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Follow on Google News | A Stage Play About NYC Penn Station’s Demolition Launches A Kickstarter CampaignShow combines never seen before photography with a compelling story of an unlikely friendship during the turbulence of the 1960s. Kickstarter backer rewards photo prints, tours of Penn Station, posters and show tickets.
The production team is offering backers one-of-a-kind gifts designed to reflect the show’s focus: photography, rail travel, and the Old Pennsylvania Station. Show Producer Cassie Farrelly says, “New York has always been a place where creativity thrives. The original Penn Station embodied this appreciation for art, The Eternal Space celebrates this achievement and our backing gifts are truly one of a kind – just like the play and the city it honors.” Since a centerpiece of the production is photography, renowned architectural photographer, Norman McGrath is offering signed, original prints direct from his impressive catalogue. His photography is a critical element of the stage production. The urban-enthusiast’ Etsy needlepoint sensation Carsonzickersham has designed and crafted limited edition Penn Station Eagle samplers. Since there were twenty-two eagles removed from the Station’s facade, the designers are making twenty-two framed samplers and breaking the mold. Comic and Letterpress artist Courtney Zell will be designing a production poster using Norman McGrath’s actual contact sheets from his Penn Station collection. The poster will be used for the showcase run but Kickstarter backers will have the chance to get their own limited-edition poster first. The poster will be signed by the playwright, Justin Rivers. “Kickstarter is a natural fit for The Eternal Space since our project’s every step has been a group effort.I’m excited and honored to team up with Untapped Cities, Norman McGrath, Courtney Zell and Carsonzickersham to provide unique backer gifts that reflect both our show and our appreciation, ” said The Eternal Space playwright Justin Rivers. The Eternal Space is a two-man play that begins with a coincidental meeting in 1963 in New York’s Pennsylvania Station. This chance meeting launches a three-year debate about progress, preservation, and posterity as one man fights to keep the station standing while the other is instrumental in taking it down. Using original photography from the journalists who documented the station’s destruction and recreations of broadcast recordings as powerful backdrops to the story, the show charts an unlikely friendship through the social and cultural upheavals of the mid-1960s. Previously, the show has had four developmental readings, one of which at the Manhattan’s Center for Architecture/ Campaign Summary: Link to Kickstarter Page: http://www.kickstarter.com/ Campaign Began: September 27 Campaign Runs until: November 6 About the show: www.theeternalspace (http://www.theeternalspaceplay.com/ For Justin Rivers & The Eternal Space Contact: Sara Zick, sarazick@gmail.com ### FACT SHEET THE ETERNAL SPACE: KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN About the Kickstarter Campaign: After three developmental readings, a series of fruitful collaborations, and a fast-growing audience base, The Eternal Space needs to take its production to the next level. To do this the production need to raise capital for a showcase run. Since the project has been a collaboration from the get-go, its staff thought where better than Kickstarter to crowd fund the run. $20,000 will help us to house our run in the appropriate theater space, pay for the rights to all the featured photos and contribute to marketing costs helping to spread the word about the show. About the Show: On October 28th, 1963 Pennsylvania Station’s demolition begins. The wrecking crews work outside in the morning drizzle to dismantle a fifty-three- Photography: ● Norman McGrath, a renowned, professional architectural photographer whose work has appeared in every notable architectural publication. ● Peter Moore, a professional photographer known for his documentation of the Fluxus movement in New York City. His Penn Station photographs are a small portion of his commercially successful body of work. ● Alexander Hatos, a career employee of the Pennsylvania railroad whose photographic catalog offers the unique perspective of employee access. ● Ron Ziel, an internationally acclaimed railroad historian and Long Island native. His collection documents the station’s entire lifespan and includes images from his perspective as a LIRR commuter in the 1960s. ● Aaron Rose, an accomplished photographer whose images, the New York Times declares, “seem to caress the world”. He was virtually unknown to the photography world until 1997, when four images were exhibited at the Whitney Biennial. End
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