| LAByrinth Theater Company Announces 2021 Barn Series | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 01:22 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
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| LAByrinth Theater Company Announces THE 2021 BARN SERIES SEVEN NIGHTS OF NEW PLAYS STREAM FREE between February 22nd to 28th, 2021 Reservations at www.labtheater.org (New York, NY – February 12, 2021) – LAByrinth Theater Company (Aaron Roman Weiner, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the selections for its 2021 Annual Barn Series, the award-winning company’s developmental play reading series. This year's series features six new plays, five of which were written and directed by LAByrinth company members, along with an evening of six short plays from LAB's Intensive Ensemble. The series runs from February 22 – 28, 2021. All readings are free and open to the public, but reservations are required. Visit www.labtheater.org to RSVP and receive a link to view the readings. All readings begin at 8pm. Reservations are now open! The schedule is as follows: February 22nd WAVE_HEAD by Joey Palestina February 23rd THE WAR I KNOW by Dominic Colon February 24th Intensive Ensemble Night February 25th WHEREVER YOU GO by Elizabeth Canavan February 26th RAYNE by David Deblinger & Ben Snyder February 27th DANI & JOE: A GEN X LOVE STORY by Kristina Poe February 28th THE UNDERTAKING BY CHRIS MCGARRY "At a time when so much life has ground to a halt, we've been amazed and uplifted by the output from LAB artists and friends. There's a thread through these plays of characters searching for connection, for a way out of our many forms of isolation. These themes certainly resonate now, and the writers all bring incredible humanity, depth, and humor to the varied worlds they've created. This year's Barn is a reminder that art is a tireless guide through difficult times, and I can't wait to share these plays with our community." -Aaron Roman Weiner, Artistic Director WAVE_HEAD by Joey Palestina -- February 22, 2021 A tale of faulty intimacy from faulty humans moving through a world of faulty connection. THE WAR I KNOW by Dominic Colon -- February 23, 2021 The first in a trilogy of plays that chronicle the impact of HIV/AIDS on the Latinx community from the late 1980’s through the COVID-19 pandemic. Set in the Bronx in 1987 at the height of the AIDS and crack epidemics, THE WAR I KNOW, tells the story of the relationship between Eggie, a flamboyant 12-year-old obsessed with television and musical theater, and his ten-year-old neighbor, who was perinatally infected with HIV and recently sent to live with their teenage half siblings after losing both parents to AIDS. Intensive Ensemble Night -- February 24, 2021 Intensive Ensemble: Combining the ensemble spirit and creative drive that motivates all of LAByrinth's work, with the inspirational, multidisciplinary workshops of our Ensemble Workshop, the Intensive Ensemble is a weeklong series of workshops that allows emerging artists to push their boundaries, create their own work, and be part of a collaborative, vital new ensemble. Taught by LAByrinth members and guest artists, the Intensive Ensemble is made possible by the generous support of New York City's Coalition of Theatres of Color Initiative. This year’s playwrights include Jake Brasch, Juan Cortes, Khalif J. Gillett, Isabella Gonzalez, Julia Rae Maldonado, and Yha Mourhia Wright. WHEREVER YOU GO by Elizabeth Canavan -- February 25, 2021 The unimaginable has happened to Daisy and she thinks she is losing her mind. She joins a support group and embarks on a radical journey risking everything to find her son. RAYNE by David Deblinger & Ben Snyder -- February 26, 2021 A suspenseful journey through, love, lust, and loss. DANI & JOE: A GEN X LOVE STORY by Kristina Poe -- February 27, 2021 Four empty walls, two ex-lovers, one bed. A secret affair spanning decades, built on a desire for the ugliness in each other, finally facing itself in truth...and consequences. THE UNDERTAKING by Chris McGarry -- February 28, 2021 Every year Tom buries a few hundred of his fellow townspeople. Love, loss, living - life studies from the dismal trade. Elizabeth Canavan originated the roles in Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven (Atlantic Theater), Between Riverside and Crazy (Atlantic Theater and 2nd Stage), Little Flower of East Orange (The Public Theatre), Marcia Cook in Our Lady of 121st Street (Union Square Theater), and Maryjane Hanrahan in Jesus Hopped the "A" Train (Center Stage NY, East 13th Street Theatre, Edinburgh Festival, The Donmar Warehouse and The Arts Theatre, and played Fabiana Aziza Cunningham in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (The Public Theatre), all by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Other theater credits include: Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau (Lincoln Center), Black Lace by John Patrick Shanley, (The New Ohio Theater), Elizabeth has written two short films, Father’s Day (Tribeca Film Festival 2016) and Sleeping with Sharks. Her play Ladies in Waiting has had readings in LAByrinth’s Barn Series, Circle in the Square, and Urban Theatre Movement in LA. LAByrinth Company Member. Dominic Colón is an actor and writer who has appeared in over 60 films and television shows. Dominic's half hour pilot PAPI, recently made the inaugural Latinx TV List, a curated list of the ten most promising pilots created by Latinx Writers, and he was one of 3 finalists to receive a blind pilot deal from Hulu. Dominic's screenplay for his short film CRUSH won the HBO/New York International Latino Film Festival Short Film Script Competition. Dominic’s second short film: SKIN won the 2016 BRIO Award for screenwriting. His play PROSPECT AVE: THE MISEDUCATION OF JUNI RODRIGUEZrecently premiered as part of THE MTA PLAYS at Rattlestick Theater. His short plays have been performed at: The NYC Hip Hop Theater Festival, The Downtown Urban Theater Festival, The Nuyorican Poets Café, and Rebel Verses: NYC. Recent directing credits include Eduardo Machado’s MARIQUITAS (Rattlestick Theater/Pride Plays) & Episodes 4-6 of The MTA Plays at Rattlestick Theater. Dominic has also worked as a professional teaching artist, having taught acting and playwriting at Rikers Island Academy, and at various high schools, hospitals, and juvenile justice facilities throughout New York City. David Deblinger is a co-founder of LAByrinth Theater Company. As an actor on TV, he recently played a recurring role opposite Forest Whitaker in “Godfather of Harlem,” has appeared in "Broad City," "Blue Bloods," "SVU," "Sex and the City," and more.. Onstage he has originated roles in plays by John Patrick Shanley, Stephen Adly Guirgis and others. David has also created the critically acclaimed performance pieces, “Nobody’s Home,” “Shmoo,” “Lucky Penny,” and more. He’s a winner of the NYFA fellowship award for “Shakespearean Minute,” and wrote and directed the award-winning short film, “The Callback,” starring Sam Rockwell. He’s so excited to be working with Ben Snyder, LAByrinth and this wonderful cast on “RAYNE.” Chris McGarry Film and television acting credits include Barry, Lawless, The Good Fight and MadMen, among others. Chris made his Broadway debut in Salome with Al Pacino, directed by Estelle Parsons. At Chicago's Goodman Theater he starred opposite Tom Hardy in Brett C. Leonard's The Long Red Road, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Off Broadway credits include John Patrick Shanley's Prodigal Son (MTC), Dirty Story (LAByrinth), and Defiance (MTC), among others. He starred opposite Cherry Jones in the national Broadway tour of Doubt, directed by Doug Hughes. His directing credits include John Patrick Shanley's Drama Desk nominated Sailor's Song for LAByrinth Theater Company at New York's Public Theater, Megan Mostyn-Brown's GIRL for the New York Fringe Festival and Ben Snyder's You Can Clap Now for HERE Arts Center, NYC. His short play, Two Gray Rooms, was first presented by LAByrinth Theater Company for their LAB25 festival at Cherry Lane Theater and starred John Ortiz and Florencia Lozano. He is a member of LAByrinth Theater Company and The Actor's Studio. Joey Palestina holds a BFA in Acting and an MA in Mental Health Counseling from Montclair State University. He is a writer, actor, musician and LAByrinth Theater Company Member. Kristina Poe (LAByrinth Company Member) Writer: The Idea of Me, Love Sick, The Restlessness of Desire, 11.05.08: Post-Racial America Day One, Victory Girls; Creator: Installation on America: Child Separation, The R&J Project ; Actor: Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven (Drama Desk Nomination); Member: Actors Studio pdw. Education: UNC School of the Arts / Cherry Lane Mentor Project; Published by: Dramatists Play Service, Smith and Kraus Publishers; In Progress: DANI & JOE: A Gen X Love Story (play), Every Inch a King (pilot). Ben Snyder is a playwright and filmmaker. His plays have been produced at P.S. 122, The Vineyard Theater, Crossroads Theatre, The Apollo Theater, New York Stage and Film, and at HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. Ben’s feature film directorial debut,11:55, is streaming on Showtime. He was a writer for the Netflix series Grand Army and is currently a producer for HBO's Betty. Ben serves as the Area Head of Screenwriting at Brooklyn College. He is a proud member of LAByrinth Theater Company. LAByrinth Theater Company, founded in 1992 as The Latino Actors Base, was created to deliberately interrupt the racial status quo by giving voice to artists of color and reflecting a world where color is the norm and not the exception. LAByrinth Theater Company is a diverse, impassioned, tightly knit ensemble of multicultural artists that empowers individuals and builds community by creating member driven, incendiary, new works of theater. The Barn Series continues LAByrinth’s tradition of creating, developing, and producing the work of its company members. The Barn Series is produced with Generous Support from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. |
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