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Havel’s darkly comic critique of those who compromise their ethics for government favor comes to the stage in a new production in honor of what would have been his 90th birthday. Havel’s signature character, Ferdinand Vaněk, visits the home of old friends who try to seduce him into making the same moral compromises they have made in exchange for small privileges. Havel’s wit and political undercurrents make Unveiling both hilariously uncomfortable and strikingly relevant—a farce that exposes the desperation of those who have lost their moral bearings.  

Havel was both the former Czech President and the leader of the Velvet Revolution against Soviet rule in 1989.  He is also one of the premiere absurdist playwrights of the 20th Century, as well as winner of multiple Obie Awards here in New York.  This play was written in 1975 while his work was still banned in Czechoslovakia, and it was originally performed privately in living rooms.  The showing at Torn Page is in a similar theatrical condition to the original showings.

by Václav Havel
Translated by Jan Novak
Directed by Edward Einhorn
With: Craig Anderson, Bob Brader, Yvonne Roen
Costumes: Ramona Ponce
Stage Manager: Berit Johnson

Presented by Untitled Theater Company No. 61 in cooperation with the Czech Center New York

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Havel’s darkly comic critique of those who compromise their ethics for government favor comes to the stage in a new production in honor of what would have been his 90th birthday. Havel’s signature character, Ferdinand Vaněk, visits the home of old friends who try to seduce him into making the same moral compromises they have made in exchange for small privileges. Havel’s wit and political undercurrents make Unveiling both hilariously uncomfortable and strikingly relevant—a farce that exposes the desperation of those who have lost their moral bearings.  

Havel was both the former Czech President and the leader of the Velvet Revolution against Soviet rule in 1989.  He is also one of the premiere absurdist playwrights of the 20th Century, as well as winner of multiple Obie Awards here in New York.  This play was written in 1975 while his work was still banned in Czechoslovakia, and it was originally performed privately in living rooms.  The showing at Torn Page is in a similar theatrical condition to the original showings.

by Václav Havel
Translated by Jan Novak
Directed by Edward Einhorn
With: Craig Anderson, Bob Brader, Yvonne Roen
Costumes: Ramona Ponce
Stage Manager: Berit Johnson

Presented by Untitled Theater Company No. 61 in cooperation with the Czech Center New York

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Havel’s darkly comic critique of those who compromise their ethics for government favor comes to the stage in a new production in honor of what would have been his 90th birthday. Havel’s signature character, Ferdinand Vaněk, visits the home of old friends who try to seduce him into making the same moral compromises they have made in exchange for small privileges. Havel’s wit and political undercurrents make Unveiling both hilariously uncomfortable and strikingly relevant—a farce that exposes the desperation of those who have lost their moral bearings.  

Havel was both the former Czech President and the leader of the Velvet Revolution against Soviet rule in 1989.  He is also one of the premiere absurdist playwrights of the 20th Century, as well as winner of multiple Obie Awards here in New York.  This play was written in 1975 while his work was still banned in Czechoslovakia, and it was originally performed privately in living rooms.  The showing at Torn Page is in a similar theatrical condition to the original showings.

by Václav Havel
Translated by Jan Novak
Directed by Edward Einhorn
With: Craig Anderson, Bob Brader, Yvonne Roen
Costumes: Ramona Ponce
Stage Manager: Berit Johnson

Presented by Untitled Theater Company No. 61 in cooperation with the Czech Center New York

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Havel’s darkly comic critique of those who compromise their ethics for government favor comes to the stage in a new production in honor of what would have been his 90th birthday. Havel’s signature character, Ferdinand Vaněk, visits the home of old friends who try to seduce him into making the same moral compromises they have made in exchange for small privileges. Havel’s wit and political undercurrents make Unveiling both hilariously uncomfortable and strikingly relevant—a farce that exposes the desperation of those who have lost their moral bearings.  

Havel was both the former Czech President and the leader of the Velvet Revolution against Soviet rule in 1989.  He is also one of the premiere absurdist playwrights of the 20th Century, as well as winner of multiple Obie Awards here in New York.  This play was written in 1975 while his work was still banned in Czechoslovakia, and it was originally performed privately in living rooms.  The showing at Torn Page is in a similar theatrical condition to the original showings.

by Václav Havel
Translated by Jan Novak
Directed by Edward Einhorn
With: Craig Anderson, Bob Brader, Yvonne Roen
Costumes: Ramona Ponce
Stage Manager: Berit Johnson

Presented by Untitled Theater Company No. 61 in cooperation with the Czech Center New York

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RSVP here. The first reading from the only PRINT-ONLY monthly publishing poetry and prose on Jewish-ish themes —Featuring: Charles Bernstein, Cheryl J. Fish, Hermine Meinhard, Andrew Levy, Adeena Karasick. Hosted by Elinor Nauen.

Charles Bernstein is not not Jewish. It's a knot. Catch him unwinding on Substack.

Cheryl J. Fish's most recent poetry collection is Crater and Tower, (Shanti Arts, 2025).

Hermine Meinhard’s second book of poems, Nights Moving Through The House, is forthcoming from Tupelo Press in 2028.

Andrew Levy is the author of fifteen collections of poetry and prose, including Artifice in the Calm Damages, Don’t Forget to Breathe, Nothing Is in Here (a novella), and a nano-science memoir, Cracking Up.

Adeena Karasick is the author of fourteen books of poetry and poetics; her new collection is Sonic Warfare.

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Havel’s darkly comic critique of those who compromise their ethics for government favor comes to the stage in a new production in honor of what would have been his 90th birthday. Havel’s signature character, Ferdinand Vaněk, visits the home of old friends who try to seduce him into making the same moral compromises they have made in exchange for small privileges. Havel’s wit and political undercurrents make Unveiling both hilariously uncomfortable and strikingly relevant—a farce that exposes the desperation of those who have lost their moral bearings.  

Havel was both the former Czech President and the leader of the Velvet Revolution against Soviet rule in 1989.  He is also one of the premiere absurdist playwrights of the 20th Century, as well as winner of multiple Obie Awards here in New York.  This play was written in 1975 while his work was still banned in Czechoslovakia, and it was originally performed privately in living rooms.  The showing at Torn Page is in a similar theatrical condition to the original showings.

by Václav Havel
Translated by Jan Novak
Directed by Edward Einhorn
With: Craig Anderson, Bob Brader, Yvonne Roen
Costumes: Ramona Ponce
Stage Manager: Berit Johnson

Presented by Untitled Theater Company No. 61 in cooperation with the Czech Center New York

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Havel’s darkly comic critique of those who compromise their ethics for government favor comes to the stage in a new production in honor of what would have been his 90th birthday. Havel’s signature character, Ferdinand Vaněk, visits the home of old friends who try to seduce him into making the same moral compromises they have made in exchange for small privileges. Havel’s wit and political undercurrents make Unveiling both hilariously uncomfortable and strikingly relevant—a farce that exposes the desperation of those who have lost their moral bearings.  

Havel was both the former Czech President and the leader of the Velvet Revolution against Soviet rule in 1989.  He is also one of the premiere absurdist playwrights of the 20th Century, as well as winner of multiple Obie Awards here in New York.  This play was written in 1975 while his work was still banned in Czechoslovakia, and it was originally performed privately in living rooms.  The showing at Torn Page is in a similar theatrical condition to the original showings.

by Václav Havel
Translated by Jan Novak
Directed by Edward Einhorn
With: Craig Anderson, Bob Brader, Yvonne Roen
Costumes: Ramona Ponce
Stage Manager: Berit Johnson

Presented by Untitled Theater Company No. 61 in cooperation with the Czech Center New York

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Havel’s darkly comic critique of those who compromise their ethics for government favor comes to the stage in a new production in honor of what would have been his 90th birthday. Havel’s signature character, Ferdinand Vaněk, visits the home of old friends who try to seduce him into making the same moral compromises they have made in exchange for small privileges. Havel’s wit and political undercurrents make Unveiling both hilariously uncomfortable and strikingly relevant—a farce that exposes the desperation of those who have lost their moral bearings.  

Havel was both the former Czech President and the leader of the Velvet Revolution against Soviet rule in 1989.  He is also one of the premiere absurdist playwrights of the 20th Century, as well as winner of multiple Obie Awards here in New York.  This play was written in 1975 while his work was still banned in Czechoslovakia, and it was originally performed privately in living rooms.  The showing at Torn Page is in a similar theatrical condition to the original showings.

by Václav Havel
Translated by Jan Novak
Directed by Edward Einhorn
With: Craig Anderson, Bob Brader, Yvonne Roen
Costumes: Ramona Ponce
Stage Manager: Berit Johnson

Presented by Untitled Theater Company No. 61 in cooperation with the Czech Center New York

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Havel’s darkly comic critique of those who compromise their ethics for government favor comes to the stage in a new production in honor of what would have been his 90th birthday. Havel’s signature character, Ferdinand Vaněk, visits the home of old friends who try to seduce him into making the same moral compromises they have made in exchange for small privileges. Havel’s wit and political undercurrents make Unveiling both hilariously uncomfortable and strikingly relevant—a farce that exposes the desperation of those who have lost their moral bearings.  

Havel was both the former Czech President and the leader of the Velvet Revolution against Soviet rule in 1989.  He is also one of the premiere absurdist playwrights of the 20th Century, as well as winner of multiple Obie Awards here in New York.  This play was written in 1975 while his work was still banned in Czechoslovakia, and it was originally performed privately in living rooms.  The showing at Torn Page is in a similar theatrical condition to the original showings.

by Václav Havel
Translated by Jan Novak
Directed by Edward Einhorn
With: Craig Anderson, Bob Brader, Yvonne Roen
Costumes: Ramona Ponce
Stage Manager: Berit Johnson

Presented by Untitled Theater Company No. 61 in cooperation with the Czech Center New York

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Join Eleni Sikelianos and Mónica de la Torre for an afterparty at Torn Page, celebrating the launch of Memory Rehearsal.

Memory Rehearsal is a genre-busting encounter between a poet and her ancestral past documenting a startling intersection of queer history, ancient theater, Utopian visions, and modern poetry.

In 1901, Eva Palmer abandoned her life as a privileged New York socialite, moving to Paris with her lover, writer and salonist Natalie Barney. The two Americans became the center of a wild tangle of lesbian love affairs and backyard performances based in an intentional reimagining of Sappho’s work and life. This hotbed of early European modernism saw in the ancient past the possibility for sexual and artistic emancipation, especially for lesbian women.

This is the third book in a trilogy of hybrid memoirs in which Sikelianos reckons with a family shaped by mental illness, homelessness, and addiction. Grappling with knots of personal and broader histories, she performs a powerful act of recovery, re-situating herself by claiming her lineage.

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Havel’s darkly comic critique of those who compromise their ethics for government favor comes to the stage in a new production in honor of what would have been his 90th birthday. Havel’s signature character, Ferdinand Vaněk, visits the home of old friends who try to seduce him into making the same moral compromises they have made in exchange for small privileges. Havel’s wit and political undercurrents make Unveiling both hilariously uncomfortable and strikingly relevant—a farce that exposes the desperation of those who have lost their moral bearings.  

Havel was both the former Czech President and the leader of the Velvet Revolution against Soviet rule in 1989.  He is also one of the premiere absurdist playwrights of the 20th Century, as well as winner of multiple Obie Awards here in New York.  This play was written in 1975 while his work was still banned in Czechoslovakia, and it was originally performed privately in living rooms.  The showing at Torn Page is in a similar theatrical condition to the original showings.

by Václav Havel
Translated by Jan Novak
Directed by Edward Einhorn
With: Craig Anderson, Bob Brader, Yvonne Roen
Costumes: Ramona Ponce
Stage Manager: Berit Johnson

Presented by Untitled Theater Company No. 61 in cooperation with the Czech Center New York

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Havel’s darkly comic critique of those who compromise their ethics for government favor comes to the stage in a new production in honor of what would have been his 90th birthday. Havel’s signature character, Ferdinand Vaněk, visits the home of old friends who try to seduce him into making the same moral compromises they have made in exchange for small privileges. Havel’s wit and political undercurrents make Unveiling both hilariously uncomfortable and strikingly relevant—a farce that exposes the desperation of those who have lost their moral bearings.  

Havel was both the former Czech President and the leader of the Velvet Revolution against Soviet rule in 1989.  He is also one of the premiere absurdist playwrights of the 20th Century, as well as winner of multiple Obie Awards here in New York.  This play was written in 1975 while his work was still banned in Czechoslovakia, and it was originally performed privately in living rooms.  The showing at Torn Page is in a similar theatrical condition to the original showings.

by Václav Havel
Translated by Jan Novak
Directed by Edward Einhorn
With: Craig Anderson, Bob Brader, Yvonne Roen
Costumes: Ramona Ponce
Stage Manager: Berit Johnson

Presented by Untitled Theater Company No. 61 in cooperation with the Czech Center New York

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Havel’s darkly comic critique of those who compromise their ethics for government favor comes to the stage in a new production in honor of what would have been his 90th birthday. Havel’s signature character, Ferdinand Vaněk, visits the home of old friends who try to seduce him into making the same moral compromises they have made in exchange for small privileges. Havel’s wit and political undercurrents make Unveiling both hilariously uncomfortable and strikingly relevant—a farce that exposes the desperation of those who have lost their moral bearings.  

Havel was both the former Czech President and the leader of the Velvet Revolution against Soviet rule in 1989.  He is also one of the premiere absurdist playwrights of the 20th Century, as well as winner of multiple Obie Awards here in New York.  This play was written in 1975 while his work was still banned in Czechoslovakia, and it was originally performed privately in living rooms.  The showing at Torn Page is in a similar theatrical condition to the original showings.

by Václav Havel
Translated by Jan Novak
Directed by Edward Einhorn
With: Craig Anderson, Bob Brader, Yvonne Roen
Costumes: Ramona Ponce
Stage Manager: Berit Johnson

Presented by Untitled Theater Company No. 61 in cooperation with the Czech Center New York

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Sunday, September 27, 12:30 pm. $10 suggested donation.

12:30 p.m. Maru Maraw (music)

12:45 p.m. Gillian McCain (poet)

1:00 p.m. Michelle Beth Herman (music)

1:15 p.m. Eileen Myles (poet)

1:30 p.m. Maru Maraw (music)

1:45 p.m. Magus Magnus' Killing Joke Theater (poets theater)

2:00 p.m. Michelle Beth Herman (music)

Last chance to discuss and perform Blake's astonishing Four Zoas. Let's grapple with Night the Ninth, a brilliant reconception of the end times.

Contact organizer Dan Sofaer <dansofaer@yahoo.com> for more information.

New York City Book Launch for Barrett Watten's ZONE: correlations 1973 2021 with readings and performances at Torn Page.

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We begin with zone as a spatial concept through which the question of boundary and form is undecided and fluid. Activating the concept in poetry, performance, and a poet-artist’s reflection on the concept and experience of zone:

Barrett Watten will conduct a dérive across the territory of Zone, sampling its twelve regions on the border between Chance and Form.

As present absence, Steve Benson saunters across mutually unintelligible patches of implacable culture.

Thanks to an initiative in cultural exchange, Marjorie Welish remembers an experience during her art residency in Łódź, Poland.

Guillame Apollinaire, Emily Dickinson, and hosts Lee Ann Brown and Carla Harryman will contribute poetry, song, and recitation.

Instructor: K Hank Jost
Dates: June 27-Aug 22 (No Class July 4)

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Saturdays 10:30am-1pm

Capacity: 15 Students

…it came simply from the words themselves, the ringing sound of the phrase…

Deep study of a single author’s work is one of the best ways to focus and improve one’s craft—and William Faulkner’s oeuvre is among the richest in the English language. Join us for a generative author study, where we will unpack the singular genius of Faulkner’s approach, attitude, and method, submerging ourselves in the technical virtuosity of America’s greatest novelist.

In this eight-week workshop, students will revitalize their sense of the possibilities of fiction through deep reading Faulkner’s four greatest achievements—As I Lay Dying, The Sound and The Fury, Absalom! Absalom!, and The Hamlet—analyzing their techniques and generating new ideas about compositional methods via group discussion. Supplemented by interviews, speeches, and lectures given by the author, students will extract for themselves a timeless, personal, and forever useful methodology.

Over the course of the eight weeks, students will generate four pieces of short fiction and have the opportunity to present their work to the class for feedback…

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Our investigation of Blake's Four Zoas continues with Night the Eighth.

Contact organizer Dan Sofaer <dansofaer@yahoo.com> for more information.

Instructor: K Hank Jost
Dates: June 27-Aug 22 (No Class July 4)

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Saturdays 10:30am-1pm

Capacity: 15 Students

…it came simply from the words themselves, the ringing sound of the phrase…

Deep study of a single author’s work is one of the best ways to focus and improve one’s craft—and William Faulkner’s oeuvre is among the richest in the English language. Join us for a generative author study, where we will unpack the singular genius of Faulkner’s approach, attitude, and method, submerging ourselves in the technical virtuosity of America’s greatest novelist.

In this eight-week workshop, students will revitalize their sense of the possibilities of fiction through deep reading Faulkner’s four greatest achievements—As I Lay Dying, The Sound and The Fury, Absalom! Absalom!, and The Hamlet—analyzing their techniques and generating new ideas about compositional methods via group discussion. Supplemented by interviews, speeches, and lectures given by the author, students will extract for themselves a timeless, personal, and forever useful methodology.

Over the course of the eight weeks, students will generate four pieces of short fiction and have the opportunity to present their work to the class for feedback…

SIGN UP HERE

Instructor: K Hank Jost
Dates: June 27-Aug 22 (No Class July 4)

SIGN UP HERE

Saturdays 10:30am-1pm

Capacity: 15 Students

…it came simply from the words themselves, the ringing sound of the phrase…

Deep study of a single author’s work is one of the best ways to focus and improve one’s craft—and William Faulkner’s oeuvre is among the richest in the English language. Join us for a generative author study, where we will unpack the singular genius of Faulkner’s approach, attitude, and method, submerging ourselves in the technical virtuosity of America’s greatest novelist.

In this eight-week workshop, students will revitalize their sense of the possibilities of fiction through deep reading Faulkner’s four greatest achievements—As I Lay Dying, The Sound and The Fury, Absalom! Absalom!, and The Hamlet—analyzing their techniques and generating new ideas about compositional methods via group discussion. Supplemented by interviews, speeches, and lectures given by the author, students will extract for themselves a timeless, personal, and forever useful methodology.

Over the course of the eight weeks, students will generate four pieces of short fiction and have the opportunity to present their work to the class for feedback…

SIGN UP HERE