BAM Announces Selections for 25th Next Wave Festival

The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) has announced the selections for the 25th Next Wave Festival, to run October 2-December 16.

Theater highlights include the New York premiere of Hotel Cassiopeia, a meditation on the life of artist Joseph Cornell, written by Charles L. Mee, created and performed by the SITI Company, and directed by SITI founder Anne Bogart (October 9-13); Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin’s drama Krum, presented by the Polish theater company TR Warszawa (October 17-20); German director Michael Thalheimer’s production of Frank Wedekind’s classic play Lulu (November 27-December 1); and French acrobat/actor/director James Thierree’s performance piece Au Revoir Parapluie (December 4-16).

Other notable Next Wave offerings include the Cloud Gate Theatre of Taiwan (October 2-7); singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens’ multimedia piece The BQE (November 1-3); Cast No Shadow, the first collaboration between visual artist Isaac Julien and choreographer Russell Maliphant (November 6-10); and composer Tan Dun’s The Gate (December 5-8).

For tickets and other information, call 718-636-4100 or visit www.BAM.org.