NYCPlaywrights September 22, 2018

Greetings NYCPlaywrights

*** NYCPLAYWRIGHTS PODCAST ***

The NYCPlaywrights Podcast “O CANADA” will be published by this Monday, September 24 at http://www.playwrightspodcast.com - including the performance of the selected piece from the call for submissions, CONTES DU CAMP CANADIAN by Vivian Lermond, interviews with Canadian theater people including Michael Rubinoff, the creator of COME FROM AWAY and the call for submissions for the next NYCPlaywrights podcast.

*** SEEING BETWEEN THE LINES at PRIMARY STAGES ESPA ***

Instructor: Ken Cerniglia (Dramaturg & Literary Manager, Disney Theatrical Group) 

A dramaturg reads between the lines and enhances a script with specificity and accuracy. This workshop will teach you to watch and read a play from the perspective of a dramaturg and see what you’ve been missing. First, you’ll see Final Follies by A.R. Gurney. (Ticket provided.) In class, Ken will facilitate a discussion, exploring the questions of why this play, in this place, at this time. With your eyes opened, you’ll be able to incorporate dramaturgical practice into your work. 

*** WELCOME TO TICKETPALOOZA ***

NYCPlaywrights has teamed up with Jay Michaels Arts & Entertainment & Fandango 4 Art House to offer free tickets to seven shows. 

All are on a first-come, first-serve basis so quick - pick the show you want and claim your tickets.

*** TICKET GIVE-AWAY: MASSIVE ***

Two pairs of tickets are being offered to the staged reading of MASSIVE by Maura Campbell on a first-come, first serve basis to members of this NYCPlaywrights mailing list.

The staged reading will be October 29, 2018 at 7PM on Theatre Row, 416 West 42nd Street, New York, NY.  

To receive the tickets contact jay.michaels...@gmail.com as soon as you receive this email and good luck!

Egg & Spoon Theatre Collective presents a staged reading of Massive, a dark comedy by Maura Campbell and directed by Robert Moss. Massive concerns George, a British actor who endures intensive radiation and chemotherapy for a massive throat tumor caused by the HPV virus. Thanks to the morphine treatments, George thinks he’s dead – or at least his life is starting to look that way.

*** TICKET GIVE-AWAY: THE LONG RAIL NORTH ***

A pair of tickets for all performances of THE LONG RAIL NORTH is being offered on a first-come, first serve basis to members of this NYCPlaywrights mailing list.

To receive the tickets contact jay.michaels...@gmail.com as soon as you receive this email, and good luck!

Saturday October 13th – 4:45 pm

Monday October 15th  – 9:30 pm

Saturday October 20th – 7:00 pm

Tuesday October 23rd – 4:45 pm (Talkback directly following)

Saturday October 27th – 12:15

The Long Rail North centers on Pvt. Thomas Morgan, a black union soldier, who must escape via train with a young southern white girl named Molly Barnes that he rescued from a plantation fire of a nearby Civil War battle. Exhausted, with limited resources and even fewer allies, Morgan (played by Xavier Rodney) continues traveling north getting Molly to safety – despite her racist view of him and his race. Regardless of his good intentions, both union and confederate forces pursue them.

If you’re too late for the free tickets, you can still get a discount for $15 tickets - go here for more information: https://nycp.blogspot.com/2018/09/discount-tickets-long-rail-north.html

*** TICKET GIVE-AWAY: DIVINATION ***

A pair of tickets for all performances of DIVINATION by Dorian Palumbo is being offered on a first-come, first serve basis to members of this NYCPlaywrights mailing list.

To receive the tickets contact jay.michaels...@gmail.com as soon as you receive this email, and good luck!

Wed., October 31st – Sat., November 4th @ 8 PM, Sunday November 5th @ 3 PM

Wed., November 7th– Sat., November 10th @ 8 PM, Sunday November 11th @ 3 PM

Another world premiere at the legendary American theatre of actors, 314 W. 54th Street, NYC

Six women of vastly different upbringings and backgrounds sign-up for a class in “Mediumship and Divination.” Each at a crossroads in their lives, each in search of something that’s missing. Will they find it among the spirits? Divination examines that inevitable point in a woman’s life – whatever age it may come – that past isn’t always prologue and the fortune shouldn’t always be foretold.

*** TICKET GIVE-AWAY: REV. MARY THE LADY IN BLACK ***

A pair of tickets for the Saturday October 20 7PM performance of REVEREND MARY at Don’t Tell Mama, 343 W 46th St (between 8th & 9th Ave) is being offered on a first-come, first serve basis to members of this NYCPlaywrights mailing list.

To receive the tickets contact jay.michaels...@gmail.com as soon as you receive this email, and good luck!

EXTRA EXTRA - if you don’t get the free tickets, another pair of tickets is being offered on a buy one ($15) get one free basis. Contact jay.michaels...@gmail.com to take advantage of this offer.

NOTE: There is a 2-drink minimum per person. Cash Only.

*** TICKET GIVE-AWAY: WICKED CLONE ***

Three pairs of tickets for all performances of WICKED CLONE by Gabriela and Mihaela Modorcea are being offered on a first-come, first serve basis to members of this NYCPlaywrights mailing list.

To receive the tickets contact jay.michaels...@gmail.com as soon as you receive this email, and good luck!

Thursday September 20 – Saturday, September 22 @ 8 p.m.; 

Sunday, September 23 @ 3 p.m.

Special showings: Monday, September 24 @ 8 p.m. & Wednesday, September 26 @ 8 p.m.

Meet the Twins after the show!

Thursday, September 27 – Saturday, September 29 @ 8 p.m.; Sunday, September 30 @ 3 p.m.

At the legendary performance space: The American Theatre of Actors, 314 W 54th St, New York City

Gabriela and Mihaela Modorcea – the famed Indiggo Twins – present a revival of their wildly popular live stage version of “Wicked Clone or how to deal with the evil” a cinema novel by Mihaela Modorcea. This stage version: Wicked Clone The Cinema Musical is an immersive blend of musical theatre, film sequences depicting 15th century Transylvania to modern day NYC (and beyond), and excerpts from Mihaela’s magic realist novel of the same name which has been a bestseller at Barnes & Noble. 

EXTRA EXTRA - if you don’t get the free tickets, tickets for the first week are being offered on a buy one get one free basis. Contact jay.michaels...@gmail.com to take advantage of this offer.

*** TICKET GIVE-AWAY: AMERICAN TRANQUILITY ***

A pair of tickets for AMERICAN TRANQUILITY by Daniel Damiano is being offered on a first-come, first serve basis to members of this NYCPlaywrights mailing list.

To receive the tickets contact fandango...@outlook.com and tell them which performance you’d like the tickets for, as soon as you receive this email, and good luck!

Saturday October 6th at 7pm

Saturday October 13th at 7pm

Saturday October 20th at 7pm

If you’re too late for the free tickets, you can still get discount tickets - go here for more information: https://nycp.blogspot.com/2018/09/discount-tickets-american-tranquility.html

*** TICKET GIVE-AWAY: GIVE ‘EM HELL, HARRY! ***

A pair of tickets for GIVE ‘EM HELL HARRY! is being offered on a first-come, first serve basis to members of this NYCPlaywrights mailing list.

To receive the tickets contact jay.michaels...@gmail.com as soon as you receive this email, and good luck!

Stage and film actor, J. Dolan Byrnes takes command of the role 

from October 18 – 28 (Thursday – Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p,m.) 

at the Episcopal Actors Guild, 1 East 29th Street, NYC.

In these trying times, we need a president who will take command of the nation and lead us to victory and renew the spirit of patriotism … even if its just on stage!

If you’re too late for the free tickets, you can still get discount tickets - go here for more information: https://nycp.blogspot.com/2018/09/discount-tickets-give-em-hell-harry.html

*** FREE THEATER IN NYC ***

Sueño  

by José Rivera 

directed by Sarah Young 

New Visions 2018

The New School for Drama Theater

151 Bank Street, 3rd Floor

New York, NY

Three plays highlight the work of this year’s graduating MFA directors and actors

Our first play of the 2018 New Visions Festival, Sueño is directed by third-year MFA student Sarah Young. Sueño is Obie Award-winning playwright José Rivera's translation and adaptation of Calderón de la Barca's classic Life Is a Dream. Set in 1635, this metaphysical drama—renowned as one of the jewels of the Spanish Golden Age—Sueño follows the life of young Prince Segismundo, heir to the Spanish throne, who is imprisoned at birth when astrologers predict that his reign as king will result in the country's ruin.

September 26 at 7pm

September 27 at 7pm

September 28 at 7pm

September 29 at 2pm (Talkback to Follow)

September 29 at 7pm

*** PLAYWRIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES ***

After our successful runs of Shorts @ The Canal and The Twilight Hour at Canal Cafe Theatre, Union Theatre and Etcetera Theatre, we are inviting all writers to submit a play no longer than 15-minute, for "The Twilight Hour" season 2.

The show will be based on The Twilight Zone TV series to be performed at the award-winning Canal Cafe Theatre a renowned comedy and theatre venue in London.

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Tree City 2018 Ten-Minute Play Competition

Entries must be one-act stage plays with performance times of 8 to 12 minutes. Submissions are restricted to original dramatic works – no adaptations – that have not been previously published or submitted to this playwriting competition. There are no restrictions on genre or theme. Scripts will be judged on concept, dramatic action, characterization and dialogue. Preference will be given to plays with 2 to 4 characters, limited staging requirements, and content/language sensitive to the “family-friendly” value of Tree City Playhouse.

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Parson’s Nose Theater is seeking full-length plays by or about women. Plays can be any genre, but we are particularly seeking comedies and historical plays. The plays will be part of a reading series in the Spring of 2019

*** For more information about these and other opportunities see the web site at http://www.nycplaywrights.org ***

*** AUTUMN PLAYS ***

THAT SUMMER - THAT FALL

“THAT SUMMER - THAT FALL” opened. Last night. Helen Hayes. 46th Street. Contemporary setting. Based on “Phedre.” Author able. Play absent. Not enough words.

Forgive my taciturnity, but this sort of thing is catching. Frank Gilroy has always been a tight writer, lean and never loquacious. In “Who’ll Save the Plowboy?” he made the economy function as a mystery. In “The Subject was Roses” he made it function as spare family echo, as pennies dropped in a pod from the past.

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THE BOYS IN AUTUMN

Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn reunite in 1920s Hannibal, years after their boyish adventures, hashing over the good old days and revealing surprising secrets.

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A PICTURE OF AUTUMN

Removing an aged parent or grandparent from a home that’s no longer safe or convenient is never easy. Now just imagine this scaled up a bit, so that the frail relative is clinging not to a 1950s split-level with a nagging set of stairs but to a crumbling 16th-century 18-bedroom mansion, set on 60 acres of unkempt gardens and forest. This is the problem faced by Robert, who responds to his mother’s cranky letters about caring for Winton Manor (not to mention her husband and brother-in-law) by recruiting a potential buyer for the decrepit property — only to find that his mother and clan are not as keen on downsizing as their constant complaints suggested.

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THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN

In a simple Brooklyn brownstone, 79-year-old Alexandra lives a solitary existence with her fleeting memories and enough explosives to take down most of the block. At an impasse with her family over how she should spend her autumn years, Alexandra's long-absent son enters as a most unlikely mediator, to try and save his mother's life as much as his own. Funny and dangerous, aching and revelatory, this perceptive play reveals both the fragility and ferocity of life. 

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AUTUMN CROCUS

Autumn Crocus is a 1931 play by the British writer Dodie Smith. It was Smith's first play written under the pseudonym of C.L. Anthony. It follows a single schoolteacher who goes on holiday to the Tyrol and falls in love with the married owner of the hotel in which she is staying.

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THE AUTUMN GARDEN

The Autumn Garden is a 1951 play by Lillian Hellman. The play is set in September, 1949 in a summer home in a resort on the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 miles from New Orleans. The play is a study of the defeats, disappointments and diminished expectations of people reaching middle age. For inspiration, Hellman drew on her memories of her time in her aunts' boardinghouse. Dashiell Hammett, who had been Hellman's lover for 20 years, helped her write the play and received 15 percent of the royalties. Of all Hellman's plays it was her favorite.