Meet Nicole Orabona & The Untold Yippee Project

YippiePoster1_v2Name: Nicole Orabona
 
What is your current project? The Untold Yippie Project

Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?

We’re at the gallery space at Access Theater. It’s a big, open empty space that’s perfect for our show because we transform it into several venues. Our ensemble becomes many characters in many locations, so having an empty, raw space is ideal. The audience gets to fill in the rest of the details with their imaginations.

What’s next for you?

Heading on a cross country tour for the month of September with my partner, Nathan, who is a musician.

What is the name of the last show you saw?

Million Dollar Quartet at Berkshire Theater Group
  
Any advice for your peers?
 
Don’t compare yourself to others.

Want More?

Website: http://www.nicoleorabona.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/norabona
Instagram: @knuckle_sando

Nicole Orabona is a New York based actor, collaborator, and cat lover who lives on a boat. With a focus on interactive theatre, she has recently worked with Live In Theater, Interactive PlayLab,The Sterling Renaissance Festival, Playing with Reality, 8Players and the Night Circus. Recent credits: The Aurora Project (The Navigators), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Jenny Wiley Theatre), world premiere Rocking Dead: Bedlam (Feast Productions), The Farnsworth Invention (Alley Repertory Theater), Stella, Streetcar Named Desire (Danny Peterson Theater).


Show Information: 

WHERE: Access Theater, 380 Broadway, NYC

WHEN: AUG 3 – AUG 19, 2017
Wed, Thu, Fri at 8pm
Sat (8/12) at 1pm & 8pm
Sun (8/13) at 2pm & 8pm
Sat (8/19) at 2pm & 8pm

TICKET INFO: $18.00 (Students $12.00 & Wednesdays are FREE)
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3019803

Meet Becca Schlossberg & The Untold Yippie Project

Name: Becca Schlossberg

What is your current project? The Untold Yippie Project

Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?

Access Theater – we needed a big, wide open space for the dynamic staging we do.

What’s next for you?

Probably gonna work a solo show of mine, Blood Memory, in the upcoming year.

What is the name of the last show you saw?

Really Rosie and NY City Center!

Any advice for your peers?

Give yourself permission to write the worst shit in the world.

Want More?

Website: http://www.beccaschlossbergplaywright.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.schlossberg

Twitter: @schlossbossfun

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schlossbossfun/

Becca’s play Just Like I Wanted, a drama about teen suicide, has been performed throughout the United States and the world.  Her one act, 3boys, published by Original Works Publishing, received a 4-star review by Time Out magazine for its an 2010 NYC Fringe production.   Other plays include Hands (produced by City Theatre), Unkempt (produced at the Sam French Off Broadway Play Festival), Cal & Grey (produced at Thespis Theater Festival and the NYC International Fringe Festival), Guidance, All We Are, and Brightly Shone The Moon. Becca’s newest play, The Untold Yippie Project, will be produced summer 2017 by Sunglasses After Dark, where she is co-founder. (Tickets can be found here.) She is a proud alum of Page 73’s Interstate Writer’s Group, Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Youngblood, and a current member of The Amoralists’ Wright Club.  Becca is also featured in Playscripts’ Actors Choice Monologues for Teens, Vol 2 and Scared Silly: 10 Hauntingly Hilarious Short Plays.  When not writing, Becca likes to perform, and can be seen in her solo show, Blood Memory, and her short feature, Punches. She lives in Brooklyn where she also makes bad fan art. (follow her @beccasbadfanart) MFA: New School for Drama.  B.A. Drew University.


Show Information:

WHERE: Access Theater, 380 Broadway, NYC

WHEN: AUG 3 – AUG 19, 2017
Wed, Thu, Fri at 8pm
Sat (8/12) at 1pm & 8pm
Sun (8/13) at 2pm & 8pm
Sat (8/19) at 2pm & 8pm

TICKET INFO: $18.00 (Students $12.00 & Wednesdays are FREE)
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3019803

 

 

 

Meet Darien LaBeach & The Untold Yippie Project

Name: Darien LaBeach

What is your current project? The Untold Yippie Project: A new American play by Becca Schlossberg

Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?

Access Theater. Not only do they support innovative work, but the Gallery Space in which our show takes place allows the greatest creative freedom to transform into whatever is necessary. Theater in the rounds makes the show more immersive and personal which is a core message of the story.

What’s next for you?

Standup comedy around the city and preparing for performances at the first ever fundraising gala for Brunch Theatre. They are a theatre company serving millennials what they love best: fresh entertainment and fresh brunch.

What is the name of the last show you saw?

War Paint. I was fortunate enough to see my friend Tally Sessions perform in this captivating production at the Nederlander Theatre. Patti LuPone & Christine Ebersole were also fantastic!

Any advice for your peers?

Surround yourself with people who inspire both on and offstage – in front and behind the camera. It’s when you get to know your fellow creators as people you build deeper levels of understanding. And if what they are doing outside of your shared work inspires you, and vice versa, you find that you can exist in stillness with one another because you KNOW who they are and what they’re about.

Want More?

Website: http://www.darienlabeach.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darienlabeach/

Twitter: @dlabeach

Instagram: @dlabeach

Darien LaBeach is a Brooklyn-based actor and comedian daylighting as a digital strategist at a global marketing agency. He’s been seen in The Unfringed Festival, the Broadway Comedy Club and regularly performs standup comedy with A-list pros from Letterman, Tonight Show, and Conan in Character Flawed: New York City’s marquis standup event at the Dangerfield’s Comedy Club.


Show Information:

WHERE: Access Theater, 380 Broadway, NYC

WHEN: AUG 3 – AUG 19, 2017
Wed, Thu, Fri at 8pm
Sat (8/12) at 1pm & 8pm
Sun (8/13) at 2pm & 8pm
Sat (8/19) at 2pm & 8pm

TICKET INFO: $18.00 (Students $12.00 & Wednesdays are FREE)
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3019803

New York New Works Theatre Festival Returns & Accepting Submissions

LOGO_BUG+TYPE-resized-2-1_blkbg (1)I have worn many hats in this festival and the connections I made have been fruitful. Nick Radu’s Imaginary is now in the process of becoming a movie. So this is a great opportunity if you are looking for a platform to get your work seen by industry folks. They are currently accepting submissions through August 15th.
The Broadway panel behind the New York New Works Theatre Festival is once again donating their time to assist aspiring writers!
Approximately 50 writers will be given the opportunity to have their work reviewed by a panel of Broadway Producers, Emmy Award winners, Tony Award winners, and industry professionals at the 199 seat Duke Theatre this coming October.  Submissions are free and the Festival will absorb many of the costs so as to be manageable by the participants. The selection process is all about the talent and EVERY submission is reviewed by at least one Broadway Producer.
The historical performances have covered a large range of experience and have included a piece directed by Jayne Atkinson that is now heading to Broadway, a group where nearly all of the cast members were currently in leading roles ON Broadway, a Broadway revival that had been nominated for six Tony Awards when originally released, and talented writers from all walks of the industry who wanted a shot in front of the right people.
The energy is incredible and the successes have surpassed the team’s wildest expectations.  It truly is a one of a kind event.
Visit http://www.nynwtheatrefestival.com/ for more details!

The panel includes: Gene Fisch, Jr., Lucia Kaiser, Hinton Battle, Larry Freitag, Larry Kaye, Paul Sladkus, Vincent Morano, Lauren Class Schneider, Jana Robbins, Douglas Denoff, Lizebeth Zindel, Christian Cazerez, R. Erin Craig, Cindy Sibilsky, Paula Levine, Stu Sternbach, Michael Barra, Carol Ostrow, Ben Cameron, Brette Goldstein, Craig “MuMs” Grant, Sjon Dowell, Benjamin Simpson, Joseph Longthorne, Matthew Lombardo, Aaron Grant, Stephanie Iscovitz

Meet Audrey Alford & A Real Boy

Name: Audrey Alford

What is your current project? A Real Boy by Stephen Kaplan

Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?

59E59 is the perfect fit for this intimate piece. We have turned Theatre C into a Kindergarten classroom with the audience up close and personal in alley seating. Watching it from different angles really does change the way you understand a character, as well as the puppets.

What’s next for you?

I’m a member of the SDC Observership Class so hopefully I will be working under an established director very soon. Otherwise, I’ll continue to keep my eye out for projects that fit with my personal mission.

What is the name of the last show you saw?

Waitress

Any advice for your peers?

Create a space where everyone is able to fail. Some of the best moments come from someone in the room trying something zany.

Want More?

Website: http://www.Ivytheatre.com

Facebook: Ivy Theatre

Twitter: @audrey_directs

Instagram: Ivytheatre

You Tube: Audrey Alford: Sharing My Crazy

Audrey is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Ivy Theatre Company. Her Off Broadway production of Donkey Punch, by Micheline Auger, was a Time Out New York’s Critic’s Pick, and the Off Off production was nominated for 3 NYIT Awards, including Best Premiere Production of a Play. In 2013, she was nominated for Best Director in the Midtown International Theatre Festival for Black Ice, by Lezlie Revelle. She has directed in New York, Charlotte, Seattle, and New Orleans. She is a proud feminist and is working toward a theatrical community inclusive of everyone’s stories.


Show Information:

WHERE: 59E59 Theaters, 59 E59th Street, NYC

WHEN: AUG 2, 2017 – AUG 27, 2017/Tue, Wed, Thu at 7:30, Fri at 7:30, Sat at 2:30 & 7:30, Sun at 3:30

TICKET INFO: $25.00 (59E59 MEMBERS $20.00)

For groups of 10+ please contact: GINGER DZERK, Director of Ticketing Services P 646.892.7986 | GD@59e59.org
http://www.59e59.org/moreinfo.php?showid=293

 

Meet Katie Braden & A Real Boy

Name: Katie Braden

What is your current project? A Real Boy by Stephen Kaplan

Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?

59E59 Street Theaters; this is an amazing fit for our show, because they present such innovative, thought-provoking work from all over the world! I’m thrilled that we’re included in this season!

What’s next for you?

I’m taking classes for a graduate degree, so I start my next course 3 days after closing!

What is the name of the last show you saw?

A Brimful of Asha, part of the Soulpepper festival at The Signaure Theatre

Any advice for your peers?

I’ve found that I’m a better actor when I have balance in my life of work, fun, and family. I think it’s important to find the right ratio on an individual level, so don’t feel like you have to fit into someone else’s timeline or expectations. There are lots of ways to be happy in the theatre, and it may not be the way you expect!

Want More?

Website: http://www.KatieBraden.com

Facebook: Katie Braden

Twitter: @bradenkatie

Instagram: @bradenkatieactor

Katie Braden is a co-founder of Ivy Theatre Company and a proud member of WorkShop Theater. Ivy Theatre: Mill Fire, Reach, Outside/Inside, Incongruence, Black Ice, Like Poetry, and The Perfect Wife. Other NYC:  Romeo and Juliet,  The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mrs. Warren’s Profession.


Show Information:

WHERE: 59E59 Theaters, 59 E59th Street, NYC

WHEN: AUG 2, 2017 – AUG 27, 2017/Tue, Wed, Thu at 7:30, Fri at 7:30, Sat at 2:30 & 7:30, Sun at 3:30

TICKET INFO: $25.00 (59E59 MEMBERS $20.00)
For groups of 10+ please contact: GINGER DZERK, Director of Ticketing Services P 646.892.7986 | GD@59e59.org
http://www.59e59.org/moreinfo.php?showid=293

Meet Eric Wright & A Real Boy

Name: Eric Wright

What is your current project? A Real Boy

Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?

59E59 is a great venue for showcasing new and innovative forms of theater, as well as very traditional forms, like the marionettes in our show, in exciting ways.

What’s next for you?

At my company, Puppet Kitchen Productions, we’re always working on projects that connect people to puppetry. From live shows to film and TV, we blend style and engineering to bring characters to life.

What is the name of the last show you saw?

The Play That Goes Wrong

Any advice for your peers?

Strive toward Shameless Enthusiasm. Take your work seriously, but never take yourself too seriously.

Want More?

Website: http://www.puppetkitchen.com

Facebook: @puppetkitchen

Twitter: @puppetkitchen

Instagram: @thepuppetkitchen

You Tube: @puppetkitchen

Puppet Kitchen Productions has been designing, building, performing, directing, and teaching puppetry since 2008. Recent projects include: The Little Mermaid (MUNY), The San Diego Zoo’s Centennial Celebration, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show (AUS, NYC, UK) The King and I and The Wiz (Maltz Jupiter Theater), and Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (TWUSA). PKP has workshops for the public, and creates original programming for all ages.


Show Information:

WHERE: 59E59 Theaters, 59 E59th Street, NYC
WHEN: AUG 2, 2017 – AUG 27, 2017/Tue, Wed, Thu at 7:30, Fri at 7:30, Sat at 2:30 & 7:30, Sun at 3:30
TICKET INFO: $25.00 (59E59 MEMBERS $20.00)
For groups of 10+ please contact: GINGER DZERK, Director of Ticketing Services P 646.892.7986 | GD@59e59.org
http://www.59e59.org/moreinfo.php?showid=293

 

Mac Rogers’ Steal the Stars to Premiere August 2 with Tor Labs

GIDEON MEDIA

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

TOR BOOKS & TOR LABS

TO PRESENT

STEAL THE STARS

Mac Rogers

A NEW AUDIO DRAMA BY MAC ROGERS

DIRECTED BY JORDANA WILLIAMS

PREMIERES AUGUST 2

14 EPISODES from AUGUST 2 – NOVEMBER 1

Gideon Media (a new venture from Gideon Productions, producers of the critically-acclaimed The Honeycomb Trilogy, Universal Robots, and Viral) in association with Tor Books & Tor Labs will present Steal the Stars, a noir science fiction thriller by Mac Rogers (award-winning writer of the global hit podcast thrillers, The Message and LifeAfter), released as 14 episodes, airing weekly from August 2 – November 1, 2017, and available worldwide on all major podcast distributors including iTunes, Stitcher, and GooglePlay through the Macmillan Podcast Network.

Steal the Stars is the story of Dakota Prentiss and Matt Salem, two employees of a private military contractor tasked with guarding the biggest secret in the world: a crashed UFO. Despite being forbidden to fraternize, Dak and Matt fall in love and decide to escape to a better life on the wings of an incredibly dangerous plan: They’re going to steal the alien body they’ve been guarding and sell the secret of its existence.

This sci-fi audio thriller is directed by Jordana Williams (The Honeycomb Trilogy at The Gym at Judson; Universal Robots at The Sheen Center) and features the voices of Ashlie Atkinson (Theatre World Award for Neil LaBute’s Fat Pig), Nat Cassidy (King Kirby at The Brick), Hanna Cheek (GOODBAR at The Public), Rebecca Comtois (Geek with Vampire Cowboys), Jorge Cordova (Porto with The Women’s Project), Reyna De Courcy (Orange, Hat & Grace with Soho Rep), Sol Crespo (HOLA Outstanding Featured Actress Performance Winner),  Neimah Djourabchi (The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G with Vampire Cowboys), Autumn Dornfeld (The Graduate, Broadway & National Tour), Abe Goldfarb (voice of Professor Kukui in POKEMON), Jason Howard (NYIT Award Nominee for Advance Man), Daryl Lathon (Dead Reckoning with Red Bull Theatre), Kelley Rae O’Donnell (The Atmosphere of Memory with Labyrinth Theater Company), Seth Shelden (Harpo Marx in I’ll Say She Is at The Connelly Theatre), David Shih (Voice of Eddie Toh in Grand Theft Auto 5), Brian Silliman (Orange Is The New Black), Tarantino Smith (Richard Wright’s Black Boy, National Tour), Jennifer Tsay (The Mysteries at The Flea), Brittany Williams (Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds at The New Victory Theater), James Wetzel (Pretty Bird opposite Paul Giamatti & Billy Crudup), and Christopher Yustin (The Blood Brothers Nosedive Productions).

Mac Rogers (Writer) is an award-winning audio dramatist and playwright based in New York City. His audio/podcast dramas THE MESSAGE and LIFEAFTER have been downloaded over six million times. His stageplays include THE HONEYCOMB TRILOGY (3-time New York Times Critic’s Pick, Time Out New York Critic’s Pick, Backstage Critic’s Pick, one of The Guardian’s top 10 New York shows of 2015, and winner of the New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Premiere Production), FRANKENSTEIN UPSTAIRS (featured in the New York Magazine Approval Matrix and nominated for the NYIT Award for Best Premier Production), GOD OF OBSIDIAN (CityBeat Critic’s Pick), LIGATURE MARKS (CityBeat Critic’s Pick), ASYMMETRIC (Time Out New York Critic’s Pick), VIRAL (winner of Outstanding Play at FringeNYC 2009), UNIVERSAL ROBOTS (nominated for four New York Innovative Theatre awards), HAIL SATAN (Outstanding Playwriting Winner at FringeNYC 2007), and FLEET WEEK: THE MUSICAL (co-written with Sean and Jordana Williams; winner of Outstanding Musical at FringeNYC 2005). Mac’s audio/podcast dramas have won praise from Vanity Fair (from James Wolcott himself), The New York Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic, IndieWire, New York Magazine, Popular Science, and numerous others. His plays have appeared on stages in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Cincinnati, and Edmonton, and have earned acclaim from The New York Times, The Guardian, Backstage, The Wall Street Journal, Time Out New York, New York Post, Flavorpill, io9.com (Gawker Media’s science fiction site), Fangoria, Tor.com, Show Business Weekly, New York Press, Den of Geek, BroadwayWorld.com, NYTheatre.com, ShowShowdown, and many more. Time Out New York raves “Mac Rogers – genre playwright extraordinaire – can rant like Sorkin, plot like Mamet, banter like Whedon, and sting like a bee.”

Tor Labs an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates specializes in experimental and innovative ways of publishing science fiction, fantasy, horror, and related genres, as well as other material of interest to readers of those genres.

Gideon Media proudly builds on the acclaimed, award-winning theatrical tradition of Gideon Productions in creating complex, riveting genre entertainment. Gideon Media meticulously crafts new audio worlds in which listeners can lose themselves, centered around heart-wrenching, pulse-pounding tales of science fiction and horror.

Gideon Productions has spent the last 18 years crafting gripping plays that explore human grace and darkness, through the kaleidoscope of popular genre forms and other cultural touchstones. Gideon developed and produced the theatrical event (and three-time NYT Critic’s Pick) THE HONEYCOMB TRILOGY, which The New York Times listed among The Most Galvanizing Moments of 2012 and which Flavorpill called “one of the most intelligent and complex theatrical events of the year.” Gideon’s other producing credits include the sold-out run of UNIVERSAL ROBOTS at the Sheen Center For Thought And Culture, the NYIT Best Production nominee FRANKENSTEIN UPSTAIRS, Time Out New York Critic’s Pick ASYMMETRIC, FringeNYC Outstanding Play Winner VIRAL, FringeNYC Outstanding Playwriting Winner HAIL SATAN, and FringeNYC Outstanding Musical Winner FLEET WEEK.  www.gideonth.com

Tor Books an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates was founded in 1980. Between an extensive hardcover, trade softcover and mass market paperback line, a growing middle grade and YA list, and robust backlist program, Tor annually publishes what is arguably the largest and most diverse line of science fiction and fantasy produced by a single English-language publisher. Books from Tor have won every major award in the SF and fantasy fields, including Best Publisher in the Locus Poll for 29 years in a row.  www.tor.com

IRTE’s The Party Continues! at Providence Fringe Festival & Midtown International Theatre Festival

Just because our regular season has ended doesn’t mean
THE PARTY’S OVER!

Come join us at at
THE PROVIDENCE FRINGE FESTIVAL
AND
THE MIDTOWN INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

Jamie McCluskey is turning 12 and you’re invited to join the Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble as they celebrate THE BIG DAY! When their comedy show Happy Birthday, Stupid Kid! hits the Providence Fringe Festivalin Rhode Island and the Midtown International Theatre Festival in New York, there’ll be games, goodie bags, a birthday cake and plenty of mayhem. Jamie may be just a “stupid kid,” but it’s  his friends and family who are out of control in this improvised and interactive birthday party. You’ll get to join in the fun while witnessing the over-the-top antics of th McCluskey clan. Plus, at each show, IRTE’s cast of seasoned improvisers will be joined by a different musical guest.

IRTE

Conceived by Nannette Deasy
Directed by Robert Baumgardner

THE PROVIDENCE FRINGE FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, July 29, 2017, 10:00-11:00pm
Waterfire Arts Center, L Studio
475 Valley St., Providence, RI 02908
Tickets: $10 (available at the door)

Starring: William Berg, Nannette Deasy, Curt Dixon, Mike Hauschild, Jamie Maloney, Connie Perry and Sam Katz
Featuring live music performed by David Alves

MIDTOWN INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, August 5, 2017 @ 9:30-10:15pm
The Workshop Theater, Jewel Box Theater
312 West 36th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10018
Tickets: $20* http://ow.ly/R60w30dquBt

* Use FRIENDSFAMILY discount code for $2.00 off the regular price = $18.00. Code is active for advance sales only until 11:59pm July 29.

Starring: Nannette Deasy, Curt Dixon, Mike Hauschild, Jamie Maloney, Connie Perry and Sam Katz
Featuring live music performed by John Munnelly
Technical Director: Anne Carlton

Meet Dena Civello & Gary Ducoin and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph.jpgName: Dena Civello & Gary Ducoing

What is your current project?

Narrator & Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?

We are performing Joseph at Maggie’s Little Theatre in Middle Village. It’s a great fit for the production because it’s a family show – it’s upbeat – and it has a fantastic ensemble that has many opportunities on stage whether they’re singers, dancers or both!

What’s next for you?

Dena – Co-Production Coordinator for Royal Star Theatre’s Young Frankenstein

What is the name of the last show you saw?

Gary: Something’s Afoot

Dena: Little Women the Musical

Any advice for your peers?

Gary: Preparation is key – especially for auditions. Prepare a piece that suits you and be honest with yourself. Don’t try to sing something that isn’t right for your voice or that you aren’t 100% comfortable with.

Dena: Work with different directors, musical directors, and choreographers. What one sees in you may not be what another one does. In addition, everyone works differently. Use what you learn to your advantage for the next experience.

Gary Ducoing has performed in a variety of productions throughout Queens and Long Island. Some of his favorite roles include Josh in Big, Dauntless in Once Upon a Mattress, Mortimer in Arsenic and Old Lace, Detective Cioffi in Curtains and Billy in Anything Goes.

Dena Civello has worked both as a performer, stage manager and director throughout Queens and Long Island. Memorable projects include Vivienne in Legally Blonde, Ms. Bell in Fame, Broadway Blockbusters 100 Years of Broadway, and directing productions at Hicksville High School for the past seven years.


Show Information: 

DATES: July 22 @ 8pm, July 23 @ 2:30pm July 28, 29 @ 8pm & July 30 @ 2:30pm

VENUE: Maggie’s Little Theatre at 66-05 79th Pl, Middle Village, NY 11379

TICKETS: http://www.maggieslittletheater.org/tickets