4.13 Sunday - urn is the image - Choreographed by Sophia Cleary w/Kate Berlant

Sunday April 13th 7pm doors and refreshments 7:30pm performance w/Kitten Meditation by Johnnie JungleGuts urn is the image is a performance about a woman who will have to share her urn when she dies. In this performance, the urn is explored as an object of interiority; its presence on stage symbolizes feelings related to security, death, shared resources, safety, glory and patriarchal femininity. Choreographed by Sophia Cleary Performed by Sophia Cleary and Kate Berlant Sophia Cleary is a performance artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She is the founder and coordinator of the works-in-progress series REHEARSAL and is co-editor for Ugly Duckling Presse's performance annual Emergency INDEX. She has worked with the Kate Bush Dance Troupe, Ann Liv Young, Dynasty Handbag (Jibz Cameron), Neal Medlyn, and Alexandra Bachzetsis. She has presented her work at the Center for Performance Research, Danspace Project, and Dixon Place. Her most recent project is playing drums in Penis, a feminist punk band co-founded with Samara Davis. Based in Brooklyn, Kate Berlant performs across the country in festivals such as the New York Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, Outside Lands, High Plains Comedy Festival and LA’s Riot Festival.  Kate was recently profiled by The New York Times as a “magnetic improvisational comic” at the forefront of experimental comedy.  In 2012 she was named by Time Out New York as one of New York City’s “Top Three Comics to Watch” and as one of Comedy Central’s “Comics to Watch.”  Reggie Watts named her as one of his “Top Ten Stand-Up Comedians” in Time Out London, and Splitsider listed her as one of the “Top Ten Up and Coming Comedians on the East Coast.”  Kate has been commissioned by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles to work on their online channel and was one of the faces of IFC’s web series “Comedy Drop.”  She recently finished touring the country with musician Father John Misty. When she’s not on the road, Kate runs a weekly show at the Cake Shop in New York Cityon Tuesday nights.