Drama League New Directors/New Works
presents a reading of
MAMA’S BOY
By Rob Urbinati
Directed by Michael Goldfried
With Ian Bell, Jessica Crandell*,
Andrea Gallo* and Corey Noble *Actor’s Equity Association
Stage Directions: David Rubin
Production Associate: Katie Carter Mentor: Emily Mann
Mrs. Marguerite Oswald, fierce defender of her son's innocence, and self-proclaimed "mother in history,' struggles to keep her family together in the shadow of momentous events.
Three Performances Only!
Thursday, March 12 @ 4pm and 7:30pm
Friday, March 13 @ 7:30 pm
Abingdon Theatre
312 West 36th St. (between 8th and 9th)
Reservations recommended: mamasboyndnw@gmail.com
"If you research the life of Jesus Christ, you'll find that you never did hear anything more about the mother, Mary, after He was crucified. And since Lee Harvey Oswald was murdered, nobody has worried about my welfare either."
Mrs. Marguerite Oswald
New York Musical Theatre Festival and Diodati Productions
present VILLA DIODATI A Mary Shelley Phantasia
"Mira J. Spektor (music and libretto) and Colette Inez (lyrics and libretto) have imbued their show with all the classic elements of success - luxurious love, vibrant-voiced performers, lush poetry, and a visionary director...The unabashedly operatic music wraps you in the warm embrace of the writings’ timeless romanticism....
You’ll probably hear no better musical all this year than VILLA DIODATI..."
Matthew Murray, TALKIN' BROADWAY
Music and Libretto by Lyrics and Libretto by Mira J. Spektor Colette Inez
Additional Lyrics by Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Mira J. Spektor and William Wordsworth
Featuring Sarah Arikian Mark Campbell* Elizabeth Cherry* Lauren Hauser Nalina Mann* Sal Sabella* Brian Thomas Wilson
Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design Andis Gjoni Sidney Shannon Jeff Nash David M. Lawson
Casting Publicity Tom Rowan, Michael Rabinowitz Springer Associates PR, Joe Trantacosta Graphic Artist Producing Consultant Producing Assistant Barry Childs Judy Gordon Marisol Rosa-Shapiro
Production Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Jennifer G. Birge* Shane Schnetzler
Instrumental Arrangements Mira J. Spektor Thomas Carlo Bo
Musicians Todd Sullivan Violin Zoe Hassman Cello
Musical Director Thomas Carlo Bo
Directed by Rob Urbinati
45th St. Theatre, 354 West 45th St. between 8th and 9th Avenue
September 22 - October 4, 2008
Photos by Steven Rosen
Underwritten in part by BookHampton
ANNOUNCING THE PUBLICATION OF
WEST MOON STREET
By Rob Urbinati
Queens Theatre in the Park
Immigrant Voices Project Reading Series
in association with
LaGuardia Community College Division of Adult and Continuing Education
presents
GO! by Go Takeuchi and Rob Urbinati
directed by Rob Urbinati
Saturday, May 3 at 8pm
No Charge - Reservations Required
718.760.0064
Growing up in Nagoya, Japan, the son of an African father and a Japanese mother, a boy grapples with race and identity in a non-diverse city. But the real adventure begins when he emigrates to New York!
This new play with music is the captivating story of the struggles and triumphs of a completely unique,
and utterly charming young man who embodies the new "American dream."
The performance runs approximately 80 minutes, and will be followed by a talkback
Lark Play Development Center
presents
A Roundtable Reading of CUSTOMARY MONSTERS
by Kyle T. Wilson
directed by Rob Urbinati
Thursday, May 15 6:30pm
939 Eighth Avenue, Suite 301
(between 55th and 56th)
Frederick Furnivall, a "Scholar Gypsy" of Victorian letters, moves a young Shakespeare enthusiast into his home in order to educate and seduce her. Meanwhile, his friend and colleague, London diarist Arthur Munby, begins a secret romance with his servant, who happily continues to sweep his floors and clean his boots. How long can these two educated men balance their progressive ideals and their romantic desires? Customary Monsters is a history play about the limits of love, equality, and biography
Dramatists Guild of America
Friday Footlights Series
presents
Body of Words By Vincent Sessa
With
Christian Baskous and Jeremiah M. Maestas
Stage Directions: David Arthur Bachrach
Directed by Rob Urbinati
Friday, April 11
7:30 pm.
Dramatists Guild
1501 Bway, 43/44th Streets
The Frederick Loewe Room, 7th Floor, Suite 710
Reservations not required
At sunset on a deserted stretch of beach, two strangers meet; one weary with labor and travel, one fleeing the confines of adolescence and home. A sexual contract is negotiated and put into effect. In the ensuing hours together until first morning light, violence is the ever-present undertow. But it is the unspoken word between them that will change their lives forever.
EPIC THEATRE ENSEMBLE
invites you to the final two readings of
SUNSHINE SERIES 2008
A Reading Festival Shining Light on New Political Plays
Sponsored by Bill & Kumi Martin, Duane Morris LLP, and Jack Sharkey
Thursday, MAY 22, 2008, 7pm
MINSTREL SHOW, or THE LYNCHING OF WILLIAM BROWN by Max Sparber
Directed by Rob Urbinati
with Jacob Ming-Trent and Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr.
Bruce Mitchell Room @ ART/NY, 520 Eighth Avenue, 3rd Floor (*please bring picture ID for Security)
This searing and provocative play is based on a true story: in 1919, a black man accused of molesting a white woman in Omaha, Nebraska is dragged from the courthouse by a riotous mob of 5000, and lynched. A week later, two black minstrel performers who shared the cell with William Brown are called to testify. They are forced to decide whether to tell the truth and suffer the consequences or hide behind the subversive entertainment of minstrelsy. They discover that the techniques of minstrelsy are inadequate to tell the story, and are forced to transform their craft, and their lives.
MINSTREL SHOW, or THE LYNCHING OF WILLIAM BROWN received a critically-acclaimed production at New Jersey Repertory Company in October 2007.
Readings are FREE. LIMITED SEATING - RESERVATIONS ARE NECESSARY.
