Filed under: Anne Hamilton, Maria Alexandria Beech, Season Three | Tags: Anne Hamilton, Hamilton Dramaturgy, Hamilton Dramaturgy's TheatreNow!, Maria Alexandria Beech, New work, NYC, NYC Theatre, Playwright, Season Three, Theatre, TheatreNow! Artists
Congratulations to Maria Alexandria Beech, whose new play HOMEBODIES will be read tomorrow in New York City. Alex was a guest on Season Three of TheatreNow! You can read a transcript of the interview at http://hamiltondramaturgystheatrenow.com/season-three/maria-alexandria-beech/
You’re invited to a reading of
HOMEBODIES
By Alex Beech
Directed by Michelle Bossy
The cast includes Socorro Santiago, Florencia Lozano, Cathy Curtin, Omar Koury, and Jorge Cordova
Primary Stages Studio, 307 W 38th St, #1510
Sunday, April 28th, 3pm
It’s a sort of farce. About upstairs/downstairs neighbors in a brownstone.
To rsvp, write readings@primarystages.org
Filed under: Anne Hamilton, Maria Alexandria Beech, Season Three, TheatreNow! Artists | Tags: Anne Hamilton, Columbia University School of the Arts, Hamilton Dramaturgy, Hamilton Dramaturgy's TheatreNow!, hamiltondramaturgystheatrenow.com, Librettist, Lyricist, Maria Alexandria Beech, Maria Irene Fornes, NYC Theatre, Playwright, Season Three, TheatreNow! Artists
Hamilton Dramaturgy’s TheatreNow! is a podcast series featuring some of the most exciting women artists working in the theatre today. Anne Hamilton is the producer and host. You may listen to the podcasts and read the transcripts at http://hamiltondramaturgystheatrenow.com
(Season 3, Episode 4, Recorded July 10, 2012)
Hamilton Dramaturgy’s TheatreNow! Interview with Maria Alexandria Beech
Maria Alexandria Beech is a playwright and librettist living in New York. She has written over fifteen full-length plays, several as a member of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages Theatre, which co-produced her play LITTLE MONSTERS at Brandeis Theatre Company. Her full-length musical titled CLASS, with Karl Michael Johnson, was presented in a reading in May, 2012 at NYU.
Hamilton Dramaturgy’s TheatreNow! is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of Hamilton Dramaturgy’s TheatreNow! must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Filed under: Anne Hamilton, Season One, TheatreNow! Artists, Yvette Heyliger, Yvonne Farrow | Tags: Director, Hamilton Dramaturgy's TheatreNow!, hamiltondramaturgystheatrenow.com, New work, NYC Theatre, Playwright, Season One, TheatreNow! Artists, www.hamiltonlit.com, Yvette Heyliger, Yvonne Farrow
Here is the latest news from Season One’s guests Yvette Heyliger and Yvonne Farrow, who continue to show civic pride and responsibility.
WRITING THE ELECTION
Calling all Playwrights, Actors, and Directors
Writing the Election is a non-partisan theatre/voter registration event. This purpose of this event, supported by Classical Theatre of Harlem and New Black Fest, is to come together as a theatre community to share our work in the service of boosting low voter registration. The Daily News reported that, “New York ranks 47th in the nation, with less than 64% of eligible residents registered.” The last day to register to vote In New York is Tuesday, October 9th.
Writing the Election 2012. Produced by Twinbiz and hosted by Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre on Monday, October 29th in Harlem This non-partisan community event is free and open to the public. On-going voter registration will be held in the lobby. You can RSVP for this event on President Obama’s web site.
In this non-partisan theatre/voter registration event, writers of all stripes are invited to submit ten-minute plays, short scenes or monologues about the upcoming presidential election. Subject matter can include (but is not limited to) any aspect of the political process: the issues, civic life, government, ideals vs. reality, leadership, public service, voting, etc. Diversity of opinions on either side of the aisle and in-between are welcome! These non-partisan plays, moderated by a guest political pundit, are being read to celebrate the joy of democracy and to inspire citizens to get out and vote on Election Day.
Scripts must be submitted no later than September 21st at 11:59pm. For more information and to submit your play* or your directing resume, please contact: Yvette Heyliger at Writing the Election. Actors with cold-reading skills should email/bring pix and resume for on-site casting beginning at 6:00pm. There is no submission fee for playwrights. There is no compensation for the actors or directors.
* Plays should be no longer than ten pages, in 12 point Times New Roman font, and in standard playwriting format. Monologues should be one page only and in 12 point Times New Roman font.
Filed under: Anne Hamilton, Catherine Filloux, Season One | Tags: Anne Hamilton, Catherine Filloux, Dramaturg, Hamilton Dramaturgy's TheatreNow!, LaMaMa, LUZ, NYC Theatre, Playwright, Season One, TheatreNow! Artists
Congratulations to Season One guest Catherine Filloux, whose play LUZ will be performed at LaMaMa in New York City this Fall.
September 28 – October 14, 2012
Wed – Friday at 7:30pm, Sat at 2:30pm & 7:30pm, Sun at 2:30pm
*Opens Friday, September 28
By Catherine Filloux
Directed by Jose Zayas
Music by Sergio R. Reyes
A Watson Arts Project
From the garbage dump in Guatemala City, to the tent cities in Haiti, to the toxic oil ponds where birds expire, Luz, Helene and Zia -survivors of targeted violence-with the help of human rights lawyer Alexandra search for hope in the unlikeliest, in-between places. LUZ is a play that is at once volatile and tender, entertaining and surreal.
For more information visit www.watsonarts.org
Stage Manager: Courtney James*
Set Designer: Maruti Evans
Lighting Designer: Yi Zhao
Costume Designer: Carla Bellisio
Sound Designer: David Lawson
Puppet Design: Emily DeCola and The Puppet Kitchen
Starring Kim Brockington*, Peter Jay Fernandez*, Lynnette R. Freeman*, Bobby Plasencia*, Kimber Riddle*, Steven Rishard*, Julissa Roman, and Teresa Yenque*
* Actors appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.
First Floor Theatre at La MaMa, (212) 475-7710, 74A East 4th Street (between 2nd Avenue & The Bowery) lamama.org
Filed under: Season One, TheatreNow! Artists, Yvette Heyliger, Yvonne Farrow | Tags: Actor, African-American Theatre, Anne Hamilton, Hamilton Dramaturgy's TheatreNow!, New work, NYC Theatre, Playwright, TheatreNow! Artists, Yvette Heyliger, Yvonne Farrow
Filed under: Ruth Margraff, Season One | Tags: Chicago, Hamilton Dramaturgy's TheatreNow!, Playwright, Season One, TheatreNow! Artists
Congratulations to Season One guest Ruth Margraff, who has a new show in Chicago.
ANGER / FLY opening this week!
written by: Ruth Margraff
directed by: Kate Hendrickson
May 24 – June 30, 2012
Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
Trap Door Theatre, Chicago, IL, United States
Inspired by a short Ionesco film scenario, ANGER/FLY expands the story of a perfect little town that erupts in a riot when all the husbands find flies in their soup. This dark absurdist comedy explores a tramp as gypsy, communism as cyclical utopian apocalypse, and marriage as manic ritual.
Filed under: Laura Maria Censabella, Season One | Tags: NYC Theatre, Playwright, Season One, Women Theatre Artists
Congratulations to Season Two guest Laura Maria Censabella, whose two short plays POSING and STONES FALL, BIRDS FLY are playing in A GIRL WROTE IT in NYC.
The short work of 7 women playwrights is currently being produced by Wide Eyed Presents “A Girl Wrote It” ( http://www.facebook.com/events/385393858161761/) at the Richmond Shepard Theatre next weekend through May 13th. The playwrights include Laura Maria Censabella, Bekah Brunstetter, Judith Goudsmit, Heather Lynn MacDonald, Diedre O’Connor, Liz Magee and Erin Singleton.
A Girl Wrote It is back again after its critical success in 2011. This year, Wide Eyed Productions has upped the ante by bringing together some of the most gifted emerging and established female playwrights being produced today.
From first flings and early love to failing bonds, exploration, and erotic courtship, the five stories in this year’s A Girl Wrote It will present comedies and dramas that explore relationships and contemporary issues which press and spark our imaginations.
Check out the Wide Eyed Blog for more info on the shows, playwrights, performers and more: http://wideeyednyc.blogspot.com/
www.wideeyedproductions.com
Read more details here: A GIRL WROTE IT in NYC
Filed under: Fran Tarr, Season Two, TheatreNow! Artists | Tags: Anne Hamilton, Educator, Filmmaker, Fran Tarr, Hamilton Dramaturgy's TheatreNow!, NYC Theatre, Playwright, Season Two
Fran Tarr, Playwright, Filmmaker and Educator(Season Two, Episode Four)
Hamilton Dramaturgy’s TheatreNow! Podcast with Fran Tarr
Please enjoy the interview!
Fran Tarr is a writer, independent documentary filmmaker, and the Founder and Director of BREAKING WALLS. She was Education Director for the Women’s Project and Productions, and currently serves as the Education Coordinator at the Atlantic Theatre Company. Since 2006, she has volunteered leading play-making workshops in Israel, Liberia, and Palestine. She is based in New York City.
You may read the interview here: http://theatrenow.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/interview-with-fran-tarr-playwright-filmmaker-and-educator/
Hamilton Dramaturgy’s TheatreNow! is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of Hamilton Dramaturgy’s TheatreNow! must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Filed under: Catherine Filloux, Season One | Tags: Anne Hamilton, Catherine Filloux, Dramaturg, Hamilton Dramaturgy's TheatreNow!, New work, NYC, Playwright, TheatreNow! Artists
Catherine Filloux‘s new play is slated for an autum production in NYC. Congratulations to our Season One guest. She just received a Lambent Foundation Grant for the play’s development, and is an Artist in Residence at La MaMa. In other news, she been commissioned to write a libretto for the Houston Grand Opera in Texas to premiere in June 2012 – SONG OF HOUSTON: EAST & WEST. The composer is John Glover .
Here is a message from Catherine:
I am thrilled to be working with Guatemalan violinist/composer Sergio Reyes on my new play, LUZ, to be produced at La MaMa in New York City, September 27, 2012 – October 14, 2012.
In the words of the play’s director Jose Zayas: “LUZ is a play that takes a hard look at gender based violence on a global scale and makes shocking connections between corporate and human rights law practices. It’s an intelligent, passionate and fiercely political play that never loses its narrative drive.”
Filed under: Season One, Yvette Heyliger | Tags: African-American Theatre, Anne Hamilton, Dramaturg, Hamilton Dramaturgy's TheatreNow!, New work, NYC, Playwright, TheatreNow! Artists, Twinbiz, Yvette Heyliger
Congratulations to Season One guest Yvette Heyliger, who will have a reading of her new play in NYC.
YVETTE X: BRIDGE TO BARAKA
Monday, December 19th, 7-10pm
Frank Silvera Writer’s Workshop
