HERE to Open 2014-15 Season with TRADE PRACTICES, 8/31-9/21
HERE begins its 2014-2015 producing season with the premiere of the site-specific Artistic Director production, Trade Practices, by Kristin Marting & David Evans Morris. Trade Practices creates a living market where audience members, cash in hand, choose how to invest their time and money. Set in Pershing Hall, a historic building on Governors Island, Trade Practices kicks off Labor Day weekend, playing a limited engagement of 16 performances only, August 31 - September 21.
Target Margin Theater's URIEL ACOSTA: I WANT THAT MAN! Opens Today
Target Margin Theater, presented by The Chocolate Factory Theater (Brian Rogers, Artistic Director; Sheila Lewandowski, Executive Director), continues its exploration of Yiddish Theater with a new adaptation of one of the central plays of Yiddish history, Uriel Acosta: I Want That Man!, taken from myriad literary and historical sources. Created and directed by TMT's Artistic Director, David Herskovits, with original songs by Rebecca Hart, and toy theater created by Kathleen Kennedy Tobin, the four-member cast features Don Castro, James Tigger! Ferguson, Mary Rasmussen and J.H. Smith III.
Photo Flash: First Look at Target Margin Theater's URIEL ACOSTA: I WANT THAT MAN!
Target Margin Theater, presented by The Chocolate Factory Theater, continues its exploration of Yiddish Theater with a new adaptation of one of the central plays of Yiddish history, Uriel Acosta: I Want That Man!, taken from myriad literary and historical sources. Created and directed by TMT's Artistic Director, David Herskovits, with original songs by Rebecca Hart, and toy theater created by Kathleen Kennedy Tobin, the four-member cast features Don Castro, James Tigger! Ferguson, Mary Rasmussen and J.H. Smith III. Performances for a limited engagement continue through Saturday, April 5, 2014 at The Chocolate Factory (5-49 49th Avenue, Long Island City, Queens). Opening night is Monday, March 24, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. Check out a first look below!
Target Margin Theater's URIEL ACOSTA: I WANT THAT MAN! Begins Performances Tonight
Target Margin Theater, presented by The Chocolate Factory Theater, continues its exploration of Yiddish Theater with a new adaptation of one of the central plays of Yiddish history, Uriel Acosta: I Want That Man!, taken from myriad literary and historical sources. Created and directed by TMT's Artistic Director, David Herskovits, with original songs by Rebecca Hart, and toy theater created by Kathleen Kennedy Tobin, the four-member cast features Don Castro, James Tigger! Ferguson, Mary Rasmussen and J.H. Smith III.
Target Margin Theater's 'URIEL ACOSTA' Begins Performances 3/14
Target Margin Theater, presented by The Chocolate Factory Theater, continues its exploration of Yiddish Theater with a new adaptation of one of the central plays of Yiddish history, Uriel Acosta: I Want That Man!, taken from myriad literary and historical sources. Created and directed by TMT's Artistic Director, David Herskovits, with original songs by Rebecca Hart, and toy theater created by Kathleen Kennedy Tobin, the four-member cast features Don Castro, James Tigger! Ferguson, Mary Rasmussen and J.H. Smith III.
Target Margin's URIEL ACOSTA: I WANT THAT MAN! Begins 3/14
Target Margin Theater, presented by The Chocolate Factory Theater, continues its exploration of Yiddish Theater with a new adaptation of one of the central plays of Yiddish history, Uriel Acosta: I Want That Man!, taken from myriad literary and historical sources. Created and directed by TMT's Artistic Director, David Herskovits, with original songs by Rebecca Hart, and toy theater created by Kathleen Kennedy Tobin, the four-member cast features Don Castro, James Tigger! Ferguson, Mary Rasmussen and J.H. Smith III.
Don Castro, Mary Rasmussen & More to Lead Target Margin's 'URIEL ACOSTA'
Target Margin Theater, presented by The Chocolate Factory Theater, continues its exploration of Yiddish Theater with a new adaptation of one of the central plays of Yiddish history, Uriel Acosta: I Want That Man!, taken from myriad literary and historical sources. Created and directed by TMT's Artistic Director, David Herskovits, with original songs by Rebecca Hart, and toy theater created by Kathleen Kennedy Tobin, the four-member cast features Don Castro, James Tigger! Ferguson, Mary Rasmussen and J.H. Smith III.
Midtown International Theatre Festival's Awards Ceremony Set for 9/30
The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) presents their Thirteenth Annual Season AWARDS CEREMONY on Monday, September 30, 2012 at 7pm at The Actors Temple Theater, 339 W. 47th Street, NYC. Tickets are $15 and are available now at www.midtownfestival.org by phone at 866-811-4111. Each paid admission includes tickets redeemable for one refreshment, beer, wine, or soft drink. Doors open at 7pm; awards begin at 8pm.
Photo Flash: MITF's DIVISION AVENUE Begins Tonight at June Havoc Theater
The 14th annual Midtown International Theater Festival presents Division Avenue, a provocative comedy about the intersection of faith, love and bicycles, at the June Havoc Theater - 213 W. 36th Street, first floor - beginning tonight, July 17 at 6:00p.m. Other performances include: Sunday, July 28 at 1:00p.m.; Monday, July 29 at 8:30p.m.; Thursday, August 1 at 8:30p.m.; and Saturday, August 3 at 7:30p.m. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the actors in rehearsal!
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at MITF's DIVISION AVENUE, Set for June Havoc Theater
The 14th annual Midtown International Theater Festival presents Division Avenue, a provocative comedy about the intersection of faith, love and bicycles, at the June Havoc Theater - 213 W. 36th Street, first floor - beginning Wednesday, July 17 at 6:00p.m. Other performances include: Sunday, July 28 at 1:00p.m.; Monday, July 29 at 8:30p.m.; Thursday, August 1 at 8:30p.m.; and Saturday, August 3 at 7:30p.m.
Anna O’Donoghue Joins New Feet Productions' LEAVE THE BALCONY OPEN
New Feet Productions presents Leave the Balcony Open, a hopeful and humorous new play about learning how to live with loss written by Maya Macdonald. Jessica Bauman directs a cast of seven including Heidi Armbruster* (Broadway: Time Stands Still), Jerzy Gwiazdowski* (Broadway: The Lieutenant of Inishmore), Betsy Hogg* (Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof; The Crucible), Julie Kline* (Moment of Zen/Women's Project; Birthday/Rising Phoenix Rep.), Jared McGuire (Photograph 51/3LD), Anna O'Donoghue* (B'way: Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll); Mary Rasmussen* (Romeo & Juliet/The Public Theatre). Performances for Leave the Balcony Open will be held at 3LD Art & Technology Center, 80 Greenwich Street (between Rector and Edgar Streets) for sixteen performances beginning Sunday, February 5th through Sunday, February 26th, 2012. AEA Approved Showcase. *Member, Actors' Equity Assoc.
Bushwick Starr & Van Cougar Present GONNA SEE...GUNGA DIN, 1/24-2/11
The Bushwick Starr and Van Cougar present the world premiere of Gonna See a Movie Called Gunga Din. This new play draws from intimate, real-life interviews with United States veterans set against a vivid collage of physical movement culled from classic American war films. Van Cougar, a homegrown company of The Bushwick Starr, presents Gonna See a Movie Called Gunga Din to examine the distance between cinematic depictions of American soldiers and the reality of service men and women.
Bushwick Starr & Van Cougar Present GONNA SEE...GUNGA DIN, 1/24-2/11
The Bushwick Starr and Van Cougar present the world premiere of Gonna See a Movie Called Gunga Din. This new play draws from intimate, real-life interviews with United States veterans set against a vivid collage of physical movement culled from classic American war films. Van Cougar, a homegrown company of The Bushwick Starr, presents Gonna See a Movie Called Gunga Din to examine the distance between cinematic depictions of American soldiers and the reality of service men and women.
