by Karen Tortora-Lee on May 30, 2012
(un)missed connections
Benefiting: GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
Produced/Written by Mark-Eugene Garcia
Directed by Rodrigo Bolanos
“(un)missed connections is a modern drama, a brief glimpse into the lives of eight strangers, brought together through chance – and Craigslist. It’s about being at the right place at the right time, or wrong time. Its about searching, online, in line, next to you, across an empty room, even on a massage table for a moment, for a connection.”
Show Times:
- Wed 6/6/12 @ 9:00pm
- Mon 6/11/12 @ 10:00pm
- Tues 6/12/12 @ 7:00pm
- Sun 6/17/12 @ 10:00pm
- Sun 6/24/12 @ 1:00pm
Answers by Mark-Eugene Garcia
(Playwright)
Karen Tortora-Lee’s Question
How did you come up with the title for your show?
Mark-Eugene: We actually had quite a few titles. The play is based on missed connections from Craigslist, so I originally gave it that title of Missed Connections. But the play really about isn’t missing the connection as opposed to finding them. After speaking with Rodrigo, our director, we came up with (un)missed connections.
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by Karen Tortora-Lee on May 28, 2012
See Bob Run
Benefiting: RAINN
Produced by Dancing Torero Productions
Written by Daniel MacIvor
Directed by David Gautschy
“A dark and edgy dramedy about a young woman hitchhiking across the Canadian prairies. Determined to meet her estranged Father at the water, Bob is talkative, paranoid and full of secrets. Told through direct address, monologues to unsuspecting drivers and twisted fairytales. The play is a complex portrait of the many effects of abuse.”
Show Times:
- Wed 6/6/12 – 5:00pm
- Mon 6/11/12 – 4:00pm
- Saturday 6/16/12 – 8:00pm
- Wednesday 6/20/12 – 4:00pm
Answers by Allison Plamondon
(Actor, Producer)
Karen Tortora-Lee’s Question
How did you come up with the title for your show?
Allison: Daniel MacIvor wrote the play in the 80s so he named it then.
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by The Happiest Medium on May 28, 2012
Benefiting: Grand Central Neighborhood Social Services Corporation (GCNSSC)
Produced by Waving Cat Productions
Written by Hope Weiner
Directed by Molly Ballerstein
“America is undergoing a facelift, and anything that is regarded as ugly or undesirable is being put out to pasture. Internal migration has reached its highest levels as the displaced roam the highway seeking their own utopia.”
Show Times:
- Fri 6/1/12 – 5:00pm
- Sun 6/3/12 – 6:00pm
- Tues 6/5/12 – 5:00pm
- Sat 6/9/12 – 1:30pm
- Wed 6/20/12 – 10:00pm
- Sat 6/23/12 – 8:00pm
Answers by Molly Ballerstein
(Director)
Karen Tortora-Lee’s Question
How did you come up with the title for your show?
Molly: The title is based off the main character (Smacker) and her experiences of living on the highway.
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by The Happiest Medium on May 26, 2012
Isabelle Goodman as Cara, Gloria Rosen as Bubby, Andrew Rothkin as Jonny and Rosie Cosch as Debra in Bubby’s Shadow (Photographer: Paul Dorfman)
Bubby’s Shadow
Benefiting: Jewish Social Services Hospice & Visiting Nurse Service of New York Hospice and Palliative Care
Produced by White Rabbit Theatre
Written by Andrew Rothkin
Directed by Greg Cicchino
An unexpected knock and Jonny’s home again… to his sister, his niece, and the past he left behind. Join the Cohens as their Bubby guides them on a journey, traversing darkness, finding light… After all, Bubby’s not one to let a little snag like death stop her from fixing her family.”
Show Times:
- Sun 6/3/12 – 12:00pm
- Tue 6/5/12 – 4:00pm
- Sat 6/9/12 – 4:30pm
- Fri 6/15/12 – 6:00pm
- Sun 6/17/12 – 11:00am
- Tues 6/19/12 – 8:30pm
- Wed 6/20/12 – 6:00pm
- Sat 6/23/12 – 7:00pm
Answers by Andrew Rothkin
(Playwright/Producer/Actor)
Karen Tortora-Lee’s Question
How did you come up with the title for your show?
Andrew: Coming up with a title for one of my pieces, whether it is a poem, short story, one-act or full-length play, always comes at different times. Sometimes it is the first thing I come up with; sometimes it is the last thing I come up with; or it can occur any time during the process.
My initial working title for the piece (which I had forgotten until now) was simply Nanny, what my siblings, my cousins and I all called our wonderful, dear grandmother.
The inspiration eventually hit, and I devised Bubby’s Shadow, Bubby’s Light. I liked it then – and like that now… but virtually everyone I talked to thought the title was too much. Indeed, I just as easily could have called it Bubby’s Light, as the play is as much about light as it is about darkness, as much about illumination as it is about mystery…. In the end, I opted for the title that would intrigue me most if I were an unbiased theatregoer.
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by The Happiest Medium on May 26, 2012
Benefiting: Planned Parenthood
Produced by G-Money Productions
Written by Duncan Pflaster
Directed by Glory Kadigan
“In Ancient Greece, a woman spurned in love finds a deserted island and sets herself up as the Empress Salacia, decreeing that there shall be no love allowed in her domain, only sex. She gathers some sybaritic acolytes and all is frolicsome mindless fun until Salacia’s ex-lover Agis comes to the island in disguise, to attempt to win her back.”
Show Times:
- Mon 6/4/12 – 7:30pm
- Wed 6/6/12 – 9:30pm
- Sat 6/9/12 – 5:30pm
- Tues 6/12/12 – 4:00pm
- Wed 6/13/12 – 9:00pm
- Sun 6/17/12 – 9:00pm
- Mon 6/18/12 – 4:30pm
- Fri 6/22/12 – 9:30pm
Answers by Duncan Pflaster (Playwright)
Karen Tortora-Lee’s Question
How did you come up with the title for your show?
Duncan: Well, the play is about a woman who gives up on love and devotes herself to sex; she sets herself up as Empress of an island devoted to sybaritic pleasures. Unlike my other play, that was always the title from the genesis of the project. I only found out later that “The Empress of Sex” was also a title for Mae West, which I think is awfully appropriate.
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by The Happiest Medium on May 22, 2012
Benefiting: Adam R. Spector Foundation
Produced by Violet Productions
Music by Joni Ernst
Book by Abigail Taylor
Book, Lyrics, and Music also by Lorelei Mackenzie & Kristen Penner
“At Little Miss Glamour and Glitz – Texas it’s what’s on the OUTSIDE that counts. Join three young aspiring pageant princesses and their off-beat families in their quest for the crown. Witness the magic, the mayhem and of course the glitter in this delightful romp into child pageants.”
Show Times:
- Tues 6/5/12 – 7:00pm
- Sat 6/9/12 – 3:30pm
- Sun 6/10/12 – 1:30pm
- Sat 6/16/12 – 11:00am
- Wed 6/20/12 – 4:30pm
- Sat 6/23/12 – 11:30am
Answers by Kristen Penner (Playwright)
Karen Tortora-Lee’s Question
How did you come up with the title for your show?
Kristen: We were watching the reality show “Toddlers and Tiaras” and laughing about how funny it would be to have a musical with these nutty parents and kids. Lorelei, a writer and composer, said jokingly, “Yeah, and we could call it Pageant Princess The Musical.” Suddenly we all stopped and stared at each other. And that is how the show, along with the title, came into being.
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by The Happiest Medium on May 22, 2012
Benefiting: Male Survivor
Produced by The Layon Gray Experience & The Black Gents Of Hollywood
Written by Layon Gray
“WEBEIME is a journey, an emotional excursion of one man, dealing with the demons of his past that contributed to his present predicament. The nameless protagonist takes his audience on a path down memory lane, filled with child abuse, mental isolation, domestic violence and becoming a man”
Show Times:
- Thur 6/7/12 – 5:00pm
- Fri 6/8/12 – 8:00pm
- Sun 6/10/12 – 3:30pm
- Fri 6/15/12 – 10:00pm
- Sun 6/17/12 – 12:00pm
- Wed 6/20/12 – 6:30pm
Answers by Layon Gray
(Writer)
Karen Tortora-Lee’s Question
How did you come up with the title for your show?
Layon: I always get asked this question because many people pronounce the title wrong. lol. The correct way to say it is WE – BE – I – ME. I created this to symbolize that although each human being in the world is different we have some kind of common factor. In WEBEIME although the protagonist is an African American male his issues are universal.
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by The Happiest Medium on May 21, 2012
Benefitting: Ali Forney Center
Produced by Stephan Davis
Written/Composed by Stephan Davis
“Rylie meets Matthew. Their lives are altered, for better and worse. They love through sickness and health. But when Rylie’s health declines, hospital policy keeps them apart.”
Show Times:
- Fri 6/1/12 – 9:00pm
- Sun 6/3/12 – 8:00pm
- Fri 6/8/12 – 4:00pm
- Sun 6/10/12 – 10:00pm
- Wed 6/13/12 – 5:00pm
- Tues 6/19/12 – 6:00pm
Answers by Stephan Davis
Karen Tortora-Lee’s Question
How did you come up with the title for your show?
Stephan: I came up with the title for the show based on a song that the character sings at the end of the show, thanking his partner for the beautiful romance that they have shared and encouraging him to continue to be open to love again.
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by The Happiest Medium on May 21, 2012
Benefiting: WIN [Women in Need]
Produced by Renegade Theatre Troupe
Written by Dana Sumner-Pritchard
Directed by Nick Martin
“A young couple is in the throes of a life changing event that threatens to ruin their relationship. Both heartbreaking and hilarious, “Bed” asks us to examine what exactly would tear us away from the loves of our lives.”
Show Times:
- Sat 6/2/12 – 8:00pm
- Mon 6/4/12 – 9:30pm
- Thur 6/7/12 – 6:00pm
- Wed 6/13/12 – 4:00pm
- Tues 6/19/12 – 6:30pm
- Sat 6/23/12 – 11:00am
Answers by Dana Sumner-Pritchard
(Playwright, Actress)
Karen Tortora-Lee’s Question
How did you come up with the title for your show?
Dana: The bed is the only set piece in the play. For a couple, there are a lot of implications surrounding their bed–the intimacy level is so high, any changes to routine can make it seem hostile. It made sense in this play about a couple that is desperately trying to stay together.
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by Antonio Miniño on February 5, 2012
Marielle DeLuna & Antonio Miniño in front of her photographs | photo by Decia Bodden
In she walks wearing one of New York based Dominican fashion designer Peter Hidalgo‘s latest creations for Spring/Summer 2012, a turqouise Mosquito dress that asserts her readiness to conquer the world and create all opportunities. She has a lot to celebrate, a dream come true to most artists and even bigger accomplishment for someone from the small pond of Dominican Republic to the mecca of Art and Design.
Marielle DeLuna is an emerging photographer who said yes to living her passion later in her life. From being an American Airlines employee to owning Marielle DeLuna Photography, she has broken molds with her unique personality and love for the obscure in a land where this practice is most unconventional.
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