WOW Café

WOW Café
WOW Café Theater is a feminist theater space and collective in East Village in New York City. In the mid-1980s, WOW Cafe Theater was central to the avant garde theatre and performance art scene in the East Village, New York City. Among the artists who have presented at the space are Peggy Shaw, Lois WeaverPatricia Ione LLoyd Lisa Kron, Holly Hughes (performance artist), Holly Hughes, Deb Margolin, Dancenoise, Carmelita Tropicana, Eileen Myles, Split Britches, Seren Divine, and The Five Lesbian Brothers. The WOW Cafe is still running today, and meets almost every Tuesday. Organizing structure WOW Cafe Theater is run on anarchical principals of consensus building. Currently WOW does not charge membership fees and members participate in sweat equity, in order to get produce a show, they are expected to help with others' shows as well. Despite the historical focus of WOW productions on lesbian experiences and subcultures, WOW remains an open space for all women and/or trans people, ...
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Avant Garde
The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or 'vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical Debate and Poetic Practices' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004), p. 64 . It is frequently characterized by aesthetic innovation and initial unacceptability.Kostelanetz, Richard, ''A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes'', Routledge, May 13, 2013
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