NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL ARTIST RESIDENCIES AND SCREENINGS FOR NYC WINTER SEASON
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ADDITIONAL ARTIST RESIDENCIES AND SCREENINGS
ANNOUNCED FOR
NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM’S
NYC WINTER SEASON
DAVID RABE, SARNA LAPINE, MARK BROKAW, NÍKE UCHE KADRI,
ESTEFANÍA FADUL, JULIA DOOLITTLE, AND MORE
TO JOIN WINTER PROGRAMMING
New York, NY (February 5, 2020) –New York Stage and Film is thrilled to announce additional residencies and screenings for their annual NYC Winter Season. New York Stage and Film’s NYC Programming serves artists through the course of the full calendar year, and throughout the life cycle of their projects. The Winter Season offers workshops, readings, and residencies to several projects simultaneously. Tickets are free and can be reserved by visiting www.NewYorkStageAndFilm.org/NYCProgramming
“New York Stage and Film is dedicated to the attention, care and support of storytellers,” said Christopher Burney, Artistic Director. “I am so happy that we can maintain the programmatic flexibility to embrace new projects as their needs become clear. I am also thrilled that we can highlight the work of the talented alumni from our Filmmakers’ Workshop in an evening of short films. Our Winter Season is fully embracing the breadth of work supported by New York Stage and Film.”
Added to New York Stage and Film’s NYC Winter Season:
An Evening Of Short Films by Filmmakers’ Workshop Alumni
Thursday, February 13 at 7:00pm
The Glicker Milstein Theater, The Diana Center
Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, LL2
The evening will consist of short films created by alumni of their annual Filmmakers’ Workshop, as well as a brief conversation with some of the creators.
Across the Tracks (Michael C. Cooke)
In This Life (Bat-Sheva Guez)
Gun Corp (Josh Liveright)
Love (James Gallagher)
Bliss House (Jonterri Gadson)
The Son, The Father (Lukas Hassel)
The Dark of Night (Denise Meyers)
Added to the Artist Residences:
Estefanía Fadul
February 1-4, at The Lark
Estefanía Fadul is a Colombian-American stage director, primarily focusing on new plays and musicals. Upcoming: La Paloma Prisoner by Raquel Almazán (Next Door @NYTW), and Tirar la Casa by the Voting Project Ensemble (LPAC Rough Draft). She has directed off-Broadway, regionally, and internationally at the Public Theater, Juilliard, Playwrights’ Realm, Long Wharf, Heritage Theatre Festival, Chautauqua, INTAR, Sfumato, Repertorio Español, and others. She is an alumna of the O’Neill Theatre Center/NNPN’s National Directors Fellowship, the Foeller Fellowship at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Drama League Directors Project’s Fall Fellowship and TV Fellowship, the Van Lier Fellowship at Repertorio Español, and NALAC Leadership Institute. She is a member of the New Georges Jam, the Latinx Theatre Commons steering committee and the Lincoln Center Directors Lab. B.A. Vassar College. Member of SDC. www.estefaniafadul.com
Níkẹ Uche Kadri
February 1-7, at The Lark
Níkẹ Uche Kadri is a trans/genderqueer first-generation Nigerian actor, writer, and filmmaker from the South. Níkẹ has been writing, performing, and obsessed with books since they were six years old. Níkẹ’s mission is to create and take part in work that challenges and moves forward social consciousness. They want to inspire empathy in everyone and offer validation and healing for those who are marginalized. Níkẹ believes that transformative work happens on screen, behind the scenes, and by creating opportunity for those who have been systematically disenfranchised to succeed.
Breathing In
by David Rabe
directed by Sarna Lapine
February 2-7, at The Lark
When the knock on James Eldridge’s door opens on his past, he’s not sure he recognizes it. Lizzy Ramsey, who he dated 50 years ago in college, is there, hoping for something not even she understands. Will they find it?
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New York Stage and Film’s NYC Winter Season, held at The Lark’s Barebones Studio (311 West 43rd Street, 5th Floor), will feature:
Inspired By True Events
by Ryan Spahn
directed by Michael Urie
Tuesday, February 4 at 3:00pm
Based on an actual incident at a community theater, Inspired By True Events reminds us that the show must go on – no matter what terrifying and harrowing event has occurred.
Growing Wild
by Shona Tucker
directed by Elizabeth Van Dyke
live music by Jack Gulielmetti
Friday, February 7 at 7:00pm
Shona Tucker (To Kill A Mockingbird) will perform her lyrical solo play with live music, Growing Wild, about a New York actress who returns to her southern Kentucky hometown to perform at Actors Theatre, only to learn that everything she believed about the death of her free-spirited sister was a lie. Through time shifts, we witness a family’s inter-generational quest to heal from the trauma of a mysterious sex crime.
Whitelisted
by Chisa Hutchinson
directed by Jade King Carroll
Monday, February 10 at 3:00pm
Rebecca Burgess is just living her life when weird, supernatural shit starts happening to her for no reason she can think of. Of course, the fact that she can’t think of the reason is probably why it’s happening. Whitelisted is a cautionary tale that considers the possibility of cosmic justice in the absence of social justice.
A Distinct Society
by Kareen Fahmy
directed by Taylor Reynolds
Thursday, February 27 at 3:00pm
A quiet library that straddles the border of the U.S. and Canada becomes an unlikely crucible for five people from around the world. When an Iranian family, separated from one another by the “Muslim ban,” use the library as a meeting place, the head librarian, a U.S. border patrol officer, and a local teenager have to choose between breaking the law and saving themselves.
Lovely Day
by Leslie Ayvazian
directed by Max Mayer
Friday, February 28 at 3:00pm
As Fran and Martin celebrate their wedding anniversary, they learn of a military recruiter’s visit to their only son’s high school. Faced with the prospect of his enlistment, they find themselves on opposite sides of one of the most profound questions any mother or father can face. Initially produced in 2003, Leslie will revisit the text within the context of the present.
Happy Hour Cabaret
Featuring songs by Migguel Anggelo, Khiyon Hursey, Jaime Lozano, Madeline Meyers, Brian Quijada, Christina Quintana (CQ), Zoe Sarnak, and Rona Siddiqui
Saturday, February 29 at 5:00pm
A 75-minute acoustic concert of songs-in-process by some of today’s most exciting emerging songwriters for the theater. Join us for a drink and the stories behind their newest compositions.
New York Stage and Film’s NYC Winter Season will also feature a screening of work from the Filmmakers’ Workshop Alumni:
An Evening Of Short Films by Filmmakers’ Workshop Alumni
Thursday, February 13 at 7:00pm
The Glicker Milstein Theater, The Diana Center
Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, LL2
The evening will consist of short films created by alumni of their annual Filmmakers’ Workshop, as well as a brief conversation with some of the creators.
Across the Tracks (Michael C. Cooke)
In This Life (Bat-Sheva Guez)
Gun Corp (Josh Liveright)
Love (James Gallagher)
Bliss House (Jonterri Gadson)
The Son, The Father (Lukas Hassel)
The Dark of Night (Denise Meyers)
Additionally, New York Stage and Film’s NYC Winter Season will feature artists-in-residence at The Lark Play Development Center, where they will host the public readings:
Estefanía Fadul
February 1-4, at The Lark
Estefanía Fadul is a Colombian-American stage director, primarily focusing on new plays and musicals. Upcoming: La Paloma Prisoner by Raquel Almazán (Next Door @NYTW), and Tirar la Casa by the Voting Project Ensemble (LPAC Rough Draft). She has directed off-Broadway, regionally, and internationally at the Public Theater, Juilliard, Playwrights’ Realm, Long Wharf, Heritage Theatre Festival, Chautauqua, INTAR, Sfumato, Repertorio Español, and others. She is an alumna of the O’Neill Theatre Center/NNPN’s National Directors Fellowship, the Foeller Fellowship at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Drama League Directors Project’s Fall Fellowship and TV Fellowship, the Van Lier Fellowship at Repertorio Español, and NALAC Leadership Institute. She is a member of the New Georges Jam, the Latinx Theatre Commons steering committee and the Lincoln Center Directors Lab. B.A. Vassar College. Member of SDC. www.estefaniafadul.com
Níkẹ Uche Kadri
February 1-7, at The Lark
Níkẹ Uche Kadri is a trans/genderqueer first-generation Nigerian actor, writer, and filmmaker from the South. Níkẹ has been writing, performing, and obsessed with books since they were six years old. Níkẹ’s mission is to create and take part in work that challenges and moves forward social consciousness. They want to inspire empathy in everyone and offer validation and healing for those who are marginalized. Níkẹ believes that transformative work happens on screen, behind the scenes, and by creating opportunity for those who have been systematically disenfranchised to succeed.
Breathing In
by David Rabe
directed by Sarna Lapine
February 2-7, at The Lark
When the knock on Jame’s Eldridge’s door opens on his past, he’s not sure he recognizes it. Lizzy Ramsey, who he dated 50 years ago in college, is there, hoping for something not even she understands. Will they find it?
Tell Them I’m Still Young
by Julia Doolittle
February 1-6, at The Lark
Allen, a history professor, and Kay, a poet, are entering their golden years when their only daughter is killed in a car crash. When a young man from their daughter’s past and an ambitious but troubled graduate student enter their spheres, Allen and Kay find their identities and the resilience of their marriage thrown into uncertainty, as both question what it could possibly mean to be a parent with no child.
Additional information, including casting, will be announced at a later date. Tickets are free and can be reserved by visiting www.NewYorkStageAndFilm.org/NYCProgramming
ABOUT NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM
New York Stage and Film (Christopher Burney, Artistic Director; Thomas Pearson, Executive Director; Mark Linn-Baker, Max Mayer, Johanna Pfaelzer, Leslie Urdang, Producing Directors) is a not-for-profit company dedicated to both emerging and established artists in the development of new works for theater and film. Since 1985, New York Stage and Film has played a significant role in the development of new plays, provided a home for a diverse group of artists free from critical and commercial pressures, and established itself as a vital cultural institution for residents of the Hudson Valley and the New York metropolitan region www.newyorkstageandfilm.org.
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