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Sunday, July 24, 2022

Sunday Scoop post of 7/24/22 - Closing Soon, Beginning Performances, New Tickets Released, What's Happening This Week and More

Closing Soon


Mr. Saturday Night

MR. SATURDAY NIGHT, starring Billy Crystal, is the story of Buddy Young Jr., an outrageous and outspoken comedian who found fame, if not fortune, in the early days of television.  Now, some 40 years after his TV career flamed out, Buddy seeks one more shot at the spotlight, and while he’s at it, one last shot at fixing the family he fractured along the way. 

Nederlander Theatre (208 W. 41 St.)
Closing date 9/4/22

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit MrSaturdayNightOnBroadway.com

Beginning Performances

New Jersey


The Last Supper 

The Last Supper is the new musical comedy about five liberal grad students sharing a house in a conservative college town who, in their efforts to save the world, host a collection of their neighbors for a friendly evening of dinner and discourse. Things do not go well.

South Orange Performing Arts Center
(1 SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ)
7/27 - 8/7

For more information or tickets, https://www.sopacnow.org/events/the-last-supper/

New Tickets Released


A Strange Loop 

Meet Usher: a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer writing a musical about a Black, queer writer... 

Lyceum Theatre

MJ 

Tickets are available  through 4/9/23
at the Neil Simon box office (250 W. 52nd St., New York, NY) and at www.ticketmaster.com

What's Happening This Week and More

1) F. Michael Haynie: Into the Unknown
at Feinsteins/54 Below 7/30

2) Into the Woods Will Have New Broadway Recording

3) Jurassic Quest Dinosaur Experience
New Jersey Convention and Expo Center 7/29 - 7/31

4) The Lip Sync Fables New Episodes
on YouTube 7/21 - 8/25

5) MTI's Broadway Junior Revue: Raise Your Voice
Kelsey Theatre at MCCC 7/29 - 7/31

6) New Camerata Opera Announces 2022/2023 Season

7) Passage Theatre Studio School Registration Available Now 

8) Science + Literature Investigating Disease and Access
and More at the Amercan Museum of Natural History 

9) Shut Up, Emily Dickson 
at Abrons Art Center 7/28 - 8/13

10) Some Like It Hot Upcoming Broadway Musical
Releases First Look New Music Video

11) South Street Seaport Summer Offering: Seaport Discovery Exploring Our Waters with Eric Carle

12) Swinging on the Seine: Searching for Amour in 1960s Paris
Joe's Pub 7/31

13) The Tank Announces Programming for Trashfest and Darkfest 

14) TRU Producer Bootcamp Via Zoom
7/31
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1) FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents F MICHAEL HAYNIE: INTO THE UNKNOWN, a One Night Only Engagement, July 30th

F Michael Haynie (Wicked, Carrie, Dogfight), currently leads the First National Tour of Disney's Frozen the Musical as Olaf. For one night only, they are back by popular demand for a special concert engagement! F returns to their second home, Feinstein’s/54 Below, after multiple sold-out solo concerts and over twenty-five 54Below appearances! F Michael Haynie: Into the Unknown will mark F's return to their first love, New York City. The show will feature songs from their musical in development, Victory City, originals, spicy covers, some musical theatre favorites with special guests, and their signature contemporary sound. F gives the perfect variety of new and familiar in this special one-night performance.  Special guests to be announced.  F Michael Haynie plays Feinstein’s/54 Below (254 West 54th Street) on July 30th, 2022 at 7pm. There is a $25-$35 main dining room cover charge and a $25 food and beverage minimum. Tickets and information are available at www.54Below.com. Tickets on the day of the performance after 4:00 pm are only available by calling (646) 476-3551. Link for tickets here 

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2) CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED


NEW YORK CITY CENTER ENCORES!


PRODUCTION OF


JAMES LAPINE AND STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S


REVIVAL OF


INTO THE WOODS


TO RELEASE CAST RECORDING



Sean Patrick Flahaven, Chief Theatricals Executive for Concord, is thrilled to announce that Concord Theatricals/Craft Recordings will release the cast recording of the critically-acclaimed Broadway revival of the New York City Center Encores production of James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s Into The Woods in September on streaming and digital platforms worldwide. Physical release will be announced at a later time.


Into the Woods, the first Broadway show of the 2022/2023 season, opened to rave reviews on July 10 at the St. James Theatre. This production is produced by Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theaters, directed by Lear deBessonet (in her Broadway debut), music direction by Rob Berman with The Encores! Orchestra, and choreography by Lorin LatarroInto the Woods is dedicated to the memory of Stephen Sondheim.


Tickets are available via SeatGeek.com/into-the-woods.


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3) JURASSIC QUEST, NATION’S BIGGEST DINOSAUR EXPERIENCE

MIGRATES TO EDISON, NJ

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Walk among the dinosaurs as North America’s most popular, can’t-miss 

dinosaur adventure stomps into the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center, July 29-31

The largest and most realistic dinosaur event in North America is BACK, BIGGER and BETTER than EVER! Greater-New York/New Jersey families can walk among the nation’s biggest herd of photorealistic dinosaurs when Jurassic Quest® opens at  New Jersey Convention and Expo Center for a limited run July 29-31.

Jurassic Quest opens its doors with its most beloved and unique experiences for the whole family including life-like dinosaurs, some of the largest rideable dinosaurs in North America, live dinosaur shows, interactive science and art activities including a fossil dig and real fossils like T-Rex teeth, a triceratops horn and life-size dino skull, a “Triceratots” soft play area for our littlest explorers, bounce houses and inflatable attractions, photo opportunities, and more. 

New for 2022, families are invited to pick up a map at entry to embark on “The Quest,” an interactive scavenger-hunt style adventure with 10 clues leading them to meet dinos and prehistoric sea creatures, capture a Dino Snap, search for fossils, watch a live Raptor Training Experience and more, to earn a prize at the end (included with general admission).

TICKETS & LOGISTICS 

Tickets are timed entry and start at $19 -- reserve online to ensure desired date and time at www.jurassicquest.com -- or are available on-site, and include a 100% ticket guarantee that in the event of a show cancellation or postponement for any reason, ticket purchases will be automatically refunded for the full purchase amount. Tickets are for a timed arrival window, and advance ticket purchase is strongly encouraged. Guests can walk through the dinosaur experience at their own pace, and strollers are permitted. Some venues may have wheelchairs for use, but please contact the venue in advance to make arrangements.

General admission tickets include access to the dinosaur and marine exhibits, arts and crafts activities, and dinosaur shows. There are rides and activities that require activity tickets available on site, or guests can upgrade to the Kids Unlimited Rides ticket (the best value for children ages 2-12). Entry is free for children under age 2. Socks required for inflatable attractions.

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4) Stars of Into The Woods, Book of Mormon, Ain't Too Proud & More
Join Cast of New Web Series
THE LIP SYNC FABLES
** Where Kids Stories Come to Life **
New Episodes Premiering July 21 - August 25 on YouTube


Watch what happens when children create original bedtime stories and have them brought to life by some of New York City's best actors in the new web series THE LIP SYNC FABLES.  

THE LIP SYNC FABLES is hosted, created and directed by David Gow (pictured above). The initial 6 episode season premieres Thursday, July 21 with new episodes released every Thursday through August 25, available on the Lip Sync Fables channel on YouTube.  Each episode runs approximately 10 minutes.

Individual episodes of THE LIP SYNC FABLES are written by Annalise Bergen, Kate Sanchez, Max Rice, Lily and Orchid Miller, William McWhorter and Sunny Lerman, who are all ages 5-9. 
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5) MTI's Broadway Junior Revue:
Raise Your Voice


July 29 & 30 at 8pm

July 31 at 2pm


Kelsey Theatre at MCCC

1200 Old Trenton Rd.

West Windsor, NJ


MTI's Broadway Junior Revue - Raise Your Voice is a brand-new revue featuring songs from across MTI's Broadway Junior® collection.


From Broadway Junior musicals based on classic titles like Guys and Dolls and Oliver! to beloved Disney shows like The Little Mermaid and Mary Poppins, this show offers a fun introduction to musical revues by young performers.


For more information or to purchase tickets, visit kelsey.mccc.edu


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6) New Camerata Opera 
announces
Boundary Breaking Seventh Season

New Camerata Opera (NCO) recently announced details for the company's groundbreaking seventh season. The upcoming season breaks boundaries by bringing classic stories to the stage and re-contextualizing them for today’s audience.

The company will exceed its pre-pandemic levels with four mainstage productions along with pop-up concerts presented at locations throughout New York City’s five boroughs. The organization also remains committed to creating video operas for audiences of all ages, worldwide.

Mainstage performances will include: 
  • A double bill of French one-act operas - Lili Boulanger’s Faust et Hélène and Maurice Ravel’s L’heure espagnole - from September 16 through September 24, 2022. Music Director Kamal Khan and Stage Director John de los Santos conjure a gorgeous world in which clockwork photography by NYC-based artist Atom Moore creates a striking backdrop to this timeless story. 
  • Il Trittico, a three-week-long opera festival of Puccini's three one-act operas: Gianni SchicchiSuor Angelica, and Il Tabarro, featuring immersive stage direction by Chloe Treat.

CamerataWorks video productions for the season will include:
  • The Prince von Pappenschmear 3, the final chapter of the Prince von Pappenschmear trilogy. Set in Nazi-era Germany, the story follows an undercurrent of women’s liberation in an historic Jewish gynecologist’s office. 
  • Refractions, a visual anthology of works by BIPOC artists and composers directed by Kimille Howard with Music Direction from Mikael Darmanie. 

Camerata Piccola performances for children will include: 
  • Operas in English designed especially to engage and educate children of all ages. Performances of Party at the OperaPeter Rabbit, and Rumpelstiltskin will be held at schools, libraries, performance halls, and community gardens throughout New York City’s five boroughs. 
  • One Train, a unique viewing experience that celebrates the power of music to bring people together. This animated opera is a crossover project with CamerataWorks and will bring high-quality operatic performances from the pen of composer Hilary Purrington and librettist Hannah McDermott to children worldwide. 

Additional information can be found below, with complete casting, schedules and additional details at NewCamerataOpera.org

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7) Passage Theatre Company
Studio School 
Registration is Available Now

Sign up today for Passage Theatre Company's Studio School! These classes for ages 16 and up will teach participants a variety of theatrical skills and techniques. Two full-tuition, community scholarships are available per class. In order to sign-up for classes or apply for a community scholarship, please go to www.passagetheatre.org/studioschool

The courses for the 2022-2023 Season include:

  • Writing and Performing Your Own Solo Show
  • Scene Study and Audition Technique
  • On-Camera Audition Technique
  • Performing Artist’s Lab 
  • The Elements of Directing
  • Play Reading and Script Analysis: The Work of August Wilson
  • Improvisation

These classes will be taught by talented Passage Staff Members and Teaching Artists including Ryanne Domingues, Brishen Miller, David Lee White Richard Bradford, Johanna Tolentino, and Kara Jonsson.

For more information or to register, visit www.passagetheatre.org/studioschool

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8) Current &Upcoming 
at the 
American Museum of Natural History

Science + Literature: Investigating Disease and Access

Wednesday, July 27, at 7pm ET in the Kaufmann Theater

Join Daisy Hernández, author of The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease, and Curator Jessica L. Ware of the Museum’s Division of Invertebrate Zoology for a conversation about the personal and political aspects of scientific research and access.  


Part investigative science journalism, part memoir, The Kissing Bug follows Hernández’s journey to better understand Chagas, an infectious disease that disproportionately affects the Latinx community. The Kissing Bug is an inaugural selected title of the National Book Foundation’s new Science + Literature program, which celebrates work that deepens readers’ understanding of science and technology, and the diversity of voices in scientific writing. RSVP for this free onsite event here.


LAST CHANCE

Okavango Blue Diamond

Open Through Sunday, July 31

The dazzling and nearly flawless Okavango Blue Diamond is on public exhibition through July 31, in the  Melissa and Keith Meister Gallery within the Museum’s new Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and MineralsThis “fancy deep blue” diamond in an oval brilliant-cut weighs 20.46 carats and is the centerpiece of a presentation featuring natural diamonds from Botswana.


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9) Tanya O’Debra’s award-winning play 
Shut UP, Emily Dickinson  
at Abrons Arts Center
July 28 - August 13

Award-winning playwright Tanya O’Debra’s dark comedic play Shut Up, Emily Dickinson will be performed at Abrons Arts Center as part of the @Abrons Series. The limited run plays July 28 - August 13. O’Debra will play the title character with Gregg Bellón playing additional characters. Sara Wolkowitz serves as director. O’Debra and Wolkowitz are longtime collaborators who first worked together at Dixon Place in 2012 on the play The Ultimate Stimulus.

Shut UP, Emily Dickinson runs July 28 - August 13; Wednesday - Saturday at 7:30pm at Abrons Arts Center (466 Grand Street at Pitt Street). Running time: 75 minutes. Tickets are $20 (students), $30 (general) and are available at www.abronsartscenter.org.

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10) SOME LIKE IT HOT

A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY BASED ON THE CLASSIC MGM FILM

 

New music video for the title track number featuring the Broadway cast with Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee, Adrianna HicksKevin del Aguila, and NaTasha Yvette Williams


Coming to the Shubert Theatre on Broadway

 

Previews Begin Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Opening Night is Sunday, December 11, 2022


Some Like It Hot has released a new music video featuring Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee, Adrianna Hicks, Kevin del Aguila, and NaTasha Yvette Williams performing the show’s title song.

Music video available here.

Some Like It Hot will begin performances on Broadway this fall on Tuesday, November 1, and officially open Sunday, December 11 at the Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th Street). 

Tickets are available at www.Telecharge.com.

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11) South Street Seaport Museum
Announces FREE Summer Offering:
Seaport Discovery: Exploring Our Waters with Eric Carle

The South Street Seaport Museum announces that admission is free for the rest of the summer to a new discovery room of maritime-themed art by the late Eric Carle, beloved creator of picture books for young children. Seaport Discovery: Exploring our Waters with Eric Carle is designed specifically for children aged 2-7 and their adults. The exhibition is open to the public Wednesday-Sunday from 11am to 5pm. Advanced timed tickets can be reserved at seaportmuseum.org/ericcarle and walk-ups are encouraged. 

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12) Swinging on the Seine: 
Searching for Amour in 1960's Paris
Sunday, July 31st at 7pm at Joe’s Pub

Comedian and cabaret artist D'yan Forest (currently the Guinness World Records Title Holder for Oldest Working Female Comedian in the World) has always been ahead of her time. In 1963 she moved to Paris as a young, innocent, recently divorced Bostonian looking to make it big in the Parisian cabaret scene. Immersing herself in the glitz, glamour, and scandalous nightlife of the era, the naive D’yan was transported from a sheltered suburban existence to a life filled with underground sex clubs and the swinger’s scene as is witnessed in her new cabaret show Swinging on the Seine: Searching for Amour in 1960's Paris.

D'yan has been performing professionally since the 1960’s. She started in Boston and then made her way to New York where she sang and played the piano at popular venues and legendary hotels across the city, she also played the resort circuit in the Catskills during its heyday. D’yan then went on to perform in Paris which eventually led her to performing all over the world with notable appearances in Israel, Greece, Scotland, and even Ethiopia. After 9/11, D’yan started doing stand-up comedy along with her ukulele because, “The world needed more laughter, and I needed it too!” You can often see her performing at Gotham Comedy Club in New York City. In June 2022, the Guinness World Records recognized D’yan as the oldest working female stand-up comic in the world. She has lived in the West Village for over 50 years.

D'yan is celebrating her 88th birthday by performing, Swinging on the Seine at the iconic Joe’s Pub on Sunday on July 31st, at 7pm (doors open at 6pm). The audacious D’yan officially turns eighty-eight in the middle of the show. Through stand-up comedy and song, accompanied by her trusty ukulele, D'yan takes you back to her first years in the City of Love. She also shares stories of her current life as an octogenarian, and returning to Paris to live (in her early 80’s), and making it big once again.

Joes Pub is located at 25 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), New York, NY 10003. Subway: R/W to 8th Street, 6 to Astor Place. Tickets are $15 plus a two-drink or $12 food minimum, available at www.publictheater.org/productions/joes-pub/2022/d/dyan-forest. More info is available at www.dyanforest.com and www.publictheater.org.

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13)

ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING FOR

 

ECO-FORWARD FESTIVALS

 

TRASHFEST & DARKFEST

 

JULY 30 – AUGUST 7, 2022

AT THE TANK

 

The Tank (Meghan Finn, Artistic Director; Johnny G. Lloyd, Director of Artistic Development) announced programming for their eco-forward festivals, TrashFest and DarkFest, from Saturday July 30 – Sunday August 7, 2022. Both festivals will take place in-person at The Tank NYC (312 West 36th St New York, NY 10018).  

 

For years, The Tank has hosted DarkFest - a week of shows that do not use conventional theatrical lighting in an effort to reexamine how we can make theater more sustainable. With the pandemic forcing their physical theater to close, they challenged that idea further with the first annual TrashFest in 2020. It is often difficult to wrestle with the environmental impact our daily lives and our work can have - especially in theater, where so many resources are needed to develop sets, props, and costumes that are only used for a short amount of time. TrashFest centers work that not only produces no waste, but reuses materials discarded as garbage while DarkFest celebrates innovative performance that utilizes self-sufficient and alternative energy sources.

 

More information about the programming is below. Tickets begin at $10 with free offerings and are available by visiting https://thetanknyc.org/trashfest-2022.

 

GHOSTS

Written and directed by Emma Gometz

July 30 at 3PM

 

Nenny is an agoraphobic violinist with two weeks left before graduating from her MFA program. Before she can graduate, she has to perform a solo concert in a remote location and accepts an offer from her ex-boyfriend Rob to stay with him and his eccentric parents (who happen to live nearby the venue) and rehearse. Leading up to the big day, she is visited by fluffy, musty, homey entities, threatening to swallow her alive. Who is everyone, and what do they want from her?

 

Ghosts features sound design by Nicolas Recalde and Akvinder Kaur is the Stage Manager.

 

 

10 YEARS

Written and directed by Katelynn Kenney

August 3 at 7PM

 

A climate-conscious Etsy store owner raises her child in her studio apartment over these next 10 years—through them, we experience Earth’s rearing of humanity and our rebellion against the planet that birthed us. Through vastness and intimacy, 10 YEARS questions and wrestles with our agency in the waves of the climate crisis already crashing around and against us. As the child's imaginary friends, you, the audience, may or may not affect the course of their life, and our future.

 

The cast of 10 YEARS features Dani Martineck and Teresa Attridge.

 

 

THE PRESIDENT OF OHIO

By Philip J. Kaplan

July 31 at 7PM

 

The President of Ohio is a post-apocalyptic farce about family life in the year 2070. Everything depends on tonight’s dinner, where the President of Ohio will be the guest. But the cook just died, war with Kentucky is imminent, the homeowners association wants more barbed wire, and a Girl Scout assassin is waiting. Can Brenda’s family survive the night?

 

The cast of The President of Ohio features Belle Caplis, John Dimino, Jamahl Garrison-Lowe, Meghan Jones, and Amy Stiller.

 

 

37 INSTANCES BETWEEN VICTORIA AND HER BRAIN

By Libby Heily

July 31 at 9:30PM

 

37 Incidents Between Victoria and Her Brain examines the complex relationship between our minds and ourselves. Like most of us, Victoria often feels disconnected from her brain. As she matures, Victoria learns and adapts. She creates both good and bad coping mechanisms that she must confront and shift as she reaches different stages of her life. Through familiar and a few not-so-familiar rites of passage, we see Victoria deal with love, life, death, and trauma and how her brain supports or undermines her, seemingly without her knowledge.

 

Ali Kresch Levine serves as the Dramaturg.

 

 

KING OF NOTHING

Written and performed by Rachel Weekley

Directed and designed by Robert Malbrough

August 2 at 7PM

 

King of Nothing is an experiential solo performance piece inspired by the environmental collapse of modern society in a post-Amazon age and the text of King Lear that asks the question: what is the point of a fool at the end of the world? 

 

Tyler Riley provides voice over and Zeynep Akca is the Stage Manager.

 

 

SPLIT BILL: RUDY & CAMILLE; SKIN EXAM

August 2 at 9:30PM

 

Rudy & Camille

Written by Dean Haspiel and Whitney Matheson

Performed by Sharief Johnson, Morgan Lennon and Adam Files

 

Rudy & Camille is a psychedelic rom-com that chronicles two office mates who spend most of their time pontificating and pawing at each other -- instead of preventing the impending apocalypse.

 

 

Skin Exam

by Ezequiel González Camaño and Cornelia Smith

 

A young man must have his skin checked every year for signs of melanoma. His body is unwaveringly surveilled and documented by a rotating cast of witnesses: a chiromancer, who discovers a shortened sun line on the young man’s hand; a nurse, who examines the body for signs of abnormalities; and a companion, under interrogation, who must recount identifiable markings on the young man’s skin.

 

 

SPLIT BILL: INTENTIONS; BANANA MAN IN A BOX; THE TRIAL OF THE WORM MAN; IN THE DARK

August 3 at 9:30PM

 

Intentions

By Joe Quattro

 

Two characters are bumbling through a cemetery, literally and figuratively, in search of a plot. Meanwhile, other characters appear from behind tombstones recounting tails of the intentional and unintentional deaths.

 

Banana Man in a Box

Performed by Michael Galligan

Directed by Bailey Nassetta

Music by Robert Fernandez

 

Ever wonder where your bananas go when they're bruised and forgotten? Banana Man in a Box follows the tragicomic story of a Dole banana lost in the wasteful world of capitalism. The show combines clown, magic, karaoke, stand-up and more to put you right in your peelings.

 

The Trial of the Worm Man

Created, written, and performed by Veronika Gribanova

Created and performed by Kevin Mejia

Directed and script and comedy consulted by Carol Lee Sirugo

 

It's the trial of the century and we're down to the final witnesses. Two children* are tasked with clearing the name of the infamous Worm Man. The judge admitted it was a "strange choice" made by the defense. The press have called it "downright disturbing." Stay tuned for when Lady Guga and her "best friend/nemesis" Buckle take the stand for the first and probably last time.

 

*They insisted I call them children, though I'm almost certain they are fully grown adults.

 

In the Dark

by Martin Murray

 

In The Dark explores “remote viewing,” a mysterious method of clairvoyance, where practitioners claim to be able to explore objects and locations at a distance from not only their physical position but their physical body as well. Two petty criminals decide to use this practice to plan a string of heists and robberies, but they soon learn that there are larger forces at work.

 

 

RIGHTFUL/SWORD & STAFF

By Amanda DeLalla

Directed and designed by Robert Malbrough

August 4 at 3PM

 

Rightful/Sword & Staff is a cautionary tale that becomes a psychological case study. Refined Marian Frey is in jail for a crime we don't yet know about. As she- and later her daughter- tell their stories, we inch closer to the truth and are forced to consider how far we'd go to remedy a perceived injustice.

 

The original production was directed by Diane Zerega. Tech operation is by Shira Harris.

 

 

SPLIT BILL: SITTING BY A BODY OF WATER IN THE DARK; SURREALIST

August 4 at 7PM

 

Sitting by a body of water in the Dark

Choreographed by Mia Martelli

Performed by Maya Gonzalez, Nina Guevara, and Noa Rui-Piin Weiss

 

Sitting by a body of water in the Dark is a group work, in-progress, choreographed by Mia Martelli. This work stacks invisible experiences, namely, breath, cerebrospinal fluid, and spiritual ascension. Situated on a backdrop of rave and ambient music, we explore diffraction spikes from light sources, imagined climates/geography, and polyrhythms in the body and among bodies, as a form of spacetime travel.

 

Surrealist

Choreographed, in collaboration with the below dancers, by Stephen Shynes

Performed by Gabrielle Loren, Kyneijee Wubah, and Jayden Williams.

 

These theories of dreams and the unconscious believed insanity was the breaking of the chains of logic. Our subconscious mind is variably used to define the state of mind in psychology which is what we use to function through our daily lives. 

 

 

FANTASMA DE NOCHE (NIGHT GHOST)

By Emma Isabel

Directed by Matthew Pezzulich

August 4 at 9:30PM

 

Fantasma De Noche features two sisters who have learned to both raise each other and tease each other. The oldest of the two, Adelita, has a secret. A secret about someone living under their same roof. Will they both be able to handle the weight of this secret? Will they be able to unfold cyclical patterns in their family? Will this secret finally die? Or will it not?

 

The cast of Fantasma De Noche will feature Belgys Felix, Yesenia Morales, and Gaby VilledaMaggie Lally is the Dramaturg and Fernando Mercado is the Fight Choreographer and Board Operator.

 

 

NATURE WE & I

Created, performed, and produced by Greg Kamilaw

August 5 at 7PM; August 7 at 3PM

 

Nature We & I, a solo performance work for voice and guitars, is a love letter to a New York City most don’t see. A city as a part of nature. Manhattan, New York City, one of the worlds capitals of business, finance and the arts. Busy people, from all walks of life, and every corner of the world, with ambitions and dreams big and small are drawn to this city. The City confronts these busy people with the reality of their talents and the opportunities of the moment. People must make choices; what are they willing to endure? What will they compromise? How will they adapt? Will they evolve, grow, change so they can reach their goal, fulfill their dreams? Will they persevere? Will they outgrow their dreams, and settle for a way to make a living? And what are the Cost of their life's pursuits? The cost of an individual’s busy way of living. What is the cumulative cost of humankind’s way, humankind’s busy way of living? The cost on others, on our future generations, and on nature. Are we individuals aware of the effects we are having on the rest of nature? The nature that surrounds us, the nature we are all a part of. How much do we care and what will we do when confronted by the consequences of our busy way of living? Nature We & I, asks, explores, and answers these questions. 

 

Guillermo Laporta is the audio-visual lighting artist.   

 

 

SHIFTERS

Written by Katelynn Kenney

August 6 at 3PM

*FREE PERFORMANCE

 

50 years in the future, a theatre troupe tells us the tale of the shape-shifting rebels who took down the wall of a wealthy, "green" metropolis and relit the flame of revolution and justice in a climate- and capitalism-ravaged world.

 

 

PROJECT SANKOFA

By Karl O’Brian Williams

Directed by Jermaine Rowe

August 6 at 7PM

 

A young man reluctantly accepts a challenge from a class project that asks students to create a performance art piece about their family history. This prompts him to question his purpose in the world, releasing a flurry of internal conflicts. His story is shaped by music, spoken word, movement and through the guidance of the ancestors who test and prod accordingly. Project Sankofa looks at family, community, love and the endless questioning about oneself.

 

The cast of Project Sankofa will feature Antonyio Artis, Cailin Chang, Zeinebou Dia, Frida Fritter, Natalya Gammon, Anthony Goss, Christian Pacheco, Luca Rodrigues, and Jack Vine. Andy Evan Cohen is the tech manager and Joel Edwards is the sound designer.

 

 

SLEEPOVER CLUB

Written and directed by Sara Rahman

Music by Uma Paranjpe

August 6 at 9:30PM

 

When zombie virus Pep-C-Koli ravages the world, four girls band together (literally) to fight Zombos, form friendships, and make kickass music. When one of the girls is threatened by the virus, the girls must confront their grief, anxiety, and complex female friendships to come out the other side alive. Sleepover Club is a horror coming-of-age, zombie apocalypse, girl band play (you read that right) with a whole lot of heart.

 

 

SPLIT BILL: UNFINISH-; 5’5; TALKBACK

August 7 at 7PM

 

Unfinish-

Created, directed, and produced by Eddie Datz

Performed by Datz and Michael Ortiz

 

Two characters are suffering through a horribly-written play when they decide to break off and say whatever dialogue they want to say.  As they talk, they begin to get philosophical about the who/what/where/when/why of their creation and purpose in their world! Having premiered at the Florida Players New Works Festival in 2019, witness the Off-Off Broadway playwriting premier by NYC's hottest young multi-hyphenated artist, Eddie Datz!

 

5’5

By Anthony Jadus

 

This is a theatrical character study and an attempt to bridge different people and challenge them on their ways of thinking politically.

 

Talkback

Written by Derek Davidson

Directed by Rachel Sabo-Hedges

 

The play’s done—but don’t go yet: time for the best part, the Talkback! The dramaturg’s moment... btw, what do dramaturgs actually do? Well, sometimes, they can predict the future.

 

 

MANNEQUIN PLAY

Created by Charlie Wo, Darius Lamont, Jupiter Genesis, Ray Johnson, Stephanie Orta Vázquez, YaYa Harrison, and Tank. 

August 7 at 9:30PM

 

The Mannequin Play is a folk-rap musical devised by NYC drag performers and members of the performance art collective “I Don’t Wanna See That?!!?!” The play follows a family of three mannequins, Sale, Glossy, and Liver, working at a Rainbow Shops in Bushwick as their store closes and ultimately separates them. The three are thrust into unfamiliar worlds and are forced to create new families while they try to reunite with each other.

 

Orchestrations are by Derek Walsh and Projection Design by Lisa Marie Montgomery.


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14) Theater Resources Unlimited
TRU Producer Bootcamp via Zoom:
Essentials of Successful Self-Producing 2022
Sunday, July 31, 2022 at 12pm ET

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces their annual Producer Boot Camp: Essentials of Successful Self-Producing. This unique workshop, geared to the specific multi-tasking challenges of self-producers, has been reformatted and rethought for virtual presentation to make it accessible to theater artists beyond New York. It will take place on Sunday, July 31, 2022, 12pm-5:30pm ET. Registration is $85 for TRU members and $125 for non-members. To register for the virtual event, visit truonline.org/events/successful-self-producing-2022/.

Come learn to view your creative work from a business perspective and understand the need to think differently. Make smarter choices, not only now but for the future of your show. It all seems a little overwhelming at times, but we will break it down into easily digestible bites. When you know what you're doing, it can actually be fun and fulfilling!

The boot camp will be led by TRU executive director and writer-producer Bob Ost, and guest speakers will include: 
  • dramaturg/director/producer Cate Cammarata of CreateTheater.com;
  • entertainment attorney Eric Goldman;
  • marketing expert Monica Hammond of Big Leap Brands, taking your show to the next stage;
  • production advisor/strategist and producer Blair Russell of Show Shepherd, a strategic theatrical development company, and producer (Slave Play, off-Broadway's long-running immersive Sweeney Todd);
  • self-producing playwright Phil Olson, a national award-winner with 18 published plays performed in over 400 cities in seven countries around the world.

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And that's the scoop. Tune in tomorrow for More Theater Monday.

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