On Friday, October 10th, “Painted Space,” a new installation by Jacob Ouillette will open at the Open Source Gallery. In conjunction with the opening, a new ten-minute play, “Brooklyn Lighthouse,” by Anne Phelan is being produced at the gallery, directed by Ramona Pula. The play addresses art, time and Brooklyn history, and features Jennifer Boehm and Andrew Rothkin. The opening is from 7PM to 10PM, and during which the play will be presented twice. Admission to the gallery and the play is free.
Jacob Ouillette currently has work in “Introduction: Future Dialogues” at the Dean Project. An Edward F. Albee Foundation Fellow, he is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, and has shown work in New York City, Maine, New Hampshire and Basel. Anne Phelan met Jacob Ouillette at the Albee Foundation in 2002; she is a two-time Albee Fellow, a William Inge Playwright-in-Residence and has two plays published by Smith & Kraus. Her plays have been produced off-off-Broadway, in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Florida.
Ouillette’s installation will remain until November 15th. Open Source Gallery (http://open-source-gallery.org) is located at 255 17th Street (near Fifth Avenue), Brooklyn. Take the R to Prospect Avenue, or the F to Ninth Street.