| 2/27/21: THE VALIANT on the Metropolitan Virtual Playhouse | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 10:33 am EST 02/23/21 | |
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| Broadway's John Ottavino and Hamilton's Bryson Bruce star in THE VALIANT by Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass Poignant tale of honor from 1921 finds new resonance through Cheryl Black's direction February 27, 2021, at 8 pm EST Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents a new free "screened" reading, live-streamed at no charge, with talkback to follow: THE VALIANT, Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass. 2/27/2021 at 8:00 pm (Eastern) through 3/3/2021 at 10:00 pm (Eastern) Running Time: 1 hour Free of charge Available at: www.MetropolitanPlayhouse.org/WatchValiant The video will be available through Wednesday, 3/3/21 on the Playhouse webpage, the Metropolitan Playhouse YouTube channel, and the Metropolitan Playhouse Facebook page. Murderer James Dyke (Bryson Bruce, Thomas Jefferson in the national tour of Hamilton) faces his execution with dignity and pride. He will not explain or deny his crime, but he does not repent it. The Governor of the state grants a young woman who claims to be his sister a last-minute visit, and the prison warden (Broadway and regional actor, John Ottavino), a consoling pastor, and Dyke himself are forced to reckon with the significance of personal honor and public duty. THE VALIANT was a popular play twice made into films. The play's inspirational vision of personal responsibility takes on new meaning in director Cheryl Black's telling for the Metropolitan Virtual Playhouse, which sets an African American prisoner as a voice of clarity in a world that will not grant him justice. This version is a bracing illumination of a probing play. Discussion including audience participation follow the readings, with director Cheryl Black, Professor of Theater (emeritus) at the University of Missouri. Directed by CHERYL BLACK--director and scholar lately of the University of Missouri-- the cast features Broadway's JOHN OTTAVINO as The Warden, and star of Angelica's tour of Hamilton, BRYSON BRUCE. Also featured are Dewey Caddell, Joseph J. Menino (Shadow of Heroes), DeAnna Supplee (On Strivers Row). Settings by Vincent Gunn. Harold Everett Porter (1887-1936) took his nom de plume HOLWORTHY HALL from a Harvard freshman dormitory. At Harvard on scholarship, he was an editor of both the humor magazine The Lampoon as well as the literary magazine, The Advocate. On graduating, he worked as a publisher with Little Brown & Co., and later with his father's own imprint, A.D. Porter Company, of which he later became president. A prolific writeer, Hall was a poet, novelist, short story writer, and historian, as well as playwright. He wrote The Valiant with Harvard classmate ROBERT MIDDLEMASS. Middlemass (1883 - 1949) began his career in insurance, but soon turned to acting. He debuted on Broadway in 1914 in the Bludgeon, and included among notable stage credits The Butter and Egg Man (1925), but had greatest success as a character actor in Hollywood, where he moved in the 30's. 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'ᾠBroadway, 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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| Link | http://www.MetropolitanPlayhouse.org/WatchValiant |
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