New Paradise Laboratories' Freedom Club in New York Magazine and The Village Voice

20 Jan 2011

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New Paradise Laboratories' Freedom Club. Pictured: Mary McCool, Stephanie Viola, and McKenna Kerrigan. Photo by Nicole Adler.

New Paradise Laboratories' Center-funded production of Freedom Club was reviewed in New York Magazine and The Village Voice after traveling to New York City.

Scott Brown of New York Magazine said that Freedom Club "channels our abundant ambient insanity with profane elan and gut-shot black comedy." Read more >

In the Village Voice, Alexis Soloski said that "the play—via Whit MacLaughlin's fluent direction and Shaplin's lush language—makes many trenchant observations about politics, power, and resistance." Read more >

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New Paradise Laboratories Presents The Adults

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Grants & Grantees

Advancement Grant: Opera Philadelphia (2014)

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The Dance Apocalypse at New York Live Arts

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Sruti Presents the Philadelphia Premiere Screening of The Unseen Sequence

"The Unseen Sequence – Exploring Bharatanatyam Through the Art of Malavika Sarukkai* offers a glimpse into the talent and journey of one of India's leading choreographers and dancers.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Sarah Crowner

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Maria Bauman

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Bob and Roberta Smith on Art as Advocacy

"Objects are very vulnerable when people have forgotten their stories," says artist Bob and Roberta Smith, when asked to speak on art and advocacy.

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The Lieutenant of Inishmore

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The Bach-Mendelssohn Project

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The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia

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Pew Fellows News: Rennie Harris’ New Work for Alvin Ailey Praised, James Ijames and Major Jackson Featured in New York Times, Alex Da Corte Named to “Most Influential Artists of 2018”

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Questions of Practice

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Association for Public Art's Museum Without Walls Media Mention

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The Print Center

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Kukuli Velarde

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ICA: Jason Rhoades, Four Roads

The first major American museum exhibition of the work of this exceptional artist. Jason Rhoades lived and worked in Los Angeles; however his art has been little seen in the United States until now.

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Major Jackson

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I is for Institute: Local Context

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