Dixon Place Presents The Village, A Disco Daydream by Nora Burns

Set in 1979 New York City, The Village, A Disco Daydream bounces around and breaks 4th walls, 5th dimensions and every theater rule in the book. As a crazy collage of characters come by to drink, drug, flirt, dream and dish about love, death, and taxis, and of course break out into divine disco dance numbers, the play centers around Trade (a hustler living in Old George’s apartment) who brings home his latest trick, Steve (an earnest NYU student).

The Village is a fabulous funny fete filled with high jinx, low kinks, softcore porn and rock hard abs. For anyone who needs a hand as they crawl out of their pandemic ptsd, The Village offers a life-affirming lift, full of life, love, friendship, fantasy, fashion and fun! It’s a valentine to youth, age, spirit, NYC, and Donna Summer.

This Dixon Place production is made possible with support from Gerald J. & Dorothy R. Friedman Foundation, Mellon Foundation, NY State Council on the Arts with support from Gov Kathy Hochul & the NY State Legislature, and donors like you!

Nora Burns(Writer) is a writer, performer, comedian, actress, archivist and generally social being who has lived in New York City since 1979. She is a founding member of the comedy groups Unitard and the Nellie Olesons. Her solo show David’s Friendhad an extended run at LaMama Theater, where it received rave reviews.

Adam Pivirotto(Director) is a theater/filmmaker based in NYC. He was director/producer of drag performer Cleo Berlin’s cabaret series, presented at Pangea NYC through TWEED Theaterworks. His short films have been screened at Richmond International Film Fest, Genreblast Film Fest, NYC Poetry Festival, LA Cinefest, Sixth Sense Film Festival, Filmshortage, and Shondaland.com. His one-act This Placeshowed at Dixon Place HOT Festival. He has been a featured director for the Visible Poetry Project and completed an arts/education fellowship at NYU Abu Dhabi.

Robin Carrigan (Choreographer) Robin is an NYC choreographer/writer/performer/model/ceramic artist. Choreography includes “Club Dada (In Difficult Times)”, “Trick” 1999 feature film, “Hater”, “Bedbugs!!!”, “1966”, “Jesus and Mandy” (co-written with Eric Bernat), “Blood Orgy of the Carnival Queens!!!” (co-written with Jim Fall), “Girls Town” (writer), drag performer “Love, Connie”, music videos, and concert staging for rock icons Ronnie Spector and Ellen Foley. BFA from NYU-TSOA.

Chuck Blasius– As an actor: Bette and Kate Join The Line(with Robert Kahan at The Duplex), Ken Nintzel’s productions of Pansy Acts, Piano Bar, Sonata Da Camera Obscura(Ontological Theatre), Lapseand ‘Twas the Night…(P.S. 122), Grant James Varjas’ Accidentally, Like A Martyr(Paradise Factory). Chuck is a member of the Dramatists Guild and a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Glace Chase– Most recently, she wrote & starred in Sydney Theatre Company/Queensland Theatre’s hit play Triple X, earning rave reviews & nightly standing Os. Triple X was shortlisted for both the Susan Smith Blackburn Award and Nick Enright Prize. While in Oz, Glace also starred in All My Friends Are Racist andArtWorks on ABC. She’s attached to numerous tv projects that will probably go nowhere. But next year, she’ll be touring her new one-woman Outback Adventure Glace’s Big Things. It opens with group sex & closes riding a wombat, so it’s the must-see of the Off-Off-Off Broadway Slutty Trans Storytelling Comedy genre and is coming to a Living Room near you.

Jack Bartholet [he/him] is an award-winning cabaret artist known for his solo works Lady with a Song and Unusually Grand Ideas, which have played to sold-out crowds in New York [Pangea and Club Cumming] and London [Crazy Coqs]. You can see him at Joe’s Pub in the 11th annual Night Of A Thousand Judys on June 12th. Bartholet is collaborating with both the Cherry Grove and Fire Island Pines Arts Projects for productions of Buyer & Cellar and Urinetown (Bobby Strong) respectively. He’ll return to the Post Office Cabaret of Provincetown with his solo show Live Laugh Lexapro, which will also play the Ice Palace on Fire Island. His work was included in the 2019 New York Times Fall Arts Preview of 77 shows to see and called one of the best cabaret shows in NYC by Time Out. Bartholet was presented the Bistro Award (The Ira Eaker Special Achievement) in 2020. Recently, he has been seen in Susie Mosher’s The Lineup at Birdland and in the downtown delight The Jo-Lynn Butterfly Country Hour of Sunshine Christmas Specialwww.jackbartholet.com 

Ashley Chavonne– is a Brooklyn-based choreographer, performer, and teaching artist from Detroit. Currently, she works with the Treehouse Shakers dance theater company, Raja Feather Kelly | The Feath3r Theory, and in these NYC streets as a freelance dancer and choreographer. Her latest projects include associate choreographer for Macbeth in Strideat A.R.T, On Sugarlandat New York Theater Workshop, and musical staging for The Trial of Andy Warholat Joe’s Pub.

Antony Cherrie– formerly of the punk band Johnny Lazer, has written songs with Ian McCulloch (Echo and the Bunnymen), for video games such as Fifa Football, Toured with Nickelback, Findley Quaye, and performed Coachella with his band The Prototypes. A downtown favorite, his live performances have graced popular NYC venues, including Club Cumming, Bowery Electric, and L.A. haunts Viper Room and Spaceland’s. Flexing his acting chops, he has appeared as kyle in the gay indie festival favorite Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas (2013) and How to Talk to Girls at Parties(2017)

Eileen Dover– is a writer, raconteur, performance, and visual artist. She has been the opening act for stars like Lisa Lisa, Debbie Gibson and has worked with the likes of Boy George, Christine Ebersole, and Eartha Kitt , not that she’s one to name drop! She’s a Catholic school survivor from Boston and has been a staple there as well as in the New York City nightlife and art scene since the 1990s. She hosts a podcast with visual artist Gail Thacker, who’s at the helm of the legendary Gene Frankel Theater. Dover will be performing in a one-woman show at Pangea accompanied by guitarist Mike Handelman and presented by Kevin Maloney, Tweed artistic director, on September 25th. She lives in New York City.

Chris Patterson-Rosso (they/them) In a career that has spanned almost 2 decades, Chris has performed on stages, film and TV in over 16 countries. Chris is excited to be joining cast of The Village! For all things CPR, head to @CPRgivesyoulife on

Antwon LeMonte– Recording artist, muse model, and aspiring designer Antwon LeMonte Brown, also known as BLAQUESTAR, this his fifth off-Broadway production. He graduated from AMDA NYC and has been seen on the teletube as an audition contestant for NBC’s “American Idol”, and as a dancer on Here TV!& Sherry Vine’s “She’s Living For This!”. He’s been on stage as,“Blondie” in Paul Alexander’s “Trinkets” and as an international super swing for Broadway’s “The Book Of Mormon.”

Richard JMV started dancing in their grandmother’s living room, Richard JMV made anywhere & everywhere their stage. Moving to the Big Apple in 2009, Richard made their name in nightlife as a gogo dancer where their world opened up.  Richard has danced, choreographed, & toured the world with many of the stars of RuPaul’s Drag Race: most recently with Alaska 5000’s Red 4 Filth tour, & drag icon, Sherry Vine; has been nominated for many Glam Awards for New York Nightlife & won Gogo Dancer of the Year 2019; been on various reality television programs; was a resident performer in Ptown 2017-2019, has participated in Broadway Bares since 2011; is the executive producer of the Miss Hell’s Kitchen drag pageant; & now perfors as a non-binary drag entertainer in NYC & beyond.

Steven Hammel (Set Designer) This past year, Steven has designed the sets for Kiki and Herb at BAM, Dick Rivington and the Cat at Abrons Arts Center, Dina Martina’s Christmas Show at the Moore Theatre in Seattle and Angela DiCarlo’s The JoLynn Butterfly Country Hour of Sunshine at the Wild Project in NYC. Steven will also show his recent artworks this November-December at The Wild Project Gallery (195 East 3rd St. NYC) Instagram: @Stevenrhammel

June 1, 2, 7, 8, 16,17,22 & 23 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

Earlybird
$25  ends 5/5/2023

General Admission
$30 in advance 
$34 at the door

Students/Seniors
$24 in advance
$27 at the door

Estimated Runtime
75+ mins

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Credits

Writer
Nora Burns

Director
Adam Pivirotto

Choreographer
Robin Carrigan

Set Designer
Steven Hammel

Costume Designer
Paul Alexander

Stage Manager
A. KASPER 

Photo Credit
Peter Yesley

Cast
Jack Bartholet
Chuck Blasius
Glace Chase
Ashley Chavonne
Antony Cherrie
Eileen Dover
Valton Jackson
Richard Jmv
Antwon Lemonte

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