From ragtime to techno.  From Lower East Side tenements to Fifth Avenue penthouses.  From lust to love and back again.  A sweeping romance both epic in scope and heartrendingly intimate, this sprawling record of our recent past melds pop culture, sex, and history in a whirlwind tour of the Twentieth Century’s highest and lowest moments.  Adapted freely from Arthur Schnitzler’s legendary “La Ronde”, Twenty  traces the history of eleven men and women from various walks of life, as they fall in and out of love, bed, and time.  Fact and fiction blend seamlessly in this steamy, intimate, emotionally charged piece as a ghostly parade of starcrossed romantics confess their desires, hopes, dreams, and fears to their lovers.  Moving, funny, unnerving, unsparingly honest, each scene captures an instant in the life of the fastest, largest, most frightening, most intriguing hundred years in recorded times.

Originally staged as the swan song of the legendary Todo Con Nada in late 2000, Twenty was a startling and moving change of pace for the dynamic, electric DMTheatrics director Frank Cwiklik, and an impressive showcase for its tireless company of actors and artists -- and the swan song of this challenging and dynamic theater company.  Both breathlessly romantic and wrenchingly honest, this melancholy, nostalgic look at the American Century neatly summarized DMTheatrics' reputation for engaging, immersive, human theater.  Both a history of New York City's rise, fall, and rise again throughout the turbulent 1900's, and a sexy, bawdy glimpse into the lives of its citizens, Twenty enchanted, delighted, and moved its audiences.

Twenty featured DMTheatrics regulars Bob Brader (Nevada Territory, Bitch Macbeth), Lara Hughes (Who in the Hell is the Real, Live Lorelei Lee?), Tom Mazur (Quicksand, Antony & Cleopatra), Josh Mertz (The Fugitive Girls, House of Trash), Kevin Myers (Sugarbaby), and Moira Stone (Kookamonga Falls, The Stranger), and featured new players Sarah Bloom and Lauren Seikaly.  It also marked the onstage return of director Frank Cwiklik, making his first acting appearance since late 2000.

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DANSE MACABRE THEATRICS in association with HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP presents

TWENTY

SARAH BLOOM  *  BOB BRADER  *  FRANK CWIKLIK  *  LARA HUGHES  *  TOM MAZUR  *  JOSH MERTZ  *  KEVIN MYERS  *  LAUREN SEIKALY * MOIRA STONE
Loosely adapted from Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde
Produced by FRANK CWIKLIK and MICHELE SCHLOSSBERG
Written, designed, and directed by FRANK CWIKLIK
July 8th thru August 1st 2004
Thursday thru Saturday evenings 7:30 PM
Sunday matinees 4 PM beginning July 18th
Admission $14/$10 Students & Seniors
The Red Room
85 E 4th St   Third floor (no wheelchair access)
WARNING:  Graphic content.  No one under 17 admitted.