| Michael Urie Among Cast for PlayPerView's LIVE Reading of JANE ANGER on October 18 @ Caveat NYC | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 04:38 pm EDT 09/29/21 | |
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| PLAY-PERVIEW ANNOUNCES FIRST LIVESTREAM IN-PERSON PRESENTATION "JANE ANGER OR THE LAMENTABLE COMEDIE OF JANE ANGER, THAT CUNNING WOMAN, AND ALSO OF WILLY SHAKEFPEARE AND HIS PEASANT COMPANION, FRANCIS, YES AND ALSO OF ANNE HATHAWAY (ALSO A WOMAN) WHO TRIED VERY HARD." BY TALENE MONAHON DIRECTED BY JAKI BRADLEY FEATURING: DANAYA ESPERANZA, TALENE MONAHON, RYAN SPAHN AND MICHAEL URIE MONDAY, OCTOBER 18 @ 7PM CAVEAT (21 A CLINTON STREET - NYC) STREAMING ON DEMAND THROUGH OCTOBER 22 TO BENEFIT FUND TEXAS CHOICE New York, NY - (9/29/21) Play-PerView (Jeremy Wein/Jennifer Campos, Producers) is happy to announce its first LIVESTREAM in person presentation. On Monday, October 18, Play-PerView will present a LIVE reading of "Jane Anger or The Lamentable Comedie of JANE ANGER, that Cunning Woman, and also of Willy Shakefpeare and his Peasant Companion, Francis, Yes and Also of Anne Hathaway (also a Woman) Who Tried Very Hard," a new comedy by Talene Monahon and directed by Jaki Bradley (How to Load a Musket). The play will be read LIVE on Monday, October 18 at 7pm at Caveat (21 A Clinton Street - NYC), former home of The Living Theater, and streamed online (on demand through October 22). Tickets for the LIVE performance $40 (front row seating), $25 (standard seating), and $15 (side seating), $15 (livestream) and may be obtained here. All proceeds will benefit Fund Texas Choice. It's 1606 and William Shakespeare is stuck in quarantine with his unpaid apprentice, Francis. It would be a GREAT time to write King Lear…if he weren't plagued with writer's block. In through the window climbs Jane Anger, the Cunning Woman, with a large sack and a mind to change history forever. The cast features Danaya Esperanza (for colored girls...., Mary Jane), Talene Monahon (Apologia, The Government Inspector), Ryan Spahn (How to Load a Musket, Daniel's Husband), and Michael Urie (Grand Horizons, Chicken and Biscuits). "After fifty-nine Digital events and having brought in almost half a million dollars in donations for dozens of non-profit theaters and organizations, I am thrilled to start to break out of the zoom box of it all and bring our series in person," states Jeremy Wein, PlayPerView's Co-Producer/Artistic Director. "Make no mistake, while we are going in-person we are still making our events accessible to audiences around the world. We are excited to continue raising money for various causes and to use our space to incubate new work by exciting artists and revisit acclaimed and beloved prior productions while also starting to move towards creating full productions. Play-PerView was born of a pandemic, but it is here to live on." For additional information on these and future events, visit www.Play-PerView.com or follow @Play_PerView on Twitter and @Play_PerView on Instagram for updates, trivia, contests, and more! Play-PerView's Redbubble store o?ers a range of branded products, from mugs and masks to tees and totes, and helps friends of the company stay stylish and show their support! Purchases contribute to both the company's charitable work and its operating costs, with 20% of proceeds designated to bene?t a di?erent not-for-pro?t theater every week. Visit Redbubble to explore the store at tinyurl.com/ppvshop. ABOUT PLAY-PERVIEW Play-PerView is an organization that believes in the power of community and highlights the ways in which artists can support one another both in times of triumph and crisis with love, joy, and innovation in the digital age. Play-PerView programs a variety of one-time-only events-including play readings, non-scripted series, panel discussions, and more-to provide live-streamed content for audiences who love the experience of live entertainment and, due to the restrictions created by physical distancing practices, can no longer attend in person. In response to the global pandemic-as well as a desire to bring live theatrical experiences to audiences outside of the major hubs of New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles-this initiative will raise funds for arts organizations and other charities such as The Actors Fund, Broadway Cares, not-for-pro?t institutions, and theatrical unions who are helping to relieve those in need of ?nancial assistance due to job loss, medical bills, and other essential needs. BIOS TALENE MONAHON (Author/Cast Member) is a Brooklyn-based playwright and actor. Her play, How to Load a Musket, an interview-based exploration of historical reenactors, premiered January 2020 at 59E59, produced by Less than Rent and was ranked #3 on TheaterMania's list of "The 10 Best Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Virtual Theater Productions of 2020." Her play Frankie & Will was produced virtually by MCC Theater during the pandemic. Other plays include proud revengeful ambitious (Play Per View) and All in Good Fun (Peterborough Players). Her plays have been developed by Red Bull Theater Company, Cape Cod Theater Project, and Northern Stage and she is a frequent contributor to the 24-Hour Plays. Her satire writing has been featured on McSweeney's Internet Tendency and Points in Case. As an actor, Talene has performed in productions at the Roundabout Theater Company, Playwrights Horizons, the Atlantic, MCC, New Georges, Encores! Off- Center, Red Bull, La Jolla Playhouse, the Huntington Theater Company, Gingold Theater Group, Partial Comfort and Les Freres Corbusier, as well as selected film and television. She has a B.A. from Dartmouth College, where she was a Senior Fellow. JAKI BRADLEY (Director) Theater and film director Jaki Bradley's recent projects include White Noise (Berkeley Rep), Radio Island, Good Men Wanted (New York Stage and Film), House Plant, 1969: The Second Man (New York Theater Workshop: Next Door), MamaMetallica (Denver Center), and Playing Hot (Ars Nova/Pipeline Theater). She has developed and presented work with the Public, Williamstown, Soho Rep, Clubbed Thumb, the O'Neill, and Arena Stage. She has been a member of the Civilians R&D Group, an Artist-in-Residence at Ars Nova, a Drama League Artist-in-Residence and TV/Film Fellow, a member of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, the Williamstown Directing Corps, and Lincoln Center Director's Lab, and a U.S. Fulbright Scholar. In film, her work has screened at BFI Flare, Frameline, NewFest, Chain (Best Director of Narrative Short), and NCGLFF (Jury Award: Best U.S. Film). She has written screenplays for Netflix and Paramount and recently sold a series to FX. Her debut screenplay, Detox, made the 2019 HIT List and Blood List before selling to XYZ Films. www.jakibradley.com JEREMY WEIN (Producer) is a producer and director based in Brooklyn, New York. Jeremy's producing credits include Kevin McDonald: ALIVE (Theatre Row, Dynasty Typewriter), Neva (Brooklyn College), Godspell (2011 Broadway revival) and Faux Snow (Thespis Theater Festival), Take Me Home (Incubator Arts Project, Associate Producer, dir. Meghan Finn), and the 2012 documentary The Bitter Buddha (Co-Producer). He is also the founder of the New York City Podcast Festival, which he produced from 2013-2018. His directing credits include 8 by Dustin Lance Black (BMCC) and Neva by Guillermo Calderon (Brooklyn College). He recently produced the debut EP for The U.S. Open (featuring Shawn Randell, William Jackson Harper, Steven Boyer, Diana Oh, Je? Biehl, and Bobby Moreno), which will be released later this year. JENNIFER CAMPOS PRODUCTIONS (Producer) JC Productions was founded to promote diverse and inclusive theatrical productions across the country. Ms. Campos has worked as an equity stage manager with several off-Broadway theater companies including The New Group and Primary Stages. Most recently, Jennifer was an Associate Producer for The New Group Off Broadway production of Waiting for Godot with Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, and Wallace Shawn. FUND TEXAS CHOICE (formerly Fund Texas Women) is a non-profit organization that pays for Texans' travel to abortion clinics. We were formed in response to the passage of Texas House Bill 2, which closed nearly 75% of over 40 Texan clinics in 2013 and 2014. The closures were primarily in rural and low-income areas of the state, necessitating cost-prohibitive, time-wasting, and geographically difficult travel for groups already facing financial obstacles to abortion. In the summer of 2016, the Supreme Court dismantled HB2, but our work isn't finished yet. This legislation did its damage; most of the clinics closed by HB2 have not reopened. For some friends in West Texas, the closest abortion clinic is a 5-hour drive away. East Texans near Louisiana and North-Texans near Oklahoma have clinics closer to them but public transit in these regions is extremely sparse. Below is a map of the clinics left in our area. Since HB2, the Texas legislature has passed more laws restricting abortions and making it difficult to get one. For example, there is a mandatory 24-hour waiting period between an initial consultation with an abortion provider and the abortion. That means it takes a minimum of 2 days, but sometimes even a week! That's why we provide both transportation and accommodation. Another law - a 6-week abortion ban - the so-called the heartbeat bill - went into effect September 1, 2021. This law puts abortion providers and ANYONE WHO ASSISTS a person at risk. Literally ANYONE can bring a civil suit against them with a minimum award of $10,000. Thankfully, the pregnant person is not liable, either criminally or civilly. Nevertheless, Fund Texas Choice continues to serve pregnant people who are seeking abortion-related services and information. We do so in compliance with the law to the best of our understanding. www.play-perview.com www.fundtexaschoice.com |
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