| The personal meets the partisan at Breitwisch Farm | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 04:23 pm EST 01/19/18 | |
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| ESPERANCE THEATER COMPANY Proudly Presents BREITWISCH FARM Inspired by Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, set in the swing stage of Wisconsin. Written by JEREMY J. KAMPS Starring DANAYA ESPERANZA*, KATIE HARTKE*, WILL MANNING*, CHARLIE MURPHY*, MARIA PEYRAMAURE*, ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ*, JOE TAPPER*, and KATIE WIELAND* Directed by RYAN QUINN LIMITED ENGAGEMENT MARCH 2 – 16, 2018 AT TOWN STAGES OPENING NIGHT IS SUNDAY, MARCH 4 AT 6:00 P.M. TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT ESPERANCETHEATERCOMPANY.ORG ESPERANCE THEATER COMPANY is pleased to present the world premiere production of BREITWISCH FARM, a new play inspired by Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard, written by Jeremy J. Kamps, and directed by Ryan Quinn. BREITWISCH FARM will play a three-week limited engagement at Town Stages (221 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013). Performances begin Friday, March 2 and continue through Saturday, March 17, 2018. Opening Night is Sunday, March 4 (6:00 p.m.). Tickets are $30 available at www.esperancetheatercompany.org In homage to Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, this ensemble play examines the disappearing middle class in the swing state of Wisconsin. It’s the era of Tea Partiers, undocumented “Dreamers,” organic farming and fracking — and they all collide in a small community where being nice and rooting for the Packers are bond. While the story backdrop is rife with harsh political realities, the singular story core is in the heart and humanity of the characters’ lives. The personal meets the partisan, community meets capitalism and local meets global at Breitwisch Farm. Starring Danaya Esperanza* (New York Theatre Workshop’s Mary Jane), Katie Hartke* (Bedlam’s Sense and Sensibility), Will Manning*, Charlie Murphy* (The Public’s All’s Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure), Maria Peyramaure*, Alejandro Rodriguez* (King Lear with Billy Porter), Joe Tapper* (Broadway revival of You Can’t Take It With You; The Public’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream), and Katie Wieland* (The Public’s All’s Well That Ends Well). Featuring scenic design by Alexander Woodward, costume design by Kaitlyn McDonald, lighting design by Leslie Smith, and sound design by William Neal. Emily C. Rolston* is the production stage manager, and Chie Morita is the production manager. BREITWISCH FARM plays the following performances through Friday, March 16th: Friday, March 2nd at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3rd at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 4th at 6:00 p.m. Mon, March 5th at 7:30 p.m. Tue, March 6th at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 9th at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 12th at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 13th at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 16th at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 and are now available online at www.esperancetheatercompany.org. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the box office half-hour prior to the performance. Running Time: 2 Hours and 10 minutes (including a ten minute intermission) Website: www.esperancetheatercompany.org Direct link to purchase tickets: www.artful.ly/store/events/14249 *Appearing Courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association. BIOGRAPHIES JEREMY J. KAMPS (Playwright) is a current member of the Public Theater Emerging Writers Group, Playwright-in-Residence for Esperance Theater Company and Spectrum Theater Ensemble. Recent productions include Runaway Home at the Fountain Theater in Los Angeles and 13th Point at The Public Theater Joe’s Pub. His plays have received awards and recognition including: The William Saroyan Human Rights Award Finalist 2016, Page 73 Semi-Finalist (2017), The Ruby Lloyd Apsey Award (Gutting), The Goldberg Prize, Woodward International Playwriting (What It Means To Disappear Here), Hudson Valley Writers Center and the NYU Festival of New Works (Water Hyacinth). Selected productions include Gutting, presented by the National Black Theatre of Harlem in Fall of 2015, What It Means To Disappear Here (Ugly Rhino, NYC) in spring of 2013. His work has been produced/developed with Esperance Theater Company, Company Cypher at the National Black Theatre of Harlem, Ugly Rhino, Dixon Place, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, The Amoralists and New York Theatre Workshop. His fiction has received publication in The Madison Review as well as the H.E. Francis Award (“The Source of Everything”), the Tom Howard/John Reid Fiction Prize (“Drawing Water”), The Little Patuxent (“Locked Out”), Lamar York Prize finalist and recognition in Glimmertrain, Inkwell, The Caribbean Writer, and New Millenium. Also an educator and activist, Jeremy has lived and worked for lengthy periods of time in Latin America, India and East Africa where he focused on support and empowerment for former child soldiers, displaced peoples and child rights. He received the Theatre Communications Group “On the Road” grant in 2015 to return to Kenya where he conducted drama workshops as part of his research for a new play on flower farms. After 8 years as a full-time middle school classroom teacher, Kamps has facilitated drama and writing workshops around the world and of all ages. His most recent partnerships being with Rikers Island Correctional Facilities and Newark Community Solutions focused on men re-entering society after incarceration. MFA: New York University Tisch School of the Arts in Dramatic Writing. Upcoming: Runaway Home at Southern Repertory Theater (NYC). RYAN QUINN (Director) serves as the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Esperance Theater Company. For Esperance he has directed Twelfth Night, and Youth and Ambition. Additionally, he has directed for The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Romeo and Juliet, The Two Noble Kinsmen, and Macbeth), The Milwaukee Rep (So Thrive My Soul, and upcoming in summer of ’18 Lost Girl), Long Island Post University, TinyRhino, NYU’s Atlantic Acting School, and NYU’s MFA Playwriting Program and others. As an actor Ryan most recently worked at The American Repertory Theater in Sense and Sensibility. Off-Broadway: Whorl Inside a Loop at Second Stage; The Killer, Antony and Cleopatra, King Lear, and Hamlet at Theater for a New Audience, Vanity Fair at The Pearl and Dead Dog Park at 59E59th. He is most proud of returning to Wisconsin to perform Eugene in Yellowman at Milwaukee Rep, and with his eight seasons with The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Regionally, he has also worked at The Old Globe, Yale Repertory Theater, and many others. Ryan received his BA in Theater from the University of Wisconsin Madison, and then attended The Yale School of Drama, where he received his MFA in acting. ESPERANCE THEATER COMPANY is an NYC-based theater company, founded in 2015 by Ryan Quinn, Charlie Murphy, and Katie Hartke. Productions include Twelfth Night and Youth & Ambition) in NYC, and workshops of The Canada Lee Project and The Native Son Project, in collaboration with playwright Mona Z. Smith and the Paramount Hudson Valley Arts. Inspired by Shakespeare, esperance is a word that appears a few times throughout the canon: it is defined as “hope” or “expectation”. For us this means a constant reaching toward renewal, development, artistic excellence, and ultimately a stronger connection to our audience. Esperance is a home for artists to dedicate themselves to ensemble work in service of story. Every member of our leadership team has worked as an educator, and understands that the key to getting folks involved is through “defined accessibility.” Our experience is that many people do not think classical theater is for or about them, and we take it as our responsibility to create the access point, and invite you in. Once in, we want to make sure that the story and the storytellers are rooted in that same accessibility. In our experience, if we are able to reveal this connection just once, it will hook you for a lifetime. TOWN STAGES (Robin Sokoloff, Executive Director) is located in the heart of Tribeca. TOWN is New York’s premier venue to celebrate, collaborate and put on a show. A new female-driven cultural arts institution and venue space, Town Stages is a state-of-the-art, flexible performance and event space that can support the entire lifecycle of New York’s hallmark industries. With a stunning 9,000 square foot storefront facility, TOWN provides world-class cultural experiences and opportunities for all: from civic to corporate, tech to theater. With a Mainstage, a Cabaret Lounge, and a multi-use event space with a capacity of 225, Town Stages offers much-needed space and production resources for businesses, arts organizations, and families. TOWN boasts ticketed performances and curated community programing, from performance art to dance to theatre, and is also available for fashion shows, film shoots, weddings, and beyond. For more information, visit www.townstages.com. ESPERANCE THEATER COMPANY BREITWISCH FARM Town Stages, 221 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013 Friday, March 2 - Friday, March 16, 2018 Tickets $30, www.artful.ly/store/events/14249 In homage to Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, this ensemble play examines the disappearing middle class in the swing state of Wisconsin. It’s the era of Tea Partiers, undocumented “Dreamers,” organic farming and fracking — and they all collide in a small community where being nice and rooting for the Packers are bond. |
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