| STEVEN BOYER to lead Cherry Lane's Mentor Project (THE MAKING OF) HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD IN 90 MINUTES by Shawn Randall, Mentored by Diana Oh | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 12:26 pm EST 02/11/20 | |
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| CHERRY LANE THEATRE ANNOUNCES PARTICIPANTS FOR ITS 22nd SEASON OF THE OBIE AWARD-WINNING MENTOR PROJECT Featuring a Workshop Production of (THE MAKING OF) HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD IN 90 MINUTES An Original Multi-Genre Work Written and Composed by SHAWN RANDALL Mentored by DIANA OH Directed by ALFREDO NARCISO Cast Includes STEVEN BOYER, NIA CALLOWAY, SHAWN RANDALL and ROCKY VEGA March 4 - 14, 2020 Studio at Cherry Lane Cherry Lane Theatre (Angelina Fiordellisi, Executive Director; Seri Lawrence, Artistic Director) is proud to announce a workshop presentation of a new work, The Making Of) How to Save the World in 90 Minutes by writer/composer Shawn Randall, directed by Alfredo Narciso and mentored by Diana Oh ({my lingerie play}). Performances will run March 4 - 14, 2020, at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre (38 Commerce Street). For tickets, schedule and more information, please visit www.cherrylanetheatre.org . What if all the world's problems stem from the lack of these three things - awareness, knowledge, and empathy? Observe, and participate if you choose, as a group of humans create the frequency of music, words, and movement to achieve an extraordinary goal: To Save The World. Shawn Randall's (The Making Of) How to Save the World in 90 Minutes combines spoken word, music, improvisation, and movement towards collective transformation. "Shawn is an open channel and a buoying necessary light - he's a reminder to me that compassion can be cultivated. He's a reminder to me that I show up to a live performance to be transformed, not just informed, and it is within the aftermath of the transformation: this melting of guards and walls, can I feel more expanded into a more soulful, connected, and fulfilling existence." Mentor, Diana Oh Cast includes Steven Boyer (Broadway: Time and the Conways, Hand to God, Tony nomination), Nia Calloway, Shawn Randall and Rocky Vega (NY: { my lingerie play}) . Musicians are Jason Cohen (musical director and pianist), Will Brown (drums), and Charlotte Morris (violin). Creative team includes scenic design by Wilson Chin, costume design by Elizabeth M. Kelly , lighting design by Stephen Arnold, sound design by Daniela Hart. casting by Eisenberg/Beans Casting . General Manager is Mott/Fischer Productions. Traci Bargen is Production Stage Manager and Taryn Uhe is Assistant Stage Manager. In addition to this mentored workshop production, Mentor Project 2020 will also team with JAG Productions to produce the rolling world premiere of Esai's Table by Nathan Yungerberg, directed by Stevie Walker-Webb from March 19 - April 25. Esai's Table was originally developed and presented as a workshop production in Mentor Project 2017 with mentor, Pulitzer Prize, Stephen Adly Guirgis. The Mentor Project is the recipient of an Obie Award for its dedication to helping early-career playwrights develop new work. Each year it partners an emerging author with a seasoned professional for a year of script work, rewrites, casting, rehearsals and a full production at Cherry Lane. Mentor Project is also the recipient of the James Kirkwood Award for American Playwrights. Cherry Lane's Mentor Project has developed the works of sixty-four playwrights to date. Mentor Project artist alumni are a continual testament to the value of Cherry Lane and Mentor Project as a safe place of exploration for playwrights in the early phase of their careers, as well as a proving ground for the next big steps. This year Mentor Project celebrates the Off Broadway premieres of four of its past Mentor Project productions. In addition to Mentor Project's own rolling world premiere of Esai's Table on Cherry Lane's mainstage, other premieres include: Jiehae Park's Peerless, produced by Primary Stages (mentored by Kwame Kwei-Armah in 2015), Jocelyn Bioh's Nollywood Dreams , produced by MCC Theater (mentored by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins in 2017), and Ren Dara Santiago's The Siblings Play, produced by Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (mentored by Lucy Thurber in 2017). Mentor Project is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Mentor Project is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Mentor Project also gratefully acknowledges support from Radio Drama Network, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Howard Gilman Foundation, Axe-Houghton Foundation, The Curtis W. McGraw Foundation, Richenthal Foundation, Lucille Lortel Foundation, John Golden Fund, and Funkadelic Studios. CHERRY LANE MENTOR PROJECT 2020 SHAWN RANDALL'S (THE MAKING OF) HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD IN 90 MINUTES Directed by ALFREDO NARCISO Mentored by DIANA OH March 4 - 14, 2020 Performance Schedule: Monday - Friday at 7 pm, Saturday at 3 pm and 7 pm Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at cherrylanetheatre.org or by calling Ovationtix: 866-811-4111 For more information, tickets and performance schedule, please visit www.cherrylanetheatre.org Cherry Lane Theatre is located at 38 Commerce Street, NYC SHAWN RANDALL (The Making Of) How to Save the World in 90 Minutes, playwright) is an actor, poet, singer-songwriter, musician, freestyle emcee, and producer. Born and raised in Brooklyn. He is a proud member of Ensemble Studio Theatre and The LAByrinth Theater. Shawn is the founder and host of Symphonics Live. Symphonics Live is a multi-disciplined evening that showcases the finest singer-songwriters and poets in NY. Along with elements of dance and improvisation, the show promotes Generosity, Love, Integrity, and Creativity through the continual exploration of humanity through the performing and visual arts. Symphonics Live has been featured at the Blue Note, Joe's Pub, Highline Ballroom, Joes Pub, and is currently in residence every month at The Bowery Poetry Club. Shawn has extensive experience in the theater, working with the acclaimed Blue Man Group, and performing at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, Joseph Papp Public Theatre, the Bardavon Opera House, The Kennedy Center, INTAR Theatre, La Mama E.T.C., and Brooklyn Academy of Music. http://www.shawnalfredrandall.com DIANA OH (The Making Of) How to Save the World in 90 Minutes, mentor) (they/she) is a multi-genre performer, singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and creator of performance, installation, concert-ritual, and party. As a Refinery29 Top LGBTQ Influencer, the First Queer Korean-American interviewed on Korean Broadcast Radio, a TOW Fellow (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre), Van Lier Fellow in Acting (Asian American Arts Alliance), Venturous Capital Fellow, Sundance Institute Fellow, writer with The Public Theater's Mobile Unit and EWG, Williamstown Theatre Festival Artist-in-Residence, Oh tours with their art in unexpected spaces and enjoys not fitting into boxes. Oh is the creator and performer of {my lingerie play} with touring national installations and concert staged in an effort to provide a safer, more courageous world for women, queer, trans, and non-binary humans to live in, CLAIRVOYANCE (installations and concert in Harvard Yard, the Boston Public Library, Institute of Contemporary Art, Harvard Arboretum and A.R.T.), The Infinite Love Party: an intentional barefoot potluck dinner, dance party, and sleepover for QTPOC and Their Allies (Bushwick Starr), Asian People Are Not Magicians (mic.com ) and My H8 Letter to the Gr8 American Theatre (The Public Theater). TV/FILM: Queering, How to Be Single, NY is Dead (Tribeca Film Fest), Hey Yun (feat. on Janet Mock), Unicornland. The New York Times calls Oh "irreverent," her neighbor calls her "the punk goddex," you can call her "friend." |
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