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CURRENT &
UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS
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Seasonal Press Calendar
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JUNE 17 TO 30
THEATRE 80, 80 ST. MARKS PLACE
"IMMINENTLY YOURS" BY KARIMAH
Dorothi Fox and Arthur French, Jr. star in the premiere of "Imminently
Yours" by Karimah, presented by The Negro Ensemble Company. The play is
a family drama/comedy/tragedy about descendants of American slaves who who resist
expropriation of their inherited properties. A secret mountain enclave has existed
for centuries as an all-Black village. When its oral tradition of secrecy is
lapsed by a millennial resident, the remote hamlet is discovered by the state's
governor, who would evict its elderly residents by eminent domain for nonpayment
of taxes, but underestimates the savvy community there.
COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/imminently_yours.htm
PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/WjZBjmpcD1vwejha6
JULY 11 TO 27
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKING LOT
"ROMEO AND JULIET"
LA PLAZA @ THE CLEMENTE PARKING LOT, 107 SUFFOLK STREET
The Drilling Company's Shakespeare in the Parking Lot returns to the Lower East
Side for the 25th year with "Romeo and Juliet," directed by Lukas
Raphael. The company's concept--presenting Shakespeare plays with a "poor
theater" aesthetic in a working parking lot--is now widely imitated around
the US and around the world, with productions as far away as New Zealand.
COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/SITPL.htm
PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/mSYHuLfTcadL586p8
AUGUST 3 TO SEPTEMBER 15
"NO BRAINER, OR THE SOLUTION TO PARASITES"
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY STREET THEATER
Theater for the New City's award-winning Street Theater Company will open its
43rd annual tour August 3 with "No Brainer or The Solution to Parasites,"
a rip-roaring musical. Free performances will tour City streets, parks and playgrounds
throughout the five boroughs through September 15. Book, lyrics and direction
are by Crystal Field; the musical score is composed and arranged by Joseph Vernon
Banks.
COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/stth19.htm
PHOTOS from TNC Street Theater productions from 2001-2015: https://picasaweb.google.com/115459090905543846120/Street_Theater_History?noredirect=1.
AUGUST 25 TO SEPTEMBER 15
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
TENTH DREAM UP FESTIVAL
Theater for the New City, under the direction of Crystal Field, Artistic Director,
will present its tenth Dream Up Festival, a
feast of adventurous theater featuring new works from across the country, August
25 to September 15. Helmed by the theater's Literary Manager, Michael Scott-Price,
the festival will offer over 25 plays, mixing world premieres and New York premieres.
It's an ultimate new work festival dedicated to the joy of discovering new authors
and edgy, innovative performances. Application deadline was May 10 for this
year's Festival and plays are now being selected. The motto of the festival
is "Dream Up: Invent, Concoct." More
Info
EXTENDED THROUGH JANUARY 11, 2020
HARLEM REPERTORY THEATRE
TATO LAVIERA THEATRE, 240 E. 123RD STREET
"THE WIZARD OF OZ: A JAZZ MUSICAL FOR ALL AGES "
Harlem Repertory Theatre stages "The Wizard of Oz: a Jazz Musical for All
Ages," co-produced by the Yip Harburg Foundation, for young (and young-at-heart)
audiences. This production of the classic musical has a multi-racial cast, a
jazzy underscore and authoritative dramaturgy by representatives of the Yip
Harburg Foundation. Director/choreographer is Keith Lee Grant, Artistic Director
of Harlem Rep, who is in the midst of a four-year project of presenting four
classic musicals that have lyrics by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, who was known
in his lifetime as the "social conscience of Broadway."
COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/oz.htm
PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/KTXnAJaAgtPQDSW12
OTHER
JUNE 4-25
CASTILLO THEATRE, 543 W. 42ND STREET
NEW FEDERAL THEATRE'S ANNUAL NTOZAKE SHANGE READINGS SERIES: TUESDAYS IN JUNE
New Federal Theatre's Annual Ntozake
Shange Readings Series is used to develop African-American writers
and to select plays that Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre may present
as full productions. The June, 2019 series offers new works by Jeanette Hill
(June 4), Bill Harris (June 11), Kermit Frazier (June 18) and Countee Cullen
(June 25). Free. Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42nd Street.
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