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Swimming to Spalding

VENUE

HERE Arts Center - Mainstage

PREVIEWS

December 3, 2009 - December 5, 2009

OPENS

December 6, 2009

CLOSES

December 19, 2009

PERFORMANCES

Wed at 8:30pm
Thu at 8:30pm
Fri at 8:30pm
Fri at 10:30pm
Sat at 4:00pm
Sat at 8:30pm
Sun at 4:00pm

TICKETS

$25.00
212-352-3101
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CREATORS & ARTISTS

Written & Performed By
Lian Amaris

Director
Richard Schechner

Following the map of experience described in Spalding Gray's masterpiece Swimming to Cambodia nearly a generation ago, Swimming to Spalding recounts one performer's pilgrimage to the sites in Thailand evoked by Gray in his account of the filming of the movie The Killing Fields. Combining Gray's signature "table and notebook" story-telling style with her own theatrical approach, performer Lian Amaris details a year of her experiences all over the world—from Bangkok brothels to Baghdad bombings, from Mardi Gras to mental institutions. Part homage, part commentary, Swimming to Spalding reflects on how beauty and grace endure amidst the cruelties of war, prostitution, mental illness, and making art.