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NO EMPTY SEATS - The Collective's "Make Theatre Accessible" mission
It is an essential part of The Collective's mission to provide access to quality theatre for individuals and groups who cannot afford to see a show or are not aware that such opportunities exist. We would rather share our work with an enthusiastic and engaged audience who have not paid a dime than to have empty seats.
WHAT WE DO
1. Tickets to our productions are offered free of charge and on a pay-what-you-can basis.
2. We promote to schools and through social media, and try to reach communities for whom quality theatre may remain a luxury instead of an integral part of the culture.
3. We actively seek donations and provide opportunities for our supporters to help us provide access for those unable to do so themselves.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
*BUY TICKETS to see our productions.
*MAKE A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION so that someone else can see the show. Every $18 = one seat. Our current campaign is to fill 1,000 seats this Summer through ticket sales and your donations. http://www.thecollective-ny.org/supportus.html
*FILL A SEAT, see the show on us. We hope that you will be inspired by the experience and want to give what you can to provide the same opportunity for someone else.
Schedule of Upcoming Productions
Production History
360: An Original Adaptation Of La Ronde
| Open: 05/28/09 Close: 05/31/09
The Collective presents 360: AN ORIGINAL ADAPTATION OF LA RONDE Developed, written and performed by members of The Collective Performed by members of The Collective: 10 couples. 10 encounters. Based on the sensationalized "La Ronde" written by Arthur Schnitzler in 1900, this original adaptation developed, written and performed by members of The Collective explores the disconnected nature of humanity and the role sex plays in the search for true intimacy. In the desperate search for real connection, we're all f*cked. NOTE: This production contains nudity and sexual situations.
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Clayscapes
| Open: 05/12/09 Close: 05/16/09
The Collective presents CLAYscapes A collection of solo works written by Clay McLeod Chapman Directed by Melissa Rindell Playwright and story-teller Clay McLeod Chapman has seen his short fiction transposed to the stage for over the last ten years, produced in Romania, Scotland, Ireland and here in the US. Originator of the rigorous story-performance group, the Pumpkin Pie Show, Chapman has taken his writing to the Sibiu International Festival of Theatre, the NY Fringe Festival, and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. His first book of stories, rest area, has been published. Performed by members of The Collective: An Equity approved showcase. | |
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Me Equals This + Happy Girl :)
| Open: 10/22/09 Close: 11/08/09
The Collective presents ME EQUALS THIS + HAPPY GIRL :) Written and directed by Brian Leider Featuring Krista Amigone*, Melissa Ciesla, Chris Cusano, Victoria Dicce*, Robert Z Grant*, Mike Houston*, Kevin Kane*, Lisa Kicielinski, Brian Leider, Brian Parrish, Quisha Saunders and Caitlin Zvoleff Brian Leider, playwright and founding member of The Collective, premieres two new short plays as part of I.E.D. "Me Equals This" and "Happy Girl" will share the bill each night, featuring a rotating cast of 12 actors from The Collective. Part character study, part social commentary, these two original works each follow two friends through an interaction that is alternately implosive and explosive.
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Someone Who'll Watch Over Me
| Open: 06/17/10 Close: 08/08/10
In Lebanon, an American, an Englishman and an Irishman are abruptly taken from their work, their lives and the ones they love. Chained in a dark, isolated room there seems no escape from the enemies that terrorize them. In an absence of time they each struggle to make sense of their circumstances while they seek freedom. How is the value of a human life measured? And will the answer be enough for someone to finally be set free?
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The Lesson
| Open: 11/15/07 Close: 12/02/07
Some people never learn. This darkly comic one-act depicts a nonsensical and increasingly menacing tutorial between a deranged professor and an obtuse pupil — an encounter laced with unsparing critiques of learning, authority and sexual politics. Written in 1950, 'The Lesson' has endured as one of Eugene Ionesco's classic absurdist plays, famous for the comic proportions and bizarre effects that allow his work to be simultaneously hilarious, tragic and profound. "Startling and often brilliant. The lack of spiritual content in our civilization has been the major outcry of European drama since Ibsen. Ionesco has carried this idea to the climactic point of savage caricature." — Harold Clurman | |
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True North: Dolores & Lila On The Wall
| Open: 05/20/09 Close: 05/24/09
The Collective presents TRUE NORTH: DOLORES & LILA on the WALL** An evening of two one-acts written by Edward Allan Baker **LILA on the WALL presented with special permission from Edward Allan Baker Directed by Michele Chivu and Suzannah Quincy Beard Performed by members of The Collective:
BIO OF EDWARD ALLAN BAKER:
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