NEW YORK - The Spring 2008 Writer/Director Forum, a festival of workshop productions of plays featuring new writers and directors, runs June 5-29 at The Looking Glass Theatre (422 West 57th Street).
The Looking Glass Theatre's Writer/Director Forum is
part of the company'smission 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 twelve emerging female directors
tackling new works. Throughout the four-week festival,
directors will present a wide range of styles, from a new
adaptation of John Baptiste Racine's Phaedra to new
works such as American Infidelity by Isabella
Russell-Ides and HolyMarriage.com by Kate McLeod.
Forum Audience Awards - weekly and overall, voted for
by audience members - will be given for Favorite Actor,
Favorite Actress and Favorite Production.
The lighting designer for the Spring 2008 Forum is
Jason Miller. The fullperformance schedule is as follows:
WEEK 1 - JUNE 5-8
Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Jessica Lazar
Sketch by Carolyn Kras, directed by Jen Browne
Opinions can very and people change, but when it comes to love what can be forgotten and what is unforgivable?
American Infidelity, By Isabella Russell-Ides, directed by Shira Danan
A president. His wife. His moony mistress. What if their lives are just an American Dream?
Surfacing Written and Directed by Julia Martin
Do you ever think about the people you left behind?
WEEK 2 - JUNE 12-15
Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Rebecca Lewis-Whitson
Moving Parts by Judith Pratt, directed by Caroline Lakin
Day in and day out, what parts do you play?
Baby Boom by Lia Romeo, directed by Krystal Osborne
Happiness is a warm gun - The Beatles.
Gentle Girl by Gail Bennington, directed by Rose Ginsberg
In which we meet two girls, a mouse and the ghost of a hero.
WEEK 3 - JUNE 19-22
Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Sarah Wansley
HolyMarriage.com by Kate McLeod, directed by Cristina Knutson
Do people really want to reveal everything about themselves, even to the person they are most intimate with?
Whatever and Delicately by Pia Wilson, directed by Naima Moffet-Warden
A major life lesson is learned in the only place you could learn it.the privacy of a public bathroom.
The Untitled Pregnancy by Michelle Bradley, directed by Nikki Rothenberg
An unexpected pregnancy causes a Manhattan 20-something to take a deeper look at her life and the choices she's made.
WEEK 4 - JUNE 26-29
Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Melody Erfani
No More Therapy by Lyralen Kaye and Amy West, directed by Katrina Foy
The story of two self-help/therapy junkies who discover that love is always about making it up as you go along.
Intimate Things by Laylage Courie, directed by Toby Bercovici
This is where the story begins. Here. In this room.
Phaedra by Jean-Baptiste Racine, translated by R.B. Boswell, adapted and directed by Jacquelyn Honeybourne
When Gods ordain that man should err, he cannot disobey.
Casts Include: Afreen Akhter, TJ Black, Jeanette Bonner, Joe Carusone, Lizzie Chazen, Lena Diechle, Jamie Farrell, Meghan Flaherty, Megan Gaffney, Danny Gibel, Hannah Ginsberg, Jocelyn Greene, Jenna Harder, Nic Heppe, Katie Hyde, Adam Hyland, Emily Marro, Leslie Marseglia, Blake Merriman, Katie Nelson-Croner, Chelsea O'Conner, Jessica Palmer, Jill Pettigrew, Sarah Pullman, Leah Reddy, Ryan Russell, Sana Sepehri, Zdenko Slobodnik, Daniel Smith, Ryan Sprague, Jared Stern, Katherine Stults, Jowan Thomas, Alice Wiesner, Chris Wild and Elizabeth Yocam.
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 2006, The Looking Glass Theatre and Artistic Director Justine Lambert received The Lucille Lortel Award from The League of Professional Theatre Women.
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THE LOOKING GLASS SPRING 2008 FORUM
June 5-29, 2008
SCHEDULE: Thurs - Sat @ 8PM, Sun @ 5PM
TICKET PRICE: $15 general admission
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
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