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The Intimacy Effect

September 28, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

$20

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Title Point in conjunction with Propinquity presents The Intimacy Effect by Jeff Tabnick at Vital Joint, 109 Meserole Street, Brooklyn, NY, from September 28 through October 14, 2017 at 8pm. Performances: Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8pm. Doors open at 7:30pm, and there is no late seating. Tickets are $20; RSVP to info@vitaljoint.xyz.

In The Intimacy Effect, Matt Appel welcomes his brother and sister-in-law into his family’s small apartment. Over his wife’s objections, Matt tells them about the pregnant woman who showed up at their apartment the day before. This woman’s allegations have serious ramifications for them all. The play weaves in and out of thoughts and actions, the past, the present and the future to explore the porous border between one person and another. 

Directed by Eric Nightengale
With James Ball, Sarah Doudna, Jennifer O’Donnell, Richard Lovejoy and Ruth Nightengale
 
Jeff Tabnick’s plays include I Found Her Tied to My Bed (Lightening Strikes and Strange Roads), Something Truly Monstrous (The Blank Theatre), An Idiot (Hangar Theatre), Tonight at Noon (workshops at EST, Telluride Playwright’s Festival, Acme Theatre, Drilling Company) and Love in the Time of Bumblehive (workshops at Stage Left, The Blank, Stable Cable). His work has been included in collections published by BackStage Books and Smith & Kraus. His short plays have been presented in various venues across the country and in England, Spain and Japan.
 
Praise for other plays by Jeff Tabnick
“Funny… Tabnick’s imagined motivations are intelligent… Entertaining.” – LA Times
“A wickedly wild ride” – Broadway World
“The play itself is pretty stupendous… Something Truly Monstrous is a hit.” – Gia on the Move
“The dialogue is not merely clever, it’s very funny. Something Truly Monstrous is an early Christmas present to fans of Tinseltown’s Golden Age. … engaging, the play entertains.” – Arts in LA
“Tabnick’s ear for spoken American speech of a certain lilt and skew is so spot-on, not a few of us are filled with envy, and we look forward to more.” – Craig Lucas
“Truly inspired. Well-written… Very entertaining.” – nytheatre.com
“Deft, a rich tapestry of themes… Thoughtful and enjoyable.” – American Theater Web
“Succeeds marvelously… Tabnick’s excellent script even nails the occasionally bizarre and surreal narrative voice with which Dostoevsky tells his stories.” – nytheatre.com
“Satire doesn’t get much better than An Idiot, and theatergoers shouldn’t miss it.” – Neighborhood NYC
“Polished and thought-provoking. See it.” – musicOMH
“Smart, hip, edgy as hell. A small masterpiece.” – Gay City News

Eric Nightengale is co-artistic director of Anthropological Theatricals in New York City, and a founding member of Concrete Temple Theatre and The Acme Corporation. He served as artistic director of 78th Street Theatre Lab from 1995 thru 2008. Other New York credits include work with Circle Repertory Theatre, The Acting Company, Circle in the Square, Cherry Lane Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 45 Bleecker, SoHo Rep, The Barrow Group, HERE, and Classic Stage Company. Chicago credits also include work with Victory Gardens Theatre, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, Steppenwolf, Chicago Dramatists Workshop, and Second City. His work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has resulted in three Fringe First awards, eight published scripts, four adaptations for BBC radio, two Best Ensemble awards, and a London transfer.
 
Vital Joint is a venue in Brooklyn, NY, created and curated by Title:Point, an experimental theater company, that presents a dynamic range of intimate events geared toward the theatrical, scientific, cinematic, musical, and comedic.

Details

Date:
September 28, 2017
Time:
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost:
$20
Event Category:

Venue

Vital Joint
109 Meserole Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206 United States
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Phone
(718) 635-3891
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