You meet a producer at a party and have two minutes to interest him in your work. Do you have the skill to sell yourself? Here's a chance to practice your pitching with real producers who are open to and interested in meeting you. Okay, they probably won't option you on the spot, but they'll give you valuable feedback about your work and your ability to talk about it. And you'll have the opportunity to start developing a relationship. And that's what this business is all about. Relationships.
"The Speed Date is the only event I know of that gives writers the chance to meet high level producers one-on-one in a room. To me, that's what makes the Speed-Dates so valuable. And you do it with kindness, which I value in life," says writer Vincent Amelio (How Alfo Learned to Love).
Go to https://truonline.org/events/speed-date-03-01-20/ for the application. Please fill out and email to TRUStaff1@gmail.com. All works will be considered, traditional and non-traditional, including works in development. The first 10 applicants will be accepted automatically, and after that submissions will be evaluated for genre, subject matter, production size, uniqueness and level of development to maximize the variety and scope of works presented in the evening.
We'll have eleven producers lined up, from both the commercial and not-for-profit worlds, all with an interest in new projects; we also may have eleven aspiring producers from our Producer Development program. So you'll be pitching to as many as 22 producers in total! Come with a willingness to learn, because the real value is the chance to practice your pitching. And you'll be getting invaluable coaching from experts, as well. And did we mention the wine and snacks afterwards?
Confirmed producers include:
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Evan Bernardin, producer/general manager, Evan Bernardin Productions (We Are The Tigers, Afterglow, Counting Sheep; National tours
Million Dollar Quartet, Charlie Brown Christmas)
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Cate Cammarata, dramaturg, director, producer (My Life Is a Musical, The Assignment, My Father's Daughter), Associate Artistic Director for Rhymes Over Beats Hip Hop Theater Collective
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Rashad Chambers, producer (Ain't Too Proud, American Son, It Happened in Key West, Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting, the world premiere of The Erlkings)
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Jane Dubin, producer (The Prom, Tony winning The Norman Conquests, An American in Paris, Farinelli and the King, Bandstand, Peter and the Starcatcher, Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, The 39 Steps, Ann)
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William Franzblau, producer (Rocktopia, Tony Award-nominated
Say Goodnight Gracie, American Buffalo and Wonderland on Broadway; tour of
Little House on the Prairie the Musical; off-Broadway Sistas, Jewtopia, Evil Dead the Musical, Respect, Illuminate)
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Lorca Peress, aritstic director of MultiStages
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Anita Waxman (unconfirmed), producer (Marie the Little Dancer, Slave Play, Escape to Margaritaville, 1984, Hello Dolly!, Doctor Zhivago, Rocky, Bombay Dreams, Enron)
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Shela Xoregos, artistic director Xoregos Performing Company
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Claudia Zahn, former managing director Malibu Playhouse
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Frank Zuback, producer (Taking Leave, American Soldier, Roof of the World)
Coaches:
Diana Calderazzo, Alison Sheff, Bailie Slevin
Trailing Producers:
Ina Chadwick*, Hal Diamond*, Stephanie Grayson, Adam Gregory*, Lori Mannette, Sanford Silverberg*, David Stamps*, others TBD
[*members and alumni of TRU's Producer Development program]
I participated in TRU's Writer's Speed Date Pitch session last year, and got a LOT out of it! I found it so motivating to have a deadline to create production assets and prepare myself for meeting producers. My partner and I worked tirelessly for days before the event to make sure we were in top form before presenting (as writers) to the "producers" on hand. My experience was one of the rare occasions where several producers expressed real interest in my work. Later, one attended my reading, and followed up with a coffee meeting to talk financing. We're still in touch. Again, this is never promised, but it does happen for some of us. In my opinion, the price of $85 for all that value is a BARGAIN! ~Ed Zareh (Long Lost John)
I've had follow-up meetings with two people I met from the event. and provided scripts to three others. I also met some fellow playwrights, and through a chain of introductions coming out of that, I'm now working on a possible film deal in Los Angeles. If you have a project where you'd like to practice and receive feedback on your pitch; potentially make some connections that would be useful for script development or early production; and meet some other playwrights - this is an ideal opportunity.~William Roetzheim
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is the leading network for developing theater professionals, a twenty-seven-year-old 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created to help producers produce, emerging theater companies to emerge healthily and all theater professionals to understand and navigate the business of the arts. Membership includes self-producing artists as well as career producers and theater companies.
TRU publishes an email community newsletter of services, goods and productions; offers a Producer Development & Mentorship Program taught by prominent producers and general managers in New York theater, and also presents Producer Boot Camp workshops to help aspirants develop business skills. TRU serves writers through a Writer-Producer Speed Date, a Practical Playwriting Workshop, How to Write a Musical That Works and a Director-Writer Communications Lab; programs for actors include the Annual Combined Audition.
Programs of Theater Resources Unlimited are supported in part by public funds awarded through the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, as well as the Montage Foundation and the Leibowitz Greenway Foundation.
For more information about TRU membership and programs, visit www.truonline.org.
You meet a producer at a party and have two minutes to interest him in your work. Do you have the skill to sell yourself? Here's a chance to practice your pitching with real producers who are open to and interested in meeting you. Okay, they probably won't option you on the spot, but they'll give you valuable feedback about your work and your ability to talk about it. And you'll have the opportunity to start developing a relationship. And that's what this business is all about. Relationships.
“The Speed Date is the only event I know of that gives writers the chance to meet high level producers one-on-one in a room. To me, that's what makes the Speed-Dates so valuable. And you do it with kindness, which I value in life,” says writer Vincent Amelio (How Alfo Learned to Love).
Go to https://truonline.org/events/speed-date-03-01-20/ for application. Please fill out and email to TRUStaff1@gmail.com. All works will be considered, traditional and non-traditional, including works in development. The first 10 applicants will be accepted automatically, and after that submissions will be evaluated for genre, subject matter, production size, uniqueness and level of development to maximize the variety and scope of works presented in the evening.
We'll have eleven producers lined up, from both the commercial and not-for-profit worlds, all with an interest in new projects; we also may have eleven aspiring producers from our Producer Development program. So you'll be pitching to as many as 22 producers in total! Come with a willingness to learn, because the real value is the chance to practice your pitching. And you'll be getting invaluable coaching from experts, as well. And did we mention the wine and snacks afterwards?
Confirmed producers include:
-
Evan Bernardin, producer/general manager, Evan Bernardin Productions (We Are The Tigers, Afterglow, Counting Sheep; National tours Million Dollar Quartet, Charlie Brown Christmas);
-
Cate Cammarata, dramaturg, director, producer (My Life Is a Musical, The Assignment, My Father's Daughter), Associate Artistic Director for Rhymes Over Beats Hip Hop Theater Collective;
-
Rashad Chambers, producer (Ain't Too Proud, American Son, It Happened in Key West, Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting, the world premiere of The Erlkings);
-
Jane Dubin, producer (The Prom, Tony winning The Norman Conquests, An American in Paris, Farinelli and the King, Bandstand, Peter and the Starcatcher, Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, The 39 Steps, Ann);
-
William Franzblau, producer (Rocktopia, Tony Award-nominated Say Goodnight Gracie, American Buffalo and Wonderland on Broadway; tour of Little House on the Prairie the Musical; off-Broadway Sistas, Jewtopia, Evil Dead the Musical, Respect, Illuminate);
-
Lorca Peress, aritstic director of MultiStages;
-
Anita Waxman (unconfirmed), producer (Marie the Little Dancer, Slave Play, Escape to Margaritaville, 1984, Hello Dolly!, Doctor Zhivago, Rocky, Bombay Dreams, Enron);
-
Shela Xoregos, artistic director Xoregos Performing Company;
-
Claudia Zahn, former managing director Malibu Playhouse;
-
Frank Zuback, producer (Taking Leave, American Soldier, Roof of the World).
Coaches: Diana Calderazzo, Alison Sheff, Bailie Slevin
Trailing Producers: Ina Chadwick*, Hal Diamond*, Stephanie Grayson, Adam Gregory*, Lori Mannette, Sanford Silverberg*, David Stamps*, others tbd
[*members and alumni of TRU's Producer Development program]
I participated in TRU's Writer's Speed Date Pitch session last year, and got a LOT out of it! I found it so motivating to have a deadline to create production assets and prepare myself for meeting producers. My partner and I worked tirelessly for days before the event to make sure we were in top form before presenting (as writers) to the "producers" on hand. My experience was one of the rare occasions where several producers expressed real interest in my work. Later, one attended my reading, and followed up with a coffee meeting to talk financing. We're still in touch. Again, this is never promised, but it does happen for some of us. In my opinion, the price of $85 for all that value is a BARGAIN! ~Ed Zareh (Long Lost John)
I've had follow-up meetings with two people I met from the event. and provided scripts to three others. I also met some fellow playwrights, and through a chain of introductions coming out of that, I'm now working on a possible film deal in Los Angeles. If you have a project where you'd like to practice and receive feedback on your pitch; potentially make some connections that would be useful for script development or early production; and meet some other playwrights – this is an ideal opportunity. ~William Roetzheim
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is the leading network for developing theater professionals, a twenty-seven-year-old 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created to help producers produce, emerging theater companies to emerge healthily and all theater professionals to understand and navigate the business of the arts. Membership includes self-producing artists as well as career producers and theater companies.
TRU publishes an email community newsletter of services, goods and productions; offers a Producer Development & Mentorship Program taught by prominent producers and general managers in New York theater, and also presents Producer Boot Camp workshops to help aspirants develop business skills. TRU serves writers through a Writer-Producer Speed Date, a Practical Playwriting Workshop, How to Write a Musical That Works and a Director-Writer Communications Lab; programs for actors include the Annual Combined Audition.
Programs of Theater Resources Unlimited are supported in part by public funds awarded through the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, as well as the Montage Foundation and the Leibowitz Greenway Foundation.
For more information about TRU membership and programs, visit www.truonline.org.
Theater Resources Unlimited
presents
Writer-Director Communications Lab 2019
Saturday, April 13, 2019
10am-6pm
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents a Writer-Director Communications Lab on Saturday, April 13, 2019 from 10:00am - 6:00pm at Shetler Studios, 244 W 54th Street PH1, New York, NY 10019. This Lab focuses on facilitating communication between writers and directors to ensure that collaborations run as smoothly as possible. For writers and directors, there is a $75 fee for TRU members and an $85 fee for non-members. Observers are also welcome to come watch and learn. Please reserve using the bright red reservation box at https://truonline.org/events/communications-lab-19/ or e-mail TRUStaff1@gmail.com.
One of the most important - and most sensitive - relationships in theater is that between playwright and director. In some ways, the entire success of a show can hinge on the shared understanding, trust and mutual respect between these two artists. They need to see the show with the same eyes, otherwise their collaboration won't work. TRU has created a new, experimental program that will train theater artists in the crucial skills of communication. "It is led by commercial producers," explains TRU executive director Bob Ost, "since the producer is generally the real-world mediator in writer-director disagreements, and has the best overview of a production."
Feedback will be given by commercial producers Jennifer Manocherian(Meteor Shower, Dead Accounts, Nice Work If You Can Get It, The Mountaintop, War Horse, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, August: Osage County) and Ric Wanetik producer (Tony nominated Twilight Los Angeles: 1992, Broadway's Marlene, Off-Broadway's Jolson and Company) and senior advisor for America to the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC); and entertainment attorney/mediator Eric Goldman. TRU executive director Bob Ost will co-facilitate the day.
Confirmed directors include Cate Cammarata, Andi Lee Carter, Dennis Corsi, Miriam Eusebio, Stephen Lloyd Helper (assistant to Jerome Robbins on Fiddler revival, conceiver of Smokey Joe's Café), Anthony Inneo, Katherine Ray, James A. Rocco (former AD of Ordway Theatre), Laurie Rae Waugh.
Writers can submit to the lab at https://truonline.org/events/communications-lab-19/ before the deadline of Wednesday April 3rd. Download application and email to TRUStaff1@gmail.com with "Writer Lab Submission" in your subject line.
Directors may send an email to TRUnltd@aol.com with their resume to inquire about availability. There are currently nine director slots filled, with room for one more. And we also welcome observers to come a watch the workshop interactions.
HOW IT WORKS:
Up to ten directors will be teamed up with up to ten writers prior to the Lab itself. Playwrights will email a synopsis, pitch and production history, plus 5-10 sample pages of a script; directors will select a project that interests them from those submitted, request and read the script and prepare for a preliminary director-writer discussion about the play, which will be guided by producers. The goals for writers and directors in this Lab include:
* Discovering their personal communication style
* Learning to identify the style of the person they are with, and adjust to it for maximum mutual understanding
* Exploring non-threatening ways of discussing text, communicating and listening
* Identifying their domain of authority, and determining protocols
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is the leading network for developing theater professionals, atwenty-six year old 501c3 nonprofit organization created to help producers produce, emerging theatercompanies to emerge healthily and all theater professionals to understand and navigate the business of the arts. Membership includes self-producing artists as well as career producers and theater companies.
TRU publishes an email community newsletter of services, goods and productions; presents the TRU VOICES Annual New Play Reading Series and Annual New Musicals Reading Series, two new works series in which TRU underwrites developmental readings to nurture new shows as well as new producers for theater; offers a Producer Development & Mentorship Program taught byprominent producers and general managers in New York theater, and also presents Producer Boot Camp workshops to help aspirants develop business skills. TRU serves writers through a Writer-Producer Speed Date, a Practical Playwriting Workshop, How to Write a Musical That Works and a Director-Writer Communications Lab; programs for actors include the Annual Combined Audition, soon to be announced.
Programs of Theater Resources Unlimited are supported in part by public funds awarded through the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, as well as the Montage Foundation and the Leibowitz Greenway Foundation. For more information about TRU membership and programs, visitwww.truonline.org or email inquiries to TRUStaff1@gmail.com
Theater Resources Unlimited
Writer-Director Communications Lab 2019
Writer Submission Deadline: 4/3
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents a Writer-Director Communications Lab on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at Shetler Studios, 244 W. 54 Street PH1, New York, NY 10019. Writers, are you comfortable talking to directors? Do you get defensive? Desperate to have someone like your work? Let's change that conversation.
The lab focuses on facilitating early discussions between writers and directors to ensure that collaborations run as smoothly as possible. TRU has created this experimental program to train theater artists in the crucial skills of constructive communication. "It is led by commercial producers," explains TRU executive director Bob Ost, "since the producer is generally the real-world mediator in writer-director disagreements, and has the best overview of a production."
Feedback will be given by Broadway producers Jennifer Manocherian(Meteor Shower, Dead Accounts, Nice Work If You Can Get It, The Mountaintop, War Horse, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, August: Osage County) and Ric Wanetik producer (Tony nominated Twilight Los Angeles: 1992, Broadway's Marlene, Off-Broadway's Jolson and Company) and senior advisor for America to the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC); with the added expertise of entertainment attorney/mediator Eric Goldman. TRU executive director Bob Ost will co-facilitate the day.
TRU has 10 GREAT directors on board. Now they need 10 GREAT writers. These guys are looking for scripts to fall in love with. Maybe yours? Matches have been made, so start sending your submissions. The directors pick the scripts that intrigue them, so TRU can't promise you'll be picked. Still it doesn't cost anything to submit. Writers can submit to the lab at https://truonline.org/events/communications-lab-19/ before the deadline of midnight on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. Download application and email to TRUStaff1@gmail.com with "Writer Lab Submission" in the subject line.
For writers and directors selected, there is a $75 fee for TRU members and an $85 fee for non-members. Observers are also welcome to come watch and learn. Please reserve using the bright red reservation box at https://truonline.org/events/communications-lab-19/ or e-mail TRUStaff1@gmail.com.
Confirmed directors include Cate Cammarata, Dennis Corsi (2-time Fresh Fruit Festival winner Best Production for Phillie Trilogy and The Fierce Urgency of Now, Off-Bway Alliance Award for Ragtag Cinderella, Winterfest Best Director for Nell Dash), Miriam Eusebio, Stephen Lloyd Helper (assistant to Jerome Robbins for Fiddler revival, creator of Smokey Joe's Café), Anthony Inneo, Christopher Michaels (winner Best Director in the Strawberry Theatre Festival, 2016), Katherine Ray, James A. Rocco (former AD of Ordway Theatre), Laurie Rae Waugh.
HOW IT WORKS: up to ten directors will be teamed up with up to ten writers prior to the Lab itself. Playwrights will email a synopsis, pitch and production history, plus 5-10 sample pages of a script; directors will select a project that interests them from those submitted, request and read the script and prepare for a preliminary director-writer discussion about the play, which will be guided by producers.
The goals for writers and directors in this Lab include:
* Discovering their personal communication style
* Learning to identify the style of the person they are with, and adjust to it for maximum mutual understanding
* Exploring non-threatening ways of discussing text, communicating and listening
* Identifying their domain of authority, and determining protocols
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is the leading network for developing theater professionals, atwenty-six year old 501c3 nonprofit organization created to help producers produce, emerging theatercompanies to emerge healthily and all theater professionals to understand and navigate the business of the arts. Membership includes self-producing artists as well as career producers and theater companies.
TRU publishes an email community newsletter of services, goods and productions; presents the TRU VOICES Annual New Play Reading Series and Annual New Musicals Reading Series, two new works series in which TRU underwrites developmental readings to nurture new shows as well as new producers for theater; offers a Producer Development & Mentorship Program taught byprominent producers and general managers in New York theater, and also presents Producer Boot Camp workshops to help aspirants develop business skills. TRU serves writers through a Writer-Producer Speed Date, a Practical Playwriting Workshop, How to Write a Musical That Works and a Director-Writer Communications Lab; programs for actors include the Annual Combined Audition, soon to be announced.
Programs of Theater Resources Unlimited are supported in part by public funds awarded through the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, as well as the Montage Foundation and the Leibowitz Greenway Foundation.
For more information about TRU membership and programs, visitwww.truonline.org or email inquiries to TRUStaff1@gmail.com.
Theater Resources Unlimited
announces the Networking Event
Writer-Producer Speed Date
(The Art of the Pitch)
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents a Networking Event to help writers talk more effectively about their work. Announcing the next Writer-Producer Speed Date: The Art of the Pitch on Sunday, March 3, 2019 starting at 4:30pm at Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th St., 12th fl. (PH1).
Submission deadline for applicants is February 23, 2019. Submission is free; if accepted tickets are $75.00 for TRU members and $85.00 for non-members. Please apply to purchase your spot through the WriterSpeedDateApp-85-75 form at https://truonline.org/events/speed-date-03-03-19/.
Speed Date is an opportunity for writers to pitch their shows to commercial and indie producers, beginning with professional coaching sessions that culminate in effective "elevator pitches." 22 writers chosen through the application process at https://truonline.org/tru-event-category/speed-date/ will present their work to 11 producers, including Evan Bernardin, producer, general manager (Afterglow), Rashad V. Chambers, producer (American Son), Nolan Doran, producer (Head Over Heels), William Franzblau, producer (Sistas, Wonderland, Say Goodnight Gracie), John Lant, indie producer (Frankenstein the musical), Ken Waissman, producer (Grease), Frank Zuback, producer (Taking Leave); plus four more tba.
Session 1 begins with coaching at 4:30pm and pitches to producers at 5:30, and Session 2 begins with coaching at 5:30pm and pitches to producers at 6:30pm. These one-on-one sessions prepare writers to successfully pitch their work to commercial and non-commercial producers, all interested in new projects. In addition to these 11 producers, additional producers from TRU's Producer Development program and other new producers may be present, giving the opportunity to pitch to as many as 22 different producers.
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is the leading network for developing theater professionals, a twenty-six year old 501c3 nonprofit organization created to help producers produce, emerging theater companies to emerge healthily and all theater professionals to understand and navigate the business of the arts. Membership includes self-producing artists as well as career producers and theater companies.
TRU publishes an email community newsletter of services, goods and productions; presents the TRU VOICES Annual New Play Reading Series and Annual New Musicals Reading Series, two new works series in which TRU underwrites developmental readings to nurture new shows as well as new producers for theater; offers a Producer Development & Mentorship Program taught by prominent producers and general managers in New York theater, and also presents Producer Boot Camp workshops to help aspirants develop business skills. TRU serves writers through a Writer-Producer Speed Date, a Practical Playwriting Workshop, How to Write a Musical That Works and a Director-Writer Communications Lab.
Programs of Theater Resources Unlimited are supported in part by public funds awarded through the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, as well as the Montage Foundation and the Leibowitz Greenway Foundation.
For more information about TRU membership and programs, visit www.truonline.org.
Written by Dorothy Lyman
Directed by Katie McHugh
Produced by Stuffed Olive Inc.
Starring Dorothy Lyman (All My Children & Mama’s Family) and Abigail Hawk (Blue Bloods)
The cast includes Tim Bohn (Friends/NBC & Quantico/ABC), Abigail Hawk, Brennan Lowery (Happily Ever After/59E/59), Dorothy Lyman (Mama’s Family/All My Children/The Nanny), Jeanne Lauren Smith (Conquest of the Universe or When Queens Collide, directed by Everett Quinton/La MaMa), and Shannon Stowe (Medea/New School for Drama).
Performances take place at Theatre 54 at Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th Street (between Broadway & 8th Avenue), 12th Floor, New York, NY 10019. Subways: A/B/C/D/1 to Columbus Circle, N/Q/R/W to 57th Street
Directed by Shea Elmore, This Is Storybox’s cast includes Carolyn McCandlish, Amanda Miller, Sarah-Doe Osborne and Julio Peña.
About the Company: Ignited States Production Company
IGNITED STATES PRODUCTION COMPANY, is dedicated to the production of new work that has a focus on the political, the social, and the emotional. Our goal is to bring artists of from all disciplines together, in order to tell smart stories that look at the world in new and interesting ways. We are interested in theater that tackles major issues, from politics to religion, from society at large to the inner workings of the human heart. We want our plays to be the spark of great conversation, and perhaps even greater change. Ignited States begins with a question.
The Bear: Written by Anton Chekhov. Directed by Karen Raphaeli. The classic Russian comedy that plays with the minimal distance between anger and passion; between wanting to fight and wanting to... do something else. Starring Doug Rossi, Abe Lebovic, and Melissa Villain.
Shakespeare Lives!: Written by Brett Hursey. Directed by Marielle Duke. An unsuspecting actress is tossed into a bizarre audition with a director who wants to “drag Shakespeare out of his moldy old grave” and give him a “cutting edge.” It’s Avant-Garde for the Avant-Bard. There might even be a sock puppet involved. Starring Megan Melnyk, Thomas Rowen, Megan McKenna, and Kris Mordecai.
Mayor Eddie P. Rex: Written by Melissa Faye Villain. Directed by Shauna Horn. An interpretation of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex; loose, modern, and set on a day-time talk show. The Sophie Cleese show, specifically. Starring Sarah Chemerys, Michael Sadler, Christine D’Amato, Tom Lacey, Hailey McCarty, and Kris Mordecai.
Homeward Bound is the final play in Armen Pandola’s trilogy exploring different facets of post-9/11 America. The first of the series, Terror at the White House, which follows the story of a First Family torn apart by political dissension, intrigue and betrayal premiered in June 2004 and was a Stanley Drama Award Finalist. The second play of the series, Devils Also Believe, premiered in May 2006 and was a Smith Prize Finalist for Best New American Play.
HEDDA GABLER was written in 1890 by Henrik Ibsen. This modern adaptation by Alexander Burns reimagines Ibsen's 19th-century, heterosexual Hedda as a 21st-century, homosexual Henri. HENRI GABLER echoes Ibsen’s groundbreaking social critique and explores such contemporary issues as homophobia, modern technology blurring the line between private and public life, the complexities of marriage and the prevalence of suicide among the homosexual community.
HENRI GABLER will feature sets by Eliza Brown, costumes by Colleen Kesterson, lighting by Michael Billings and sound by Phillip Scott Peglow.
HENRI GABLER will feature Billy Wheelan*, Vince Nappo*, John Keabler*, Elizabeth Ingram Maurer*, William Otterson, James Jackson Jr.* and Chris Yonan*
Written by Michael Buckley
Directed by Chad M. Brinkman
Starring Michael Buckley & Will Poston
Lighting Designer: Robin A. Paterson
Presented by Stepstone Media
Bob and Sam work for the same corporation, but have not seen each other for three years since Sam has been heading the company\'s new operation in Italy. Sam and his wife, Molly, return for a visit to the United States and invite Bob and his wife Lily to spend a weekend with them at the country inn where fifteen years ago the two couples honeymooned together. Through the course of the weekend, it becomes apparent that Bob and Sam have grown to have very different ideas about business, success, honesty and marriage, yet both feel a pressure to ignore these differences, and to somehow find ways to celebrate their friendship.
Starring: John DeSilvestri, Tom Lacey, Michael Micalizzi, Caroline Eckman, Brianna Packen, and Mike Satow.
One is afraid of loneliness; two is afraid of happiness; three is afraid of ignorance; four is afraid of judgment; five is afraid of gremlins...even the nice ones. One loves four; three loves two; five loves cats. Can five over-caffeinated humans stumble their way to a fear-free future?
When an uptight businesswoman who prefers lattes to love meets a sexually-experimental young genius looking for Mrs. Perfect, there is more than just coffee brewing. With the assistance of a dry-witted best friend, his feline-obsessed sister and five addictive personalities, happiness is only twelve steps away. Humans Anonymous is a heartbreaking new comedy about friendship, fear, love...and caffeine.
Robin A. Paterson directs.
Playwright Renee Flemings* stars as Donna. Michael Jones (365 Plays/365 Days), Joe Capozzi (The Long Ride Home at the Cherry Lane Theater), Josh Casaubon* (The American Pilot at Manhattan Theatre Club) and Scott Venters round out the cast. Kate Place directs.
A comedy, a tour through the middle of America, a look at our feeble attempts to connect to each other, a meditation on becoming 'dis' -abled and losing your mind - its just another day in the good old U.S.A.
Starring Rebecca Challis, Brian Coffey, Nick Linnehand, Lindsay Goranson, William Huntely III, Jovinna Chan, Russell Waldman, Celia Bressak, Michael Hartney
The Cast: Eric Talon, Charity Bess, Blythe Miller, David Demato, Michelle Czar, Rose Constanzo, Benjamin Sulds, Jane Hagerty, Danette Riso, Ben Rathbun, Pat Cesar, Josh Macuga, Bonita Hope, Jean Ann Garrish, Christopher Batyr, Stephen Lemay, Nicole Serra, Lara Starr Sutton, Natasha Kotovsky, Elizabeth Phillipp, Susanne Traub, Sara Rosenzweig, Joe Iozzi, Brandon Abel, Nancy Guzman, Allison Bloch, Rodney Ladino, Tiffany Clown, Merridith Banker, Jessica Maria Smith, Danika Hendrickson, Jason Barker, Fernando Estrella, Regan Flynn, Joscelyn Wilmouth, Danielle Asman, Jessica Stasulis, and Fran DeCesare
Cast:
Elizabeth Phillipp, Joe Iozzi, Michelle Czar, David Demato, Ben Rathbun, Eric Talon, Mercedes Vasquez, Richard Schwartz, Rodney Ladino, Charity Bess, Pat Ceasar, Murat Ekici, Elizabeth Izzo, Deborah Gross, Corinne Lee, and Danette Riso
This version follows characters making some of the most pivotal decisions of there lives about love, religion, status, tradition, and happiness.
Under the burden of their decision, they relive their lives through storytelling, elaborate mind-games of their own invention, mock group therapy sessions, personal attacks, shared secrets, and intimate, sexual, cruel and even humorous moments. As critical truths surface, so does a tenacious life-force, a willingness to live despite themselves; yet each revealed truth evokes a correspondingly provocative tale.
Grievances, sexual and drug addictions, recurring mistakes, the acknowledgement of their psychic rifts and the damage done, spins them out of control. They alternate between light and shadow and edge closer to the precipice as the sun sets, when they will choose to live or die.
Expect nothing and everything as you walk through the theatre doors and take your seat in a room that is alive each and every moment. This is a short, diverse, theatrical showcase of monologues, scenes, music, drama, comedy, and dance.
THE CAST: Brandon Abel, Tom Ashton, Ayo, Danielle Asman, Charity Bess, Michael Blanc, Carole Boniece, Maureen Chandler, Patrick Colabella, Michelle Czar, David Demato, Brett Davidson, Claysey Everett, Nancy Guzman, Danika Hendrickson, Richard Hymes-Esposito, Elizabeth Izzo, Jodi Jacobs, Colleen Jason, Nick Mazza, Carrie Moretti, Christina Petroni, Elizabeth Phillipp, Danette Riso, Kelly Scanlon, Nicole Serra, Kenan Wei, and Corrine Wu.
Journey to Manhattan Part One- A Theatrical Evening will be held at Shetler Theatre 54. Part One is a tread through the nerve-racking Manhattan Acting Experience with a cast chock-full of skillful, able performers- each with a passion for theatre, each with an artistic drive that allows them to endeavor as New York Actors. An evening of polished monologues, diverse scenes, smooth dancing, and moving music.
Tuesday January 31st at 7pm.
Journey to Manhattan Part Two- A Night at the Cabaret will be held across the street at Dillon's Cabaret Theatre. Part Two is a dash and a stagger through the comedic chaos of actors struggling to perform on any stage they can! The music flows, the scripts are all over the place, the glamour is present, and yet never quite there- this cabaret is alive with gifted, comedic professionals.
Theatrical Showcase held at Shetler Theatre 54, 244 West 54th Street, on the 12th Floor.
Cabaret Showcase held at Dillon's Restaurant and Lounge, 245 West 54th Street.
Playwrights/Actors Contemporary Theater.
Original Music, Stories and Short Plays dealing with contemporary social issues: connecting... or not being able to connect... with each other in today's world.