December Next Wave Festival Performances at BAM Fisher Dec 3—6: The world premiere Jessica Lang’s The Wanderer, a story ballet based on Franz Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin, with live accompaniment by pianist Tyson Deaton and vocalist Steven LaBrie Dec 10—14: A one-man remounting of Mark O’Rowe’s critically acclaimed Howie the Rookie featuring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, presented in association with Irish Arts Center Bloomberg Philanthropies is the 2014-2015 Season Sponsor Time Warner Inc. is the BAM 2014 Next Wave Festival Sponsor BAM Fisher (Fishman Space, 321 Ashland Pl) All tickets: $20 Brooklyn, NY/October 23, 2014—BAM Fisher performances as part of the 2014 Next Wave Festival culminate in December with an elaborate story ballet and a critically- acclaimed one-man show. Designed as an intimate and flexible performance space for both emerging and established artists, the BAM Fisher became part of the BAM campus in the fall of 2012. All tickets are $20. The Wanderer World Premiere Jessica Lang Dance Choreography by Jessica Lang Lighting design by Nicole Pearce Visual Concept by Jessica Lang Set design by Mimi Lien BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Dec 3—6 at 7:30pm Tickets: $20 Master Class: Jessica Lang Dance With Jessica Lang and company members Dec 4 at 12pm Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave) Price: $20 BAM.org/master-classes Hailed as “a master of visual composition” (Dance Magazine), Jessica Lang makes her BAM debut with The Wanderer, a narrative ballet set to Franz Shubert’s Die schöne Müllerin—a song cycle based on poems by Wilhelm Müller. Lang’s keen visual sense and signature blend of ballet and contemporary movement transform the space from a stage to an extravagant fairytale world. The nine dancers—joined onstage by pianist Tyson Deaton and vocalist Steven LaBrie—manipulate designer Mimi Lien’s set, constructed entirely of white string. The elegant costumes are designed by former Mark Morris Dance Group member and Project Runway finalist Bradon McDonald, who was a classmate of Lang’s at Juilliard. Jessica Lang has worked with ballet companies across the US and abroad since 1999. She has created more than 80 works on companies including Birmingham Royal Ballet, The National Ballet of Japan at the New National Theatre Tokyo, and Joffrey Ballet, among many others. Her ballet Lyric Pieces, commissioned and performed by Birmingham Royal Ballet, earned a nomination for a coveted 2013 Manchester Theatre Award in the UK. Lang received outstanding acclaim for her choreography and directorial debut of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at the Glimmerglass Opera Festival 2013. She has received commissions from the Dallas Museum of Art, the Guggenheim Museum for its Works and Process series, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In May 2014, Jessica Lang Dance performed a world premiere at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall to John Adams’ Violin Concerto played live by the National Symphony Orchestra and violinist Leila Josefowicz as part of NEW MOVES: symphony + dance. Lang is the recipient of a 2014 Bessie Award for Outstanding Emerging Choreographer. Founded in 2011, Jessica Lang Dance (JLD) is a New York City-based dance company dedicated to creating and performing the work of Jessica Lang. JLD enriches and inspires global audiences by immersing them in the beauty of movement and music. Lang seamlessly incorporates striking design elements and transforms classical ballet language into artfully crafted, emotionally engaging contemporary works. Since the company's inception, marked by Lang's receipt of a Joyce Theater Artist Residency supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, JLD has garnered significant attention and acclaim, thrilling audiences from coast to coast at major venues including Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Joyce Theater, New York City Center, the Winspear Opera House in Dallas, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. For press information contact Lauren Morrow at [email protected] or 718-636-4129 x1 BAM and Irish Arts Center present Howie the Rookie Landmark Productions Written and directed by Mark O’Rowe Set and costume design by Paul Wills Lighting design by Sinéad McKenna Sound design by Philip Stewart BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Dec 10—13 at 7:30pm, Dec 14 at 3pm Tickets: $20 Presented by BAM and Irish Arts Center, this one-man remounting of Mark O’Rowe’s critically acclaimed Howie the Rookie comes to BAM courtesy of Ireland’s Landmark Productions. O’Rowe reconceived his original two-man play for a single performer to portray both the Howie and the Rookie after searching for an actor to match the award- winning Tom Vaughan-Lawlor’s ability (Best Actor, Irish Times Theatre Awards 2013). Originally staged in New York in 2001 at PS 122, this brutal but funny script follows a revenge-fueled run-in on the violent streets of working-class Dublin. The New York Times called O’Rowe’s drama, “…one of those rare, shiver-making instances in which language seems to become truly physical.” Mark O’Rowe’s plays include From Both Hips (Fishamble, 1997), Howie the Rookie (Bush Theatre, 1999), Made in China (Abbey Theatre, 2001), and Crestfall (Gate Theatre, 2003). Howie the Rookie won the George Devine Award when it premiered at the Bush Theatre in 1999. It also won the Irish Times Best New Play Award and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. In 2007 O’Rowe wrote Terminus which opened at the Abbey Theatre and won a Fringe First award when it transferred to the Edinburgh Festival in 2008. It undertook a major world tour in 2011 throughout the UK, US, and Australia. His latest work, Our Few and Evil Days, featuring Sinead Cusack, Ciaran Hinds, and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor premiered at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin to great acclaim. In 2003, O’Rowe wrote his first feature film, Intermission, which starred Colin Farrell and Cillian Murphy. His other screenplays include adaptations of Jonathan Trigell’s novel, Boy A, for Cuba Pictures and Channel 4; Perrier’s Bounty; and Daniel Clay’s 2008 novel Broken, which starred Cillian Murphy and Tim Roth. He wrote the short films Epithet (2011) and Debris (2012), which he also directed. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor graduated with a degree in Drama Studies from the Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College Dublin and continued his training at RADA. Theater credits include The Quare Fellow (Oxford Stage Company), Translations (National Theatre, London), The Field (Tricycle Theatre), and This Lime Tree Bower (Young Vic). Vaughan-Lawlor appeared at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin as Christy Mahon in The Playboy of the Western World, which also toured North America. His other performances include Lyngstrand in Ibsen’s The Lady From The Sea (Birmingham Repertory Theatre), Joseph Surface in The School for Scandal (Abbey Theatre), Len in Edward Bond’s Saved (Peacock Theatre), and the Dauphin in Henry V, directed by Jonathan Munby at the Manchester Royal Exchange, for which he was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award. Other recent theater roles include Frank Lubey in All My Sons with David Suchet and Zoe Wanamaker, directed by Howard Davies in the West End; and Jerry Devine in Juno and the Paycock, directed by Howard Davies with Ciarán Hinds and Sinéad Cusack for the Abbey Theatre, Dublin and the National Theatre, London. Last year Vaughan-Lawlor appeared in Howard Brenton’s 55 Days at the Hampstead Theatre, directed by Howard Davies. His film appearances include The Tiger’s Tail opposite Brendan Gleeson, directed by John Boorman; and opposite Maggie Smith, Anne Hathaway, and Julie Walters in Becoming Jane, directed by Julian Jarrold. Vaughan-Lawlor plays the leading role of Nidge in the award-winning RTÉ TV drama series Love/Hate written by Stuart Carolan, for which he won Best Actor at the 2013 Irish Film and Television Awards. He won Best Actor Award at the 2013 Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards for his performance in Howie the Rookie. Landmark Productions is one of Ireland’s leading theater producers. Led by Anne Clarke, the company produces wide-ranging and ambitious work in Ireland and tours Irish work abroad. Its most recent productions include Enda Walsh’s Misterman and Ballyturk (co-produced with Galway International Arts Festival), both of which starred Cillian Murphy and toured internationally to huge acclaim. Future plans include a new production of Enda Walsh’s The Walworth Farce, starring Brendan Gleeson, Brian Gleeson, and Domhnall Gleeson, which opens at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin in January 2015. For press information contact Joe Guttridge at [email protected] or 718.636.4129 x4 Credits Bloomberg Philanthropies is the Season Sponsor Time Warner Inc. is the BAM 2014 Next Wave Festival Sponsor Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Major support for dance at BAM provided by The SHS Foundation. Major support for theater at BAM provided by The Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust; Stephanie & Timothy Ingrassia; Donald R. Mullen Jr.; The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund; The SHS Foundation; and The Shubert Foundation, Inc. BAM 2014 Next Wave Festival supporters: Frances Bermanzohn & Alan Roseman; Brooklyn Community Foundation; William I. Campbell & Christine Wächter-Campbell; Aashish & Dinyar Devitre; Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman; Ford Foundation; The Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust; Diane & Adam E. Max; McKinsey & Company, Inc.; Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc.; The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation; The SHS Foundation; Pablo J. Salame; The Shubert Foundation, Inc; The Winston Foundation, Inc. Pepsi is the official beverage of BAM. Santander is the BAM Marquee sponsor. Yamaha is the official piano for BAM. New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge is the official hotel for BAM.