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Players
3 solo performances
based on the lives of
neighbors
Directed by Mahayana Landowne
Stage Manager: Lyndsey Barratt
Jesse Hawkes*, Laurabeth Breya*, and
Anthony Wills, Jr.*
photos by Stephen Leong
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The Cockeyed Pessimist
Jesse Hawkes*
as Robert Hieger
Actor, Director,
Writer, Musician (Living Theatre, DADA NY);
Masters
candidate; aspiring Web & Mobile Developer/Designer
Athos
Laurabeth Breya* as Athos Cakiades
Writer - Actor-
Comedian
It’s
Good to be Alive
Anthony Wills, Jr.* as Ahmed El-Motassem
Recording Artist
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Sages
3 solo-performances
based on the lives of
neighbors
Directed by
Mahayana Landowne
Stage Manager: Heather Olmstead*
Teresa Kelsey* and Andrew Bryce*
photo by Alex Roe
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Possible/Impossible
Andrew Bryce* as A Pastor
Spiritual
Leader in the East Village
The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Alex Roe as Hugh Mackie
Owner, Sixth Street Specials, Classic British Cycle Repair
A New Design
Teresa Kelsey* as Hanya Krill
Marketing and
Public Programs Coordinator, Ukrainian Museum
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Connections
4 short plays about coming together
Ellen Warner*, Olivia
Killingsworth*, Regina Gibson*
Kathryn Neville Browne*, Olivia
Killingsworth*,
Regina Gibson*, Max Hunter*
Seth McNeill*, Michael Twaine*, Max Hunter*
photos: Alex Roe
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Like Home
by John Shea
Home is
where the heart is, but when the troubles of the outside
world begin to
invade, can the heart survive? A story of hope and
survival, immigration and
class, as relevant today as it was during the Draft Riots
of 1863.
A Roof Over Every Head
by Kathy Coudle-King
Four trail-blazing women—three Old World
immigrants and
a New England crusader—find strength in the tenements
and sweat shops of 1900.
Orchard Street -
Revisited
by Alan Stolzer
In a synagogue up for sale, a confrontation
reveals time past to be
less dormant than one might think.
Neighbors
by Reese Thompson
After a volatile confrontation over the buildings
recycling protocol, Kenneth discovers his neighbor
Maud has a heart-wrenching decision to make.
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Directed
by
Patricia Lynn |
Stage
Manager:
Heather Olmstead*
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Featuring
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Kathryn
Neville Browne*
Regina Gibson*
Ryan Halsaver*
Alice Rothman Hicks* |
Max
Hunter*
Olivia Killingsworth*
Seth McNeill*
Michael Twaine*
Ellen Warner * |
Revolutions
4 short plays
about breaking away
John
Maddaloni*, Andrew DiTusa*
Eric Emil Oleson*, Frank Anderson*, Jack
Sochet*
photos: Stephen Leong
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And Here's...Boris!
by Nina Howes
Before Stella Adler, Sophie Tucker, Jerry Lewis;
before Yiddish Theater rivaled
Broadway; Boris Thomashefsky, a teenager on New York's
lower East side,
dreamed of singing music from his country, in his
language - Yiddish.
No matter who objected.
The Fall of Boss
Tweed
by Steve Kalvar
Are friendship and popularity the same thing?
Boss Tweed, the king of Tammany
Hall graft, thought so, until the election evening he
learned he was terribly wrong.
Abandon
by David Vazdauskas
Summer, 1978. Young runaways and rebels find freedom
in the abandoned
buildings of the Lower East Side, and find a savior in
the father-like punk music
club manager whose purpose is to keep dreams alive.
Radical
by Sergio Castillo
What happens when American Fascism has become the
law of the land? Reform?
Or revolt?
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Directed
by
Alexander Harrington |
Stage
Manager:
Lyndsey
Barratt
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Featuring
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Frank Anderson*
Kelly Dean Cooper*
Randy Cordero
Andrew DiTusa*
Garth Kravits* |
John Maddaloni*
Amanda Lea Mason*
Kelly McCready*
Kyle Minshew*
Eric Emil Oleson*
Jack Sochet* |
*Actors appear
courtesy of Actors Equity Association
These programs are part of East Village Chronicles, Vol. 12,
and Alphabet City XII, are Equity Approved Showcases
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