Bridge Production Group Announces Residency at Brooklyn Navy Yards Featuring Premieres by John Patrick Shanley & More

The Bridge Production Group has announced a return to live theatre with an outdoor summer residency at the Brooklyn Navy Yards this August that will include a production of the Tony Award-nominated musical [title of show] packed with Broadway talent, world premiere short plays by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley (Doubt), a staged reading of a new play by Pulitzer Prize-nominee Lyle Kessler (Orphans), and the Picnic Plays, a series of informal readings of new work currently in development. The residency will run August 13-22 outdoors at the Brooklyn Navy Yards (141 Flushing Avenue at Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn. Building 92, enter through Building 77). Tickets ($10-$50) are available for advance purchase at www.bridgeproductiongroup.org. All patrons will be asked to show proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID test.

As New York returns to live in-person theatre, The Bridge Production Group's residency at the Brooklyn Navy Yards will be among the first opportunities for audiences and artists to celebrate the live theatrical experience and the collaborative process of creating new work. A portion of all proceeds from the new work series will benefit The Actors Fund, a nonprofit that has worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic to provide artists in need of medical, financial, and logistic support. The Bridge Production Group will also partner with Broadway for Arts Education in providing internships to local young artists as they prepare for higher education and the workforce.

[title of show]

Music & Lyrics by Jeff Bowen, Book by Hunter Bell

Directed by Max Hunter

Jeff and Hunter (two struggling writers) hear about a new musical theatre festival, the submission deadline for which is a mere three weeks away. With nothing to lose, the pair decides to try to create something new with the help of their friends Susan and Heidi - and Larry on keyboard. [title of show] - taken from the space on the festival's application form which asks for the "[title of show]" - follows Hunter and Jeff and their friends on their journey through the gauntlet of creative self-expression. Above all, [title of show] is a love letter to the musical theatre - a uniquely American art form - and to the joy of collaboration.

August 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 19th, 20th & 21st at 8pm

I AM YOUR MASSEUSE (six short digressions) by John Patrick Shanley

Directed by Claire Edmonds

World premiere of six short plays designed to aid the digestion and further erode our attention span, featuring an ensemble cast led by Resident Artist Christina Toth ("Orange is the New Black").

Two nights only! Wednesday, August 18 & Sunday, August 22 at 8pm

A Golden City by Lyle Kessler - New Play Staged Reading

Hell and damnation, angels and devils in this black comedy about the Great American Pastime. Play ball!

Tuesday, August 17 at 8pm

Picnic Plays

A series of informal readings of new plays currently in development, including George Kaplan by Frederic Sonntag with an English translation by Samuel Buggeln and an afternoon of new works by The Assembly Theater Project on August 14th.

The Bridge Production Group is a non-profit theatre company committed to dismantling and rebuilding an audience's expectations of theatrical storytelling. In producing both new and revived works, we seek to disrupt traditional conventions and assumptions about how stories are told in the theatrical medium by restructuring and reimagining classic text, utilizing and highlighting design as a core narrative component, and blurring genre and tone. Injecting the familiar with spontaneity and vitality, our mission is to create theatre that is immediate and resonant with young and diverse audiences; we invite less traditional theatergoing audiences into our shared spaces, aiming to awaken an enhanced appreciation for the medium. www.bridgeproductiongroup.org

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