Year: 2012
The Shop presents AMELIA WORKMAN
AUG 23 – SEP 9
The Shop presents AMELIA WORKMAN in at 59 East 59
TENDER NAPALM
From the playwright of Vincent River (Brits Off Broadway 2008), Tender Napalm takes an unflinching look at love’s capacity to weather tragedy and survive in an age of ever-looming terror and uncertainty.
AMELIA WORKMAN HAS COMPLETED FILMING on THE PRESSURE
News from Cara Seymour
July 29 – Hearst Plaza
Located north of the Metropolitan Opera House and in front of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Hearst Plaza, formerly known as North Plaza
Reading at 2 PM
News from Bridget Gabbe AUGUST 10 READING
The Foote Festival Reading Series
As part of the Primary Stages 29th Season’s Foote Festival, these five readings will celebrate the works of Horton and Daisy Foote in tandem with our upcoming productions ofHorton’s HARRISON, TX and Daisy’s HIM at 59E59 Theatres. The readings will be open to the public and free of charge. The Foote Festival Reading Series will be presented entirely with ESPA-based directors and actors.
I will be in the final reading of the series on August 10th in Horton Foote’s “Talking Pictures” playing the part of Vesta Jackson.
Cara Seymour: Jim Taylor’s “Lost Causes”
Cara Seymour in Nantucket Reading of Jim Taylor’s Screenplay Lost Causes
ADVOCACY ALERT!
HELP RESTORE THE NYC DEPT.
OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS BUDGET
Dear Friends of PlayCo,
New York City budget negotiations are underway and the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) budget has been cut by 67%. Please do your part to restore vital funding for the cultural organizations in our city. Our friends at A.R.T./NY have sent a list of ways you can take action now:
1. If you work for a cultural organization, organize a visit your City Council Member. To find your Council Member, visitcouncil.nyc.gov.
Make sure you visit the City Council Member whose district you perform in (if you perform regularly in a specific Council District). Otherwise, visit the Council Member where you have your office (even if you work from home). Let them know which local businesses you support through the purchase of food, office supplies, or production materials.
If you work in the schools or with students, see if you can bring the student, or a parent of that student, who can describe how working with your theatre has helped them gain confidence, motivated them academically, or had a positive impact on their behavior.
2. If you are an NYC resident, start a petition urging DCLA restoration:
Click here to download a sample petition.
PLEASE SEND COPIES OF THE PETITION TO A.R.T./NEW YORK ELECTRONICALLY EACH DAY to glouloudes@art-newyork.org. We have no idea how close they are to making a decision, so once we hear, A.R.T./NEW YORK will need to get the petitions into the right hands.
PLEASE TRY TO GET SIGNATURES FROM NEW YORK CITY RESIDENTS ONLY!
If everyone all around NYC does these two things, we will make a tremendous impression on the City Council.
Many thanks for all you do,
Your Friends at The Play Company
ROBERTA COLINDREZ DEBUT
Panopticon by Walter Glass
Check out this budget – You must make a small contribution YES
The Infection Is Back!
June 6 – July 1
Sean Graney’s critically-acclaimed These Seven Sicknesses returns to THE FLEA for a limited engagement for 23 performances only!
Click here to read THE NEW YORK TIMES article.
Please come and see LIZ TANCREDI in THESE SEVEN SICKNESSES
and congratulations to Ed Sylvanus Iskander
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Jo Bonney, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
David Cromer, Tribes
Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, These Seven Sicknesses
Sam Mendes, Richard III
Mike Nichols, Death of a Salesman
Tony Speciale, Unnatural Acts
