I LIKE TO BE HERE
September 6 - 27th
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Monday | 8pm |
Tuesday | - |
Wednesday | 8pm |
Thursday | 8pm |
Friday | 8pm |
Saturday Matinee | - |
Saturday Evening | 8pm* |
Sunday Matinee | 2pm* |
Sunday Evening | 7pm* |
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New Ohio Theatre and Theatre 167 present
I LIKE TO BE HERE: JACKSON HEIGHTS REVISITED, OR, THIS IS A MANGO
By Jenny Lyn Bader, J.Stephen Brantley, Ed Cardona Jr., Les Hunter, Tom Miller, Melisa Tien, and Joy Tomasko.
Conceived and Directed by Ari Laura Kreith
"A fascinating and genuine portrait of a part of New York that many have never seen but that all should know." —Theatermania
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"Hilarious and poignant in equal measure." —Bedford+Bowery
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"This play genuinely made me sort of fall back in love with the city." —Bedford+Bowery
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"To tell stories about a place like Jackson Heights...requires theater that's as bold and rich as the community itself." —AM New York
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Theatre 167's Jackson Heights Trilogy — collaboratively written by 18 playwrights — featured 37 actors in 93 roles speaking 14 languages ("an epic song of America's most diverse neighborhood"—Theatermania). I Like To Be Here is the newest, edgiest piece from this multilingual, multicultural company. In the span of one very late night, new faces encounter existing characters and re-imagined scenes from the Trilogy. An elderly Irish woman fights to keep her home. A Bangaladeshi cab driver working the night shift yearns for a woman who rises at dawn to bake bread but does not speak her language. A closeted Long Island cop comes into town for a date, and a dosa chef inadvertently heals a customer's heart. Drag queens, car dispatchers, under-slept parents, gamblers, insomniacs, and dreamers find one another on the streets of Jackson Heights.
Featuring Eric Aviles*, Cynthia Bastidas*, J.Stephen Brantley*, Brandi Bravo, Marcelino Feliciano, Todd Flaherty*, John P. Keller*, Azhar Khan, Michael Markham*, Jerreme Rodriguez, Mauricio Pita, Indika Senanayake*, Lipica Shah*, Imran Sheikh*, Lisann Valentin, Jonathan C. Whitney, and Nela Wagman*
Opens Monday, September 8
Closes Saturday, September 27
Sat. Sept. 6 - preview (no press)
Sun., Sept. 7 - press preview
Monday, Sept. 8 - opening
Thurs. - Sun., Sept. 11 - 14
Wed. - Sun., Sept. 17 - 21
Wed. - Sat., Sept. 24 - 27
*Please note: There is no performance on Sat., 9/20. There is a 2 pm and a 7 pm show on Sun., 9/21.
TICKET PRICES
$18 General
$16 Student/Seniors
PRESS CONTACT
David Gibbs/DARR Publicity
646-744-7200
david@darrpublicity.com
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Please note that there is no late seating for this show
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