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ABINGDON THEATRE ARTS COMPLEX, DOROTHY STRELSIN THEATRE
312 West 36th Street (between 8th & 9th avenues), 1st Floor Seating Capacity: 66 (This venue is wheelchair accessible) A Thousand Variations on a Lie Told Once (comedy/drama) Written by Stacey Lane Directed by Brad Fryman Presented by Oberon Theatre Ensemble Featuring: Linda S. Nelson*, William Laney*, Laura Siner*, Diánna Martin, Jane Cortney* oberontheatre.org Running Time: 85 Minutes How many times do you have to tell a lie before it becomes the truth? Three sisters return to their childhood home on Christmas Eve to meet their mother's new beau and to resolve an issue involving their deceased father. In this serio-comic family drama, memories are hazy, truth is often a matter of convenience, and trying to mend fences could finally bring the family down, roomful of frogs and all! Schedule: Saturday, July 19th at 6:45pm Sunday, July 20th at 2:30pm Wednesday, July 23rd at 6:30pm Thursday, July 24th at 8:30pm Saturday, July 27th at 12noon Wednesday, July 30th at 8:30pm ********** Couldn't Say (drama) Written by Christopher Wall Directed by Lisa Rothe Featuring Elizabeth Rich* and Brent Langdon* couldntsay.com Running Time: 65 minutes When Ethan and Liz are stranded on a deserted highway, the past they've avoided finally catches up to them. Join Brent Langdon and Elizabeth Rich in this savage, tender portrait of a marriage in the breakdown lane. Winner of the Literary Prize at the Washington Theatre Festival, Couldn't Say explores the worst thing that can happen to a marriage on the edge. Schedule: Saturday, July 19th at 5pm Monday, July 21st, at 8:30pm Tuesday, July 22nd at 6:30pm Sunday, July 27 at 5:45pm Friday, August 1st at 5:30 pm Sunday, August 3rd, at 3pm ********** Eugenio (drama) Written by Anthony E. Gallo Directed by Roland Branford Gomez Presented by The Seventh Street Playhouse Featuring: Mark Adams, Mary Ayala-Bush, Albert Petrasek, David Seemiller, Bill Branigan, Bonnie Jourdan, Jim Howard, Eddie Page geocities.com/aegallores/mid.html Running Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes A rabbi, an intellectual, and a Nazi convert from their original religions in World War II Italy. Rome's aloof and scholarly Chief Rabbi Zolli loses faith following the apparent slaughter of his Polish family during the Holocaust. He receives asylum in the Vatican, where he comes to appreciate Jesus as God suffering for humanity. The Rabbi re-finds faith and converts to Roman Catholicism. This is seen as a betrayal of his spiritual duty and a defection to the age-old enemy. Was his conversion one of conviction or merely gratitude? What does he demand at his baptism that eventually removes a major symbol of discrimination? Schedule: Thursday, July 24th at 6:45pm Friday, July 25th at 8:30pm Saturday, July 26th at 1:45pm Sunday, July 27th at 4pm ********** Flies in the Snuffbox (three one-act comedies) Written by Anton Chekhov Translated and directed by Dustin Condren Presented by Tonic Productions Featuring: Daryl Brown, Rick Delaney*, Rhett Henckel*, Letitia Lange*, Victoria Levin, Chance Mullen onicproductions.org Running Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes Provincial Russia: pancakes, peasants, vodka, bears, drunken landowners, dueling lovers, cheating spouses, family feuds. All the things you love about your Great Russian Literature, minus the angst, the crime, the punishment, the war and the peace - and with just a little slapstick thrown in for good measure. After a successful run last year in San Diego, Tonic Productions brings Manhattan its new translations of On the Harmfulness of Tobacco, The Proposal, and The Bear. These short comic gems by the master Anton Chekhov will start you out guffawing and have you exit kha-kha-kha-ing. Schedule: Monday, July 14th at 6:30pm Saturday, July 19th at 1pm Saturday, July 26th at 7:30pm Thursday, July 31st at 8:30pm Friday, August 1st at 7:15pm Sunday, August 3rd at 6:45pm ********** Gerald's Method (drama/thriller) Written and directed by Daniel Gallant Featuring: Elya Ottenberg*, Kira Sternbach*, Daniel Gallant gallantarts.com or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Running Time: 1 hour In the wake of a campus killing, a legendary acting teacher guides students through a master class based on his shadowy past. Students Reid and Cynthia realize that their teachers' tutorial may reveal the murderer's identity. This chilling, darkly comic play is inspired by two true stories: of a mysterious death that stunned a small college and of a once-great thespian whose past career, punctuated by dramatic peaks and pitfalls, became the basis for his students' most surprising lesson. (Daniel Gallant is the Executive Director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and has staged premieres of new work by Neil LaBute, John Guare and Mark O'Donnell.) Schedule: Wednesday, July 16th at 6:30pm Saturday, July 19th at 8:45pm Sunday, July 20th at 12:30pm Tuesday, July 22nd at 8:15pm Sunday, July 27th at 2pm Saturday, August 2nd at 6:45pm ********** Kidnapping Laura Linney (comedy) Written by Philip Mutz Directed by Nadia Wahhab Presented by MU Productions Featuring: Philip Mutz*, Raisa Ellingson*, Chris Critelli, Alley Scott kidnappinglauralinney.com Running Time: 1 Hour, 10 Minutes Two struggling actors try to create the sitcom of their dreams but are driven to drastic (and hilarious) measures when love, jealousy, and an actress named Laura Linney get in their way. Josh is the brains of the operation; Steve is funding the operation; Carla is the…umm… well… she's the breasts of the operation. Josh and Steve are bound for Hollywood with their new hit sitcom "Kidnapping Laura Linney". Tagging along, Carla is willing to use all of her 'assets' to get a lead role. But when Laura Linney shuts down their operation, the three actors are forced to get revenge on the film star. Schedule: Wednesday, July 16th at 8:30pm Thursday, July 17th at 6:45pm Sunday, July 20th at 8:30pm Wednesday, July 23rd at 8:30pm Friday, August 1st at 9:15pm Saturday, August 2nd at 5:00pm ********** Natalie (comedy/drama) By Eastcheap Rep Directed by Chris Chaberski Presented by Eastcheap Rep at the Midtown International Theatre Festival featuring: Peter Chenot, Sally Jackson, and Luke Rosen eastcheaprep.blogspot.com Running Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes Natalie has a master plan for her life: graduate; get a job; rent an apartment; find a boyfriend; get married; buy a house; have kids. But when life tosses her a pretty big curveball early on, the way she confronts it leads her down a path she never planned. The play covers the life of one young woman as she goes through her twenties, focusing on three particular days which affect her perception of what it really means to be an "adult" these days. Inspired in part by New York Times columnist David Brooks's article "The Odyssey Years" ( nytimes.com/2007/10/09/opinion/09brooks.html), Natalie addresses the changing nature of "getting older." Schedule: Tuesday, July 15th at 8 pm Friday, July 18th at 6:30 pm Saturday, July 26th at 5:30 pm Sunday, July 27th at 7:30 pm Saturday, August 2nd at 8:45 pm Sunday, August 3rd at 4:45 pm ********** Out of Control (dark comedy) Written by Bridget Harris Directed by Leah Bonvissuto Featuring: Kat Ross, Beverley Prentice*, Dorothy Frey, Marca Leigh*, Danaher Dempsey, and Maria Portman Kelly* bridgetwrites.com Running Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes Potheads, alcoholics, shopaholics and chocoholics--who can save these women from themselves? This dark comedy chronicles the effects of a self-help guru on a women's support group, Overindulgers Anonymous. Peter Quick, a popular motivational speaker, comes to town as a guest lecturer to help the women overcome their various addictions, bringing more than just his astute instruction. When he begins to woo single-mother and group member, Sweetie, he faces the skepticism of her over-protective reading tutor Brenda, a lesbian and fellow overindulger. Schedule: Friday, July 18th at 8:30 pm Sunday, July 20th at 4:30 pm Saturday, July 26th at 3:30 pm Monday, July 28th at 6:30 pm Thursday, July 31st at 6:30 pm Saturday, August 2nd at 1pm ********** The Red Paintball (dark comedy/gay) Written and directed by Alyssa and Laura Waldron Starring Vincent Digeronimo (Best Actor nod at Strawberry One-Act Festival) Featuring Alyssa Schroeter, Alexandra Heinen, Mary Pasquale Matthew Patane, Will Szigethy, Robbie Simpson myspace.com/TheRedPaintball Running Time: 60 minutes In this rude, crude, and slightly lewd comedy, Principal Maxwell Morrison is the aghast victim of a paintball assault led by the object of his affection-the newly legal and always mischievous high school senior, Luke McAllister. Luckily for Morrison, his resident spy Mary snitches on her classmates, leading to an after school-inquisition of "biblical" proportions. Schedule: Tuesday, July 15th at 6:30 pm Thursday, July 17th at 8:30 pm Monday, July 21st at 7pm Wednesday, July 30th at 7pm ********** Sympathetic Division (family drama/science play) Written by Gia Marotta Directed by Maura Farver Presented by Sweeter Theater Productions Featuring: Colleen Allen, Robyn Frank, Charlotte Patton* and Ron Stetson* sweetertheater.com Running Time: 1 hour, 25 minutes A story about brains, families, falling apart – and finally finding your way home.When Julie Helms, the daughter of two famous neuroscientists, begins a careful dissection of the events that split her family apart, her seemingly routine lecture explodes into a harrowing investigation of the human brain and the human heart. A play about love, science, and hanging on to the things that matter most. Schedule: Monday, July 28th at 8:30pm Tuesday, July 29th at 6:30pm Saturday, August 2nd at 3pm Sunday, August 3rd at 1pm ********** 10 Speed Revolution Written by John Heimbuch Directed by Nathan Lemoine A Direct Current and Walking Shadow Theater Company Production Featuring: Alexander Demers, Jordan Kamp, Bonnie Sherman, and Nathan Lemoine 10speedrevolution.com Running Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes In a world controlled by City Hall, the ruthless Bike Lock Industry, and tasteless poser sheep, only a trio of collective living, hammer-wielding hipsters care enough to save us all from the perils of corporate homogenization. Schedule: Monday, July 14th at 8:30pm Sunday, July 20th at 6:30pm Friday, July 25th at 6:30pm Saturday, July 26th at 9:30pm Tuesday, July 29th at 8:30pm Sunday, Aug 3rd at 8:45pm
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