Playwrights and work include: 1600 Feet, public fighting is a New York phenomenon and in this musical version, the fight stems from an inter-borough romance. Music, lyrics and direction by Colleen Darnall, book by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer (inspired by Brooklyn); A Visit to the Bronx, where time collides in this family drama by Sharon E. Cooper, directed by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer (inspired by the Bronx); Stan and Illy Await the Coming written and directed by ML Kinney. With a nod to Samuel Beckett, our sock puppet heroes wait for the Ferry (inspired by Staten Island); Peace Through Understanding where a trip to the 1964 World's Fair brings a couple's relationship into focus. Written by Cheryl L. Davis, and directed by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer (inspired by Queens); Hot Corn Girl Sings Her Song where an obscure bit of Manhattan history prompts a woman to examine her modern life, written and directed by Bethany Larsen (inspired by Manhattan). Further information is available to view at www.milkcantheatre.org.
Set design by Ann Bartek, lighting design by Christopher Edwards, costume design by Deb O., sound design by Scott O'Brien, with performances by Nnamudi Amobi, Sarah Brill, Ashley Griffin, Lian-Marie Holmes, Zak Kostro, Michael McGuirk, Brad Makarowski, Katie Northlich, Emma O'Donnell, Caley Rose, Mike Steinmetz, Natalie Weaver, Chris Yonan, and Jonathan Zipper.
Saturday evening May 10th will be a special benefit performance and party to celebrate The Milk Can Theatre Company's amazing 2007/2008 Season. The festivities will include dancing, drinking, food, a silent auction showcasing work from various area artists, and plenty of surprises., all at O'Lunney's Times Square Pub, 145 West 45th Street. Tickets to join the celebration are $45 per person, which includes The 5 Borough Plays theatre ticket, and pass to the Spring Fling Party at O'Lunney's. Theatre tickets can be used for any performance of The 5 Borough Plays. Please note that all tickets for the 7 pm performance May 10th will include a ticket to the Spring Fling and will be $45. Tickets to join the celebration only at O'Lunney's are $30.
Running is directed by Pat Diamond, set design by Ann Bartek, lighting design by Christopher Edwards, costume design by Deb O., Assistant Director/Stage Manager Seth Gamble. Production Assistant James Spry, with performances by Ryan Clardy, Katherine Alt Keener, Lance R. Marshall, and Willie Mullins.
The Milk Can Theatre Company is pleased to announce that we have teamed up with the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), a not-for-profit, volunteer-supported and community-based organization committed to national leadership in the fight against AIDS, for a special benefit performance of Running. Expanding The Milk Can Theatre Company's definition of community beyond Off-Off Broadway, on May 7th the Company will donate a percentage of ticket sales to GMHC.
Running will be performing in rep with The 5 Borough Plays, a marathon through the
five boroughs of New York City. Featuring five short plays all inspired by a New York
City borough.
Consequences will be performed as part of The Milk Can Theatre Company's monthly reading series Scene Herd Uddered. To call it a reading series is a misnomer. Scene Herd Uddered isn't actors sitting in chairs simply reading a script. Instead, each presentation is the culmination of seven weeks of intense developmental work. We give ateam — usually composed of a playwright, a director and a group of actors — a budget, rented space in which to show their work, a stage manager, publicity, and a support staff of dramaturgs. This is a rare opportunity for emerging artists to spend seven weeks developing a project together, without the intense pressures and constraints usually associated with the production of a new play. We gladly push teams to take huge creative risks and stretch the boundaries, rather than driving towards a neat, traditional end product. Each month we invite the public to view these projects-in-progress and share their views on them. We hope you will join us.
Don't miss this unforgettable synthesis of theater, dance, music, video and photography, as it tells a story in which the dreaming and waking worlds collide to find out the core of what it means to be human.
By Oscar Micheaux is directed by Milk Can Artistic Director Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, with original music by Elise Morris, video recording and design by Rene Migliaccio, set design by Ann Bartek, lighting design by Christopher Edwards, and features performances by Garrett Hendricks, Becky Lake, April McCants, Harold Suratt, Vladimi Versailles, Amelia Workman, and Justin Zimmerman.
P.O.V. is directed by Riv Massey, with original music by Elise Morris, set design by Ann Bartek, lighting design by Christopher Edwards, costume design by Brittany Jones, and features performances by Maria Teresa Creasey, Kwaku Driskell, Jodi Epstein, Elliot Hill, and Michael Saenz.
By Oscar Micheaux will be performed as part of The Milk Can Theatre Company's monthly reading series Scene Herd Uddered. To call it a reading series is a misnomer. Scene Herd Uddered isn't actors sitting in chairs simply reading a script. Instead, each presentation is the culmination of seven weeks of intense developmental work. We give a team — usually composed of a playwright, a director and a group of actors — a budget, rented space in which to show their work, a stage manager, publicity, and a support staff of dramaturgs. This is a rare opportunity for emerging artists to spend seven weeks developing a project together, without the intense pressures and constraints usually associated with the production of a new play. We gladly push teams to take huge creative risks and stretch the boundaries, rather than driving towards a neat, traditional end product. Each month we invite the public to view these projects-in-progress and share their views on them.
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Artiste'- Theatrical Showcase
The Artiste' Café is an intimate dwelling where actors and audience journey together through a carefully weaved evening of drama and comedy. Romance also hurdles into the mix with scenes such as Mabel's Able, where two stalkers in Jerusalem fall in love; Blind Date, where a swallowed button can lead anywhere; and Date with the Paramedics, where two Manhattan opposites share odd tales of their struggles to find love.
Dramedy – The Advance Troupe Show
In this fast-paced second presentation of Dramedy, the evening moves swiftly with a touch of drama in a scene such as Mother, where three daughters confront their Deceased Mother about her wild ways, and side-splitting comedic sketches such as Babytalk, where a "Yum Yum", under a restaurant table, has more than one meaning, and Redneck Auction, where bids such as canned goods and beer might get you a hunk and bid of nickel will get you Cletus.
Segismundo is born a prince, but when prophecy predicts he will be a tyrant, his own father locks him in a tower. "[He] basically embarks on a crash-course to adulthood. In the beginning of the play, he is literally chained and cut off from the rest of the world" continues O'Donnell. "By the play's end he grows to a sturdy, self-actualized adult with a bright, however fragile, future."
The Milk Can Theatre Company's monthly reading series Scene Herd Uddered. To call it a reading series is a misnomer. Scene Herd Uddered isn't actors sitting in chairs simply reading a script. Instead, each presentation is the culmination of seven weeks of intense developmental work. We give a team — usually composed of a playwright, a director and a group of actors — a budget, rented space in which to show their work, a stage manager, publicity, and a support staff of dramaturgs. This is a rare opportunity for emerging artists to spend seven weeks developing a project together, without the intense pressures and constraints usually associated with the production of a new play. We gladly push teams to take huge creative risks and stretch the boundaries, rather than driving towards a neat, traditional end product. Each month we invite the public to view these projects-in-progress and share their views on them.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead will be running in rep with The Hamlet Plays a collection of six ten-minute plays written by Milk Can Theatre Company Artistic Associates. Each play is based on a different character from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
"In L.A. a washed-up young movie star explains to a willing fan in a bar how he went from a happy, married young novice to a wealthy, gambling, overnight sensation and back to hungry, divorced wanna-be who only wants to recapture his original dream of having "enough" and being married for life."
"When Peter finally gets a good break for his Hollywood script, he finds himself Pitching to the Star of the pilot show. Promised control over something he's worked long and hard on, he finds his integrity and his storyline attacked every time the star makes a suggestion to completely change his script and make the lead character exactly like herself."
-Dramatists Play Service
Written and performed by Damien D. Smith
Directed by Jason Summers
An indelible scar has been left on the psyche of America following the events of September 11, 2001. Just Happy to Be Here? tells of a government-sponsored study to evaluate to what extent does race and class affect ones feelings regarding that day and how one copes in this disconcertingly new and ever changing societal landscape? It is the final session of the study and this time several Black men from varying walks of life are having their say. Running the gamut from apathy to zeal, Just Happy to Be Here? seeks to reveal that despite differing opinions and lifestyles there are some inescapable realities that Black men face in America that transcend even the communal shock of a national tragedy.
SKINPOPPIN
Written and Performed by Christopher Basil Scrivens
Directed by Ozzie Jones
"Skinpoppin" is a provocative journey into the past, present and future of Mainchild James a drug addicted Afro-American man who faces the harsh reality of self discovery. Christopher 'Basil' Scrivens gives a heartrending performance in this one man show that offers a disturbing glance into the social and psychological impact of heroin addiction and recovery. His journey is illuminated through spoken word, movement and rhythm that will take you on a true Roller Coaster Ride.