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New works by John Guare, Neil LaBute headline Nuyorican Poets Cafe theater festival

Posted by:	Official_Press_Release 02:34 pm EDT 03/19/14

New works by JOHN GUARE and NEIL LABUTE headline "NINE SIGNS OF THE TIMES" at Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 4/11-13 New dramatic works by Tony-winning playwright John Guare (House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation) and dramatist, screenwriter and film director Neil LaBute (In the Company of Men, The Shape of Things and Reasons to be Pretty) highlight a three-night festival of new short plays and monologues at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe (236 East 3rd Street). Proceeds from the festival will benefit the Cafe's literacy and afterschool programs, which serve thousands of students from disadvantaged communities. Nine Signs of the Times, a sequel to the 2007 festival Five Story Walkup and the 2010 festival Seven Card Draw, runs April 11-13 at 7:00pm. Nine Signs of the Times showcases new plays and monologues by nine authors: LaBute, Guare, gothic monologist Clay McLeod Chapman, playwright and actress Halley Feiffer, bilingual dramatist Caridad Svich, playwrights Quincy Long and Laura Shaine, dramatist/librettist Daniel F. Levin and the festival's producer/creator, Daniel Gallant (director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe). Collectively, Five Story Walk Up and Seven Card Draw (which featured new works by Guare, LaBute, Chapman, Long, Shaine, Levin and Gallant) raised tens of thousands of dollars for arts and education programs. All the short works that premiered during Five Story Walk Up and Seven Card Draw were subsequently published in installments of Applause Books' anthology series The Best American Short Plays. Nine Signs of the Times features nine compelling new works about life transitions and the pivotal moments that shape our identities. John Guare's short play "Between" depicts a contentious meeting between a couple who tangle with memories and affections. In Neil LaBute's monologue "Old Boyfriend", a young woman recalls a complicated romance and its impact on her friendships. Caridad Svich (winner of the 2012 OBIE for lifetime achievement) contributes "This Side of New York," in which former lovers reunite after many missed connections. A short play by Halley Feiffer (who starred in The Squid and the Whale, He's Way More Famous Then You and You Can Count on Me) explores the faltering relationship between two alcoholics, one of whom tries to win the other's affection by blowing her a glass sculpture. Celebrated monologist Clay McLeod Chapman (creator of "The Pumpkin Pie Show" and author of the books rest area, miss corpus and Homeroom Headhunters) will perform "The Wet Echo," a darkly comic work about a turn-of-the-century explorer who stumbles upon the discovery of a lifetime: the female anatomy. The prolific Quincy Long (whose plays have been staged at venues including the Mark Taper Forum, the Atlantic Theater Company, E.S.T. and South Coast Rep) will premier a new short work during the festival. Laura Shaine (author of popular plays and memoirs including Sleeping Arrangements and Beautiful Bodies) contributes "iBaby," in which electronics probe deep into a young woman's intimate life and impregnate her with a phone. Daniel F. Levin (author of the New-York-Times-lauded holiday show Hee-Haw: It's a Wonderful Li_e and the musicals Spandex and To Paint the Earth) conjures "Alt-Visions," a dark sci-fi tale about a visionary inmate. And Daniel Gallant's "Diminished, then Augmented" follows a logician who is hired by the mob to track a turncoat. Nine Signs of the Times will run for only three performances at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe; tickets are now available at www.nuyorican.org NINE SIGNS OF THE TIMES A festival of new short plays and monologues Featuring new works by: John Guare, Laura Shaine, Daniel F. Levin, Neil LaBute, Clay McLeod Chapman, Halley Feiffer, Quincy Long, Caridad Svich and Daniel Gallant. Created and Produced by: Daniel Gallant Proceeds will benefit the Nuyorican Poets Cafe's educational programs. At the NUYORICAN POETS CAFE 236 East 3rd Street (between Avenues B and C) Subway: F to 2nd Ave or Essex/Delancey, M to Essex/Delancey PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE Friday, April 11 at 7:00PM; Saturday, April 12 at 7:00PM; Sunday, April 13 at 7:00PM TICKET PRICES $20 in advance; $25 at the door; $12 for students at the door with valid ID TO PURCHASE TICKETS: Visit www.nuyorican.org or call 212-780-9386 FOR DIRECTIONS OR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAFE, Visit www.nuyorican.org or call 212-780-9386 John Guare's plays include Free Man of Color (Pulitzer Prize finalist), 3 Kinds of Exile, House of Blue Leaves (NY Drama Critics Circle Award); Six Degrees of Separation (NY Drama Critics Circle Award; London's Olivier Award Best play); Gold Medal in Drama, American Academy of Arts and Letters; Lifetime Achievement Dramatists Guild 2014. Neil LaBute's plays include Bash: Latter-Day Plays, The Shape of Things, The Distance from Here, The Mercy Seat, Fat Pig, Some Girl(s), Wrecks, In a Dark Dark House. His films include: In the Company of Men; Your Friends & Neighbors; Nurse Betty; Possession; The Shape of Things; The Wicker Man; Lakeview Terrace; Death at a Funeral; Some Girl(s). Caridad Svich has written over 40 plays and 30 translations. She received a 2012 OBIE for Lifetime Achievement, the 2013 National Latino Playwriting Award and 2011 American Theatre Critics Association Primus Prize. Her plays include 12 Ophelias, Iphigenia, and The House of the Spirits. An alumnus of New Dramatists, she founded NoPassport theatre alliance. Halley Feiffer's play "How To Make Friends and then Kill Them" premiered this fall, and she is working on a new play commission for MTC. Her acting credits include the upcoming production of "The Substance of Fire" and the films "The Squid and the Whale", "You Can Count on Me" and "He's Way More Famous Than You," which she also co-wrote. Quincy Long's plays - which include The Huntsmen, People Be Heard, The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite and The Lively Lad - have been produced at Playwrights Horizons, Atlantic Theatre, Mark Tamper Forum, Soho Rep, the Humana Festival, Berkeley Rep, South Coast Rep, and many other venues. His current projects include two play commissions and a TV pilot. Clay McLeod Chapman is the creator of The Pumpkin Pie Show. Books: rest area (short stories), miss corpus (novel), and Homeroom Headhunters (middlegrade). Films: Late Bloomer (Sundance 2005) and Henley (Sundance 2012). Theatre: Hostage Song (with Kyle Jarrow), and SCKBSTD (with Bruce Hornsby). Comics: The Avengers and Amazing Spider-Man. Laura Shaine is an author, journalist and playwright. She debuted at Steppenwolf in Chicago, and her play Beautiful Bodies has attained a global following (it's currently playing in 11 countries). She is also the author of the best-selling memoirs Sleeping Arrangements and A Place in the Country. Her new novel and a third memoir will be published in 2014. Daniel F. Levin's play HEE-HAW: It's a Wonderful Li_e was called a "delightful surprise" by the New York Times. Recent credits include SPANDEX the MUSICAL and TO PAINT THE EARTH. Daniel has received fellowships from the Dramatists Guild and MacDowell Colony as well as the Richard Rodgers Development Award for New Musicals. Daniel Gallant is the Executive Director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. He previously served as Director of Theater & Talk Programs at 92Y's Makor and Tribeca centers. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Crain's, Daily News & NYPost; on MTV, NBC, NY1, CBS, Univision, BBC; and in anthologies from Vintage Books & Applause.

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