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| WP THEATER's PIPELINE FESTIVAL begins tonight; casting announced | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 06:20 pm EDT 03/29/18 | |
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| PERFORMANCES BEGIN AND CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR WP THEATER’S SECOND BIENNIAL PIPELINE FESTIVAL NEW FESTIVAL. NEW VOICES. NEW PLAYS TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT WWW.WPTHEATER.ORG Casting is announced for WP Theater’s second biennial Pipeline Festival, which begins performances today, Thursday March 29. The festival, which showcases the work of the celebrated WP Lab residency for playwrights, directors and producers, runs through April 28 at WP Theater (2162 Broadway & 76th Street). The culmination of the two-year WP Lab residency, the 2018 Pipeline Festival provides a unique opportunity for audiences and industry to access five new plays at various stages of development, ranging from staged readings to full-length workshop productions. True to its name, the festival serves as a pipeline to funnel talented female-identified and trans artists and their work to the forefront of American theater. The 2016-2018 WP Lab is: PLAYWRIGHTS: Donnetta Lavinia Grays, MJ Kaufman, Sylvia Khoury, Zoe Sarnak, Leah Nanako Winkler DIRECTORS: Melissa Crespo, Morgan Gould, Ellie Heyman, Tyne Rafaeli, Mo Zhou PRODUCERS: Roxanna Barrios, Sally Cade Holmes, Nidia Medina, Laura Ramadei, Yuvika Tolani Shelley Butler leads the Director's Lab, Stephanie Ybarra leads the Producer's Lab and WP Theater’s Producing Artistic Director Lisa McNulty leads the Playwright’s Lab. Tickets for The Pipeline Festival are now on sale via WWW.WPTHEATER.ORG/ 888.811.4111. Festival passes are available for $60. The performance schedule is as follows: Thursday at 7:00pm, Friday at 3:00pm & 8:00pm, and Saturday at 8:00pm. 2018 PIPELINE FESTIVAL PLAYS: WEEK 1: MARCH 29 – 31 GALATEA or WHATEVER YOU BE By MJ Kaufman * Directed by Mo Zhou * Produced by Yuvika Tolani Set Design: Carolyn Mraz * Costume Design: Andrea Hood * Lighting Design: Masha Tsimring * Sound Design: Joanna Lynne Staub Cast: Hennessy, Esco Jouléey, Eve Lindley, Pooya Mohseni, Bailey Roper, Futaba Shioda, Morgan Sullivan. A trans love story set against the backdrop of a climate crisis. Loosely based on John Lyly’s 1585 play, Galatea tells the story of two young women from a village threatened with flooding who escape to the nearby woods disguised as boys and fall in love WEEK 2: APRIL 5 – 7 THE REVIEW or HOW TO EAT YOUR OPPOSITION By Donnetta Lavinia Grays * Directed by Melissa Crespo * Produced by Roxanna Barrios Set Design: Kimie Nishikawa * Costume Design: Lux Haac * Lighting Design: Masha Tsimring * Sound Design: Emily Auciello Cast: Chae Castello, Tia James, January LaVoy, Chalia La Tour In the fall of 2001, there’s a marked change in the air of New York City. When a naive yet self-righteous art critic questions an iconic visual artist's integrity, the stage is set for a sexy, emotional, and intellectual game of football between critic and artist. WEEK 3: APRIL 12 – APRIL 14 AFLOAT Music and Lyrics by Zoe Sarnak * Book by Emily Kaczmarek * Directed by Ellie Heyman * Produced by Nidia Medina Set Design: Kimie Nishikawa * Costume Design: Haydee Zelideth * Lighting Design: Lucrecia Briceno * Sound Design: Joanna Lynne Staub Cast: Zeniba Britt, Jordon Bolden, AnnEliza Canning-Skinner, Ben Mayne, Max Sheldon, Angela Travino, Michelle Veintimilla In a near-future America ravaged by climate change, teenagers Blue, Nico, and Casey steal a boat and set sail. A kinetic musical odyssey about friendship, survival...and the future of civilization. WEEK 4: APRIL 19 – APRIL 21 POWER STRIP By Sylvia Khoury * Directed by Tyne Rafaeli * Produced by Laura Ramadei Set Design: Kimie Nishikawa * Lighting Design: Masha Tsimring* Sound Design: Joanna Lynne Staub Cast: May Calamawy, Nikki Massoud, Laith Nakli, Babak Tafti A young woman is tethered to the only power source in a Syrian refugee camp. Caught in a war-torn world, dictated by the needs and expectations of men, she battles for power of her own. WEEK 5: APRIL 26 – APRIL 28 TWO MILE HOLLOW By Leah Nanako Winkler * Directed by Morgan Gould * Produced by Sally Cade Holmes Set Design: Carolyn Mraz * Costume Design: Haydee Zelideth * Lighting Design: Lucrecia Briceno * Sound Design: Emily Auciello Cast: Bjorn Dupaty, Katie Lee Hill, Keren Lugo, Sathya Sridharan, Jade Wu Two Mile Hollow explores the age-old theater genre of affluent white families retreating to their big houses for a weekend of secrets and fights with brutality, awe and compassion.... only this time, none of the white characters are played by white actors. WPTHEATER.ORG ABOUT THE WP LAB The artistic heart of WP Theater, the two-year Lab residency provides rising stars in the industry with a vital professional network, entrepreneurial and leadership training, rehearsal space, and most significantly, tangible opportunities for the development and production of bold new work for the stage. As the culmination of the Lab, the Pipeline Festival provides a unique opportunity for audiences and industry to access five new plays at various stages of development, ranging from staged readings to full-length workshop productions. True to its name, WP Pipeline Festival serves as a pipeline to funnel talented female-identified and trans artists and their work to the forefront of American theater. The WP Lab is led by WP’s Producing Artistic Director Lisa McNulty, Director Shelley Butler (Guys and Dolls – AD, The Most Deserving), and Producer Stephanie Ybarra (Director of Special Artistic Projects – The Public). The Lab has two main goals: to cultivate the work of female-identified and trans theater artists and to give them the tools they need to succeed in the business. Most significantly, WP puts its money where its mouth is by hiring Lab artists for main stage productions, hiring WP Lab artists and alums regularly for its mainstage and staff. Four of the five plays in the inaugural 2016 WP Pipeline Festival were included in the 2016 Kilroy’s List, an annual industry survey of excellent new plays by female and trans playwrights: Cygnus by Susan Soon He Stanton; Kings by Sarah Burgess; The Rug Dealer by Riti Sachdeva; and queens by Martyna Majok. Kings is currently running as part of The Public Theater’s 2017-2018 season, directed by Thomas Kail (Hamilton) and starring Aya Cash, Eisa Davis, Zach Grenier, and Gillian Jacobs. queens played a limited engagement from February 14 – March 25, 2018 at Claire Tow Theater, as part of Lincoln Center Theater’s 2017-2018 season, directed by fellow Lab alum Danya Taymor. WP THEATER is the nation’s oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing and promoting the work of female-identified and trans theater artists at every stage in their careers. For nearly four decades we have served as leaders at the forefront of a global movement towards gender parity, and the example we set and the artists we have fostered have grown into to a robust and thriving community of artists in theater and beyond. WP empowers female-identified artists to reach their full potential and, in doing so, challenges preconceptions about the kinds of plays women write and the stories they tell. As the premiere launching pad for some of the most influential female theater artists today, our work has had a significant impact on the field at large. Nearly every prolific female theater artist has been through our doors, including Eve Ensler, María Irene Fornés, Katori Hall, Pam MacKinnon, Lynn Nottage, Leigh Silverman and Anna Deveare Smith. These powerful women found an early artistic home at WP, and are a testament to our role as a driving cultural force. WP was founded in 1978 by visionary producer, Julia Miles, to address the significant under-representation of women in theater. Today, WP accomplishes its mission through several fundamental programs, including: the WP Lab, a two-year mentorship and new play development program for women playwrights, directors, and producers; the Domestic Partner residency program; the Developmental series; and the Main Stage series, which features a full season of Off-Broadway productions written and directed by extraordinary theater artists. |
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