EMMA: Life is theatre. Theatre is life. If we’re showing what life is, can be, we must do theatre.
SUE: Will I have to act?
EMMA: It’s not acting. It’s being. It’s springing forth with the powers of the spirit. It’s breathing.
Fefu and Her Friends (1977), Maria Irene Fornes
Nicole Stodard, PhD, is a researcher, writer, educator, and professional theatre artist. The Drama, Daily blog explores topics related to theatre, performance, culture, gender, and the ‘theatrum mundi’ metaphor, which highlights the dramatic nature of everyday life.
A full member of the SDC (Stage Directors and Choreographers Society), Nicole has directed and designed (costume, sound) more than 30 main stage productions. She is the Founding Artistic Director of Thinking Cap Theatre (TCT), a professional 501c3 theatre company established in 2010. TCT prioritizes gender parity in season programming and programs plays that experiment with dramatic form and explore the diversity of the world within which we live.
Nicole holds a BA from Lafayette College, Easton, PA; an M Phil. from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland; and PhD from the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. Her areas of research include the history of stage direction; the history of women in professional theatre; early modern drama (Aphra Behn); and feminist and LGBTQ issues in theatre and performance. Her current book Aphra Behn and the Glass Curtain is under contract with Routledge.
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CV available upon request.
DRAMA, DAILY 
You may want to write about MoLoRa – see http://www.cultureproject.org.
Written by a South African woman, actors-singers from South Africa. In NYC in July. The play merges the Electra legend with South Africa’s alternative to the bloodbath we all expected.
Tita anntares@yahoocom
See below or, better, check out the website.
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT* EXPIRES THIS WEEKEND!
Save 30% with code: CP5030
$30 for previews and matinees (reg. $45); $50 for evening performances (reg. $75)
*Discount does not apply to opening night (July 6)
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
Performances June 30 – July 24; Opening Night July 6
Tuesday – Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm
For full performance schedule, visit MoLoRa.org or call 866-811-4111.
The Ailey Citigroup Theater
The Joan Weill Center for Dance
405 W. 55th Street at 9th Ave.
New York, New York 10019
Video Interview with Yael Farber, Creator and Director of MoLoRa
Photo: Ruphin Couzyer
Set after the fall of apartheid, South African playwright and director Yael Farber’s MoLoRa re-imagines the ancient Greek Oresteia to tell the story of her own country’s painful and extraordinary transition to democracy. As Klytemnestra and Elektra- mother and daughter, perpetrator and victim-sit to face each other in an open hearing, MoLoRa reenacts a watershed moment in world history, illuminating the universal and excruciating choice for any victim: to seek revenge or choose forgiveness.
Playing the role of chorus, the women of the world-renowned Ngqoko Cultural Group underscore the performance with haunting throat singing of the Xhosa tradition. Hailing from deep in rural South Africa, these guardians of a dying musical tradition bear witness as the crimes of apartheid are viscerally remembered. A relentless examination of the spirals of violence, MoLoRa is a celebration of the courage to choose forgiveness and find a path to reconciliation.
“This is art from the gut. I cannot recommend it highly enough”
– London Times
For Tickets and Information visit MoLoRa.org, or call 866-811-4111.
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HERE’s Dream Music Puppetry Program presents:
B A N N E R S & C R A N K S
a cantastoria festival
Curated by Dave Buchen & Clare Dolan
Pre-cinematic technology takes over HERE for a week of contemporary cantastoria, cooked up by puppeteers, artists and craftspeople from across the country. A millenium-old art form is rejuvenated and re-imagined, as performers animate paintings and banners alongside texts, puppets, jokes, songs and stories.
Each unique program features several original shorts on a given theme such as: Boom or Bust, Phobia & Fetish, or Sink or Swim
HERE
June 22-26
$15 TIX | Use code: blast15
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The Classical Theatre of Harlem presents
Henry V
Written by William Shakespeare
Explore the brutally thoughtful, fiercely funny, belligerent diplomacy of King Henry V with The Classical Theatre of Harlem. Our young King Henry V takes the throne, his dying father’s advice to “busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels” ringing in his ears. His reputation as a fun-loving lad who’s lived among the common folk inspires love from commoners and disregard from his enemies. Join CTH’s powerful exploration of what it means for a king to bear the burdensome expectations of the crown – and the people to bear the expectations of the king – as Henry V works to win the hearts of all.
“If there is a more dauntless ensemble in New York, I don’t know what it is.”
– The New York Times
“CTH Reconfirms itself as one of the gustiest and physically fearless groups around.” – Time Out New York
PERFORMANCES
Mt. Morris Park: August 5th and 6th at 8 pm.
East River Park: August 26-27, 8 PM; August 28, 3 PM
The Malcom X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial Center: August 8, 10-13, 17-20, 23-28, 31-Sept. 4th – 8 PM
Additional matinee performances: August 13-14, 20-21, September 3rd, 3 PM
To reserve your ticket, please visit classicaltheatreofharlem.org or call (347) 688-6304.
Mention code: HENRYCTH and save 50% off the regular ticket price!
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use code CPGERM at SmartTix for 20 buck tix through 6/26!*
4 efflorescent “GERMS” of specially-commissioned highly theatrical new works – presented together in 1 cohesive, sensical, absolutely entertaining production with a delightful “to-be-continued” aesthetic!
written by Kara Lee Corthron / directed by Kara-Lynn Vaeni ALICEGRACEANON
written by Lynn Rosen / directed by Shana Gold
GOLDOR $ MYTHYKA: A HERO IS BORN (based on a truly true story)
written by Kathryn Walat / directed by Portia Krieger
THIS IS NOT ANTIGONE
written by Anna Ziegler / directed by Beatrice Terry
EVENING ALL AFTERNOON
with a company of actors Carolyn Baeumler * Maggie Bofill * Juan Javier Cardenas *Jorge Chacon * Jackie Chung * Matthew-Lee Erlbach * Anna Kull * Peter Levine * Garrett Neergaard * Thomas Pecinka * Charise Castro Smith * Jenny Seastone Stern * Danny Wolohan
and house bands Mike Ferraro & The Young Republicans & The House of Leaves set Nick Francone lights Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew sound Marcelo Anez, Asa Wember costumes Jessica Wegener Shay video Piama Habibullah & Jared Mezzocchi props/asst set design Rachel Schapira movement Melissa Riker fights Lillian Vince bandleader Ralph Capasso composer Cristian Amigo stage mgmt Marcie A. Friedman & Amy Francis Schott
JUNE 11 TO JULY 9 at 8pm, mainly Thursday thru Monday! + Wednesday June 15 + Tuesday July 5
no performance Monday June 13, Saturday June 18 or Monday July 4
opening night June 20; benefit performance Thursday June 23 — 75 bucks gets you a PARTY!
Saturday June 18 + Wednesdays June 22, 29, July 6: GERM NATION! What’s GERM NATION? Something different, in an up-to-the-minute, surprise kinda way! We might use the time process-like, to re-work a “germ” or try a new trick; we might bring a cast in to read the full draft of the play their “germ” is taken from; or maybe we’ll just have a party! Find out what’s happening each week on our website and of course the GERM blog!
at 3LD Art & Technology Center 80 Greenwich Street (at Rector)
easy easy easy to get to! take the 1, R, W to Rector Street / 4, 5 to Wall Street
$25 / Sundays pay-what-you-will (at the door only)
tickets http://www.smarttix.com or 212 868 4444
*discount not valid on 6/20 or 6/23 read more more more on THE GERM BLOG!
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Culture Project’s Women Center Stage (WCS) is committed to supporting and vigorously promoting the work of women playwrights, directors, and performing artists, and celebrating the unique contribution of women to social justice and human rights. WomenCenterStage.org
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Hi Nicole,
My name is Kate and I just stumbled upon your (wonderful) blog while working on producing the feminist-themed play “Boy Gets Girl” by Rebecca Gilman. Currently, we’re working on raising funds to get this play done off off Broadway in NYC. Is there any chance I could ask you to share the link to my kickstarter page on your website? I feel strange asking, but I’m just at the point where I need all the help I can get. I think this is an important play that needs to be done, but getting the funds is difficult (surprise surprise).
here is the link for you to check out.
Any advice or input would also be appreciated.
Thank you for your time and consideration!
Sincerely,
Kate
British National Theater of America and
1st Irish Theater Festival present:
REFLECTIONS
Thursday, September 15, 2011 through Sunday, October 02, 2011
Stage Left Studios
Two generations. Two extraordinary women. Two Stories from Northern Ireland before and after the Good Friday Agreement
Twinkletoes by Jennifer Johnston and Forgotten Milk by Bernard McMullan.
Derry City. Two women, two generations, one story. On the night of her daughter’s wedding, Karen returns home alone, reflecting on the life she is living because of her terrorist husband’s actions. 20 years later, Karen’s daughter lives in a changed Northern Ireland, but still lives with the decisions she made at 17.
REFLECTIONS: An Evening of Women’s Voices
Twinkletoes by Jennifer Johnston and Forgotten Milk by Bernard McMullan
Directed by: Jo Cattell
Cast includes: Paula Nance, music by Andy Mac
Presented by: British National Theatre of America
Playing: Stage Left Studio, 214 W 30th St NYC
Opening: Thursday, September 15th, 2011
Closing: Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
Directed by: Jo Cattell
Tickets: http://www.smartix.com
Now in its third year, New York’s annual First Irish Theatre Festival is a celebration of the best of Irish theatre, brought to you by Origin Theatre Company. Throughout September and early October, we highlight performances from playwrights new and old at 15 venues throughout the city.
For bios, interviews and more information contact: Anita Daly/Daly Communications /212 772 0852 / anitadaly@yahoo.com