WhatsUp at the WorkShop (Week of 5/3/10)

Welcome to this week’s edition of WhatsUp at the WorkShop!

In this issue:

Starting in June: RECESSION SPECIAL: Plays Inspired by the Economic Downturn
No Sunday@Six this week: Happy Mothers' Day!
Special Offer: See The Active Theater Company's
Magnetic North for a special price of $15!

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UPCOMING:

It’s never too early to get excited about our next Main Stage production! Recession Special opens on June 2 and it is going to be a hoot! In Recession Special, six writers give us six short plays all related to the economic downturn. Our WorkShop writers always provide a unique take on things and this show is no different! Here are the deets:

RECESSION SPECIAL:
Plays Inspired by the Economic Downturn

Wednesday thru Saturday, June 2-5
Monday, June 7
Wednesday thru Saturday, June 9-12
All Curtains 8pm

A Play In Process (PIP) Presented In The Main Stage Theater

Featuring the plays:

AFTER BREAKFAST
by Rich Orloff
inspired by the play "Before Breakfast" by Eugene O'Neill
directed by Ric Sechrest

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
by Marylee Martin
directed by Katie Braden

KINGDOM FOR A HORSE
by Jonathan Pereira
directed by Elena Araoz†

LOVE IN THE TIME OF RECESSION
by Laurie Graff
directed by Maxwell Williams†

MICHAEL, A RECESSION MONOLOGUE
by Glenn Alterman
directed by Tom Herman†

MY DINNER WITH ROCCO
by Bob Manus
directed by Liz Forst

Coordinating Producers: Jeff Paul and Paul Singleton

†member SDC

So make your plans to see Recession Special. Hey, maybe one day we’ll look back at this time and say, “At least it made for a great night of theater!”

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SUNDAY@SIX:

There will be no Sunday At Six reading this week. Obvs. I mean, helloooo? Remember Mom? Happy Mother’s Day!

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SPECIAL OFFER:

If you receive this WhatsUp, then you are eligible for a really cool offer from The Active Theater Company on their show Magnetic North! Here are the details:

Christian Campbell, the star of Reefer Madness: The Musical, tick, tick…BOOM! and Trick, will headline the cast of the New York premiere of…

Magnetic North

…a play by William Donnelly about the perilous space between flirtation and betrayal. Joining Campbell in the cast will be Scott Richard Foster (Broadway’s Brooklyn the Musical, Sessions), Heather Lee Harper (Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange) and Sarah Shahinian (Lincoln Center’s Picnic at Hanging Rock). The production will be directed by Jeremy Dobrish (Signs of Life, Spain, Judas and Me).

In Magnetic North, James (Campbell) reconnects with Mara (Harper), an old girlfriend, during a period of crisis in his marriage to Leigh (Shahinian). Their casual meeting brings half-forgotten memories and questionable desires suddenly to the surface. After James tells a co-worker (Foster) of the meeting, the casual get-together slowly begins to erode everything James and Mara believed to be true. A charged tale of intimacy, temptation and the shadowy border between flirtation and betrayal, Magnetic North is the winner of the 2006 Clauder Competition for Best New Play.

Magnetic North runs from May 6 - 16.

For more information, go to:

http://www.theactivetheater.com

To receive your special, discount ticket price of…

$15

…go to:

https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/28435

…and enter promotional code…

Active15

A great deal!

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See you at the WorkShop...where we know our moms love us no matter what. But we’ll take them to dinner any way.

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Won't you please consider supporting our Creative Home?

Click this link to make a donation: http://www.workshoptheater.org/appeal

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Show times are subject to change. Please call (212) 695-4173 to confirm.

The WorkShop Theater Company is accessible to individuals with disabilities (e.g., elevators, wheelchair access and floor & elevator inscriptions in Braille).

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The WorkShop Theater Company
312 W. 36th St., 4th fl. (between 8th & 9th Aves.)
New York, NY 10018
(212)695-4173
http://www.workshoptheater.org

Scott C. Sickles, artistic director
David M. Pincus, managing director
Anne Fizzard, Richard Kent Green and Christina Romanello, producing directors
Cecily Benjamin, Artistic Associate