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Take Ten 2010
National MFA PLaywrights Festival in NYC |
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Aspen’s acclaimed Theater Masters will present its fourth annual “Take 10,” an evening of ten nine 10-minute plays from aspiring playwrights across the country as part of its National MFA Playwrights competition.
Playwright Lanford Wilson, Theater Masters' Associate Director Pesha Rudnick and Julia Hansen read over 100 scripts submitted from ten of the top graduate playwriting programs to find the plays from some of the finest young playwrights this country is developing.
The plays are:
A Wake of Vultures by Carolyn Kras, Carnegie Mellon.
A vulture decides she's tired of being an undertaker and tries to shake up the food chain by attacking a human.
The Centaur Play by James Ryan Caldwell, Columbia University.
Debbie and Jenna moved to New York for one year with the sole purpose of finding husbands. Still single on the eve of their 365th day they are forced to look in the most unlikely of places.
The Tragic Life of Emily Brown by Mohammad Yousuf, New York University.
While reading the morning paper, Emily Brown comes across something odd...her own obituary. But when she calls the paper's editor to sort the matter out, she finds it far harder to prove she is alive than she thought.
Rally Monkey by Andrew Miara, Northwestern.
A young man confronts his grief over the passing of a friend in a supernatural encounter.
Hero's Luck by Alex Maggio, UCLA.
What happens when a simple rescue fantasy actually comes true? Find out as an adult Dave finds himself stranded with his Middle School crush, Rosie, on a perilous desert island. Will Dave rise to the occasion, or is Rosie out of luck?
The Oldest Living Resident by Lauren Yee, UCSD.
A trio of spinster sisters anticipate their aging father's crowning as their prefecture's oldest living resident. The only problem is, he's already dead
Helen Niederhauser Takes the Greyhound by Janet Schlapkohl, University of Iowa.
Helen Niederhauser has been replaced as the sole director of the Turkey Valley United Methodist Church Cherub Choir. Believing she has lost God's ear, she commits an act of criminal mischief and escapes her Wisconsin dairy farm to attend a choir conference, hoping to find music God will listen to.
The Withdrawal by Erin Philips, University of Texas.
No good deed goes unpunished in The Withdrawal, the story of an accidental bank robbery.
Madam Librarian by Kim Rosenstock, Yale Drama School.
It's Sunday and the library is closed. But despite this fact, a dreamy librarian sits behind the circulation desk, waiting for a very special patron to walk through the double doors.
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Ticketing and Show Information |
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Off-Off Broadway |
| Presenter |
Theater Masters |
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| Opening |
Apr 6, 2010 |
| Closing |
Apr 9, 2010 |
| Schedule |
Apr 6 at 8pm / Wed, Apr 7 at 7:30pm / Thur, Apr 8 at 7:30pm / Fri, Apr 9 at 8pm |
| Run Time |
2 hours, one intermission |
| Theatre |
Walkerspace Theatre (70 seats) |
| Location |
46 Walker St (Broadway & Church St) |
| Price |
$18 |
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Smarttix (212) 868 - 4444 |
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Not wheelchair accessible at present. Seating is general admission on benches. |
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A, C, E to Canal St
1, 2 to Franklin St
N, Q, R, W, J, M, Z, 6, to Canal St |
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Reviews
Signs of Life
When a musical has as its setting a concentration camp, singing and dancing don't immediately pop into one's head.
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Frigid Festival 2010
3 Reviews
Medea
Last Night with the Boys
Fishbowl
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Clybourne Park
Bruce Norris' ingenious Clybourne Park sharply stings and then bites while it dances around the tenuous civilities practiced in race relations.
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Hostage Song
"Taking a hostage situation in a nameless war-torn country and turning it into an indie-rock musical, Clay McLeod Chapman's ferocious talent seems to know no boundaries."
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Venus in Fur
"The fun begins with a crash of thunder, a flash of lightning and the sudden appearance of John Lee Beatty’s set for Venus in Fur at the Classic Stage Company. Adapted by David Ives from Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s 1870 "Venus in Furs", we are privy to an S and M duet and all that that implies."
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Ages of the Moon
"You know Sam Shepard is feeling his age while you watch his play, Ages of the Moon, where two men in their 60's face their upcoming infirmities just around the corner with death not far behind that."
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Ernest in Love
"It's almost redundant to make a musical out of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Ernest, but the score of just such a musical entitled Ernest in Love by Anne Croswell (book and lyrics) and Lee Pockriss (music) is charming enough with a nod to Gilbert and Sullivan and with enough of the original play intact that the experience is an enjoyable one."
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Zero Hour
"In the bio-play, Zero Hour, Jim Brochu captures the man’s zest for living and his painful anger at things unjust and baffling as well as conveying Mostel’s signature quirks."
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FESTIVALS
Mar 25 - Apr 5, 2010 The 2010 New York Maria Irene Fornés Festival
See schedule at website.
Apr 15 - Apr 24, 2010 Left Out Festival
Stage Left Studio Gay-themed work, mostly solo plays, cabaret acts, stand-up comedy, monologues, and spoken word pieces.
June 3 - June 27, 2010 Planet Connections Theatre Festivity New York's premiere eco-friendly theatre festival. Fostering a diverse cross-section of performances.
At Robert Moss Theater (440 Lafayette Street), The Gene Frankel Theatre (24 Bond Street) and Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street (Bleecker Street Theatre and Green Room Theatre). Available online at http://tinyurl.com/ycpxz5e or by calling 866-811-4111.
June 4 - July 3, 2010 The Too Soon Festival The Annual Summer Theme Festival runs for 4 weeks every June. The theme changes every year. This year's festival is "The Too Soon Festival."
July 12 - Aug 1, 2010 Midtown International Theatre Festival Welcomes any kind of stage play, musical or otherwise.
July 13 - July 18, 2010
Samuel French Inc. Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival
35th annual edition of this short play festival, where contenders vie for publication prizes.
At Lion Theatre.
Aug 8 - Sept 5, 2010
Theater for the New City will present a month long anthology of wide-ranging and original theatrical visions embracing drama, poetry, music, and dance in the summer of 2010 from performing artists representing theater and performance companies in their theater complex downtown. In 2010, Dream Up Festival hopes to offer at least 20 shows on the festival line up. The motto of the festival is "Dream Up: Invent, Concoct."
Aug 13 - Aug 29, 2010
New York International Fringe Festival.
The 14th annual edition of North America's largest multi-arts performance festival, featuring 200+ shows from all over the world in every genre.
Sept 27 - Oct 17, 2010
New York Musical Theatre Festival. The seventh annual edition of this festival of new musicals.
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