What Have You Seen Recently?
One of the most important things we do as a company is go out and see things. There is a lot of good work out there, and lots of great venues as well as productions.
We can’t do everything, but we can tell you about worthwhile work if we see it.
Last week we went to one space and one reading…
The space is the Nuyorican Poets Café. It has been around in one space or another since the early seventies.
Originally it was all poetry slams and spoken word performance, but they are now also involved in presenting works of “theater theater.”
We recently went to the Nuyorican Poets Café short play and monologue festival – 20 short plays and monologues presented over two weekends. If you didn’t check out their program you missed some great work.
The reading was at The Players Club. Normally this space is restricted to members and their guests only, but occasionally there are public readings. The one we saw is called “My Story, My Voice” by Ivy Omere. Please remember the play and the artist because we think you will hear a great deal from her in the not-too-distant future.
Our Associate Artistic Director is Directing on Theater Row
Finally we can’t let the opportunity to go by with out mentioning two projects directed by our Associate Artistic Director Cate Cammarata, at the Broadway Bound Theater Festival on Theater Row 42nd St., NYC.
They are:
- JUST OUTSIDE THE DOOR by Esteban Alvarez III. A desperate grandson kidnaps his dying Abuela in order to save her, but must learn to cope with depression, grief, and self-acceptance before it is too late.
- ROOMMATES by Darcy Cagen. Two elderly women are forced to share a room in a nursing home but their past lives and present outlooks are as different as night and day.
Whatever you do in the upcoming week we hope it includes some theater. 🙂