The Looking Glass Spring 2007 Writer/Director Forum,
a festival of workshop productions of plays
featuring new writers and directors, runs
Thursday, June 7 – Sunday, July 1 at The Looking
Glass Theatre (422 West 57th Street).
The Looking Glass Theatre’s Writer/Director Forum
is part of the company’s mission to reflect life on
the stage with truth and theatricality while
exploring a female vision/aesthetic. The festival
is held twice a year at The Looking Glass Theatre.
This year’s spring festival features the work of
fourteen emerging female directors tackling both
classic and new works. Throughout the four-week
festival, directors will present a wide range of styles,
from new adaptations of Shakespeare’s The Taming
of the Shrew and Moliére’s The Imaginary Invalid to
new works such as Spitting Distance by Dina Gregory
and Li’l Heroes by Stephanie Timm.
Forum Audience Awards – weekly and overall,
voted for by audience members – will be given for
Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Production.
The lighting designer for the Spring 2007 Forum is The Looking Glass Theatre lighting designer-in-residence Ryan Metzler. The full performance schedule is as follows:
WEEK 1 – JUNE 7-10
Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Audrey Neddermann
Spitting Distance by Dina Gregory, directed by Emily Gipson,
“Ahead and behind and always close within spitting distance of the real thing.”
her only customer… by Celia McBride, directed by Chanda Calentine
Out of My Head, A Musical Revue - Book by Kirstin A. Guenther, Music and Lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver, directed by Nikki Rothenberg
Five people sing through life as they search for the art and beauty in themselves.
WEEK 2 – JUNE 14-17
Assistant Director/Stage Managers: Marie Darden & Norah Turnham
Li’l Heroes by Stephanie Timm, directed by Jacquelyn Honeybourne
“We don’t want peace, we want to win.”
The White Whale by Ruth Tyndall Baker, directed by Maureen Rogalski
The story of two couples trapped on Interstate 69 during the blizzard of 1978.
The Rover by Aphra Behn, directed by Emily Plumb
WEEK 3 – JUNE 21-24
Assistant Director/Stage Managers: Natalie Golonka & Carly Hirschberg
Fortune Cookie Smash by Isabella Russell-Ides, directed by Rachel Klein
A wacky love story told amidst shattered fortune cookies.
The Apple Tree by Dianna A. Lewis, directed by Erin Winebark
Life during the Great Depression is dark, cold, and meaningless for the traveling salesman known as “Smith.” Can a voice from his past save him?
Second Sunday by Jen Klein, directed by Elizabeth Sturrus
A comedy where four roommates and an unexpected guest all have a part to play and all want access to each other’s parts.
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, adapted and directed by Rose Ginsberg
“I see a woman may be made a fool / If she had not a spirit to resist…”
WEEK 4 – JUNE 28-JULY 1
Assistant Director/Stage Managers: Katrina Foy & Leigh Hile
Meetmarket.com by Anne Dichele, directed by Mariana Carbonell
“The relationship you never thought could happen for you is only a click away.”
After Moravia by Dina Ross, directed by Danya Nardi
Untitled: A Work in Progress - Written and directed by Julia Martin
The Imaginary Invalid by Molière, adapted and directed by Aliza Shane
She’s got the symptoms, but the doctors are the real disease…
Casts Include: Maria Alegre, Alejandra Ambrosi, Musa Bacon, Ilana Becker, Paul Bettys, Alicia Blasingame, Ayelet Blumberg, Jenifer Borntrager, Jenny Boyd, Marian Brock, Jenn Browne, Stephanie Bush, Brian Cade, Adam Coggins, Andrea Coleman, Megan Cooper, Tynan Craycraft, Elizabeth Delhagen, Mark Doherty, Marti Etheridge, Tony Flohr, Jenn Foster, Curt Foy, Connor Fux, Lori Gardner*, Nova Gerlach, Andrew Giarolo, Dayna Grayber, Rebecca Hackett, Kyle Haggerty, Katie Hartman, Alexander Hedquist, Paul Herbig, Allison Hiroto, Talia Jackson , Gregory Jacobs-Roseman, Chris Jansen, Joe Kolbow, Nick Leonard, Sierra Marcks, Emily Marro, Samantha Mason, Blake Merriman, Emma Myers, Hank Offinger, Jennifer Pawlitschek, Graham Powell, Matt Raines, Tyler Ramage, Benjamin Ray, Matthew Rini, Anne Roser, Matthew Roth, Leah Rudick, Aaron Sandler, Ben Sargent, Maryann Schaub, Drew Schuffman, Adam Shatarsky, Anika Solveig, David Spear, Richard Spierenburg, Dominic Tancredi, Jason Thomson, Sean Toohey , Megan Tusing , Chris von Hoffman, Laura Wiese, Chris Wild, William Wilson, and Ashley Young.
* Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association
About The Looking Glass Theatre… The Looking Glass Theatre’s mission is to explore and expand the feminine aesthetic, producing works by historic female playwrights, new works by women, and productions of the classics re-imagined by contemporary women directors. In June 2006, The Looking Glass Theatre and Artistic Director Justine Lambert received The Lucille Lortel Award from The League of Professional Theatre Women. Additionally, New York Resident named Ms. Lambert one of the Top 100 New Yorkers of 2003 for her work with the company.
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THE LOOKING GLASS SPRING FORUM
June 7 – July 1, 2007
SCHEDULE: Thurs - Sat @ 7:30PM, Sun @ 5PM
TICKET PRICE: $15 general admission, $12 seniors/students with valid ID
ADDRESS: 422 West 57th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues
SUBWAYS: A, C, B, D, 1 to 59th/Columbus Circle; N, R, W, Q to 57th/7th
PHONE: (212) 307-9467
EMAIL: admin@lookingglasstheatrenyc.com
WEBSITE: www.lookingglasstheatrenyc.com
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