| Eden Theater Company to present The Bathroom Plays on Zoom 8/6 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 11:05 am EDT 07/21/20 | |
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| EDEN THEATER COMPANY PRESENTS THE BATHROOM PLAYS NEW SITE-SPECIFIC PLAYS BY EMERGING NYC PLAYWRIGHTS THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 ON ZOOM Eden Theater Company (Diane Davis and Cassandra Paras, Co-Artistic Directors) will present The Bathroom Plays as part of The Room Plays, a series of new short plays by emerging playwrights, created for and presented on Zoom. The Bathroom Plays will take place Thursday, August 6 at 8pm, livestreamed on Zoom via Eden Theater Company’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrL9Qg9qJsyBBOlTpfcun8Q). The presentation will run approximately 45 minutes, with no intermission. Eden Theater dedicates The Room Plays to benefit the Equal Justice Initiative, an organization that fights against racial injustice; is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States; to challenging racial and economic injustice; and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Instead of donating to the company, please donate directly to this organization at https://support.eji.org/give/153413/#!/donation/checkout. Or visit edentheater.org (http://edentheater.org) or @edentheater_co (https://www.instagram.com/edentheater_co/) on Instagram to donate from the links provided. The Room Plays sprang from Eden Theater Company’s conversations about quarantine and isolation during the height of the COVID pandemic. Each writer chose an empathetic vantage of a person’s condition while sheltering in, or their attempt at re-entry. This storytelling, from a site-specific room, reminds us that as a community, even during isolation, there is more that connects us than keeps us apart. The Bathroom Plays, the final installment of the room series, explore life after months of isolation and as NYC awakens from the COVID-19 pause. While isolation from COVID continues, so does the continual fight for racial equality and social justice, which gives isolation new meaning. These plays are in a room used each day: a familiar room, which we sometimes lock ourselves into, and sometimes, becomes a room from which there may be no immediate exit. By utilizing technology to continue ETC’s mission of dismantling the idea of otherness, this storytelling gives voice to artists in our community during our time apart, from social distancing, or from taking risks in from one another. THE BATHROOM PLAYS THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 @ 8pm EST PIDGEONs Written by Amy Berryman Directed by Amber Calderon Featuring LeeAnn Hutchison and Robert Gemaehlich A confession to a priest via zoom from a woman who lurks the bowels of the Internet after her husband's death. Amy Berryman (Playwright) is a New York based actor/writer. Her full-length plays include Walden (World Premiere in 2021 at People’s Light), The New Galileos (O’Neill Finalist 2019), Epiphany (Finalist for Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries 2020, Semi-Finalist for the O’Neill 2020), and Three Year Summer (Kitchen Dog New Works Festival 2020). Rising Phoenix Rep commissioned her play The Whole of You for Cino Nights in LA, directed by Daniel Talbott. Her short “You Are Everywhere” won Best Drama in the LA Short Film Festival 2018. www.amy-berryman.com (http://www.amy-berryman.com) Mary Written by E. E. Adams Directed by Jordan Gemaehlich Featuring Amberlin McCormick When a young woman finds herself sheltering in place alone, she attempts to befriend the ghost haunting her bathroom. E. E. Adams (Playwright) is a NYC based writer/actress. Her full-length plays include Ink’dWell (Playwrights’ Center Many Voices Semi-Finalist), and Snow Globe (AMiOS First Draughts Commission). Her work has been developed with Fresh Ground Pepper and AMiOS. She holds a B.A. from Brown University, a M.F.A. in Acting from The Old Globe/USD and is pursuing her M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing at NYU this fall. Monogamous Animals Written by Brennan Vickery Directed by Alex Pepperman Featuring Cassandra Paras and Niccolo Walsh They would’ve never thought being so close could make them feel so lonely. A cigarette, a bathtub and a one-night getaway from quarantine might just break them. Brennan Vickery (Playwright) is an interdisciplinary artist and writer. His most recent production, Scrambled Porn was produced by ETC at The Flea, and he regularly produced at Dixon Place, The Wild Project, and The PIT. He has been in shows at Joes Pub, Abrons Arts Center, and BAM. He also makes music under his alias, Bren. Eden Theater Company seeks to produce ambitious original plays of broadly diverse storytelling exploring the limits we set and impose on ourselves, each other and our society. Storytelling (or stories) should not be bound by convention. By fostering a collective of multi-generational, multi-disciplinary, diverse innovators on zoom we hope to bridge the gap between artists and audiences of different ages, experiences, and beliefs, while inspiring a more authentic awareness and deeper understanding of the world we inhabit, our role in the world, and the impact of our decisions. |
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| Link | http://www.edentheater.org |
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