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Meet Tony Torn and Ben Beckley & Latter Days

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Names: Tony Torn & Ben Beckley

What is your current project?

Latter Days

Where are you performing it and why is it the right fit for your piece?

Ben: Tony Torn and Will Dagger are performing the show (my first full-length play) as an Ars Nova Fling, with Dutch Kills producing. Ars Nova’s an ideal space for the production, not only because it’s an intimate and flexible space, but because it draws energy and resonance from the dozens of hyper-inventive premieres that have passed through it. I’m thrilled to be there.

Tony: Ars Nova is an intimate space that works well for an intimate play.

What’s next for you?

Tony:  I’m appearing in the upcoming Signature Theater revival of Suzan-Lori Parks’ VENUS.

Ben: I’ll be appearing opposite two-time Tony-winner Christian Borle in a reading of Brecht’s RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI and in The Assembly’s critically acclaimed HOME/SICK, a play I co-wrote and perform in that chronicles the rise and fall of a group of would-be American revolutionaries in the 1960s.

Who is your biggest inspiration right at this moment and why?

Tony: My wife, poet Lee Ann Brown

Ben: I’ve been thinking a lot about DON QUIXOTE lately, especially in the wake of the election and in the midst of a new administration apparently determined to forcefully divorce themselves and their supporters from demonstrable realities.

Want More?

Ben’s Website: http://www.benbeckley.com

Tony’s Twitter: @tonytorn
Tony Torn is an actor and director known for his extensive work with Reza Abdoh and Richard Foreman, and for being a founding director of Reverend Billy and The Church of Stop Shopping. He recently played the title role in Ubu Sings Ubu, a rock opera adaptation of Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi which he created and co-directed with Dan Safer of Witness Relocation. He can currently be seen in Ben Beckley’s Latter Days at Ars Nova. He manages Torn Page, a salon space and classroom in Chelsea which is dedicated to the artistic legacy of his parents, Rip Torn and Geraldine Page.
As a writer, Ben has premiered work with The Assembly, F*It Club, and Blue Box Productions. As an actor, he appeared in Dying For It with Atlantic Theater Company and in the first national Broadway tour of Peter and the Starcatcher. Other credits include Berkshire Theatre Group, TACT, New Georges, Human Head, Joe’s Pub, Temporary Distortion (four international tours) and The Flea, where he premiered work with Adam Rapp and Christopher Durang. As a member of The Assembly, he has co-created five original productions. His on-screen credits include The Onion, The Jew of Malta, and The Revolution. Upcoming: The Assembly’s HOME/SICK at JACK.

Show information (venue, dates, ticket info)

LATTER DAYS runs February 13 – March 11 at 7:00pm.
Theater 511
511 West 54thStreet at 10th Avenue — accessible from the C & E trains at 50th Street.
Tickets are $25.
To purchase tickets, call 212-352-3101 or visit http://www.dutchkillstheater.com.

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Meet Dipti Mehta & Honour Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan

Name: Dipti Mehta

What is your current project?

Honour Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan

Where are you performing it and why is it the right fit for your piece?

Jersey City Theater Center. We are a part of their Borderless season which is a perfect fit as the show is set in Mumbai, India but touches universal issues like human rights, women’s issues and gender issues.

What’s next for you?

We will be announcing our dates for Hoboken soon and are performing in Washington DC this summer.

Who is your biggest inspiration right at this moment and why?

Amir Khan. His commitment to art and his choice of material is phenomenal. I learn so much from him and his movies. I hope to get to work with him one day.

Want More?

Website: www.honourcmc.com
Twitter: @diptimehta
Instagram : @actordiptimehta

Dipti discovered the power of theater at a young age of 6 in Mumbai, India when she was first cast in a school play, which marked the beginning of her acting career. She was unaware at that young age that she had indeed discovered her calling. She was fortunate to have her own radio shows featured on All India Radio from the young age of 13 eventually leading to a career as a radio jockey and a voice over artist.

According to her, theater is a powerful means to bring social transformation. Desire to make a difference through art is at the core of her projects and is reflected in “HONOUR: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan”.

She is a feminist and an advocate of women’s rights. She has been on interactive anti-sex trafficking panels with FBI agent Mara Schneider, Writer and Social worker, Stuart Perrin, Law professor Gloria Brown Marshal, and groups like ECPAT and AF3IRM.

She believes that art is not distinct from life. It is with this belief she created “HONOUR: CMC”, as an attempt to make a difference in the world.

TV credits include The Blacklist (NBC), Golden Boy (CBS), Deadline Crime with Tamron Hall (Investigation Discovery), One Life to Live, Virrudh, Hum-Tum, and Yoga for you. Film credits include Accommodations, Humor Me, Split, I Dream of Hope, Midnight Delight, Far Away, Penumbra (Cannes Short Film Corner), A box came to Brooklyn, Life! Camera Action (Winner- 11 nominations and 3 awards), A good life, Walkaway, Mamarosh, Red Corvette, Victory, Colors of Passion, and Summer of 2007. Theater credits include Half Hearted (Cherry Lane Theater), Grahan…the Eclipse (Winner – 4 awards), Nishfal (Winner-2 awards), Get Back, Vagina Monologues (Abingdon Theater), Honour (Fringe-NYC, La MaMa & Urban Stages) and Bollywood Wedding.

Dipti works at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the field of prostate cancer and owns a holistic skincare company called “Dees Apothecary”. When she is not working on one of her projects she can be found reading on a park bench or cooking for friends and family.

Show information (venue, dates, ticket info)

Sunday, February 26th at 4pm

 

Merseles Studios

339 Newark Ave.
Jersey City, NJ, 07302

Click HERE for tickets.

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Meet Felix Rojas & Growing Up Gonzales

Name: Felix Rojas

What is your current project?

My current project is a one person, two act play called Growing Up Gonzales. Gonzales is a comedy with drama that tells the story of two brothers, Johnny and Cisco, who are brought together by death. It is Johnny’s job to clean out the apartment of the deceased Cisco. While cleaning he finds Cisco’s memoirs and discovers a brother he never really new. It’s a play about love, communication and forgiveness. It opens at The Medicine Show Theater on 52nd Street between 10th and 11th Avenues on Friday March 17th and runs through April 9th.

Where are you performing it and why is it the right fit for your piece?

The Medicine Show Theater is a nice intimate venue, the play works well in this setting, and the location is smack dab in the theater district. If we want theater people to see the show this is where it needs to be. This run of Gonzales is a showcase with the goal to attract some movers and shakers who can help move and shake the show to a bigger and more permanent venue. We have a small group of investors who believe in the project. I think their excitement is contagious. We’re hoping it rubs of on a few people.

What’s next for you?

I have a couple of projects in development. I have a comedy show called The National Improv League, I have two pilots for TV, a film script, a play with music (that should be traveling soon) and a musical. I think it’s important as a content creator to always have a thing or three in your back pocket. I think the musical will be up next. It’s a big, beautiful and haunting Caribbean spectacular. I’m hoping Gonzales helps connect me to the right people.

Who is your biggest inspiration right at this moment and why?

It’s not so much who but what. I am most inspired by people who have a dream that they refuse to give up on, I’m inspired by disabled people who accomplish more than able people, People who are kind, like my better half Saida, inspire me, great music that touches my soul inspires me, spiritual food, from any source, that helps me to understand myself a little better inspires me, words from Chekhov, Marquez and Hemingway inspire me, my kids inspire me…all of these things inspire me to create. Inspiration for me is active, it’s engaged…it reaches in a grabs a hold of my soul…sometimes gently and sometimes not. Gifted and brilliant inactive beings are still gifted and brilliant, they’re just not inspiring. I hope I never have to rely on any one person to inspire me.

Want More?

Website: http://www.papispromise.com

Felix Rojas is a writer, producer and director of theater, film and television in that order. After taking a 17 year hiatus from the entertainment business Rojas returned in 2010 with a string of hits that has earned him a top spot on NYC’S hottest writers list and has garnered several awards and nominations. Rojas writes about life from the inside out in a way that crosses all social, political, gender and cultural boundaries. With work that is difficult to place into a specific genre Rojas states that “I try to capture life not a genre…life has no genre”. Rojas has several projects for the stage, film and television that he calls “ground breaking”. He hopes to meet the right producer or show-runner that will help bring his work to the forefront.

Show information (venue, dates, ticket info)

MARCH 17th thru APRIL 9TH
AT
THE MEDICINE SHOW THEATER
549 W. 52ND STREET
(BETWEEN 10TH AND 11TH AVE.)

http://www.growingupgonzales.com

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Meet Mark Dunn & Black Coffee

Name: Mark Dunn

What is your current project?

Agatha Christie’s Black Coffee

Where are you performing it and why is it the right fit for your piece?

The Parkside Players in Forest Hills, NY

The reason it’s the best fit is probably because they were crazy enough to approve it for this season. I’m only kidding. Parkside is an amazing community theatre group with a core group of dedicated volunteers that dig in, and do whatever it takes to get each show off the ground. The level of talent that shows up for auditions is extraordinary, and the President and board are incredibly supportive to their directors and actors. Fro actors it’s a great place to work and improve.

Also, the regular Parkside patrons will LOVE this show. It has everything you want in a production. Suspense, humor, and a mystery to solve. So many motives, secrets, and twists.

This is the only play Agatha Christie wrote that features her beloved sleuth Hercule Poirot. Jim Haines (Poirot in our production) brings a very fresh take on the popular character, and is surrounded by cast of standouts.

What’s next for you?

I’ll be playing the role Daddy in George Dunn’s production of “My personal jungle gym”.
Also a few projects in development (that sounds cool, right?)

Who is your biggest inspiration right at this moment and why?

Personally: My son George is my biggest inspiration. Not only does he challenge me every day, but he sets a great example of how to treat people, and enjoy life.

Professionally: I’m the product of every director I’ve ever worked with and every artist I’ve ever shared the stage with or watched.

Want More?

Website: http://parksideplayers.com/

Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/Parkside-Players-169457159737110

Mark has been active in Collegiate, Community and Regional theatre since 1996. Mark returns to Parkside having directed the 2016 production of You Can’t Take it With You, and the 2012 production of The Man Who Came To Dinner. Mark has acted in festivals and other productions around Manhattan, Hoboken, Jersey City and Forest Hills. Mark has been recognized with various awards and nominations for his work. Mark is a visual artist and enjoys painting, and drawing. ILYB

Show information (venue, dates, ticket info)

Grace Lutheran Church
103-15 Union Turnpike
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Performances

Fridays, February 24 & March 3 @ 8:00 PM
Saturdays, February 18, 25 & March 4 @ 8:00 PM
Sundays, February 19 & 26 @ 2:00 PM

ADMISSION: $17 / $15 for Seniors
http://parksideplayers.com/tickets.html

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Meet Amanda Nicastro and Matthew K. Sears & Escape to LA?

Name: Amanda Nicastro & Matthew K Sears

What is your current project? Rotten Apple: Escape to LA?

Where are you performing it and why is it the right fit for your piece?

We’re performing our new show at the Frigid Fringe festival. The Frigid Festival takes place during the coldest time of the year in New York City, when we’re all probably asking ourselves the same question. “Why do I live here?” Frigid brings in shows from across New York and elsewhere, creating a perfect backdrop to reflect on our city versus other places we could be living.

Rotten Apple Comedy was born out of our frustrations with life in New York City. The challenges here can make anyone think about moving at times. For performers, the alternative is often Los Angeles. We have many friends who have given in to siren call of the West Coast and started new lives.

What’s next for you?

We’re currently planning another run of this show later this year. Please check out our website for show updates and filmed sketches.

Who is your biggest inspiration right at this moment and why?

Together with our director, Chris Booth, we drew inspiration from wacky comedies such as the Naked Gun movies, classic comedy duos such as Abbot & Costello, and Looney Tunes (always a favorite.)

One of Amanda’s favorite comedy movies is “Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein” which she was introduced to by her dad.

We’ve been writing a lot of sketches centered around wacky characters. Bringing a variety of voices and big physicality to them just fits!

Want More?

Website: http://www.rottenappleshow.con
Twitter: @rottenappleshow; @TheLastAmanda; @MatthewKSears
Facebook: Facebook.com/rottenappleshow

Matthew K Sears is a New York comedian and improviser originally from Maine. He has been writing and performing with Amanda as Rotten Apple for four years, as well as doing stand-up, improvising, and producing videos on his own. You can see him every month at the PIT Loft as part of the Campaign and find some of his videos at Cancel Into Super on YouTube.

Amanda Nicastro – Outside of producing content for Rotten Apple Amanda has traveled as far as The Orlando Fringe Festival with her one woman show “I’m Just Kidneying” which is about her becoming a living kidney donor. She has been a performer at the SoloCom Festival in New York three consecutive years in a row. Amanda has performed and written for a variety of shows produced at The People’s Improv Theater including SKTCH SHW, Electoral Dysfunction, Ladies of the PIT, and David Carl’s Road to the Whitehouse: A Donald Trump Rally. Amanda has also directed for Emerging Artists New Works Series, taught with Naked Angels Theater company, and created web/app content for Marvel Entertainment, Dynamite! and Nattr.

Show information (venue, dates, ticket info)
The Kraine Theater
85 East 4th Street

Feb. 15 10:30pm
Feb. 19 5:10pm
Feb. 23 10:30pm
Feb. 27 7:10pm
March 2 5:30pm

$15 tickets / $10 for seniors,students,military

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Meet Judith Jarosz & Sweeney Todd

From left, Lorinne Lampert and David Fuller in Theater 2020’s SWEENEY TODD. Photo by Judith Jarosz

Name:  Judith Jarosz – Director/Choreographer

What is your current project?
SWEENEY TODD with an ALL AMERICAN cast at Theater 2020 in Brooklyn Heights
Where are you performing it and why is it the right fit for your piece?
The wonderfully intimate Gothic style McKinney Chapel in Brooklyn Heights, which provides wheel chair access to the theater space (not the bathrooms) and comfortable cushioned seating. It allows you to hear Sondheim’s magnificent score & lyrics up close and personal! You will be surrounded by Sondheim. 🙂 We will also be doing Shakespeare there in the Spring.
What’s next for you?
After the five week 16 performance run of SWEENEY TODD we go into auditions for MACBETH, Shakespeare’s tragedy, which we will set amidst the witchcraft & sorcery of the South Pacific. David Fuller will direct.

Words, words, words and music, baby! I’m a Shakespeare geek and I call Stephen Sondheim the Bard of Musicals. I’ve also worked with him professionally. Heck of nice genius! 😉

Want More?
Website: http://www.theater2020.com
Twitter:@Theater2020
Facebook: Theater 2020
Instagram: Theater2020
Judith Jarosz (Producing Artistic Director/Director & Choreographer) is an actor, producer, director, choreographer, writer, editor, photographer and theater geek, who has been in the “biz” professionally since the age of five. for She is currently, along with David Fuller, the Co-Producing Artistic Director of Theater 2020 “Visions for a New Millennium” which is based in Brooklyn Heights, and is a recipient of New York Innovative Theatre Award Nomination for Outstanding Director for Theater 2020’s critically acclaimed production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. As a producing team, Judith and David have been nominated 18 times for NYIT Awards…and won once!  She is especially proud of Theater 2020 founding the free “Shakespeare at Sunset” in the Brooklyn Bridge Park five years ago, and the fact that with our Romeo & Juliet tour to the Catskills we managed to garner Actor’s Equity Association union cards for six actors and a stage manager! Last season she directed 2020’s smash hit and IT nominated “A Little Night Music. Previously she directed THE Real MERRY HouseWIVES OF WINDSOR, Ct!” and choreographed The Singapore Mikado. The season before she directed their King Lear and choreographed their 40th anniversary revival of the Hal Prince version of the Leonard Bernstein musical Candide (directed by David Fuller), and both directed & choreographed Theater 2020’s 2013 Spring/Summer production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream which received four 2013 NY Innovative Theatre Award nominations, “Best Revival of a Play,” “Best Director,” “Best Movement & Choreography” & “Best Costume Design.” As a performer Judith has had leading or featured roles on Broadway, at the New York City Opera (Lincoln Center and on tour), regionally (including Goodspeed and BAM), and as far off Broadway as London, England and Taipei, Taiwan. She was a Principal Soprano at the late great New York City Opera, where she was also an Assistant Director and was the only person at NYCO at that time to simultaneously hold positions in the artistic and administrative departments. She is a member of multiple performance unions & organizations as well as a charter member of The League of Independent Theater, and a volunteer for the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange. For over ten years, Judith was the Producing Artistic Director for Theater Ten Ten at 85th and Park Avenue in Manhattan, which, under her leadership, was the recipient of multiple awards and nominations. She lives in beautiful Brooklyn Heights with the love of her life, David Fuller. Judith and David were proud to be honored as 2010“Persons of the Year” by Nytheatre.com. http://www.theater2020.com
Show information (venue, dates, ticket info)
Venue: The McKinney Chapel, at First Unitarian Society
116 Pierrepont St., between Clinton St. & Monroe Place in Brooklyn Heights.
Subways: 2, 3, 4, 5 to Borough Hall, N, R to Court Street, A, F to Jay Street, C to High Street.
Limited five week, 16 performance run! Dates and Times: (NOTE all matinees are at 4pm!) Fri. 2/10@8pm, Sat. 2/11@8pm, Sun. 2/12@4pm (matinee only)
Thur. 2/16@8pm, (NO Fri), Sat. 2/18@8pm, Sun. 2/19@4pm (matinee only). Fri. 2/24@8pm, Sat. 2/25@8pm Sun. 2/26@4pm (matinee only).
Thur. 3/2 @8pm, Fri. 3/3 @8pm, Sat. 3/4 @8pm, Sun. 3/5@4pm Thur. 3/9 @8pm, (NO Fri), Sat. 3/11@8pm, Sun. 3/12@4pm (matinee only-final perf).
Tickets and Reservations: Tickets: $40.00 general, $30.00 senior & students
(The space is intimate and reservations are highly recommended!)
Credit card purchases at http://sweeney.bpt.me or http://www.theater2020.com.
Cash only at the door tickets may be reserved at theater2020@gmail.com
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Meet Qurrat Ann Kadwani & Love Alone (in NH)

Name: Qurrat Ann Kadwani

What is your current project?

Love Alone by Deborah Salem Smith

Where are you performing it and why is it the right fit for your piece?

Shaker Bridge Theatre in Enfield, New Hampshire as part of their 10th anniversary season featuring works by female playwrights with strong female lead roles. When I read the play, I was immediately drawn to Dr. Becca Neal – an anesthesiologist who experiences loss professionally as well as personally. She is deeply nuanced and a great challenge to play. She is headstrong and vulnerable -she loves hard. Leading roles for women are rare and to be cast in this show by Richard Waterhouse filled me with pride.

What’s next for you?

I have been touring my solo play They Call Me Q, in which I play 13 characters in 1 hour, at colleges for several years. In February, I begin the 2017 Spring tour that will bring me to 25 colleges all over the US. Culture and identity are more important now than ever. I’m proud to spread the messages of diversity and acceptance to students who have the power of changing this world for the better.

Who is your biggest inspiration right at this moment and why?

Meryl Streep always because she takes on challenging roles to take herself to new heights.

Want More?

Website: http://www.theycallmeqshow.com
Twitter: @theycallmeqshow
Facebook: theycallmeqshow
Instagram: theycallmeqshow

Show information (venue, dates, ticket info)
Jan 19-Feb 5

Whitney Hall Auditorium
23 Main Street
Enfield, NH 03748

http://www.shakerbridgetheatre.org

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Meet Andrew Beall & Song of Solomon

Name: Andrew Beall

What is your current project?

Song of Solomon: A New Musical

Where are you performing it and why is it the right fit for your piece?

I am a the composer and I have been developing this musical for seven years, because I have an intense desire to tell stories through music….when it all comes together, it’s magic and it inspires. Miss Saigon inspired me to move to New York and pursue a dream that changed my life. Musicals (and Opera) are the highest form of entertainment – they combine all the elements into one glorious production. And for two hours, people are transported into another world, and when it’s over, they are different. Song of Solomon should transport folks to another time, another land, with similar political and romantic desires that we always have and will always have. The audience should forget that they just stepped off the streets of New York and step into our world for a little bit, and come out changed forever. All that paired with the romantic notion that the original epic musical is ready to come back to Broadway (and stay for awhile). That’s why I wrote Song of Solomon. I wanted to write a dramatic love story and share it with the world. Plus, who doesn’t want to know about the young vineyard girl who’s responsible for stealing Solomon’s heart, causing the creation of timeless love poetry that still inspires us today?

What’s next for you?

1. Broadway Con – the release of our Concept Album on January 27th at the Broadway Records booth.
2. 54 Below Album Release Concert (Spring/Summer)
3. New York Equity Workshop (Fall)
4. Out of Town Developmental Run
5. West End Opening
6. Broadway Opening
7. Feature Film

Who is your biggest inspiration right at this moment and why?

There will never be a bigger inspiration than my earliest: Claude Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil.

Want More?

Website: http://www.solomonthemusical.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sosnewmusical
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/solomonthemusical
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sosnewmusical/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWGJc9TxoL9Zoevow_x7fhg
Tumblr: http://solomonthemusicalblog.tumblr.com/

Hailed by New York Classical Review as “Spectacularly Virtuosic”, international soloist and composer, Andrew Beall’s works have been performed in Siberia, Italy, Germany, China, Lithuania, Sweden, UK, South Africa, and Mexico, to name a few. His second major orchestral work, Affirmation, was premiered at Avery Fisher Hall and recently recorded by the Siberian Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Beall has performed on Broadway in The Lion King, Les Miserables, Spiderman, In The Heights, and A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder, orchestras such as the American Symphony, Columbus Symphony, Greenwich Symphony, Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, and is the drummer for eclectic rock quartet, Cordis, and Broadway dance company, American Dance Machine. Mr. Beall has released two solo albums on BMP Records: Deliverance and Glass Jungle, and his third album (Concerti), will release in the Spring. President Emeritus of the Percussive Arts Society New York Chapter and owner of Bachovich Music Publications, Mr. Beall is an endorsing artist for Pearl Drums, Sabian Cymbals, Innovative Percussion, Latin Percussion, and Evans Drumheads and a graduate of Manhattan School of Music and New York University. Mr. Beall’s musical, Song of Solomon, recently finished a sold-out run at the Thespis New York Festival, where it was nominated for Best Musical and acclaimed as “A Breathtakingly Epic Crescendo” followed by a sold-out performance with Tony-nominated Robert Cuccioli at the The Wick Theater in Boca Raton. A Concept Album EP of Song of Solomon releases in 2016. Mr. Beall was recently commissioned by The Telling Company to write his second musical. andrewbeall.com / solomonthemusical.com

Show information (venue, dates, ticket info)
Broadway Con – Cast Signings: Sunday (29th) at 1pm

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Meet Adrian Rifat (Marry Me a Little & You’re a Good Man…)

Name: Adrian Rifat

What is your current project?

Marry Me A Little, in Rep with You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown

Where are you performing it and why is it the right fit for your piece?

The Gallery Players, a smaller and more intimate space, perfect for a tale of two lovelorn New Yorkers in Brooklyn!

What’s next for you?

A new musical adaptation of the Russian story book, The Nose. More details to come.

Who is your biggest inspiration right at this moment and why?

Sia Furler. And the entire team involved with this repertory project. The talent, diligence, vulnerability, and teamwork vulnerability are off the charts!

Want More?

Website: adrianrifat.com
Twitter: @AdrianRifat
Instagram @adrianisinspace

Adrian Rifat was last seen as Horton the Elephant, he’s over the moon to be playing in his sixth(and seventh) show at Gallery! Let’s play!

Show information (venue, dates, ticket info)

The Gallery Players
199 14th Street(between 4th and 5th avenue)
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Runs Thursday to Saturday 8pm

More info at galleryplayers.com

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Meet Paul Williams (Marry Me a Little & You’re a Good Man…)

Name: Paul Williams

What is your current project?

Currently I am playing Man in Marry Me A Little and Charlie Brown in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.

Where are you performing it and why is it the right fit for your piece?

Both of these musicals are being performed in repertory at The Gallery Players in Brooklyn. This theatre is absolutely perfect for both shows, but especially for Marry Me A Little. This space provides the actors an opportunity to be intimate with the audience and it feels great to have them right there with us while we are telling this story.

What’s next for you?

I hope more opportunities, like this one, come along where I get to perform with a great cast and work with an amazing creative team!

Who is your biggest inspiration right at this moment and why?

I’m inspired by people who are passionate about what they do and who pour their hearts and souls into their work. The Marry Me A Little cast and creative team are prime examples of this. We have taken a show and applied a completely new concept that is going to affect so many people in such a positive way. I’ve learned something from every single actor I share this show with and I do not know what I would do without them. Each day I walk into the theatre I am inspired to be better and for that I thank them!

Want More?

Twitter: @_paultwilliams
Instagram: @_paultwilliams

Paul Williams is making his debut NYC performance at The Gallery Players. He received his masters degree from Oklahoma City University in music theater and his bachelor’s degree from The University of Southern Mississippi in music education. Some of his previous roles include Tom Collins (Rent), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Adrian), Coalhouse Walker Jr. (Ragtime), and Jim (Big River).

Show information (venue, dates, ticket info)

The Gallery Players

199 14th St. Brooklyn, NY 11215

January 26th – February 18th

Tickets can be purchased at http://www.galleryplayers.com

More info: http://galleryplayers.com/news/marry-me-a-little-youre-a-good-man-charlie-brown/

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