CURRENT MEMBER NEWS
From Kristen Kingsley: Free, but advanced reservation is required! Reserve Tickets here! Hartbeat Ensemble is Partnering with Trinity College to present: Jimmy & Lorraine: A Musing. Playwright and director Talvin Wilks’ poetic and political play focuses on the friendship between two groundbreaking Black American writers and activists, Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin. Kristen is the Production Stage Manager.
Show dates & Times:
October 10 @7:30pm
October 12 @7:30pm
October 17 @2:00pm
October 18 @7:30pm
October 19 @ 2:00pm
October 19 @ 7:30pm
Andrea Lynn Green will perform in two NYC industry readings of the new musical PARCEL FROM AMERICA. Set in 1950s West Limerick with Irish emigration at its core, PARCEL FROM AMERICA follows a lonely widow and a neighbor boy. The boy's attempt to comfort her leads him to make a promise he can't keep, forcing his family into a desperate act of kindness that leads them to the true heart of Christmas. The staged reading will feature a live Irish band from Dublin. Read the playbill.com article here.
Randy Schein will be performing in the play RICHARD BENJAMIN (that's right...) at the New York Theater Festival in New York City in February. More information to come soon!
Vivian Landau is filming a role LYDIA, a witness, in CBS's ELSBETH this week. Should be on soon for their second season.
John Elsenbeck is in rehearsal for The Crucible by Arthur Miller in the role of Giles Corey. Presented by Hole in the Wall Theater in New Britain, CT. 8pm Shows October 11th & 12th, 18th & 19th, 25th & 26th 3pm Matinee October 20th.
Dan Remmes is on a little publicity tour for the release of the cast recording of GRUMPY OLD MEN: THE MUSICAL, as announced in Broadway World. He has been interviewed on the Broadway Podcast Network, Musical Theatre Radio’s “Be Our Guest,” Theater in the Round on WPPD 106.5FM, and on Sports Byline on Sirius XM (they interview entertainers too). This one was broadcast live so may be lost forever? But it was international, which was a first for Dan!
THEATREWORKS NEW MILFORD: Our Play Festival Winner! Chosen from over 100 submitted plays: First Place: "The Man on the Moon" by Jim Gordon with Molly Garbe Brown and Matt McQuail. Directed by Kate Katcher.
Vivien Landau just did a Disney episodic DYING FOR SEX, portraying Michelle Williams' older self, coming out this fall.
The World Premiere Cast Recording of GRUMPY OLD MEN: THE MUSICAL by Dan Remmes is now available on Broadway Records. It features the vocal talents of Emmy- and Golden Globe winner Sally Struthers, Tony and Emmy-Award winner Hal Linden, as well as award-winning Broadway greats Mark Jacoby (Phantom of the Opera), Ed Dixon (Les Misérables), Brenda Braxton (Smokey Joe’s Café), and Laura Woyasz (Wicked). Music direction by Phil Reno (The Producers).
Click the photo below to be taken to the cast recording:
Lisa McCree's play, THE ARTIFACT, was selected to be featured at KaniniFest. In Bentonville Arkansas,the Momentary will host the first-ever KaniniFest, a one-act play festival featuring three days of plays and immersive performances, dance workshops, drum circles, art installations, and more. Kanini is derived from the Indigenous Australian word Kanyini, which means “oneness.” KaniniFest embodies the concept of love, the direct connection to your land, your spirit, and your soul, and an undying responsibility and caring. The festival will be held across the Momentary’s campus from October 11 through 13.