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Robin Rice [playwright] is adapting BEFORE YESTERDAY into a screenplay, per the request of a director who saw it at our most recent Articulating the Arts.

October 2019
Robin Rice [playwright]. Robin's play, Not Still Life, originally written for our first Articulating the Arts, will be produced by Playwrights for Pets in a benefit for rescued pets in NYC.

Katrin Hilbe [director]. Katrin will be back in NYC directing an AEA showcase of Tom Block's absurdist play Duck at IRT, running from October 17 to November 3rd. 

September 2019
Michael Gnat [Actor] will appear as 'Ed' in Morgan Dean's gripping  full-length Thick Blood, Thick Water. Directed by J. Mehr Kaur, the play will run Sept. 12–14 & 19–21, all shows at 7pm, at The Tank, 312 West 36th St., NYC. www.thetanknyc.org/calendar-1/2019/9/19/thick-blood-thick-water-t929f

Katrin Hilbe [director]. September 14, Katrin is directing four out of eight monologues written by eight European writers around the broad theme of IDENTITY EUROPE.  This evening is a co-production between the Theater Liechtenstein, Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar,  Les Théatres de la Ville de Luxembourg. The production will be also presented in Prague as part of the festival of German theatre in Prague. 

August 2019
Cynthia Shaw [playwright] will be performing her one-woman show, Velvet Determination ~ a musical journey about wrong notes, hard knocks, and the keys to success ~ at The Capital Fringe, Galway Fringe and Boulder Fringe Festivals this July and August.  For more information about the performances and ticket information, please go to www.velvetdetermination.com

Sharon Talbot [actor, playwright] is working on a comedic solo show, A WASP Goes to Israel, about her life on an Israeli army base in August of ’86 for a program called “Volunteers for Israel." 

Michael Gnat [Actor] will appear as Anton in Frank Ceruzzi's excellent new full-length, Round Went the Wheel: Directed by Janet Bentley (of "#Bastille" in AtA5), the play will run August 13, 14, & 17 in the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival at the Lion Theatre, www.broadwayboundfestival.com/book-online.

July 2019
Katrin Hilbe [director] has a European summer! She directs Mozart's  DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE for the Berlin Opera Academy in Berlin, a program for singers at the beginning of their careers who would like to start their professional lives in the German opera house system. Performances on July 17 & 18.

Cynthia Shaw [actor] After winning “Best Festival Debut” at the 2018 United Solo Festival at Theatre Row, and “Best Solo Show” at the 2019 Pittsburgh Fringe Festival, Cynthia Shaw will be performing her piano-based one-woman show, Velvet Determination ~ a musical journey about wrong notes, hard knocks, and the keys to success ~ at The Capital Fringe in Washington, DC, July 9-16, and at The Galway Fringe, July 22-28.

Dennis Parichy [designer] is designing Our Town at The People’s Light & Theatre Company.

Robin Rice [playwright] has a monologue, Rescuing Roberta, being published by Smith & Kraus, which will be produced by Headspace Ensemble.

Bara Swain [Playwright] Choose will be produced in Summer Shorts, Theatre Workshop of Owensboro (KY) on July 19, 21, and 27).  Her play, The Wonder of You, will be produced in the FAB Women @ Barrow Group One Act Play Festival (NYC).  Dates TBA.  Three webisodes for City Kitties (Herring, James Bond, and The Sweater) that will be released this summer (https://chapthree.com/citykitty).

David Palmer Brown [Actor] is playing 'Porthos' in The Man in the Iron Mask with Hudson Warehouse.

Morry Campbell [designer] is designing the soundscape for Bar Dykes. This summer of Stonewall 50 and World Pride, The Other Side Of Silence (TOSOS), NYC’s longest-producing LGTBQ+ theater company, continues to honor our community’s history by presenting the NYC premiere of Merril Mushroom’s long-lost play, BAR DYKES.

June 2019
Katrin Hilbe [director] has been elected Executive Vice President of the League of Professional Theatre Women, and is excited to become even more immersed in this amazing organization.

Robin Rice [playwright] has a short play, It's All in the Breast, being produced by the Haddonfield Players in Haddonfield, NJ.

David Palmer Brown [Actor] performed with "Shakespeare With Benefits" to benefit the Fort Revere Park, in Hull, Massachusetts.

Robin Rice [playwright] put two new plays onto the New Play Exchange, both of which were given early readings at Articulate's Artists Salons: Pecking Order, and A Wolf, A Rabbit and A Crow Walk into Tomorrow (Robin always has the BEST play titles!)

Dennis Parichy [designer] is designing Gladstone Hollow, A Farm Play at The Schoolhouse Theater.

Bara Swain [Playwright] The Wonder of You will be produced in the 2019 Solstice Showcase One Act Festival, The Barn Theatre, NJ (June 14-16).

Denise Pence [Playwright] booked the role of "upscale granny" in the upcoming Sub-Zero 2019 International Print Ad Campaign.  She is also heading to Winter Park, FL this month to pitch the original musical, Good Girls Only, written by Charlie Leipart, based on stories from women who resided at the famed Rehearsal Club residence. Denise also put together a demo from self-tape callbacks which you can see here: https://youtu.be/OYuQLltf7yA

Scott C. Sickles [playwright] His ten-minute play Miracle and Her Minion was produced by Nylon Fusion Theatre Company as part of This Round's On Us: What's the Big Idea? Myth/Reality festival on June 7 & 8, directed by Janet Bentley

May 2019
Robert Verlaque [Actor] shot a featured role in Star Trek, which will air in the Fall.

Scott C. Sickles [playwright] MadLab in Columbus, Ohio, presents his ten-minute science fiction drama Outpost as part of its Borgs night of Theater Roulette from May 11 thru 25.

David Palmer Brown [Actor] received the "Box Office Gold" Award for artistic merit and furthering the mission of the Hudson Warehouse.

Bara Swain [Playwright] Bara was designated as a finalist for the prestigious City Theatre National Award for Short Playwriting for her play, Extraordinary (FL). 

Kevin Gilmartin [Actor] performed one of the leading roles, Frank, in the new play The Battles of Richmond Hill by Penny Jackson, directed by Kathy Gail MacGowan. From April 26th - May 11th at the HERE Arts Center. It received 4 glowing reviews for the play and some very nice mentions for Kevin.

April 2019
Scott C. Sickles [playwright] Marianas Trench, the first play in Scott's new science fiction trilogy, was named a Finalist for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 2019 National Playwrights Conference. While the play ultimately will not be presented in the Conference, being one of 67 Finalists out of over 1,400 submissions ain't bad.

Bara Swain [Playwright] In addition to the Articulating the Arts production of Yearning for Peace, her one-act play, The Wonder of You, was produced in the Fine Arts Association 22nd Annual One-Act Festival (OH).  The radio play version of Can You Hear Me Now? was featured in the Radio Theatre Project@620 Mother’s Day broadcast (FL). 

Dennis Parichy [designer] is designing the lights for The Color of Light at The Schoolhouse Theater, and For Peter Pan on the Occasion of Her 70th Birthday for the People's Light and Theatre Company.

March 2019
Scott C. Sickles [playwright] made his professional LORT regional theater debut at The Repertory Theater of St Louis with the world premiere of Nonsense and Beauty. A biographical drama about E. M. Forster (A Room With A View, A Passage to India), Sickles completed the first draft in 1995. After 24 years of readings, rejections and waiting, the play won the 2016 Dayton Playhouse FutureFest before being selected as part of the Rep's 2018 Ignite! reading series, from which it was selected for this production, which ran from March 6 thru 24.

Bara Swain [Playwright] In March, Bara’s play, Responsible was produced in Short+Sweet Theatre Dubai, The Junction (UAE) and Turn! Turn! Turn! (Originally created for Articulating the Arts) was produced at the Tom Mann Theatre, Sydney, Australia.  Pandemonium premiered at the Open Fist Theatre Company’s annual political pop-up in L.A.  Bara also produced an evening of staged readings by women playwrights at Urban Stages, “The Opinion Pieces.”  Participants included Articulate members Wendy Mae Shelton and Carolyn Seiff.

Scott C. Sickles [playwright] His ten-minute play Hand on Heart was produced by Nylon Fusion Theatre Company as part of This Round's On Us: Can You Touch/Feel Me? festival on March 22 & 33, directed by Shira-Lee Shalit.

February 2019
Bara Swain [Playwright] The Wonder of You was produced in Artistic New Directions’ one act festival in February at Theatre 54 (NYC).  Her short play, I Love Lucy, was produced in Australia at the Tom Mann Theatre (Sydney).

Scott C. Sickles [playwright] rewrote Hamlet. You're welcome!!! His adaptation, Frailty, Thy Name, examines the events of Shakespeare's tragedy strictly from Gertrude and Ophelia's perspectives, asking what they could have done if they were able to take action. Frailty, Thy Name was presented as a staged reading, directed by DeLisa M. White, by Reign or Shine Productions as part of their Seeing Double series.

January 2019
Michael Gnat [Actor] will reprise his role as Troy, the gun instructor, in Sam Graber's Shooter, performing in Liechtenstein, Konstanz (Ger.), and Rome during January 2019. The show is once again directed, and the tour organized, by Katrin Hilbe.

Bara Swain [Playwright] In January, Planned Obsolescence premiered at The Gallery Players, NYC.  Bara also received The Standing Ovation Award for her plays I Love Lucy and Can You Hear Me Now? (The Actors Institute).  Smith & Kraus anthologized I Love Lucy in Best Ten Minute Plays 2019.

SEPTEMBER 2018
Bara Swain [playwright] Extraordinary has been selected for NJ Rep’s West End Festival of the Arts (2018 Theatre Brut), in response to the theme “When the Circus Comes to Town.”  Performances are in September.

Robin Rice [playwright] drama Embracing the Undertoad, will receive a staged reading at the Wohl Center (647 Columbus Ave., NYC) at 7:30 on September 17 and a reading for industry at the Dramatist Guild Fund's Piano Room on September 20 at 1:30.

AUGUST 2018
Kevin Gilmartin [actor] will perform the leading role in the new play Adele's Way by Dennis Porter to be directed by Joan Kane on August 21st (8:30 PM), 24th(8:30 PM), and 26th(1:30 PM) for the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, at The Theater at the 14th Street Y.

JULY 2018
Robert Verlaque [actor] stars as 'Aradar' in coming "Star Trek-Discovery", shooting in July for CBS All Access. His short film "JOB in Purgatory" is in competition at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.

Kevin Gilmartin  [actor] performed the lead role in a staged reading of a new play Adele's Way" by Dennis Porter and directed by Joan Kane. This was part of the TRU Voices reading series held at Soho Playhouse.


JUNE 2018
Kevin Gilmartin [actor] had a film in which he plays the leading role, Into The Dark, open in competition in the Soho International Film Festival here in NYC. The film was directed by Ben Berger of TV's The Blacklist.

Cynthia Shaw [actor] will be performing in a stage reading of a new play by ATC member, Sharon Talbot, entitled The Morning Girls on June 5th.  For more information, contact Cynthia at www.cynthiashaw.us

Joanne Dorian [actor] performed in one night of NY MADNESS: Who Holds the Leash? on May 27 at The Kraine Theatre in a new short play, Dog Fancy, by Edmond Malin, sharing the stage with Sergei Burbank, and directed by Cat Parker.

Denise Pence [producer and actress] produced the 105th Anniversary Event for the Rehearsal Club.  Kim Cattrall, Chita Rivera, Carol Burnett, Anita Gillette and Blythe Danner are the stars supporting by donating their celebrity gowns to our "silent" auction. More info available here: http://www.rehearsalclubnyc.com/105th-anniversary-celebration

Bara Swain [playwright] The Wonder of You was chosen for a June production at The Old Opera House 17th Annual New Voice Play Festival in West Virginia.  BROOKLYN v. MANHATTAN will be produced at The Players Theatre Short Play Festival in June. Bara is also producing the event, The June Plays, at Urban Stages on June 24th at 3:00pm, featuring five female writers.

Robin Rice [playwright] one-act play Wrong Way, Dude has been licensed by Drama Notebook.

MAY 2018
Michael Gnat [actor] will appear as 'Paul' in three free stage readings (May 10-12, 7pm each night) of Ashes and a Dream by Linda Segal Crawley, dir. Leslie Kincaid Burby: Workshop Theater Jewel Box.

Carolyn Seiff [actor] is appearing in the Sondheim/Goldman musical, “Follies” as Solange, singing Aah Paree, at the Astoria Performing Arts Center, from May 3rd - May 19th; Thurs, Fri at 8pm, Sat 2pm and 8pm.  For tickets: www.apacny.org

Robin Rice [playwright] always has A LOT going on! Here's a few places you can experience her work:
 -- ALICE IN BLACK AND WHITE. A full-length drama about the real life woman who became the first female photo-journalist, choosing photography and another woman over marriage and babies. Available at the Drama Book Shop and from Original Works Publishing: https://www.originalworksonline.com/AliceInBlackandWhite
 -- HUMANS REMAIN. Cultures clash in this highly theatrical, diverse, full-length drama that combines myth, magic and the mundane in a story about a real, extended family living in the hills of northern New Jersey. Blue Moon Plays: https://havescripts.com/product/humans-remain/
 -- HONEY'S SMILE. A one act with music to be performed by children. A girl tries to become someone else in order to avoid leaving her island home. Her friends -- birds, plants, fish -- finally convince her that being herself is the way to go. From YouthPLAYS: https://www.youthplays.com/play/honeys-smile-by-robin-rice-497
 -- ROSES TO PLAN. A one-act about an elderly Jewish couple who are faced with a funny but very difficult decision. From Art Age Publications: https://www.seniortheatre.com/product/roses-to-plan/

Dennis Parichy [lighting designer] has designed The Diary of Anne Frank for People’s Light & Theatre Co.,  Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Sheen Center NYC, Verdi’s Giovanna d’Arco in Boston, Eleanor Roosevelt, Her Secret Journey at the Schoolhouse Theatre and Flight of the Ibis at The Theatre of Riverside Church. He will finish the season with a new play, The Dog in the Dressing Room at the Schoolhouse Theatre.

Katrin Hilbe [director] directs a workshop of  The Brothers Khan by George Pfirrmann, in preparation for a production at the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival in NYC in August. She is also writing  for European Stages, a publication of CUNY and running for the board of the League of Professional Theatre Women.

Cynthia Shaw [actor] performed the lead role in a new play by Bill Considine at The Medicine Show Theatre on April 30 and May 1.  ATC member, David Palmer Brown played her husband. For more information contact Cynthia at www.cynthiashaw.us

Bara Swain [playwright] was awarded 2nd prize for Best Script in the Short+Sweet Canberra Festival in Australia for her play, I Love Lucy.  An excerpt from her play, Rachel Holds Court, is anthologized in a new collection that launched this month, “Later Chapters: The Best Scenes and Monologues for Actors Over 50.”  A monologue from Turn! Turn! Turn! has been selected for “The Best Women’s Stage Monologues of 2018.”  First Do No Harm won the “What She Said Fest” at the Duluth Playhouse.

OCTOBER 2017
Stark Wilz [actor] appeared as Nigel Haversham in Neville Mur’s “A Transylvania Tale” in late October at Manhattan’s Polaris North Theatre, part of its Plays and Prestidigitation Series – “The Fright Edition” –  timed to coincide with Halloween.  The show is Admission Free.

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.

Dennis Parichy [designer] will be designing Donizetti’s The Siege of Calais for the Odyssey Opera Co. of Boston in October. He has just done an hour-and-a-half lighting design presentation for “The Pirate University” – a training program of Corporate Audio Visual Services for their staff . He will be designing The Enlightment of Mr. Mole, a new adaptation of The Wind in the Willows and The Gift of the Magi for the Schoolhouse Theatre in November and December, followed by Morning’s at Seven for People’s Light & Theatre Co.

Katrin Hilbe [director] directs Ful Nabit by J. Thalia Cunningham for the Theater Brut festival of New Jersey Rep, October 1st. Katrin is also busy producing as co-chair the 2017 Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award of the League of Professional Theatre Women, honoring Dutch theatre artist Adelheid Roosen.

SEPTEMBER 2017
Eric Seigel [director] will be directing the TED NYC Global Event at Town Hall on September 20th.

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.

Russell Jordan [actor] reprises the role of 'Donovan' in The Other Side of Silence’s (TOSOS) production of Doric Wilson’s Street Theater, directed by Mark Finley. (New York Innovative Theatre nomination for Outstanding Ensemble and won Outstanding Revival of a Play.) Performs at The Eagle Bar NYC from September 20-October 4, 2017. More info at www.tososnyc.org.

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.

Cynthia Shaw [actor] is appearing in two staged readings: as volatile 'Diane' in Sharon Talbot’s The Morning Girls, Monday, September 18 at R-G Studio, 520 8th Avenue. For complimentary tickets please contact Sharon at sharontalbot2@aol.com. The second reading is three roles in three short plays by Lee Mullican at The James Cohan Gallery, 533 W. 26th Street.  Saturday, October 21, 8 pm.  Contact Cynthia for ticket information.  cynthiashawactor@gmail.com.  She will also have a brief appearance in the comedic film, John Brothers Gym by Jerry Mathew, at the Katra Festival on Saturday, September 16 starting at 5 pm.  For tickets http://katrafilmseries.com/tickets/

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.

Helen Abell [actor] is in Logan Lucky, directed by Steven Soderbergh. In theatres August 18th.

Sergei Burbank [actor] has been named resident playwright with Quick Silver Theater Company. www.quicksilvertheater.com

Robert Verlaque [actor] guest stars in  1/2 hour comedy "Working Moms" season Two, on CBC, Canada, airing in the US shortly. Look for his guest star appearance on "Wynonna Earp" on SYFY channel, Season Two, airing now and on demand.  He is also In post-production for "Job in Purgatory", a short film he wrote and directed.


Cynthia Shaw [actor] is shooting a supporting role in Albert Dabah’s long awaited baseball film based on his childhood growing up as a Syrian Jew in Brooklyn who wanted to be a major league baseball player.  Add to that, depression and suicide are very prevalent in his family.  Starring Albert Dabah and directed by Albert Dabah and Brian Drillinger.  Extra Innings.  Website:  http://www.extrainningsmovie.com/

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.

Robin Rice [playwright] - LISTEN! THE RIVER is about a Maine Coon cat who is a catalyst for change in the lives of diverse humans. A staged reading with ATC actors, directed by Tom Slot. Planet Connections Theatre Festivity (July 6 and 8). http://planetconnections.org/2017-staged-readings/

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.
Robin Rice [playwright] will have a production of EVERYDAY EDNA MAE, a full-length play about a woman who never gives up her dream. Planet Connections Theatre Festivity (June 15, 20, 22). http://planetconnections.org/2017-full-productions/
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.