NEW YORK - The Winter 2008 Writer/Director Forum, a festival of workshop productions of plays featuring new writers and directors, runs December 4-21 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 winter festival features the work of eight emerging female directors tackling new works. Throughout the three-week festival, directors will present a wide range of styles in new works such as Badger and Maddy by Dianna A. Lewis and new adaptations including The Merchant of Venice, FL adapted and directed by Erin Winebark.
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 Winter 2008 Forum is David Monroy. The full performance schedule is as follows:
WEEK 1 – DECEMBER 4-7
Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Allison Bressi
Every Young Girl’s Dream by Stephanie Timm, directed by Melody Erfani
Is this reality or is it all a dream? One woman discovers the thin line between the two.
Don’t Be Goin’ Deep by Peggy Dougherty, directed by Naima Moffet-Warden
Anything can happen in an elevator…
The Merchant of Venice, Florida written and directed by Erin Winebark
WEEK 2 – DECEMBER 11-14
Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Nadine Friedman
Cinderella, based on the fairy tale by The Brothers Grimm
written and directed by Krystal Osborne
The scariest thing in this world is that everyone has their reasons.
Hands of Fate by Danielle Winston, directed by Rebecca Lewis-Whitson
Sick of all those romantic comedies about love and dating in Manhattan? Yeah, so are we.
Cosima & Gigi by Isabella Russell-Ides, directed by Jessica Lazar
Cosima and Gigi struggle to understand their place in the world along with their own spirituality.
WEEK 3 – DECEMBER 18-21
Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Stefanie Horowitz
In the News by Rorry Daniels, directed by Shira Danan
“Coming up next: a murder, an affair, and a killer on the loose.”
Badger and Maddy by Dianna A. Lewis, directed by Amanda Thompson
When a crazy bag lady meets an uptight businessman, things get interesting.
Casts Include: Susan Atwood, Victoria Broadhurst, Laura Bryant, Blaire Carson, Michelle Cohen, Chris Cornwell, Tynan Craycraft, Elizabeth Delhagen, Maria Didomenico, Jenna Doolittle, Janine Harouni, Nic Heppe, Christopher Ide, Melissa Kellner, Ned Lynch, Daisy Miller, Kevin Mitchell, Morgan Nichols, Maria Niora, Matthew Pimble, Erika Robel, Jessica Ryan, Delia Saraceno, Sarah Schmidt, Becca Schneider, Eileen Townsend, Chris Triebel, Claire Tyers, Drew Valins and Kenzie West.
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 WINTER 2008 FORUM
December 4-21, 2008
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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