The sudden shuttering of Off Broadway performance space the Zipper Factory has left a couple of productions out in the cold.
Concert tuner "Things to Ruin," which managed to eke out one performance of its skedded run at the Zipper before the theater announced its closing Wednesday, is on the lookout for a new space.
So is Latino theater company INTAR, which was set to stage two shows at the Zipper this spring. The first, a double-bill of one-acts, was already in rehearsals for a Feb. 11 start date.
Team behind "Things to Ruin," including composer Joe Iconis, arranged a free "rally" Friday night in the hopes of keeping the show's momentum going. Producers Sara Katz/SJK Prods. hope to have the show up and running in a new venue by Jan. 23.
INTAR, meanwhile, must scramble to find a new spot to present its scheduled shows while continuing to look for a new permanent home. The city-owned theater in which INTAR used to produce its offerings was demolished to make way for the Clinton Green Project complex, for which INTAR cannot afford the required contribution for a new space.
At the Zipper INTAR was to have presented two one acts, "She Plundered Him" by Nick Norman and "In Paradise" by INTAR a.d. Eduardo Machado.
Zipper's closing was attributed to a disagreement over real estate between the proprietors of the Zipper and the owners of the building the housed it.
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