WhatsUp at the WorkShop (Week of 5/31/10)

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

This Week:
On the Main Stage: Recession Special short play festival
Sunday@Six: George Boyd's Consecrated Ground

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ON THE MAIN STAGE:

It's here! Recession Special starts THIS WEEK! You might not believe it, but this economic morass we've been stuck in has been good for one thing: WorkShop creativity! Our new Main Stage production is called Recession Special and it features six short plays inspired by the economic downturn. Six different writers, directors and casts all offering their unique perspective on our unsettled times. Come see it! What else are you going to do? Clip coupons? 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

Buy Tickets Online: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/734925

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

Cast:
C.K. Allen*
Michael Boland*
Burt Edwards*
Charles E. Gerber*
Laurie Graff*
Richard Kent Green*
Bob Manus
Shelley McPherson*
Patricia O'Connell*
Bill Tatum*
Fred Velde*

Coordinating Producers: Jeff Paul and Paul Singleton

†member SDC

If anything can banish economic doldrums, it's our wonderful WorkShop talent. Experience Recession Special NOW!

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SUNDAY@SIX:

This Sunday at 6pm, enjoy a FREE staged reading of a great play! It's George Boyd's Consecrated Ground. The play was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award of Canada and the playwright is critically acclaimed. Here's more info:

Consecrated Ground

by George Boyd

A New York Premiere Reading of his highly acclaimed play!

Initiated by Virginia Roncetti
Directed by Kathy Gail MacGowan

Featuring: Donte Bonner*, Daniel Carlton*, Marjorie Johnson*, Trish McCall*, Jasmin Norwood*, and Adam Segaller*

In 1965, Africville the largest and oldest Black community in Canada, older than Canada itself, was bulldozed into memory. This Halifax, Nova Scotia community was composed of about 40 families, and at any given time up to 600 people. It was originally settled by black refugees of the War of 1812, and subsequently,by those receiving land grants from heads of state including Queen Victoria.

The city of Halifax historically neglected Africville until it became viewed by City Hall as an eyesore and a shantytown. Rather than providing running water, sewers, a fire department and easy access to electricity to the community, the city relocated the city dump, an abattoir and a prison adjacent to Africville, ultimately declaring it unsanitary, bulldozing it, and relocating the residents to public housing. It remains a sensitive and contentious issue today.

Consecrated Ground resurrects Africville at that very moment that the residents struggled to save their homes and dignity.

The WorkShop is proud to present Consecrated Ground. Don't miss this FREE reading!

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See you at the WorkShop...where we've perfected that whole work/play balance thing.

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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

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