Horse Trade Theater Group Presents Wide Eyed Productions' A Girl Wrote It

Because just 17% of America's main stage productions are written by women Wide Eyed Productions attempts to tip the scales and expose eager audiences to more fantastic theatre. A Girl Wrote It is an ambitious evening of four dark, dangerous, and humorous plays with universal themes.

Plight of the Apothecary
By Elizabeth Birkenmeier
Directed by Justin Ness
Featuring Andrew Harriss, Sean Hefferon, Melissa Johnson, Mike Komala, & Kirsta Peterson*
Sexually ambivalent siblings explore the limits of their post apocalyptic reality in this poetic, mind-bending, dark comedy.

The Return of Toodles Von Flooz
By Lisa Ferber
Directed by Kristin Skye Hoffmann
Featuring Colin McFadden, Brianne Mai & Lisa Mamazza
Betty O'Boozenberg, the Irish Jew, helps uncover the mystery of Toodles Von Flooz in this barroom morality tale. "A film noir satire as dark as my third nipple and twice as funny." -A. Vincent

Clementine
By Lynda Green
Directed by Jerrod Bogard
Featuring Becky Sterling Rygg, William Reid, & Eric Whitten
A police standoff is fertile ground for spiritual healing. A hostage situation turns into a beautiful night in.
Selection
By Kris Montgomery
Directed by Tim Butterfield
Featuring Tom Carmen, Mim Granahan*, Lucy McRae, Anthony Mead, & Allison Moody*
Where do babies come from? In the future they come from screened donors chosen for their I.Q. scores, which sounds like a good idea-- unless you're below the line.

*Appearing courtesy of the Actors' Equity Association.

Liz White will host the evening of one-acts with Lighting Design by Joe Novak and Sound Design by Colin Whitely. The production Stage Manager will by Lesley Stone.

The production, presented by Wide Eyed Productions as residents of Horse Trade Theater Group will play a three week engagement at The Red Room (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave and Bowery), February 3-20, Thursday through Saturday at 7pm and Sundays at 2pm (except Sunday, February 6). Tickets ($18/$15 students) are available online at www.horseTRADE.info or by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444.

WIDE EYED PRODUCTIONS is a New York-based collective dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the creation of risk-taking, relevant theatre. Through a core ensemble and collaborative process, it is our goal to discover and create new theatre that stimulates the imagination and awakens the public's passion for high standards in performing arts. Wide Eyed was born September 8, 2007 and was founded by Kristin Skye Hoffmann, Liz White and Sky Seals, all graduates of University of Northern Colorado's performing arts program. Wide Eyed Productions was built as a platform for talented people to be recognized, and to be a place where quality productions abound. This is Wide Eyed's first season as Resident Artists at Horse Trade Theater Group and their fourth season as a company. In 2009 Wide Eyed Productions was named a 2009 Person Of The Year by nytheatre.com.

HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work, it has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater. Horse Trade's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent Theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. It is also the home of FRIGID New York - the first and only festival of its kind in New York City.

 

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