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PERFORMANCE SEASON 2009-2010
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THE STORM
by Alexander Ostrovsky, translation by Frank McGuinness
Directed by Michael Sexton
Ostrovsky, who was one of Chekhov’s most accomplished predecessors, sets his tale in a provincial Russian town, where the small-minded egotism of its inhabitants stifles the human spirit. When an oppressed, married girl falls in love with another man, her desire to breathe freely and consummate their affair unleashes a tempest of guilt, retribution, and grief.
October 1st - 3rd at 8pm, Sunday, October 4th at 2pm and October 5th – 7th, 2009 at 8pm.
The Fifth Floor Theatre 111 2nd Ave., 5th FloorMUD, RIVER, STONE
by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Kenneth Washington
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions; in this political thriller, an African-American couple from New York lose their way while on vacation in Africa, and stumble into a hostage crisis in a desolate hotel, while the rain relentlessly shuts them—and their fellow hostages—off from the dubious salvation of civilization. This is the third play we’ve done by Lynn Nottage, who just won the Pulitzer Prize for Ruined.
October 1st - 2nd at 8pm, Saturday, October 3rd at 2pm and 8pm, Sunday, October 4th at 7pm and October 5th- 6th at 8pm.
Atlas Theatre 111 2nd Ave., 3rd Floorwonder: an American hymn to the shimmer of television and the end of history
by Steve Yockey
Directed by Rachel Chavkin
Place: America. Time: America. An epic solar eclipse marks the end of history and the beginning of "life" as presented on television. While a fledgling Eden tries to bloom in one suburban living room, the desperate memory of something grand savagely bangs on the door. A muted husband, his struggling wife, a terrified single mother, her prescient son, a traveling salesman, a bourbon-soaked radio announcer and everyone at the local television affiliate collide and unravel under darkened skies in this crush of realism, allegory and American myth. [Original NYU Graduate Acting commission]
December 3rd-4th, 2009 at 8pm, Saturday, December 5th at 8pm, Sunday, December 6th at 2pm and 7pm and Monday, December 7th at 8pm.
Atlas Theatre 111 2nd Ave., 3rd FloorRIFT
by Caridad Svich
Directed by Seret Scott
RIFT is an epic story about lives torn by war and its aftermath, by abuse and damage, profit and trade, and the intimate search for beauty and grace. Gender, border, and culturally crossed, RIFT explores the fate of the human animal in a dislocated world and asks the question: how can a body that is torn find a way to heal itself and transform, and thus resist the tyranny of power? A violent, dream-like erotic fable by award-winning US Latina playwright Caridad Svich. [Original NYU Graduate Acting commission]
December 2nd - 4th, 2009 at 8pm, Saturday, December 5th at 2pm and 8pm, Sunday, December 6th at 7pm.
Shubert Theatre 721 Broadway, 5th FloorTONGUE OF A BIRD
by Ellen McLaughlin
Directed by Lisa Rothe
Maxine is a rescue pilot—the best in the business, in fact—but finding stranded hikers is easy work compared to the unaccomplished task of finding herself. A missing girl and her frantic mother awaken in Maxine another journey through the sky: the skies of her memories, her childhood, and the mother who abandoned her. In the lyrical fantasia, only when she can touch down with her demons can Maxine ascend to her mission.
February 2nd – 6th, 2010 at 8pm, and Sunday, February 7th at 2pm and 7pm.
Atlas Theatre 111 2nd Ave., 3rd Floor'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE
by John Ford
Directed by Jack C. Fletcher
One of the last great revenge tragedies of the Jacobean era, ‘Tis Pity is one of the most provocative dramas of its kind: think of it as Scarface in blank verse. In the city of Padua, a brother and sister surrender to their lust for one another; their hot-blooded act of incest sweeps them, and everyone around them, away in a torrent of bloodshed, damnation, and despair.
February 3rd – 5th, 2010 at 8pm, Saturday, February 6th at 2pm and 8pm and Sunday, February 7th at 7pmThe Fifth Floor Theatre 111 2nd Ave., 5th Floor
FREEPLAY ‘10
A week-long play festival comprised of adapted and original work produced and performed by the Graduate Acting Class of 2010, and in collaboration with the Department of Design for Stage & Film and the Graduate Dramatic Writing Program.
Tuesday, March 2nd – Sunday March 7th, 2010
Performances throughout the dayWalker Theatre and Shubert Theatre
721 Broadway, 5th Floor
Free to the public
ONCE IN A LIFETIME
by Moss Hart and George Kaufman
Directed by Emma Griffin
It’s 1928 and talking pictures have revolutionized show business. A trio of failed vaudevillians Go West to try to make their fame and fortune, but soon discover that in the Fool’s Paradise called Hollywood, only fools make it to the top. One of the great farces in the American comedy canon; think of it as a satire of Shakespearean dimension: the Forest of Arden with palm trees.
April 15th -17th, 2010 at 8pm, April 18th at 2pm and April 21st – 24th at 8pm.
Atlas Theatre 111 2nd Ave., 3rd Floor
YEAR 2 PROJECTS
For additional info call 212-998-1921.
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THE AMERICAN PROJECT:
October 29th – November 4th, 2009
ANGELS IN AMERICA: PERESTROIKA by Tony Kushner, Directed by Janet Zarish
THE RUBY SUNRISE by Rinne Groff, Directed by Pam Berlin
THE PROJECT PROJECT:
February 11th – February 14th, 2010
An original piece performed by the 2nd year class.
Directed by Jim Calder and Mark Wing-Davey
THE PERIOD PROJECT:
April 29th – May 5th, 2010
THE RIVALS by Richard Sheridan, Directed by Alex Harvey
THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE by Pierre Marivaux, Directed by Cigdem Onat
