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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
Name: Chuck Muckle
What is your current project? RUNNING FOR MY LIFE
Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?
Broadway Bound Theatre Festival – it’s the first time the play is ever being done, and the feedback has helped in rewrites to make it a better show. It’s a timely piece about dealing with loss and expectations, family and relationship, and moving on.
What’s next for you?
Some projects in pre-production planning, including ANIMAL STORY (the musical) and IN LOVE WITH THE ARROW COLLAR MAN; both premiered in other festivals last year.
What is the name of the last show you saw?
Hmm…a community theatre production of OLIVER! I had never seen it before onstage. A friend was in it.
Any advice for your peers?
Don’t let anyone ever discourage you! As Eleanor Roosevelt says, “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OLevant
Chuck Muckle (director/playwright/actor/composer) directed IN LOVE WITH THE ARROW COLLAR MAN and MOURNING BECOMES RIDICULOUS at the New York New Works Festival last year. MBR was previously chosen as one of four finalists in the Manhattan Theatre Mission’s second annual musical showcase, where it won awards for best book, lyrics, actor and actress. He appeared in the National Tours of SOUTH PACIFIC and CAMELOT with Robert Goulet, the Eastern Tour of A CHRISTMAS CAROL with John Astin, and was in the feature film THE NIGHT BEFORE with Seth Rogen.
Show Information:
Friday, August 18, 4PM; Saturday, August 19, 7PM; Sunday, August 20, 11:30AM, 344 E. 14th St. https://www.broadwayboundfestival.com
Name: Jack Rushen
What is your current project? IMAGE at BBTF
Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?
Theater at the 14th st. Y
What’s next for you?
Working on two play which are in development
What is the name of the last show you saw?
RED
Any advice for your peers?
Spend all your time in front of your laptop.
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Website: www.jackrushen.com
Jack first fell in love with the theatre at sixteen years old, with a stellar portrayal of “Dead Man #2” in OUR TOWN, that they are still talking about at the Polka Dot Playhouse in Bridgeport, CT. He went on to play one of the thirty-seven soldiers in HENRY V at the American Shakespeare Theatre, and his claim to fame was quickly being fired for upstaging Christopher Plummer (for which he claims innocence).
Since then his life has been a whirlwind of generous mentors and like-minded artists.
His travels have taken him to the AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS, after which he found himself in the ensemble of such wonderful companies as LONG WHARF, HARTFORD STAGE, THE KENNEDY CENTER, AND THE HARTMAN THEATRE, to name a few.
Since taking a hiatus from acting, Jack has had great success with playwriting. He recently won the “Julie Harris Competition for excellence in playwriting” with IMAGE, which will be produced at the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival in August. IMAGE has been seen in staged readings around the country in such theaters as THEATRE 40 in Los Angeles, ARTEMESIA THEATRE in Chicago, POWERHOUSE THEATER in New Canaan CT, WORDSMITH THEATRE in Houston, EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE in New York City, and at the DRAMATIST’S GUILD in their FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTLIGHTS series.
Other full-length plays include MATTERS OF FAITH, MEANS TO AN END, TAMING THE LION, CHAPPY IN PARADISE, and WHAT IT TAKES.
Other honors include many awards and accolades for his short play, TESTIMONIAL in the “East/West Theatre Festival,” the “Arts and Letters Prize” at Georgia State University, “The Boston Theatre Festival,” “Princeton Theatre Group” and recently, “Stage Door Productions” in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
His favorite theatrical expression is, “Ensemble is everything, ” because we can’t make good theatre alone.
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IMAGE Monday, August 14 @ 12:30pm, Thursday, August 17@7:30 pm, Saturday, August 19th@3:30pm Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, Theater at the 14st Y, 344 East 14th St. NYC, http://www.broadwaybound.com
Name: Sean Tecson
What is your current project? Poor Boys’ Chorus
Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?
Poor Boys’ Chorus is one of twenty plays selected from more than 200 submissions for Broadway Bound Theatre Festival’s inaugural season at the 14th Street Y Theater. The play reimagines the traditional Greek chorus as a trio of orphans telling the tragically romantic story about the town’s richest girl and an orphan boy falling in love through movement, light, and a little bit of magic. The chorus of orphans act as a traveling troupe of performers who are telling this story to different audiences in different venues every night, giving the play a pop-up performance feel that is perfect for a festival setting.
What’s next for you?
At the end of 2016 I accepted the A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fellowship and have been working at the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York supporting their development department and fundraising for the organization’s various programs that serve over 370 nonprofit theatre companies in New York City. I will be entering the second and final half of my fellowship where I will be delving into institutional fundraising and a re-branding project for our department.
What is the name of the last show you saw?
Miss Saigon
Any advice for your peers?
Don’t forget that it’s just theatre. We’re not curing cancer or conducting brain surgery. At the end of the day, we’re working on something that we love and we should never forget that. It’s a lot of work, but no one is going to die if a small mistake is made here or there. Do your best and remember that we’re all humans doing this weird theatre thing.
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Website: about.me/seantecson
Twitter: twitter.com/seanohfour
Instagram: instagram.com/seanohfour
Sean Tecson is a NYC-based director and arts administrator. He has worked with several nonprofit theatres in NYC including Ma-Yi Theatre Company and the National Asian American Theater Company and was the assistant producer for a FringeFAVE production in the 2016 New York International Fringe Festival. He is currently the Development Fellow at the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York and helps fundraise for the organization’s various programs that serve over 370 nonprofit theatre companies in New York City. He received a B.A. in Theatre & Dance from The University of Texas at Austin.
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TUE AUG 15 @ 4:00PM
FRI AUG 18 @ 7:30PM
SUN AUG 20 @ 3:00PM
14TH STREET Y THEATRE
344 EAST 14TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10003
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Name: Mark Adrian Ford
What is your current project?
My new play “KEYS” goes up at the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival this summer 2017! Directed by Alison Preece
Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?
Performances of KEYS are taking place at the 14th Street Y Theatre in NYC. The simple space, large stage, 130 tiered seats and marquis create an ideal canvas for our play. The location is fantastic too! (344 E 14th St, New York, NY)
What’s next for you?
After the Broadway Bound Festival I’ll be visiting my big sister in Alberta. She’s having her first baby!
What is the name of the last show you saw?
I recently saw my friend perform in The Book of Mormon. I hadn’t seen it before and it changed my life forever.
Any advice for your peers?
Deep breaths. Don’t procrastinate in any area of production. Enjoy the hard work as well as the easy fun. Get to know your teammates and always be respectful.
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Website: www.MarkFord.ca
Facebook: @KEYSthePlay
Instagram: @KEYSthePlay / @markyfordo
Mark Adrian Ford is an Albertan bred, award-winning actor and writer currently living in Toronto. He received a BFA with honours from the Hart School Actor Training program at the University of Hartford (class of 2012). He started acting at the age 9 and has since performed in several countries across the world. Mark enjoys all mediums and has credits in classical, musical & contemporary theatre as well as film and television. Along with creative art his interests include makin’ friends, jamming, going dancing, playing sports, video gaming and adventuring on mountains. http://www.MarkFord.ca
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Name: Marylou DiPietro
What is your current project?
Bone on Bone by Marylou DiPietro
Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?
Broadway Bound Theater Festival, 14th Street Y, NYC
What’s next for you?
Reading of my play, Black Butterflies: based on the life Rose Williams, at The Road Theatre, LA.
What is the name of the last show you saw?
Beyond The Wall
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Website: http://www.maryloudipietro.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoneOnBone/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarylouDiPietro
After receiving an undergraduate degree in Creative Writing from Syracuse University, DiPietro moved to New York City where she studied poetry and playwriting with, among others, Galway Kinnell and Arthur Miller, and acting at HB Studio with Carol Rosenfeld. She received her master’s in Theater Education from Emerson College where her play, Cold Water Flat, won the Playwrights’ Festival. Her play, Sugar, was a winner in the Kennedy Center College Playwrights’ Festival and was produced at Brandeis University.
Off-Broadway staged readings of Black Butterflies, DiPietro’s play based on the life of Rose Williams, Tennessee Williams’s sister and muse, took place at the Abingdon Theatre and the Peter Jay Sharp Theater. The short, one-act version of her newest play, Bone on Bone, was produced at Manhattan Repertory Theatre in November, 2016.
In April, 2017 an off-Broadway reading of the full-length version of Bone on Bone, directed by Emmy Award winning director, Mary Lou Belli, took place at the The Road Theatre in Los Angeles. The first full production of Bone on Bone will be produced at the Broadway Bound Theater Festival in August 2017.
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Name: Craig Donnelly
What is your current project? Adam & Brian
Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?
At Broadway Bound Theatre Festival which is being lead by Lenore Skomal. The reason I chose BBTF for the world premiere of Adam & Brian is because Lenore and all of the panelists are putting the playwrights in charge and letting us produce the vision we created on the page, with ample amounts of guidance and resources.
What’s next for you?
I will continue to work on my web series, Living The Dream, while promoting my play work (including Adam & Brian) for future productions.
What is the name of the last show you saw?
Sweat
Any advice for your peers?
Playwrights have a responsibility to ask the questions that no one else wants to ask. To push the boundaries that help guide humanity to a better and more profound existence. Keep asking those questions and pushing those boundaries!
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Facebook: facebook.com/craigdonnelly9
Instagram: craigls9
You Tube: Living The Dream
Craig Donnelly is a creator, writer and performer who has had the privilege of traveling all over the continent, with the international tours of A CHORUS LINE (U/S Mike, Mark & Larry) and CATS (Swing). His regional theater performing credits include THE WIZARD OF OZ (Westchester Broadway Theater), WEST SIDE STORY (Gateway Playhouse), CATS (Theatre By The Sea & Tuacahn Amphitheater), TARZAN (Tuacahn Amphitheater), CRAZY FOR YOU (Tuacahn Amphitheater), MARY POPPINS (North Shore Music Theatre & Theatre By The Sea), SHE LOVES ME (CLOSBC), OKLAHOMA! (CLOSBC) AND SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL(CLOSBC). His series, Living The Dream, can be found on YouTube and Facebook.
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Broadway Bound Theatre Festival: August 7th (12:30pm), 9th (7:30pm) and 13th (3pm)
Name: Shane Howard
What is your current project? In Pursuit of Peace
Where are you performing your show and why is it a good fit for your production?
The Broadway Bound Theatre Festival
What’s next for you?
I will keep writing
What is the name of the last show you saw?
Three Can Keep A Secret – Hollywood Fringe Festival
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Website: http://www.shaneallenhoward.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InPursuitofPeaceplay/
Instagram: @shanhoward
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August 5th, 12PM | August 8th 4PM | August 10th 7:30PM | The Theater at the 14th Street Y – 344 E 14th St, NY, NY 10003, USA | https://www.broadwayboundfestival.com/book-online