Casting Announced for Off-Off-Bway Performance Tour
By: BWW News Desk Sep. 09, 2006
Directors represented in the project will include Tim Cusack, Mark Finley, Julie Hamberg, Jillian Harrison, Jeff Janisheski, Anna McHugh, Casey McLain, Chris Mirto, Elaine Molinaro, Renee Philippi, Gabriel Shanks, David Vining, and Miriam Weiner. Stops will include: Caffe Cino, Provincetown Playhouse, Washington Square Methodist Church, Judson Memorial Church, Circle-in-the-Square (Downtown), Cherry Lane Theater, Sheridan Square Playhouse, and Jefferson Market Garden (Women's House of Detention).A company of 50 actors will perform scenes from the plays."Born of the Pass-the-Hat circuit, Coffeehouse Theater, and Anti-War Protest actions, the Off-Off Broadway movement found its heart and soul in Greenwich Village. Over the past few years, some important downtown theater venues, such as Circle in the Square, Sullivan Street Playhouse, Variety Arts, Perry Street Theater, Gene Frankel Theater and the Provincetown Playhouse, have been demolished or are targeted for destruction. With OFF Stage, Peculiar Works will voyage into the birth of NYC's alternative theater movement: Off-Off Broadway. And in that voyage will draw attention to the hidden secrets behind the incredible spaces that New Yorkers walk by everyday—important sites that have supported so many significant plays and colorful characters.
OFF Stage: the West Village Fragments' long-term mission is to persuade the city to install permanent plaques at each historic Village location in order to commemorate its artistic legacy. 'It's impossible to stop all the change,' notes PWP's Co-Artistic Director Ralph Lewis. 'The reason you have to do these sorts of events is to remind people that when you do change, don't forget that there used to be these important places and events here. It's also a way to draw attention to some of the material that influenced our desire to be part of this community as well as to draw attention to all of these old spaces that no longer exist.'"
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