WHO:
New York City drag icon Jan Sport from Season 12 of RuPaul's Drag Race
She's Everist, fronted by Kelly McIntyre
Actor and singer Kae Bragg
Actor and singer Alia Hodge
Singer/songwriter Danielle Lussier
Actor and singer Mark Mauriello
Actor and singer Jada Temple
Music by Andrew Barret Cox
Directed by Shira Milikowsky
WHAT: The Neon Coven, creators of the hit nightclub musical OSCAR at The Crown, are gonna light the dead of winter on fire with some good, old-fashioned queer feminist rock and roll! Featuring music from Andrew Barret Cox's "Hexed" and extra special guests. Grab a beverage, charge your crystals, and hex the patriarchy.
WHEN: Monday, February 17th, 2020 at 9:30pm
WHERE: Arlene's Grocery - 95 Stanton St. New York NY
THE NEON COVEN is a growing collective creating music performances that tell stories of otherness, co-founded by Andrew Barret Cox, Mark Mauriello and Shira Milikowsky. They like: queer people, theater in non-traditional spaces, and screaming. Take out your phone and follow @theneoncoven and visit www.theneoncoven.com for more. Their first production, the immersive nightclub phenomenon OSCAR at The Crown, ran at 3 Dollar Bill in Bushwick and has been described as, “at once simple, complex, brilliant, and celebratory even while steeped in its own subversion.”
Praise for OSCAR at The Crown:
“a party-inducing Rocky Horror transplanted to a 1990s Madonna video” -THE NEW YORK TIMES
"OSCAR at The Crown shouldn't be. As a concept, it's at once simple, complex, brilliant and celebratory even while steeped in its own subversion." -METROSOURCE
The Neon Coven - L-R: Andrew Barret Cox, Mark Mauriello, Shira Milikowsky
(c) Stevens Añazco
Andrew Barret Cox (Co-Founder of The Neon Coven) is a choreographer, composer and producer based in New York City. A graduate of Emerson College, his work is inspired by underground scenes and non-traditional material. His work has been seen at the American Repertory Theater's immersive second stage OBERON, and his original works Clubland, Hexed, Wilder, Pokémon: The 90s Rock Show, and Steamtowne have been heard on stages and virtual platforms across the country. As a co-founder of The Neon Coven, he strives to create vessels that tell stories of otherness and continue to bridge the gap between mainstream and queer media. www.andrewbarretcox.com @andrewbarretcox
Mark Mauriello (Co-Founder of The Neon Coven) is a Brooklyn-based performer and theater artist. Since graduating from Harvard University, he has performed at Ars Nova, Joe's Pub, the American Repertory Theater (Taylor Mac's The Lily's Revenge, Celine Song's Endlings), in nightclubs from New York to Berlin (Dr. Frank-N-Furter, The Rocky Horror Show), and even the occasional abandoned burger restaurant (Marjorie Newquist, Little Murders). He is the creator and star of OSCAR at The Crown, an immersive nightclub musical inspired by the life and works of Oscar Wilde and The Real Housewives franchise, hailed as “at once simple, complex, brilliant, and celebratory even while steeped in its own subversion.” Mark is a co-founder of The Neon Coven, and above all, he believes in negative capability. www.markmauriello.com @maarkm
Shira Milikowsky (Co-Founder of The Neon Coven) is a freelance theater director, specializing in new plays and radical re-imaginings of musicals and classic texts. She is also a co-founder of The Neon Coven. Recent projects include Distant Star (Caborca/Abrons Arts Center) and Little Murders (in an abandoned burger restaurant!) As the Artistic Associate at the American Repertory Theater, Shira directed The Lily's Revenge by Taylor Mac (named by The Boston Globe as one of the top ten theater everts of the year), Bride*Widow*Hag by Kim Rosenstock, and countless other productions, workshops, and special projects. A Drama League Fellow, Shira holds an MFA in Directing from Columbia and a BA in Theater Studies from Yale. Associate Lecturer in Theater, Dance & Media, Harvard University.
