Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) concludes its 25th Anniversary season with a celebration of its history with 10x25, an all-commissioned, one-act festival of ten-minute plays by twenty-five of the extraordinary playwrights who have been produced there since 1985. 10x25 unites and reunites Atlantic ensemble members, playwrights, and frequent guest actors and directors in three separate offerings of ten minute plays, which run the gamut of theatrical styles and content.
Now through June 12: SERIES B
Practice by
Annie BakerDirected by
Annie BakerWith
Reed Birney,
Michael Chernus, Nick Choksi,
Mary McCann,
Susan Pourfar, Danielle Slavick
The Naked Eye by
Jez ButterworthDirected by
Neil Pepewith Zosia Mamet
The New Paradigm by
Keith ReddinDirected by
Neil PepeWith
Larry Bryggman,
Rod McLachlan,
Stephen ParkCaution: This Bus Kneels. Stand Clear by
Tina HoweDirector:
Christian ParkerWith
Kate Blumberg,
Larry Bryggman,
David Fonteno,
Mary Beth Peil,
Susan Pourfar,
Joey Slotnick
The Sell by
Craig LucasDirected by
Neil PepeWith
Talia Balsam,
Mary McCannSmiling by
Edwin SanchezDirected by
Jaime CastanedaWith
Reed Birney,
Michael ChernusThere You Are by
Leslie AyvazianDirected by
Leslie AyvazianWith
Mary Beth Peil,
Maria TucciThis Backstage Life by Bill Wrubel
Directed by
Todd WeeksWith
Kate Blumberg,
Larry Bryggman,
John Early,
Rick Holmes,
Rod McLachlan,
Mary Beth Peil,
Joey SlotnickJune 15 - 26: SERIES C
Two Dads by
David AuburnDirected by
Hilary HinckleWith Zach, Grenier and
Ray Anthony ThomasI Need a Quote by
Tom DonaghyDirected by Anya Saffir
With
Kate Blumberg and
Eddie CahillSold by
Moira BuffiniDirected by
Scott ZiglerWith
Kathryn Erbe and
TR KnightRun by
Bekah BrunstetterDirected by
Jackson GayWith
Michael Countryman and Sydney Matthews
As Himself by
Kevin HeelanDirected by
Christian ParkerWith
Marcia DeBonis, Kari Nicolle, Chris Myers, and
Ray Anthony ThomasDada Woof Papa Hot by
Peter ParnellDirected by
Jackson GayWith
Brad Heberlee and
Rick Holmes
Inside Play by
Kate RobinDirected by Anya Saffir
With
Anthony Arkin and
Ilana LevineEvanescence by
Sam ShepardDirected by
Neil PepeWith
Kathryn Erbe and Nic Novicki
In Which I Tender My Resignation by
Jeff WhittyDirected by
Matt McGrathWith
Anthony Arkin,
Kate Gersten, and
Jeff WhittySeries A was performed May 18-29, and featured plays from
Ethan Coen,
Kia Corthron,
David Mamet,
Kate Moira Ryan,
John Guare,
Stephen Belber,
Lucy Thurber, and
David Pittu. Featured actors included
Michael Chernus,
Tim Blake Nelson,
Greg Stuhr,
Lisa Gorlitsky,
Kristin Griffith,
Michelle Hurst,
Peter Maloney,
Christa Scott-Reed, Zackary Grady,
Jordan Lage,
Kristen Johnston,
Glenn Fitzgerald, Omar Sangare,
Mary McCann,
Mikaela Feely-Lehmann,
Ben McKenzie, Aaron Farenback-Brateman, and
David Pittu, with direction by
Neil Pepe,
Karen Kohlhaas,
Jaime Castaneda,
Christian Parker,
Neil Pepe,
Lucie Tiberghien,
Hilary Hinckle and
David Pittu.
10x25 is currently playing at Atlantic Stage 2 (330 West 16th Street) through Sunday, June 26. Series B runs June 1-12; Series C runs June 15-26. Both series runs two weeks: Wednesday-Sunday at 7:30 the first week, Tuesday-Saturday at 7:30 the second week, with Saturday and Sunday matinees each week at 2:30. Series A ran May 18-29.
10x25 features scenic design by
Riccardo Hernandez, costume design by Katja Andreiev lighting design by
Eric Southern, and sound design by
Tony Smolenski IV.
Atlantic Theater Company (
Neil Pepe, Artistic Director;
Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is the award winning off-Broadway theater company dedicated to producing great plays simply and truthfully utilizing an artistic ensemble. Atlantic believes that the story of the play and the intent of the playwright are at the core of the creative process. Atlantic maintains an ensemble of acclaimed actors, writers and directors including Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and director
David Mamet and Academy Award® nominated actor
William H. Macy who founded Atlantic twenty five years ago in 1985.
Atlantic and
Neil Pepe were awarded a 2009 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Body of Work last season for "exceptional craftsmanship, dedication to excellence and productions that engage, inspire and enlighten." In 2006, Atlantic was awarded the
Lucille Lortel Prize for Outstanding Body of Work as its critically acclaimed production of
Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant Of Inishmore transferred to Broadway, where it was nominated for five 2006 Tony Awards® including Best Play.
Atlantic's acclaimed world premiere production of its first musical Spring Awakening, with music by
Duncan Sheik, book and lyrics by
Steven Sater and direction by
Michael Mayer, won 8 Tony Awards®, including Best Musical.
Atlantic's 2009-2010 season featured Pulitzer Prize winning playwright
David Mamet returning to the company he founded with a double bill of one-act plays - the world premiere of School and the New York premiere of Keep Your Pantheon, directed by
Neil Pepe; fellow Pulitzer Prize winning playwright
Sam Shepard made his Atlantic debut with the U.S. premiere of
The Abbey Theatre's production of Ages of the Moon, starring
Stephen Rea and
Sean McGinley;
Bekah Brunstetter made her Off-Broadway debut with the world premiere of Oohrah!; the critically acclaimed American premiere of
Moira Buffini's play Gabriel directed by
David Esbjornson and starring Tony Award® nominee
Zach Grenier and
Lisa Emery; and the extended sold out world premiere engagement of
Stephen Belber's play Dusk Rings a Bell, directed by
Sam Gold and starring
Paul Sparks and
Kate Walsh.
In the 2008-2009 season, Atlantic and Druid's critically acclaimed production of
Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan, directed by Tony Award® winner
Garry Hynes, was extended three times and received four 2009
Lucille Lortel Award nominations including Outstanding Revival, three Outer Critics Circle Award nominations including Outstanding Revival, a Drama League Award nomination for Distinguished Revival, and was awarded a 2009 Lortel for Outstanding Ensemble Performance.
Since its inception, Atlantic has produced over 125 productions including the Tony Award® winning play The Beauty Queen of Leenane, the world premieres of Academy Award® winner
Ethan Coen's comedies Almost an Evening and Offices,
Annie Baker's Body Awareness,
Woody Allen's A Second Hand Memory and Writer's Block,
David Mamet's Romance and his adaptations of The Voysey Inheritance and Dangerous Corner, the musicals Spring Awakening and 10 Million Miles with music by
Patty Griffin and book by
Keith Bunin,
Conor McPherson's Port Authority,
Peter Parnell's Trumpery,
Jez Butterworth's Parlour Song,
Craig Lucas' Missing Persons and This Thing of Darkness,
Lucy Thurber's Scarcity,
Howard Korder's Boys Life, The Lights and Sea of Tranquility,
Beau Willimon's Farragut North,
Bekah Brunstetter's Oohrah!,
David Pittu's What's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling,
Tina Howe's translations of Ionesco's Bald Soprano and The Lesson,
Kevin Heelan's Distant Fires,
Leslie Ayvazian's Make Me,
Tom Donaghy's Minutes From The Blue Route,
Edwin Sanchez's Trafficking in Broken Hearts and Clean, the American premieres of
Joe Penhall's Blue/Orange,
Conor McPherson's Dublin Carol,
Jez Butterworth's The Night Heron, the New York premieres of
Jez Butterworth's Mojo,
Rolin Jones' The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow and
Peter Parnell's The Cider House Rules as well as revivals of
David Mamet's American Buffalo and Edmond,
Harold Pinter's The Hothouse and the double bill of Celebration and The Room and
Harold Brighouse's Hobson's Choice.
ATLANTIC STAGE 2 is located at 330 West 16th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues). Tickets for 10x25 are $55 and available by calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 (ticketcentral.com).
www.atlantictheater.org
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