The Spring 2009 Writer/Director Forum, a festival of workshop productions of plays featuring new writers and directors, runs June 4-28 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 and aesthetic. The festival is held twice a year at Looking Glass Theatre.
This year’s spring festival features the work of nine emerging female directors tackling new works. Throughout the four-week festival, directors will present a
wide range of styles, from new adaptations of Plautus’ Casina to new works such as All the Pretty Girls by Pia Wilson and Potato Girl by Christine Rusch.
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 2009 Forum is David Monroy. The full performance schedule is as follows:
WEEK 1 – JUNE 4-7
Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Karen Pobicki
ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS by Pia Wilson, directed by Naima Warden
Strangers are everywhere... even in your own home. Who will you side with when the time comes?
WITHOUT by Laura Rohrman, directed by Melody Erfani
A female graduate student living in France is attacked by a gang. What comes next is a series of mysteries – and a stranger that might unlock more than anyone ever expected.
WEEK 2 – JUNE 11-14
Assistant Directors/Stage Managers: Heather Lanza & Alicia Mangelsdorf
CHASING PAVEMENT, written & directed by Krystal Osborne
“It is true that when we travel we are in search of distance. But distance is not to be found. It melts away. And escape has never led anywhere. What are we worth when motionless, is the question."
- Antoine De Saint-Exupery
CANNED DEUX by Siobhan Antonioli, directed by Sara Moncivais
“He said you two were into forest fuc...”
THE REASON WHY I LIE by Chelsea Sutton, directed by Cristina Knutson
WEEK 3 – JUNE 18-21
Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Elizabeth Carlson
PLEASE REMOVE THIS STUFFED ANIMAL FROM MY HEAD
by Crystal Jackson, directed by Rebecca Lewis-Whitson
One man dares to ask the question.
CASINA by Plautus, adapted & directed by Jacquelyn Honeybourne
“Away with care and thought of debts; let no man dread a cent!”
WEEK 4 - JUNE 25-28
Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Ariel Francoeur
POTATO GIRL by Christine Rusch, directed by Amanda Thompson
Two young women struggle to stay afloat at their tedious job.
THE THINGS SHE KEPT by Aoise Stratford, directed by Fran Acuna
"Memories can be sad, but sometimes they can also save you.”-~ Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
Spring 2009 Forum Casts Include:
Katherine Booze-Mooney, Michelle Burns, Judianny Comprés, Megan Doss, Joey Faranda, Ramesh Ganeshran, Karen Green, Max Feist, Lindy Flowers, Emily Fortunato, Megumi Haggerty, Laura Harrison, Jeff Howson, Sergio LoDolce, Cristina Lombardi, Brit Lower, Ashley Lovell, James Luster, Amie Lytle, Lucia Mazzola, Jack Payne, Rosanna Plasencia, Meghan Powe, Sarah Pullman, Christopher Rushing, Victoria Scott, Michelle Silvani, Hanlon Smith-Dorsey, Laura Sorensen, Jim Staudt, Danielle Trzcinski, Matt Turzilli, Allison Ungar, Kate Weinberg, Brandon Wood, and Audrey Yeoman.
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 2009 FORUM
June 4-28, 2009
SCHEDULE: Thurs - Sat @ 8PM, Sun @ 5PM
TICKET PRICE: $18 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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