It's a celebration! Houses on the Moon Theater Company (Emily Joy Weiner, CoFounder & Artistic Director; Kevin Connor, Managing Director) celebrated the Opening Night performance of the world premiere of The Assignment, an original play by Camilo Almonacid, developed by Houses on the Moon Theater Company, a co-production with Rhymes Over Beats, on Saturday evening, April 22, 2017 at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at the A.R.T./New York Theatres (502 West 53rd Street).
Check out photos from opening night below!
Directed by Emily Joy Weiner, The Assignment features Erick Betancourt as Julian J. Torres, and Karen Kandel as Helen Payne in this two-character play about an English Professor who is shaken when a student's personal essay describing an act of violence, reopens long buried wounds. Now in performance through May 7, 2017, in repertory with GUN COUNTRY, curated by Jeffery Solomon and Emily Joy Weiner, written, developed and performed by Houses On The Moon company members and directed by Jenna Worsham.
Photo credit: Russ Rowland
Erick Betancourt,
Karen Kandel
Karen Kandel,
Erick Betancourt
Erick Betancourt,
Karen Kandel 
Emily Joy Weiner (director),
Karen Kandel,
Camilo Almonacid (playwright),
Erick Betancourt 
Emily Joy Weiner (director),
Karen Kandel,
Camilo Almonacid (playwright),
Erick Betancourt 
Jeffrey Rosentock, Amy Gottlieb,
Jane Dubin,
Mark Figel
Patrick Blake, Donna Hart, Cate Cammarata, Jessica DiPaola

Emily Joy Weiner, Guest,
R. Erin Craig (consulting producer),
Jane Dubin 
Emily Joy Weiner (director), Kevin Connor (managing director)
Camilo Almonacid (playwright)
Karen Kandel
Erick Betancourt
Erick Betancourt,
Karen Kandel
Camilo Almonacid,
Erick Betancourt,
Karen Kandel, Emily Joy Weiner
Erick Betancourt,
Camilo Almonacid
Camilo Almonacid with Elaine Lane (David’s Shoes)

Emily Joy Weiner,
Jane Dubin
Erik T. Lawson,
Patrick Rizzotti, Genevieve V. Beller
R. Erin Craig,
Camilo Almonacid,
Erick Betancourt,
Jane Dubin,
Karen Kandel, Emily Joy Weiner, Elaine Lane, Kevin Conner

Opening night cake

Opening night cake

Kevin Conner, Emily Joy Weiner

Kevin Conner, Emily Joy Weiner, Elaine Lane,
Camilo Almonacid
Chandler Vinton, Kevin Conner, Emily Joy Weiner,
Jane Dubin
Jane Dubin,
Patrick Blake, Cate Cammarata
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