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Submissions are now open for the 2010 Festival! Applications available!

Samuel French is now accepting submissions for our 2010 Festival.  Festival application and guidelines are available here. See our Submissions page for more details.  Don’t delay…the submission deadline for this year’s festival is March 12th, 2010.

Be a part of one of the most prestigious short play festivals in the world!

From the horses mouth

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January 21, 2010, 12:30 pm

Theater Talkback: Charles Isherwood Answers Readers’ Questions

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

 

Q.

With all the shows that are in the New York City area, including Off and Off Off Broadway, and regional and school productions, how is it determined which ones are reviewed in the Times? Are you ever sent to review something and decide that it isn’t something that should be in the paper and then don’t write about it? — donlincoln2

A.

The Times reviews all Broadway productions and all the Off Broadway productions from established not-for-profit companies. When it comes to Off Off Broadway things are trickier, since it’s a universe unto itself that is sometimes hard to navigate.

The theater editor, currently Stephanie Goodman, in consultation with the critics, determines which shows to cover using various criteria, generally related to the prominence of the artists involved and the reputations of the companies. And sometimes downtown buzz lets us know which new companies and unknown (to us) artists to cover. But it’s not an exact science; occasionally a worthy show goes uncovered.

And yes, on a couple of occasions I’ve decided a show I planned to cover is better left unremarked upon. But I’ll name no names here.

GLAAD nominates SHE LIKE GIRLS

Today we are celebrating!!!  Working Man's Clothes production of She Like Girls was nominated for a GLAAD award!!!

Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off Broadway

Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party by Aaron Loeb Devil Boys From Beyond by Buddy Thomas The Lily’s Revenge by Taylor Mac She Like Girls by Chisa Hutchinson Wickets created and conceived by Clove Galilee and Jenny Rogers, adapted from     Fefu and Her Friends by Maria Irene Fornes

LATE NIGHTS WITH THE BOYS: confessions of a leather bar chanteuse

"[Late Nights With The Boys] is deft, quirky, both neat and messy (on purpose), verbose but succinct, and so very, very colorful. It fairly flows with wit and passion."-
San Francisco Bay Times

Selection at the 2009 Fresh Fruit Festival
Winner 2008 Best Literary Staging Award (San Francisco Fringe Festival)
Winner 2007 Producer's Pick Award (DFW Fringe Festival)

THE FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL
THE LOPSIDED COMPANY
Proudly Present

LATE NIGHTS WITH THE BOYS: confessions of a leather bar chanteuse

A novel by
ALEX BOND

Selections read by
ALEX BOND and DAVID CARSON

Directed by
STEVEN YUHASZ

THE FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL
FEB 24th - MAR 7TH, 2010

UNDER ST. MARKS

TICKETS ON SALE AT SMARTTIX.COM

FRIGID NEW YORK is pleased to present THE LOPSIDED COMPANY reading of LATE NIGHTS WITH THE BOYS: confessions of a leather bar chanteuse by Alex Bond, directed by Steven Yuhasz. LATE NIGHTS WITH THE BOYS will be presented at Under St. Marks (94 Saint Marks Place, between 1st Ave & Ave A). Reading dates are Wednesday, February 24th at 6pm; Saturday, February 27th at 7pm; Monday, March 1st at 9pm; Friday, March 5th at 6pm & Sunday, March 7th at 2:30pm.

Press are cordially invited to all readings.


With delightful and poignant tales of a Southern Songstress and her gay family, Alex Bond and David Carson read selections from Ms. Bond's novel and transport you to Dallas 1977, a magical time before HIV/AIDS, but not before ignorance and prejudice. A favorite at the 2008 San Francisco Fringe and the 2009 Fresh Fruit Festival.
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A reclusive former Southern debutante/cabaret performer in her sixties, Anna Zander hires Craig Bauer to help her write about the best years of her life. She recounts the tales of singing in the gay leather bars of Dallas (when she looked like a drag queen and sang coloratura!). As she reveals memories, lessons, and losses... the collaboration on the book grows, and so does the friendship between Anna and Craig.

ADVISORY: adult language and content.

The selections will be read by Alex Bond (Flamingo Court), and David Carson (Nixon's Nixon).

LATE NIGHTS WITH THE BOYS has the following schedule through March 7th:

Wednesday, February 24th at 6pm
Saturday, February 27th at 7pm
Monday, March 1st at 9pm
Friday, March 5th at 6pm
Sunday, March 7th at 2:30pm.

Tickets are $15.00 ($11 for Students/Seniors/Veterans). Advance tickets can be purchased online at www.Smarttix.com, or by calling 212-868-4444. Tickets may also be purchased at the theatre's box office half hour before the reading.

Running Time: 60 minutes

For more information about Late Nights With The Boys, visit www.LateNightsWithTheBoys.com
For more information about Frigid New York, visit www.FrigidNewYork.info
Photos available at http://picasaweb.google.com/kampfirefilms/LATENIGHTSWITHTHEBOYS#

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Late Nights With The Boys Press Representative:
Antonio Miniño-Kampfire PR | Antonio@Kampfirefilmspr.com | 646-683-7628
Frigid New York Press Representative:
Emily Owens PR | emily@emilyowenspr.com | 972-743-3746

Mobile apps and the arts: where we are and where we

Here is an interesting article on the use of today's technology and the arts.  ENJOY!

Mobile apps and the arts: where we are and where we’re going

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Erosion Begins January 13-

IDENTITY PRODUCTIONS is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Nicholas Linnehan’s, EROSION, directed by Andrew Rothkin. EROSION will play a three-week limited engagement at the Spoon Theater (38 West 38^th Street, 5^th Fl.) Performances begin Wednesday, January 13^th and continue through Saturday, January 30^th. Opening Night is Thursday, January 14^th(8 p.m.).

Erosion is the story of a young gay man’s depression resulting from his inability to maintain relationships.  After meeting a man of interest in a group therapy session he is catapulted into a parasitic relationship of drugs and dependency, which ultimately threatens to destroy him.

The story is told through a unique look inside his therapy workbook, his psychiatric sessions with his doctor, and the use of the ensemble who play various internal struggles and people in his life. 

Featuring Teisha Bader, Jimmy Brooks, JR., Joane Cajuste, Frank Cruz, Marc A. Graiser, Gillian Hurst, Diana K. Lee, Max Rhyser, Daniela Thome and Matt Weaver.

The production features scenic design by Alvaro Sena, assistant direction, stage management and costume design by Phillip Chavira, and lighting design by Casper De la Torre. Erin Salm is the dramaturg.

EROSION plays the following regular schedule through Saturday, January 30:

Wednesdays at 8 p.m.

Thursdays at 8 p.m.

Fridays at 8 p.m.

Saturdays at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $18 and are now available online at www.spoontheater.org or by calling 866-811-4111. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the Spoon Theater Box Office, 1 hour prior to performance.

Running Time: 90 minutes

Website: www.spoontheater.org

Clyde Fitch Report asks "Sartre" 5 Questions

"The inescapably French philosopher, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, political activist and critic Jean-Paul Sartre died in 1980. But his distinctive, ineludible 20th century ideas — Existentialism and the ever-conflicting glories of the left — have remained as examined, thrashed about and cautiously celebrated as they ever were during his own time.

Here in New York, meanwhile, a company called Nutshell Productions is mounting what could well be the umpteenth revival of Sartre’s play No Exit, running at the Times Square Arts Center (300 W. 43rd St., 4th Fl.) through Dec. 6. The production, directed by Robert Haufrecht, translated by Samuel Gilbert, features Richard Hymes-Esposito, Geraldine Johns, Karen Giordano and Etienne Navarre playing the characters caught in Sartre’s keen underworld of the mind.
And we are proud, here at the Clyde Fitch Report, to announce a scoop: an interview with the dead playwright himself. It was, shall we say, a very long-distance call, but as you will see, Sartre is as feisty and maddening as ever. (Thanks as well to Haufrecht for facilitating the discussion.)"

Complete interview at www.TheClydeFitchReport.com

Pictured: Mihaela Mihut (Inez), Richard Hymes-Esposito (Garcin) and Geraldine John (Estelle) | photo credit: Ali Yasin Beceren.

Press Inquiries: Antonio Minino / Antonio@kampfirefilmspr.com

The Pillowman returns to NYC in Astoria

Did you miss The Pillowman on Broadway? Want to experience it again? This "energizing...unsettling...exhilarating" (New York Times) and topically controversial play is not often produced. Experience "McDonagh's least forgiving, bravest play." (Variety) first hand in an intimate setting, at the Astoria Performing Arts Center production starting Thursday, November 5th.

As Taryn Drongowski, Executive Director, states, "We've purposefully chosen a challenging script. Winner the 2004 Olivier Award for Best New Play, the 2004-5 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best New Foreign Play, and two Tony awards for production, The Pillowman is a dark comedy. Why The Pillowman--for us, it’s an opportunity to grow as a theater, and to tell a different kind of story. But for other audience members, The Pillowman will be the most exciting show they’ve ever seen at APAC."

Who: ASTORIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
What: THE PILLOWMAN
Written by MARTIN MCDONAGH

Starring Avery Clark* (Off'-Broadway's Coronado) as Katurian, Seth Duerr* (The Acting Company: Moby Dick, Rehearsed; The Public Theatre: Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth) as Tupolski, Richard D. Busser ("Hal" in APAC's Proof) as Ariel, Nathan Brisby ("JP Morgan" in APAC's Ragtime, "Uncle Ernie" in The Gallery Player's The Who's Tommy, Finalist in this year's NYMF Next Broadway Sensation contest) as Michal, Justin Herfel* (The Gallery Players: The Underpants, Man of La Mancha) as Father, Karen Stanion* (Fringe NYC: And Sophie Comes Too, NY IT Award Nominee for The Palooka) as Mother, Anthony Pierini ("Tommy Age 4" in The Who's Tommy, The Gallery Players) as Boy, and Jordan Bloom ("Little Girl" in APAC's Ragtime) as Girl. (*Performing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association. AEA approved showcase.)

Directed by TOM WOJTUNIK

When: NOVEMBER 5 – NOVEMBER 21, 2009
Thursdays at 8 p.m.
Fridays at 8 p.m.
Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Where: THE GOOD SHEPHERD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
30-44 Crescent St, Astoria, NY 11102. Entrance on 30th Road
Directions to the theatre: Take the N or W Subway to 30th Avenue. Walk down 30th Ave. to Crescent St. (Mount Sinai Hospital is on the corner.) Walk one block South to 30th Road.

Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door. Available online at www.apacny.org or by calling 866-811-4111. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the Theatre Box Office, 30 minutes prior to showtime.

With echoes of Stoppard, Kafka, and the Brothers Grimm, The Pillowman is a dark comedy about the interrogation of a fiction writer, in an unnamed totalitarian state, whose gruesome short stories have eerie similarities to local horrific child murders. The result is an urgent work of theatrical bravura and an unflinching examination of the very nature and purpose of art.

The production features set design by Stephen K. Dobay, costume design by Emily Morgan DeAngelis, and lighting design TBD. Kristyn R. Smith is the sound designer, Ryan Homsey is the composer, Ryan Kasprzak is the fight director, Ashlee Springer is the props designer, Rebecca Lewis-Whitson is the assistant director, Katie Courtien is the dramaturg and Paul Brewster is the stage manager.

Running Time: 155 minutes

Website: www.apacny.org

Haufrecht interview on WVOX's IN FOCUS, 6PM Today

Director Robert Haufrecht will be interviewed on WVOX Radio's hit show IN FOCUS at 6 PM, hosted by Dr. Daniel Miller.

Mr. Haufrecht is directing Jean-Paul Sartre's NO EXIT at The Times Square Arts Center beginning November 19th, 2009.

Tune in your radio to 1460 AM or visit www.wvox.com and click on the live player on the upper left corner.

For more information on the production, visit www.noexittheplay.com.

Hell is in al of us...

"This powerful one-act play...makes clear that Hell is not the bother of other people; it is other people who see us as we really are."-NY Times

Nutshell Productions
Proudly Presents

NO EXIT

Written by
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

Translation by

S. GILBERT

Starring
RICHARD HYMES-ESPOSITO     GERALDINE JOHN
KAREN GIORDANO          ETIENNE NAVARRE

Directed by
ROBERT HAUFRECHT

THREE-WEEK LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
NOVEMBER 19th-DECEMBER 6TH, 2009
TIMES SQUARE ARTS CENTER

TICKETS NOW ON SALE AT
WWW.NOEXITTHEPLAY.COM

NUTSHELL PRODUCTIONS is pleased to announce their production of Jean-Paul Startre's NO EXIT directed by Robert Haufrecht. NO EXIT plays a three-week limited engagement at The Times Square Art Center (300 W 43rd St, 4th Floor. Entrance on 43rd almost corner of 8th Ave). Performances begin Thursday, November 19th and continue through Sunday, December 6th.

Three special guests are locked in a room with no windows, no mirrors, and only one door, in what might be Hell. All expect to be tortured until they realize they are there to torture each other, which they do effectively by probing each other’s sins, desires and unpleasant memories. These three new roommates for all eternity drop their connections to the living world and face themselves. Proving that "Hell is other people".

The production features Richard Hymes-Esposito, Geraldine Johns, Karen Giordano and Etienne Navarre.

Set design by Craig Napoliello, light and sound design by Eric Nightengale. Charles C. Casano is the production stage manager.

NO EXIT plays the following performances through Sunday, December 6th:

Thursday, Nov 19th through Monday, Nov 23rd at 8 P.M.
Friday, Nov 27th through Monday, Nov 30th at 8 P.M.
Tuesday, Dec 1st through Saturday, Dec 5th at 8 P.M.
Sunday, Dec 6th at 6 P.M.

Tickets are $20.00. Advance tickets can be purchased online at www.NoExitThePlay.com. Tickets may also be purchased at the theatre's box office half hour before the performance.

For more information visit www.NoExitThePlay.com
Images available at http://picasaweb.google.com/kampfirefilms/NoExit#