THE STAGE
The Hudson Exploited Theater Company, Inc.
For Immediate Release
Contact: John Peterson (212) 592-4104 Email: jdpeterson@att.net
Jane Ho
Love For Sale: What price would you pay for a trip to paradise?
By John Pallotta; Directed by Arian Blanco
At The Lion, Theatre Row Studios beginning Friday, November 4th
Cutting edge, riveting. The Hudson Reporter
Pallotta delivers a powerful heartfelt story. A must see. Empowerment Source, Inc.
In its continued mission to produce quality theatre on both sides of the Hudson River, The Hudson Exploited Theater Company (HExTC) once again crosses the Hudson to The Lion at Theatre Row Studios with the New York premiere of Jane Ho written by John Pallotta and directed by Arian Blanco.
Jane Ho is a psychologically penetrating play about the world of a prostitute. Sexy, disturbing, and emotionally moving, it explores the inner workings of the "life." What are they really like behind the mystery of their occupation? To find out, spend an evening with four ladies of the night as they "reveal" the things they tell their pillow, nobody should. This original play was selected by HExTC in 2003 where it was developed and then produced at its residency space, the Park Performing Arts Center's 32nd Street Playhouse. The strong audience response along with a generous matching gift grant from the Ford Foundation spurred HExTC to now produce this NYC premiere. "This process of nurturing, developing, and polishing new plays at our residency space in NJ and then bringing them to such a prestigious venue like Theatre Row signals an important step in legitimizing HExTC's profile as a leading producer of new works," states Artistic Director Adrian Rodriguez, Jane Ho marks an exciting time for HExTC."
This production promises to engage audiences with the innovative staging of award winning director Arian Blanco along with the talents of *Mikaela Kafka, *Daina Michelle Griffith, *Heather Male, A.B. Lugo, and Liche Ariza (*appearing courtesy of Actors Equity). In addition, an original score by Andy Cohen, set and light design by Gregg Bellon, sound design by Joe DiSanzo. Last, but not least, the "cutting edge, verbal strategies" of John Pallotta as he guides us through the provocative underworld of Jane Ho.
John Pallotta (playwright) a native of NYC, John has been involved in theatre, film, and television for over 20 years. As a playwright he has written over a dozen plays including How I Killed My Roommate and Got Away with It which ran at the Producers Club. Vegas which was read at the Lambs Theatre and the Steppenwolf in Chicago. Other plays include: Christmas on Mulberry Street, When I was Black, and Beyond the Palisades. Arian Blanco (director) received a Fringe Excellence Award in direction for the production of Dismiss all the Poets (2002) and most recently received an HOLA award for outstanding direction for the production of Dinosaurios (2004). Earlier this year he directed Repertorio Espa's hugely successful world premiere production of Marido encadenado by Rob Santana.
JANE HO performance schedule (November 2005):
Friday11/4 8PM
Saturday 11/5 8PM
Monday 11/7 7PM
Tuesday 11/8 7PM
Thursday 11/10 7PM
Friday 11/11 8PM
Saturday 11/12 8PM
Monday 11/14 7PM
Tuesday 11/15 7PM
Thursday 11/17 8PM
Friday 11/18 8PM
Saturday 11/19 8PM
The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row Studios is located at 410 West 42nd Street (between 9th & Dyer Avenues)
Tickets are $15, for Tickets call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com
Drama; Running time 90 minutes.
Hudson Exploited Theater Company (HExTC): Is a NJ based theater company that produces on both sides of the Hudson River. HExTC is in residency at the historic Park Theater in Union City and perform at various venues in NYC. HExTC is committed to expanding the notion of what is "American" and to presenting the works of artists that reflect the variety of experiences, backgrounds, races, and cultures that make up the American landscape. HExTC seeks to produce new plays as well as inspired productions of modern classics. HExTC has received numerous awards over the years including a Best of the Fest and OOBR Award for its presentation of Tom Sleigh's RUBBER. Dismiss All the Poets by Adrian Rodriguez received a NYC Fringe Festival Excellence Award for Direction. Most recently, HExTC's production of Martinez by Leopoldo Hernandez received an HOLA award for outstanding male performer. For more information about HExTC and its members visit their website at www.hextc.org.
October 21-November 6, 2005 at the Bank Street Theater, 3Graces Theater Co. presents:
At the Height of the Cold War, a Woman Fights for her Right to Fly for America in Space:
FLYER
by Kate Aspengren
A woman's place is in the cockpit.
Directed by Karen Sommers
Starring:
Dorothy Abrahams3 Elizabeth Bunnell3 Cherelle Cargill*3 Paul de Cordova*
Richard Ferrone* John Kaiser Brian McFadden* Annie McGovern*3
Chelsea Silverman3 Hal Smith Reynolds*
Dramaturgs: Nicole DiGaetano, Nitra Gutierrez3, Chelsea Silverman
Costume Design: Sylvie Marc-Charles
Light Design: Cris Dopher
Set Design: Michael P. Kramer
Sound Design & Original Music: John D. Ivy
Production Stage Manager: Jennifer B. Havey
Technical Director: Patrick T. Cecala II
Associate Producer: Suzanne Barbetta3
Producer: Kelli Lynn Harrison3
For Tickets and more info:
(212)631-8742
www.ThreeGracesTheater.org
October 21-22, 26-29 and November 2-5 at 8:00 PM
October 23 & 30 and November 6 at 2:00 PM with talk-back sessions following
Bank Street Theater - 155 Bank Street
Theater is air conditioned and handicap accessible.
*denotes a member, Actor's Equity Association
3denotes a member, 3Graces Theater Co.
PO Box 442 Grand Central Station, New York, New York 10163-0442
(212)631-8742
www.ThreeGracesTheater.org
eyeBLINK Entertainment is proud to announce our 1 year anniversary of the
multiethnic acting series American Colors! Check out the attached flyer....
October 22nd is our next date featuring scenes from plays by Henrik Ibsen, (The Father of Modern Drama) so mark it down on your calendars!.
Our previous year with classic American playwrights has been a huge success, and as we move on to classic European playwrights, we want you to be there with us!
American Colors showcases a multiethnic group of actors performing scenes from classic playwrights one night of a month. This month: featuring Demetra Balodimas, Shelly Bhalla, Eric Burns, Jessie Fahay, Obaid Kadwani, Matt McCarthy,Yamille Penagos, Lana Stimmler, Jon Stuyvesant, Ying-Yu Tan, with scenes directed by Noah Burger, Michael Hidalgo and Jeffrey O'Neill.
This month: Scenes from plays by Henrik Ibsen including A Doll's House, When We Dead Awaken and Master Builder.
Saturday, October 22nd
5PM AND 8PM
The Producers Club II Theater
616 Ninth Ave, (Between 43rd and 44th Streets)
Only $10 online, $15 at the door
Buy tix NOW! online from http://www.eyeblinkentertainment.com/ or at the door on the day of the show, only while tix last!
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you there!
Please forward this email to any friends who might be interested.
To join the eyeBLINK entertainment mailing list, please email eyeblinkentertainment@yahoo.com or visit www.eyeblinkentertainment.com
American Colors
Executive Director: Qurrat Ann Kadwani
NY Artistic Director: Esther Triggs
General Manager: Obaid Kadwani
Please call 646-489-5322 or email eyeblinkentertainment@yahoo.com with any questions.
LMV Announces 2 plays by New Orleans Playwright Eddie Betz
Eddie Betz is an award-winning playwright from New Orleans, LA and resident playwright of La Muse Venale Acting Troupe. La Muse Venale is producing
two one-act plays of Eddie Betz, at John Chatterton's Fall Festival, in
Where Eagles Dare Theater
347 West 36th Street; 8th & 9th
The dates are:
Saturday, Nov. 5th (3:00)
Sunday, Nov. 6th (6:00)
Thursday, Nov. 10th (8:15)
Saturday, Nov. 12th (9:15)
Saturday, Nov. 19th (12:00)
Sunday, Nov. 20th (4:00)
“Only His Knees” and “Losin’ Mannie” are a production of La Muse Venale Acting troupe and its actors and director and technicians.
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"Only His Knees" and "Losin' Mannie"
* The Whales by M. Stefan Strozier
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The Whales by M. Stefan Strozier
A full month of shows!!!
La Muse Venale Acting Troupe, its actors, directors, technicians, are proud to produce "The Whales," by resident playwright, M. Stefan Strozier. "The Whales" is a very funny comedy, which will run for 4 weeks in January, 2006, from Thursday through Sunday (beginning on January 5th), at
Where Eagles Dare Theatre
347 West 36th Street; 8th & 9th
After the shows, we will have the option for patrons to join us for wine and cheese at Where Eagles Dare rehearsal space, on the 12th floor, for a discussion of the overall philosophy of our acting troupe and anything else striking a person's fancy.
La Muse Venale Acting Troupe is co-producing "Beyond the Veil," by resident playwright John Chatterton, in February, 2006, in Where Eagles Dare Theatre. This well-developed play is a sexy spiritual drama. More information to come shortly.
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John Chatterton and La Muse Venale Acting Troupe are excited to announce plans to produce a new play about sex and spiritualism, BEYOND THE VEIL, by John Chatterton. The production is scheduled for February 2006, at Chatterton's own theatre, the cozy
Where Eagles Dare Theatre
347 West 36th Street, between 8th and 9th.
Depending on casting considerations, the production may be an Equity showcase, meaning that no one will receive more than transportation costs for rehearsals or
performances, or a non-union production, in which case no one will get paid.
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BEYOND THE VEIL
In addition to running a theatre and rehearsal space
(see http://www.johncpresents.com)
Chatterton produces the Midtown International Theatre Festival
(www.midtownFestival.org)
now in its seventh year, and publishes OOBR ("the off-off-Broadway review"),
now in its twelfth year. La Muse Venale is the resident theatre company at Where Eagles Dare, where it has recently presented "Guns, Shackles & Winter Coats,"
by M. Stefan Strozier and "The Knife Assassin," by Alan Kanevsky, the former as
part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival.
The purpose of the production of "Beyond the Veil" is to garner press coverage and producer interest prior to marketing the property for production at a higher
level. All parts are up for audition, as well as understudies. The producers are prepared to postpone the production if actors of sufficient caliber, suitability, and seriousness are not available. For an audition appointment, email La Muse Venale
with an electronic headshot and resume and overall rehearsal conflicts (e.g., "not in the daytime") to: worldaudience@aol.com.
Characters:
FLORENCE KING: Teenage girl. Cockney dialect a plus. Partial nudity required (an important plot point). Much of the time she can seem to have a vacant personality, or seem vaguely "off."
MRS. KING: FLORENCE's mother. Pushy and manipulative. Not above pimping her daughter. Cockney dialect a plus.
WILLIAM ROYCE: Thirties to early 50s. Intense, serious, brilliant, completely out of touch with the common man (or woman). Falls victim of a romantic streak in his character. Nudity behind translucent veils required. Can be almost maniacal in his obsession with scientific success.
VICAR: Local Anglican spiritual authority. More interested in what people say and think than in what is right. Quite interested in science. Works to debunk ROYCE. Can be quite wacky and over the top.
LORD DARNLEY: Local aristocrat and landowner; sponsor of ROYCE's experiments. Excited to be a part of something that is fashionable and to have
something interesting to do. Can be flaky in his lack of understanding of real people.
IRIS (the maid): A few lines. Can be understudy of FLORENCE or MRS. KING.
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La Muse Venale, Inc.
347 West 36th Street
New York, NY
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Casting for a reading of: Do You Mind If I Join You? A Psycho Drama @ The Harlem YMCA Little Theater
Will require availability Thursday 10/13 5:30pm - 7:30pm, Saturday 10/29 time TBD and The reading is on 10/30 at 4pm...
Please do not respond unless you have these dates open.
Players:
Millie: Young & lovely 21 year old actress - ethnicity unimportant
Bill Christen: Older businessman who is hot for the young lovlies...
Philip Wendel: Set in his ways - laid back late 30's to early 40's somewhat of a bore.
Roger Rishard: Hip young 20 something, smart, good looking, fun loving.
Jeff Daniels: Attractive, fit well built Cop with love interest. 35ish
Ed Yocum: Businessman engaging in adultery. 40+
There is no pay.
Cinti's Comedy Pageant Come share the laughter...
Book this funny, clean, family show! (212) 459-1416
http://www.pbase.com/joannawilson/lizagrubber
Stage Manager and/or Assistant needed immediately for three new one-acts by established writers, Richard Lay and Edward Crosby Wells. Spotlight On Productions seeks an experienced helper for a two-performance run in our Halloween Festival. No pay. But there is networking inside a family atmosphere. This is ideal for somebody interested in gaining experience towards directing or networking with producers, directors, published authors and an acting community. Our collaborators work on film and Broadway. Please send a letter of availability to Steven Thornburg at CalThorProd@msn.com. If Steven knows you, please send a letter indicating your interest and exact availability/conflicts for the next two and half weeks. Period of service runs through the 13th of October.
