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MARCH 15 at 7:30 p.m. in NEW YORK CITY:
Crystal Field and Theater for the New City present -- for one night only
SUKI LIVINGSTON OPENS LIKE A PARACHUTE
A full-length drama makes its first public outing in TNC's Scratch Night Series. One night only!
Director: Tracy Bersley.
Cast: Chris Harcum*, Erica Livingston, Jennifer Loryn*, Denise Lute*, Ryan Farley*
A journey through the 1950s and 60s: repression to explosion to rebirth. Suki encounters Martin Luther King, Jr., JFK, Rev. William Sloan Coffin, Wonder Woman, and other iconic figures as true events unfold.
Contribution: $5.
At Theater for the New City - telephone: 212-254-1109
155 1st Avenue, New York (between 9th and 10th Streets)
Interested in producing SUKI LIVINGSTON OPENS LIKE A PARACHUTE? Contact Rising Solo:
Jennifer Loryn (jen@jenniferloryn.com) or Robin Rice Lichtig (dramamama@nyc.rr.com)
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APRIL 1 at 4 p.m. in NEW YORK CITY:
Full day of events at the Martin Segal Center at CUNY will include a reading of plays in the Intimate Relations project, including SEARCHING FOR A NEW SUN (see description below). Stay tuned for details.
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JUNE 6 in NEW YORK CITY:
OneHeart Theatre Company presents a benefit workshop performance of:
SEARCHING FOR A NEW SUN
Project directors/producers: Andreas Robertz and Mario Golden.
Choreographer: Nancy Ferragallo.
Cast: Tahlia Miller, Juliette Rubin, Susan Stein, Sharon Wajswol. Additional support: Lauren Lebowitz.
At Theater for the New City
Tickets: $30 (to benefit the Intimate Relations project)
Stay tuned for details.
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JUNE 22-JULY4 in GRAHAMSTOWN, SOUTH AFRICA:
In the National Arts Festival, 3Fates will present
LISTEN! THE RIVER
Turbo travels to South Africa in two different productions with two
different actors and two different directors. The shows will run in rep.
at this gigantic arts festival - part of the South Africa Fringe Festival.
Admission: R70.
Details will be upcoming from 3Fates.
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AUGUST-SEPTEMBER in BERLIN, GERMANY:
OneHeart Theatre Company presents the WORLD PREMIERE:
SEARCHING FOR A NEW SUN
The Holocaust was many decades ago. Is the fallout affecting decendants of survivors today?
Producer/directors: Mario Golden and Andreas Robertz.
Choreographer: Nancy Ferragallo.
Cast: Tahlia Miller, Juliette Rubin, Susan Stein, Sharon Wajswol.
Additional support: Lauren Lebowitz.
Watch this space for further details.
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SEPTEMBER in LAUREL, MD:
Venus Theatre presents the WORLD PREMIERE of
PLAY NICE!
Siblings engage in a battle of imagination to conquer their mother, the Dragon Queen, in this play inspired by Jean Genet's THE MAIDS.
Directed by Lee Mikeska Gardner.
Watch this space for details.
NEW NEWS
Two monologues are in newly released volumes from the International Centre for Women Playwrights, ICWP Press: The Sparrow is in Mid-Life & Catharsis (vol. 3); That Is That is in Babes & Beginnings (vol. 1). Go to www.womenplaywrights.org for info.
BLOOD SISTERS has been named one of three winners of the 2008 Goshen Peace Play prize. The one act is published in
"580 Split," the literary journal of Mills College graduate school (www.580Split.com).
GLOOM, DOOM, AND SOUL-CRUSHING MISERY is in Smith & Kraus' newly released "The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2008 --
Three or More Actors."