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Public Staged Readings:
365 Women a Year NYC: Maria: Maria Montessori; The Dance Maker: Stella
Instant Shakespeare: King Lear: Generil; Julius Caesar: Mark Antony; Antony and Cleopatra: Cleopatra
Athena Reads: Accommodation: Celeste Dawkins; That’s Him: Mother
March Forth Productions: The Angel of Forgetting: Ava
Instant Shakespeare: King Lear: Generil; Julius Caesar: Mark Antony; Antony and Cleopatra: Cleopatra
Athena Reads: Accommodation: Celeste Dawkins; That’s Him: Mother
March Forth Productions: The Angel of Forgetting: Ava
Productions:
DEAD END
By Sidney Kingsley
Directed by Randy Sharp
Axis Theatre Company
1 Sheridan Square
New York NY 10014
A Broadway hit in 1936 Dead End was later made into a film starring Humphrey Bogart which included the first appearance of The Bowery Boys who went on to become the iconic "kid gang" of American movies. DEAD END takes place in a New York where tenement houses and luxury apartments stand side by side and extreme wealth and abject poverty intersect every day. Gangsters and bankers, prostitutes and lost children, failure and dreams of the future all live on this street. Axis Company illuminates these stark contrasts with an understanding of their mythology as well as their contemporary mirror in the city of today.
The Collaborators:
By John Hodge
Presented by Storm Theatre Company
Grand Hall at St. Mary's
440 Grand St
New York , New York 10002
This is the New York premiere of the 2012 winner of England's Olivier award for Best Play! Hilarious and chilling, a dark comedy, the Collaborators is the story of the brilliant dissident writer Mikhail Bulgakov, who is chosen by Joseph Stalin to write a celebratory bio play titled Young Joseph. Collaborators is a surreal imagining of a true story about what happens when artists veer too far from their true path and compromise with repressive power.
Reviews:
"Props go to Levesque for her manipulation of voice timbre and nuanced expressions to punctuate the text's rich comedic and tragic undertones." Mateus Ciucci Ferreira Theatre is Easy http://www.theasy.com/Reviews/2016/C/collaborators.php
"Praskovya (Jessica Levesque) who makes truculence delightful" Morton Hochstein Splash Magazine http://www.nycsplash.com/publish/Entertainment/cat_index_new_york_performances/collaborators-review.php
"Rounding out the strong performances were Erin Biernard as Bulgakov’s loyal to a fault wife Yelena and Jessica Levesque who tells an enthralling story as a woman who cleans up after executions by simply using body language, physical tempo, and minimal words." Michael Block Theatre in the Now http://www.theaterinthenow.com/2016/01/review-playwright-and-dictator-write.html
By John Hodge
Presented by Storm Theatre Company
Grand Hall at St. Mary's
440 Grand St
New York , New York 10002
This is the New York premiere of the 2012 winner of England's Olivier award for Best Play! Hilarious and chilling, a dark comedy, the Collaborators is the story of the brilliant dissident writer Mikhail Bulgakov, who is chosen by Joseph Stalin to write a celebratory bio play titled Young Joseph. Collaborators is a surreal imagining of a true story about what happens when artists veer too far from their true path and compromise with repressive power.
Reviews:
"Props go to Levesque for her manipulation of voice timbre and nuanced expressions to punctuate the text's rich comedic and tragic undertones." Mateus Ciucci Ferreira Theatre is Easy http://www.theasy.com/Reviews/2016/C/collaborators.php
"Praskovya (Jessica Levesque) who makes truculence delightful" Morton Hochstein Splash Magazine http://www.nycsplash.com/publish/Entertainment/cat_index_new_york_performances/collaborators-review.php
"Rounding out the strong performances were Erin Biernard as Bulgakov’s loyal to a fault wife Yelena and Jessica Levesque who tells an enthralling story as a woman who cleans up after executions by simply using body language, physical tempo, and minimal words." Michael Block Theatre in the Now http://www.theaterinthenow.com/2016/01/review-playwright-and-dictator-write.html
Richard III:
By William Shakespeare
Presented by Nicu's Spoon Theater Company
The Secret Theater
4402 23rd Street
Long Island City, NY 11101
Nicu's Spoon Theater Company's re-telling of Shakespeare's classic tragedy. Artistic Director Stephanie Barton-Farcas guides a cast of differently-abled actors in a complete reimagining.
For American Theatre Magazine article: http://www.americantheatre.org/2015/10/20/theatre-artists-with-disabilities-are-ready-willing-and-yes-able/
For Playbill article: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/off-off-broadway-company-plans-richard-iii-with-all-differently-abled-actors-360471
By William Shakespeare
Presented by Nicu's Spoon Theater Company
The Secret Theater
4402 23rd Street
Long Island City, NY 11101
Nicu's Spoon Theater Company's re-telling of Shakespeare's classic tragedy. Artistic Director Stephanie Barton-Farcas guides a cast of differently-abled actors in a complete reimagining.
For American Theatre Magazine article: http://www.americantheatre.org/2015/10/20/theatre-artists-with-disabilities-are-ready-willing-and-yes-able/
For Playbill article: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/off-off-broadway-company-plans-richard-iii-with-all-differently-abled-actors-360471
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