Our Story

Rachel Klein Productions, an NYC-based theatrical dance, movement, and visual storytelling company, has been generating original work since 2007. Rachel Klein Productions has produced several full-length plays (both movement and text based) including Metro, Sir Sheever, Aenigma, and Go-Go Killers!  and co-produced Hound, All Kind of Shifty Villains, and Stage Blood is Never Enough. The Rachel Klein Theater Dancers have performed all over the city in different festivals, art gallery openings, and nightlife events including the opening number to Night of 1,000 Stevies (20th anniversary), the Highline Ballroom, La MaMa Moves! at La MaMa E.T.C. in 2009 and 2010, Dixon Place, the premier of Banzai!  at the Red Lotus Room, Low Life @ HOWL Festival, (le) Poisson Rouge, the House of Yes, Rated X at Don Hills,  the Hiro Ballroom, the Bushwick Site Fest at 3rd Ward,  the Bushwick Open Studios Festival, the World Famous Bobs Give Thanks!,  Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO, the NY Downtown Clown Review, and Off-Broadway at the Bleecker Street Theater (45 Bleecker, Main Theater).

The Impact

RKP has been devising this piece since January 2010 upon receiving an Emerging Artists rehearsal space grant from the Field in association with the Tides Foundation. RKP has continued the development of this piece further after the end of the residency, performing workshop presentations of The Tragedy of Maria Macabre including the Fields program at the Kitchen in March 2010 (13 minutes of the work), La MaMa Moves! in June 2010 (13

minutes), at the Bushwick Site Festival at 3^rd Ward in association with Armory Art Week.

Rachel Klein and filmmaker Sean Gill have made the existing excerpts of The Tragedy of Maria Macabre into a 22-minute short film. The Tragedy of Maria Macabre stars the talents of Elizabeth Stewart, Michael Porsche, Abigail Hawk, Danielle Maria Fusco, Eric Schmalenberger, Megan OConnor, Preston Burger, Freddy Mancilla, and Brian Rubiano.

We will be presenting a full length (one hour long) performance at Dixon Place in Manhattan on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011. This presentation needs to be sensational, professional, and though provoking in order to to be archived and pushed forward to the next level.

Without support and resources, the project will be unable to continue moving forward!

What We Need & What You Get

RKP has been fortunate enough to gain so much acclaim over the past couple of years, and are excited to embrace the upcoming performance opportunities of 2011. In order to accomplish our goal, we need to raise $2,500 by February 25th, 2011. The funding would be broken down as follows to fulfill several professional requirements: $500 for rehearsal space, $400 for professionally costume construction, and $600 towards PR/Publicity. The additional $1000 we are aiming to raise (And any thing above that as well!) will go to the 9 performers, stage manager, and make-up artist for their time and devotion to this great project!

Rehearsal space is an invaluable resource that has become very difficult to afford. As for costuming, several of the costumes for The Tragedy of Maria Macabre have already been constructed, but there are four dancers that are without proper detailing and wigs that would make the ensemble look cohesive. And lastly, the most helpful way to move forward with the project is to have proper publicity to get the word out.

Other Ways You Can Help

Please spread the word about the show! Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011 at Dixon Place 161A Chrystie Street! Show begins promptly at 7:30!
www.rachelkleinproductions.com