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An award-winning site for news and reviews of Connecticut's professional theater and arts.LaurenYargerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00709980425007243824noreply@blogger.comBlogger1466125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655300085232580130.post-35809228413168624222023-10-04T13:36:00.002-07:002023-10-04T13:40:17.049-07:00Theater Review: The 12 -- Goodspeed<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2B1WCEMvgGXyTq8r4rePHVMklnGM1hEt2CeJ4o6tKJvEh3V15_M6YRAMxVcvuEt4RTSBQS0m8clojxmc8M5uFucrMABjaDUZOdGuS994NQ68Vyjvio6dQW6-wgdN5IM-IjaB8s9dXrs3-d9stjtkoK87Hk3EXjCyPr2Vg8ZMXOPi1OdUab4pe6MDOQ4u/s2048/the%2012.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1317" data-original-width="2048" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2B1WCEMvgGXyTq8r4rePHVMklnGM1hEt2CeJ4o6tKJvEh3V15_M6YRAMxVcvuEt4RTSBQS0m8clojxmc8M5uFucrMABjaDUZOdGuS994NQ68Vyjvio6dQW6-wgdN5IM-IjaB8s9dXrs3-d9stjtkoK87Hk3EXjCyPr2Vg8ZMXOPi1OdUab4pe6MDOQ4u/w400-h258/the%2012.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span face=""Atlas Grotesk Web", "Atlas Grotesk", AtlasGrotesk, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="background-color: white; color: #1a1918; text-wrap: nowrap;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: small;">The cast of Goodspeed's THE 12. Photo: Diane Sobolewski</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">The 12</span></i></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Music and Lyrics by Neil Berg<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Book and Lyrics by Robert Schenkkan<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Directed by John Doyle<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Goodspeed Musicals <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Through Oct. 29, 2023</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">By Lauren Yarger</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">A compelling story about religion without an agenda? In the
theater world, <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">this is nothing short of a miracle!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">But with a book and lyrics by Robert Schenkkan, told to the
beat of a pop-rock score<br />and lyrics from Neil Berg, that is exactly what
Goodspeed Musical audiences witness<br />in <i>The 12</i>, a moving story of how
Jesus’s disciples walk through a journey of sorrow <br />and faith following his
death.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">This tale, emotionally staged by Director John Doyle (who
doubles as scenic designer), <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">focuses on the disciples as they hide out in the
upper room (an abandoned industrial <br />space covered in graffiti) after the crucifixion
of Jesus (called Teacher, rather than by name).<br />They arrive devastated, angry,
uncertain and scared about what will happen to them if they <br />are identified as
being affiliated with Jesus. They have conflicts with each other, as well as<br />a
crisis of faith over the loss of their leader. For those not up to speed on who
the 12 were, <br />they are listed in a neat cheat sheet in the show program (which
offers more details than here):</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Andrew (Wonza Johnson), a fisherman</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">“Bart” (Robert Morrison) a.k.a.
Bartholomew</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">James (Kelvin Moon Loh), brother of John</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">“Jimmy” (Etai Benson) the other James,
often called the brother of Jesus</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">John (Kyle Scatliffe) brother of James</span></li><li><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Matt (F. Michale Haynie) the tax
collector Matthew</span></li><li><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Pete (Akron Lanier Watson) Simon
Peter, brother of Andrew</span></li><li><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Phil (Brandon J. Ellis) Philip, friend
of Bartholomew</span></li><li><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Simon (Gregory Treco) the zealot</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">“Tee” (Mel Johnson Jr.) a.k.a. Thaddeus</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">“Tom” (Wesley Taylor) doubting Thomas</span></li></ul><span style="font-size: medium;">For those of you who are counting, Judas doesn’t make an
appearance. <br />The action takes place after his death too – possibly at the hands
<br />of one of the group. <br />The 12<sup style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> disciple completing a last-supper tableau,
subtly created by Doyle, is Mary <br />Magdalene (Adrienne Walker), called “Mags” by Jimmy,
who might be more than just<br />a friend, and the rest. In a nice choice, Mary, the mother of Jesus (Rema Webb), also gets <br />some stage time and the two women have
some of the most moving and melodic songs <br />of the production.</span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Mags sings:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">So much pain <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Heart so sore<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Thoughts so bleak<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Please, no more.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Neared his tomb<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Lightening flashed;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Heard a savage roar.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">The earth rose up!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">An awful sound.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Choked by dust<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Fell to the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">I heard the stones go crashing by;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Terrified that I would die.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">The shaking stopped<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Then broke the dawn<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Revealed his grave -<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">The rock was gone.</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Powerful stuff in there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The storytelling, even with some more modern elements like
guitars on stage and police<br />sirens blaring while the disciples wear more modern
looking clothing in dark hues<br />(Ann Hould-Ward, costumes), never loses its way
because it stays anchored in the scriptures<br />and pure human emotion to which
everyone can relate. Who hasn’t suffered a devastating<br />loss? Who hasn’t felt betrayed?
Who hasn’t felt terrified of what lies ahead? If you ever have<br />experienced a
real-life nightmare from which you can’t awaken, you’ll relate to the emotions<br />being expressed by each character. Excellent storytelling by Schenkkan (who has
a Pulitzer <br />for <i>The Kentucky Cycle</i> and a Tony for <i>All the Way</i>.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">This also isn’t a feel-good, just-have-faith tale either.
There is no attempt to convert or <br />condemn. Much like God himself, the creators
of this work give free choice. What you <br />believe is up to you (and this show will
unlikely offend regardless of what religion you <br />follow). Instead, they offer a
genuine story of human emotion and the search for something<br />in which to believe,
then cling to, even when faith has been dashed. Despite their renewed <br />hope, the
disciples are very much aware of the price they will pay for following their
beliefs.<br />When they leave the safety of their hideout to go out into the world
to share their faith, it’s an<br />inspiring moment, thanks to the direction of Doyle
who brings his Tony-award-winning <br />experience -- and apparently some long-ago
hopes of becoming a priest -- to this project. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; margin-left: 3.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 13.5pt 3.5pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Honesty, I kept
waiting for the story to veer off in the way most Christian-hostile theater
<br />does: Jesus and Mary Magdalene were lovers and had a child; Jesus never claimed
to be <br />the son of God or was illegitimate and it all was a ruse by Mary to avoid
hide her <br />pre-wedding sexual activity; Jesus didn’t really rise from the dead
and the disciples <br />carried out a hoax, etc. But it never did. And Thomas, with
his many doubts and questions, <br />gives a voice to those watching who might be
skeptical, whether or not they come from a <br />believing background:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; margin-left: 39.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 13.5pt 39.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 13.5pt;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">“Where’s the proof?” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; margin-left: 39.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 13.5pt 39.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 13.5pt;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">“Could have been a coincidence…”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; margin-left: 39.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 13.5pt 39.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 13.5pt;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">“What if he made a mistake?"</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; margin-left: 39.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 13.5pt 39.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;"> "Why did he have to die?"</span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The 12</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> is a <i>Godspell</i>/<i>Jesus
Christ Superstar</i> for a new generation. It had a successful run <br />in Denver,
where it won a Henry Award for Outstanding New Musical. You can catch it <br />at <a href="https://www.goodspeed.org/">Goodspeed</a> in East Haddam, CT through Oct.
29. Or, if prayers are answered, perhaps <br />someday on Broadway.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Additional credits: </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Greg Jarrett, Music
Supervisor/Orchestrator; Adam Souza, Music <br />Director; Ben Covello, Associate Music
Director; Japhy Weideman, Lighting Designer; <br />Jay Hilton, Sound Designer.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></i></p></div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; margin-left: 39.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 13.5pt 39.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; margin-left: 39.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 13.5pt 39.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j_2Ov3E-EUA?si=8yUnDZcCug96x8bG" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 by Lauren Yarger. All rights reserved.</div>LaurenYargerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00709980425007243824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655300085232580130.post-17079666331745747452023-01-19T07:15:00.002-08:002023-01-19T07:15:40.064-08:00Theater Review: Six at the Bushnell<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdBNzQEIvfhiKM4slQTgs3TSZiYRcFBHKfzWhcpOwcX-YegH3JW5Hze59IBCKpuWKQ8bUnCePcWv-_8tj92cbNUc6K_7x96iTsOma59XMWBiIPgh2bAtN7UGX2a_j1YF-0PUAjMbOPbz5_htGm0e909SGgovG60csKoafXBh8JlErVpRPKxIGgHC_9Bg/s1200/six%20tour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdBNzQEIvfhiKM4slQTgs3TSZiYRcFBHKfzWhcpOwcX-YegH3JW5Hze59IBCKpuWKQ8bUnCePcWv-_8tj92cbNUc6K_7x96iTsOma59XMWBiIPgh2bAtN7UGX2a_j1YF-0PUAjMbOPbz5_htGm0e909SGgovG60csKoafXBh8JlErVpRPKxIGgHC_9Bg/w400-h266/six%20tour.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><h3 align="center" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The North American SIX Aragon Tour. Photo: Joan Marcus.</span></i></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>SIX</b></span></i></div><div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Directed by Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Bushnell, Hartford</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">through Sunday, Jan. 22</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Lauren Yarger</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The state of theater still is hanging in the balance after the pandemic as tourists still aren't returning in full force and even locals are avoiding New York City in the face of rising crime and spiking Covid numbers.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">So I find that I am getting more and more questions about the quality of tours hitting regional theaters as people decide whether to see shows closer to home. This week I had the opportunity to catch the North American tour of SIX which won a number of awards after finally opening post pandemic on Broadway (this show had been scheduled to open the night Broadway officially went dark in March 2022). I had caught it the week before, then saw it again when in opened in 2021 and I loved it both times. The soundtrack is a favorite. So after recommending it so many times, I wanted to see how the tour held up myself. I wasn't disappointed in the show which plays the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts through Sunday.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">The touring cast features </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Khaila Wilcoxon </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">as Catherine of Aragon,</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> Storm Lever </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">as Anne Boleyn, </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Jasmine Forsberg</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> as Jane Seymour, </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Olivia Donalson </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">as Anna of Cleves, </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Didi Romero</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> as Katherine Howard, and </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Gabriela Carrillo</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> as Catherine Parr. The cast also includes </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Kelsee Kimmel, Erin Ramirez, Cassie Silva </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">and</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"> Kelly Denice Taylor. The actresses all hit the notes. The biggest differences here are in playing to a larger house -- some of the oomph of the score is diffused. Lighting here needs a few tweaks as some segments were very dark. Otherwise, what you experiemce on Broadway is pretty much the same as these ex-wives of Henry VIII duke it out reality-show style to determine who had it the worst married to one of England's most notorious monarchs and will win the Queen of the Castle crown. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Each queen gets a solo to tell her tragic tale (and each one is an homage to a modern pop music diva).</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's my review from the NY show if you want the details. Some of the lyrics, quite clever, but quick, are hard to catch, so pick up a CD of the soundtrack available for sale in the Bushnell lobby to bring you up to speed either before or after you take in the show.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">This tour plays Columbus, OH, Fort Myers, FL, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los ANgeles, Costa Mesa, CA and San Diego. A second tour plays other cities across the US. <a href="https://sixonbroadway.com/north-american-tours" target="_blank">Click here for info</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>NY Review:</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Laugh-out-loud jokes and loud, pounding music are not exactly what come to mind when pondering the plight of Henry VIII's six unfortunate wives, but you will find yourself laughing and bopping to the beat while enjoying</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">SIX: The Musical</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">, Broadway's exciting version of the West End hit by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Directed by Moss and Jamie Armitage, these six women finally get their moment in the spotlight, both in the story and on stage. <i>SIX</i> was one of the tragedies of the pandemic, set to open on the night Broadway went dark back in March 2020. Now, back to tell their stories, the wives compete in a reality-TV mode to see who has the most tragic story from her time as one of the wives of Henry. They each have a song (all done beltingly or balladly beautifully and in homage to pop song divas) which explain the theme of their experiences: divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's a short history lesson for those of you who aren't up on the six wives of Henry VIII:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Catherine of Aragon was Henry's first wife, but when she couldn't produce a male heir, Henry turned his eye to the bewitching Anne Boleyn. When the pope wouldn't grant him an annulment, he declared himself the head of the new Church of England, got rid of Catherine (divorced) and married Anne any way. Unfortunately for Anne, she too only produced a girl (the future Queen Elizabeth I), so Henry got rid of her (beheaded) and married Jane Seymour. Henry got his desired son and male heir but lost Jane who suffered complications in childbirth (died). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Next, Henry saw a portrait of Anne of Cleves and summoned her to England to become wife number four. She didn't look all that fetching in person, however, so Henry decided he wanted out of the marriage (divorce), set her up in a nice palace and called her "sister" instead of wife. The king, who was <i>SO</i> good at making spousal-type decisions, decided a child bride would be a good idea and married Anne Boleyn's cousin, Katherine Howard. Plagued by gout, obesity and probably a host of other illnesses, Henry wasn't exactly in prime baby-making condition, but he still expected a spare male heir from young Katherine. She turned to some younger male friends to help seal the deal, but the plan backfired when she was caught cheating. So long, Katherine (beheaded). Finally, Henry chose mature, pious Catherine Parr for his sixth queen. About five years later, he died. She was the only one who survived. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In such a tragic story, Marlow and Moss find lots of humor. And they manage to modernize women from the 16th century to create an exciting energizing show that appeals to young audience members (there were lots at the Brooks Atkinson the night I attended) with color-blind casting for those wanting to see persons of color, rather than historically accurate portrayals on stage. Carrie-Anne Ingrouille's choreography is energetic and hasn't lost any of its oomph with alterations made with Covid safety in mind. Costumes by Gabreiella Slade are bright and brilliant; the set (Emma Bailey, design) is simple and houses the all-female band, the “Ladies in Waiting.” Tim Deiling's lighting design competes the set for the reality-show concert theme, which thankfully isn't overdone. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The pop music is loud, percussion-driven and fun. I bought the soundtrack after seeing and loving the show in March of 2020 and it's a favorite (Catherine Parr's solo "I Don't Need Your Love" is the weakest, as though after pounding out so many great tunes, the songwriters just didn't have enough energy to come up with one more.) Most of the others are catchy and will have you humming them long after you leave the theater.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Getting the soundtrack in advance isn't a bad idea. The lyrics are quite clever and vital to the storytelling, but the sound on stage (Paul Gatehouse) doesn't always pick them up and if you don't know Henry's story or all the words to the songs, you could feel like you are missing something in this fast-paced 80 minutes with no intermission. The score features orchestrations by Tom Curran with music supervision and vocal arrangements by Joe Beighton and US Music Supervision by Roberta Duchak.</span></div><div><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;" /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 by Lauren Yarger. All rights reserved.</div>LaurenYargerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00709980425007243824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655300085232580130.post-37755406890851159682021-05-28T18:56:00.007-07:002021-05-28T18:57:25.063-07:00Drama Brings Character to Life at Tessa Afshar Book Launch<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3F5TzMS8FFg/YLGfAALLgAI/AAAAAAAASAk/ojzsEnOqSmYFvKDbrCqFvOjwwXK8yc-KQCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/book%2Blaunch.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3F5TzMS8FFg/YLGfAALLgAI/AAAAAAAASAk/ojzsEnOqSmYFvKDbrCqFvOjwwXK8yc-KQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/book%2Blaunch.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />The Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT will host a virtual Book Launch for "Jewel of the Nile" by award-winning, biblical-fiction author Tessa Afshar and you are invited! <p></p><div><br /></div><div><b>Tuesday, June 1, 2021</b></div><div><b>7 pm</b></div><div><b>FREE</b></div><div>RSVP required:</div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.crowdcast.io/e/jewel-of-the-nile-tessa/register&source=gmail&ust=1622339447246000&usg=AFQjCNE_NFBRwF-Aa4-HsrQZUieuWV5myg" href="https://www.crowdcast.io/e/jewel-of-the-nile-tessa/register" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><b>Click Here to Register</b></span></a></div><div>Tessa will be joined in conversation by Producer and Playwright Lauren Yarger (Gracewell Productions), who has adapted a one-act drama from the book for presentation during the launch. Bringing main character Charilene to life will be actress Nyah Ajeya.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>About Jewel of the Nile</b>:</div><div><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f;"><i>Whispered secrets about her parents’ past take on new urgency for Chariline as she pays one last visit to the land of her forefathers, the ancient kingdom of Cush. In this transformative tale of historical fiction, bestselling author Tessa Afshar brings to life the kingdom of Cush and the Roman Empire, introducing readers to a fascinating world filled with gripping adventure, touching romance, and a host of lovable characters—including some they may recognize from the biblical book of Acts.</i></span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>About the Author:</b></div><div><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Tessa Afshar</strong><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f;"> is the bestselling author of biblical and inspirational historical fiction, including</span><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; line-height: 22px; word-break: break-word;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Land of Silence</em><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f;">, which won an INSPY Award and was voted by Library Journal as one of the top five Christian fiction titles of 2016, and</span><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; line-height: 22px; word-break: break-word;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Harvest of Gold,</em><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f;"> which won a Christy Award in the Historical Romance category.</span><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; line-height: 22px; word-break: break-word;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Harvest of Rubies</em><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f;"> was a finalist for the 2013 ECPA Christian Book Award for fiction. In 2011, after publishing her first novel,</span><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; line-height: 22px; word-break: break-word;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Pearl in the Sand</em><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f;">, Tessa was named New Author of the Year by the FamilyFiction-sponsored Reader’s Choice Awards. Tessa’s first book-length Bible study, </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The Way Home: God’s Invitation</em><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">to New Beginnings</em><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f;">, based on the book of Ruth, was released in June, 2020, alongside optional videos of the same title. </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The Way Home</em><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f;"> recently won the ECPA Book of the Year for Bible Studies for 2021. Tessa was born in the Middle East and lived there for the first 14 years of her life. She then moved to England, where she survived boarding school for girls and fell in love with Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte, before moving to the United States permanently. Her conversion to Christianity in her twenties changed the course of her life forever. Tessa holds a Master of Divinity from Yale, where she was elected as the co-chair of the Evangelical Fellowship at the Divinity School for one year. She served in women and prayer ministries for 20 years before becoming a full-time writer and speaker.</span><br /></div><div><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f;"><b>About the Moderator</b></span></div><div><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #404040;"><b>Lauren Yarger</b> is a producer and playwright (member of the Dramatists Guild of America). She has written several dinner theaters and revues as well as the book for an award-winning musical version of <i>A Christmas Carol</i>. She produced a one-woman musical about Mary Magdalene which toured nationally for three years before closing in New York and is Owner/Producer at Gracewell Productions where she has several projects in the works, including a reading series beginning in Fall 2021 at the Palace Theater in Waterbury. She is Co-Founder of the Connecticut Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women and a member of its Board of Directors in New York. She has been a critic covering New York and Connecticut theater with the Outer Critics Circle (producer of the annual awards) and the Drama Desk (former vice president).</span><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #2f2f2f;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #404040; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #404040;"><b>About the Actress</b></span></div><br /><div><span face="stevie-sans, sans-serif" style="color: #212322;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LlmTO5ajFZE/YLGemI5lzEI/AAAAAAAASAc/M-jKkAIBcVU8AFOnSQJFk2CTKZQmvSgvgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Nyah%2BJackson%2BHeadshot%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LlmTO5ajFZE/YLGemI5lzEI/AAAAAAAASAc/M-jKkAIBcVU8AFOnSQJFk2CTKZQmvSgvgCLcBGAsYHQ/w133-h200/Nyah%2BJackson%2BHeadshot%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="133" /></a><b>Nyah Ajeya</b>, an actor and singer from Baltimore, where she was a Featured Young Artist. There she was an assistant musical director for a production of <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Wiz</em> at Johns Hopkins and performed in showcases. A BFA student in acting, film, television and theater at Long Island University in Brooklyn, Nyah also has television and film credits. She jokes that her biggest talent is having the ability to turn any song into a bad country song.</div></span></div><div><span face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #404040; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div>Autographed copies of the book may be purchased in advance or during the launch.<br /></div><div>Attending the launch is free, whether or not you buy a book, but an RSVP is required.</div><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.crowdcast.io/e/jewel-of-the-nile-tessa/register&source=gmail&ust=1622339447246000&usg=AFQjCNE_NFBRwF-Aa4-HsrQZUieuWV5myg" href="https://www.crowdcast.io/e/jewel-of-the-nile-tessa/register" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Click Here to Register </a> </span></b><div class="yj6qo"></div><div class="adL"></div><div class="adL"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></div></div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 by Lauren Yarger. All rights reserved.</div>LaurenYargerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00709980425007243824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655300085232580130.post-80406999803239286592020-10-23T06:48:00.001-07:002020-10-23T06:48:13.368-07:00Dorothy Lyman Play Gets Zoom Readings<p> <span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bolder;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">THE KEYS, </span></em></span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">a new play by <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Dorothy-Lyman/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b20223; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dorothy Lyman</a> ("Mama's Family," "All My Children"), will have two readings on Zoom, produced by <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Pat-Flicker-Addiss/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b20223; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pat Flicker Addiss</a> and <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Lauren-Yarger/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b20223; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lauren Yarger</a>.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"></em></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LAzOIojVnNo/X5LeYWLhLaI/AAAAAAAAR5g/2ncPT23FNmUhTXMl5Jvautj30r5Pk1buwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/dorothy%2Blyman.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LAzOIojVnNo/X5LeYWLhLaI/AAAAAAAAR5g/2ncPT23FNmUhTXMl5Jvautj30r5Pk1buwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/dorothy%2Blyman.jpg" /></a></em></div><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br />THE KEYS</em>, a story of fear, love and hope in the time of Covid, is directed by <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Elinor-Renfield/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b20223; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Elinor Renfield</a>. A talkback will follow the readings scheduled for:<p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">Sunday, Oct. 25</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"> at 4 pm Eastern</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">Tuesday, Oct. 27</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"> at 7 pm Eastern</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">RSVP to</span></em></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-of-the-keys-by-dorothy-lyman-tickets-125779075601" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b20223; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1155cc;">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-of-the-keys-by-dorothy-lyman-tickets-125779075601</span></a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">Slots are limited. Don't delay!</span></em></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">Margaret (Lyman) and Gil (<a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Tim-Jerome/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b20223; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tim Jerome</a>) meet over the balconies of their condos in the Florida Keys during the Covid lockdown. As their relationship develops, they struggle with memories of what their golden years were supposed to look like while focusing on a fearful, distanced, "safe" reality. The key to happiness might just include letting go and taking some risks.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">This timely play is ideal for presentation beginning this spring as theaters begin to re-open. The two actors are separated on one set.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Dorothy-Lyman/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b20223; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dorothy Lyman</a></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"> (Playwright, Margaret)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">An Emmy award -winning actress, Ms. Lyman is also a theatre and television director (75 episodes of THE NANNY for CBS) and a filmmaker as well as playwright. She is most widely known for her TV roles in "Mama's Family" and "All My Children."</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Tim-Jerome/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b20223; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tim Jerome</a></span> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">(Gil) is an actor, singer, Founding President of MainStreet Musicals, National Music Theater Network, and NYMF. He has been performing professionally on-stage since 1968 with 18 Broadway shows (one Tony nomination) and 12 feature films to his credit. He also has performed in regional theaters and on tour throughout the country exclusively in principle roles. e American Guild of Musical Artists.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"><a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Elinor-Renfield/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b20223; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Elinor Renfield</a></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"> (Director) </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d5156;">After completing a scholarship year at The Central School for Speech and Drama in London, she began her graduate work in Theatre and Film at CUNY (Hunter College) where she received an MA. Her thirty year career as a stage director has included work on Broadway, Off Broadway and in Regional Theaters.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #4d5156;">St</span><span style="color: #222222;">age Directions:</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jeanne-Lauren-Smith/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b20223; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jeanne </a><a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Lauren-Smith/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b20223; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lauren Smith</a></span><span style="color: #222222;">; Technical Director:</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Brennan-Lowery/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b20223; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Brennan Lowery</a>.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222;">Produced by <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Pat-Flicker-Addiss/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b20223; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pat Flicker Addiss</a></span> (<a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Pat-Addiss/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b20223; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pat Addiss</a> Productions, LLC) and <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Lauren-Yarger/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #b20223; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lauren Yarger</a> </span>(Gracewell Productions LLC)</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 by Lauren Yarger. 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play, The Woodhull Project, about 1872 Presidential candidate,
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Toast the Vote!</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Join the CT Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre
Women for three online play-excerpt readings to celebrate the 100th anniversary
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July 22, 2020 -- The Woodhull Project by Emma
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Aug. 12, 2020 -- Lifting As We Climb by Charlene A.
Donaghy. Inspired by Mary Eliza Church Terrell. Commissioned for WomenKind
2020. Reading by <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jackie-Davis/">Jackie Davis</a>.</div>
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Sept. 23, 2020 -- Susan B. by Toby
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Each session will be held from 5 to 6 pm (Eastern).
Playwrights will be on hand for Q & A following the presentations, which
will be moderated by <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Virginia-Wolf/">Virginia Wolf</a>.
Bring a glass of champagne or your favorite beverage to toast the pioneers who
led the way to winning the vote for women. We are looking forward to seeing you
online!</div>
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are not a member of the League, please enter BWW when prompted for the name of
the memebr who invited you. Verified attendees will receive a Zoom link to
attend the session closer to the date. If you register, but then find you
cannot attend, please cancel your reservation here on Eventbrite so the slot
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The Woodhull Project by Emma Palzere-Rae*</div>
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July 22</div>
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Known as a Free Lover, Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to speak before
U.S. Congress, the first woman to open a stock brokerage firm, the first woman
to publish a newspaper, and the first woman to run for U.S. president. You
won't want to miss the chance to meet this woman who was written out of history
as she visits "here and now" from 1872 to reflect on politics and
women's rights through a flashback or two of her extraordinary and scandalous
life.</div>
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Lifting As We Climb By Charlene A. Donaghy</div>
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Inspired by Mary Eliza Church Terrell</div>
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Mary Eliza Church Terrell was a well-known African-American activist who
championed racial equality and women's suffrage in the late 19th and early 20th
century. An Oberlin College graduate, Terrell was part of the rising black
middle and upper class who used their position to fight racial discrimination.</div>
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Synopsis: The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting American
women the right to vote, is making 1920 a banner year for suffragists.
Ratification power sits in the hands of white Tennessee legislators and, in
order to appease them, white suffragists have distanced themselves from African
American suffragists. Mary Church Terrell, a founding member of the National
Association of Colored Women, racial equality activist, and ardent suffragist
who has worked alongside her white counterparts, discovers this when she and
her sisters-in-arms are asked to curb their activities. Now Mary must decide
her future role in the movement and in a relationship with women she trusted,
answering the question: did these women break faith for their own sakes or were
they acting for the greater good?</div>
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Susan B. by Toby Armour*</div>
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Sept. 23, 2020</div>
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Why did Susan B. Anthony became a suffragist instead of a Quaker minister? Her
decision is revealed in the reading of a new play titled "Susan B."
by award-winning playwright Toby Armour.</div>
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Toby is the national winner of the Lewis Prize and is the playwright in
residence at the Fringe Theatre in Key West, Florida. Her plays have been
presented in New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Atlanta as well as London,
Edinburgh and Tipperary, Ireland. "Susan B." is the first part of
Armour's latest work titled "Aunt Susan and Her Tennessee Waltz." The
two-part play will premiere at the Theater for the New City in New York in
January, 2020.</div>
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ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTS</div>
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Charlene A. Donaghy's plays have been produced and awarded from New York to Los
Angeles, in Great Britain and Canada. Hansen Publishing Group publishes
Charlene's play collection: Bones of Home and Other Plays. Other
publications include Best American Short Plays (3x), Best Ten Minute Plays
2018, 25*10-Minute Plays for Teens, and Estrogenius, a Celebration of
Female Voices (2x). Charlene is Producing Director of the <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Tennessee-Williams/">Tennessee
Williams</a> Theater Festival and Festival Director of the Warner
International Playwrights Festival. She is co-founder of the Association of
Theatre in Higher Education Judith Royer Award of Excellence in Playwriting.
She teaches playwriting, fiction writing, and theater at University of Nebraska
Omaha, is a founding member of Boston's Proscenium Playwrights, a core member
of NYC's 9th Floor Playwrights' and Artists' Collective, a member of The
Playwrights Center, and The Dramatists Guild of America where she served as a
Regional Representative for six years. Ms. Donaghy is a breast cancer survivor
and holds true <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Tennessee-Williams/">Tennessee
Williams</a> words in "Camino Real" Make Voyages! Attempt
them! There's nothing else.</div>
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<a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jackie-Davis/">Jackie Davis</a>*
is an actor, director and choreographer working primarily on the east coast.
She can be seen as abolitionist, Susan Robbins in Colombia Pictures' Film,
Little Women (credited as JM Davis). Jackie is a member of Actors Equity
Association and the Screen Actors Guild. She is currently part of the
production team of From a Distance, a web-series, taking place in these
days of COVID19. Notable theatrical directing credits include Race, Ruined, and
For Colored Girls Who Consider Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf. Notable
theatrical choreography projects include Dance Nation, The Wiz and
Caroline or Change. She is the founding artistic director of New Urban
Theater Laboratory, where she produced and directed five years of new works in
Massachusetts. Ms. Davis is involved in all three disciplines, theater,
television and film. She was most recently seen on stage in <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Trinity-Repertory-Company/">Trinity
Repertory Company</a>'s production of A tale of two cities.</div>
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Emma Palzere-Rae Emma Palzere-Rae is an actor, playwright, director, and
producer. She spent 15 years in the NYC theater community, where she began
producing one-woman plays and founded Be Well Productions and the Womenkind
Festival. She is dedicated to telling untold women's stories through theater
and believes in the healing power of theater. Emma's plays include Aunt
Hattie's House, about what compelled <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Harriet-Beecher-Stowe/">Harriet
Beecher Stowe</a> to pen Uncle Tom's Cabin, Live from the Milky
Way... It's <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Gilda-Radner/">Gilda
Radner</a>!, A Nice Place to Visit, and The Woodhull Project. Her
one-woman plays tour throughout the country. Ms. Palzere-Rae is the former
Artistic Director of <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Plays-for-Living/">Plays for Living</a>,
a theater for social change repertory company formerly located in NYC, and is
the current Associate Director at Artreach, Inc. (Norwich, CT), which provides
arts programming to adults living with mental illness. She is a member of
Actor's Equity and the Dramatists Guild, where she serves as the Regional
Representative for New England - West.</div>
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Toby Armour has spent much of her life in theater- as stagehand, dancer,
choreographer, dance company director, theater director, and playwright. Her
plays have been done in Boston, New York City, Los Angeles, Denver, elsewhere
in this country, as well as London, Scotland and Ireland. She holds a doctorate
in history and is a national award-winning playwright (The Lewis Prize) and
Jerome Fellow, many of whose works are based on oral history and stories of
community. Her plays about early New Haven are up on vimeo, as is Zebra telling
the story of the famous Zebra in Stubb's painting at the Yale New Haven British
Art Center. Part One of Susan B. and Her Tennessee Waltz has been live-streamed
by Theater for the New City. The complete play will be presented by Theater for
the New City this Fall or as soon as our new world permits.</div>
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Virginia Wolf, moderator</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ginny is a member of the Steering Committee for the CT Chapter of LPTW. She i</span><span style="color: #444340; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">s host of “SpotLight, Radio Reveling in the Arts and Entertainment”, Thursdays at 12:30 on WLIS/WMRD (</span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://wordpress.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Db739392263e5dd2ee60121a47%26id%3D100bab995a%26e%3D344bdf96c8&source=gmail&ust=1595353851038000&usg=AFQjCNGG79DYhEc6j3-yqyqdEolDKgccfw" href="https://wordpress.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b739392263e5dd2ee60121a47&id=100bab995a&e=344bdf96c8" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.wliswmrd.net</a><span style="color: #444340; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">), covering arts and entertainment throughout Connecticut. During this “intermission”, she is dedicating the show to storytelling, but looks forward to getting back to normal whenever it’s possible!</span></div>
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In addition, Virginia is founder of Herstory Theater, generally dedicated to bringing to life the unsung heroines of history, as well as producing a host of additional projects that both celebrate women and history, and a simple love of theater and performing (learn more at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://wordpress.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Db739392263e5dd2ee60121a47%26id%3D68758e127e%26e%3D344bdf96c8&source=gmail&ust=1595353851038000&usg=AFQjCNEvbkdNJ2vbhogOz9f21urnedakoA" href="https://wordpress.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b739392263e5dd2ee60121a47&id=68758e127e&e=344bdf96c8" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.herstorytheater.com</a>); works as a voiceover artist and audio book narrator; steps in as Katy Leary for the Living History Tours at the Mark Twain House and Museum; and can be found on stage whenever/wherever someone casts her!</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 by Lauren Yarger. All rights reserved.</div>LaurenYargerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00709980425007243824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655300085232580130.post-91559394109803810962020-05-06T09:56:00.001-07:002020-05-06T09:56:21.323-07:00Join Mark Twain House for an Evening with Jan Karon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Millions of readers have found comfort and joy in Jan Karon’s Mitford Years novels since the first one, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">At Home in Mitford</em>, was published in 1994. Join us for a special evening online with the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">New York Times</em> #1 best-selling author herself in conversation with writer and producer Lauren Yarger as they discuss Karon’s successful career as a writer and the wonderful books she has produced over the years.</div>
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<a href="https://www.crowdcast.io/e/jan-karon-author-talk" target="_blank">Click here to register</a> for the visit which will be held online at 6 om Eastern Thursday, May 7.</div>
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The talk is a fundraiser for The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, the historic house museum devoted to the life and legacy of Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), who lived there from 1874 to 1891, the height of his writing career and personal life.</div>
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"My favorite benefit to come from quarantine and self-isolation," says Jan, "is the internet as a great platform for entering each other’s living spaces. I have loved seeing John Legend at home—check out that piano!—and Anthony Hopkins with his huge cat and Jim Gaffigan’s chandeliers and five red-headed kids."</div>
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"So, how great for you to sit home in your favorite chair while you see Lauren and me at home in our favorite chairs. No masks! You can even cough If you must! No need to drive anywhere and find a parking place and sit in a public venue with the a/c turned on high. We can enjoy all kinds of entertainment by the interconnection of living rooms. I think we’re on to something."</div>
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<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lauren Yarger</strong> is a writer and producer in New York and Connecticut, serving in leadership for the Outer Critics Circle, the Drama Desk, and the League of Professional Theatre Women. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, a book reviewer for <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Publishers Weekly, </em>and owns Gracewell Productions, which produces inspiring works of theater, literature, and the arts. She is a long-time, devoted fan of the Mitford Years series!</div>
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<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Copies of Karon's books <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">At Home in Mitford</em>,<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; word-break: break-word;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">To Be Where You Are</em>, and<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; word-break: break-word;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bathed in Prayer</em><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; word-break: break-word;"> </span>will be available for purchase.</div>
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<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We look forward to seeing you and sharing this time together!</div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Cancelled the remainder of the 2019-2010 season.</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Shows and events are cancelled through May, including the Broadway tour of <em>Dear Evan Hansen.</em></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Cancelled the 2020 Nutmeg Summer Season.</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><em>Candide</em> has been cancelled and <em>South Pacific</em> has been moved to the fall. It will be the sole musical produced this year, instead of the usual three. The summer production of the new musical Anne of Green Gables will move to the 2021 season.</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Hartford Stage has decided to reschedule the run of </span><i style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Ah, Wilderness!</i><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> (originally scheduled May 7-31) to Oct. 22–Nov.15, 2020 and </span><i style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">The Complete History of Comedy (Abridged)</i><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> (originally scheduled June 11-21) to Oct. 1-11, 2020.</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Hartford Stage cancelled remaining performances of <em>Jane Eyre. </em>the entire run of <em>The King’s Speech </em>and its fundraising gala for the 2019-2020 season. </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Positions have been eliminated and furloughed resulting in a decrease of 70 percent of operating staff</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Four shows have been announced for 2020-2021, the first full season selected by new Artistic Director Melia Bensussen.</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><em>Forbidden Broadway</em> (tentatively re-scheduled beginning May 27) and <em>The Great Gatsby</em> were cancelled. </li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Cancellation of Lloyd Suh’s <em><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://wordpress.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Db739392263e5dd2ee60121a47%26id%3D20a855a3b9%26e%3D344bdf96c8&source=gmail&ust=1587073871047000&usg=AFQjCNGJMoTSfTRYU-hBml9pQ0i2SsTvZw" href="https://wordpress.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b739392263e5dd2ee60121a47&id=20a855a3b9&e=344bdf96c8" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">The Chinese Lady</a></em> and and Lauren Yee’s <em>The Great Leap </em> along with education and community programs. </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">with cancellation of the 2019/20 season and the 2020 Gala celebration the theater is projecting a loss of more than $750,000. STaffing positions have been eliminated and others have been furloughed and/or have had hours cut. </li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">New MTC Live episodes every Wednesday at noon. The mainstage series is still scheduled to begin in the fall. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://wordpress.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Db739392263e5dd2ee60121a47%26id%3Db934a058b8%26e%3D344bdf96c8&source=gmail&ust=1587073871047000&usg=AFQjCNENzmu2ejwn8JbW5M22kmNFmixbiA" href="https://wordpress.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b739392263e5dd2ee60121a47&id=b934a058b8&e=344bdf96c8" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">https://www.<wbr></wbr>musictheatreofct.com/</a></li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><strong>Ugly Lies the Bone</strong> by Lindsey Ferrentino scheduled for April 22 - May 10, 2020 has been cancelled.</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Stop/time dance theater’s<strong> </strong>production of <strong><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://wordpress.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Db739392263e5dd2ee60121a47%26id%3Dcdce7213c5%26e%3D344bdf96c8&source=gmail&ust=1587073871047000&usg=AFQjCNFCu5yJ3cz4usu5yCe4GkY9zLlW-Q" href="https://wordpress.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b739392263e5dd2ee60121a47&id=cdce7213c5&e=344bdf96c8" style="color: #656565; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">DIVAS</a></strong> originally scheduled for March 25 - April 5, 2020 and then postponed until April 29- May 10 has been postponed again. The new dates are tbd.</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><em>Always a Bridesmaid</em> and <em>The Wedding Singer</em> were cancelled.</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">An abbreviated 2020 season, with three plays instead of the usual five, was previously announced to begin in July, but now, the entire 2020 season has been postponed to 2021 when a five-play season will run from mid-April through mid-November, built around a re-imagining of the Tony Award-winning musical <em>Ain’t Misbehavin</em>’, which was originally scheduled for this season. Pending availability of artists, design teams, and licensing, other productions previously announced for 2020 may be produced next year.</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Postponing its 2020 season until spring 2021, due to the global pandemic. All programming will move to 2021, including the season’s five main productions, Script in Hand Playreading series, Family Festivities presentations, and the New Works Initiative. This year would have marked the historic, professional theater’s 90<sup>th</sup> season. Since its founding in 1931, the Playhouse has been closed for only four seasons, from 1942 through 1945, during World War II.</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">The<strong> </strong>25th anniversary year will feature a variety of online artistic experiences, virtual food experiences, cell phone-guided walking tours, and various NEA Big Read activities. The virtual Ideas programming centered on the theme “Democracy: We the People” will feature interactive events and conversations with vital thinkers, including 2012 Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco, award-winning scholar Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean, NEA Big Read Author Stephanie Burt, and renowned writer Anand Giridharadas. All programming will be free. </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Virtual and physically distanced programming will begin online in the coming weeks on a rolling basis. Details will be announced weekly and will be shared on the Festival’s website, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://wordpress.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3Db739392263e5dd2ee60121a47%26id%3D4db1b449c2%26e%3D344bdf96c8&source=gmail&ust=1587073871047000&usg=AFQjCNHaauP3g1xk8PUz5l3_i7ufzxbqGw" href="https://wordpress.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b739392263e5dd2ee60121a47&id=4db1b449c2&e=344bdf96c8" rel="nofollow" style="color: #656565;" target="_blank">www.artidea.org</a>. </li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">The 2020<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="text-decoration-line: underline;"> Monte Cristo Award </a>previously planned for Sunday, April 19, 2020 in New York City has been postponed. Ticket & table buyers will be contacted directly. Additional details will be announced at a future date.</li>
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Broadway will be dark until April 12 due to concerns about the Corona Virus. Connecticut theaters are affected as well. Here is a list of closings for theaters and arts events around the state. Check back as the listing will be updated:<br />
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😷The CT Forum is postponing the Debating Immigration Forum on March 19 due to the serious public health concerns about the coronavirus (COVID-19). Ticket holders have been advised to hold onto their tickets for a reschedule of this Forum to a later date.</div>
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😷Weston Playhouse Theatre has cancelled all events through April 10, including this Saturday’s performance by Upstate at Walker Farm. </div>
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😷Womenkind 2020 produced by Clinton Arts Council (CT) cancelled in March.<br />
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😷Ivoryton Playhouse has cancelled the opening show of its season FORBIDDEN BROADWAY COMES TO IVORYTON and hopes to open THE GREAT GATSBY on April 22 as planned.</div>
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😷TheaterWorks has cancelled all shows and events as of Monday March 16. This includes all remaining performances of EVERY BRILLIANT THING as well as the upcoming production of THE CAKE (though they hope to present both in the future). They anticipate re-opening our in early June in time to present the fourth and fifth shows of the current season as scheduled.</div>
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😷Elm Shakespeare Co. Is suspending all face-to-face programming including artist-in-residency programs, Teen Troupe, after school programs, and committee meetings until at least April 5. Look for online activities and instruction.</div>
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😷Music Theatre of Connecticut has rescheduled its production of BUDDY - THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY, originally scheduled to run March 20 – April 5, 2020. The new BUDDY dates are Friday, May 15 through Sunday, May 31, 2020. Tickets will be transferred to the new dates. musictheatreofct.com</div>
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😷Westport Country Playhouse: <br />
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Family Festivities production of The Pout-Pout Fish. Ticket holders will receive a call from our box office and will be moved to one of the future Family Festivities productions in our 2020-2021 Family Festivities season.</div>
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Friday, March 20<br />
Connecticut Dance School has canceled their 2020 benefit, Dances to Celebrate Spring and Your Passion for Ballet!, scheduled for March 20. Refunds will be issued to all ticket holders. Please contact Connecticut Dance School at (203) 384-2492 with further questions.</div>
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Broadway Method Academy has canceled their 2019 Gala, Night of a Thousand Stars, which had been rescheduled to March 21. Please contact Broadway Method Academy at (203) 675-3526 for more information. </div>
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😷This Weekend’s performances of Elvis My Way at The Goodspeed are<br />
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😷Act of Connecticut has cancelled its production of Nickel Mines.<br />
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😷The Bushnell is closed through April 30. They are working to reschedule performances. Regular updates to patrons will be made via email and on the website at Bushnell.org.</div>
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😷Long Wharf has decided to discontinue its production of The Chinese Lady. "We view the prospect of pressing forward as irresponsible and are committed to prioritizing the wellbeing of our community."</div>
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😷The Palace Theatre in Waterbury has cancelled all upcoming performances through April 30.</div>
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😷The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry will be closed and all performances, forums, space rentals, workshops, and tours will be cancelled from March 14 through April 6, 2020.</div>
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😷Hartford Symphony Orchestra is cancelling this weekend’s performances of Dvorak’s Eighth (March 13-15), the Discovery Concert Series performance of Exploring Emotions on March 18, and the HSO Family Series event at Farmington Public Library on March 22. The Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ in Concert performances on March 28 will be rescheduled. Cancelled April performances include the Discovery Concert Series Link Up: The Orchestra Moves performance on April 8, and Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky April 17-19.<br />
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Patrons who have tickets to Dvorak’s Eighth or Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky should contact the Box Office at 860-987-5900 to exchange into any remaining HSO performance in the 2019-2020 season, receive a credit for HSO tickets, donate tickets back to the HSO, or get a refund. Patrons who have tickets to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ in Concert will be contacted shortly about a rescheduled date, and tickets for the March 28 performances will be valid on the new date.<br />
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😷Hartford Stage:<br />
Based on recommendations from state and local government in response to the ongoing challenges posed by COVID-19, Hartford Stage is canceling all remaining performances of Jane Eyre (March 12-14) and the run of The King’s Speech, scheduled for March 19 through April 19.<br />
Tickets for Jane Eyre and The King’s Speech can be exchanged into performances of Ah, Wilderness! (May 7 – 31) or The Complete History of Comedy (Abridged) (June 11 – 21). All exchange fees will be waived. Alternatively, tickets can be donated back to Hartford Stage, a 501(c)(3) organization, as a tax-deductible contribution at a time of increased financial challenges for the performing arts industry.<br />
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😷All on-campus events and exhibitions at Weslyan have been canceled until further notice as a preventive measure. The University will continue to update the website with the latest available information.<br />
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Anyone who purchased tickets in advance will be issued a refund from the box office starting next week and artists who were scheduled to perform this spring will be compensated. We encourage patrons to utilize their refund to re-invest in the arts through a donation, album, artwork, or ticket to a future performance. If patrons have any questions or concerns, or would like to donate their tickets to the Center for the Arts, they can email boxoffice@wesleyan.edu or call 860-685-3355 Monday through Friday from 11am to 3pm.<br />
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😷Seven at CT College March 31 has been cancelled.<br />
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😷Following updated guidance from Yale University on Tuesday evening, March 10, in response to the ongoing challenges posed by COVID-19, James Bundy, Artistic Director of Yale Repertory Theatre, has annodra44ddzeffunced that the final two productions of the season, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, directed by Carl Cofield, and Testmatch by Kate Attwell, directed by Margot Bordelon, have been canceled.<br />
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While the University’s March 7 guidance––which states that groups of 100 or less are safe to continue provided there is ample room for individuals to spread out as they are comfortable––remains in effect, the additional new measures, currently in effect through April 5, seek to minimize close-proximity interaction among members of the Yale community.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 by Lauren Yarger. All rights reserved.</div>LaurenYargerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00709980425007243824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655300085232580130.post-30432362607660888822020-02-06T13:27:00.002-08:002020-02-06T13:27:29.834-08:00Learn the Inside Scoop on Playwriting from Some Insiders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have you ever thought about writing a play? Have you written a play, but wonder how to get it produced? Have you done some other type of writing and wonder whether you can make the switch to playwright? <br /><br />Come get the scoop on writing for the stage when the CT Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women and the Dramatists Guild’s Western New England Region host Inside Playwriting, a panel between sessions of Ivoryton Playhouse’s Women’s Playwright Initiative Saturday, Feb. 22.<br /><br />Panelists include TV writer and playwright Susan Cinoman, Broadway Producer and playwright Tracey Knight Narang, Director Shellen Lubin, Emmy-Award-Winning Actress and Playwright Dorothy Lyman, Director and Artist/Playwright Kato McNickle. Playwright Emma Palzere Rae, the Dramatists Guild Regional Rep, will moderate. <br /><br />The panel is open to ticketholders for the initiative, which will feature four play readings in two sessions at the playhouse, 103 Main St. Ivoryton. <br /><br />At 2 pm: <br /><br /><i>Savior </i>by Sharon Goldner<br /> Directed by Kate Katcher<br /> Two modern moms at a yoga class dealing with an absurd yet very familiar situation, – what do you do when your five year old tells you he is the messiah? <br /><br /><i>1200 miles from Jerome</i> by Crystal V. Rhodes<br /> Directed by Kathryn Markey<br /> During World War II, a mother, her two daughters, a young school teacher and a fourteen year old Japanese American fugitive from a “Relocation Camp” are forced to flee the town of Jerome, Arkansas headed to New York City. The journey is over 1200 miles of roads where African Americans aren’t allowed to sleep in most hotels, eat in most restaurants, use restroom facilities or purchase gas at many stations. It is a trip filled with danger, one that could prove to mean the difference between life and death. <br /><br />At 7 pm: <br /><br /><i>Court </i>by Holly Arsenault<br /> Directed by Jacqueline Hubbard<br /> An intimate look at divorce and custody battles from a child’s unique, funny and raw perspective. <br /><br /><i>Deanna and Paul</i> by Dagney Kerr<br /> Directed by Missy Burmeister<br /> Deanna’s a quirky waitress with a strict no tipping policy. Paul’s a surly customer with a tight lid on his heart. Their lonely worlds collide one day in a small-town diner, where one cup of coffee can change everything. <br /><br />To purchase tickets for the Women Playwrights Festival call 860-767-7318 or go to <a href="http://www.ivorytonplayhouse.org/">www.ivorytonplayhouse.org</a>. League members should contact CTChapter:PTW@gmail.com to find out about discounted tickets. <br /><br />Regular single ticket prices: $20 adult; $15 senior; $10 student for one performance. Buy tickets for both performances for $30 adult; $25 senior; $10 student <br /><br />About the Panelists: <br /><br /><b>Susan Cinoman </b><br /><br />Susan Cinoman is a playwright and screenwriter whose work is published and produced internationally. For television, she is the creator of the recurring character, Miss Cinoman, on ABC’s, “The Goldbergs” and a frequent writer and contributor. Her one- act play, Fitting Rooms, (Applause Books) is included in Best Short Plays and is produced internationally. Other productions are Cinoman and Rebeck and Gin and Bitters, Off Broadway. Her play Sweet Sand, produced by Ensemble Studio Theatre has been recently published. Two plays were made into award-winning independent films: “Love and Class in Connecticut” and “All Me, All the Time” have screened at film festivals throughout New England. Cinoman is the recipient of the Maxwell Anderson Playwrights Prize, The Aristos Award, Theatre Ariel Award, Best Connecticut Filmmaker of 2007, Ivoryton Playhouse Writing Award and the Guilford Prize in Drama for her new play, Guenevere. <br /><br />Tracey Knight Narang <br /><br />Tracey Knight Narang is a producer of the groundbreaking Broadway revival of Rogers and Hammerstein’s OKLAHOMA! (Tony Award), and the highly anticipated new musical Sing Street opening on Broadway in April. In addition to producing and investing, Narang’s play To Each Their Own, received critical acclaim at FringeNYC 2015. See coined the term “Subway Etiquette“ after publishing her book “Subway Etiquette: The Straphanger’s Guide to Underground Conduct.” Narang is a member of the Board of Directors of New York City Center, and the Vice President of the Board of the Actors’ Equity Foundation. <br /><br />Shellen Lubin <br /><br />Shellen Lubin directed Gloria Bond Clunie's Buck Naked in the first Women Playwrights Initiative at Ivoryton. As a director/dramaturg assisting in the development of new plays, she has directed across the country, recently working on projects with Lanie Robertson, Stuart Warmflash, Stephanie Satie, Susan Merson, and Amy Oestreicher at multiple venues. Her own plays have been produced and workshopped at Manhattan Class Company, Public Theatre, Pacific Resident Theatre, Hubbard Hall, West Coast Ensemble, American Jewish Theatre, and more. Her songs have been featured on radio and cable TV, in Milos Forman’s first American film, “Taking Off,” in numerous cabaret acts including her own, and in a one-hour special on WBAI-FM, Shellen Lubin - Songwriter/Singer. She also teaches and coaches actors, singers, and writers both privately and as a guest artist. Proud member of DG, SDC, AEA, Co-President - League of Professional Theatre Women, Past President - Women in the Arts & Media Coalition, chair - Women Playwrights Initiative - National Theatre Conference. <a href="http://www.shellenlubin.com/">www.shellenlubin.com</a> @SHLubin <br /><br />Dorothy Lyman <br /><br />Emmy award -winning actress Dorothy Lyman is known for her roles on “Another World,” “All My Children,” “Generations” and “Mama's Family,” but she also is a director (75 episodes of “The Nanny” for CBS), a filmmaker and a playwright. Her first film, shot in Delaware County An Enemy of the People, “The Northern Kingdom,” is available on Netflix, as is her second film, “Split Ends.” A documentary on aging, “Janet’s Class,” is seeking distribution. Lyman produced and directed “Enemy,” her adaptation of Ibsen’s (2016), and her full-length plays A Rage In Tenure (2017) and Soft Landing (2018) at Teatro Santa Ana in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She can be seen on the HBO series “Divorce” and in guest star roles on other episodic TV shows. <br /><br />Kato McNickle <br /><br />Kato McNickle is a Connecticut-based playwright, director, and artist. A graduate of Brown University and holds a degree in Ancient Studies specializing in Greco-Roman and Sanskrit performance and continue to study the connection between art, perception, neuroscience, and performance. They have taught playwriting at the University of Connecticut, and writing and comic making at Artreach, Inc. in Norwich, CT. They are chair of the New London Artistic Council; Vice-President of the Mystic Paper Beasts Mask & Puppetry Company; producer of the Mayfly 24-Hour Theater in New London, and a member Dramatist Guild and the Star Wars Fan Club. <br /><br />Emma Palzere-Rae, Moderator <br /><br />Emma Palzere-Rae (actress, playwright, director and producer), founder of Be Well Productions which produces her original touring one-woman shows include The Woodhull Project and Aunt Hattie’s House. She is co-founder of The Way of the Labyrinth Playwrights Retreat, the former artistic director of Plays for Living (NYC), and currently associate director at Artreach, Inc. (Norwich). She is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild, where she is the regional rep for New England West. Recent stage roles include Mother Miriam in Agnes of God (Madison Lyric Stage), Essie Miller in Ah, Wilderness! (East Lynne Theater Company), Sister Aloysius in Doubt (Emerson Theater Collaborative). At Mystic Seaport she co-directs and performed in Lantern Light Tours and Nautical Nightmares.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 by Lauren Yarger. All rights reserved.</div>LaurenYargerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00709980425007243824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655300085232580130.post-54614375396598133542019-12-04T06:40:00.002-08:002019-12-04T06:40:46.932-08:00CT Theater Women Gather for Holiday Lunch, Play Excerpts<div class="mail-message expanded" id="m-8445255874301183428" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
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<b><i><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Join the Little Match Girl, Scrooge, Holiday Networking Fun at CT Theater Women Lunch Friday in Westbrook</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #202020;">Chapter Steering Committee member Susan Cinoman will curate the event and introduce her new play reading initiative at the Inn, <strong>Sips and Scripts. </strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Reservations are required.</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020;">On the streets of London during the Industrial Revolution, a hungry yet loving street waif has a strange moment with a kind pub owner. By <strong>Susan Cinoman.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020;">Addie, a journalist finds love despite her new found cynicism. By <strong>Kimberly Hill </strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020;">A new take on the classic character, it wouldn't be the holidays without a few words from our favorite misanthrope. By Chapter Co-Founder <strong>Lauren Yarger</strong><br /><br /><b>Make a reservation at this link by Wednesday, Dec. 4:</b> </span><br />
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Registrants will be <span style="color: #202020;">sent instructions about payment to confirm your seat. The lunch/play presentation event will be $25 for chapter members and $30 for non members. Lunch with a vegetarian option will be provided.</span></div>
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<b>Bill Arnold</b> of Windsor, CT is a 45-year veteran of the stage as well as a playwright and set designer/builder for the Hole in the Wall Theater in New Britain. Bill always enjoys letting the voices in his head come out to play.</div>
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<b>Barbara Hentschel</b> played Mrs. Eynsford Hill in Legacy Theatre’s production of<i> Pygmalion. </i>Favorite roles: Queen Gertrude in <i>Hamlet </i>(Legacy Theatre)<i>, </i>Lady Montague in <i>Romeo & Juliet, </i>directed by Mark Lamos (Westport Country Playhouse), Katharine in <i>Love’s Labour’s Lost </i>(Woodstock Shakespeare Festival, NY), <i>Ride the Tiger</i> (Long Wharf Theatre), <i>Apple Season </i>(Ivoryton Playhouse, WPI), Laura in <i>The Glass Menagerie </i>(MLS, CT)<i> and </i>Lady Macbeth in <i>Macbeth </i>(MLS, CT). Barbara earned her BA in Theatre from Fordham University at Lincoln Center and has an MFA in acting from The Actors Studio Drama School, NYC. Barbara coaches privately and has worked on staff as a Resident Teaching Artist for Long Wharf Theatre. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bhentschel.com&source=gmail&ust=1575555836602000&usg=AFQjCNGIijtlTPpA0uZ-grJy8WVL4cfneg" href="http://www.bhentschel.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #0563c1; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.bhentschel.com</a><span style="color: #0563c1;"></span></div>
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<b>Emilie Roberts </b>in<b> </b>NYC Emilie created leading roles in five original musicals and appeared in <i>As You Like It,</i> <i>Scapin </i>and others. Regionally, she starred in <i>Deathtrap, The Respectful Prostitute, She Loves Me, Oklahoma, The Robber Bridegroom, A Threepenny Opera, </i>and played supporting roles in 8 shows at Summer Theatre of New Canaan. A graduate of Juilliard, Emilie performed in operas and musical revues across the country, & is currently professor of voice & acting at the University of Bridgeport.</div>
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<b>Kimberly Squires</b> Off-Off Broadway – The Players Theatre: <i>The Difference</i> by Jack Rushton. Regional -- Greenwich Theatre Co: <i>Bee Keeper/Seven Easy Pieces</i> by Jack Rushton; The National Arts Club; <i>Danse Macabre</i> by Steven Otfinoski and <i>The Girl in the Red Dress</i> by Frederick Stoppel, music by Art Garfunkle; The Players Club <i>The Lives of Shakespeare Trilogy</i> by MJ Schaefe. Kim and her husband, Allan Zeller, produced/starred in their two-person show: <i>Zeller and Squires – Delightful Differences</i> in New Haven. Founding member, former Amarante’s Dinner Theatre. Member: AEA, SAG-AFTRA.</div>
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<b>Allan Zeller</b> has worked in theater, film, television and radio for more than 35 years. Theaters include the Sacramento Theatre Co, CitiArts Theatre, Theatre Artists of Marin, Roger Rocha’s Penguin Rep. Stray Kats Theatre and the Players Theatre in New York. Recently Allan appeared at the new Greenwich Theatre Company in Greenwich, CT playing multiple roles in <i>Seven Easy Pieces</i> by Jack Rushton. In October, Allan was seen at the Actors’ Temple Theatre in New York as Dr. Benjamin Simon in the new play <i>The Interrupted Journey </i>by Elizabeth Fuller and Joe Vig and at the National Arts Club as Joseph Stalin in the new play <i>Danse Macabre</i> by Stephen Otfinoski. Allan has an MFA in acting from UC Davis.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">Susan Cinoman</span></b><span style="color: #555555; letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span>is a playwright and screenwriter whose work is published and produced internationally. She began as a comedy writer and performer in the all-woman comedy group, “The Soubrettes,” in Philadelphia which resulted in one of its hit songs playing on the local radio, “Bimbo Rap.” Her story “Mama Drama” was featured on the hit ABC comedy “The Goldbergs” in the 2014- 15 season. Her one act play Fitting Rooms has been called “a great American one act” and is featured in Applause Books' “Best Short Plays of 1996”. Her Off-Broadway plays include Gin and Bitters and Cinoman and Rebeck, which was hailed as “an evening of talent and promise” by The New York Times. Her plays have received numerous workshop productions at The Ensemble Studio Theatre and Naked Angels. The plays Beds and Truth and Sex were recently made into short films by Akvarious Productions in Mumbai, India. Work in development includes the screenplay My Girlfriend at the Time (directed by Susan Seidelman); the pilot, "Blackmail U." (co-written with ABC Family writer Andrea Abbate); the new play Love and Class in Connecticut (directed by Karen Carpenter of Love, Loss and What I Wore). Cinoman’s new play Guenevere is being developed as part of the Women’s Playwright Initiative at the Ivortyon Playhouse. She is the recipient of The Best Connecticut Filmmaker Award in 2009; The Best Narrative Film at New England Film and Video Festival; an Official Selection by The International Berkshire Film Festival; The Maxwell Anderson Playwrights Prize, and The Aristos Award with Theresa Rebeck. Susan lives with her husband in Connecticut. They have two daughters, a cat, a dog and a horse.</div>
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<b>Kimberly Hill</b> wrote for a number of TV series including “Cheers,” “Family Ties,” “One Day at a Time,” “Empty Nest,” “All is Forgiven,” “Facts of Life,” “EZ Streets,” “The Tortelli’s,” “Lateline” and “E.R.” – the comedy. She created and wrote pilots under contract to Paramount and for NBC. Kim also produced or served as a consultant on some of these series and more, including “Due South,” before she went into rehab at Yale Divinity School – where she got a masters degree. She is currently writing plays.</div>
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<b>Lauren Yarger</b> As a theater critic, Lauren Yarger is a member of the Outer Critics Circle, the American Theatre Critics Association and previously served as Vice President and voting member of the Drama Desk. She is Co-Founder of the League of Professional Theater Women's Connecticut Chapter. As a producer/writer (member of the Dramatists Guild of America), Lauren has written, directed and produced numerous shows and special events. She co-wrote a Christian musical version of “A Christmas Carol” which played to sold-out audiences of over 3,000 in Vermont and was awarded the Vermont Bessie (theater and film awards) for “People’s Choice for Theatre.” She also has written two other dinner theaters and produced a one-woman musical about Mary Magdalene that toured nationally and closed with an off-Broadway run. Her play concept, "From Reel to Real: The Jennifer O'Neill Story," was presented as part of the League of professional Theatre Women's Julia's Reading Room Series in New York in 2018. She is Owner/Producer at Gracewell Productions LLC and is a partner in Major Chord Productions, which is developing two musicals for touring. Yarger trained for three years in the Broadway League’s Producer Development Program, completed the Commercial Theater Institute's Producing Three-Day Intensive and other training and was a Fellow at the O'Neill Theater Center's National Critics Institute. She also reviews books for Publishers Weekly and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle. </div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 by Lauren Yarger. All rights reserved.</div>LaurenYargerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00709980425007243824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655300085232580130.post-82414060612291249692019-08-14T13:12:00.004-07:002019-08-14T13:12:59.058-07:00Chita Rivera Will Honor Hal Prince at Annual Broadway Blessing<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Chita Rivera is scheduled to give a special tribute to Hal Prince at the 22nd annual Broadway Blessing 7 pm Monday, Sept. 16 at St. Malachy's Church (The Actors' Chapel).<br />
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Performers from other Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, including <i>Ain’t Too Proud, Fiddler on the Roof, Phantom of the Opera, Lion King, Desperate Measures</i>, and <i>Hair </i>are scheduled to participate as well. The Broadway Blessing Choir and instrumentalists are under the direction of Stephen Fraser. George Drance, SJ (La MaMa, Magis Theatre), will emcee again this year. The evening will culminate with a moving candle-lighting ceremony led by clergy from various churches and the rabbi from the Actors’ Temple.</div>
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Doors open at 6:30 pm; seating is open, first come/first served at St. Malachy's, 239 W. 49th St. NYC. A reception will follow. The event is free to the public. Past participants have included Lynn Redgrave, Marian Seldes, Frances Sternhagen, Kathleen Chalfant, Billy Porter, Tituss Burgess and Chad Kimball, just to name a few.<br />
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St. Malachy's, the Actors' Chapel, was founded in 1920. It is a spiritual oasis in New York’s heart for Broadway artists and fans alike. Chiming “There’s No Business Like Show Business” every day, a half hour before curtain, the chapel has welcomed such theater greats as George M. Cohen, Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino. Florence Henderson, Elaine Stritch, Danny Thomas, Bob and Dolores Hope, Antonio Banderas, Liam Neeson,and countless others. Under the leadership of Fr. John Fraser (pastor) and Stephen Fraser (director of music) it continues to offer programming to the Broadway community and develop the talent and work of the next generation of Broadway stars.<br />
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The Broadway Blessing is produced by Tony-Award-winning Producer Pat Addiss and Kathryn Fisher. Designed as a program of song, dance and story to celebrate the spirit of the new theater season, the annual Broadway Blessing was founded by theater writer <a href="http://uponthesacredstage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Retta Blaney</a> in 1997.</div>
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Presenters have been selected for the second season of 2ND ACT, the Palace Theater’s acclaimed speaker’s series that features stories by people post age 50, who are doing some extraordinary things after mid-life. <div>
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Among them are Pat Addiss, a Tony-Award-winning Broadway producer based in New York, who will kick the series off on Sept. 17 with her presentation, "Necessity is the Mother of Reinvention," and Lisa Lampanelli, a life coach formerly known for her acerbic comedic style, who will present her new show <i>Losin’ It</i> on the main stage of the theater on Nov.16.</div>
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<br />The series may be purchased in its entirety, as a five-presentation option, individually or by adding on Lampanelli’s show. All presentations with the exception of Lampanelli’s include light fare pre-show and are held in the intimate space of the Poli Club on the venue’s second floor. A cash bar will be available. Tickets: <a href="http://www.palacetheaterct.org/">www.palacetheaterct.org</a>; 203-346-2000; Box Office, 100 East Main St., Waterbury.<br /><br />Part inspirational, aspirational, experiential and comical, these after-50 life stories will ignite the audience member’s own imaginations and a desire to become part of a growing community of 2ND ACTers! As one regular attendee has commented, ‘you always leave with a nugget to ponder’. Series Creator Sheree Marcucci, marketing and public relations officer for the theater, states “we are living much longer than past generations and are expecting our later years to be as rich and vivid as possible. This series, and many like it popping up all over the country and world, attest to this- we are as a group, just not going quietly into that good night!”<br /><br />The presenters, chosen by a selection committee who viewed short videos of presenter candidates, are engaging and have a personal story that will inspire others as they share how they pursued a passion, dream or championed a cause after the age of 50. </div>
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<br /><b>2ND ACT SERIES PRESENTERS AND DATES:</b><br /><br />Tuesday Sept. 17 – 6 pm <br /><b><i>PAT ADDISS</i></b><br /><br />Necessity is the Mother of Reinvention<br /><br />How does a woman break into the tough world of showbiz as a Broadway Producer at an when most are looking to retire? After 30 years running her own promotions company hear Broadway producer Pat Addiss tell her gutsy story. They say that necessity is the mother of re-invention… 40 years ago putting food on the table for her children after her husband left was just the beginning of her many fascinating incarnations.<br /> <br /><br />Tuesday Oct 29 – 6 pm <br /><br /><i><b>JILLIAN CLENTANO</b></i><br /><br />The Stranger in the Mirror<br /><br />Jillian is a 58-year-old transgender woman who transitioned from male to female three years ago. Growing up, the person staring back in the mirror was not her…it was a stranger. She will share her personal journey of starting life over again as her authentic self by discussing her challenges, hardships and victories. Since transitioning, she has become an advocate for the transgender community and speaks at various venues, including: conferences, universities and medical centers. She has returned to college to obtain her master's degree in psychology to become a counselor for the LGBTQ+ community, and recently finished an internship at the Yale Gender Program. <br /> <br /><br />Saturday Nov 16 –8 pm</div>
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<br />Lisa Lampanelli’s LOSIN’ IT! is an intimate collection of humorous observations and real-life stories curated and performed by Lisa and a few of her friends. Inspired by her work with The Moth Radio Hour, Lisa has created a heartfelt theatrical evening focusing on the issues of weight, body image, and “losin’ it!” Performed in the spirit of <i>The Vagina Monologues</i> and <i>Love, Loss and What I Wore</i>, Lisa and friends enchant theatergoers with hilarious, touching anecdotes about their own weight struggles, and lively audience interaction.<br /><br />“I decided stand-up comedy really wasn’t for me anymore. It wasn’t making my heart happy. So, I created LOSIN’ IT! a show using comedy to talk about weight and body issues, which are things I’ve struggled with for years," she said. "This is so much more fulfilling!”<br /> <br /><br />Tuesday Dec 10 – 6pm <br /><br /><i><b>TANYA DETRIK</b></i><br /><br />Change in the Blink of an Eye<br /><br />Life can change in the blink of an eye. The secret to living life more joyously and peacefully lies in our ability to choose how we respond to situations that challenge us. Learning to shift how you view any situation is the key.<br /><br />Tanya Detrik’s backstory is one of post-traumatic growth. At a moment of extreme stress she was gifted the realization that making a simple shift in her perspective catalyzed instantaneous mental and emotional relief.<br /><br />That discovery more than ten years ago has transformed her life, never more so than in 2019 with the death of her husband.<br /><br />Her message is that it is not necessary to experience trauma in order to be inspired to see life through different lenses, and that the ability is liberating and life enhancing. See what you may have been missing.<br /> <br /><br />Saturday Jan 11 - Noon <br /><br /><b><i>KARENNA ALEXANDER</i></b><br /><br />Listen to Your Heart<br /><br />2ND ACTs typically come from the heart. Karenna Alexander should know. She's a dating and relationship expert, and former matchmaker, who helps women find love. Her 2ND ACT came about after conquering dating dilemmas of her own. If you’re looking for love in all the wrong places, come hear her share the secrets of finding love in the 21st century.</div>
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<br /><br />Saturday Feb 1 – Noon <br /><br /><b><i>KATE KATCHER</i></b><br /><br />Things To Do When (They Say) You Can’t<br /><br />ACTOR-WRITER-DIRECTOR-TEACHER<br /><br />Shortly after her 57th birthday, Kate Katcher read an NY Times article that revealed that women over 55 who fall out of the workplace will most likely not get back in. She had just fallen. With retirement not an option and no prospects, Kate turned to the one person she could rely on: herself. Over the next eleven years, she created a blog, a theatre company, pursued and acquired two University teaching jobs, served elite clients in the luxury suites of Madison Square Garden, and returned to school for a Master’s Degree. Follow her journey over hurdles and through closed doors. Performance (script in hands) of a short playlet is part of this presentation.<br /><br /><br />Tuesday Mar 3 – 6 pm <br /><br /><i><b>JACK LEVINE</b></i><br /><br />Laughing Out Loud<br /><br />Author, actor. standup comedian and improv performer Jack Levine feared being bored in retirement. So, when he finally retired as chief financial officer of a school district at 72, he decided to try the performing arts and found the journey to be awesome. Jack will use stand-up comedy, improv, comedy sketches, personal storytelling and acting to entertain as he offers insights and inspiration to his audience to try something new, creative and fun.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Tuesday Apr 21 – 6 pm <br /><br /><i><b>SHARON RUCHMAN</b></i><br /><br />The Gift of Rudy: A Second Chance <br /><br />While Sharon Ruchman has always loved music, studying voice and piano since childhood, she felt pressure to become something that she was not ready to become. Stress and anxiety took the joy out of learning until about four years ago when her great uncle’s viola from 100 years ago found its way to her. Sharon felt compelled to learn and play it, and as a result, her creative floodgates opened. Today, she’s composing everything from chamber music to tango, believing that it is never too late to do something fabulous. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Tuesday May 19 – 6 pm <br /><br /><b><i>DONNA PALOMBA</i></b><br /><br />BE the Change <br /><br />Inspired by the famous quote by Ghandi and deeply affected by her own experience, Donna wants to empower people to fight back against injustice and become the change they want to see in the world. Donna shares her personal insights into what allowed her to make the choices she did, and how she sought guidance along the way. Using her story as a case study, she explores not only the fight against sexual assault, but draws on her experience as a business woman and the challenges she faces in that role as well, to move her audience to action on behalf of themselves and the greater good. <br /><br /><br />Tuesday June 23 – 6pm <br /><br /><b><i>RICH CYR</i></b><br /><br />Don’t Just Dream it, Live it!<br /><br />RICH Cyr was born with cerebral palsy, given the last rites three times, was told that he would never walk or talk, and encountered many obstacles during his life.<br /><br />In his early 50s he became a financial advisor, actor, podcaster, author, voice actor, stand-up comedian, and motivational speaker.<br /><br />He is now living the life that he always dreamed of.</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 by Lauren Yarger. All rights reserved.</div>LaurenYargerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00709980425007243824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655300085232580130.post-12051989823211829342019-07-20T08:24:00.001-07:002019-08-14T14:24:24.135-07:00Theater Review: Because of Winn Dixie -- Goodspeed<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">NOTE: Due to previously scheduled projects, David Poe and Kacie Sheik will exit Goodspeed Musicals’ Because of Winn Dixie. Starting August 14, Jacqueline Petroccia (Lincoln Center, Barrington Stage) will join the cast as Jeanne, single mom to two rollicking Dewberry boys. She will be joined by Jesse Lenat(The Public Theater, Signature Theatre) who will take on the role of Otis, the misunderstood pet store man in Goodspeed’s summer hit that has been extended due to popular demand. Because of Winn Dixie is now playing through Sept 5 at The Goodspeed in East Haddam, CT</span></b></i><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Because of Winn Dixie</i></b></span><br />
Book and Lyrics by: Nell Benjamin, based on the Novel by: Kate DiCamillo<br />
Music by: Duncan Sheik<br />
Choreographer: Chris Bailey<br />
Animal Direction: William Berloni<br />
Director: John Rando<br />
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By Lauren Yarger<br />
<i>Because of Winn Dixie</i> at Connecticut's Goodspeed Opera House restores our faith in a wholesome, fun, moving story as a viable theater offering. Can I get an "awooo!"?<br />
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This charmer, with music by Duncan Sheik (<i>Spring Awakening)</i> a book by Nell Benjamin (<i>Legally Blonde, Mean Girls</i>), based on the popular young people's novel by Kate DiCamillo is full of kids, a dog, faith, laughter, friendship and second chances. What's not to love? Especially when you see the tons of kids in the audience. In a climate where most new theater offerings (and updated revivals) feel the need to push every political and social agenda to be "woke" and justified in the "me-too" environment, it is doggone refreshing (sorry, couldn't resist) to enjoy one that focuses on everyday people with everyday issues in a positive, uplifting way. After all, when times are trying, theater should be a happy release some of the time.<br />
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And that is just what <i>Because of Winn Dixie</i> is. It follows the story of 13-year-old Opal (Josie Todd), who moves to a trailer park with her preacher father (J. Robert Spencer) when her mother leaves them. The preacher has no trouble speaking in front of his new congregation, but communicating with his daughter is tougher as he won't discuss their recent loss. Opal overcomes her loneliness by saving a stray she names after the local grocery store. "Winn Dixie" (Bowdie, trained by Connecticut's Tony-Award-winning animal trainer William Berloni) becomes her constant companion and the dog wins the hearts of the congregation and community members.<br />
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<li>The Dewberry boys, Dunlap and Stevie (Jamie Mann and Jay Hendrix) and their single mom, Jeanne (Kacie Sheik -- yes, she is Duncan's half sister), who starts spending time with the preacher, much to Opal's disapproval</li>
<li>Slow-witted Callie and Jiggs Thomas (Crystal Kellogg and Brian Michael Hoffman) and their little peanut of a daughter, Sweetie Pie (Sophia Massa), for whom they want a better life.</li>
<li>Millie and Carl Wilkinson (Nicole Powell and John Edwards), who are grieving over the death of their son and who don't know how to communicate with their bookworm daughter, Amanda (Chloë Cheers), whom Opal doesn't like at all.</li>
<li>Otis (David Poe) , a guitar-playing pet store owner who is treated as an outsider in town because of his prison record.</li>
<li>Librarian Fanny Block (Isabel Keating (Franny Block)) who entertains the kids with her story times.</li>
<li>Gloria Dump (Roz Ryan ) the witch who lives in the woods and encourages the kids to add their deepest thoughts and wishes to pages storesd in the bottles hanging from her trees and representing her drinking days of past.</li>
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All of the characters are dealing with loss of some kind and the feeling that they don't fit in. Winn Dixie changes all of that, breathes some new life into them and unites them all when he disappears during a terrible storm (Lighting and Sound Design by Jeff Croiter and Jay Hilton, respectively.) Choreographer Chris Bailey wisely keeps movement on the subtle side and coordinates nicely so the storytelling isn't overshadowed.</div>
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Even if the story weren't engaging, the show would be a hit just because of Winn Dixie, or Bowdie, rather. The pooch, described as a mix between a poodle and something larger, receives applause on entrance (the audience is shocked by his large size) and delights as he hits all of his marks and cues perfectly. There were a lot of "awwwww"s from the audience and even more smiles throughout the production. Here's hoping this musical ends up on Broadway and tours for a long time around a country in need of some "aaaaw" and smiles.</div>
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A few things need to happen before that can happen. While there are some nice ballads and an opportunity for Ryan to show her vocal talents -- her "Bottle Tree Blues" is one of the more entertaining numbers -- Sheik's score needs a boost. The openings of both acts are pretty weak and a number of songs seems to offers tunes that sit on the same few notes (and even still, some of them proved a stretch for some of the younger vocalists). It's a new type of musical for the composer of <i>Spring Awakening</i> and <i>American Psycho</i>, but he's up to the challenge.</div>
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Donyale Werle's sets are simple, with easy changes between the church, the library, the trailer and other locales. Lighting needs some tweaking, however as there are some awful glares and color and scene changes are telegraphed.</div>
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But if anyone can bring it together, it's Director John Rando, who has helmed another family-friendly musical on Broadway, <i>A Christmas Story: The Musical. </i>(He won the Tony for <i>Urinetown</i>). This one is worth tweaking. Kids love DiCamillo's book and the movie on which it was based. The stage musical seems the next natural incarnation of the story and can entertain audiences for years, just like that other wholesome musical starring a dog -- also trained by Berloni -- <i>Annie.</i></div>
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<b>More information:</b></div>
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The run has been extended through Se[t. 5 at Goodspeed, 6 Main St., East Haddam, CT. Performances are Wednesday at 2 and 7:30 pm; Thursday at 7:30 pm (with select performances at 2); Friday at 8 pm; Saturday at 3 and 8 pm and Sunday at 2 pm (with select performances at 6:30). Tickets: 860-873-8668; <a href="http://goodspeed.org/">goodspeed.org</a></div>
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Additional credits:</div>
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Costumer Designer: Emily Rebholz; Wig and Hair Designer, Mark Adam Rampmeyer; Music Supervisor / Orchestrator, Jason Hart; Music Director, Adam Souza</div>
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Additional casting: Ryan Halsaver (Townsperson); Mackenzie Warren (Townsperson)<br />
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Open Caption Performance: Friday, July 26, 8 pm. Open-captioning is a service that displays the text of a show simultaneously with the performance without the use of any special equipment by the patron. The words are displayed on a 4-foot by 1-foot LCD screen located near the edge of the stage and are thus “open” to anyone within view.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Scottsboro Boys</span></i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Music and Lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Directed by Sean Harris</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Choreographed by Darlene Zoller</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Playhouse on Park</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Through Aug. 4</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">By Lauren Yarger</span><br />
<b style="font-family: inherit;">What's It All About?</b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The story of nine African-American men falsely accused of rape in 1930s Alabama (book by David Thompson). The case became a sensation as the Scottsboro Boys spent years in jail through multiple trials and court appeals while outrage across the north mounted at their treatment in the Jim-Crow-era South. With original direction and choreography by Susan Stroman, the musical received 12 Tony Award nominations. The music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb (<i>Chicago; Cabaret</i>) are framed as a minstrel show, featuring an Interlocutor </span> (Dennis Holland)<span style="font-family: inherit;"> -- an emcee of sorts --</span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;">Mr. Bones (</span>Ivory McKay)<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and Mr. Tambor (</span>Torrey Linderas). It was, and still is, one of the most brilliant musicals I have seen.<br />
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Troy Valjean Rucker stars as Haywood Patterson, one of the accused who becomes a sort of leader and attempts multiple escapes. While incarcerated, he learns to read and write and it's his story, written in a journal, that is told through the guise of the entertaining minstrel show. Also starring in this production are Renee J Sutherland as "The Lady," who shadows the events and whose connection becomes clear later, and Cedric Greeneas Olen Montgomery, one of the nine.<br />
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Rounding out the cast are current students in musical theater training programs:<br />
Grant Reynolds (Charles Weems/ Victoria Price) is a rising senior at Carnegie Mellon University, Justin Sturgis (Roy Wright) is currently a student at NYU Tisch, Jerry Hamilton (Andy Wright) will be a sophomore at the Hartt School, Jaylan Evans (Ozie Powell/Ruby Bates) is a rising senior at ELON, Cedrick Ekra (Clarence) is a rising sophomore at Emerson College, Alex Robertson (Willie Roberson) is a rising senior at The Hartt School, and Trishawn Paul, who plays 13 year old Eugene Williams, is currently a sophomore at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts.<div>
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It's just a pleasure to see this musical get a run. The show isn't produced often (right just became available) since the show failed to win any Tonys and was embroiled in controversy as protesters objected to the use of a minstrel show because the actual entertainment form used black face. These protests were misguided in my opinion, as the show, and the minstrel show format, are a brilliant commentary on the unjust and ignorant laws and thinking that allowed nine innocent men to be arrested and sentenced to death for a crime they didn't commit. The story is one that needs to be told, and the book by David Thompson partnered with lyrics and music by Kander and Ebb, do it very well with good performances by the ensemble. The show gets a solid production helmed by Playhouse's dynamic duo of Director Sean Harris and Choreographer Darlene Zoller. Melanie Guernin (<i>In the Heights</i>) returns as musical director.</div>
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More depth is needed for the Interlocutor to make clear his two-faced personality (representing those who would be in favor of the prejudiced laws). He is always smiling, pretending to be the Scottsboro Boys' friend, but underneath, there is a man who needs to be in control and who feels an entitled superiority. When his authority is challenged, he should become downright nasty and there should be more fear and understanding among the Scottsboro Boys as his true self is revealed. </div>
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<b>More information:</b><br /><i>The Scottsboro Boys </i>runs at Playhouse on Park, 244 Park Road, West Hartford, through Aug. 4. Tickets are $40-$50: 860-523-5900 x10 or visit<a href="http://www.playhouseonpark.org/">www.playhouseonpark.org</a>. </div>
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Melanie Guernin, musical director; David Lewis, scenic design; Vilinda McGregor, lighting design; Rider Q. Stanton, Sound design;<br /><br />The Playhouse will partner with the Connecticut Historical Society, in conjunction with its current exhibit, Black Citizenship In The Age Of Jim Crow, for a panel discussion from 5:30 to 7 pm<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span>July 30 This event is free and open to the public. Panelists discussing the themes of racism and resistance explored in the exhibition and in the production include the Honorable Richard A. Robinson, chief justice of the CT Supreme Court, Professor Diana R. Paulin of Trinity College and Frank Mitchell, executive director of the Amistad Center for Arts and Culture. The panel will be moderated by Attorney Valerie Caldwell-Gaines. Light refreshments will be served at the event at the Historical Society, 1 Elizabeth St., Hartford. Museum galleries will be open before the program<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">. </span></span>RSVP: <a href="mailto:rsvp@chs.org">rsvp@chs.org</a>; 860-236-5621 ext. 238. Questions? Contact Natalie Belanger, adult programs manager, <a href="mailto:natalie_belanger@chs.org">natalie_belanger@chs.org</a>. <div>
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Talkbacks with the cast are scheduled after every performance during this run.<br />An interview with Director Sean Harris is available at <a href="https://playhouseonparkct.wordpress.com./">https://playhouseonparkct.wordpress.com.</a></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 by Lauren Yarger. All rights reserved.</div>LaurenYargerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00709980425007243824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655300085232580130.post-55295113640732424422019-04-25T10:24:00.000-07:002019-04-25T10:24:13.815-07:00Drama Desk Nominations Announced<div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>Fairview</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, by Jackie Sibblies Drury, Soho Rep</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>The Ferryman</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, by Jez Butterworth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>Lewiston/Clarkston</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, by Samuel D. Hunter, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>Usual Girls</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, by Ming Peiffer, Roundabout Theatre Company</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>What the Constitution Means to Me</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, by Heidi Schreck, New York Theatre Workshop </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">and</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Broadway</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>Be More Chill</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>The Hello Girls, </i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Prospect Theat</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">er</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Company</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future, </i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Ars Nova</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, Signature Theatre</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>Henry VI</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>: Shakespeare's Trilogy in Two Parts</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, National Asian American Theatre Company</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>Our Lady of 121<sup>st</sup> Street</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, Signature Theatre</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>Summer and Smoke</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, Classic Stage Company/Transport Group</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>The Waverly Gallery</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>Uncle Vanya</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, Hunter Theater Project</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>Carmen Jones</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, Classic Stage Company</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>Fiddler on the Roof</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Off-Broadway</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>Kiss Me, Kate</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, Roundabout Theatre Company</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>Merrily We Roll Along</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, Fiasco Theater/Roundabout Theatre Company</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i>Oklahoma!</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">, Bard Summerscape</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">/</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">St. Ann's Warehouse</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Broadway</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Actor in a Play</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Jeff Biehl, <i>Life Sucks</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Edmund Donovan, <i>Lewiston/Clarkston</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Raúl Esparza, <i>The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Russell Harvard, <i>I Was Most Alive With You</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Jay O. Sanders, <i>Uncle Vanya</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Actress in a Play</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Midori Francis, <i>Usual Girls</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Zainab Jah, <i>Boesman and Lena</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Elaine May, <i>The Waverly Gallery</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Laurie Metcalf, <i>Hillary and Clinton</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Heidi Schreck, <i>What the Constitution Means to Me</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Actor in a Musical</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Brooks Ashmanskas, <i>The Prom</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Andrew R. Butler, <i>Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Damon Daunno, <i>Oklahoma!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Santino Fontana, <i>Tootsie</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Steven Skybell, <i>Fiddler on the Roof</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Stephanie J. Block, <i>The Cher Show</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Beth Leavel, <i>The Prom</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Rebecca Naomi Jones,<i> Oklahoma!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Anika Noni Rose, <i>Carmen Jones</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Stacey Sargeant, <i>Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Charles Browning, <i>Fairview</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Arnie Burton, <i>Lewiston/Clarkston</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Hampton Fluker, <i>All My Sons</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Tom Glynn-Carney, <i>The Ferryman</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Brandon Uranowitz, <i>Burn This</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Harriett D. Foy, <i>The House That Will Not Stand</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Megan Hill, <i>Eddie and Dave</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Celia Keenan-Bolger, <i>To Kill A Mockingbird</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Ruth Wilson, <i>King Lear</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Alison Wright, <i>Othello</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Corbin Bleu, <i>Kiss Me, Kate</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">André De Shields, <i>Hadestown</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Sydney James Harcourt, <i>Girl from the North Country</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">George Salazar, <i>Be More Chill</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Patrick Vaill, <i>Oklahoma!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Stephanie Hsu, <i>Be More Chill</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Leslie Kritzer, <i>Beetlejuice</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Soara-Joye Ross, <i>Carmen Jones</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Sarah Stiles, <i>Tootsie</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Ali Stroker, <i>Oklahoma!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mary Testa, <i>Oklahoma!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Director of a Play</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Sarah Benson, <i>Fairview</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, <i>The Jungle</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Sam Mendes, <i>The Ferryman</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Tyne Rafaeli, <i>Usual Girls</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Taylor Reynolds, <i>Plano</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Jeff Wise, <i>Life Sucks</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Director of a Musical</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Noah Brody, <i>Merrily We Roll Along</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Rachel Chavkin, <i>Hadestown</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Scott Ellis, <i>Tootsie</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Daniel Fish, <i>Oklahoma!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Joel Grey, <i>Fiddler on the Roof</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Choreography</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>presented by LaDuca Dance Shoes</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Camille A. Brown, <i>Choir Boy</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Warren Carlyle, <i>Kiss Me Kate</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Denis Jones, <i>Tootsie</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Lorin Latarro, <i>Twelfth Night</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Rick and Jeff Kuperman, <i>Alice by Heart</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">David Neumann, <i>Hadestown</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Music</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>presented by Music Theatre International</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Andrew R. Butler, <i>Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Joe Iconis, <i>Be More Chill</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Peter Mills, <i>The Hello Girls</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mark Sonnenblick, <i>Midnight at the Never Get</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Shaina Taub, <i>Twelfth Night</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">David Yazbek, <i>Tootsie</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Lyrics</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>presented by Music Theatre International</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Chad Beguelin, <i>The Prom</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Andrew R. Butler, <i>Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Joe Iconis, <i>Be More Chill</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Peter Mills, <i>The Hello Girls</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">David Yazbek, <i>Tootsie</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Book of a Musical</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>presented by Music Theatre International</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Scott Brown and Anthony King, <i>Beetlejuice</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Andrew R. Butler, <i>Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Robert Horn, <i>Tootsie</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin, <i>The Prom</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Dominique Morisseau, <i>Ain't Too Proud</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><i> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Orchestrations</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Larry Blank, <i>Fiddler on the Roof</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Simon Hale, <i>Girl from the North Country</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Daniel Kluger, <i>Oklahoma!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Charlie Rosen, <i>Be More Chill</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Daryl Waters, <i>The Cher Show</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Music in a Play</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Paul Castles and Jongbin Jung, <i>Wild Goose Dreams</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Justin Ellington, <i>Mrs. Murray's Menagerie</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Justin Ellington, <i>The House That Will Not Stand</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Nick Powell, <i>The Lehman Trilogy</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Jason Michael Webb </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Fitz Patton, <i>Choir Boy</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Set Design of a Play</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Miriam Buether, <i>The Jungle</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Es Devlin, <i>Girls & Boys</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Maruti Evans, <i>The Peculiar Patriot</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mimi Lien, <i>Fairview</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Matt Saunders, <i>"Daddy"</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Set Design for a Musical</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>presented by Hudson Scenic</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Rachel Hauck, <i>Hadestown</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Laura Jellinek, <i>Oklahoma!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Laura Jellinek, <i>Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">David Korins, <i>Beetlejuice</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Rae Smith, <i>Girl from the North Country</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Costume Design for a Play</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Dede M. Ayite, <i>By the Way, Meet Vera Stark</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Dede M. Ayite, <i>If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Ásta Bennie Hostetter, <i>Mrs. Murray's Menagerie</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Toni-Leslie James, <i>Bernhardt/Hamlet</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Nicole Slaven, <i>Henry VI: Shakespeare's Trilogy in Two Parts</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">William Ivey Long, <i>Beetlejuice</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">William Ivey Long, <i>Tootsie</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Bobby Frederick Tilly II, <i>Be More Chill</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Michael Krass, <i>Hadestown</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Bob Mackie, <i>The Cher Show</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Paloma Young, <i>Alice by Heart</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Amith Chandrashaker, <i>Boesman and Lena</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Amith Chandrashaker, <i>Fairview</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Jiyoun Chang, <i>Slave Play</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Jon Clark, <i>The Jungle</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Simon Cleveland, <i>Spaceman</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Yi Zhao, <i>The House That Will Not Stand</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>presented by Production Resource Group</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Adam Honoré, <i>Carmen Jones</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Bradley King, <i>Hadestown</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Jamie Roderick, <i>Midnight at the Never Get</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Barbara Samuels, <i>Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Scott Zielinski, <i>Oklahoma!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Projection Design</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Peter England, <i>King Kong</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Katherine Freer, <i>By the Way, Meet Vera Stark</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Luke Halls, <i>The Lehman Trilogy</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Alex Basco Koch, <i>Be More Chill</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Peter Nigrini, <i>Beetlejuice</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Joshua Thorson, <i>Oklahoma!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b>Outstanding Sound Design in a Play</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Tyler Kieffer, <i>Plano</i></span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 by Lauren Yarger. All rights reserved.</div>LaurenYargerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00709980425007243824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655300085232580130.post-13173905726054796732019-04-25T09:10:00.002-07:002019-04-25T09:10:31.946-07:00O'Neill Announces Summer Season<div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-size: 18px;">The <strong>Eugene O’Neill Theater Center</strong> announced today the 2019 summer season of plays, musicals, and other works in development at the<strong>National Music Theater Conference</strong>, <strong>National Playwrights Conference</strong>, <strong>Cabaret & Performance Conference</strong>, and <strong>National Puppetry Conference</strong>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><em>“This summer in Waterford, CT, the O'Neill, the Launchpad of the American Theater, will continue our work with exciting new musicals, plays, puppetry, & cabaret. I'm delighted to welcome audiences from around the world to experience these vital new works during our <strong>55th anniversary season</strong>.” </em>O’Neill Executive Director <strong>Preston Whiteway</strong> continues,<em> “I am grateful to each of our Artistic Directors for their bold vision in selecting these pieces and artists that will impact the field for decades to come.”</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px; text-decoration-line: underline;"><strong>National Music Theater Conference</strong></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Alexander Gemignani, <em>Artistic Director</em></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Readings: June 22 - July 12</span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://icm-tracking.meltwater.com/link.php?DynEngagement=true&H=AqX%2Fyxxn%2FCsKfNEzXNs%2BvxKe7ZZW379%2BIapVVCHkcj06tGRioNXHycquZ4o5tax%2BfwlM%2FrOkXsekrqLMQEu8AgjXAJx88%2Bl%2BQV3z1GQquZAggpQj26aXrVTT98UFaO04&G=0&R=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theoneill.org%2Fnmtc19&I=20190425160053.000001230f6d%40mail6-60-usnbn1&X=MHwxMDQ2NzU4OjVjYzE0ZmJhMTMzYjQwYTViMjYwYmYyNDs%3D&S=8onKK9RL-ydDfNvRxDqM1Ds-bQA2DLwPAh-IGeanqnQ" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">> More Info</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">Since its founding in 1978, the National Music Theater Conference has developed more than 125 new musicals, including early works of award-winning writers and composers such as Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt, Andrew Lippa, Tan Dun, Robert Lopez, Duncan Sheik, Kirsten Childs, Adam Gwon, Steven Sater, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Maury Yeston, Michael R. Jackson, and Jeanine Tesori. Each musical will undergo the O’Neill’s signature development process, employing professional creative teams including acclaimed directors, dramaturgs, actors, and musicians.. Selected from 320 submissions, the following three new musicals will be developed:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><em><strong>Borderline</strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">Book by <strong>Aryanna Garber</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">Music & Lyrics by <strong>Benjamin Velez</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><em><strong>JEANNETTE</strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">Book by <strong>Lauren M. Gunderson</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">Music & Lyrics by <strong>Ari Ayesha Afsar</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><em><strong>Undesirables</strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">Book & Lyrics by <strong>Hansol Jung</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">NMTC Artistic Director <strong>Alexander Gemignani</strong> shares this about his second season: <em>“The three musicals we’ve chosen exemplify the idea of innovation and serve as a reminder of how powerful the art form of music theater can be. I am thrilled that the O’Neill will be ushering these pieces along on this step of their journey. I cannot wait to get started with these groundbreaking and brilliant writers.”</em><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px; text-decoration-line: underline;"><strong>National Playwrights Conference</strong></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Wendy C. Goldberg, Artistic Director</span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Readings: July 3-27</span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://icm-tracking.meltwater.com/link.php?DynEngagement=true&H=AqX%2Fyxxn%2FCsKfNEzXNs%2BvxKe7ZZW379%2BIapVVCHkcj06tGRioNXHycquZ4o5tax%2BfwlM%2FrOkXsekrqLMQEu8AgjXAJx88%2Bl%2BQV3z1GQquZAggpQj26aXrVTT98UFaO04&G=0&R=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theoneill.org%2Fnpc19&I=20190425160053.000001230f6d%40mail6-60-usnbn1&X=MHwxMDQ2NzU4OjVjYzE0ZmJhMTMzYjQwYTViMjYwYmYyNDs%3D&S=qtgFxpKec5IaDfCFedFjtX043-a3wnBA9RIjJZ1bBqw" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">> More Info</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">The O’Neill’s founding program will present eight new works this summer season by a broad mix of brand new, mid-career, and established writers. Each play will undergo the O’Neill’s signature development process, employing professional creative teams, including acclaimed directors, dramaturgs, actors, and designers to bring new plays to life. NPC has developed more than 750 new plays, including early works of award-winning writers such as Edward Albee, Lee Blessing, Adam Bock, Kia Corthron, Christopher Durang, John Guare, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Samuel D. Hunter, David Henry Hwang, David Lindsay-Abaire, Martyna Majok. Dominique Morisseau, Lynn Nottage, Robert O’Hara, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Wendy Wasserstein, August Wilson and Lanford Wilson. The plays were chosen from 1,416 plays received through the O’Neill’s open submissions process. Isaac Gomez (<em>The Way She Spoke)</em> joins as writer-in-residence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Craig Lucas</strong> - <em>Death of the Republic</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Zayd Dohrn</strong> - <em>The Humanities</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Charly Evon Simpson</strong> - <em>it's not a trip it’s a journey</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>George Brant</strong> - <em>Tender Age</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Anna Ziegler</strong> - <em>Antigones</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Tearrance Chisholm</strong> - <em>Black Dick</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Kimber Lee</strong> - <em>Untitled F*ck M*ss S**gon Play</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Laura Neill</strong> - <em>Winter People</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">NPC Artistic Director <strong>Wendy C. Goldberg</strong> shares this about her 15th season: <em>“I am excited to welcome these artists to the O'Neill community this summer. These storytellers are visionaries and sages for our culture and speak with great relevance to this moment in our nation's history. It is an honor to collaborate with them as we move these plays into the world."</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px; text-decoration-line: underline;"><strong>Cabaret & Performance Conference</strong></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">John McDaniel, <em>Artistic Director</em></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Performances: July 31-August 10</span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://icm-tracking.meltwater.com/link.php?DynEngagement=true&H=AqX%2Fyxxn%2FCsKfNEzXNs%2BvxKe7ZZW379%2BIapVVCHkcj06tGRioNXHycquZ4o5tax%2BfwlM%2FrOkXsekrqLMQEu8AgjXAJx88%2Bl%2BQV3z1GQquZAggpQj26aXrVTT98UFaO04&G=0&R=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theoneill.org%2Fcabaret19&I=20190425160053.000001230f6d%40mail6-60-usnbn1&X=MHwxMDQ2NzU4OjVjYzE0ZmJhMTMzYjQwYTViMjYwYmYyNDs%3D&S=GwJoXEawH00Bl3zeJXy9Me3YH2p9eBw6yS_KVoNXbjQ" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">> More Info</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">The conference brings some of the biggest names in Cabaret Theater to perform at the O’Neill each summer, providing valuable development and performance training for select Cabaret Fellows (up-and-coming performers on the cabaret scene) as well as middle and high school students through the Junior Fellows program. Headliners for 2019 include:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><em>Storytellers</em> - <strong>Brad Simmons</strong>, with special guest <strong>Lennie Watts</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><em>Barb, Brel and more!</em> - <strong>Barb Jungr</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Carole Cook </strong><em>Tonight!</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><em>The Jam: Only Child</em> - <strong>Daniel J. Watts</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">Artistic Director <strong>John McDaniel</strong> shares this about his seventh season: <em>“This summer we are featuring everything from an old-school Broadway legend to an incredibly modern & hip sensation, with some downtown hilarity thrown in for good measure. It promises to be a season to remember!”</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px; text-decoration-line: underline;"><strong>National Puppetry Conference</strong></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Pam Arciero, Artistic Director</span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Performances: June 14 & 15</span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://icm-tracking.meltwater.com/link.php?DynEngagement=true&H=AqX%2Fyxxn%2FCsKfNEzXNs%2BvxKe7ZZW379%2BIapVVCHkcj06tGRioNXHycquZ4o5tax%2BfwlM%2FrOkXsekrqLMQEu8AgjXAJx88%2Bl%2BQV3z1GQquZAggpQj26aXrVTT98UFaO04&G=0&R=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theoneill.org%2Fpuppetry19&I=20190425160053.000001230f6d%40mail6-60-usnbn1&X=MHwxMDQ2NzU4OjVjYzE0ZmJhMTMzYjQwYTViMjYwYmYyNDs%3D&S=zZdGZsVUfjiAk5hNidP75EU3qjJyBLA-fgNuYq7wSfk" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">> More Info</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">The National Puppetry Conference welcomes artists from around the globe to explore the range and power of the puppet, with rehearsals and workshops in puppet and mechanism building, writing, music, marionettes, and more. As previously announced, artists leading Conference intensives this summer include: Tyler Bunch, Melissa Dunphy, James Godwin, Alice Gottschalk, Kurt Hunter, Jim Kroupa, Bobbi Nidzgorski, Jim Rose, Richard Termine, Fred Thompson, and Derron Wood. Guest artists include Polina Borisova (Body - Object - Space), Tracy Broyles (Unsettling: Unsettling: An Expulsion of Breath), Dan Hurlin (Reading/Misreading Action), and Hansol Jung & Lexy Leuszler (Little Red Writing Hood), The Conference concludes with two public performances featuring an extraordinary mix of devised work from throughout the Puppetry Conference, led by guest artists, artists-in-residence, and a vast array of performance styles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">Artistic Director <strong>Pam Arciero</strong> shares this about his 17th season:<em> “This summer our Conference is full of an international mix of creative artists who give our conference it's unique spark. We look forward to featuring works that explore the extraordinary range and power of the puppet.”</em><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px; text-decoration-line: underline;"><strong>National Theater Institute - Theatermakers</strong></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Rachel Jett, <em>Artistic Director</em></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">FREE Performances: Mondays, June 17 - July 22</span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://icm-tracking.meltwater.com/link.php?DynEngagement=true&H=AqX%2Fyxxn%2FCsKfNEzXNs%2BvxKe7ZZW379%2BIapVVCHkcj06tGRioNXHycquZ4o5tax%2BfwlM%2FrOkXsekrqLMQEu8AgjXAJx88%2Bl%2BQV3z1GQquZAggpQj26aXrVTT98UFaO04&G=0&R=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theoneill.org%2Ftheatermakers19&I=20190425160053.000001230f6d%40mail6-60-usnbn1&X=MHwxMDQ2NzU4OjVjYzE0ZmJhMTMzYjQwYTViMjYwYmYyNDs%3D&S=eY14mMUaTP7Q5mzStndpgxwjK1UzoB4_S6tOgca0Di8" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">> More Info</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">One of six programs from the O’Neill’s flagship educational program the National Theater Institute. Theatermakers Summer Intensive trains students in a credit-earning curriculum of acting, directing, and playwriting alongside the O’Neill’s professional artists. Join us each week as students share their works-in-progress with the public.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><strong>National Critics Institute</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Chris Jones, <em>Director</em></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">June 30- July 14</span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://icm-tracking.meltwater.com/link.php?DynEngagement=true&H=AqX%2Fyxxn%2FCsKfNEzXNs%2BvxKe7ZZW379%2BIapVVCHkcj06tGRioNXHycquZ4o5tax%2BfwlM%2FrOkXsekrqLMQEu8AgjXAJx88%2Bl%2BQV3z1GQquZAggpQj26aXrVTT98UFaO04&G=0&R=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theoneill.org%2Fnci&I=20190425160053.000001230f6d%40mail6-60-usnbn1&X=MHwxMDQ2NzU4OjVjYzE0ZmJhMTMzYjQwYTViMjYwYmYyNDs%3D&S=QKlxgYt5BpVh-igKOWyRZj-B-J5HCPlxrCVX53TaYU4" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">> More Info</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">Chris Jones, critic and columnist at the <em>Chicago Tribune</em>, helms America's only boot camp for arts writers. NCI is a two-week residential workshop and conference, designed for writers and critics looking to strengthen their skills in an increasingly competitive and fast-paced industry. Past faculty members include: Mark Blankenship, Ben Brantley, Sarah Kaufman, Peter Marks, Michael Phillips, Tejal Rao, and Dan Sullivan.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px; text-decoration-line: underline;"><strong>Commercial Theater Institute</strong></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Tom Viertel,<em> CTI Executive Director & O’Neill Board Chair</em></span><span style="font-size: 18px;">July 10-12</span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://icm-tracking.meltwater.com/link.php?DynEngagement=true&H=AqX%2Fyxxn%2FCsKfNEzXNs%2BvxKe7ZZW379%2BIapVVCHkcj06tGRioNXHycquZ4o5tax%2BfwlM%2FrOkXsekrqLMQEu8AgjXAJx88%2Bl%2BQV3z1GQquZAggpQj26aXrVTT98UFaO04&G=0&R=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.commercialtheaterinstitute.com%2Fproduct%2Foneill-summer-workshop%2F&I=20190425160053.000001230f6d%40mail6-60-usnbn1&X=MHwxMDQ2NzU4OjVjYzE0ZmJhMTMzYjQwYTViMjYwYmYyNDs%3D&S=4Bkdk2X34rCWWMwhPsNSKgWpmxL2DBVkBNbUTg8TXiM" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4;" target="_blank">> More Info</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;">The Commercial Theater Institute’s three-day summer intensive focuses specifically on the producer as a creative force. CTI provides aspiring producers the unique opportunity to get close to the development process as it unfolds at the O’Neill. In this hands-on intensive, teams of participants develop plans for a several of the O’Neill’s plays and musicals through a mixture of sessions with working producers and theater professionals, interaction with writers and directors, and group discussion. The workshop culminates with the teams presenting their strategies to a panel of industry professionals. The program is led by Tom Viertel — CTI Executive Director, O’Neill Board Chair, and Tony Award-winning Broadway producer — along with an all-star faculty from the New York theater community. Applications for 2019 are due June 17. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>The 2019 Summer Season is made possible by:</strong> The Shubert Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Burry Fredrik Foundation, Connecticut Office for the Arts, Geraldine Stutz Trust, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, The Jane Henson Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Edward and Mary Lord Foundation, The Mohegan Tribe/Mohegan Sun, Dramatist Play Service, Foundation of the American Theatre Critics Association, The Joseph C. and Esther Foster Foundation, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation, Actors' Equity Foundation, Chester W. Kitchings Foundation, New London Education Foundation/Karl Kelly Fund, Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. and the support of individual O’Neill donors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>About the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center:</strong> Founded in 1964, the O’Neill is the country’s preeminent organization dedicated to the development of new works and new voices for the American theater, and named in honor of Eugene O’Neill, four-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and America’s only playwright to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The O’Neill has been home to more than 1,000 new works for the stage and thousands more emerging artists. Scores of projects developed at the O’Neill have gone on to full production at theaters around the world. 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The National Book Critics Circle (I am a proud member) will announce winners of its 2019 awards at a ceremony March 14 at The New School in New York City. The ceremony at 6:30 pm is free. Tickets to the reception following are available at <a href="http://www.bookcritics.org/awards/">http://www.bookcritics.org/awards</a>.<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 by Lauren Yarger. All rights reserved.</div>LaurenYargerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00709980425007243824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655300085232580130.post-32975052676718815442019-02-19T07:25:00.002-08:002019-02-19T07:25:57.423-08:00CT Theater Review: Working -- ACT of CT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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ACT of CT, (A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut) bursts onto the scene as one of the state's finest professional theaters with its first offering of the 2019 season: an updated version of Stephen Schwartz's <i>Working</i>.</div>
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The show, conceived, adapted and directed by Artistic Director Daniel C. Levine, presents a montage of interviews and slices of life from various types of people working to make a living. The original musical, based on Studs Terkel's book of the same name with music by Schwartz and Nina Faso, has gotten an update including video projections (with excellent media design by Caite Hevner) and new music by Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Rodgers, Susan Birkenhead, James Taylor and Schwartz. </div>
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A talented cast of six, all with strong vocals, portrays some 26 workers including a waitress, a financial manager, a project manager, a health care provider. a telephone customer service representative and a house wife, among others. The ensemble of Brad Greer, Andre Jordan, Cooper Grodin, Monica Ramirez, Zuri Washington, Laura Woyasz easily switch roles with the help of costume designer Brenda Phelps and Wig and Hair Supervisor Liz Printz) and entertain with choreography by Chip Abbott., who makes good use of the small stage. </div>
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Levine's expert direction stunningly creates storytelling as scenes appear seemingly out of nowhere (assisted by Jack Mehler's rotating and moving set). He creates the illusion one moment of being in a bustling city, then switches to a quiet moment highlighting one worker's intimate story. It's some of the best direction I have seen on a Connecticut stage.</div>
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The updates, including interviews with local Ridgefield workers, help make the work (the book was published in 1974) a bit more relevant. One criticism: the sound (design by John Salutz0 is too loud for the small theater, especially for this show, where you need to relate to the workers, not feel that they are yelling at you.</div>
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<i>Working</i> runs through March 10 at ACT, 36 Old Quarry Road, Ridgefield. Performances are Thursday at 7 pm, Friday at 8 pm, Saturday at 2 and 8 pm and Sunday at 2 pm. Tickets: <a href="http://www.actofct.org/">www.actofct.org</a>; 475-215-5433.</div>
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Music Direction Dan Pardo; Musica Supervision Bryan Perri; Orchestrations: Alex Lacamoire; Lighting Mehler.</div>
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ACT of Connecticut (A Contemporary Theatre) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) Equity theater located in Ridgefield, CT. Founded and led by three accomplished theater professionals (Executive Producer Katie Diamond, Peri and Levine), ACT of CT presents limited engagement runs of well-known Broadway plays and musicals, as well as world-premiere plays and musicals by the next generation of writers and composers. The theater company produces three shows per season, including one show in the “Presenting Stephen Schwartz” series, honoring ACT of CT’s Artistic Advisor, Stephen Schwartz. </div>
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Each show features both Broadway stars and local Fairfield and Westchester County talent. In addition to fully produced main stage productions, ACT of CT hosts new productions, Broadway Unplugged, youth education classes, master classes, camps, workshops, and a conservatory program for high school students. ACT of CT is located at 36 Old Quarry Road, in the beautiful village of Ridgefield, CT. Visit <a href="http://www.actofct.org/">actofct.org</a> for further information.</div>
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<i><b>Hamilton, </b>inspred by Ron Chernow's bestselling biography<b>, </b></i>is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies, who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation’s first Treasury Secretary. Featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda's score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B, and Broadway, the musical is the story of America then, as told by America now. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical n 2016 and continues to be one of Broadway's hardest-to-get tickets -- with people willling to pay hundreds and even thousands of dollars to be in the room where it happens.<u></u></div>
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Miranda wrote the book, music and lyrcis. Direction is by Thomas Kail, choreography is by Andy Blankenbuehler and musical supervision and orchestrations is by Alex Lacamoire, <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">This c</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">eative team previously collaborated on the 2008 Tony Award Winning Best Musical </span><i style="font-size: 12.8px;">In the Heights.</i></div>
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<b>Other credits: s</b>cenic design by David Korins, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Howell Binkley, sound design by Nevin Steinberg, hair and wig design by Charles G. LaPointe.</div>
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Taking a much-needed break. Will be back online with reviews of Connecticut theater shortly.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 by Lauren Yarger. All rights reserved.</div>LaurenYargerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00709980425007243824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655300085232580130.post-91170409188283340002018-06-13T05:32:00.002-07:002018-07-10T07:08:43.512-07:00Age of Innocence, Rags Top CT Critics Circle Awards<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The world premiere of Hartford Stage’s The Age of Innocence and a revised version of the musical Rags from Goodspeed Musicals took top honors at the Connecticut Critics Circle Awards Monday.<br />
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The event, which celebrated the ’17-’18 theater season, was held at Westport Country Playhouse.<br />
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Awards for outstanding actors in a musical went to Samantha Massell in Goodspeed’s Rags and Jamie LaVerdiere in Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s production of 1776.<br />
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Awards for outstanding actors in a play went to Reg Rogers in Yale Repertory Theatre’s production of An Enemy of the People and Isabelle Barbier in Playhouse on Park’s production of The Diary of Anne Frank.<br />
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Top directing awards went to Terrence Mann for CT Repertory’s 1776 and Ezra Barnes for Playhouse on Park’s The Diary of Anne Frank.<br />
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Outstanding ensemble award went to TheaterWorks’ production of The Wolves; The debut award went to Megan O’Callaghan for The Bridges of Madison County and Fun Home, both at Music Theatre of Connecticut. The outstanding solo honor was awarded to Elizabeth Stahlmann for Westport Country Playhouse's Grounded. Kelli Barclay won for her choreography for Goodspeed Musicals’ The Will Rogers Follies.<br />
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Michael O’Flaherty, longtime music director for Goodspeed Musicals, received the Tom Killen Award for lifetime service to the theater from Donna Lynn Cooper Hilton, a producer at Goodspeed.<br />
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Receiving special awards were New London’s Flock Theatre for its production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night at the Monte Cristo Cottage; the Broadway Method Academy of Fairfield; and Billy Bivona, who composed and performed original music for TheaterWork’s production of Constellations.<br />
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The outstanding featured actress award in a musical award went to Jodi Stevens for Summer Theatre of New Canaan’s Singin’ in the Rain. There was a tie for outstanding featured actor in a musical, with honors going to Matt Faucher for Goodspeed Musicals’ Oklahoma! and to Cory Candelet for Ivoryton Playhouse’s The Fantasticks.<br />
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The award for outstanding featured actors in a play went to Peter Francis James for Westport Country Playhouse’s production of Romeo and Juliet, and to Judith Ivey for Long Wharf Theatre’s world premiere of Fireflies.<br />
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Design awards went to Fitz Patton for sound and Matthew Richards for lighting for Westport Country Playhouse’s Appropriate; Linda Cho for costumes for Hartford Stage’s The Age of Innocence; Yana Birykova for projections for Westport Country Playhouse’s Grounded and David Lewis, for set design for Playhouse on Park’s The Diary of Anne Frank.<br />
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Jenn Harris and Matthew Wilkas, stars of TheaterWorks’ Christmas on the Rocks, presided over the event.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 by Lauren Yarger. All rights reserved.</div>LaurenYargerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00709980425007243824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655300085232580130.post-5199052309522828832018-06-08T14:01:00.001-07:002018-06-08T14:29:03.272-07:00CT Theater Review: Flyin' West -- Westport Country Playhouse<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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A wonderfully written play by Pearl Cleage, which debuted more than a quarter of a century ago and is set in set in 1898, but contains a message of the human spirit that is right at home in 2018.</div>
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A group of close-knit women has embraced a new life in the all-black community of Nicodemus, Kansas. Fanny Dove (Brittany Bradford), Sophie Washington (Nikiya Mathis) and Minnie Dove Charles (Keona Welch) are all sisters, bound by their trip to freedom in Kansas after suffering hardship and prejudice in Memphis. For their matriarch, Miss Leah (Brenda Pressley) the concept of freedom is one she has acquired. The memories and cruelty of being a slave, where she was used for breeding and saw 10 children sold into bondage, are still fresh. The group is reunited when Minnie and her husband, Frank (Michael Chenevert) arrive from London for a visit. They also welcome Will Parish (Edward O'Blenis), their neighbor and Fannie's suitor, to their fold. Happiness turns to alarm, however, when the harsh realities of Minnie and Frank's relationship emerge and when he threatens to sell the couple's portion of the homestead to white land speculators.</div>
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It's an excellent play with excellent performances, lovingly directed by Seret Scott. The women are developed and distinct: Sophie's follow-the-rules attitude is a contrast to Fannie's sweet optimism. Their fierce love for Minnie is evident and Miss Leah applies a wisdom acquired through the years to affect a solution. Frank and Will are contrasts as well: the former a selfish, abusive man and the latter who makes the object of his affection feel loved and honored.</div>
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None for the production itself, which is one of the best I have seen at Westport. The violence and prejudice these women have experienced is hard to take, however, especially when they refer to them as matter-of-factly as one might in recounting a trip to the grocery store. Something that is part if life and expected. It's chilling, but written is such a moving way that the audience feels a part of the women's story. Let's just say that there is mirth and support when Frank gets what is coming to him.</div>
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Flyin’ West" plants itself in our hearts at Westport Country Playhouse, 20 Powers Court, Westport, through June 16. Performances are Tuesday at 7 pm, Wednesday at 2 and 8 pm., Thursday and Friday at 8 pm, Saturday at 3 and 8 pm. and Sunday at 3 pm. Single tickets start at $30: <a href="http://www.westportplayhouse.or/">westportplayhouse.or</a>g, 203-227-4177.</div>
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Cleage is an Atlanta-based writer whose work has won commercial acceptance and critical praise in several genres. She is an award-winning playwright of a dozen works including <i>Blues for an Alabama Sky. </i>She is also a bestselling author whose first novel, “What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day,” was an Oprah Book Club pick and spent nine weeks on The New York Times bestseller list.</div>
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The design team includes Marjorie Bradley Kellogg, scenic design; Heidi Leigh Hanson, costume design; Stephen Strawbridge, lighting design; and Frederick Kennedy, sound design.<br />
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Open Captions (June 10), Backstage Pass (June 13), Playhouse Happy Hour (June 14), and Thursday TalkBack (June 14). </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s 1979 and what begins as a night of boogie fever at the floating casino and discotheque quickly changes to a panic as the ship succumbs to multiple disasters, including earthquakes, tidal waves and infernos. This comedic homage to the disaster movies of the 70s features creator Rudetsky alongside Connecticut native Maggie McDowell, who appeared in Disaster in both of its New York runs, Ange Schworer and Anne L. Nathan.<br /> <br /> Peter Flynn directs <i>Sweeney Todd: A Musical Thriller in Concert</i> (June 21 – July 1), the Tony-Award winning tale of love, murder, and revenge set against the backdrop of 19th century London. CRT Artistic Director Terrence Mann performs as the title character alongside Broadway Veterans Liz Larsen (Nellie Lovett) of Broadway’s <i>Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Most Happy Fella,</i> and <i>Hairspray</i>, and Andrea Burns (Beggar Woman) of Broadway’s<i> On Your Feet </i>and <i>In The Heights</i>.<br /> <br /> The Summer Series will close with <i>Jesus Christ Superstar</i> (July 12 – 22). A timeless work with an incredible score, set against the backdrop of an extraordinary and universally-known series of events but seen, unusually, through the eyes of Judas Iscariot, gets a fresh new vision from Artistic Director Terrence Mann and choreography Tony Award-nominee Christopher d’Amboise (CRT’s <i>Newsies</i>). This electric musical stars CRT debut Alex Prakken (Jesus), Broadway star Ryan Vona (Judas), and CRT Nutmeg Summer Series returner Jonathan Cobrda (Pontius Pilate), previously from <i>Les Miserables: A Musical Celebration </i>and <i>Peter and the Starcatcher.</i></span></div>
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Evening performances start at 7:30 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and at 9 on Fridays and Saturdays. Matinee performances start at 2 on Saturdays and Sundays. Subscription package options range from $84 to $117. Single tickets prices start at $48. Discounts are available for seniors and students. <a href="http://www.crt.uconn.edu/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #954f72; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0563c1;">crt.uconn.edu</span></a><br /><br /> The Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre is located on the campus of the University of Connecticut, in Storrs, CT.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 by Lauren Yarger. All rights reserved.</div>LaurenYargerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00709980425007243824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655300085232580130.post-78573559986005337672018-06-08T11:32:00.003-07:002018-06-08T11:32:52.369-07:00Summer Sounds with the HSO Start Tonight<div class="yiv3043807120WordSection1" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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Friday – Sunday, June 8-10, 2018<br />Belding Theater at The Bushnell<br />Friday & Saturday 8pm│Sunday 3pm<b></b></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Featuring</span><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in;">Carolyn Kuan </span></b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0in;">conductor<br /><b>Hartford Chorale </b>Richard Coffey, music director<b><br />Connecticut Children’s Chorus </b>Meredith Neumann, director<b><br />Lisa Williamson </b>soprano<b><br />David Guzman </b>tenor<b><br />Tyler Duncan </b>baritone</span><span style="color: black;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><br /></span><b>Clyne </b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Masquerade<b><br />Barber </b><i>Knoxville: Summer of 1915</i><b><br />Orff </b><i>Carmina Burana</i></span><span style="color: black;"></span></div>
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Ticket holders are invited to attend a free Festival of Fate two hours prior to each performance and during intermission. This event will include performers from Sea Tea Improv, a prize wheel, a fortune teller, a Tarot card reader, a photo booth, and specialty drinks. Grand Prize Sponsor is Foxwoods Resort Casino. <span style="color: black;"></span></div>
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<i>Carmina Burana: Festival of Fate</i> is sponsored by the United Bank Foundation. </div>
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Juneteenth Gala</div>
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"The Evolution of Emancipation"<o:p></o:p></div>
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2018 Spirit of Juneteenth Honoring<o:p></o:p></div>
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Connecticut State Treasurer<o:p></o:p></div>
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