Ain’t Executed Dangerous is a hybrid theatrical dance expertise conceived, directed and choreographed by Jakob Karr (So You Assume You Can Dance) and that includes the music of nation star Orville Peck. The present will play a restricted engagement at The Pershing Sq. Signature Heart (480 W. forty second Avenue) with previews starting July 9, opening July 14, and working by means of September 1.
Ain’t Executed Dangerous tells the highly effective heartwarming story of popping out, falling in love and discovering one’s true voice as a queer particular person within the South. Instructed completely by means of modern dance with no single spoken phrase, the 90-minute efficiency stars Jakob Karr together with 10 main dancers.
Karr is joined onstage by Adrian Lee (Depraved) because the Father, Megumi Iwama (Imply Ladies the film) because the Mom, Ian Spring (Parsons Dance) because the Brother, Luke Qualls (The Radio Metropolis Christmas Spectacular) as Karr’s alternate, Yusaku Komori (The Best Showman) and Jordan Lombardi (Phantom of the Opera Nationwide Tour) because the Pals, and Joshua Escover (The Empire Strips Again) because the Lover. Swings embrace Caden Hunter (Juilliard) and Madison O’Connor (Radio Metropolis Rockettes), who additionally acts as Dance Captain.
Ain’t Executed Dangerous involves the Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Sq. Signature Heart after critically-acclaimed workshops in Orlando at Renaissance Theatre Firm and in North Carolina at Durham’s PSI Theatre, Greensboro PAC and the Wortham Heart for Performing Arts in 2023. The manufacturing premiered in 2021, on the Orlando Worldwide Fringe Competition, the place it acquired the pageant’s highest honor (Greatest Present). Karr is joined by Scenic Designers Philip Lupo, Joey Coombs and Blake Schulte, with Lighting Design by Philip Lupo. Morgan Lemos is the Stage Supervisor and extra creatives embrace Grace Buckley (Affiliate Choreographer) and Joi Marchetti (Extra Music Manufacturing). Evan Bernardin Productions is the overall supervisor, Eli Owens within the manufacturing assistant, and digital promoting is by SINE Digital.
Karr started dancing on the age of 12 and has carried out everywhere in the nation, in addition to most of Europe, Australia, Japan and India. His credit embrace CATS on Broadway (Mistoffelees Understudy); Cirque Du Soleil’s VOLTA; So You Assume You Can Dance Season 6 – Runner Up; The Radio Metropolis New York Spectacular (Mia Michaels); Flashdance The Musical first Nationall Tour; Rock the Ballet; Viva Elvis by Cirque Du Soleil; Kiss Me Kate at Barrington Stage; Working at New York Metropolis Heart ENCORES; English With An Accent at Lincoln Heart, “The 82nd Annual Academy Awards”; America’s Received Expertise; GLEE (FOX); Westworld (HBO); and Firm XIV.
“After I first listened to Orville Pecks’s album Pony in 2019, I instantly felt {that a} story needed to be woven by means of his songs…the theatricality of his voice and lyrics spoke to me so clearly,” stated Karr. “As a fellow queer artist, I really feel it’s essential that we inform tales that uplift and honor our group. His music is a beautiful instance of discovering triumph in ache and sharing your finest self with those that will hear. With dance as my first language, that is the easiest way I can inform this story. Ain’t Executed Dangerous is my love letter to anybody who has ever struggled with their identification, and it’s a thanks observe to everybody who helped me discover my voice.”
“Dance was the important factor that first drew us collectively as producing companions,” stated producers Patti Maurer and Donald Rupe. “Jakob is ready to mix the genres of latest dance and theater in a approach we’ve by no means seen earlier than; this present isn’t simply a dance piece and it isn’t simply a theatrical piece; Ain’t Executed Dangerous is really the most effective of each worlds. We’re thrilled to share this thrilling murals with the New York theater audiences, the LGBTQ+ group, and multitudes of dancers and dance and theater-lovers within the metropolis this summer time.”
Ain’t Executed Dangerous performs Tuesday-Friday at 7:30pm, Saturday at 2pm and 8pm, and Sunday at 7:30pm (for the week of July 9-14), and starting July 16, the schedule is: Tuesday at 7:30pm, Wednesday at 2pm and seven:30pm, Thursday-Friday at 7:30pm, Saturday at 2pm and 8pm, and Sunday at 7:30pm. Tickets are $40-$75.
For extra info and to buy tickets, go to aintdonebad.com.
