Anniversary SEASON The ACTORS COMPANY THEATRE Summer Newsletter 2007/2008 Vol. 15 No.1 tactSummer 2007/08 COMPANY NEWS continued from page 6 TACTics ings and workshops with The Lark ExxonMobil. When not in front of a microphone tact TheACTORSCOMPANY THEATRE and branched out into casting. In or on stage, Francesca is busy coordinating the TheACTORS COMPANY THEATRE th addition to casting for TACT this Screen Actors Guild Foundation’s BookPals pro- Scott Alan Evans, Cynthia Harris & Simon Jones NewsletterTACTICS is published twice yearly Co-Artistic Directors year (The Sea, Rain, Dandy Dick), gram at her daughter’s school, PS/IS 187, where COMPANY Administrative Offices she cast the upcoming Fringe she is also a proud member of the School Sean Arbuckle, Mary Bacon, Jamie Bennett, Eve Bianco, What the critics said of Festival show, Days and Nights Page 121, Lines Leadership Team. This summer Francesca will Nora Chester, Cynthia Darlow, Francesca Di Mauro, 900 Broadway, Suite 905 11 and 12, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for be in Florida, starring in her reality show, Rest Kyle Fabel, Richard Ferrone, Rachel Fowler, 15our 2006/07 Season: New York, NY 10003 Mile Square Theatre, her theatre company in and Relaxation by My Mother’s Pool. Delphi Harrington, Kelly Hutchinson, Larry Keith, Hoboken (www.milesquaretheatre.org). She Jack Koenig, Darrie Lawrence, Ron McClary, T. 212 645-TACT appeared in Low and Away, an original ten Larry Keith can be seen this sum- Greg McFadden, James Murtaugh, Margaret Nichols, th mer at the Bay Street Theatre in John Plumpis, James Prendergast, Gregory Salata, achingly beautiful minute play for MST’s annual benefit, 7 The New York Times F. 212 462-2678 Inning Stretch, on June 16th at the Debaun Sag Harbor, NY in Charles Bush’s Scott Schafer, David Staller, Jenn Thompson, Ashley West, Lynn Wright E: [email protected] Auditorium. The rest of the summer will be The Lady in Question. “It’s definite- ly worth the trip out,” he states. ADJUNCT COMPANY spent getting ready for Baby Girl to arrive! Daryl Bornstein, Dawn Dunlop, Jonathan Faiman, www.TACTnyc.org On June 28th, Cynthia Darlow Ron McClary had big news: he’s Mary Louise Geiger, David Macdonald, Colin McGrath, Marcus Paus, Yuzuru Sadashige, John Slover, opened in Old Acquaintance, by off to do Mamma Mia! at Mandalay brilliant Jonathan Smith, David Toser Time Out New York John Van Druten, for the Bay in Las Vegas for six months. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Roundabout at the American He’ll be performing from July 30 15th ANNIVERSARY SEASON! Stephen Lindenmuth, Chairman, Airlines Theatre on 42nd Street. until January 28, 2008. “This,” he informs us, “will leave little time for me to make Darya Geetter, President The show runs through August19th (with a pos- Holly Etlin, Treasurer The Runner Stumbles sible extension to September 2nd). She a baby, much less find a wife, I fear. However, John Adams, George Bunn, Scott Alan Evans, thoroughly The Eccentricities of a Nightingale recently received an Earphones Award from I’ll keep you posted.” Linda Greenberg, Warren Handelman, Cynthia Harris, AudioFile Magazine for her recording of Richard Ferrone Simon Jones, Gail Levenstein, Susan Mindel, recently per- Elaine Wolbrom enchanting TACT’s Mainstage Offerings Sufficient Grace, and will be recording another formed in the Samuel French New Theatermania.com Murder She Wrote mystery for the BBC in July. GENERAL MANAGER t’s our Fifteenth Anniversary Season and what better th Play Festival finals and he’s been Cathy Bencivenga 25 , where, once again this season, TACT will be in busy recording books - two recent way to do justice to this milestone year then with a residence. Francesca Di Mauro recently EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR season that revolves around DRAMATIC JUSTICE? ones: Invisible Prey by John Scott Alan Evans I recorded the first of a new set of But first, our Salon Series of concert play readings Sandford (NY Times best seller) and The Good Plays that center on the law, trials, ethics and justice of Italian language learning CD-ROMs DEVELOPMENT MANAGER all kinds will form the backbone of our season this year. kicks off in September with another salacious offering Guy by Dean Koontz. Erin Carney for Rosetta Stone, the English ver- Our Mainstage season kicks off with a gripping tale of – this one with a French twist. A Shot in the Dark by sion of Pane Amaro (Bitter Bread), PRESS REPRESENTATIVE Finally, Eve Bianco has no news, but she want- Joseph Trentacosta, Springer Associates PR illicit love and murder in the Catholic Church. A hit from Marcel Archard, adapted by Harry Kurnitz, boasts a documentary about the Italian immigration ed everyone to know that. a superlative 1976 (and selected as Best Play of the year by Burns intrigue, deception, violence and, well, laughs! Since experience, and voiceovers for IBM and TACT is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and a member of the Mantel), The Runner Stumbles, by Milan Stitt, is the it’s French, of course, there’s a mistress, too. Julie Alliance of Resident Theatres /New York production story of a country priest and a young nun and a differ- Harris starred in the original Broadway production as ent kind of love that-dare-not-speak-its-name. It’s the gamine mistress with William Shatner playing an Time Out New York based on a true story from the turn of the last century ambitious young prosecutor. Harold Clurman helmed and is written by a writer who may not be a household the proceedings which was a hit for the 1961 season. name, but is a true man of the theatre. Contemporary critics have heralded Marcel Achard a Born in Detroit, Mr. Stitt is a playwright, director, pro- successor to such lauded French writers as Marivaux poignant ducer and professor. A graduate of the University of and De Musset. His work, which first gained populari- Curtain Up Michigan and the Yale School of Drama, Mr. Stitt was a ty in the 20’s and 30’s, followed two paths. His boule- long-time member of the Circle Repertory Company for vard plays were sentimental and somewhat dreamlike whom he wrote, directed and served as dramaturge, as – many of them garnered their titles from popular well as founded its play development program and songs of the day – and made him a lot of money. His Season! served as its Executive Director. His has written exten- lesser-known works, however, showed interesting as good as sively for television and, in 1996, was nominated for an innovative techniques and highly original themes. After International Emmy for his teleplay, Long Shadows for WWII, Marcel continued to enjoy success. In fact, his American Playhouse. The film version of his screen- most popular works came in 1957 – a comedy entitled Our 15th Anniversary 15th Our 15 theater gets play for The Runner Stumbles was directed by Stanley Patate (Spud) – and again in 1960, with his comic mys- Stage and Cinema.com Kramer and starred Dick VanDyke, Kathleen Quinlan, tery L’idote (The Idiot) on which A Shot in the Dark is Beau Bridges, Ray Bolger and Tammy Grimes. His based. Harry Kurnitz’s playwriting career includes sev- other plays include Labor Day and Back to the Races. eral Broadway productions, including Once More, With Feeling in 1958, which featured Joseph Cotton, Arlene th The Runner Stumbles will be directed by TACT Artistic Frances and Walter Mathiau, who received a Tony Director, Scott Alan Evans, at the Beckett Theatre at simply exquisite th Award Nomination for his work. He followed that up The New York Times Theatre Row from October 27 through November with his adaptation of A Shot in the Dark. Kurnitz went 15th SEASON continues on page 2 SEASON Anniversary tact 1. takt; 2. taet, n. Summer News 2007/08 News Summer dedicated to presenting infrequently-seen plays of literary merit with an 900 Broadway Suite 905 New York, NY 10003 NY York, New 905 Suite Broadway 900 emphasis on creating theatre from its essence: COMPANY THEATRE COMPANY The S S R R O O T T C C A A the text and the actor’s ability to bring it to life. act t Our 2007/08 season is Permit No. 70 No. Permit Infrequently-seen: adj. phrase. unproduced in a first-class made possible with public Woodbridge, VA Woodbridge, production in NYC within the last 15 years. funds from the New York Literary merit: n. laudable language of particular interest, State Council on the Arts, a D D I I A A P P uniqueness; or representative of a specific period or era. State agency and is sup- ported in part by public U.S. Postage U.S. With original incidental musical scores commissioned exclusive- funds from the New York ly for our production through a unique partnership with City Department of Cultural NON-PROFIT ORG. NON-PROFIT The Manhattan School of Music. Affairs Anniversary Anniversary SEASON SEASON a lovely sensitive production that leaves one The Actors Company Theatre’s production is just deeply moved... about everything one could want in theater Wolf Entertainment New York Theatre Wire th Summer Newsletter Summer Newsletter th 15 2007/2008 2007/2008 15 TheACTORS COMPANY THEATRE 15th SEASON continued from page 1 Mainstage Season Salon Series at Theatre Row at the TACTStudio on to receive a Tony Award nomination himself for 410 West 42nd St. NYC 900 Broadway, NYC his book to the musical, The Girl Who Came to A SHOT IN THE DARK Early Bird Subscription Supper (1963), written with none other than Sir Noel Coward. THE By Marcel Archard, adapted by Harry Kurnitz Each Early Bird Subscription includes two full productions at Theatre Anniversary Sept.