A)Beginning Performances
In New York
1) A Doll's House
2) Black Odyssey
3) Othello
4) Princess Phooey
5) Proud
6) Untitled Calamity Jane Play
In Pennsylvania
7) Empitrax
B) Extension of Run
8) The Immortal Jellyfish
C) What Else is Happening This Week and More
10) Bergen County Equestrian Summer Camp
11) Enough Plays to End Gun Violence Annual Teen Playwriting Festival
Open to Submission
12) Good Apples Collective Announces Launch
13) Kelsey Theater Upcoming Event:
The Maggie Walker Story 2/11
14) Kimberly Akimbo to Celebrate Release of Cast Album
at Wollman Rink 2/10
15) Monet's Garden Onsite Painting Sessions & Valentine Offerings
16) NJPAC Upcoming Shows & Events
17) Samantha Shay's Mother's Melancholia
2/11
18) South Street Seaport: Valentine Like a Sailor
2/11 & 2/12
19) State Theatre Of New Jersey Upcoming Shows & Events
20) Theater Center's New Incubator Program Presents, Call Me From the Grave
2/6 & 2/8
21) TRU Voices New Playreading Series
2/12 & 2/19
22) Two River Events in Conjunction With the Play, Living and Breathing
A) Beginning Performances
In New York
1) A Doll's House
A Doll’s House thrust drama firmly into the modern age when it premiered in 1879. Now, nearly a century-and-a-half later, Tony Award nominee Jamie Lloyd and acclaimed playwright Amy Herzog will make freshly relevant a story that shocked audiences and brought forth a new era of theater. One of the most acclaimed actors of her generation, Jessica Chastain will inhabit one of the theater’s most iconic roles, re-energizing the play for a whole new generation.
Hudson Theatre (141 West 44th St.)
Beginning performances 2/13
Opening Night 3/9
2) Black Odyssey
Obie-winning playwright Marcus Gardley blends classic mythology, African-American history, and modern theatricality to create the poetic black odyssey. This vibrant reimagining of the Odysseus saga is set in modern-day Harlem, telling the epic tale of Ulysses Lincoln, a soldier facing the most daunting of voyages to reunite with his family. While fate may seem in control of Ulysses’ destiny, his ancestors and their buried history will help guide his journey home.
Classic Stage Company (136 E. 13th St.)
2/9 - 2/26
Opening Night 2/26
3) Othello
It will bring New Place Player’s signature dynamic interplay of music, Lecoq movement, swordplay, and language to a new level — with musicians and actors collaborating with one another to inspire an extraordinarily fresh take on Shakespeare’s powerful and timely story.
Casa Clara (218 East 25th St.)
Now through -2/25
Opening Night 2/11
4) Princess Phooey
This original musical is not your typical fairy tale, and Phooey is not your typical princess. She doesn’t want to curtsy, smile, or be rescued by a prince (although he tries), because she can rescue herself, if need be, and she would rather run around with the chambermaids and the stable people. Her older sister Elessia, along with the Good Fairies, try to make Phooey into what they consider a proper princess, while Morbidia has other plans for them all.
TADA! Youth Theatre (15 W. 28th St.)
2/10 - 2/26
5) Proud
In May 2018, four peacocks escaped the Philadelphia Zoo and proceeded down I-76, tying up traffic and evading capture. They were on a mission. This is their story, from their perspective.
6) Untitled Calamity Jane Play
A rough and tumble cowgirl, a prostitute with a heart of gold, a generous motherly woman of the west, a hardened criminal who cared for no one. Calamity Jane is all of these things and none of them in this nonlinear exploration of the contradictory stories of the life of Calamity Jane. When the truth of a woman is unknowable, does the difference between reality and what we want her to be really matter?
(The above shows are running in repertory)
The 14th Street Y Theater (344 E. 14th St.)
2/10 - 2/26
7) The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Children and families will see author Eric Carle’s beautifully imagined stories come to life at this very special event featuring a variety of enchanting puppets and special audience participation elements. Plus, all attendees will have the opportunity of taking a photo with The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
DR2 Theatre (01 East 15th St.)
Beginning 2/10
Opening Night 2/27
In Pennsylvania
8) Empitrax
The futuristic Empathitrax is a searing, darkly funny sci-fi story of a young couple who turn to a breakthrough in pharmacology to save their fractured relationship. When “Empathitrax” hits the market promising instant emotional intimacy by divining what others feel, one couple takes the leap to eliminate all boundaries between them. Like any new drug, there are unforeseen side effects which in this instance have catastrophic and poignant consequences.
Philadelphia Theatre Company (480 S. Broad St.)
2/10 - 3/5
B) Extension of the Run
9) Immortal Jellyfish Girl
Part coming-of-age story and part dystopian tragedy, The Immortal Jellyfish Girl soars through dimensions, unconfined by time, gravity, or biology. The year is 2555: large swaths of the earth’s surface are considered dead zones and global extinction has begun. Yet in this age of loneliness and destruction there is still hope…
59E59 Theatres (59 E. 59 St.)
Now closing 2/19
C) What's Happening This Week and More
10) Bergen County Equestrian Summer Camp
Boys & Girls 7 – 13
Children Will Learn Primary Horsemanship Skills & A Love For Horses
Weekly Sessions: June 27– August 26, 2022
(No Horse Experience Necessary)
Bergen County Equestrian Center at Overpeck Park
www.bergenequestrian.com
40 Fort Lee Road
Leonia, NJ 07605
201.336.3370
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Summer Camp at Bergen County Equestrian Center at Overpeck Park in Leonia, N.J., will begin Monday, June 26th until Friday, August 25th for boys and girls 7 – 13 years old. No horse-riding experience is needed. The weekly camp sessions are from 9am – 1pm, aftercare until 3pm is available. Parents are able to sign up campers one week at a time.
This experiential summer camp program will teach campers safety on and around Horses and Ponies, Barn Behavior; Basic Anatomy; Equine Senses & Body Language; Grooming, The Tack and Harness; primary horsemanship skills and of course many fun facts. Campers will enjoy the equine knowledge and horsemanship while enjoying nature outdoors.
Campers will have a one-hour optional riding lesson specially tailored to their ability and experience, learn about an equine vet and dentist. Activities for the campers also include fun filled afternoons outdoors playing games, painting horse shows, scavenger hunts, playing in the sprinklers on hot days and make horse centric arts and crafts. Special programs include horseless horse shows, pizza Fridays, games on horseback, face painting, costume contests and horse finger painting. Campers also get the opportunity to spend time in the BEC/Audubon Butterfly Garden with the Bergen County Audubon Society learning about the plants and animals that share the environment.
These are stressful times especially for children and their emotional well-being of is imperative more now than ever. By engaging children with nature and animals is not only a way to break up their day but it will enhance a sense of teamwork with the other participants, self-esteem, and camaraderie while helping develop a genuine appreciation and respect for horses.
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Award-winning Playwrights David Henry Hwang, Idris Goodwin, Lauren Gunderson, Zora Howard, Samuel D. Hunter, Antoinette Nwandu, Octavio Solis, and Lloyd Suh
Will Judge the 3rd Annual Teen Playwriting Festival
ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence
Nationally recognized playwrights Idris Goodwin, Lauren Gunderson, Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang, Drama Desk winner Samuel D. Hunter, Pulitzer Prize-finalist Zora Howard, Antoinette Nwandu, Octavio Solis, and Lloyd Suh will select the winning plays for ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence, a playwriting contest for teens.
Teens ages 13-19 are encouraged to submit ten-minute plays for consideration now through April 20, 2023 – the 24th anniversary of the Columbine shootings. The six playwrights of the chosen plays will have an opportunity to workshop their plays and be teamed up with a dramaturg mentor to guide them through the revision process. Following the summer workshops, the winning plays will be made available to communities to be produced nationwide in a series of simultaneous readings on November 6, 2023 – exactly one year from the next presidential election.
The teen playwrights will receive memberships and craft training from The Dramatists Guild and a $500 stipend sponsored by Change the Ref, a gun violence prevention organization co-founded by Manuel and Patricia Oliver in honor of their son Joaquin Oliver who was murdered in the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. In addition, Playscripts, an imprint of the Broadway Licensing Group, will publish the plays.
Gun violence has become the leading cause of death among children and teens, surpassing car accidents and cancer. So what does the generation impacted the most by this uniquely American scourge have to say about it? Now in its third cycle, ENOUGH! aims to reveal just that. Since 2019, teen writers from 35 states have submitted 333 plays confronting gun violence to ENOUGH!. More than 100 organizations have staged readings of the chosen plays, involving nearly 2,000 artists and reaching more than 10,000 people, sparking critical conversations about gun violence in communities nationwide. Last year’s reading culminated with a flagship performance by Roundabout Theatre Company’s Youth Ensemble at Lincoln Center featured on PBS NewsHour, NPR, and the BBC.
Students can submit their plays at enoughplays.com/writing. Educators, theaters, and organizations looking to bring ENOUGH! to their community should visit enoughplays.com for more information or contact producer Michael Cotey at mcotey@enoughplays.com. Previous winning ENOUGH! scripts are available for purchase and licensing through Playscripts. Visit playscripts.com to learn more.
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ANNOUNCES ITS LAUNCH
Dedicated to nurturing and producing new theatrical works, Good Apples Collective is co-led by director Nina Goodheart (Walking with Ghosts (Broadway), Jagged Little Pill (Broadway)) and playwright Sophie McIntosh (macbitches (NYT Critic’s Pick)).
Founded in response to the scarcity of opportunities for emerging theatermakers of marginalized genders to collaborate professionally, Good Apples Collective will empower artists to create work with trusted creative peers and revolt against oppressive hierarchies that undercut and isolate new voices.
Over the past few years, the theater community at large has finally begun to acknowledge that many longtime industry practices — from demanding weeks of unpaid labor to siloing artists of marginalized identities into “diversity slots” — are inequitable, insufficient, and unjust. Good Apples Collective is invested in moving the needle when it comes to such practices, which are too often ruinously unsustainable for working artists. As co-leaders of the Collective, Goodheart and McIntosh will strive to ensure equitable compensation and healthy workloads for all collaborators.
Furthermore, as part of its work to break down barriers to entry for emerging theatermakers, Good Apples Collective aims to build a repository of information and resources that will serve to demystify the indie theater landscape in New York City.
Good Apples Collective will launch their inaugural season in May 2023 with a world premiere of a soon-to-be-announced play written by McIntosh and directed by Goodheart. This fall, Good Apples Collective will present a reading of a new play to be determined, with more information coming soon.
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13) Kelsey Theater at MCCC
Upcoming Event:
The Maggie Walker Story
Saturday February 11, 2023 1:00 PM & 4:00 PM
This compelling drama is a tribute to the great American woman from Richmond, Virginia who helped establish and organize the first civil rights strike by black students and became the nation’s first woman bank president.
Starting her work at the order of St. Luke, a national savings group formed to pay the burial expenses of poor blacks, Maggie Walker became a powerful force in civil rights.
Through this production, you and your family will form a deeper understanding of Maggie Walker and the times in which she lived.
Recommended for ages 8 and up.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit kelsey.mccc.edu.
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14) KIMBERLY AKIMBO
To Celebrate Its Original Broadway Cast Recording
With Listening Party at WOLLMAN RINK
On Friday, February 10
For one night only, Wollman Rink becomes KIMBERLY AKIMBO’s Skater Planet! In advance of the Original Broadway Cast Recording release on February 14, KIMBERLY AKIMBO will celebrate the album with an exclusive first listen at Wollman Rink on Friday, February 10 from 5pm to 7pm. Tickets to the listening party are available for purchase here.
GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS has announced that Kimberly Akimbo: Original Broadway Cast Recording will be released in digital and streaming formats on Tuesday, February 14. The album is now available for pre-order. To pre-save the album, please visit https://ghostlightrecords.lnk.to/KimberlyAkimbo.
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15) MONET’S GARDEN
THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
TO OFFER ONSITE PAINTING SESSIONS
BEGINNING FEBRUARY 7
and
Monet's Garden Valentine's Day Offerings
Monet’s Garden The Immersive Experience will offer unique painting experiences for patrons inside the immersive gallery at 30 Wall Street. Upcoming painting sessions are scheduled for February 7 and February 22, 2023, in collaboration with Unarthodox and Tipsy Painters.
Art enthusiasts will have their moment to surround themselves with moving Monet visuals and curated music to create their own impressionist masterpieces. This is not a class, but an immersive, exploratory painting experience where you will get to reconnect, express and be present.
No painting experience is required, just your willingness to explore your inner creativity. Learn with other Monet lovers, and be guided by an experienced painter who will teach the basics of color mixing and paint.
TICKET INFORMATION
Painting sessions begin at 6:45 p.m. and ticket purchase includes access to the entire immersive exhibition.
February 7 – UNARTHODOX Immersive Painting Experience inside Monet’s Garden The Immersive Experience:
www.unarthodox.as.me/monet-garden
Paint Monet’s “Waterlilies”
February 22 - TIPSY PAINTERS Stelnik Art Soiree inside Monet’s Garden The Immersive Experience:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/monets-immersive-experience-paintn-sip-inside-monets-garden-tickets-515367336577
Paint Monet’s “San Maggiore by Twilight”
Additionally, Monet's Garden will offer exclusive Valentine’s Day packages for guests on February 14. The immersive installation creates an atmosphere of whimsical fantasy to inspire budding romance and love.
The Valentine’s Day package for two includes:
-Monet’s Garden Immersive Experience
-A Monet scented candle (value $35)
-A fresh flower
-Dark chocolate treats for two
-A surprise Monet keepsake
Price for Two: $100 +tax and fees; $120 +tax and fees for Flex Anytime Entry
For tickets, please visit here.
16) NJPAC
Upcoming Shows & Events
VALENTINE’S DAY ALL-STAR COMEDY SHOW
BILL BELLAMY, ADELE GIVENS, EDDIE GRIFFIN + SMOKEY SUAREZ
Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 7PM & 9:30PM
NJPAC
Prudential Hall
Betty Wold Johnson Stage
One Center Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
www.njpac.org
PODCAST SENSATION BUSY PHILIPPS
TAKES HER LIVE SHOW TO NJPAC
Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 8PM
NJPAC
Victoria Theater
Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch Stage
One Center Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
www.njpac.org |
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17) Samantha Shay’s Mother Melancholia
with Barbara Kaufmann, Chalia La Tour, and Breanna O’Mara,
and inspired by music from Sóley
co-commissioned by Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch
Dance on Camera
Dance Films Association & Film at Lincoln Center
February 11, 2023
On February 11, 2023 at 3:45pm, Samantha Shay’s short film Mother Melancholia will screen as part of the 51st edition of the Dance on Camera Festival at Film at Lincoln Center’s Francesca Beale Theater, 144 West 65th St., NYC. The festival will feature 30 new films over four days from February 10-13, 2023, with programming focusing on global diversity and reflecting on the human experience and power for community. Tickets go on sale Thursday, January 19 at 12pm ET and are $12 for Film at Lincoln Center Members, $14 for Students, Senior (62+), and Persons with Disabilities, and $17 for the General Public. Save with the discounted All-Access Pass for $79 and the discounted Student All-Access Pass for $39. For additional information regarding the festival, please visit Film at Lincoln Center at filmlinc.org and Dance Films Association at dancefilms.org, and follow us on social media @filmlinc and @dancefilms.
Mother Melancholia is a multi-layered portrait of four women and a eulogy for the planet set to, and inspired by, Icelandic instrumentalist Sóley's album of the same title. A self-proclaimed soundtrack for the end of the world as we know it, the dance film approaches patriarchal politics and ecofeminism through an unguarded, unsettlingly beautiful meditation on the difficulty, and immediacy, of being fully present in the world. Filmed in the surreal and eroding Icelandic landscape, Mother Melancholia is a quiet, yet urgent, conduit between the internal world of the human experience and the planet we inhabit.
Mother Melancholia was created by Samantha Shay in collaboration with the other performers: longtime Pina Bausch collaborator and dancer Barbara Kaufmann, Slave Play’s Tony Award-nominated Chalia La Tour, and Breanna O’Mara, former Tantzheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch dancer currently working with Dmitris Papaiouannou.
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18) South Street Seaport Museum
Announces
Valentine Like a Sailor
February 11 & 12, 2023
South Street Seaport Museum announces Valentine Like a Sailor on February 11 & 12, 2023, from 1-5pm, at 12 Fulton Street, NYC. Bring 19th-century maritime craft tradition to your handmade Valentine’s Day cards. Attendees will create their own special trinket for the holiday and learn about the unique history of Sailors’ Valentines—tokens of love and friendship. For more information and to register for this free, all-ages event, visit seaportmuseum.org/valentine-like-sailor.
Historically, these small wooden boxes were given by seafarers to their wives, sweethearts, daughters, and loved ones when they returned from a long voyage. The small boxes open to reveal sentimental messages surrounded with intricate mosaics of shells and found objects arranged in exquisite geometric patterns and motifs such as hearts, anchors, and flowers.
Using beads, buttons, and shells, families and friends of all ages are invited to the Seaport Museum’s introductory galleries where we’ll continue the creative tradition together.
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19) State Theatre New Jersey
Upcoming Shows & Events
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ
Boyz II Men
February 10, 2023 8:00 PM
Deep Purple
Saturday February, 2023 8:00 PM
For more information or to purchase tickets for these or other upcoming events at State Theatre New Jersey www.stnj.org/events.
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20) CALL ME FROM THE GRAVE
WITH A BOOK BY HAROLD HODGE JR.
AND MUSIC & LYRICS BY CHARLIE ROMANO
WILL RUN MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6th AT 7:00PM
AND WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8th AT 1:00 PM & 7:00PM
IN THE JERRY ORBACH THEATRE AT THE THEATER CENTER
The Theater Center, home to some of Off-Broadway’s longest running shows (including Perfect Crime, The Office! A Musical Parody and Friends! The Musical Parody), today announced that it will host three workshop performances of Call Me From The Grave, the third production featured in the inaugural year of its new incubator series. Written and directed by Harold Hodge Jr., and composed by Charlie Romano, the new dramatic musical about a poor sharecropper who longs to be a famed musician will run in the Jerry Orbach Theater at The Theater Center (3rd floor) – on Monday, February 6th at 7:00PM and Wednesday, February 8th at 1:00PM and 7:00PM. www.callmefromthegrave.com
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21) Theater Resources Unlimited
Announces
TRU Voices New Plays Virtual Reading Series
presented with The StoryLine Project & CreateTheater
Sundays, February 12 & 19, 2023 at 3:00pm EST
Tickets on Sale Monday, January 2, 2023
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces the 23rd annual series of new plays, now virtual, by TRU writers produced by TRU producers, as part of TRU Voices New Plays Virtual Reading Series on Sundays, February 12 & 19, 2023 at 3pm. The series executive producers are TRU executive director Bob Ost; TRU literary manager and founder of CreateTheater, Cate Cammarata; and technical producer Iben Cenholt. Each play will be followed by TRU’s renowned "Dollars and Sense" talkback focusing on the future development of the play read, and featuring professional producers, artistic directors and general managers. Tickets are on sale beginning Monday, January 2, 2023 at https://www.onthestage.tickets/theater-resources-unlimited
Sunday, February 12th, 2023, 3pm ET
Max Needle presents
The Queen of Sad Mischance
by John Minigan
directed by Sharifa Williams
How far would you go to change your narrative? When her promising job with white feminist scholar Beverly becomes a trap she must escape, ambitious bi-racial college senior Kym is forced to choose between betraying her boss and betraying herself.
Sunday, February 12th, 2023, 3pm ET
Max Needle presents
The Queen of Sad Mischance
by John Minigan
directed by Sharifa Williams
How far would you go to change your narrative? When her promising job with white feminist scholar Beverly becomes a trap she must escape, ambitious bi-racial college senior Kym is forced to choose between betraying her boss and betraying herself.
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22) TWO RIVER THEATER ANNOUNCES UPCOMING EVENTS IN CONJUNCTION
WITH PRODUCTION OF LIVING & BREATHING
There’s something for everyone this February at Two River Theater! In association with the current production of Living & Breathing by Mando Alvarado, directed by Rebecca Martínez, Two River is offering a wide variety of FREE educational and cultural events to the community, including pre and post show discussions, community celebrations, a party for patrons 35 and under and more.
Events and details include:
“IN THE KNOW” PRE-SHOW DISCUSSION WITH JUSTIN WALDMAN
FEBRUARY 1/2023 @ 5:30PM
Join Artistic Director Justin Waldman as he interviews and facilitates a talkback with Director Rebecca Martínez and Playwright Mando Alvarado. The evening includes coffee, cookies and insider conversation.
BLACK AFFINITY THEATER EVENT
FEBRUARY 10/2023 @ 6:30PM
This celebration of community and connection includes a free pre-show reception with drinks and snacks, and a 25% discount on tickets. Use code LIVING25 at tworivertheater.org or 732-345-1400.
THE ART OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
FEBRUARY 12/2023 @1:30PM
A pre-show workshop and discussion on initiating conversations about race and social justice while using art as the lens. Geared toward educators, but open to the public. Use discount code TAOSJ for $25 tickets to the 3PM performance of Living & Breathing.
POST-PLAY DISCUSSIONS WITH NOELLE DIANE JOHNSON OF ARTISTS HEAL
FEBRUARY 12/2023 @3PM
FEBRUARY 15/2023 @1PM
FEBRUARY 17/2023 @ 8PM
Following select performances, Noelle Diane Johnson of ARTISTS HEAL, EDI facilitator for Living & Breathing, will facilitate a thought-provoking discussion about issues of race and equity. Light refreshments included.
TIDETIX NIGHT
FEBRUARY 15/2023 @ 5:30PM
TIDETIX is Two River Theater’s $25 ticket program for theater patrons age 35 and under! Use code 35PARTY at checkout for discounted tickets and access to this exclusive party, sponsored by JBJ Soul Kitchen, restaurant partner for Living & Breathing.
LATINE AFFINITY THEATER NIGHT
FEBRUARY 17/2023 @ 6:30pm
This celebration of community and connection includes a free pre-show reception with drinks and snacks, a 25% discount on tickets, and the post-play discussion. Use code LIVING25 at tworivertheater.org or 732-345-1400.
BEFORE PLAY
Available to view on our website, in our lobby prior to performances and via patrons’ pre-show email, BEFORE PLAY is a short video which details the origin story of Living & Breathing, providing behind-the-scenes background information from both the playwright and the director. Narrated by cast member Carlos Ibarra.
TICKET INFORMATION
Visit https://tworivertheater.org/whats-on/living-and-breathing/#upcoming-events for information on all events and to reserve tickets.
And that's the scoop. Tune in tomorrow for More Theater Monday.
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