Adrian Bridges

Guitarist, Composer, Sound Designer


Nov
22
8:00 PM20:00

Guac: My Son, My Hero in New York

Sound Designer


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New York Premiere
Kaufmann Concert Hall - 92Y
1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10128
Tickets - $35

“GUAC: My Son, My Hero” is a social justice theatre piece telling the story of Manuel and Patricia Oliver in the year following their son’s murder in the Parkland shooting. Manuel, a painter and visual artist, and his wife, Patricia have dedicated their lives since their son’s murder to campaigning for gun law reform through their organization, Change the Ref. Manny’s work, including creating large-scale public art pieces, has generated worldwide attention, and “GUAC: MY Son, My Hero” is his latest protest project. Like all his work, its core motivation is ensuring other young Americans do not lose their lives, like his son did. As Manuel states, “I lost my son. My son did not lose his father.”

“GUAC” combines elements of stand-up comedy, testimony theatre, video, installation art and live painting to create an intimate, hilarious, devastating and loving picture of a 17-year-old boy named Joaquin, who immigrated with his family from Venezuela to the United States, for a safer life.

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Oct
9
to Nov 3

On The Grounds Of Belonging

Associate Sound Designer

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On the Grounds of Belonging
By Ricardo Pérez González
Directed by David Mendizábal
October 9 – November 3, 2019
Long Wharf Theatre

Timeless in its telling, this stirring, universal story of star-crossed lovers will sweep you away. In Houston at the height of Jim Crow, segregation pervades society in every way, including the underground and illegal gay bar scene. One night a chance encounter between Russell, a local at the Blacks-only Gold Room, and Tom, from the whites-only Red Room, leads to a forbidden romance that could destroy them both. The spellbinding On the Grounds of Belonging signals the arrival of a bold new voice in the American theatre.

CAST
Craig Bockhorn, Jeremiah Clapp, Tracey Conyer Lee, Blake Morris, Thomas Silcott, Calvin Leon Smith.

DESIGN
Set - Wilson Chin
Costumes - Ntokozo Fuzunina Kunene
Lighting - Cha See
Sound - Mauricio Escamilla

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Aug
31
9:00 PM21:00

Family Liquid Dinner Cabaret – Mid-Life Crisis

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Accompanist and featured performer for Family Liquid Dinner at Symphony Space's Bar Thalia.

Bar Thalia
2537 Broadway
New York, New York 10025

DinDin is back with a night full of songs and stories!

A night about sharing the love! Love thy mother. Love thy brother. Love that cute guy who lives across the hall! Even love that strange quiet lady with all of the cats who lives down the street.

Accompanied by the amazing Adrian Ries on the piano and Adrian Bridges on guitar.

Amazing guest performers to be announced soon!

No cover, no minimum as per usual.

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Jun
29
9:00 PM21:00

Family Liquid Dinner Cabaret – Dad Bod

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Accompanist and featured performer for Family Liquid Dinner at Symphony Space's Bar Thalia.

Bar Thalia
2537 Broadway
New York, New York 10025

Get ready for Family Liquid Dinner "Dad-Bod" Edition where we devote a night to the rockers of cargo shorts and sneakers, the jar openers, the bear hug givers, the lazy boy lovers, the Dads. Whether you're more of a "Daddy's Girl" or living with those "Daddy Issues", we're here to sing about them all. So turn down that thermostat and shut those damn lights off and come celebrate with us!

Accompanied by the incredible Drew Nichols on piano and Adrian Bridges on guitar.

Amazing guest performers including Andrew Swackhamer, David Hernandez III, Brent Lomas, Lauren Dortch-Crozier, Jenny Pinzari, Michael Murray, Jackson Sturkey, Sarah Brenner, Kristin Dausch, and more to be announced soon!

No cover, no minimum as per usual.

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May
16
to May 18

Nerve

Sound Designer

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The Dead End Kids present NERVE, a dark comedy by Adam Szymkowicz about falling into a relationship on the first date. Elliot (Charlie McElveen) has never had an online date before...at least not one that showed up. Susan (Renee Gagner) has had far too many but would prefer not to discuss them. When they meet in a bar one night, all their personality flaws are revealed, along with a puppet (Emma Factor), some modern dance, and a desperation that may or may not be love.

Directed by Owen Laheen and Katherine Laheen
Stage Managed by Maggie Gayford
Music Supervised by John Swan
Choreography by Molly Model
Lighting Design by Jadyn Buchanan
Sound Design by Adrian Bridges


Running Time: 1 hour

For more info visit: thedeadendkids.org. Tickets on sale!

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May
9
8:00 PM20:00

In The Palace Of The Planet King

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Sound Designer

IN THE PALACE OF THE PLANET KING
Written by Edwin Rivera
Directed by Nelson Avidon


Thursday, May 9 - 8pm
Downtown Urban Arts Festival
Tickets - $20

The Wild Project
195 E. 3rd Street
New York, NY 10009

Featuring:
Kevin Bernard
Willie C. Carpenter
Francisco Solorzano

Three diverse strangers find themselves in a prison cell, and they don’t know how they got there. 
65 minutes of dynamite.

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Apr
25
to May 11

Refuge

Sound Designer & Arranger

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REFUGE
Created by the ensemble
Written by Matt Opatrny
Directed by Jessica Burr & Florent Mehmeti

April 25-May 11
Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York, NY

Featuring: Eshref Durmishi, Daniela Markaj, Nancy McArthur, Becca Schneider, Ilirë Vinca, Perri Yaniv...

...and The Band! Eve Sicular, Ismail Butera, and Debra Kreisberg.

Production Stage Manager - Darielle Shandler
Set Design - Teddy Jefferson & Sonya Plenefisch
Costume Design - Caitlin Cisek
Lighting Design - Jay Ryan
Sound Design - Adrian Bridges
Assistant Director/Fight Choreographer - Benjamin Peterson
Dramaturg - Julia Levine

A deathbed confession launches a young Jewish woman on a journey of discovery to a remote Albanian village. What she finds reveals both the truth of her family’s escape and those who risked everything to provide them with refuge.

NYC-based Blessed Unrest teams up with Teatri Oda from Kosovo for this world-premiere play based on real events. During World War II, thousands of Jewish refugees were harbored by families in Albania, most of them practicing Muslims. Despite Nazi occupation, no Jews were taken to internment camps from Albania and it was the only country in Europe with more Jews at the end of the war than at the beginning. Refuge will shine light on this little-known history, with the current backdrop of the refugee crisis in Europe and our own nation’s attempts to close our doors to refugees and migrants.

The Companies and the History of our Collaboration
Blessed Unrest is an award-winning theatre ensemble that has been creating original plays in NYC and touring internationally since 1999. Teatri Oda, the first independent arts organization in Kosovo, has gained notoriety across Europe as a vital voice in the establishment of their new nation’s cultural identity.

REFUGE is the third original play created by the two companies since 2005. We have toured together six times through the Balkans, in Western Europe, and in New York, including the first-ever US/Kosovar theatre project in the United States. Our production of DORUNTINE was awarded first prize at the 2016 Secondo Festival in Zurich, Switzerland. Following this premiere production of REFUGE, the play will tour to Western Europe and the Balkans in 2020.

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Mar
10
to Mar 31

Still At Risk

Sound Designer

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THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Crystal Field, Executive Artistic Director, Presents:

In Association with MBL Productions, Mary J. Davis, Producer

STILL AT RISK
A New Play By
TIM PINCKNEY

featuring
ROBERT GOMES* CHRISTOPHER J. HANKE* AMY HOHN*
RYAN SPAHN* JONATHAN WALKER*


Directed by Carl Andress (The Divine Sister; Die, Mommie, Die!).

The creative team includes Jason Lee Courson (Scenic Design), Gregory Gale (Costume Design), Steve O’Shea (Lighting Design), and Adrian Bridges (Sound Design). The Production Stage Manager is Giles T. Horne and Assistant Stage Manager is Jessica Fleischman. The General Manager is Tony Spinosa with Company Manager Greg Santos. Graphic Design is by Srđa Vasiljević.

Kevin, a surviving activist from the front lines of the AIDS crisis, finds himself struggling to find his place and purpose in contemporary gay culture. When a gay fundraising event threatens to erase the history he was part of creating, Kevin's anger and passion are renewed and he is confronted with the challenge of how to motivate change in this new climate of visibility. Along the way, Kevin's raw and slightly unhinged methods provoke everyone who can help him, damage long friendships and eventually expose some dark secrets. Hilarious, sharp, and deeply moving, Still at Risk is a powerful look at the personal and political hazards of rewriting the past and one man's attempt to move forward.

Performances begin Thursday, March 7, 2019 for a limited engagement through Sunday, March 31, 2019 at the Community Space Theater at Theater for the New City (155 First Avenue, between 9th & 10th Streets).

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Feb
23
9:00 PM21:00

Family Liquid Dinner Cabaret – Love Thy Neighbor

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Accompanist and featured performer for Family Liquid Dinner at Symphony Space's Bar Thalia.

Bar Thalia
2537 Broadway
New York, New York 10025

DinDin is back with a night full of songs and stories!

A night about sharing the love! Love thy mother. Love thy brother. Love that cute guy who lives across the hall! Even love that strange quiet lady with all of the cats who lives down the street.

Accompanied by the amazing Adrian Ries on the piano and Adrian Bridges on guitar.

Amazing guest performers to be announced soon!

No cover, no minimum as per usual.

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Feb
20
to Feb 24

Mr. Burns

Sound Designer


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Mr. Burns
A Post-Electric Play

Feb. 20-24, 2019

Wednesday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 21, 8 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 22, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2 & 8 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 24, 2 p.m.

Studio Theatre, Trexler Pavilion for Theatre & Dance

The world as we know it has come to an end. 
Electricity is a memory. The survivors gaze into the fire and conjure up memories of Simpsons episodes to entertain themselves. Seven years later, these stories have become a primitive entertainment industry. Seventy-five years later still, the stories have evolved into an elaborate mythology.

By turns harrowing and hilarious, Anne Washburn’s riveting play explores the power of storytelling and asking what happens when media becomes myth — and myth becomes something more.

“Downright brilliant” —The New York Times.

For mature audiences.

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Feb
8
to Feb 10

Apsu at Dusk

Sound Designer

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Columbia University, School of the Arts, Theatre presents:

APSU AT DUSK

Written by Andrey Uspenskiy
Directed by Jacob Basri

Featuring:
Whitney Biancur
Phil Rosen
John Russell*
Marjie Shrimpton

* Appearing courtesy of Actor's Equity Association

Producer - Jonathan Bleicher
Production Stage Manager - Lanie Lanxuan Liu
Dramaturg - Elizagrace Madrone
Additional Research - Cole Stern
Costume Designer - Olivia Hern
Scenic Designer - Anton Volovsek
Lighting Designer - Chris D’Angelo
Sound Designer - Adrian Bridges

Schedule
Friday, February 8th @ 7:30PM
Saturday, February 9th @ 2:30PM and 7:30PM
Sunday, February 10th @ 2:30PM

ABOUT APSU AT DUSK
Adultery and heartbreak on the banks of the Baltic during the last gasps of the Soviet Union. An uncomfortable trio jokes desperately about the political and the personal. What defines us? What haunts us? What can we leave behind? And in the end, how much life can we fit in before the sun goes down?

Admission is FREE.

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Jan
16
6:00 PM18:00

Family Liquid Dinner with Jackson Sturkey Orchestra

Performing with the Family Liquid Dinner Cabaret

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Music. Cabaret. Burlesque. All the mischief you’ve been searching for in the East Village under one roof. Imagine if the Mister Rogers show had been hosted by your drunk gay uncle, featuring some of the most talented performers you’ve never heard of – but soon will. At the legendary Under Saint Marks Theatre, every fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm, Jackson Sturkey and His Orchestra, the newest cabaret show, is there to entertain you. It is the most fun you can have without breaking the law.

You’ll find yourself transported to a world that evokes afterhours on Broadway: where the public meets the entertainers who come to be entertained. Picture: the Judy Garland show in a bar in occupied Paris. Subversive. Raw. Emotional. Funny. Fun. Beautiful. It’s the variety show that’s a true showcase of the East Village, and it still leaves time for happy hour.

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