HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP
PRESENTS A
STRANGEDOG THEATRE
PRODUCTION OF
ENCHANTED ARMS
Michelle Lupo and Tony K. Knotts Photo credit: Anthony Gusevich
WRITTEN BY BEN CLAWSON, STACIE LENTS, JOSEPH PALESTINA & JOHN WOOTEN
CREATED BY BEN CLAWSON
DIRECTED BY ARTEM YATSUNOV
NYC PREMIERE
MAY 15 - 31 @ UNDER ST. MARKS
Horse Trade Theater Group and StrangeDog Theatre will present the New York Premiere of ENCHANTED ARMS written by Ben Clawson, Stacie Lents, Joseph Palestina, and John Wooten, May 15-31 at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A). This evening of new plays is
- conceived by Ben Clawson (The High Water Mark, Luna Stage) and directed by Artem Yatsuov (Basic Help, Sell Out Award Winner, FRIGID NYC 2014)
- with choreography by Annalisa Ledson (NACHMO 4 NYC).
- Featuring: Tony K Knotts (Master Harold…and the Boys!, Luna Stage), Michelle Lupo, Tracy Shar, Annalisa Ledson, Gary Martins, Shannon Sullivan, Seth Michael, Lee Ann Hoover, and David Hoffman.
- Lighting and Sound Design by Harrison J. Adams,
- Original Art Work by Sara Sciarrabbarasi, and
- Press Photography by Anthony Gusevich.
- Stage Managed by Rachael Tucker.
Four
screwed-up fairy-tales: The Big Bad Wolf wears a short, short skirt,
Rumpelstiltskin is tenured in the Ivy league, and Rapunzel is bleeding
heavily from the scalp. Plus, Prince Charming seems to be developing a
drinking problem.
Hot
off a nearly sold-out run at Luna Stage in New Jersey, the nomadic
bi-state StrangeDog Theatre Company is coming across the Hudson with
their evening of new plays that grab four age-old fairy-tales and throw
them into a modern dilapidated apartment building.
Featuring new works from four New Jersey powerhouse playwrights – John Wooten, Stacie Lents, Joseph Palestina, and Ben Clawson.
The production will run May 15-31 at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A); Thursday through Saturday at 8pm. Tickets ($15) are available online at www.horseTRADE.info or by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444. The production is 70 minutes long, with no intermission.
BEN CLAWSON (Creator,
Playwright) received his B.F.A. in Theater from Montclair State
University. He is the author of numerous full-length plays, short
comedies, and evenings of thematically connected one acts. His plays
have had professional productions, readings, and workshops throughout
New York, New Jersey, Washington D.C. and New Orleans. He has written
commissioned works for the Luna Stage Company, The Montclair State
University School of the Arts, and the Contagious Drama Theatre
Workshop. He has been an evening winner and finalist in the Samuel
French Short Play festival, national finalist for the American College
Theater Festival's John Cauble One-Act Award, finalist for the Princess
Grace Award in playwriting, and recipient of the Kennedy Center's David
Mark Cohen award. He is a member of the Dramatist Guild, and a founder
of the StrangeDog Theatre Company, with whom he has produced many of his
plays.
STACIE LENTS (Playwright) is working with StrangeDog Theatre Co. for the second time after their reading of her play Written on Her Face
last year. A Semi-Finalist in the Premiere Stages New Play Festival in
2010, it opened the Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey “Soundings”
reading series in December and has also received a staged reading at
Luna Stage. Stacie’s play Henry’s Law was featured in Mile Square
Theatre’s Fall Fest last season and toured to New Jersey area high
schools as part of an anti-bullying initiative through Fairleigh
Dickinson University. Henry’s Law received a workshop at
Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey this month and a tour is planned for
2014. Stacie returned to Mile Square Theatre’s Fall Fest this year with Laugh Out Loud (cry quietly), which Peter Filichia of TheaterMania called “the best comedy of the year” in 2008. Stacie wrote the book and lyrics for Daisy in Disguise, which ran off-Broadway through Vital Theatre Company with an original cast recording released during the run. Stacie’s play College Colors
has received readings at Luna Stage and at Manhattan Theatre Club
produced by coLAB Arts. Other writing credits include plays in the 2011
and 2012 New Jersey One-Minute Play Festivals, Tidal Waves in the Neighborhood, Focus, and Just in Case
(a commission).
Stacie is also an actor who has performed in both New
York and regional theatre and is currently a member of the Jewish Plays
Project’s Development Company. Stacie is an assistant professor of
theater at Fairleigh Dickinson University where she originated the Black
History, Black Voices series which she writes and directs. She
previously taught at Rutgers University.
Stacie is a member of Actors’
Equity Association, the Screen Actors Guild, and the Dramatists Guild of
America. Stacie received her MFA from Rutgers, Mason Gross School of
the Arts and her B.A. in Theatre from Yale University.
JOSEPH PALESTINA
(Playwright) is the creator of “Joe Pal & Eggs”, a webseries that
'mock'uments the multiple facets of his life. He graduated Montclair
State University with a BFA in Acting and an MA in Counseling. He
recently won Best Actor for Spincach Quesadilla, a film he wrote
and directed for the 48 Hour Film Project NYC. His last play, Bits was
winner of Strangedogs Beer Battered Play Festival.
He's toured the country
with indie rock band Thing-One. Their music has been played on WOXY,
FUV, and several college radio stations. He's a production
assistant for “The Following”, “Boardwalk Empire”, and “The Americans”.
JOHN WOOTEN
(Playwright) John’s plays have been produced in New York,
internationally and in numerous regional theaters across the United
States. Commercial: Trophies (Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane); International: The Mission Home (King’s Head Theatre/London) and The Role of Della (Venues in France, England, Serbia, India, Australia, Ireland, Montenegro, and Canada); Regional: Kiss the Bride (Forum Theatre), Hannah (Premiere Stages), Happy Hour (Twelve Miles West), Uncommon Enemies (TheatreFest), UnCivil War (Theatre at Lime Kiln), The Role of Della (ATL finalist and over 300 Regional productions) and Humbug (Premiere Stages). His film Cat in the Pan
premiered at the Montreal Film Festival and has been screened across
North America.
Awards/Nominations: New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Fellowship, Best New Play nomination from the American Theatre Critics
Association, Semi-finalist for a Nicholls Fellowship, sponsored by the
Academy Awards, and multiple Best New Play nominations from the Newark
Star-Ledger. Published in/by: Dramatists Play Service, Samuel French,
Inc., Playscripts, Inc., Dramatic Publishing Company, Plays for
Actresses,
Playing Contemporary Scenes, and Millennium Monologues. John
is the Producing Artistic Director of Premiere Stages and teaches
Playwriting at Kean University.
ARTEM YATSUNOV
(Director) received his B.F.A. in Theatre from Montclair State
University. Along with playwright Ben Clawson and a handful of
irresponsibly creative individuals he co-founded StrangeDog Theatre in
2008. In just six years StrangeDog has produced over 30 evenings of mild
mayhem and honest to goodness pieces of theatre. NYC: Writopia
Worldwide Playwriting Festival 2014, Basic Help by Ben Clawson (FRIGID NYC 2014, Sell Out Award), Israela Margalit’s Night Blooming Jasmine (Under St Marks), The Virilogy (Horse Trade), The StrangeDog Eat Dog and Pony Show (The Tank). NJ: Kitty Kitty Kitty by Noah Haidle (Tierney’s Tavern), Omnivores by Ben Clawson (PTNJ, World Premiere).
Artem will be seen next on stage the Edmonton and Winnipeg Fringes alongside Antonia Lassar (The Godbox; Tina and Amy: Last Night In Paradise) with the World Premiere of Pair of Animals want to marry YOU! – a two-person musical-comedy co-written with Ms. Lassar.
STRANGEDOG THEATRE COMANY is
a nomadic troupe intent on creating new plays for both avid
theatre-lovers and people who mistakenly think they don't like plays.
The production will run May 15-31 at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A); Thursday through Saturday at 8pm. Tickets ($15) are available online at www.horseTRADE.info or by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444. The production is 70 minutes long, with no intermission.
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