Sinking Ship & Theater in Quarantine present

Playwright
Josh Luxenberg

Performer
Joshua William Gelb

This performance of The 7th Voyage is in the past.
Please stay tuned—we’ll be back.

Space traveler Egon Tichy likes his quiet time.

But when his ship gets hit by a chunk of interstellar detritus, he’s sent careening into a minefield of time vortexes. This slapstick science-fiction adventure propels Sinking Ship and Theater in Quarantine into their most technically ambitious production to date, improbably trapping performer Joshua William Gelb amidst an exponentially expanding cast of one.

tichy, in person

In June 2020, Sinking Ship teamed up with Theater in Quarantine to create The 7th Voyage of Egon Tichy—a digital theater performance that pushed the boundaries of the new medium, broadcasting live from a a closet in the East Village. Deemed a Critic’s Pick by Jesse Green in the New York Times, The 7th Voyage proved to be one of our biggest hits, with over 10,000 views across platforms since the original stream.

Now, we are reimagining The 7th Voyage as an in-person experience. Audiences will watch two shows simultaneously: on a screen above the stage, the finished digital live stream, and on the stage below, the behind-the-scenes performance fully revealed.

What’s a WORKSHOP?

A workshop is a chance for us to try out something new in front of an audience, prior to the official premiere. This is a fully-produced performance, with all the elements in place. By attending, you’re helping us understand how the show works—and getting a sneak peak at our next production.

A co-production with
Theater in quarantine

Theater in Quarantine is an Obie and Drama League Award-winning digital performance laboratory that merges the live and digital, embracing 21st century solutions to the question “what is ‘theatrical?’” Established in response to the Covid shutdown, TiQ was instrumental in keeping the spirit of theatrical experimentation alive, live-streaming dozens of visually distinctive, original works to its YouTube channel from an actual closet in Manhattan’s East Village measuring only 8 sq feet. We ask how it’s possible for a digital encounter to feel both intimate and immediate, courting limitation to fathom how this utilitarian container, so uncomfortably small, can become a stage for the imagination.

TiQ has created over two dozen evenings of live digital theater, comprising over 50 individual new works, becoming one of the leading practitioners of digital theater.

Theater in Quarantine has been highlighted in feature stories in the New York Times, on NPR, and in the New Yorker, and has been celebrated as the best and most cutting-edge work in a brand new medium.

Dates & Times

Sat. January 13 @ 5pm
Sun. January 14 @ 1pm

About 45 minutes
General admission

Connelly Theater
220 E. 4th St.
Btw. Aves A & B
New York City
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Tickets

This is a workshop showing, so the tickets are cheap at $18*. If you can't swing that, we'll cover the difference. Subsidized tix are only $12*. Of course, $18 tickets don't cover the cost of creating the show, so if you have the means and would like to support us and this project, there's a $40* ticket available as well. All tickets grant you the same access. Pick what works for you.

*Plus fees. Full prices:

$21.05 standard ticket
$44.52 supporter's ticket
$14.64 subsidized ticket

Directed by
Jonathan Levin

Written by
Josh Luxenberg

Performed by
Joshua William Gelb*

Scenic & Costume Design
Peiyi Wong*

Sound Design
M. Florian Staab*

Video Design
Jesse Garrison*

Additional Voices
Fayette Louise Jared & D.M.J.

End Credits Music performed by
Emily Hope Price

Producer
Audrey Frischman

Production Manager
Will Jennings

Adapted with permission from the estate of Stanislaw Lem