DOCSLIB.ORG

Turn Me Loose Photo By: Monique Carboni a PLAY ABOUT COMIC GENIUS DICK GREGORY CAST of CHARACTERS JOE MORTON

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Turn Me Loose Photo By: Monique Carboni a PLAY ABOUT COMIC GENIUS DICK GREGORY CAST of CHARACTERS JOE MORTON About the Artists Paul Crewes Rachel Fine Artistic Director Managing Director AND John Legend, Get Lifted Film Company, Mike Jackson, Jackie Judd, The Private Theatre, Eric Falkenstein, SimonSays Entertainment, Beth Hubbard, Jamie Cesa, David Guç present JOE MORTON IN Turn Me Loose Photo by: Monique Carboni A PLAY ABOUT COMIC GENIUS DICK GREGORY CAST OF CHARACTERS JOE MORTON.........................................................................................................................................................DICK GREGORY WRITTEN BY JOHN CARLIN..........................................................................COMEDIAN, HECKLER, TAXI DRIVER, INTERVIEWER, OTHERS Gretchen Law MUSIC CREDIT: FEATURING “MARCHING IN THE DARK” Performed by John Legend John Carlin Written by John Stephens, Blake Mills, & Tobias Jesso Jr. Produced by Blake Mills SCENIC DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN SOUND DESIGN Engineered by Shawn Everett Chris Barreca Susan Hilferty Stephen Strawbridge Leon Rothenberg JOE MORTON (Dick Gregory) JOHN CARLIN (Comedian/ GRETCHEN LAW (Playwright) is the author of The Adventures Of A Black Girl NY GENERAL MANAGER CASTING DRAMATURG is an Emmy® Award and Heckler/Taxi Driver/Interviewer/ five full-length plays. multiple NAACP Image Award- Others). Off-Broadway: Turn Me In Search Of Her God was adapted from a Bernard Cheryl Dennis Jack Doulin + Sharky Morgan Jenness winning film, television and Loose (Westside Theatre), Uncle Shaw story of the same title and has been approved stage veteran. Most recently, Vanya (Pearl Theatre Co.), for production by The Society of Authors. Al Sharpton PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Morton received the Lucille America Is Hard To See (Here for President was a semi-finalist in the Eugene O’Neill Lortel Award and the Off- Arts, Jan 2018); Regional: National Playwright’s Conference, 2006. Turn Me Erin Cass Broadway Alliance Award for outstanding lead actor Oklahoma! (Bard Summerscape), Dead Accounts, Loose was workshopped by the Atlantic Theater in play, for his portrayal of Dick Gregory in New York. Time Stands Still (Hampton Theatre Co.); Film: See Company in November 2013, at New York Stage and DIRECTED BY Morton made his Broadway debut in Tony award- You Around (funnyordie.com); TV: “A Crime To Film in the summer of 2014, at New York Theatre winning Hair and garnered a Tony nomination for his Remember” (Investigation Discovery). A former Workshop in September of 2014, and ran Off- John Gould Rubin performance in Raisin. He also performed in Art on RCA recording artist and independent solo artist Broadway at the Westside Theatre in the summer of Broadway (and in London’s West End) with Judd (“one of NYC’s better-kept secrets” - Time Out NY), 2017. Additionally, her plays, including History Hirsch and George Wendt, as well as David Hare’s John is also a member of Reverend Billy & The Lessons and Loving Charley Pride, have been read at Stuff Happens at the National Theatre in London as Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, an activist The National Black Theater Festival, The Players, The OCTOBER 9 - NOVEMBER 12, 2017 ‘Colin Powell’. Morton is widely known in film for performance collective that has toured the US and National Arts Club, the Harlem Theater Company, the The Brother Lovelace Studio Theater playing the title character in the sci-fi film Europe, most recently with Joan Baez and Neil LAByrinth Theater Company and The Dramatist Guild, From Another Planet, the ill-fated scientist ‘Miles Young, and travelled to Ferguson, MO, Standing of which she is a member. She is a longtime member Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Running time: 90 minutes with no intermission. Dyson’ in and ‘Captain Rock, ND, and the headquarters of the EPA and of the Frank Silvera Writers Workshop. McMahon’ in Speed. The Broadway trained, FERC in Washington, DC. decorated actor has over 40 years of experience in theater, television and film, and is best known for his WARNING: This production contains strong language and the use of theatrical haze. dynamic Emmy-winning role as 'Rowan/Eli Pope' in Turn Me Loose premiered at The Westside Theatre on May 19, 2016. the groundbreaking series “Scandal” on ABC. This production is made possible in part by generous support from The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P13 About the Artists About the Artists JOHN GOULD RUBIN (Director) Artistic Director Nelson, Pepe, Rothman, Sher, Sullivan, Taichman, Manager for Pilobolus Dance Theater’s international of new projects, as well as worked as a dramaturg, THE PRIVATE THEATRE (Producer) founded in to be one of the producing partners for this of The Private Theater, noted for radical site-specific Woodruff, Doug Wright and the late Garland Wright. tour of Shadowland and PSM for the International workshop director, and/or artistic consultant at 1979, is dedicated to raw, intimate, radical and extraordinary production. The production fits productions, and former co-Artistic/Executive Director Forty productions with South African playwright WOW Company’s tour of Solutions:Grassroots. Erin theaters and new play programs across the country. confrontational work. History: Heiner Müller’s US squarely in our wheelhouse of content that celebrates of LAByrinth Theater Company with John Ortiz and Athol Fugard (set/costume designer and co-director). has stage managed extensively throughout the US She is currently on the adjunct faculty at Fordham premiere Philoctetes (1983,) The Maids (site-specific under-represented communities through stories of Philip Seymour Hoffman, for which he directed 7 plays Hilferty designs for opera, film, dance, circus and Europe. She has also worked in film and University. In 1998, Jenness joined Helen Merrill Ltd. 4th fl walkup, NYC for 12 aud/perf,1985,) An Unseen the highest artistic integrity. including premieres by John Patrick Shanley and Erin (Ringling Brothers) and concerts (Taylor Swift). She television production in NY and LA. She holds her BA as Creative Director and subsequently held a position Energy Swallows Space (1985,) Our Father by Simonsaysentertainment.com Cressida Wilson. His production in August of American chairs Graduate Design NYU/Tisch. in Theater from Louisiana State University (1998) and in the Literary Department at Abrams Artists Agency. Michael Stephens (NY, London, Edinburgh, 1982- Buffalo with Treat Williams and Stephen Adly Guirgis Susanhilferty.com her MFA in Producing and Stage Management from In 2003, Jenness was presented with an Obie Award 6), The Last American in Paris (devised, 1987 Ann BETH HUBBARD (Producer) TV/Film Producer sold out at The Dorset Theater Festival, where he CalArts (2002). Special Citation for Longtime Support of Playwrights Arbor, MI and NY,) Jesus Hopped The ‘A’ Train (2000, Beth Hubbard’s career began at The Mount Company directed Outside Mullingar with equal success two STEPHEN STRAWBRIDGE (Lighting Design) and is a current recipient of the Duke Impact Award. original LAByrinth production, Edinburgh), The in production on Bull Durham and Tequila Sunrise. seasons ago. He’s directed throughout NYC and has designed over 200 productions on and off CHERYL DENNIS (New York General Manager) Fartiste (2006, NYFringe, “Outstanding She supervised Sean Penn’s directorial debut, Indian Europe at Rattlestick, Ma-Yi, Soho Theatre in London Broadway and at most major regional theater and has worked as a general, company and theatre JOHN LEGEND (Producer) Ohio-born John Musical,”) Hedda Gabler (2010, site-specific Runner starring Vigo Mortensen and Patricia and The Public among others, notably Peer Gynt at The opera companies across the US. Internationally his manager for the past 15 years on over 30 Legend is a critically acclaimed, multi-award winning, townhouse, NYC) Strindberg’s Playing With Arquette. As an independent producer she International Ibsen Festival in Oslo, Norway, Playing work has been seen in Bergen, Copenhagen, The distinguished and award winning productions. As platinum-selling singer-songwriter. His work has Fire (deconstructed/multi-media, 1012, The produced RITUAL starring Clarence Williams and With Fire (a deconstruction of Strindberg’s one-act Hague, Hong Kong, Linz, Lisbon, Munich, Naples, Sao General Manager - White Rabbit Red Rabbit, A garnered him ten Grammy® Awards, an Academy BoxNYC,) Turning Page (Angelica Page, about her Denise Nicholas (Ventura Films), Woo starring Jada about wife swapping, voyeurism and exhibitionism at Paulo, Stratford-upon-Avon (RSC), Stockholm, Vienna Queen for a Day, Consent, Reading Under The Award, a Golden Globe Award and the special mother, Geraldine,) Cherry Lane Theater, Pinkett (New Line Cinema) and Runteldat starring The Box, the notorious sex cabaret,) Queen For A Day and Wroclaw. Recent: American Buffalo, with Treat Influence, Treasure Island, In The Daylight, Stain. As Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame, 2012. Present plans: Rocco, Chelsea, Adriana, Sean, Martin Lawrence (MTV/Paramount). Hubbard with David Proval and Vincent Pastore at St. Clements Williams; Hamlet and Richard II, with Robert Sean Company Manager - Broadway: Barefoot In The among others. Legend is a principal at Get Lifted Film Claudia, Gianna, Alex (devised, about the political produced a series of reality specials entitled "Almost and The Cherry Orchard with Ellen Burstyn at The Leonard, at The Old Globe; Happy Days, with Dianne Park, Steel Magnolias, Frozen, Golda’s Balcony, Co., an entertainment production company based in polarization of America,) a radical re-conception Famous"
Load more

Recommended publications
  • David Hare's Stuff Happens a Dramatic Journey of American War
    International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences Submitted: 2015-12-31 ISSN: 2300-2697, Vol. 67, pp 57-69 Accepted: 2016-02-16 doi:10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.67.57 Online: 2016-03-04 CC BY 4.0. Published by SciPress Ltd, Switzerland, 2016 David Hare’s Stuff Happens A Dramatic Journey of American War on Iraq Elaff Ganim Salih1, Hardev Kaur2, Mohamad Fleih Hassan3 Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1*[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Keywords: Verbatim theatre; Stuff Happens; Orientalism; David Hare. ABSTRACT The war launched by America and its allies against the country of Iraq on 2003 was a debatable and notorious war for the public opinion was shocked with the realization that the reasons for launching the war under the title ‘Iraq’s Mass Destruction Weapons’ were false. The tragic consequences of this war led many writers around the world to question the policy of the United States and its manipulation of facts to justify their narratives. The present study examines the American policy of invading Iraq in David Hare’s Stuff Happens. It investigates Hare’s technique of combining documentary realism with imaginative reconstruction of the arguments to dramatize the American Invasion of Iraq. Stuff Happens is a historical and political play written as a verbatim theatre. It depicts the backroom deals and political maneuvers of the Bush administration in justifying their campaign against the ‘Axis of Evil’ culminated by the war against Iraq. The verbatim theatre is the best way of showing the gap between ‘what is said and what is seen to be done’.
    [Show full text]
  • February 26, 2021 Amazon Warehouse Workers In
    February 26, 2021 Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama are voting to form a union with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). We are the writers of feature films and television series. All of our work is done under union contracts whether it appears on Amazon Prime, a different streaming service, or a television network. Unions protect workers with essential rights and benefits. Most importantly, a union gives employees a seat at the table to negotiate fair pay, scheduling and more workplace policies. Deadline Amazon accepts unions for entertainment workers, and we believe warehouse workers deserve the same respect in the workplace. We strongly urge all Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer to VOTE UNION YES. In solidarity and support, Megan Abbott (DARE ME) Chris Abbott (LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE; CAGNEY AND LACEY; MAGNUM, PI; HIGH SIERRA SEARCH AND RESCUE; DR. QUINN, MEDICINE WOMAN; LEGACY; DIAGNOSIS, MURDER; BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) Melanie Abdoun (BLACK MOVIE AWARDS; BET ABFF HONORS) John Aboud (HOME ECONOMICS; CLOSE ENOUGH; A FUTILE AND STUPID GESTURE; CHILDRENS HOSPITAL; PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR; LEVERAGE) Jay Abramowitz (FULL HOUSE; GROWING PAINS; THE HOGAN FAMILY; THE PARKERS) David Abramowitz (HIGHLANDER; MACGYVER; CAGNEY AND LACEY; BUCK JAMES; JAKE AND THE FAT MAN; SPENSER FOR HIRE) Gayle Abrams (FRASIER; GILMORE GIRLS) 1 of 72 Jessica Abrams (WATCH OVER ME; PROFILER; KNOCKING ON DOORS) Kristen Acimovic (THE OPPOSITION WITH JORDAN KLEPPER) Nick Adams (NEW GIRL; BOJACK HORSEMAN;
    [Show full text]
  • Fences Study Guide
    Pacific Conservatory Theatre Student Matinee Program Presents August Wilson’s Fences Generously sponsored by Franca Bongi-Lockard Nancy K. Johnson A Study Guide for Educators Welcome to the Pacific Conservatory Theatre A NOTE TO THE TEACHER Thank you for bringing your students to PCPA at Allan Hancock College. Here are some helpful hints for your visit to the Marian Theatre. The top priority of our staff is to provide an enjoyable day of live theatre for you and your students. We offer you this study guide as a tool to prepare your students prior to the performance. SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDENT ETIQUETTE Note-able behavior is a vital part of theater for youth. Going to the theater is not a casual event. It is a special occasion. If students are prepared properly, it will be a memorable, educational experience they will remember for years. 1. Have students enter the theater in a single file. Chaperones should be one adult for every ten students. Our ushers will assist you with locating your seats. Please wait until the usher has seated your party before any rearranging of seats to avoid injury and confusion. While seated, teachers should space themselves so they are visible, between every groups of ten students. Teachers and adults must remain with their group during the entire performance. 2. Once seated in the theater, students may go to the bathroom in small groups and with the teacher's permission. Please chaperone younger students. Once the show is over, please remain seated until the House Manager dismisses your school. 3. Please remind your students that we do not permit: - food, gum, drinks, smoking, hats, backpacks or large purses - disruptive talking.
    [Show full text]
  • Education Pack
    EDUCATION PACK CONTENTS Background …………………………………….. 2 Summary ………………………………………… 3 Characters ………………………………………. 5 Themes …………………………………………… 6 Poetry ……………………………………………… 7 History …………………………………………….. 11 Dramatic Techniques ……………………….. 13 Language …………………………………………. 14 English questions ……………………………… 16 In the rehearsal room ……………………….. 19 Contact details …………………………………. 21 Tour Dates ……………………………………….. 22 1 BACKGROUND This play had its premiere in the Lyttelton Theatre on 18 May 2004. ALAN BENNETT Born on the 9th May 1934 in Leeds, Yorkshire, Bennett attended Leeds Modern school. In 1957 he graduated from Exeter College, Oxford with a first class degree in medieval history. He was a junior lecturer at Magdalen College, Oxford from 1960-62. His career has included acting, writing and directing across the stage, television, film and the radio, with a focus of exploring the lives of ordinary people. In his introduction to The History Boys, Bennett talks of how his own experiences influenced his writing the play. The school the boys attended was very much like his own school, although he was not to learn Irwin’s methods until his final exams at University. But it was the characters with which he began. In an interview for the National Theatre in 2005, he states that whilst the two characters of Irwin and Hector probably do say something about the contrasting methods of the education system, he simply wanted to put these two characters together a see what happened. When asked what he wanted audiences to take away with them in the same interview, Bennett answered: “I’d like the audience to come away wanting to spend more time in the company of the characters in the play. I’d like them to come away having understood and forgiven Hector and even Irwin.
    [Show full text]
  • Undergraduate Play Reading List
    UND E R G R A DU A T E PL A Y R E A DIN G L ISTS ± MSU D EPT. O F T H E A T R E (Approved 2/2010) List I ± plays with which theatre major M E DI E V A L students should be familiar when they Everyman enter MSU Second 6KHSKHUGV¶ Play Hansberry, Lorraine A Raisin in the Sun R E N A ISSA N C E Ibsen, Henrik Calderón, Pedro $'ROO¶V+RXVH Life is a Dream Miller, Arthur de Vega, Lope Death of a Salesman Fuenteovejuna Shakespeare Goldoni, Carlo Macbeth The Servant of Two Masters Romeo & Juliet Marlowe, Christopher A Midsummer Night's Dream Dr. Faustus (1604) Hamlet Shakespeare Sophocles Julius Caesar Oedipus Rex The Merchant of Venice Wilder, Thorton Othello Our Town Williams, Tennessee R EST O R A T I O N & N E O-C L ASSI C A L The Glass Menagerie T H E A T R E Behn, Aphra The Rover List II ± Plays with which Theatre Major Congreve, Richard Students should be Familiar by The Way of the World G raduation Goldsmith, Oliver She Stoops to Conquer Moliere C L ASSI C A L T H E A T R E Tartuffe Aeschylus The Misanthrope Agamemnon Sheridan, Richard Aristophanes The Rivals Lysistrata Euripides NIN E T E E N T H C E N T UR Y Medea Ibsen, Henrik Seneca Hedda Gabler Thyestes Jarry, Alfred Sophocles Ubu Roi Antigone Strindberg, August Miss Julie NIN E T E E N T H C E N T UR Y (C O N T.) Sartre, Jean Shaw, George Bernard No Exit Pygmalion Major Barbara 20T H C E N T UR Y ± M ID C E N T UR Y 0UV:DUUHQ¶V3rofession Albee, Edward Stone, John Augustus The Zoo Story Metamora :KR¶V$IUDLGRI9LUJLQLD:RROI" Beckett, Samuel E A R L Y 20T H C E N T UR Y Waiting for Godot Glaspell, Susan Endgame The Verge Genet Jean The Verge Treadwell, Sophie The Maids Machinal Ionesco, Eugene Chekhov, Anton The Bald Soprano The Cherry Orchard Miller, Arthur Coward, Noel The Crucible Blithe Spirit All My Sons Feydeau, Georges Williams, Tennessee A Flea in her Ear A Streetcar Named Desire Synge, J.M.
    [Show full text]
  • Member Association AFTRA / AEA / SAG Hassan El-Amin Height
    Member Association A.F.T.R.A. / A.E.A. / SAG Hassan El-Amin Height: 6’ Weight: 212lb Theatres Roles Directors Resident Ensemble Players August: Osage County Bill Fordham Jackson Gay Murder on the Orient Express Samuel Ratchett Sanford Robbins The Crucible Thomas Putnam Ben Barnes Lettice and Lovage Mr. Bardolph Steve Tague Woman in Mind Andy Jackson Gay Minor Fantastical Kingdom Bernard Mark Lamos Inherit the Wind Rev. Brown Sanford Robbins Fences Troy Maxson Cameron Knight The MountainTop Martin Luther King Jr. Walter Dallas From the Author Of Dax Jade King Carroll A Flea in her Ear Dr. Finache Mark Lamos Twelfth Night Antonio Maria Aitken God of Carnage Michael Novak Kate Buckley Clybourne Park Albert/Kevin Lee E. Ernst The Bells Jim Theresa Rebeck The Elephant Man Dr. Carr Gomm Sanford Robbins Dallas Theatre Center Christmas Carol Jacob Marley Joe Ferrell In the Beginning God / Ensemble Kevin Moriarty It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman! Perry White Kevin Moriarty Death of a Salesman Uncle Ben Amanda Dehnert Henry IV Northumberland Kevin Moriarty God of Carnage Michael Joe Ferrell King Lear Earl of Kent Kevin Moriarty The Odd Couple Roy Kevin Moriarty Fly (2013) Pirate Jeffery Seller A Raisin in the Sun Bobo Tre Garrett Clybourne Park Albert/Kevin Joel Ferrell Sherlock Holmes King of Bohemia Kevin Moriarty Les Misérables Priest Liesl Tommy Driving Miss Daisy Hoke Colburn Joel Ferrell The Kennedy Center August Wilson 20TH Century Fences Gabriel Kenny Leon Two Trains Running Hambone Isreal Hicks Jitney Booster Gordon Davidson The
    [Show full text]
  • Reslegal V02 1..2
    *LRB09412631CSA47458r* HR0540 LRB094 12631 CSA 47458 r 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, Arnold "Arnie" Morton of Chicago passed away on 3 May 28, 2005; and 4 WHEREAS, Mr. Morton is best known for the Chicago 5 restaurant "Arnie's", the club "Zorine's", and "Morton's" 6 steakhouses; he also helped start the first Playboy Club and 7 the Taste of Chicago food festival; and 8 WHEREAS, He was born in Chicago in 1922 and grew up in Hyde 9 Park, where his father owned two restaurants in which he bused 10 tables and worked in the kitchen from the age of 15; he 11 graduated from Hyde Park High School and enlisted in the Army 12 during World War II; he saw eight months of action with the 13 infantry, arriving in Normandy, France, just after D-Day; after 14 the war, he attended the University of Alabama, where he played 15 football for two years; and 16 WHEREAS, Mr. Morton's first restaurant, the Walton Walk, 17 between Rush Street and Michigan Avenue, opened in the 1950s 18 and paved the way for a partnership with Hugh Hefner and Victor 19 Lownes, and for the Playboy Club they opened in 1960; Mr. 20 Morton left Playboy in the early 1970s and ran several 21 nightspots, then opened Morton's steakhouse in the Gold Coast 22 neighborhood of Chicago in 1978; he sold his steakhouses in 23 1987; there are now 65 locations in the United States, Hong 24 Kong, Singapore, and Canada; and 25 WHEREAS, He married his wife, Zorine, in 1961; they had 26 four daughters and three sons; and 27 WHEREAS, Even though he had a busy life, his wife and 28 children came first;
    [Show full text]
  • The Tenth Book of Ovid's Metamorphoses As Orpheus
    THE TENTH BOOK OF Ovid’s METAMORPHOSES AS Orpheus’ EPYLLION* Ulrich Eigler By picking up the topic of the Orpheus story in his tenth Book, Ovid seeks the competition with Virgil, who treated the Orpheus myth (Verg. Georg. 4.453–527) within the Aristaeus narrative in the fourth Book of the Geor­ gics (315–588). In both cases the story constitutes an insertion of its own quality within the greater narrative frame, which in the former case rep- resents Virgil’s didactic poem on agriculture and in the latter case the collective poems on transformations.1 In Virgil’s version, the Orpheus story is part of the frame of the Aristaeus narrative as a second narrative string, whereas in Ovid’s version the Orpheus story constitutes a complex on its own, which again has a number of insertions. Therefore, one was speaking of an Aristaeus and congruously of an Orpheus epyllion.2 This term was chosen because, contrary to the greater poem, the connexion was not given and for the Aristaeus and for the Orpheus episode applies what Koster termed as stimulus for the postulation of the epyllion as a Kleingattung: “Das auffallendste . ist die sogenannte Einlage und dass sie in einem so deutlichen Missverhältnis zur Haupterzählung steht, dass sie gewissermassen zur Hauptsache wird.”3 Analogical observations can be made regarding the Orpheus narrative. Into the frame narrative, which is dedicated to Orpheus (Met. 10.1–85; 11.37–66), the staging of an overlong song by Orpheus is inserted; it appears like a foreign body. It seems that Ovid, inspired by Virgil, tried to * I am very thankful to Dominique Stehli for his help with the translation of this article.
    [Show full text]
  • Performance Measurement Report
    THEATER SUBDISTRICT COUNCIL, LDC Performance Measurement Report I. How efficiently or effectively has TSC been in making grants which serve to enhance the long- term viability of Broadway through the production of plays and small musicals? The TSC awards grants, among other purposes, to facilitate the production of plays and musicals. The current round, awarding over $2.16 million in grants for programs, which have or are expected to result in the production of plays or musicals, have been awarded to the following organizations: • Classical Theatre of Harlem $100,000 (2009) Evaluation: A TSC grant enabled the Classical Theatre of Harlem to produce Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe at the Harold Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row in Summer 2009. This critically acclaimed reworking of Moliere’s Tartuffe directed by Alfred Preisser and featuring Andre DeShields was an audience success. The play was part of the theater’s Project Classics initiative, designed to bring theater to an underserved and under-represented segment of the community. Marketing efforts successfully targeted audiences from north of 116th Street through deep discounts and other ticket offers. • Fractured Atlas $200,000 (2010) Evaluation: Fractured Atlas used TSC support for a three-part program to improve the efficiency of rehearsal and performance space options, gather useful workspace data, and increase the availability of affordable workspace for performing arts groups in the five boroughs. Software designers created a space reservation calendar and rental engine; software for an enhanced data-reporting template was written, and strategies to increase the use of nontraditional spaces for rehearsal and performance were developed. • Lark Play Development Center $160,000 (2010) Evaluation: Lark selected four New York playwrights from diverse backgrounds to participate in a new fellowship program: Joshua Allen, Thomas Bradshaw, Bekah Brunstetter, and Andrea Thome.
    [Show full text]
  • A Raisin in the Sun 2
    s A TEACHER’S GUIDE TO THE SIGNET AND PLUME EDITIONS OF THE SCREENPLAY LORRAINE HANSBERRY’S RAISIN IN THE SUN By DIANA MITCHELL, Ph.D SERIES EDITORS: W. GEIGER ELLIS, ED.D., UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, EMERITUS and ARTHEA J. S. REED, PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, RETIRED A Teacher’s Guide to Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun 2 INTRODUCTION The certainty that the ideals of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” can become reality for anyone willing to work for them is what we call the American dream. For many, the dream does come true. For many it does not. Lorraine Hansberry knew about disappointment, false hope, and despair. For many of her African-American ancestors who had come north for a better life only to find exploitation and frustration, the dream had become a nightmare. In contemporary terms, she chronicles their nightmare in A Raisin in the Sun, an epic story of the Younger family struggling to realize the dream by escaping ghetto life. Hansberry’s screenplay not only tells the story of the Youngers but reveals the plight of all who have failed dreams. Her cosmic vision gives Raisin its power. For high school juniors who often study U.S. history concurrently with American literature, this previously unpublished version of the screenplay allows students to read an engrossing American play, while they experience a culture that either mirrors their own lives or provides a window into a world of people who are more similar to them than they are different from them.
    [Show full text]
  • Broadway Buzz- Spring Awakening
    Broadway Buzz- Spring Awakening THEATER MAY NEVER BE THE SAME “If you have just one night to spend in the theater,” the New York Post says, “awake yourself with SPRING AWAKENING” as the Key Bank Broadway Series continues at PlayhouseSquare March 3-15, 2009. Awards Winner of 8 Tony Awards, 4 Drama Desk Awards, a Grammy Award, New York Times Drama Critics Award, a Drama League Award and 3 Outer Critics Circle Awards, SPRING AWAKENING has won best musical, best book of a musical, best choreography, best score, best orchestration, best director, best lighting and best featured actor. “Everything combines for a show that bursts off the stage with heart and Photo: Blake Bashoff Read More... Should sex education be a mandatory part of high school curriculum? Buzz Extra is a publication of the Arts Yes Education Department at PlayhouseSquare No Vice President of Theatricals: Gina Vernaci Director of Arts Education: Colleen Porter Director of Ticket Sales & Marketing: Spring Awakening Videos, Photos, Music Autumn Kiser Spring Awakening on Facebook Editors: Spring Awakening Parents Guide Linda Jackson, Cindi Szymanski Writer: Robin Pease Photos: Paul Kolnik http://www.playhousesquare.org/bbuzz/springawakening/index.html[2/24/2009 12:49:26 PM] Broadway Buzz- Spring Awakening Home Theater May Never Be the Same Talking with Christy Altomare Download and read the printable version of the Buzz (535Kb in PDF format) here Banned! The Gospel According to Spring Awakening A Chorus Line Legally Blonde The Musical Ripped from the Headlines Radio City Christmas Spectacular Frost/ Nixon Enrich Your Experience: Broadway Buzz Events Spring Awakening Teen Night We welcome your feedback and suggestions for the Buzz Extra.
    [Show full text]
  • Reminder List of Productions Eligible for the 86Th Academy Awards
    REMINDER LIST OF PRODUCTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR THE 86TH ACADEMY AWARDS ABOUT TIME Notes Domhnall Gleeson. Rachel McAdams. Bill Nighy. Tom Hollander. Lindsay Duncan. Margot Robbie. Lydia Wilson. Richard Cordery. Joshua McGuire. Tom Hughes. Vanessa Kirby. Will Merrick. Lisa Eichhorn. Clemmie Dugdale. Harry Hadden-Paton. Mitchell Mullen. Jenny Rainsford. Natasha Powell. Mark Healy. Ben Benson. Philip Voss. Tom Godwin. Pal Aron. Catherine Steadman. Andrew Martin Yates. Charlie Barnes. Verity Fullerton. Veronica Owings. Olivia Konten. Sarah Heller. Jaiden Dervish. Jacob Francis. Jago Freud. Ollie Phillips. Sophie Pond. Sophie Brown. Molly Seymour. Matilda Sturridge. Tom Stourton. Rebecca Chew. Jon West. Graham Richard Howgego. Kerrie Liane Studholme. Ken Hazeldine. Barbar Gough. Jon Boden. Charlie Curtis. ADMISSION Tina Fey. Paul Rudd. Michael Sheen. Wallace Shawn. Nat Wolff. Lily Tomlin. Gloria Reuben. Olek Krupa. Sonya Walger. Christopher Evan Welch. Travaris Meeks-Spears. Ann Harada. Ben Levin. Daniel Joseph Levy. Maggie Keenan-Bolger. Elaine Kussack. Michael Genadry. Juliet Brett. John Brodsky. Camille Branton. Sarita Choudhury. Ken Barnett. Travis Bratten. Tanisha Long. Nadia Alexander. Karen Pham. Rob Campbell. Roby Sobieski. Lauren Anne Schaffel. Brian Charles Johnson. Lipica Shah. Jarod Einsohn. Caliaf St. Aubyn. Zita-Ann Geoffroy. Laura Jordan. Sarah Quinn. Jason Blaj. Zachary Unger. Lisa Emery. Mihran Shlougian. Lynne Taylor. Brian d'Arcy James. Leigha Handcock. David Simins. Brad Wilson. Ryan McCarty. Krishna Choudhary. Ricky Jones. Thomas Merckens. Alan Robert Southworth. ADORE Naomi Watts. Robin Wright. Xavier Samuel. James Frecheville. Sophie Lowe. Jessica Tovey. Ben Mendelsohn. Gary Sweet. Alyson Standen. Skye Sutherland. Sarah Henderson. Isaac Cocking. Brody Mathers. Alice Roberts. Charlee Thomas. Drew Fairley. Rowan Witt. Sally Cahill.
    [Show full text]