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OCTOBER 2017
Michael Gnat [actor] will appear as both a Mormon local politician (Cliff) and a Nevadan retiree (Henry) in Leegrid Stevens's look at local politics in Mesquite, NV -- which shares many features of politics at the larger level. Workshop Theater's Main Stage, October 5-28.
SEPTEMBER 2017
Katrin Hilbe [director] directs Savage in Limbo by John Patrick Shanley in a Liechtenstein dialect translation in Vaduz (Liechtenstein), Zürich (Switzerland), and Dornbirn (Austria) in co-production of her company ManyTracks and Schlösslekeller Vaduz, September 11 - 24.
Michael Gnat [actor] is appearing as Rick, a professional thief, in a Sunday@Six free stage reading of En Passant by Tony Sportiello on Sunday, Sept. 10, 6pm, in the Workshop Jewel Box, 312 W 36th St., 4th Fl.
AUGUST 2017
Stark Wilz is appearing in 2017’s UNFringed Festival at The Secret Theatre, playing “Talker” in Coni Koepfinger’s play AfterLife, directed by Joan Kane. Following the show’s run in August, it will move in an excerpted version to The Theatre for the New City during September as part of the DreamUp Festival and the Voire Dire Project.
JULY 2017
Katrin Hilbe (director) directs Dear Jane by Joan Beber at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row for Undercover Productions, July 27 - August 26th.
JUNE 2017
Sergei Burbank’s [playwright/actor] play The Ass of the Prophet will be featured as part of Quicksilver Theater Company's second annual Playwright of Colors Summit in Geneva, New York. More info HERE. Public readings will be presented on 6/9 and 6/10.
Grant Bowen [actor/playwright] will be a featured performer in Infinity Theatre Company's production of Godspell. July 1st-30th in Annapolis, MD.
Carolyn Seiff [actor] has a guest role of the “Older Woman” on Gotham, season 3, episode 21, to air in June, as a character she’s never played before!
Cynthia Shaw [actor] will be performing the role of Juror #4 (woman of wealth who helps other characters focus on the facts of the case) in Twelve Angry Woman presented by Alpha NYC Theater Company/Roebuck Productions. Use discount code “2017” for discounted tickets. More details HERE.
May 2017
Karen Ledger [Costume Designer] will be designing for the Village Theatre's upcoming production of Dreamgirls directed by artistic director Steve Thomkins opening mid-May 2017.
Bara Swain [playwright] is producing a women’s festival of staged readings at Urban Stages, The Slogan Plays, on May 7th @3pm. The event is free. Her short play, The Best or Nothing, will be featured in A New Memory at Symphony Space on May 15th, produced by Athena Theatre. Bara also has second productions of To Every Thing There is a Season (first produced in ATC's Articulating the Arts) by the Jewish Women's Theatre in California and Georgia (2017 EdgeFest, Birdhouse Theatre).
April 2017
Bara Swain [playwright] will have Florida productions of her plays, Protocol and Give and Take, at the LSSC Short Play Festival in April.
Crystal Edn [actor] will be playing the role of Vera in Rising Sun Performance Company's production of Child's Play.
Dennis Parichy [Designer] will light Death of a Salesman for Pittsburgh Public Theatre.
Grant Bowen [actor/playwright] will be playing Dromio of Ephesus/Courtesan/Aemilia in Valley Shakespeare Festival's touring production of The Comedy of Errors. April 27th-May 5th in Shelton, CT.
Robert Verlaque [actor] appeared as a Guest Star on first season of Blacklist:Redemption on NBC. He also filmed a Guest Star role on Wynonna Earp second season for SYFY channel.
Carolyn Seiff [actor] will be in a staged reading of Der Nes in Geto for National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene @ The Museum of Jewish Heritage on April 19th.
March 2017
Robert Verlaque [actor] has a guest star role on Blacklist: Redemption (episode 6).
Katrin Hilbe [director] directs Eileen O'Malley and the Changeling by Eric Percival for TALES IN TIME for Articulate Theater Company, April 24 - 26th, and Buried in Time by Kristine Niven in the WITHOUT A NET festival at Theatre 54, April 26 - May 7th.
Robin Rice's [playwright] play Yesterday Was Better has been chosen by the Women in the Arts and Media Coalition to be part of "Conversations in America: Under the Gun," an evening of curated pieces about gun violence. SVA Theatre. Free.
Katrin Hilbe [director] directs a reading of These Things Happen by Natalie Bates at the WorkShop Theater Company, on March 5th, 6pm in their Sunday@6 series.
Robin Rice’s [playwright] play Josewulf has won the Santa Ana River Review prize for Dramatic Writing.
She is also one of five finalists for 2017 Playwrights for a Cause.
Katrin Hilbe [Director] directs Duck by Tom Block at the Human Rights Art Festival, on March 4th, 4:30pm, Dixon Place.
George Allison [Set Designer] and Dennis Parichy [Lighting Designer] will design Loose Ends for T. Schreiber Studio in March.
Russell Jordan [actor] will perform in Haram! Iran! as a judge hearing the case against two Iranian teenagers accused of engaging in homosexual activity. Based on a true story. March 3-March 19 at TADA! Theater.
Robin Rice [playwright] has a number of projects: March 15 at 7pm, selection from Lust & Lies. Reading, Free. 365-NYC-Encore, Theater for the New City, NYC. March 9-18: Alice in Black and White, The Kentucky Center, Louisville, KY. Alice in Black and White, Harlequin Productions, Cayuga, NY.
Wendy Mae Shelton’s [playwright] play Chariot Of Fairies was in Adam Chisnall’s One Act Comedy Fest at the Q.E.D. March 30th, 2017
Helen Abell [actor] shot a feature film and TV show in March. Titles to be announced at a later date.
February 2017
Dennis Parichy [Designer] will light The Matchmaker for People's Light and Theatre Co. this February.
Katrin Hilbe [Director] directs ATC member Michael Gnat [actor] in Ditmas, in the Boxers part of the short play series produced by Artistic New Directions (AND): Eclectic Evening of Shorts X: Boxers & Briefs.
Bara Swain [playwright]'s short play, In Fine Print, was produced at the Jewish Women's Theatre in LA, and Viable has been selected for publication in the NPDW Anthology of New Works (Leicester Bay Theatricals). Her play, Turn! Turn! Turn!, inspired by last year's AtA, is being produced in Artistic New Direction's Eclectic Evening of Shorts in February.
Robin Rice [playwright] has a number of upcoming projects. Feb. 7 at 7: Soon. Reading. Free. Dixon Place Lounge. Feb. 11 and 14 at 9:30: Turn Me On, Babushka White Rabbit Productions' Sexcapades. The Duplex. Feb. 12 and 14 at 7:30: Liquid Lunch in Hell's Kitchen. Hudson Warehouse. Bernie Wohl Center. Feb. 3-5: PLAY NICE! Clark Youth Theatre. Tulsa, OK.
January 2017
Dennis Parichy [Designer] has just lit Having Our Say for Philadelphia Theatre Company.
Andrea Frierson [actor] can be seen on the CBS drama, Elementary, on Sunday, January 29th at 10pm EST.
Imran Shiekh [actor] is playing the role of "Abe" in Milwaukee Rep's production of Disgraced from Jan 20 til February 12th. More info here.
Crystal Edn [director] is directing the play, Two, as part of the annual Schreiber Shorts festival. The show runs January 25th-February 11th. Tickets can be found at: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/967350
Bara Swain [playwright] is producing a festival of staged readings at Urban Stages, The January Plays, featuring ATC actors Eric Percival and Russell Jordan, and ATC guest director Joan Kane.
Cynthia Shaw and Joanne Dorian [actors] will play sisters in a reading of a poignant new one-act by Kitty Chen, Imagine a Tree, on a double bill directed by Joan Kane, at the Ensemble Studio Theatre.
November 2016
Katrin Hilbe [Director] is directing two readings: The Endless April by Yaroslava Pulinovich for New York Theatre Workshop, November 7th, 2pm, and three comedies about sex by Richard Curtis, on December 15, 7-9pm at St. Malachy's Church. Katrin has recently joined the Playwrights-Directors Unit of the Actors Studio and writes for CUNY's magazine European Stages.
September 2016
Andrea Frierson [actor/singer] will star in her one woman show, "me & ella" with The York Theatre, Company September 19th@ 7pm & Tuesday, September 20th@2pm. Andrea will also be teaching a Master Class in self-created work at Manhattan School of Music's new Musical Theatre Program in October.
Robin Rice [playwright] has a lot going on! October 11: Selection from EVERYDAY EDNA MAE in Wide-Eyed Winks Productions. The Drama League. 7:30 p.m. October 13-22: PLAY NICE! production at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay. http://www.uwgb.edu/theatre/season/calendar.asp October 21-31: Mentoring emerging playwrights in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Cynthia Shaw [actor] has been involved with several films: Group Matters - written and directed by Megan McLaine; Dream a Little Dream with Dee - written and directed by Joel Haver; The Sleepers - written & directed by Ruth Patir. She co-produced and co-started in a fourth film, which has been listed on IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6052102/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_9
August 2016
Katrin Hilbe [Director] is directing two readings: The Egg Progect by Mike Amato, October 3rd, and The Nightingale Rose or The Bitch of Balaclava by Patricia Henritze, October 17, 1-4pm, Theater Lab, 357 36th Street, 3rd floor.
Bara Swain's [playwright] short play, Viable, was recently staged at the 2016 ATHE Conference in Chicago as part of their New Play Development Workshop. Her play, Responsible, is being produced in LA at The New American Theatre this month.
AWARDS! - Many of our members participated in the summer festivals this year, and received nominations for their excellent work! The New York Innovative Theatre announced their nominations for 2016, which included: George Allison, Jill Bianchini, Andy Evan Cohen, Desmond Dutcher, Michael Gnat, Russell Jordan, Allan Knee,Wendy Mae Shelton, and Maeve Yore. Likewise, Planet Connections Theatre Festivity announced their nominees, which included Jill Bianchini, Andy Evan Cohen, Mary Monahan, Imran Sheikh, and Wendy Mae Shelton. Congrats!
Crystal Edn [director/actor] will appear in August Strindberg Rep's adaptation, Crimes and Crimes. It will run August 6th-20th at the Gene Frankel. More info/tickets
Robin Rice [playwright]'s drama Alice in Black and White (about Alice Austen, a feisty Staten Islander who struggled against Victorian society's rules, emerging to be the first woman photo-journalist) at 59E59 Theatre from August 3-14th. Tickets here. More info here.
Andrea Frierson [actor] was featured in the Amazon TV show, Red Oaks, now in it's second season. More info here.
Wendy Mae Shelton’s (playwright) A Light In The Dark was nominated for 8 awards and won 4 as part of the Planet Connections Festival.
July 2016
Cat Parker [director] is directing Vivian Neuwirth's play Mr. Toole (about the author of A Confederacy of Dunces) for the Midtown International Theatre Festival from July 21st to July 31st. More info here.
Crystal Edn [director/actor] is directing the new full-length play, Hysterical, by Jim Geoghan. The workshop production runs July 13th-23rd. Being funny and being happy...got nothing to do with each other. More info/tickets
Crystal Peterson [actor] is acting in Where's Hope, Where's Hope, Oh God Where's Hope? as part of the Fresh Fruit Festival Thursday July 21st thru 24th at the Wild Project Theatre at 195 East 3rd Street. More info here.
David Palmer Brown [actor] is performing in Twelfth Nighted in the Fresh Fruit Festival. More info here.
June 2016
Michael Gnat [actor] will appear in three stage readings of a wonderful new full-length: Mesquite, NV by Leegrid Stevens, June 16-18 at WorkShop Theater, 312W36, NYC. Admission is FREE, but reservations strongly advised.
Robin Rice's [playwright] full-length drama Play Nice! (inspired by Genet's The Maids) is now available from Original Works Publishing.
May 2016
Bara Swain [playwright] has short play productions in Georgia (LITTLE BLACK DRESS, Birdhouse Theatre), West Virginia (FIRST DO NO HARM, The Old Opera House), and Brooklyn (THE LAST RESORT, Gallery Players Black Box Festival). Her film, PROTOCOL, will be featured in the Fastnet Film Festival in Ireland. A staged reading of INSULATION will be presented at "The Hat Plays" (Urban Stages, NYC) on June 26.
Maeve Yore [actor] plays Harper Regan in T. Schreiber Studio's production of the play of the same name. Other Articulate members involved include George Allison (set design), Dennis Parichy (lighting design), Andy Cohen (sound design) and Page Clements (dialect coach).
Carolyn Seiff [actor] leads the team in Red Shark's production of Wine and Spirits, which opens June 1st. "Many years ago, Selina, Beth and Kate’s lives were changed forever. They just didn’t know it." For tickets, click here.
Victoria Medina [actor, writer, photographer, producer, web series host] web series One Nation, One Mission, One Promise TV; is about having a positive conversation about America and how we can be even greater. This is a show that welcomes all voices. Subscribe today at http://bit.ly/1QBL41G
Victoria Medina [actor, writer, photographer, producer, web series host] web series Image Power – How to take control of your photographic image; Victoria has taken the techniques and skills she has shared with her own clients to help you be at your best whenever you find yourself in front of the camera, whether it's with your family, your friends, for social media or for business. Subscribe today at: https://www.youtube.com/user/victoriamedinatv
April 2016
Robin Rice's [playwright] play Blood Sisters, about nuns in full-activist mode, has been chosen for an evening performance at 13th Street Rep in the In Her Name on Saturday, April 16. Click for tickets. She also has a one-act play being produced in May in Nebraska (Gloom, Doom and Soul-Crushing Misery). Her play, Play Nice!, was also recently published.
Joanne Dorian [actor] appeared in a reading of a new two character comedy, THE PARTY STORE, by Emmy and Golden Globe winning writer/producer/director, George Lefferts, for Urban Stages.
March 2016
Dennis Parichy [designer] will be designing lights for T. Schreiber Studio, "Natural Life" and for The Schoolhouse Theatre, "A Cambodian Lullaby."
Robin Rice's [playwright] short play about nuns in full-activist mode, Blood Sisters, is part of 365-NYC-4 readings on March 23, at Theater for the New City. The event is free, but reservations needed. Other work of Robin's is also being produced across the nation: Blood Sisters and Not Still Life at Monster Box Theatre in Detroit, and Rip of Skin at Riverside Theatre, Iowa City. Her play, Play Nice, was also recently published.
David Palmer Brown [actor] has been awarded the 2015 Fresh Fruit Festival’s award for Outstanding Lead Performance in The Lears: Fools of Fortune.
February 2016
Imran W. Sheikh [actor] is play at Park Square Theatre in St. Paul Minnesota in March/ April. Love-Person by Aditi Kapil. Shows are from 3/18-4/10. Click HERE for more info.
January 2016
Michael Gnat [actor] will appear late February in Bill Rogers's Caldwell's Bomb, a dark comedy about domestic terrorism (and art), directed by Gerald vanHeerden.
December 2015
Joanne Dorian [actor] will be appearing as Marcella/Gertrude in a staged reading of a new comedy, The Ten Minute Hamlet, by Sharon Talbot, presented by Amas Musical Theatre on December 14th & 15th.
Allan Knee [playwright] has a new play opening at the Workshop Theatre Company. The author of The Man Who Was Peter Pan (original inspiration for Finding Neverland) The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchet runs from the December 3rd to 19th.
Michael Gnat [actor] will appear in Evan Smith's four-hander The Savannah Disputation, running November 27-December 20, 2015 at the cell theatre, directed by Articulate member, Katrin Hilbe.
November 2015
Allan Knee [playwright] has a new play opening at the Workshop Theatre Company. The author of The Man Who Was Peter Pan (original inspiration for Finding Neverland) The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchet runs from the December 3rd to 19th.
Michael Gnat [actor] will appear in Evan Smith's four-hander The Savannah Disputation, running November 27-December 20, 2015 at the cell theatre, directed by Articulate member, Katrin Hilbe.
Katrin Hilbe [director] will be directing a concert reading of J. Thalia Cunningham's play First, Do No Harm, February 4-6, 2016 for the WorkShop Theater Company.
Robin Rice [playwright] is participating in a writing challenge from Red Theatre (Chicago) to write a play each and every day in November. She says, "The prompts Red Theatre sends each day aren't simply words or situations,ut complex problems that require real thought and test your skill. This makes keeping up far from easy, but also acts as a strong learning tool. Since nobody's evaluating what I send, I can go wild."
Kelly Zekas' [actor] webseries, Joanne and Beth, which she co-created and starred in with Mariel Donnelly, will be screened at NYC Web Fest this Saturday, Nov 14th, at the PIT Loft 154 W. 29th St. Click here for Tickets
OCTOBER 2015
Robin Rice [playwright] has a world premiere opening at The Lounge Theatres in Hollywood, CA. In WOMEN w/o WALLS four women are trapped in an express subway train to an unknown destination. Inspired by Sartre's NO EXIT. Production is by Broads' Word Theatre, and is directed by Frances Loy of the Royal Shakespeare Company. November 7-December 12.
Amanda Prasow [actor] just wrapped the role of “Assistant Director” in The Café, Rob Asaro’s short comedy about a reality tv crew. She can be seen next in a staged reading of Laura Rorhman’s Hoboken with Rising Sun Peformance Company’s Laboratorium series on Wed, Nov 11.
Robert Verlaque [Actor] recently MC'd our tremendous toast to Circle Rep - "Circling Back." When he's not on stage, he's in front of a camera, starring in TV and film roles such as: "Reign" guest star as Court Doctor Wylkys to Queen Elizabeth I (airs Nov 20th 8pm on CW network); "The Games Maker," stars with Joseph Fiennes, Ed Asner, David Mazouz, Tom Cavanagh (opens in Canada in November 2015, US to follow); guest star as Laurent Bouchard in Marvel/Netflix series "Jessica Jones" (airs on Netflix December 2015); and stars opposite Logan Lerman, Tracy Letts in "Indignation," written and directed by Oscar winner James Schamus (premieres January 2016).
Karen Ledger [designer] is designing costumes for Mary Poppins at Northern Stage in Vermont.
Dennis Parichy [designer] just designed the lighting for Auctioning the Ainsleys at People’s Light & Theatre Co., Much Ado About Nothing for Frog and Peaches Theatre Co. at The Workshop Theatre and has been nominated for a Barrymore Award [Philadelphia] for Outstanding Lighting Design for The Cherry Orchard at People’s Light.
Denise Pence [actor] is teaching monthly at the SAG-AFTRA Conservatory Seminar "The Business of the Buzz."
Shetal Shah [actor] is performing in Macbeth (of the Oppressed) with Fab Marqee Productions, and her film, On Golden Years, won Best Feature Film at the International Film Festival Manhattan.
July 2015
Cynthia Shaw [actor] appears as Grandmother in Judy Klass’ futuristic retelling of the Moliere story in “After Tartuffe,” directed by Janet Bentley, at The Wild Project. With fellow Articulator Mary Monahan.
Carolyn Seiff [actor] played hard of hearing Ethel in the wonderful farce by Ken Ludwig, "Moon Over Buffalo", at the reimagined Shadowland Theatre in Ellenville, NY. The multi talented cast was delightfully directed by Artistic Director, Brendan Burke.
May 2015
Cynthia Shaw [actor] appears as Mrs. Winemiller in Tennessee Williams’ play "Summer and Smoke," directed by Terry Schreiber at T. Schreiber Studio.
FEBRUARY 2015
Victoria Medina’s [actor, author, photographic artist] American Spirit Exhibit photographic fine art featured in New York debut of the new musical Zuccotti Park, The Musical. Winner, 2015 NYC Venus/Adonis Theater Festival, Best Director, Luis Salgado, 2nd Place Best Play.
Michael Gnat [actor] will appear as both a Mormon local politician (Cliff) and a Nevadan retiree (Henry) in Leegrid Stevens's look at local politics in Mesquite, NV -- which shares many features of politics at the larger level. Workshop Theater's Main Stage, October 5-28.
SEPTEMBER 2017
Katrin Hilbe [director] directs Savage in Limbo by John Patrick Shanley in a Liechtenstein dialect translation in Vaduz (Liechtenstein), Zürich (Switzerland), and Dornbirn (Austria) in co-production of her company ManyTracks and Schlösslekeller Vaduz, September 11 - 24.
Michael Gnat [actor] is appearing as Rick, a professional thief, in a Sunday@Six free stage reading of En Passant by Tony Sportiello on Sunday, Sept. 10, 6pm, in the Workshop Jewel Box, 312 W 36th St., 4th Fl.
AUGUST 2017
Stark Wilz is appearing in 2017’s UNFringed Festival at The Secret Theatre, playing “Talker” in Coni Koepfinger’s play AfterLife, directed by Joan Kane. Following the show’s run in August, it will move in an excerpted version to The Theatre for the New City during September as part of the DreamUp Festival and the Voire Dire Project.
JULY 2017
Katrin Hilbe (director) directs Dear Jane by Joan Beber at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row for Undercover Productions, July 27 - August 26th.
JUNE 2017
Sergei Burbank’s [playwright/actor] play The Ass of the Prophet will be featured as part of Quicksilver Theater Company's second annual Playwright of Colors Summit in Geneva, New York. More info HERE. Public readings will be presented on 6/9 and 6/10.
Grant Bowen [actor/playwright] will be a featured performer in Infinity Theatre Company's production of Godspell. July 1st-30th in Annapolis, MD.
Carolyn Seiff [actor] has a guest role of the “Older Woman” on Gotham, season 3, episode 21, to air in June, as a character she’s never played before!
Cynthia Shaw [actor] will be performing the role of Juror #4 (woman of wealth who helps other characters focus on the facts of the case) in Twelve Angry Woman presented by Alpha NYC Theater Company/Roebuck Productions. Use discount code “2017” for discounted tickets. More details HERE.
May 2017
Karen Ledger [Costume Designer] will be designing for the Village Theatre's upcoming production of Dreamgirls directed by artistic director Steve Thomkins opening mid-May 2017.
Bara Swain [playwright] is producing a women’s festival of staged readings at Urban Stages, The Slogan Plays, on May 7th @3pm. The event is free. Her short play, The Best or Nothing, will be featured in A New Memory at Symphony Space on May 15th, produced by Athena Theatre. Bara also has second productions of To Every Thing There is a Season (first produced in ATC's Articulating the Arts) by the Jewish Women's Theatre in California and Georgia (2017 EdgeFest, Birdhouse Theatre).
April 2017
Bara Swain [playwright] will have Florida productions of her plays, Protocol and Give and Take, at the LSSC Short Play Festival in April.
Crystal Edn [actor] will be playing the role of Vera in Rising Sun Performance Company's production of Child's Play.
Dennis Parichy [Designer] will light Death of a Salesman for Pittsburgh Public Theatre.
Grant Bowen [actor/playwright] will be playing Dromio of Ephesus/Courtesan/Aemilia in Valley Shakespeare Festival's touring production of The Comedy of Errors. April 27th-May 5th in Shelton, CT.
Robert Verlaque [actor] appeared as a Guest Star on first season of Blacklist:Redemption on NBC. He also filmed a Guest Star role on Wynonna Earp second season for SYFY channel.
Carolyn Seiff [actor] will be in a staged reading of Der Nes in Geto for National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene @ The Museum of Jewish Heritage on April 19th.
March 2017
Robert Verlaque [actor] has a guest star role on Blacklist: Redemption (episode 6).
Katrin Hilbe [director] directs Eileen O'Malley and the Changeling by Eric Percival for TALES IN TIME for Articulate Theater Company, April 24 - 26th, and Buried in Time by Kristine Niven in the WITHOUT A NET festival at Theatre 54, April 26 - May 7th.
Robin Rice's [playwright] play Yesterday Was Better has been chosen by the Women in the Arts and Media Coalition to be part of "Conversations in America: Under the Gun," an evening of curated pieces about gun violence. SVA Theatre. Free.
Katrin Hilbe [director] directs a reading of These Things Happen by Natalie Bates at the WorkShop Theater Company, on March 5th, 6pm in their Sunday@6 series.
Robin Rice’s [playwright] play Josewulf has won the Santa Ana River Review prize for Dramatic Writing.
She is also one of five finalists for 2017 Playwrights for a Cause.
Katrin Hilbe [Director] directs Duck by Tom Block at the Human Rights Art Festival, on March 4th, 4:30pm, Dixon Place.
George Allison [Set Designer] and Dennis Parichy [Lighting Designer] will design Loose Ends for T. Schreiber Studio in March.
Russell Jordan [actor] will perform in Haram! Iran! as a judge hearing the case against two Iranian teenagers accused of engaging in homosexual activity. Based on a true story. March 3-March 19 at TADA! Theater.
Robin Rice [playwright] has a number of projects: March 15 at 7pm, selection from Lust & Lies. Reading, Free. 365-NYC-Encore, Theater for the New City, NYC. March 9-18: Alice in Black and White, The Kentucky Center, Louisville, KY. Alice in Black and White, Harlequin Productions, Cayuga, NY.
Wendy Mae Shelton’s [playwright] play Chariot Of Fairies was in Adam Chisnall’s One Act Comedy Fest at the Q.E.D. March 30th, 2017
Helen Abell [actor] shot a feature film and TV show in March. Titles to be announced at a later date.
February 2017
Dennis Parichy [Designer] will light The Matchmaker for People's Light and Theatre Co. this February.
Katrin Hilbe [Director] directs ATC member Michael Gnat [actor] in Ditmas, in the Boxers part of the short play series produced by Artistic New Directions (AND): Eclectic Evening of Shorts X: Boxers & Briefs.
Bara Swain [playwright]'s short play, In Fine Print, was produced at the Jewish Women's Theatre in LA, and Viable has been selected for publication in the NPDW Anthology of New Works (Leicester Bay Theatricals). Her play, Turn! Turn! Turn!, inspired by last year's AtA, is being produced in Artistic New Direction's Eclectic Evening of Shorts in February.
Robin Rice [playwright] has a number of upcoming projects. Feb. 7 at 7: Soon. Reading. Free. Dixon Place Lounge. Feb. 11 and 14 at 9:30: Turn Me On, Babushka White Rabbit Productions' Sexcapades. The Duplex. Feb. 12 and 14 at 7:30: Liquid Lunch in Hell's Kitchen. Hudson Warehouse. Bernie Wohl Center. Feb. 3-5: PLAY NICE! Clark Youth Theatre. Tulsa, OK.
January 2017
Dennis Parichy [Designer] has just lit Having Our Say for Philadelphia Theatre Company.
Andrea Frierson [actor] can be seen on the CBS drama, Elementary, on Sunday, January 29th at 10pm EST.
Imran Shiekh [actor] is playing the role of "Abe" in Milwaukee Rep's production of Disgraced from Jan 20 til February 12th. More info here.
Crystal Edn [director] is directing the play, Two, as part of the annual Schreiber Shorts festival. The show runs January 25th-February 11th. Tickets can be found at: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/967350
Bara Swain [playwright] is producing a festival of staged readings at Urban Stages, The January Plays, featuring ATC actors Eric Percival and Russell Jordan, and ATC guest director Joan Kane.
Cynthia Shaw and Joanne Dorian [actors] will play sisters in a reading of a poignant new one-act by Kitty Chen, Imagine a Tree, on a double bill directed by Joan Kane, at the Ensemble Studio Theatre.
November 2016
Katrin Hilbe [Director] is directing two readings: The Endless April by Yaroslava Pulinovich for New York Theatre Workshop, November 7th, 2pm, and three comedies about sex by Richard Curtis, on December 15, 7-9pm at St. Malachy's Church. Katrin has recently joined the Playwrights-Directors Unit of the Actors Studio and writes for CUNY's magazine European Stages.
September 2016
Andrea Frierson [actor/singer] will star in her one woman show, "me & ella" with The York Theatre, Company September 19th@ 7pm & Tuesday, September 20th@2pm. Andrea will also be teaching a Master Class in self-created work at Manhattan School of Music's new Musical Theatre Program in October.
Robin Rice [playwright] has a lot going on! October 11: Selection from EVERYDAY EDNA MAE in Wide-Eyed Winks Productions. The Drama League. 7:30 p.m. October 13-22: PLAY NICE! production at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay. http://www.uwgb.edu/theatre/season/calendar.asp October 21-31: Mentoring emerging playwrights in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Cynthia Shaw [actor] has been involved with several films: Group Matters - written and directed by Megan McLaine; Dream a Little Dream with Dee - written and directed by Joel Haver; The Sleepers - written & directed by Ruth Patir. She co-produced and co-started in a fourth film, which has been listed on IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6052102/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_9
August 2016
Katrin Hilbe [Director] is directing two readings: The Egg Progect by Mike Amato, October 3rd, and The Nightingale Rose or The Bitch of Balaclava by Patricia Henritze, October 17, 1-4pm, Theater Lab, 357 36th Street, 3rd floor.
Bara Swain's [playwright] short play, Viable, was recently staged at the 2016 ATHE Conference in Chicago as part of their New Play Development Workshop. Her play, Responsible, is being produced in LA at The New American Theatre this month.
AWARDS! - Many of our members participated in the summer festivals this year, and received nominations for their excellent work! The New York Innovative Theatre announced their nominations for 2016, which included: George Allison, Jill Bianchini, Andy Evan Cohen, Desmond Dutcher, Michael Gnat, Russell Jordan, Allan Knee,Wendy Mae Shelton, and Maeve Yore. Likewise, Planet Connections Theatre Festivity announced their nominees, which included Jill Bianchini, Andy Evan Cohen, Mary Monahan, Imran Sheikh, and Wendy Mae Shelton. Congrats!
Crystal Edn [director/actor] will appear in August Strindberg Rep's adaptation, Crimes and Crimes. It will run August 6th-20th at the Gene Frankel. More info/tickets
Robin Rice [playwright]'s drama Alice in Black and White (about Alice Austen, a feisty Staten Islander who struggled against Victorian society's rules, emerging to be the first woman photo-journalist) at 59E59 Theatre from August 3-14th. Tickets here. More info here.
Andrea Frierson [actor] was featured in the Amazon TV show, Red Oaks, now in it's second season. More info here.
Wendy Mae Shelton’s (playwright) A Light In The Dark was nominated for 8 awards and won 4 as part of the Planet Connections Festival.
July 2016
Cat Parker [director] is directing Vivian Neuwirth's play Mr. Toole (about the author of A Confederacy of Dunces) for the Midtown International Theatre Festival from July 21st to July 31st. More info here.
Crystal Edn [director/actor] is directing the new full-length play, Hysterical, by Jim Geoghan. The workshop production runs July 13th-23rd. Being funny and being happy...got nothing to do with each other. More info/tickets
Crystal Peterson [actor] is acting in Where's Hope, Where's Hope, Oh God Where's Hope? as part of the Fresh Fruit Festival Thursday July 21st thru 24th at the Wild Project Theatre at 195 East 3rd Street. More info here.
David Palmer Brown [actor] is performing in Twelfth Nighted in the Fresh Fruit Festival. More info here.
June 2016
Michael Gnat [actor] will appear in three stage readings of a wonderful new full-length: Mesquite, NV by Leegrid Stevens, June 16-18 at WorkShop Theater, 312W36, NYC. Admission is FREE, but reservations strongly advised.
Robin Rice's [playwright] full-length drama Play Nice! (inspired by Genet's The Maids) is now available from Original Works Publishing.
May 2016
Bara Swain [playwright] has short play productions in Georgia (LITTLE BLACK DRESS, Birdhouse Theatre), West Virginia (FIRST DO NO HARM, The Old Opera House), and Brooklyn (THE LAST RESORT, Gallery Players Black Box Festival). Her film, PROTOCOL, will be featured in the Fastnet Film Festival in Ireland. A staged reading of INSULATION will be presented at "The Hat Plays" (Urban Stages, NYC) on June 26.
Maeve Yore [actor] plays Harper Regan in T. Schreiber Studio's production of the play of the same name. Other Articulate members involved include George Allison (set design), Dennis Parichy (lighting design), Andy Cohen (sound design) and Page Clements (dialect coach).
Carolyn Seiff [actor] leads the team in Red Shark's production of Wine and Spirits, which opens June 1st. "Many years ago, Selina, Beth and Kate’s lives were changed forever. They just didn’t know it." For tickets, click here.
Victoria Medina [actor, writer, photographer, producer, web series host] web series One Nation, One Mission, One Promise TV; is about having a positive conversation about America and how we can be even greater. This is a show that welcomes all voices. Subscribe today at http://bit.ly/1QBL41G
Victoria Medina [actor, writer, photographer, producer, web series host] web series Image Power – How to take control of your photographic image; Victoria has taken the techniques and skills she has shared with her own clients to help you be at your best whenever you find yourself in front of the camera, whether it's with your family, your friends, for social media or for business. Subscribe today at: https://www.youtube.com/user/victoriamedinatv
April 2016
Robin Rice's [playwright] play Blood Sisters, about nuns in full-activist mode, has been chosen for an evening performance at 13th Street Rep in the In Her Name on Saturday, April 16. Click for tickets. She also has a one-act play being produced in May in Nebraska (Gloom, Doom and Soul-Crushing Misery). Her play, Play Nice!, was also recently published.
Joanne Dorian [actor] appeared in a reading of a new two character comedy, THE PARTY STORE, by Emmy and Golden Globe winning writer/producer/director, George Lefferts, for Urban Stages.
March 2016
Dennis Parichy [designer] will be designing lights for T. Schreiber Studio, "Natural Life" and for The Schoolhouse Theatre, "A Cambodian Lullaby."
Robin Rice's [playwright] short play about nuns in full-activist mode, Blood Sisters, is part of 365-NYC-4 readings on March 23, at Theater for the New City. The event is free, but reservations needed. Other work of Robin's is also being produced across the nation: Blood Sisters and Not Still Life at Monster Box Theatre in Detroit, and Rip of Skin at Riverside Theatre, Iowa City. Her play, Play Nice, was also recently published.
David Palmer Brown [actor] has been awarded the 2015 Fresh Fruit Festival’s award for Outstanding Lead Performance in The Lears: Fools of Fortune.
February 2016
Imran W. Sheikh [actor] is play at Park Square Theatre in St. Paul Minnesota in March/ April. Love-Person by Aditi Kapil. Shows are from 3/18-4/10. Click HERE for more info.
January 2016
Michael Gnat [actor] will appear late February in Bill Rogers's Caldwell's Bomb, a dark comedy about domestic terrorism (and art), directed by Gerald vanHeerden.
December 2015
Joanne Dorian [actor] will be appearing as Marcella/Gertrude in a staged reading of a new comedy, The Ten Minute Hamlet, by Sharon Talbot, presented by Amas Musical Theatre on December 14th & 15th.
Allan Knee [playwright] has a new play opening at the Workshop Theatre Company. The author of The Man Who Was Peter Pan (original inspiration for Finding Neverland) The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchet runs from the December 3rd to 19th.
Michael Gnat [actor] will appear in Evan Smith's four-hander The Savannah Disputation, running November 27-December 20, 2015 at the cell theatre, directed by Articulate member, Katrin Hilbe.
November 2015
Allan Knee [playwright] has a new play opening at the Workshop Theatre Company. The author of The Man Who Was Peter Pan (original inspiration for Finding Neverland) The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchet runs from the December 3rd to 19th.
Michael Gnat [actor] will appear in Evan Smith's four-hander The Savannah Disputation, running November 27-December 20, 2015 at the cell theatre, directed by Articulate member, Katrin Hilbe.
Katrin Hilbe [director] will be directing a concert reading of J. Thalia Cunningham's play First, Do No Harm, February 4-6, 2016 for the WorkShop Theater Company.
Robin Rice [playwright] is participating in a writing challenge from Red Theatre (Chicago) to write a play each and every day in November. She says, "The prompts Red Theatre sends each day aren't simply words or situations,ut complex problems that require real thought and test your skill. This makes keeping up far from easy, but also acts as a strong learning tool. Since nobody's evaluating what I send, I can go wild."
Kelly Zekas' [actor] webseries, Joanne and Beth, which she co-created and starred in with Mariel Donnelly, will be screened at NYC Web Fest this Saturday, Nov 14th, at the PIT Loft 154 W. 29th St. Click here for Tickets
OCTOBER 2015
Robin Rice [playwright] has a world premiere opening at The Lounge Theatres in Hollywood, CA. In WOMEN w/o WALLS four women are trapped in an express subway train to an unknown destination. Inspired by Sartre's NO EXIT. Production is by Broads' Word Theatre, and is directed by Frances Loy of the Royal Shakespeare Company. November 7-December 12.
Amanda Prasow [actor] just wrapped the role of “Assistant Director” in The Café, Rob Asaro’s short comedy about a reality tv crew. She can be seen next in a staged reading of Laura Rorhman’s Hoboken with Rising Sun Peformance Company’s Laboratorium series on Wed, Nov 11.
Robert Verlaque [Actor] recently MC'd our tremendous toast to Circle Rep - "Circling Back." When he's not on stage, he's in front of a camera, starring in TV and film roles such as: "Reign" guest star as Court Doctor Wylkys to Queen Elizabeth I (airs Nov 20th 8pm on CW network); "The Games Maker," stars with Joseph Fiennes, Ed Asner, David Mazouz, Tom Cavanagh (opens in Canada in November 2015, US to follow); guest star as Laurent Bouchard in Marvel/Netflix series "Jessica Jones" (airs on Netflix December 2015); and stars opposite Logan Lerman, Tracy Letts in "Indignation," written and directed by Oscar winner James Schamus (premieres January 2016).
Karen Ledger [designer] is designing costumes for Mary Poppins at Northern Stage in Vermont.
Dennis Parichy [designer] just designed the lighting for Auctioning the Ainsleys at People’s Light & Theatre Co., Much Ado About Nothing for Frog and Peaches Theatre Co. at The Workshop Theatre and has been nominated for a Barrymore Award [Philadelphia] for Outstanding Lighting Design for The Cherry Orchard at People’s Light.
Denise Pence [actor] is teaching monthly at the SAG-AFTRA Conservatory Seminar "The Business of the Buzz."
Shetal Shah [actor] is performing in Macbeth (of the Oppressed) with Fab Marqee Productions, and her film, On Golden Years, won Best Feature Film at the International Film Festival Manhattan.
July 2015
Cynthia Shaw [actor] appears as Grandmother in Judy Klass’ futuristic retelling of the Moliere story in “After Tartuffe,” directed by Janet Bentley, at The Wild Project. With fellow Articulator Mary Monahan.
Carolyn Seiff [actor] played hard of hearing Ethel in the wonderful farce by Ken Ludwig, "Moon Over Buffalo", at the reimagined Shadowland Theatre in Ellenville, NY. The multi talented cast was delightfully directed by Artistic Director, Brendan Burke.
May 2015
Cynthia Shaw [actor] appears as Mrs. Winemiller in Tennessee Williams’ play "Summer and Smoke," directed by Terry Schreiber at T. Schreiber Studio.
FEBRUARY 2015
Victoria Medina’s [actor, author, photographic artist] American Spirit Exhibit photographic fine art featured in New York debut of the new musical Zuccotti Park, The Musical. Winner, 2015 NYC Venus/Adonis Theater Festival, Best Director, Luis Salgado, 2nd Place Best Play.
AUGUST 2014
Julian Elfer [Actor] will take on the lead role of "Charles" in Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit at Cape May Stage. Plan a road trip and get tickets here: http://www.capemaystage.org/main_production/blithe-spirit/
MAY 2014
Robin Rice Lichtig [playwright]'s play Allie's Appendix, is in Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. Surreal comedy with heart. Is truth the kindest medicine? May 18 (7:30), May 26 (9 pm), May 27 (4:30), May 31 (11:30 am), June 6 (7:30), June 7 (5). http://planetconnections.org/allies-appendix/
Joanne Dorian [Actor] shot an episode of a new crime re-enactment series for Discovery ID called MOMSTERS. Rosanne Barr will host by offering her commentary on each segment. The series will air later this year.
Cecilia Copeland [playwright] produces the season finale of NY Madness May 12th!
Cynthia Shaw [Actor] is in The Gallery Players Black Box Series of new one-act plays, in Judd Lear Silverman's play, Crackers. Two beautifully written inter-woven monologues are performed by two woman which ultimately bring the story full circle in a very creative way. Performances: June 5, 6 & 7 at 8:00 pm, June 8 at 3:00 pm.
Imran Sheikh [Actor] is doing a one-person show in San Francisco called Brahman/I: A One-Hijra Standup Show. Its about the life and times of a young intersexed person navigating the world via his identities as male, female, or both. http://www.crowdedfire.org/brahmani/
JANUARY 2014
Julian Elfer [Actor] Julian worked with the New York Shakespeare Exchange on the Sonnet Project. You can see the video here: http://sonnetprojectnyc.com/portfolio/featured-video/
NOVEMBER 2013
Robert Verlaque [Actor, Director, Teacher, Playwright] Just finished production on Disney's "The Games Maker (due out Spring of 2014) in a lead role opposite Joseph Fiennes, Ed Asner. Played "William Wilson" in Season 4 of Boardwalk Empire (episode 7), and guest starred on NBC's "Saving Hope." Also did a national commerical for Scotiabank iTrade. On the theatrical front, Bob recently directed new plays by John Patrick Shanley, Robert Askins, Don Nigro for NyLonFusion. He is also the author of original play Icarus Sings which is in pre-production in Oregon following a workshop in Toronto.
Katrin Hilbe [Director] Katrin has two events coming up. First is a reading of Crossing the Line by J. Thalia Cunningham, which is part of Workshop Theater Company's Sunday @6 series and takes place on Nov 10. And then on Dec 5th, she is directing a production of John McKinney's Unprimed as part of the SuperShorts Festival. You can get more info here.
Kelly Zekas and Mariel Matero [Actors, Producers] have created and filmed their own webseries, "Joanne and Beth" which premiered its first episode recently. Check out the episode here, and give 'em a vote if you like what you see! You can also check out their Facebook page by clicking on the names above.
Cecilia Copeland [Playwright] The Lark Play Development Center is holding a Round Table reading of Cecilia's new play, Atlantis Unearthed, on November 21st.
OCTOBER 2013
Cecelia Copeland [Playwright, Founding Member] The world premier production of her play, Light of Night, opens on October 10th at Iati Theater! Read more about the real life inspiration for the play from the playwright herself: click here.
Robin Rice Lichtig's [Playwright] bizarre little play Escape in a White Toyota will be on stage in Emerging Artists Theatre's New Works series. (5 p.m., Saturday, October 19, TADA! Theatre, 15 W. 28th St., 3rd floor). Toyota is being expanded to full length thanks to readings in ATC's Artists Salon.
Eric Percival [Actor, Founding Member] can next be seen Off-Broadway in My Purple Wig, produced by Heiress Productions, a not-for-profit organization committed to raising cancer awareness. Eric plays a husband thrown into serio-comic turmoil by his quirky wife's cancer diagnosis.
Richard Dezmond (Zekaria) [Actor, Founding Member] has been cast in Theatre For A New City's Samantha and the Glass Ceiling.
Julian Elfer [Actor] will take on the lead role of "Charles" in Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit at Cape May Stage. Plan a road trip and get tickets here: http://www.capemaystage.org/main_production/blithe-spirit/
MAY 2014
Robin Rice Lichtig [playwright]'s play Allie's Appendix, is in Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. Surreal comedy with heart. Is truth the kindest medicine? May 18 (7:30), May 26 (9 pm), May 27 (4:30), May 31 (11:30 am), June 6 (7:30), June 7 (5). http://planetconnections.org/allies-appendix/
Joanne Dorian [Actor] shot an episode of a new crime re-enactment series for Discovery ID called MOMSTERS. Rosanne Barr will host by offering her commentary on each segment. The series will air later this year.
Cecilia Copeland [playwright] produces the season finale of NY Madness May 12th!
Cynthia Shaw [Actor] is in The Gallery Players Black Box Series of new one-act plays, in Judd Lear Silverman's play, Crackers. Two beautifully written inter-woven monologues are performed by two woman which ultimately bring the story full circle in a very creative way. Performances: June 5, 6 & 7 at 8:00 pm, June 8 at 3:00 pm.
Imran Sheikh [Actor] is doing a one-person show in San Francisco called Brahman/I: A One-Hijra Standup Show. Its about the life and times of a young intersexed person navigating the world via his identities as male, female, or both. http://www.crowdedfire.org/brahmani/
JANUARY 2014
Julian Elfer [Actor] Julian worked with the New York Shakespeare Exchange on the Sonnet Project. You can see the video here: http://sonnetprojectnyc.com/portfolio/featured-video/
NOVEMBER 2013
Robert Verlaque [Actor, Director, Teacher, Playwright] Just finished production on Disney's "The Games Maker (due out Spring of 2014) in a lead role opposite Joseph Fiennes, Ed Asner. Played "William Wilson" in Season 4 of Boardwalk Empire (episode 7), and guest starred on NBC's "Saving Hope." Also did a national commerical for Scotiabank iTrade. On the theatrical front, Bob recently directed new plays by John Patrick Shanley, Robert Askins, Don Nigro for NyLonFusion. He is also the author of original play Icarus Sings which is in pre-production in Oregon following a workshop in Toronto.
Katrin Hilbe [Director] Katrin has two events coming up. First is a reading of Crossing the Line by J. Thalia Cunningham, which is part of Workshop Theater Company's Sunday @6 series and takes place on Nov 10. And then on Dec 5th, she is directing a production of John McKinney's Unprimed as part of the SuperShorts Festival. You can get more info here.
Kelly Zekas and Mariel Matero [Actors, Producers] have created and filmed their own webseries, "Joanne and Beth" which premiered its first episode recently. Check out the episode here, and give 'em a vote if you like what you see! You can also check out their Facebook page by clicking on the names above.
Cecilia Copeland [Playwright] The Lark Play Development Center is holding a Round Table reading of Cecilia's new play, Atlantis Unearthed, on November 21st.
OCTOBER 2013
Cecelia Copeland [Playwright, Founding Member] The world premier production of her play, Light of Night, opens on October 10th at Iati Theater! Read more about the real life inspiration for the play from the playwright herself: click here.
Robin Rice Lichtig's [Playwright] bizarre little play Escape in a White Toyota will be on stage in Emerging Artists Theatre's New Works series. (5 p.m., Saturday, October 19, TADA! Theatre, 15 W. 28th St., 3rd floor). Toyota is being expanded to full length thanks to readings in ATC's Artists Salon.
Eric Percival [Actor, Founding Member] can next be seen Off-Broadway in My Purple Wig, produced by Heiress Productions, a not-for-profit organization committed to raising cancer awareness. Eric plays a husband thrown into serio-comic turmoil by his quirky wife's cancer diagnosis.
Richard Dezmond (Zekaria) [Actor, Founding Member] has been cast in Theatre For A New City's Samantha and the Glass Ceiling.
