Jason Bauer (1967-2006) was a writer, director, actor, classical singer, guttersnipe impressario, agent of fortune, and poete maudit of the East Village.

He was the founding artistic director of “Under St. Mark’s,” a vital Off-Off-Broadway Theatre where he produced his own work and championed the work of other downtown artists whom he admired with a recurring experimental cabaret called “The Gloaming.” He was also well-known for his interpretations of Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett, directing and performing in productions of The Caretaker, A Kind of Alaska, Waiting For Godot, Play, and his tour-de-force rendition of Krapp’s Last Tape.

An early and frequent muse and collaborator of legendary downtown playwright/performer Edgar Oliver, he directed several of Oliver’s plays at LaMama Etc including Motel Blue 19, Ghost of Brooklyn, Mosquito Succulence, and Hands In Wartime.

An accomplished bass-baritone, one of Jason’s final performances was as the Stranger in the Schubert song-cycle Wintereisse, produced by his mother Cornelia Iredell, directed by his longtime partner Angela Rogers, and recorded by his brother Alexander Bauer.

15 Poems is a sampling of Jason’s scattered poems, composed over a five year period from 1990-1995.
Jason died in 2006, at the age of 39.

’15 Poems’ by Jason Bauer features art & photos by Angela Rogers, Pamala Rogers, Aaron Howard, Andy Lachance, Helen Oliver Adelson & Edgar Oliver. Hand-printed linoleum block cover & grace pages made from painted 19th century dictionary pages.

44 pps. 6 x 9 inches

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