T-minus just over one month until 73 Seconds blasts off.
Jared Mezzocchi @jaredmezzocchi sets out across the cosmos, charting constellations, chasing signals, and uncovering a story that begins somewhere much closer to home. What starts as an attempt to understand his family becomes a collision of memory, inheritance, and the truths that arrive too late.
Part documentary, part technical feat, all true story. 73 Seconds, directed and co-developed by Aya Ogawa @ayagwa , transforms analog machines into portals, and a single performer into an entire universe.
This spring, En Garde Arts takes over the 64-seat planetarium inside the Lower Eastside Girls Club @girlsclubny , an intimate dome built for the stars, now holding something far more human.
Previews are nearly SOLD OUT.
Snag your tickets now… unlike the planets, this alignment won’t come back around.
Previews begin April 29
Ticket link in bio
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The universe is infinite. These tickets are not.
Preview performances, which begin on April 29th, are already starting to fill up!
Join En Garde Arts inside a 64-seat planetarium at the Lower Eastside Girls Club, @girlsclubny for the world premiere of 73 Seconds, from the Obie Award–winning team of Jared Mezzocchi @jaredmezzocchi and Aya Ogawa @ayagwa
🪐 21 performances
🌙 64 seats only
🎟️ Reserve your seat today at the link in our bio
Hidden inside the Lower Eastside Girls Club @girlsclubny , a 64-seat planetarium built for stargazing becomes our stage.
For 21 performances, En Garde Arts transforms this dome into an intimate space for storytelling with the world premiere of 73 Seconds, created, written, and performed by Jared Mezzocchi @jaredmezzocchi , directed by Aya Ogawa @ayagwa , an Obie Award–winning creative team.
In 73 Seconds, Mezzocchi cracks open the quiet mysteries of his family’s past. What begins as a son’s attempt to understand his mother spirals into a decades-spanning excavation of memory, legacy, and the stories we inherit, and the ones we almost never hear.
Using analog technology from the 1980s, overhead projectors, cassette tapes, and VHS camcorders, Jared constructs a live documentary beneath the stars, blending intimate storytelling with lo-fi theatrical magic.
🪐 21 performances
🌙 64 seats
🎟 Tickets in bio
Working with Jared Mezzocchi on 73 seconds has been truly inspiring. It has been a highlight of En Garde Arts’ season. Catch it before it’s gone. Closes Monday night!
Okay, now we’re serious.
Only 8 more chances to see 73 Seconds before it blasts off for good.
The rocket fuel? Responses like this. Audiences like you. And one unforgettable night inside New York’s most intimate planetarium.
WE CLOSE MONDAY.
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW.
LINK IN BIO.
The good news? ⬆️All of this good news.⬆️
The bad news? You only have 13 more chances to see 73 Seconds before it blasts off for good. 🚀
The best news? Artists can use code 73ARTIST for $25 tickets.
(We won’t be checking union cards at the door 😉)
Created and performed by Jared Mezzocchi and directed by Aya Ogawa, 73 Seconds takes audiences inside NYC’s most intimate planetarium for a deeply personal journey through memory, family, and the cosmos.
Ticket link in bio!
Photo credit @photo_by_baranova
En Garde Arts wants to make sure our artist community is able to see Jared Mezzocchi’s fabulous new piece 73 Seconds. We love this show, we love this space, and we’d love YOU to come see this production!
Only 13 more chances... use code 73Artist for a discounted ticket (artists only! ;) ) via the link in our bio!
The word is getting out about 73 Seconds inside New York’s most intimate planetarium on the Lower East Side. You only have 14 more chances! Ticket link in bio!
Photo by @photo_by_baranova
Tonight is the world premiere of 73 Seconds!
We couldn’t be happier for the incredible artists who brought this work to life, especially Jared Mezzocchi, who created, wrote, and performs this solo piece each night, and Aya Ogawa for their powerful vision and collaboration.
73 Seconds tells the story of a son trying to piece together family histories that arrive too late. It lives in the fragile line between the personal and the cosmic.
It has been a joy to share this moving new work with our sold-out preview audiences, and we cannot wait to continue welcoming more people into New York’s most intimate planetarium, tucked inside the Lower Eastside Girls Club.
Bravo to the entire constellation of designers, your vision and transformation of this space has made this a truly one-of-a-kind site-specific experience.
After tonight, only 14 chances remain. Don’t wait.
🎟️ Ticket link in bio
📸: by the incredible @photo_by_baranova
From our friends at En Garde Arts (@EnGardeArts ):
73 Seconds is a one-of-a-kind performance inside an intimate 64-seat planetarium, Jared Mezzocchi attempts to piece together his mother’s past, where memory, time, and the vastness of space collapse into something achingly human. 🚀✨
Snag your tickets by clicking the link in @EnGardeArts bio
Hear it straight from the source…The good news is we had our first sold out preview of 73 Seconds last night. The crowd was electric—and now previews are officially SOLD OUT.
The bad news? You’ve only got 19 more chances to catch this incredible new production from @jaredmezzocchi & @ayagwa .
Tickets are going fast. Don’t wait.
Get yours now → link in bio
6:00pm: Kafana, 116 Avenue C
Start out at this fun Balkan spot - which the NYTimes gave a Critic's Pick back in 2022 - that is consistently ranked one of the best restaurants in NYC. And yet it's strangely affordable, strangely approachable, and oh so delicious!
7:30pm: 73 Seconds, Lower East Side Girls Club, 402 E 8th St.
Then check out the En Garde Arts presentation of Jared Mezzocchi's world premiere show, 73 Seconds, set inside the planetarium at the Lower East Side Girls Club! In 73 Seconds, two-time Obie Award–winning artist Jared Mezzocchi tells the true story of his relationship to his mother after learning she once worked at NASA and had been a contender for a space mission. Growing up, this chapter of her life was unknown to him. Outer space, family, and our inability to cope with long-term catastrophe collide in 73 Seconds as Mezzocchi telescopes between personal grief and collective memory, probing the stories we inherit, and the ones we almost never hear. This is one of the shows we're excited about this month!
9:00pm: Ding-A-Ling, 116 Avenue C
In an area loaded with great bars, Ding-A-Ling stands out as a Great Bar™. End your night here!
(73 Seconds starts previews on 4/29, with opening slated for 5/4 - it runs through 5/18! Get your tickets today!)
