| 2/20/21: DECEIVERS on Metropolitan Virtual Playhouse | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 02:46 pm EST 02/17/21 | |
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| A comedy of misplaced trust DECEIVERS by William C. deMille February 20, 2021, at 8 pm EST Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents its next free "screened" readings, live-streamed at no charge, with talkback to follow: DECEIVERS, William C. DeMille. 2/20/2021 at 8:00 pm (Eastern) through 2/24/2021 at 10:00 pm (Eastern) Running Time: 45 minutes Free of charge Available at: www.metropolitanplayhouse.org The video will be available through Wednesday, 2/24/21 on the Playhouse webpage, the Metropolitan Playhouse YouTube channel, and the Metropolitan Playhouse Facebook page. Flora and Amos have a marriage of comforts and suspicions in equal measures. When he says he works late into the night; she is certain he is concealing his true whereabouts. But when she calls for a detective to get to the truth, and a quick-thinking, smooth-talking burglar arrives instead, the price for saving a marriage may be just right. Discussion including audience participation follow the readings, with special guest Michael Schwartz, Assistant Professor of Theatre, Dance, and Performance at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Directed by John Long, the cast features Alberto Bonilla, Deanna Gibson, and Todd Lawson. Settings by Vincent Gunn. WILLLIAM C(hurchill) deMILLE was son to playwright Henry Churchill, brother to Cecil B. deMille, and uncle of Agnes deMille. A playwright, actor, and producer, he collaborated frequently with once neighbor David Belasco, and is known best for his plays Strongheart (1905), The Warrens of Virginia (1909), The Woman (1911; Metropolitan Playhouse, 2001), and Classmates (1908written with Margret Turnbull). He also wrote numerous shorter sketches, such as Deceivers (1914). In that same year, he and Cecil left New York for California, where they both became staples of the era's cinema. William was a director, writer, and producer, directing nearly 60 motion pictures, and working with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Pathé, and Paramount, for whom he directed that studio's second all-talking film. For three years in the late 20's, he was president of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and he founded the drama department at the University of Southern California. UPCOMING Metropolitan presents readings every Saturday at 8 pm, Eastern Time February 27, 2021 The Valiant, by Holworth Hall and Robert Middlemass A murderer with a secret, ready to face society's demands, until the arrival of a girl claiming to be his long-lost sister.... March 20, 2021 Winter's Night, by Neith Boyce March 27, 2021 He Said and She Said, by Alice Gerstenberg The VIRTUAL PLAYHOUSE began on March 28, 2020. Exploring the possibilities of ""remote"" ensemble, Metropolitan has pushed the envelope of Zoom broadcasts, with increasingly sophisticated virtual settings and sound design. Each reading is enhanced by conversation with the artists and a guest scholar for an hour-long live entertainment every Saturday night. Reaching an audience across the country and around the globe, the presentation of the forgotten one-act plays is an ideal way to pursue the theater's mission exploring America's diverse theatrical history. METROPOLITAN PLAYHOUSE, in its 29th season, explores America’s diverse theatrical heritage through lost plays of the past and new plays of American historical and cultural moment. The theater received a 2011 OBIE Grant from The Village Voice for its ongoing productions that illuminate who we are by revealing where we have come from. Called ""invaluable"" by the Voice, Backstage and Talkin'?Broadway, Metropolitan has earned further accolades from The New York Times and The New Yorker. Other awards include a Victorian Society of New York Outstanding Performing Arts Group, 3 Aggie Awards from Gay City News, 21 nominations for NYIT Awards (3 winners), and 6 AUDELCO Viv Award nominations. ARTISTS' RELIEF The Playhouse's virtual readings serve to help us compensate performing artists, so particularly hurt during this long ""pause."" Information about the theater's ARTISTS RELIEF FUND may be found at www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/covidaid |
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