On the Square Productions Features MINERVAE, UNWRAPPED, et al. in 2011-12 Season

On the Square Productions, an award winning not for profit theatre company, announces their season on August 29th, 2011. On the Square has worked with has worked with such talents as Cyrilla Baer (The Adding Machine, Uncle Vanya at CSC), Lauren Molina (Sweeney Todd, Rockof Ages, Candide-Helen Hayes Award, Ten Cents a Dance-Williamstown), Wesley Taylor (Rock of Ages, The Addams Family, Tales From the City- ACT), Marnie Schulenburg (As The World Turns, South Pacific- Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival). Highlights for the upcoming season include readings by playwrights Delaney Britt Brewer (Youngblood Playwrights) and Jacqueline Goldfinger (current semi-finalist F.Otto Haas award for Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist, nominee 2010 L. Arnold Weissberger Award). Other highlights include The Festival of Dionysia:Ten Minute Play Festival, and a site specific production of The Minervae by Steven Bost for the Queens community. On the Square Productions is currently nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award for Best Short Script for their 2010 production at The Flea Theater of Monroe, Illinois: Over Here/Townie by Aaron Wigdor Levy (Public Theatre Emerging Writers Group).

SUFFER THE BRINK OF US
by Delaney Britt Brewer
Developmental Play Reading Series
Sept. 12th, 2011 8pm
The Network NYC

THE MINERVAE
by Steven Bost
Developmental Play Reading Series
Nov. 7th, 2011 8pm

UNWRAPPED: AN ON THE SQUARE HOLIDAY CABARET
Dec. 2011
The Time Out New York Lounge at New World Stages
340 W 50th St.
New York, NY 10019

DEVELOPMENTAL PLAY READING
Soon To Be Selected
Feb. 27th, 2012 8pm

JACQUELINE GOLDFINGER PLAY READING
by Jacqueline Goldfinger
April 2nd, 2012 8pm
FESTIVAL OF DIONYSIA: THE OTSP TEN MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL
May 12th, 2012

THE MINERVAE
by Steven Bost
Outdoor Park in Astoria
July 2012

On the Square Productions believes that vibrant and dynamic theatre can be experienced wherever there are fresh ideas and a desire to bring them to life. Our primary mission is to seek out and produce original work by contemporary playwrights with meaningful stories to tell. Always encouraging engagement with the written word, we strive to bring theatre to new audiences through developmental play readings, educational outreach, and site-specific productions throughout Astoria and Manhattan. On the Square Productions was formed in 2008 by Rachel McPhee, (Co-Founder/Executive Director) and Jackie LaVanway (Co- Founder/Artistic Director). Past productions include Quake for the Midtown International Theatre Festival- 2008, Ingenue- 2008, America: A Problem Play for the Planet Connections Festival- 2009, the On the Square Developmental Play Reading Series, A Midsummer Night's Dream- 2010, Monroe, Illinois: Over Here/Townie- The Flea Theater- 2010, In Your Image- 59E59- 2011.

For more information, please visit www.onthesquareproductions.com

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