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Raise the Roof: Coney Island USA’s 2018 Fall Fundraiser
Saturday, November 10 • 7 pm-Midnight
1208 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn
Advance Tickets: $100
Last year, we celebrated the 100th birthday of our landmarked home at 1208 Surf Avenue. Now, we’re setting our sights on the next century. Join Coney Island USA as we “Raise the Roof” at our 2018 fall fundraiser - and help ensure that our beloved building - home to the Freak Bar, the Coney Island Museum, and the Sideshows by the Seashore Theater - remains a stable presence in the People’s Playground for years to come.
Written & Directed by Dick D. Zigun
The show is a Brechtian Cabaret with a LIVE JAZZ BAND circa 1918 that “samples” Jimmy Durante’s songs & routines while changing the words to bring you teenager Al Capone, getting the scars that earned his nickname Scarface: A Brooklyn TruStory performed 3 blocks from the spot of Al Capone’s knife fight, 100 years ago in Coney Island.
Audience will interact with performers, as if patrons of Coney Island’s HARVARD INN a dive bar and gangster hangout Circa 1918. Food fights, fist fights, even a few murders take place in the audience. The audience is also welcome to get up and dance and to drink beer and eat pasta.
PREVIEW PERFORMANCES $10
Friday, November 2
8 PM
Saturday, November 3
4 PM & 8 PM
Sunday November 4
4 PM
OPENING NIGHT
Friday, November 9
8 PM
$30
Sunday, November 11
4 PM
$20
Friday, November 16
8 PM
$20
Saturday, November 17
4 PM & 8 PM
$20
Sunday, November 18
4 PM
$20
Friday, November 23
8 PM
$20
Saturday, November 24
4 PM & 8 PM
$20
Sunday, November 25
4 PM
$20
WARM BEER AND LOUSY PASTA SERVED DURING SHOWS - $5
LIST OF HISTORICAL CHARACTERS:
Rob Romeo as Jimmy Durante
Will Tomae as Al Capone
Nikos Brisco As Frankie Yale
Natalie Michael as Clara Bow
Robert Aloi as Frank Gallucio
Rita Posillico as Lena Gallucio
Stage Manager Sara Minisquero
Design by Kate Dale
Video-mapping by Dennis Catalfumo
THE ÉDUCATION OF AL CAPONE AS IF TOLD BY JIMMY DURANTE is a project of FUNHOUSE PHILOSOPHERS the resident experimental theater company at CONEY ISLAND USA funded in part by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.
All Performances at:
Coney Island USA
1208 Surf Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11224
That's a wrap on another great festival! Thanks to our filmmakers, attendees, sponsors, opening night performers, staff, board of directors and volunteers! See you in 2019!
2018 Best in Category:
Feature - Staring at the Sun
Documentary Feature - Ape Girl
Short (Tie) - Man with Beard, The Boy in the High Window
Documentary Short - Deporting Myself
Horror - The Son, the Father...
Experimental - No Man's Land
Music Video - Closer
Animation - DEATH VAN
"Made in Coney Island" (Tie) - BK Stories: Keeping Coney Island Freaky with Dick Zigun, The Infamous Mermaid Uprising of 2017
indiefilmpage.com and Coney Island USA Present: The 18th Annual Coney Island Film Festival, September 14 - 16, 2018 at the legendary Sideshows By The Seashore and the Coney Island Museum in the historic Brooklyn neighborhood Coney Island, New York!
101 films in a jam packed weekend!
Full Festival Pass $50 (Includes Opening Night Screening, Opening Night Party, Admission to Programs 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,13,14,15,16. Does not include The Warriors Screening)
Opening Night Screening $8, Tigger! (Doc Short), Obscene Beauty (World Premiere of New York Burlesque Scene, Feature Documentary)
Opening Night Party $25 (Beer from Coney Island Brewery, Wine, Food from Gargiulo's Restaurant, Stage Show Featuring Burlesque and Sideshow)
Saturday Screening Pass $15 (Includes Admission to Programs 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. Does not include The Warriors Screening)
Sunday Screening Pass $12 (Includes Admission to Programs 11,12,13,14,15,16)
The Warriors Saturday Screening $10
Individual Screenings $8
Get full festival details at coneyislandfilmfestival.com
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Upcoming Events
Coney Island Museum
Open Saturdays 12pm-6pm, Sundays 2pm-6pm. See 2018 schedule below.
September 8, 2018 through Mid June, 2019, Saturdays 12pm - 5pm and Sundays 2pm - 5pm. Museum Closed September 15,16, 2018
Saturday, November 10, 2018, 7pm-Midnight
Last year, we celebrated the 100th birthday of our landmarked home at 1208 Surf Avenue. Now, we’re setting our sights on the next century.
Special Events
Friday, October 26, 2018 - 8:30pm
Join us on Friday, October 26th, for a haunting and fun-filled evening of Halloween-inspired puppetry! An exciting array of puppeteers will offer a spooky assortment of tricks & treats!
Special Events
Saturday, October 27, 2018, 12pm-6pm
Featuring Artists/Creators selling their handmade one of a kind art and products in our Freak Bar.
Burlesque at the Beach
Saturday, October 27, 2018 - 9:00pm
Terror! Horror! The most shocking burlesque show of the year! Do you dare to gaze upon Halloween A Go-go?!
Special Events
Sunday, October 28, 2018, 12pm-6pm
Featuring Artists/Creators selling their handmade one of a kind art and products in our Freak Bar.
Magic at Coney!!!
Sunday, October 28, 2018 - 12:00pm
Magical Promotions, together with Coney Island USA, presents an afternoon of fun and wonder for the entire family.
Special Events
Friday, November 2, 2018 - 8:00pm
Written & Directed by Dick D. Zigun
Special Events
Saturday, November 3, 2018 - 4:00pm
Written & Directed by Dick D. Zigun
Special Events
Saturday, November 3, 2018 - 8:00pm
Written & Directed by Dick D. Zigun
Magic at Coney!!!
Sunday, November 4, 2018 - 12:00pm
Magical Promotions, together with Coney Island USA, presents an afternoon of fun and wonder for the entire family.