| In May, The Actors Studio welcomes the public to live events featuring Tony Award winner Lois Smith, and celebrations of BIPOC membership | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 07:27 am EDT 05/06/23 | |
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| Audible Theater's Sorry For Your Loss Announces One-Week Extension Ahead of Opening Night Now Playing Through June 10 Opening Monday, May 8 Continuing Audible's 5th Season At the Minetta Lane Theatre Production Will Also Be Released Globally As An Audible Original NEWARK, NJ and NEW YORK, NY – May 5, 2023 – Audible Theater is pleased to announce an extension for Michael Cruz Kayne's self-authored show Sorry For Your Loss, directed by Josh Sharp. Due to demand, the production will now run through Saturday, June 10 at the Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane, between MacDougal & 6th Avenue – one block south of W. 3rd Street), Audible's creative home for live performances in New York. Sorry For Your Loss will also be recorded and released on Audible at a later date, extending its reach to millions of listeners around the world. This seven-week limited engagement will officially open Monday, May 8. Sorry For Your Loss continues Audible Theater's fifth season of shows at the Minetta Lane. Like all the world's most insightful theatrical works, it began with a tweet. On the tenth anniversary of a profound loss, comedian Michael Cruz Kayne felt compelled to describe his feelings of grief in 140 characters or less. Much to his surprise, hundreds of thousands came back with shows of support from all corners of the globe. Overwhelmed by the response, the Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer and host of A Good Cry created Sorry for Your Loss, a sidesplitting, heartrending look at life—and death. This powerfully personal world premiere cuts through the platitudes, directly reaching out to anyone who has ever experienced loss—or will. So... everyone. The creative team for Sorry for Your Loss includes Josh Sharp (director), Brett Banakis (scenic design), Rodrigo Muñoz (costume design), Cha See (lighting design), Connor Wang (sound design), and Aaron Rhyne (projection design). Garrett Kerr is Production Stage Manager. Technical supervision is by Hudson Theatrical Associates with general management by Baseline Theatrical's Jonathan Whitton. Audible Theater is pleased to offer several post-show talkback events throughout the run of Sorry For Your Loss that reflect the themes of the show: Thursday, May 11: a conversation with Michael Cruz Kayne and Josh Sharp, moderated by CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Faith Salie and hosted in partnership with New York City Tourism + Conventions' It's Time for Culture Friday, May 12: a conversation in partnership with Experience Camps with Brie Overton, Chief Clinical Officer; Dan Wolfson, a Clinical Director for Experience Camps; and Jesse Moss, Senior Marketing Manager at Experience Camps Friday, May 19: a conversation in partnership with Experience Camps with Dan Wolfson, a Clinical Director for Experience Camps; and Victoria Grinman, a Grief Specialist for Experience Camps A picture containing person, person, wearing, shirt Michael Cruz Kayne is a comedian, actor and writer based in NYC. He is currently a staff writer on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," where his work has earned him a Peabody Award, a WGA Award and three Emmy nominations. Acting credits include HBO's "The White House Plumbers" and "High Maintenance," as well as Apple TV's "Severance" and "Helpsters," among others. Michael also has a Signal Award-winning and Webby-nominated podcast about grief, A Good Cry, with notable guests that include Stephen Colbert, Nicole Byer, Joel Kim Booster and Nora McInerny. Josh Sharp (Director) is a Brooklyn based comedian. He has been featured on "Ziwe" (Showtime), "Search Party" (HBOMax), "2 Dope Queens" (HBO), "The Opposition with Jordan Klepper" (Comedy Central), and "At Home With Amy Sedaris" (TruTV). He wrote and starred in the upcoming a24 feature film Fucking Identical Twins. TICKETING INFORMATION Tickets for Sorry For Your Loss are on sale now at www.sorryforyourlossshow.com. Audible Theater is proud to collaborate with TodayTix to offer $15 mobile rush tickets beginning at 10am each performance day. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis exclusively through the TodayTix app. Masks are encouraged but not required for patrons at the Minetta Lane Theatre. ABOUT AUDIBLE THEATER Audible Theater makes outstanding performances and powerful storytelling available to millions of people all over the world. As part of this initiative, Audible has produced Girls & Boys with Carey Mulligan, The Half-Life of Marie Curie with Kate Mulgrew, Harry Clarke starring Billy Crudup, Billy Crystal's Have A Nice Day with Annette Bening and Kevin Kline, the revival of Aasif Mandvi's Sakina's Restaurant, and many others at the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City. In May 2018, Audible announced that the Minetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village will serve as its creative home for live performances in New York. Audible hosts and produces a wide variety of live performances at the Minetta Lane including dramatic plays, comedic shows, engaging panel discussions, and more, with Audible members receiving exclusive access to discounted tickets and related audio content. Audible was co-producer for the Broadway transfer of the Tony Award-nominated Latin HistorNEW YORK – In May, The Actors Studio continues its 75th Anniversary celebration as the world’s most celebrated and influential membership association for professional actors, directors and playwrights. The legendary studio, located at 432 West 44th Street, will open its doors to the public for four special events, each free and open to the public. Friday, May 12 & Saturday May 13 at 7PM THE ACTORS STUDIO: IN PROCESS featuring the legendary LOIS SMITH To reserve your seats, visit TheActorsStudio.org/75ProcessMay The Actors Studio continues its new series that open its doors to the public for a rare opportunity to observe representative work from its private sessions. “The Actors Studio In Process“ offers audiences a glimpse behind the doors of The Actors Studio, observing curated evenings of advanced work, drawn from acting sessions. At these open rehearsals, audiences may observe a scene from a larger production, a variation on a scene, and/or exploration of work designed by the actors—just as is done every week in session at the Studio. A moderator will lead a short Q & A after the work, where the audience can ask questions about what they have seen. This edition of “In Process” will feature work from: Hillbilly Women, by Elizabeth Stearns, directed by Marilyn Fried featuring Tony Award-winner Lois Smith, Jacqueline Knapp, and Taylor Plas. Midnight and Sky by Dennis Russo featuring Dennis Russo and Marc Solomon. We Might Fall Apart by Chris Stack and Scott McCord featuring Scott McCord, Chris Stack, and Taylor Plas. Sunday May 14 at 3PM THE PLAYWRIGHT: TALES FROM THE COLOR LINE To reserve your seats, visit TheActorsStudio.org/75ColorlineMay An encore presentation celebrating of the Black membership of The Actors Studio and Its award-winning contribution to American Theatre. Actors will present scenes from plays by black members of the Actors Studio, illuminating the varied and often fraught nature of our society’s interracial interactions. A moderator will lead a short Q & A after the presentation, where the audience can ask questions about what they have seen. Plays featured in the program will include: This Bird of Dawning Singeth All Night Long by Phillip Hayes Dean Directed by Paul Calderon, the cast features Martha Gehman and Richarda Abrams. Blues for Mister Charley by James Baldwin Directed by Patricia Floyd, the cast features Scott McCord, Robert Mobley, Samuel Pygatt, Delissa Reynolds, and Lawrence Stallings. The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window by Lorraine Hansberry Directed by JoAnna Rhinehart, the cast features Michael Billingsley, Aprella Godfrey-Barule and Omar Ezat No Place to Be Somebody by Charles Gordone Directed by Marcus Naylor, the cast features Brittaney Chatman, Rony Clanton, Robert Mobley, Marcus Naylor and Steven Vause Friday, May 19 & Saturday May 20 at 7PM ON THE FLY 2023: THEN AND NOW To reserve your seats for May 19, visit TheActorsStudio.org/75OntheFlyThen To reserve your seats for May 20, visit TheActorsStudio.org/75OntheFlyNow This is a redux of the 10-Minute Web Play Series presented on Zoom in 2020 by the BIPOC (representing the Indigenous, Black, Latine, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, North African, South East Asian) members of the Actors Studio as live zoom presentations in response to the challenges we all endured during the racial, cultural, economic and social unrest in our nation’s history amidst the COVID 19 pandemic. “On The Fly...” is just what it means, and will feature the work of BIPOC playwright/director teams paired at random with Studio actors (members, finalist and participants) and tasked with conceiving and developing a short play over one week with a given prompt. This event comes in two parts. Friday, May 19th at 7PM - "THEN" is a screening of selected original pieces as they appeared on Zoom in 2020. There will be a short Q and A afterwards. Saturday, May 20 at 7pm - "& NOW" is a series of original short plays, written and directed (as in 202o) by members of our BIPOC community, will be performed live onstage. This event will be followed by a short Q and A. Thursday, May 25 & Friday, May 26 at 7PM AREYTO: LATINE CELEBRATION To reserve your seats for, visit TheActorsStudio.org/75Areyto Areyto is an ancient song and dance performed by the indigenous Taino people of the Caribbean. The Areyto is a theatrical ceremony that narrates and honors the heroic deeds of ancestors, chiefs, gods and all those rooted in equatorial tribal origins. "Areyto: Latine Celebration" is an immersive celebration of selected Latine scene work, poetry, song and dance. We join our Actors Studio family in celebrating the 75th anniversary by celebrating our diverse cultures and communities. We take great pride in offering the first ever Actors Studio Latine Event to highlight our vibrant evolutionary sojourn into diversity. There will be a reception downstairs, immediately following the event. Seating for these special 75th Anniversary events are free, and extremely limited. Those who would like to attend must reserve seats and receive confirmation of access. For more information about The Actors Studio and upcoming events, visit TheActorsStudio.org. NOTE: While The Actors Studio’s 75th Anniversary events are free and open to the public, reviews and photography of Actors Studio events are not permitted. ?Thank you for respecting this long-standing policy of The Actors Studio. Both a place and a philosophy, The Actors Studio is an association of artists who, drawing from this common wellspring, have made enormous contributions to American art. Founded in 1947 in New York City by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford, and Robert Lewis, the Studio began as a place where theatre artists could gather, privately, to explore new and deeper connections to the work. The founding members, a group of actors, writers, and directors, were committed to redefining the art of acting, to developing a series of techniques an actor could use to search for and express the truth onstage in the moment. The workshop went on to become the most powerful influence on American acting in the 20th century and continues today serving new generations of actors who are committed to the same ideal. Founding Artistic Director, Lee Strasberg, developed a series of techniques and exercises that became known as ‘The Method’ and changed the art of acting worldwide. Membership is free. After successfully completing a series of auditions, the actor is invited into membership for life. Membership is bi-coastal, and to support them there are two locations. New York is The Actors Studio’s birthplace and administrative headquarters. The only branch, Actors Studio West, is located in West Hollywood, CA. All members benefit from having a home with similar activities on both coasts. Current leadership of The Actors Studio includes Co-Presidents Ellen Burstyn, Alec Baldwin and Al Pacino; Artistic Directors Beau Gravitte (NYC) and Salome Jens (L.A.); Co-Associate Artistic Directors Estelle Parsons, Michael Aronov and Javier Molina (NYC), and Katherine Cortez (L.A.) Notable members, past and present, of The Actors Studio have included Bea Arthur, Anne Bancroft, Michael Bennett, Marlon Brando, Roscoe Lee Browne, Montgomery Clift, Common, Bradley Cooper, James Dean, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Ben Gazzara, Lorraine Hansberry, Julie Harris, Dustin Hoffman, Celeste Holm, Kim Hunter, William Inge, Elia Kazan, Harvey Keitel, Stephen Lang, James Lipton, Martin Landau, Cloris Leachman, Melissa Leo, Norman Mailer, Walter Matthau, Marilyn Monroe, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, Clifford Odets, Geraldine Page, Sidney Poitier, Sydney Pollack, Jose Quintero, Jerome Robbins, Mark Rylance, Eva Marie Saint, Kim Stanley, Maureen Stapleton, Rod Steiger, Eli Wallach, Tennessee Williams, Gene Wilder, Shelley Winters and Joanne Woodward, to name a few. ABOUT AUDIBLE, INC. Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, offering global audiences a powerful way to enhance and enrich their lives through extraordinary content. Audible's catalog includes more than 800,000 audio titles, including Audible Originals as well as audiobooks and podcasts from leading studios, print, audio and magazine publishers and world-renowned entertainers. # # # # www.audible.com/theater |
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