Naked Lunch Storytelling Cycle in Echo Park
Thursday April 29, 9pm
All streets of the city slope down between deepening canyons into a vast, kidney-shaped plaza full of darkness. Walls of street and plaza are perforated by dwelling cubicles and cafes, some a few feet deep, others extending out of sight in a network of rooms and corridors...
Eli Rarey is performing this Thursday with Learning Music, Superhumanoids, and Nymph. He will be performing a new selection from his Naked Lunch Storytelling Cycle.
The line-up starts at 9pm at Echo Curio:
1519 Sunset Blvd. Echo Park, CA 90026
ONE-TIME ONLY EVENT!
Naked Lunch Storytelling Cycle in Brooklyn
Thursday Feb 11, 8pm
"I deplore brutality," said Benway. "It's not efficient. On the other hand, prolonged mistreatment, short of physical violence, gives rise, when skillfully applied, to anxiety and a feeling of special guilt..."
This Thursday only, Eli Rarey is performing a segment from his Naked Lunch Storytelling Cycle at The Old American Can Factory in Brooklyn. The performance will be approximately 90 minutes long and begins at 8pm. Suggested donation is $10.
This segment has been performed previously at the Basement Lounge in Long Beach, CA, at the GRIOT Storytelling Workshop, and at a private home in La Punta Cabras, Mexico. This will be the first New York performance of the Naked Lunch Storytelling Cycle.
Naked Lunch Storytelling Cycle at the Basement Lounge
Sunday Jan 10, 8pm
This Sunday, at The Basement Lounge in Long Beach, Eli Rarey will be telling the first segment of the Naked Lunch Storytelling Cycle. The performance will be approximately 75 minutes long and begins at 8pm.
LB Creative Mixer
Dec 28, 7pm
Eli is telling a Monkey King story! Come to LB Creative mixer at Pollen Art Studios:
1332 Gladys Ave Long Beach, CA 90804 (behind Alex's Bar off Anaheim)
Bio
Eli's performances are marked by their simplicity, compassion for the audience, and humor. He tells folk tales and literary epics for children, adults, and families.
Eli has a degree in theater arts from Columbia University and has studied for many years with master storyteller Diane Wolkstein. He recently performed with twenty-six storytellers at the Monkey King Marathon in New York City. He is on the board of directors of Celebrate Story.
Eli lives in the Los Angeles area, where he specializes in unorthodox performance settings such as dinner parties, rock concerts, political protests, corporate events, and camping trips. Eli is happy to travel in order to tell and adjusts his performance fee to suit your needs.
Stories
Some examples of his storytelling performances:
Trickster Tales: Coyote, Monkey King, and Other Unstable Individuals
Sustainable Storytelling: Stories about Economy, Ecology, and the Future
Food Tales: Stories to Eat By
Stories about Death: Literary and Folk Tales about the Dead and the Hereafter
Eli also performs literary works by authors such as Franz Kafka, Marcel Proust,
Anne Carson, and William Burroughs.