Revival of Psychosexual Thriller Dead Brains Extends Off-Broadway
Playwright Erik Champney directs the site-specific production.
Jon Pratt and Dylan Goodwin in Dead Brains
Bryan Cash
Baker Falls and Knitting Factory’s site-specific revival of Erik Champney’s Dead Brains, which began performances January 17 at
the Feverdream Lounge at Baker Falls, has extended its run in the East Village.
The immersive production, marking the return of live
theatre to the venue once known as the Pyramid Club, was originally scheduled to conclude February 18. Performances will now continue through March 3.
The cast of the psychosexual thriller features Charity Schubert, Jon Pratt, and Dylan Goodwin. Playwright Champney also directs.
In Dead Brains, Henry and Philly have gotten caught up in a
fantasy. Artist and muse, they are idols in their own minds. Enter
Corey, who is vulnerable and real. Now a decision must be made about his
role in their game.
According to playwright-director Champney, the Feverdream Lounge has
“a powerfully eccentric vibe, similar to performance spaces at The
McKittrick Hotel. Fashioned with ornate wallpaper and antique furniture,
the room is gothic, Victorian, weird, and wonderful. It is the perfect
setting for this play that is sexy, violent, manipulative, and doesn’t
shy away from openly discussing abuse or criticizing social politics.
I’ve learned throughout the years of this play’s life that its themes
remain profoundly prescient.”
The engagement, according to production notes, contains “moments of intense sexuality and violence.”
Dead Brains was the winner of The Kennedy Center’s National AIDS
Fund/CFDA-Vogue Initiative Award for Playwriting and went on to
acclaimed productions in San Francisco and Seattle before opening
Off-Off-Broadway in 2018.
Tickets can be purchased at BakerFalls.com.