NEW NEWS
I am currently working with actor Jennifer Loryn to bring a new solo show to the stage. HIDE/SEEK is true stories about a girl growing up in the repressed 50s and emotional 60s. HIDE/SEEK will receive its first public reading on June 19 (see below).
In order to continue developing the show, we are raising money to pay for a director, rehearsal space and a concentrated, two-week workshop this summer. If you would like to be in on the ground floor of this exciting new play, there are several ways you can help.
(1) Contact me if you'd like to be a major ground floor contributor (with credit in future programs and all sorts of other perks).
(2) SPRING CLEANING? Donate treasures (before June 10 is best) to be sold on Ebay. Contact 212-539-3132 (free pickup in Manhattan).
(3) Donate through PayPal: Jrlichtig@aol.com.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
HIDE/SEEK is affiliated with Fractured Atlas. Keep an eye out for the website: www.hideseek.org. It's being developed too.
Back from teaching playwriting in Mongolia. Click on "Mongolia Blog," above, to share this incredible experience.
HUMANS REMAIN is the winner of SteppingStone Theatre's New Milennium Contest. A premiere production is planned for 2008.
PLAY NICE! has been translated by theatrical agent Victoria Koleva and is available in Bulgaria.
GLOOM, DOOM, AND SOUL-CRUSHING MISERY is newly published in Smith & Kraus' "Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2008."
A POET COULDN'T WRITE ABOUT IT (from LOLA AND THE PLANET OF GLORIOUS DIVERSITY), will appear in a collection of
monologues by the International Centre for Women Playwrights published by JAC Publications and Promotions.
CURRENT & UPCOMING
MAY 14 in Long Branch, New Jersey.
New Jersey Repertory Company presents their annual Theatre Brut, including:
DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN, directed by John FitzGibbon.
With Stephen Innocenzi as Yogi Berra and Michele Tauber as the Oracle of the Yankees.179 Broadway, Long Branch, NJ.
www.njrep.org/732-229-3166
Reservations highly recommended.
JUNE 19 at 7 p.m. in New York City
First public outing for a new full-length play about growing up in the repressed 50s and emotional 60s:
HIDE/SEEK, a solo performance by Jennifer Loryn, directed by Hilary Adams.
HIDE/SEEK is NOT a political drama; NOT about a dysfunctional family; NOT a rock opera about disaffected youth.
HIDE/SEEK is simply stories about the life of an ordinary woman. The actor will embody over 20 different characters.
Arthur Seelen Theatre, in the Drama Book Shop.
250 W. 40th Street (between 7th and 8th Ave.), Manhattan.
Seating limited so don't be late!
"Party punch" and 50s snacks to follow the performance.
Admission free. Donations will be gratefully accepted.
HIDE/SEEK needs your help. If you would like to be a ground floor contributor to the development of this original new show, please make a contribution - large or small - through PayPal (jrlichtig@aol.com). SPRING CLEANING? You can also help by donating treasures to be sold on EBay. Free, easy pickup in Manhattan. Proceeds to benefit the future of HIDE/SEEK. Phone: 212-539-3132 with your donation information. Thank you!
HIDE/SEEK is affiliated with Fractured Atlas.
JUNE 25-28 in New York City
Native Aliens Theatre Company presents an evening of one-act plays including:
Ever wonder what an updated, gay Snow White and Prince Charming story would look like? This is it.
CUTIE PIE AND THE QUEEN.
Other plays included by Chuck Zito, John Maley, Matthew Keville, Laura Black, J. Kawecki, Aaron Lee Adair and Ray Yeung.
At Under St. Marks, 94 St. Marks Place (just east of 1st Ave.), NYC.
Showtimes: 8 p.m. plus a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday.
(Sorry - no wheelchair access.)
Further details will be posted here and at NativeAliens.org
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NEW NEWS
This is Suki Livingstone, the star of HIDE/SEEK, a solo
show I'm developing with actor Jennifer Loryn.
Suki tells true stories about growing up in the repressed
50s and activist 60s, journeys through adventures with
famous people, encounters sex, love, marriage and a
wacko therapy group. HIDE/SEEK is a real journey from
repression to explosion to rebirth.
We would be very grateful if you can help us develop HIDE/SEEK.
Go to www.hideseek.org .
photos of Suki in 1959 by Jessica Moon
Back from teaching playwriting in Mongolia. Click on "Mongolia Blog," above, to share this incredible experience.
HUMANS REMAIN is the winner of SteppingStone Theatre's New Milennium Contest. A premiere production is planned for 2008.
PLAY NICE! has been translated by theatrical agent Victoria Koleva and is available in Bulgaria.
GLOOM, DOOM, AND SOUL-CRUSHING MISERY will be published in Smith & Kraus' "Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2008."
A POET COULDN'T WRITE ABOUT IT (from LOLA AND THE PLANET OF GLORIOUS DIVERSITY), will appear in a collection of
monologues by the International Centre for Women Playwrights published by JAC Publications and Promotions.
CURRENT & UPCOMING
JUNE 25-28 in New York City
Native Aliens Theatre Company presents an evening of one-act plays including:
Ever wonder what an updated, gay Snow White and Prince Charming story would look like? This is it.
CUTIE PIE AND THE QUEEN, directed by Yassi Jahanmir.
The cast: Scott Smith, Keith Schneider, Josh Wartens.
At Under St. Marks, 94 St. Marks Place (just east of 1st Ave.), NYC.
Showtimes: 8 p.m. plus a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday.
(Sorry - no wheelchair access.) Further details at NativeAliens.org
JULY 28 in Long Branch, New Jersey
New Jersey Repertory Company will be presenting
PLAY NICE! in a staged reading directed by Alexandra Hastings.
Details to follow.
MONDAY, AUGUST 4 in Manhattan
Monologues & Madness includes:
Susan Wallack performing LILY'S MONOLOGUE from THE POWER OF BIRDS.
At the Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street.
6-8 p.m.
Get there early. The room fills to over capacity!
Good food and drinks.
$7 admission includes a drink.
The Cornelia Street Cafe is an icon in Greenwich Village which has been supporting artists for 30 years in their downstairs cafe. www.corneliastreetcafe.com .
"Just eat your ice cream while it's on your plate. That's my philosophy." - Thornton Wilder
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