2012 - 2013 SEASON
MAIN STAGE
NORMALCY takes a brutally honest look at racism in America through the lens of an African American child, his prospective white parents, their circle of family members and co-workers, social workers, and transracially adopted adults.
Featuring Aleisha Force, Harvey Guion, Mary Ann Hay, Darlene Hope, Judson Jones, Sarah Joyce, Lisha McKoy, and Kelsey Sheppard
August 31 – September 22, Playwrights Horizons
MAIN STAGE
Shadow puppetry, inspired by the Javanese art form brings the jungle and the characters within to life. The play opens with Alex under his sheets with a flashlight reading long after he should be asleep. And as he reads the shadows in his room come to life. He then becomes not just an onlooker but becomes Mowgli and the adventures begin!
Featuring Vanessa Altschuler, Bianca Christina, Charlie Solis, Kire Tosevski, Christopher Travlos, and Emily Verla
September 1 - 26, Playwrights Horizons
NEIGHBORHOOD READING SERIES
A powerful, true drama of six amazing women who went and served in Vietnam. The play portrays each young woman before, during, and after her tour in the war-torn nation and ends as each leaves a personal token at the memorial wall in Washington.
Featuring Heather Arney, Rachel Caplan, Bianca Christina, Darlene Hope, Christa Kimlicko Jones, Alice Qin, and Kire Tosevski
Sponsored by O'Lunney's Times Square Pub
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Theatre East goes on a shopping spree for families in NYC shelters with Stockings with Care!
A riveting drama based on the life of a 19 year old slave whose 1855 landmark court case heralded the beginning of the American Abolitionist movement. Fusing race relations, gender relations, and socio-political drama seamlessly, PROPERTY examines the idea of personhood and the right of each human to determine their own fate.
Featuring Sarah Joyce, Nik Walker (HAMILTON), Judson Jones, Christa Kimlicko Jones, Jerry Schwartz, Patrick Pizzolorusso, Casey Hayes, Kevin O’Callaghan, Brad Makarowski, and Leighanne West.
Sponsored by O'Lunney's Times Square Pub
NEIGHBORHOOD READING SERIES
The third installment of Theatre East’s Educational Program NEW RITES COLLECTIVE culminated in an evening of 10-minute plays centered around the relationships we share, and the experience and magic found therein.
10 students from Innovation Diploma Plus, Frank McCourt High School, and Global Learning Collaborative performed alongside 3 professional actors from the New York community.
Participating Teaching Artists: Jessica M. Burgess, Judson Jones, Casey Hayes, Scott O’Brien, Jerome Martin Schwartz, and Sean Turner
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
Does absolute power corrupt absolutely? A great leader or a power-hungry tyrant? Shakespeare’s greatest political thriller tells the story of conspiracy, assassination, and the lust for power.
Featuring Heather Arney, Nick Cianfrogna, Heather Hill, David Kubicka, Valerie Redd, Georgina Richardson, Alexander Ristov, Kelsey Sheppard, Kire Tosevsky, Emily Verla, and Mariana Villy
Sponsored by O'Lunney's Times Square Pub
NEIGHBORHOOD READING SERIES
After publishing his first short story, an aspiring author becomes infatuated with a 15-year-old girl. Convinced that she is the Muse that will inspire him to write a great novel, he disappears with her, leaving his wife and sister to figure out what to do about his secret.
Featuring Casey Hayes, Heather Hill, Christa Kimlicko Jones, Judson Jones, and Christopher Travlos
Sponsored by O'Lunney's Times Square Pub
NEIGHBORHOOD READING SERIES
Theatre East participates in the MS Walk for a Cure.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
From the same writer and producers that presented HARVEST (Smith and Kraus Best New Play of 2008, Backstage Critics Pick) in 2008, comes the age-old story of loss, forgiveness, and coming home.
Featuring Dominic Chianese, Christa Kimlicko Jones, Kire Tosevski, David Volin, Shorey Walker, Braden Socia, Doug Lake, Hannah Johnson, Rebecca Carney, and Corrina Weatherly
Sponsored by O'Lunney's Times Square Pub
NEIGHBORHOOD READING SERIES
Almost forty years after being falsely imprisoned, a man summons a Bishop for a confession that involves the events of their shared past. What unfolds is a story of love, revenge and enlightenment that is reenacted by the man’s fellow inmates and leads up to the moment that changed both of their lives forever.
Featuring Todd Eric Hawkins, Neil Arthur James, John Kevin Jones, Judson Jones, James LaRosa, Marc Palmieri, Nick Piacente, Jay Rogers, David Schuller, and Ryan Trout
Sponsored by O'Lunney's Times Square Pub
