'One Woman Standing' for One Woman Shows to Start 5/12

Emerging Artists Theatre and Paul Adams (Artistic Director) present ONE WOMAN STANDING: A developmental series for one-woman shows, for a one-week only engagement at Roy Arias Theatre Center, Off-Off Broadway Theatre (300 West 43rd St, 5th floor, NYC). The festival was curated by EAT members Stacy Mayer and Jennifer Lee Mitchell. Performances begin Monday, May 12, 2008, and run through Sunday, May 18, 2008.

Don't miss Emerging Artists Theatre's other Developmental Series throughout the entire month of May: One Man Talking, Laugh Out Loud, Catch a Cabaret and Notes from a Page.

Monday, May 12th
7:00pm
Checkered Floors
Refugee Integration Specialist, Grand Jury Witness, and Just a Girl Looking for a Decent Date, a young woman relives her harrowing and hilarious two years in Maine fraught with disaster, success and unexpected grace.
Written and performed by Cheryl Hamilton; Directed by James Bunzli

Tuesday, May 13th
7:00pm
The Gift
A young woman hears her mother's wacky justification for her neglected childhood echoed in her own personal tirade against herself and decides to give her young self a gift of rebellion that could change her future.
Written and performed by Mary Ethel Schmidt; Directed by N. J. Stanley.

The Circle Flying Dance
A woman's remembrances help her recapture the freedom and anarchy of her girlhood in the sixties.
Written and performed by Myla Pitt

Wednesday, May 14th
7:00pm
Truth Values: One Girl's Romp through MIT's Male Math Maze
A gifted young Berkeley chick takes on sexism while pursuing a math Ph.D. at MIT, where girls aren't supposed to be girls . . . especially girls with a penchant for fighting back with fashion!
Written and performed by Gioia De Cari; Directed by Matt Hoverman

9:00pm
Happiness
A new mother unearths joy amid the chaos of life with a dangerously ill child, and tries to comprehend the fragility and regenerative power of the human body.
Written and performed by Heather Harpham; Directed by Deb Margolin.

Thursday, May 15th
7:00pm
Dog Run Day
Women's four-footed friends can be imagined or heart-breakingly real.
Written and Performed by Emily Mitchell*; Directed by Rasa Allan
Kazlas*

The Funeralogues - a drop dead comedy
One woman's comedic journey into the known and unknown as she examines the words and lives behind eulogies.
Written by Robert Charles Gompers*; Conceived and performed by Stacy Mayer*

9:00pm
No. 5
An imaginary interview with the late couturier, Coco Chanel.
Written by William Allen; Performed by Leslie Lynn Meeker.

Friday, May 16th
7:00pm
Fête
Our hostess Mindy instructs us on how to throw a flawless party. While finding the proper way to entertain, Mindy rummages through childhood stories and how frightening it can be to live among other people.
Written and performed by Raquel Cion; Directed by Victoria McNichol Kelly

I'm Basically 40
A humorous, but touching, look at the life, of a native New Yorker-- moving out of NY, struggling to have kids, being married and not feeling cool anymore.
Written and performed by Jenny Rubin

9:00pm
Big Red Drum Set
A play about music, memory, siblings, and Los Angeles.
Written and performed by Veronique Jeanmarie featuring the music of Paul Robinson, Maxim Moston, and Joan Harkness

All of Me
The many voices of Tanesha Marie as she grows through artiface, assimilation and finally acceptance.
Written and performed by Tanesha Ford

Saturday, May 17th
4:00pm
The Fifties Girl
A 19 year-old from the Middle West takes on the emerging Off-Off-Broadway of the late Fifties.
Written and performed by Susan Laubach; Original Music by Michael Kingsley Directed by Linda Masson-Kingsley

7:00pm
Pardon Me for Living
A staged reading of a one woman show about an encounter with a rabid raccoon, a near-death experience and life's ironic twists.
Written and read by Staci Swedeen*

9:00pm
My Salvation has a First Name
The true story of a young woman who creates the perfect solution for overcoming torment, a fear of men and her struggle to speak up - driving the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile!
Written and performed by Robin Gelfenbien; Directed by Matt Hoverman

Sunday, May 18th
4:00pm
Q&A
This fresh comedy is set in a spiritual workshop where our host channels a Swami to answer our questions . . .is there a god? . . .paper or plastic? . . .we get hilarious pity answers and visits from more folks on the other side.
Written and performed by McNeely Myers; Directed by Maura Hanlon

A Day Without Sunshine
Florida, 1977. The road to Damascus is paved with orange pulp, Anita sings campy songs of salvation, and the children are finally saved... or are they?
Written and performed by Elizabeth Whitney; Directed by Mark Finley*

7:00pm
Duty
You can only put it off so long. Eventually your time will come. Juror # W1258, welcome to Supreme Court of Queens County.
Written and performed by Jessica Carr Phillips*

Volcano's Birthright(s)
Nigerian dyke poet & dancer stitches together an intimate and fierce one woman show of raw poetry & uncensored monologue that asks: in the face of genocide and war, "are poems enough?"
Written and performed by yvonne fly onakeme etaghene; Directed by Maija Garcia

*EAT Ensemble Member

ONE WOMAN STANDING plays the following regular schedule through Sunday, May 18, 2008:

Monday at 7:00 pm
Tuesday at 7:00 pm
Wednesday at 7:00 pm
Wednesday at 9:00 pm
Thursday at 7:00 pm
Thursday at 9:00 pm
Friday at 7:00 pm
Friday at 9:00 pm
Saturday at 4:00 pm
Saturday at 7:00 pm
Saturday at 9:00 pm
Sunday at 4:00 pm
Sunday at 7:00 pm

Tickets are $10. Advanced tickets are recommended (only 55 tickets available). For reservations, please visit www.eatheatre.org, or call 866-811-4111.

Tickets may also be purchased in person half-hour prior to the performance at Roy Arias Theatre Center (300 West 43rd St, 5th floor).

* Running Time: 60 minutes *

All performances include an open Talkback Session with the performer and staff after the show.

EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE'S mission is to provide a dynamic home for emerging writers and artists, providing the unique opportunity for playwrights to collaborate with directors, actors, and designers throughout the development process--from idea through fully realized production. EAT's supportive environment continues to nurture a close-knit group of artists working toward the common goal of creating dynamic theatre, and its commitment to the development of new works is integral to the cultural enrichment of New York City.

The 2006-2007 season garnered EAT their first Drama Desk Awards nomination for Capathia Jenkins in (mis)UNDERSTANDING MAMMY: The Hattie McDaniel Story. In EAT's 15th season, the company will have produced more than 20 premiere works, three Off-Broadway shows, and worked with more than 400 emerging NYC-based theatre artists.

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