Coyote REP Presents Inaugural Works-In-Development Series 5/9-24

Coyote REP presents its inaugural Works-In-Development Series May 9 through May 24 at Art/NY and The Barrow Group Theater.

The New Play Development Program is Coyote REP's commitment to nurturing the original work of the company's playwrights. This intensive, ten-month program provides a structured series of workshops culminating in its May Works-in-Development Series, a public presentation of readings. Talk backs are featured after each reading.

Rated 'M' for Mature
By Greg Ayers (Fringe NYC: John and Greg's High School Reunion)
Directed by Paul Dobie (Wicked)

Sunday May 9th 7pm
ART/NY Bruce Mitchell Room
520 8th Avenue, 3rd Floor
(between 36th and 37th Streets)
New York, NY 10018
($5 suggested donation)

with Kathy Searle (My First Time), Ryan Duncan (Shrek), Stephen Pilkington (Shakespeare & Company: Pinter's Mirror), Mitch Dean (Altar Boys), Omri Schein (The People Vs. Mona) and Lindsay Teed (Distracted)

Eric, a lonely sixteen year old, is addicted to living vicariously through his avatar in an expansive online video game. But when he starts to neglect his real life, his computer is taken away. How far will he and his friends go to get it back? Inspired by true life events.

Questions My Mother Can't Answer
By writer/performer Andrea Caban (You Got Questions? I Got Answers!, 2008 NYIT award winner)

Monday May 10th 7pm
ART/NY Bruce Mitchell Room
520 8th Avenue, 3rd Floor
(between 36th and 37th Streets)
New York, NY 10018
($5 suggested donation)

Questions My Mother Can't Answer by writer/performer Andrea Caban, is a documentary-based collage of the true mythologies of women from her mother's generation and her search to fill in the blanks of her own mythology. Andrea navigates through the stories of 8 women as they reflect on growing up in the 50's, getting pregnant in the 60's, raising children, having sex, finding happiness & becoming characters in a play.

What She Means
By Rebecca Tourino (Coyote REP: Naked Eye Plants)
Directed by Michael Lluberes (NYMF: The Boy in the Bathroom)

Sunday, May 16th 7pm
The Barrow Group Theater
The Garret Studio
312 West 36th Street (at 8th Avenue)
New York, NY 10018
($5 suggested donation)

With Jaspal Binning, Ana Nogueira (NYMF: The Boy in the Bathroom), Lucy Owen (NYC Fringe: Complete), Christy Pusz (Talk Radio), Ted Schneider and Rebecca Tourino

A writer in the very act of writing a play, five children trying to take over the story, and the mysterious old woman they all love. Battles of will. Games of tag. Existential crises. Inexplicable cabbages. What She Means is about memory, childhood, grief, and the bewildering process of creation.

a rhyme for the UNDERground
by Chandra Thomas (365 days/ 365 Plays)
Directed by Tia Hodge
Monday May 17th 7pm
The Barrow Group Theater
The Studio Theater
312 West 36th Street (at 8th Avenue)
New York, NY 10018
($5 suggested donation)

"a rhyme for the UNDERground," in a sentence, is not your mother's solo show! This new work follows chandra, a social researcher, as she interviews people from all over the world as they travel on the New York City subway. While she thinks her interviewees are there to help her with her book, she quickly discovers they are really there to save her from the precipice. Actor/writer Chandra Thomas journeys through 17¼ characters in her humorous and moving play infused with poetry, songs, spoken word and dance.

The New Normal
By Donnetta Lavinia Grays
Directed by Isaac Byrne (NYC Fringe: 52 Man Pick-Up)

Monday May 24th 7pm
ART/NY Bruce Mitchell Room
520 8th Avenue, 3rd Floor
(between 36th and 37th Streets)
New York, NY 10018
($5 suggested donation)

With Jennifer Ferrin (The 39 Steps), Andrea Caban and Danielle Quisenberry

Anna is a spontaneous and fun-loving 32-year-old; a hot mama with a new baby, new family and a new life in Seattle. Just as her new life is kicking into high gear she is handed a diagnosis of Breast Cancer that changes her plans. This is a story of survival. This is a story of humor. This is the story of a family fighting with this disease...and it's also the story of survivors feeling each others breasts at cocktail parties...This is The New Normal.

To reserve seats, email info@coyoterep.org with the following information:
Subject: Reservations
Name:
Email:
Phone Number:
Desired Reading(s):
Desired Number of Tickets:
($5 Suggested Donation at the Door)
*Seating is limited so make your reservation early!

For more information on Coyote REP and it's Works in Development Series go to

www.coyoterep.com or www.coyotereptheatrecompany.blogspot.com

Coyote REP is a company of theater artists dedicated to the collaborative development of original work which investigates what is mystical and extraordinary in the everyday.

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