 🛋️🙌🏼

Jessica Burr’s Blessed Unrest production of Marguerite Duras’ La Musica Deuxième in the 1992 translation by Barbara Bray is like a violent Jean Paul Sartre short story directed in the cool style of filmmaker Éric Rohmer.

- Victor Gluck, TheaterScene.net
http://www.theaterscene.net/plays/offbway-plays/la-musica-deuxieme/victor-gluck/

La Musica Deuxième - TheaterScene.net A rare outing for the revised version of a classic play by French playwright and novelist Marguerite Duras.

La Musica Deuxième - Thursday-Sunday at 7:30
Duras writes about the pleasures and agonies of being flesh-bound... Come and experience this intimate and daring work.

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https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/Photos-First-Look-At-Blessed-Unrests-LA-MUSICA-DEUXIEME-At-Drawing-Room-20240503

Photos: First Look At Blessed Unrest's LA MUSICA DEUXIEME At Drawing Room Through May 18, Blessed Unrest, New York City’s award-winning subversive physical theater ensemble for an adventurous audience, will present La Musica Deuxième, written by revolutionary, communist, and feminist Marguerite Duras. See photos from the production.

It’s opening night and tickets are SOLD OUT for tonight’s performance! A few tickets remain for tomorrow and Monday night (May 5-6), before a small break in shows.

We cannot wait to have you step into the world of La Musica Deuxième…

A reminder that there is no scheduled performance tonight. Our actors are preparing, the stage is set, the costumes pressed, and the anticipation is building toward our opening night - tomorrow, May 4th at 7:30! 🎭

A limited few seats remain! Lucky ticket holders will have access to an opening night reception with wine, cheese, and the artists!

📸 by Maria Baranova:

Who is of note according to Edward Karam of Off Off Online? We are, of course!! We are grateful to him for spreading the word, and would be SO grateful to you, our followers, to do the same! 🙏🏻

Opening night is in TWO DAYS! Do you have your tickets? Join us on Saturday night for a wine and cheese reception with the artists after the performance! 🍷🧀

Link in bio for tickets!

La Musica Deuxième is on the move! We’re zipping through the New York City streets toward The Drawing Room NYC in Chelsea! The costumes and getting pressed, the space assessed, and our wonderful cast and crew are getting ready for YOU!

We hope you have your tickets in hand, and are looking forward to delving into the exhilarating, passionate, thrilling world of La Musica Deuxième!

Rounding out our cast for La Musica Deuxième is Taylor “TV” Valentine (HE), who excitedly shares his views about the play and the process:

“This play is a beast. On the surface it appears to be an existential treatise on a couple’s past. But deep down it’s a roller coaster of love and memory and pain and the willingness to challenge the status quo right now.”

He goes on to say:

“I’m not sure that I’ve ever been so challenged by a role before. What does it take for an actor to live authentically in a complicated destructive backstory while also activating the dynamic tension of desire in the moment, so the audience can walk that line of danger and potential transformation with us…?”

5 DAYS UNTIL OPENING NIGHT! Do you have your tickets? 👀