HOUND DOG

By Melis Aker
With Music & Lyrics by Melis Aker & the Lazours
Directed by Machel Ross

October 10 – November 5, 2022
Ars Nova @ Greenwich House

Name Your Price Tix Start @ $5

In Melis Aker’s world premiere play HOUND DOG, a young musician returns from abroad to her hometown of Ankara, Turkey to look after her widowed father. Forced to reckon with the family and community she left behind, an investigation into her grieving parent’s strange pilgrimage to Graceland unravels into a sonic mirage of memory packed with humor, nostalgia and the love we cultivate across generations. Directed by Machel Ross with music by Aker and the Lazours, this cross-cultural jam-session-meets-play explores the winding path towards forgiveness and belonging. 

A co-production with PlayCo

Name Your Price Tix

With Name Your Price Tickets, you decide what you pay! For every dollar you spend on your ticket, we spend the following on the show:

  • $.68 on artist, creator, & crew compensation
  • $.25 on production materials like scenery, costumes, lighting & sound equipment
  • $.04 on marketing & engagement materials like photos, music videos, audio-description, etc.
  • $.03 on general administration like covid-safety supplies, water, and throat lozenges!

To cover all those expenses for the entire run of the show, every ticket would need to sell for $180!
Learn more about our Name Your Price Tickets Initiative here

Name Your Price Tix

With Name Your Price Tickets, you decide what you pay! For every dollar you spend on your ticket, we spend the following on the show:

  • $.68 on artist, creator, & crew compensation
  • $.25 on production materials like scenery, costumes, lighting & sound equipment
  • $.04 on marketing & engagement materials like photos, music videos, audio-description, etc.
  • $.03 on general administration like covid-safety supplies, water, and throat lozenges!

To cover all those expenses for the entire run of the show, every ticket would need to sell for $180!
Learn more about our Name Your Price Tickets Initiative here

Check Out the HOUND DOG Sizzle Reel!

Take a Peek @ HOUND DOG


Watch Melis Aker Perform "Only In Time" from HOUND DOG


The Music Team Performs "Rendezvous" from HOUND DOG