The Fab Marquee interview by Antonio Miniño.
New York based non-profit theatre company, Maieutic Theatre Works, has been presenting a reading series for three years now. They call it The NewBorn Festival as it “births” new works and fosters relationships with directors and actors.
They opened last night with The Exile by Mark Krause, followed by an Opening Party. The Fab Marquee asked the 5 playwrights involved in the series 5 questions, and this is what they had to say:
1-How did you hear about The NewBorn Festival?
(Jacob Appel-Woodpecker) Doesn't everybody know about the NewBorn Festival? Seriously, I can't even remember where I parked my car at the mall...
(Mark Krause-The Exile) To tell you the truth, I can't quite remember. Maybe from the Dramatist Guild newsletter, or perhaps the NYC Playwrights website.
(Kay Rhoads-A Simple Matter of Fear) I was looking for one more step in development for "A Simple Matter of Fear" and my internet research led me to the NewBorn Festival. It seems to "fit the bill".
(Kimberly Del Busto-Hurricane In A Glass) I believe I read about it in Gary Garrison's LOOP.
(Carol Carpenter-Wild Dogs) I'm an alum of David's alma mater, the College of Santa Fe. While doing research on our theatre alums, I came across MTWorks and emailed my play to David. He read it and suggested I submit it to the NewBorn.
2- Describe your play in one sentence:
(Jacob Appel-Woodpecker) Four desperate women searching for the last of the ivory-billed woodpeckers confront a secretive swamp-dweller equally determined to put and end to their search.
(Mark Krause-The Exile) If no one sees you how you see yourself, can you be the person you think you are?
(Kay Rhoads-A Simple Matter of Fear) There is sometimes a very fine line between being a coward or a hero and as the line is stretched people can react in unexpected ways.
(Kimberly Del Busto-Hurricane In A Glass) A tale of Cuban-American exile, Alzheimer's and aging that allows an audience to laugh while considering these sensitive issues.
(Carol Carpenter-Wild Dogs) Small town radicals sabotage a Disney movie production.
3-What makes your work stand out from the rest?
(Jacob Appel-Woodpecker) Woodpeckers. More woodpeckers than all the plays on Broadway combined.
(Mark Krause- The Exile) Its total anonymity.
(Kay Rhoads-A Simple Matter of Fear) Although "A Simple Matter of Fear" is set in WWII the issues are still timely. Passage of time can wear away at the edges of history. We think of WWII as a time when all young men marched off to war in lock step, singing patriotic songs. This true story sheds a different light. A father embarrassed by his son's fear struggles with indecision; will he be complicit in his son's desertion from the army or will he live his ideals and report his son to the FBI. "What's a man to do?" William Wainwright.
(Kimberly Del Busto-Hurricane In A Glass) Strong investigations of intergenerational and bi-ethnic perspectives; a mix of both classical and modern tones.
(Carol Carpenter-Wild Dogs) A classically structured farce with a radical heart.
4-Whose work do you admire-inspires you?
(Jacob Appel-Woodpecker) Tina Howe is the standard by which all other playwrights should be judged.
(Mark Krause-The Exile) I try very hard to take away something from everything I read, see or hear -- whether it's brilliant, boring or even forgettable. The real trick, at least for me, is being able to glean from anything.
(Kay Rhoads-A Simple Matter of Fear) Edward Albee continues to create work that engages me, sometimes shocks me, and always enlightens me.
(Kimberly Del Busto-Hurricane In A Glass) García Lorca, Alejandro Sieveking, Nilo Cruz, Irene Fornés, Jason Ramírez, María Brito.
(Carol Carpenter-Wild Dogs) Playwright: Sam Shepard. Screenwriter: James L. Brooks. Non-Fiction: Gore Vidal. Fiction: Graham Greene.
5-What do you hope the audience will walk away with after this reading?
(Jacob Appel-Woodpecker) I'm hoping that many couples spend hours arguing over the meaning of the play, but that no marriages end as a result.
(Mark Krause-The Exile) [no comment]
(Kay Rhoads- A Simple Matter Of Fear) Sometimes true tragedy lies just below the surface.
(Kimberly Del Busto-Hurricane In A Glass) I hope a diverse audience will be intrigued by the play's "specific" focus on Cuban-Americans while at the same time relating to its more "universal" themes.
(Carol Carpenter-Wild Dogs) A desire to smoke a big fatty in Madrid. The recognition that we're all sellouts, so shut the f*ck up.
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The readings are completely free, and although you are too late to catch The Exile, you can still catch the rest of the plays this weekend. Sunday is a special treat, as they have an “audience favorite”, so you can vote for your favorite play or playwright on the MTWorks blog (http://www.mtworks.blogspot.com) and they will be read for a second time that day that day, and they have a “resident reading” by playwright-Artistic Director David Stallings.
Friday, January 23 at 6pm- A Simple Matter of Fear
Friday at 8:30pm-Woodpecker
Saturday, January 24 at 6pm-Hurricane In A Glass
Saturday at 8:30pm-Wild Dogs
Sunday, January 25 at 6pm-Audience Vote
Sunday at 8:30pm-Barrier Island
The Arclight Theater (152 West 71 St, Manhattan [btwn Amsterdam & Columbus])
Friday, January 23, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Review- The Ingenius Series | Any Day Now (Manhattan Theatre Source)
The Fab Marquee review by Dianna Martin.
Take your typical dysfunctional family. Add in alcoholic husbands, an increasingly senile mother, stoners, cutthroat sibling rivalry, and college students getting kicked out of school. That alone would make for a possible interesting night of theatre.
Now add the living dead. Totally straight-faced drama - as a complete "what if?". That is where The Writer's Forum Ingenius Series Any Day Now goes from being just an entertaining evening of theatre to...well, something GENIUS. Because you're being thrown for a loop from the moment the lights come up...and are entertained for all three acts.
Pen Colby (Waltrudis Buck) is trying to make chicken salad as she says to her husband, Adam (Anthony Spaldo) who is sitting quietly in a chair, "What are we going to do with you?". The man is obviously suffering from something...perhaps Alzheimer's. When adult daughter Beverly (Paige Allen) comes by, we suddenly discover that Adam was buried a week ago - although he is now up and sitting in a chair, albeit non-responsive - and that there are a series of occurrences similar to his happening all over the world.
As the play progresses we find that these living dead are not like the "zombies" that you see in the movies (one character teases the others at one point because "...nobody wants to use the 'Z' word."). They are not out for flesh...or brains. They aren't violent. They are just passive moving figures...very much like people struck with catatonia...except that they are very cold...and their bodies begin to decompose.
Sister Beverly is very concerned and frightened - and wants to use disposal of these living dead as a platform for her city/state political agenda; now if only her husband and daughter can keep up. Her sister April (Elyse Mirto) is just trying to deal with the fact that her marriage to Josh (Arthur Aulisi) is in the dumps, her dead father is up and walking around, her mother is slowly falling into senility, and her sister is backstabbing everyone who doesn't agree with her - including her family.
I found this to be a great play for a myriad of reasons, but let me just say that it took one of my favorite comfort film mediums, horror, and turned it into a drama; one that is full of laughs in the right spots, but the laughs are about the family trying to come to terms with what is happening - not because the play is cheesy at all. On the contrary, playwright/director Nat Cassidy did wonderful job taking this very seriously - and putting the basic premise that should be behind any play or film - "what if?" and making it a reality. What if the dead got up and walked on a regular day, while all this other stuff is going on in your life? What would happen? That's all this play asks - and it then delivers...with a surprising ending that holds the audience in the palm of its hand.
One of the other things that made this exceptional was that most of the cast was fantastic - with exceptional work by Mirto and Aulisi. Their delivery of both the dramatic and comedic was very entertaining, and performances like this are what helps keep the audience fascinated for three hours.
That's not to say that the show is without problems. I had issues with Beverly's husband David and daughter Jaqueline (Tim Ewing and Anna O'Donoghue, respectively). I felt that Ewing was too busy playing a henpecked and taken-for-granted husband to really deal with his fellow actors; and O'Donoghue's desire to jump onto furniture all around the room or bang on furniture while she did so became tedious very quickly and took away from her performance. I also, while delighted about the play's subject matter, was appalled at some of the video sequences they had during the show. In an attempt to show "news footage" of the apparent zombie epidemic, a few of the scenes were not well-done; the make-up on the "zombies" was awful and it nearly set the tone to "cheese factor" -- for those out in the audience not willing to go on the ride. Enough of the play had already been established to avoid that for most people, but my opinion is, if you have a good thing - don't spoil it with cheap effects. Stick to the basics and you'll come out great. Fortunately, those few moments were paltry in comparison to the rest of the play.
As the show ended, and I stood up, satisfied as one is after a really good performance, I joked to my friend, "This is like Sam Sheppard meets George Romero." And you know what? That's actually an accurate description...with more emphasis on the former artist than the latter.
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Manhattan Theatre Source
The Ingenius Series
January 6-February 7, 2009
For more information, visit www.theatresource.org.
Manhattan Theatre Source | 177 MacDougal Street | Manhattan.
Now add the living dead. Totally straight-faced drama - as a complete "what if?". That is where The Writer's Forum Ingenius Series Any Day Now goes from being just an entertaining evening of theatre to...well, something GENIUS. Because you're being thrown for a loop from the moment the lights come up...and are entertained for all three acts.
Pen Colby (Waltrudis Buck) is trying to make chicken salad as she says to her husband, Adam (Anthony Spaldo) who is sitting quietly in a chair, "What are we going to do with you?". The man is obviously suffering from something...perhaps Alzheimer's. When adult daughter Beverly (Paige Allen) comes by, we suddenly discover that Adam was buried a week ago - although he is now up and sitting in a chair, albeit non-responsive - and that there are a series of occurrences similar to his happening all over the world.
As the play progresses we find that these living dead are not like the "zombies" that you see in the movies (one character teases the others at one point because "...nobody wants to use the 'Z' word."). They are not out for flesh...or brains. They aren't violent. They are just passive moving figures...very much like people struck with catatonia...except that they are very cold...and their bodies begin to decompose.
Sister Beverly is very concerned and frightened - and wants to use disposal of these living dead as a platform for her city/state political agenda; now if only her husband and daughter can keep up. Her sister April (Elyse Mirto) is just trying to deal with the fact that her marriage to Josh (Arthur Aulisi) is in the dumps, her dead father is up and walking around, her mother is slowly falling into senility, and her sister is backstabbing everyone who doesn't agree with her - including her family.
I found this to be a great play for a myriad of reasons, but let me just say that it took one of my favorite comfort film mediums, horror, and turned it into a drama; one that is full of laughs in the right spots, but the laughs are about the family trying to come to terms with what is happening - not because the play is cheesy at all. On the contrary, playwright/director Nat Cassidy did wonderful job taking this very seriously - and putting the basic premise that should be behind any play or film - "what if?" and making it a reality. What if the dead got up and walked on a regular day, while all this other stuff is going on in your life? What would happen? That's all this play asks - and it then delivers...with a surprising ending that holds the audience in the palm of its hand.
One of the other things that made this exceptional was that most of the cast was fantastic - with exceptional work by Mirto and Aulisi. Their delivery of both the dramatic and comedic was very entertaining, and performances like this are what helps keep the audience fascinated for three hours.
That's not to say that the show is without problems. I had issues with Beverly's husband David and daughter Jaqueline (Tim Ewing and Anna O'Donoghue, respectively). I felt that Ewing was too busy playing a henpecked and taken-for-granted husband to really deal with his fellow actors; and O'Donoghue's desire to jump onto furniture all around the room or bang on furniture while she did so became tedious very quickly and took away from her performance. I also, while delighted about the play's subject matter, was appalled at some of the video sequences they had during the show. In an attempt to show "news footage" of the apparent zombie epidemic, a few of the scenes were not well-done; the make-up on the "zombies" was awful and it nearly set the tone to "cheese factor" -- for those out in the audience not willing to go on the ride. Enough of the play had already been established to avoid that for most people, but my opinion is, if you have a good thing - don't spoil it with cheap effects. Stick to the basics and you'll come out great. Fortunately, those few moments were paltry in comparison to the rest of the play.
As the show ended, and I stood up, satisfied as one is after a really good performance, I joked to my friend, "This is like Sam Sheppard meets George Romero." And you know what? That's actually an accurate description...with more emphasis on the former artist than the latter.
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Manhattan Theatre Source
The Ingenius Series
January 6-February 7, 2009
For more information, visit www.theatresource.org.
Manhattan Theatre Source | 177 MacDougal Street | Manhattan.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
The Fab Cast Review: Wickets
The Fab Cast review of Wickets by Dianna Martin.
The Fab Marquee’s reviewer Dianna Martin sits down with The Fab Marquee’s editor Antonio Miniño to talk about Trick Saddle’s production of Wickets, playing now through January 25th at The 3LD Art & Technology Center.
For more information visit www.tricksaddle.com
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For more information visit www.tricksaddle.com
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Friday, January 9, 2009
Get Raptured with Oberon's Winter Rep 09
The Fab Marquee News Desk.
Brad Fryman, Oberon Theatre Ensemble Artistic Director, believes, "Although written over 400 years ago, the primal, the Machiavellian, the sultry and the romantic desires captured by The Bard, prevail in modern society. The two plays present contrasting looks at similar themes. In Much Ado, we see two true romantics on the road to marriage and another couple quite opposed to marriage who finally fight their way into each other's arms. In American Rapture the characters are also fighting to find their way, whether it's through relationships, self examination, or violence.”
Winter Rep 2009 will play a three-week engagement at The Beckett Theater at Theater Row (410 W 42nd St). Performances begin Thursday, February 12th, and continue through Sunday, March 1st. Tickets are $20.00 and $13.75 students/seniors. For reservations, please call 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com to purchase tickets online. Tickets may also be purchased in person at Theater Row’s box office, open daily from 12pm-8pm.
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
directed by Mark Karafin
Benedick and Beatrice have vowed to remain single and appear to enjoy their battle of wits too much to ever call a truce. Young lovers Hero and Claudio conspire to change their minds. A romantic comedy about winning the one you didn’t know you wanted most.
Thursday, Feb 12 at 8pm
Friday Feb 13 at 8pm
Monday, Feb 16 at 7pm
Tuesday, Feb 17 at 8pm
Wednesday, Feb 18 at 2pm
Saturday, Feb 21 at 8pm
Sunday, Feb 22 at 3pm
Wednesday, Feb 25 at 8pm
Thursday, Feb 26 at 8pm
Friday, Feb 27 at 8pm
Saturday, Feb 28 at 2pm
American Rapture
Hello Out There by William Saroyan and world-premiere plays by Alex Dinelaris
directed by Alex Dinelaris
Saturday, Feb 14 at 8pm
Sunday, Feb 15 at 3pm
Wednesday, Feb 18 at 8pm
Thursday, Feb 19 at 8pm
Friday, Feb 20 at 8pm
Saturday, Feb 21 at 2pm
Monday, Feb 23 at 7pm
Tuesday, Feb 24 at 8pm
Wednesday, Feb 25 at 2pm
Saturday, Feb 28 at 8pm
Sunday, Mar 1 at 3pm
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Visit www.oberontheatre.org for more information.
OBERON THEATRE ENSEMBLE‘S WINTER REP 2009
12th Anniversary Season: Shakespeare, Saroyan & Dinelaris
12th Anniversary Season: Shakespeare, Saroyan & Dinelaris
OBERON THEATRE ENSEMBLE is pleased to announce Winter Rep 2009, celebrating the company’s 12th Anniversary Repertory Season. The company will be presenting William Shakespeare’s Much About Nothing in conjunction with the series called, American Rapture, which includes Hello Out There by William Saroyan and world premiere plays by Alex Dinelaris (nominated Lucile Lortel/Drama Desks).
Brad Fryman, Oberon Theatre Ensemble Artistic Director, believes, "Although written over 400 years ago, the primal, the Machiavellian, the sultry and the romantic desires captured by The Bard, prevail in modern society. The two plays present contrasting looks at similar themes. In Much Ado, we see two true romantics on the road to marriage and another couple quite opposed to marriage who finally fight their way into each other's arms. In American Rapture the characters are also fighting to find their way, whether it's through relationships, self examination, or violence.”
Winter Rep 2009 will play a three-week engagement at The Beckett Theater at Theater Row (410 W 42nd St). Performances begin Thursday, February 12th, and continue through Sunday, March 1st. Tickets are $20.00 and $13.75 students/seniors. For reservations, please call 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com to purchase tickets online. Tickets may also be purchased in person at Theater Row’s box office, open daily from 12pm-8pm.
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
directed by Mark Karafin
Benedick and Beatrice have vowed to remain single and appear to enjoy their battle of wits too much to ever call a truce. Young lovers Hero and Claudio conspire to change their minds. A romantic comedy about winning the one you didn’t know you wanted most.
Thursday, Feb 12 at 8pm
Friday Feb 13 at 8pm
Monday, Feb 16 at 7pm
Tuesday, Feb 17 at 8pm
Wednesday, Feb 18 at 2pm
Saturday, Feb 21 at 8pm
Sunday, Feb 22 at 3pm
Wednesday, Feb 25 at 8pm
Thursday, Feb 26 at 8pm
Friday, Feb 27 at 8pm
Saturday, Feb 28 at 2pm
American Rapture
Hello Out There by William Saroyan and world-premiere plays by Alex Dinelaris
directed by Alex Dinelaris
An evening of short plays, some humorous, some tragic, explore the unique mixture of loneliness and hope, which make up the American Experience. Playwright/director Alex Dinelaris, who was nominated for a Lucille Lortel (Best Musical) and two Drama Desk Awards (Book & Lyrics) for his work on the off-Broadway hit, ZANNA DON’T!, weaves his way through modern relationships, religious hypocrisy, love, loss and the endless cycle of violence that threatens to swallow our society whole. The evening culminates with William Saroyan’s Hello Out There, the powerful tale of two outcasts who find love at the most unlikely of times, in the most unlikely of places.
Saturday, Feb 14 at 8pm
Sunday, Feb 15 at 3pm
Wednesday, Feb 18 at 8pm
Thursday, Feb 19 at 8pm
Friday, Feb 20 at 8pm
Saturday, Feb 21 at 2pm
Monday, Feb 23 at 7pm
Tuesday, Feb 24 at 8pm
Wednesday, Feb 25 at 2pm
Saturday, Feb 28 at 8pm
Sunday, Mar 1 at 3pm
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Visit www.oberontheatre.org for more information.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Ingenius Series to Feature 16 plays (Manhattan Theatre Source)
The Fab Marquee News Desk.
New works by Joan Tewkesbury (Nashville, Thieves Like Us), David Caudle (Carbonell Nominee), Nat Cassidy (Kit and Little Boots), Montserrat Mendez (2008 FringeNYC Outstanding Playwrighting Award), and Richard Vetere (Machiavelli) headline the InGenius Series at Manhattan Theatre Source (177 MacDougal Street) January 6 through February 7, 2009.
The five-week series, the premiere production of the Source's resident playwright workshop The Writers' Forum, will feature three full-length plays, 13 one-act plays and staged readings of new works by Bill C. Davis (Mass Appeal), Joan Tewkesbury, Robin Maguire and Ellen Boscov. Tandy Cronyn (Cabaret, The Playboy of the Western World) and Sam Tsoutsouvas (Our Country's Good, By Jeeves, Edward II) will star in Joan Tewkesbury's Retrospective as famed artistic couple Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz. O'Keeffe has been invited to write an essay for her late husband's retrospective at the Met. As she struggles with what to say, Stieglitz appears, and they review the unfinished business of the past only to rediscover the fine line between love and hate. Sarah Baskin, Emilio Delgado and Michael Wolfe round out the cast. Tewkesbury will also direct. Performances are January 20, 21, 22, and 31 and February 1, 6, and 7 at 8:00 pm. There is a matinee Saturday, February 7 at 3:00 pm.
Any Day Now, written and directed by Nat Cassidy, opens the InGenius Series. The Colby family is facing its share of problems. Jackie is doing poorly at school, Josh drinks too much, Beverly is far too controlling and Pen is slipping into senility. But that's nothing compared to the difficulties to come. One of their own is found wandering in the backyard, days after he was buried. And, he's not the only one. The cast features Paige Allen, Arthur Aulisi, Waltrudis Buck, Elyse Mirto, Anna O'Donoghue and Anthony Spaldo. Performances of Any Day Now are January 6, 7, 8, 17, 19, 29 and 30 at 8:00 pm and January 18 at 7:00 pm.
The New York premiere of David Caudle's Carbonell-nominated play Likeness rounds out the full-length offerings. In Colonial Boston, an idealistic young painter scores a career-making gig: the portrait of a wealthy landowner's spoiled daughter. But, there is more to the assignment than meets the eye. Artistic integrity battles ambition, and subject defies artist, as the first rumblings of revolution rattle the studio walls. Jessica Ammirati directs. The cast includes Brad Fraizer, Laurel Lockhart, Ryan Metcalf, Danielle Quisenberry, Stu Richel, and Erin Wilhelmi. Performances are January 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 23, and 24 at 8:00 pm and January 25 at 7:00 pm.
InGenius will also present three different programs of one-act plays. Program A; featuring works by Vetere, Mendez, L. Pontius (Umbrella), Vanda (Edward Albee Fellow) and Bill McMahon (A Winter Beauty); runs January 12 through 14 at 8:00 pm. Program B follows with plays by Vincent Marano (A Collapse), Laura Schlachtmeyer, Ed Malin and John Watts January 26 through 28, 2009 at 8:00 pm. The one-act series close with new works by Pamela Yaco, John McKinney, Paul Jordan and Jennifer Thatcher February 2 through 4 at 8:00 pm.
For a full calendar of events and advance tickets, visit www.theatresource.org. Tickets are $18 per show. Admission to the staged readings is free.
The Writers' Forum is a think tank for playwrights that meets weekly at Manhattan Theatre Source. It is committed to the development of engaging, new plays. Open since 2000, Manhattan Theatre Source (the Source) is an arts service and producing organization located in the heart of Greenwich Village. Recently named "one of the top five Off-Off Broadway theaters" by New York magazine, the Source launched Obie Award-winning Broadway musical [title of show] and was home to the world premieres of Coronado by Dennis Lehane (Mystic River) and Richard Vetere's Machiavelli. For more information, visit www.theatresource.org.
The five-week series, the premiere production of the Source's resident playwright workshop The Writers' Forum, will feature three full-length plays, 13 one-act plays and staged readings of new works by Bill C. Davis (Mass Appeal), Joan Tewkesbury, Robin Maguire and Ellen Boscov. Tandy Cronyn (Cabaret, The Playboy of the Western World) and Sam Tsoutsouvas (Our Country's Good, By Jeeves, Edward II) will star in Joan Tewkesbury's Retrospective as famed artistic couple Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz. O'Keeffe has been invited to write an essay for her late husband's retrospective at the Met. As she struggles with what to say, Stieglitz appears, and they review the unfinished business of the past only to rediscover the fine line between love and hate. Sarah Baskin, Emilio Delgado and Michael Wolfe round out the cast. Tewkesbury will also direct. Performances are January 20, 21, 22, and 31 and February 1, 6, and 7 at 8:00 pm. There is a matinee Saturday, February 7 at 3:00 pm.
Any Day Now, written and directed by Nat Cassidy, opens the InGenius Series. The Colby family is facing its share of problems. Jackie is doing poorly at school, Josh drinks too much, Beverly is far too controlling and Pen is slipping into senility. But that's nothing compared to the difficulties to come. One of their own is found wandering in the backyard, days after he was buried. And, he's not the only one. The cast features Paige Allen, Arthur Aulisi, Waltrudis Buck, Elyse Mirto, Anna O'Donoghue and Anthony Spaldo. Performances of Any Day Now are January 6, 7, 8, 17, 19, 29 and 30 at 8:00 pm and January 18 at 7:00 pm.
The New York premiere of David Caudle's Carbonell-nominated play Likeness rounds out the full-length offerings. In Colonial Boston, an idealistic young painter scores a career-making gig: the portrait of a wealthy landowner's spoiled daughter. But, there is more to the assignment than meets the eye. Artistic integrity battles ambition, and subject defies artist, as the first rumblings of revolution rattle the studio walls. Jessica Ammirati directs. The cast includes Brad Fraizer, Laurel Lockhart, Ryan Metcalf, Danielle Quisenberry, Stu Richel, and Erin Wilhelmi. Performances are January 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 23, and 24 at 8:00 pm and January 25 at 7:00 pm.
InGenius will also present three different programs of one-act plays. Program A; featuring works by Vetere, Mendez, L. Pontius (Umbrella), Vanda (Edward Albee Fellow) and Bill McMahon (A Winter Beauty); runs January 12 through 14 at 8:00 pm. Program B follows with plays by Vincent Marano (A Collapse), Laura Schlachtmeyer, Ed Malin and John Watts January 26 through 28, 2009 at 8:00 pm. The one-act series close with new works by Pamela Yaco, John McKinney, Paul Jordan and Jennifer Thatcher February 2 through 4 at 8:00 pm.
For a full calendar of events and advance tickets, visit www.theatresource.org. Tickets are $18 per show. Admission to the staged readings is free.
The Writers' Forum is a think tank for playwrights that meets weekly at Manhattan Theatre Source. It is committed to the development of engaging, new plays. Open since 2000, Manhattan Theatre Source (the Source) is an arts service and producing organization located in the heart of Greenwich Village. Recently named "one of the top five Off-Off Broadway theaters" by New York magazine, the Source launched Obie Award-winning Broadway musical [title of show] and was home to the world premieres of Coronado by Dennis Lehane (Mystic River) and Richard Vetere's Machiavelli. For more information, visit www.theatresource.org.
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