John Maria Gutierrez & James Clements Announce new "Brothers in Arms" Sharing supported by the Queens Council on the Arts

James Clements and John Maria Gutierrez will present a workshop presentation of "Brothers in Arms" July 15th and 16th at 8pm, and July 17th at 3pm, at Culture Lab LIC's flagship Long Island City venue, the Plaxall Gallery.

Pay-what-you-wish tickets for the performances can be reserved here. The presentation is the culmination of Clements and Gutierrez's Winter 2022 Emergence Residency with Culture Lab LIC, during which they have developed the piece digitally and in-person at Plaxall Gallery.

"Brothers in Arms" is a devised multi-disciplinary theatre piece exploring isolation, survival, connection and intimacy between male-identifying folks, co-created and performed by Clements and Gutierrez. Set in an undefined space during a moment of conflict and crisis, the piece, built from the wildly varied experiences of its Dominican-American and Scottish creators, unpacks shifting ideas about masculinity, memory, camaraderie and communication. The piece combines movement, dance, music, poetry, video, verbatim text and imagined language, and was originally developed at La Mama E.T.C.

Recently, Clements and Gutierrez were awarded the 2022 Queens Arts Fund's Arts Access Grant from the Queens Council on the Arts. The Art Access Grant is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Greater New York Arts Development Fund, in partnership with the City Council.

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