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"HERE, the acclaimed downtown performance space, presents People In Between, September 4th-26th ." NEW YORK: HERE Performance Art Cafe opens its "One And Only" series with People In Between: A Solo Comedy in Five Time Zones. The show is written and performed by Dennis Rubin Green and directed by Jose Garcia. People In Between premiered at the 1st The New York International Fringe Festival. Since then it has been presented at the 1998 Minnesota Fringe Festival, Dixon Place, Caroline's Comedy Club-NYC, and P.S. 122. This will be People In Between' s first extended engagement. Performances begin at 8:00pm on Saturday, September 4th, 1999 and continue on Saturdays and Sundays at 8:00pm throughout the month of September.

DENNIS RUBIN GREEN (Actor/Writer)

Film Credits: Jacob's Ladder, Forever Lulu, Murder Magic. Selected Theater Credits: Yale Repertory Theater, Long Wharf Theater Company, Crossroads Theater Company--NJ, Philadelphia Theater Company, HERE, & New York Theater Workshop where he has worked with such actors as 'blaxploitation' queen Pam Grier (Jackie Brown), and playwright Tony Kushner (Angels In America). His writings include poetry published in Changing Men Magazine, the anthologies-Other Countries: A First Journal, Brother to Brother, and The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature (Columbia University Press-'98), and the screenplay-Strange City. People In Between has been performed at the 1st New York International Fringe Festival, Dixon Place-NYC, the Minnesota Fringe Festival, Caroline's Comedy Club, NYC, and P.S. 122. Mr. Green is a proud teacher of acting and playwriting, having worked with a diverse group of non-profit organizations throughout the New York metropolitan area. He is also an MFA graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Yale University.

JOSE JOAQUIN GARCIA (Director)

Actor/singer/writer/composer/teacher, & director is a black Puerto Rican from the island of Manhattan. Mr. Gracia has studied experimental theater at the International School of Essen, Germany with renowned Latin American theater directors Flora Laute, Agusto Baol, Jorge Vargas and was a long-standing member of the Pregones Theater. Mr. Garcia was last seen as Ray in The Flatted Fifth with the New Group, and in the Winter of '97 made his Broadway debut in Paul Simon's The Capeman. Mr. Garcia's directorial credits include two new works for the FringeNYC Festival: Mr. Green's People In Between and Theater Saenzs' bilingual (Spanish/English) The Man Who Turned Into a Dog, and El Bronx Remembered.

From "People in Between" Boarding Call (The Opening)

(On Scrim Title: 'Boarding Call.' Throughout the theatre, over the loudspeaker system, we hear the sound of a busy airport: planes leaving and arriving, announcements, boarding calls, etc. Lights and title dim. From behind scrim, Claude--the Flight Attendant appears in silhouette. He is weary, irritable, and speaks with a quasi-African accent. As the scrim lights fade, lights come up on stage. Claude enters. He is not happy.)

Flight Attendant Claude:

Good evening ladies and gentlemen! We would like to welcome you aboard and to say, "Thank you for flying Air International!" I am your host and flight attendant, Claude Kmfesi Devonshire Duvallier Azziza Makeeba Makuba Dinakos Wincelas Hobart Chang Johnson, and this is flight 452, destination . . . "God Knows Where," scheduled to depart at 2:13 AM. If this is not your destination, please check your ticket and get out! . . . I'm joking! It's a joke. Just a little joke . . . But you do have to leave. Now, if you would, take a moment and give your attention to my fellow flight attendants, Monique and . . . (He looks around) Evette -- whenever she decides to crawl out of the bottle . . . as they assist me in demonstrating our emergency procedures. Please pay close attention, for these instructions are stated for your safety and peace of mind. (He demonstrates.)

Should there be a sudden decrease in cabin pressure, this ridiculously tiny oxygen mask will release from above. Simply place the little cup over your face, pull the string, and inhale . . . (Under his breath) Good Luck! . . . In the unlikely event that we should have to attempt a water landing . . . As the flames rip through the body of the plane from the terrorists's bomb streaking from the ground below -- and we slam into the Atlantic Ocean! Splitting the fuselage! Scattering bags and belongings! And casting our bodies to the four corners of the earth!! . . . Please remember that your seat cushion also functions as a flotation device . . .