The Winter 2007 Writer/Director Forum, a festival of workshop productions of plays featuring new writers and directors, runs Thursday, November 29 – Sunday, December 16 at The Looking Glass Theatre (422 West 57th Street).
The Looking Glass Theatre’s Writer/Director Forum
is part of the company’s mission to reflect life on the stage
with truth and theatricality while exploring a female
vision/aesthetic. The festival is held twice a year at
The Looking Glass Theatre. This year’s winter festival
features the work of twelve emerging female directors
tackling new works. Throughout the three-week festival,
directors will present a wide range of styles in new works
such as Spirits by Karin Diann Williams and Paradise
by Yasmine Rana.
Forum Audience Awards – weekly and overall, voted for
by audience members – will be given for Best Actor,
Best Actress and Best Production.
The lighting designer for the Winter 2007 Forum is The
Looking Glass Theatre lighting designer-in-residence
Ryan Metzler. The full performance schedule is below:
WINTER 2007 WRITER/DIRECTOR FORUM
WEEK 1: NOVEMBER 29 – DECEMBER 2
Assistant Directors/Stage Managers: Margot Fitzsimmons & Laura Neuhaus
Chicken with Stars by Lila Rose Kaplan, directed by Marie Darden
An everyday supermarket experience
Paradise by Yasmine Rana, directed by Jacquelyn Honeybourne
The levees break in New Orleans forcing illegal Indian immigrants
Meena and Raj to decide between daring to hope for life or coming
to terms with death.
Ice Floes by Kate McLeod, directed by Krystal Osborne
The Ancient Curse of the Druid by Ruth Tyndall Baker, directed by Norah Turnham
A farcical feminine adventure featuring four very different sisters, a self-absorbed
maternal muse, and a brother in way over his head.
WEEK 2 – DECEMBER 6-9
Assistant Directors/Stage Managers: Jennifer Browne & Becca Hutton
All in My Head by Terri McKinstry, directed by Chanda Calentine
Losing It by Judith Pratt, directed by Leigh Hile
“This stuff, it goes back through all my lives. It reminds me of who I
thought I could be.”
A Buthman Family Dinner by Stephanie Timm, directed by Carly Hirschberg
The Inquisition by Robin Reese, directed by Holly Nañes
Learning how to accept the truth, forgive and move on can take an
eternity in Purgatory
WEEK 3 – DECEMBER 13-16
Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Laura Pestronk
Cardboard Box by Celia McBride, directed by Toby Bercovici
Come dream in two dimensions
Damnation by Jean K. Hedgecock, directed by Natalie Golonka
“Perfect things need to be taken special care of so that they stay perfect.”
Zachary Zwillinger Eats People by Lauren D. Yee, directed by Audrey Neddermann
“Love Kills, Love Consumes”
Spirits! by Karin Diann Williams, directed by Erin Winebark
Two ghosts hold the key to happiness for the living...if only they could remember
what it was…
Casts include: Melisa Annis, Regina Bartkoff, Jenifer Borntrager, Marie Buck,
J. Dolan Byrnes, Joane Cajuste, Joe Cappelli, Leigh Ellen Caudill, Cassandra Cruz,
Aneesah Dambreville, Amy Dellagiarino, Griffin Dubois, Russell Feder, Meg Flaherty,
Candice Fortin, Dee Frazier, Charles Graytok, Tom Hedlund, Elliot Hill,
Dennis Hruska, Beth Jastroch, Ben Harrison, Lucas Kavner, Meagan Kenney,
Kristen Kittel, Barrie Kreinik, Amanda Marino, Helen McTernan, Hank Offinger,
Craig O’Brien, Erin Blair O’Malley, Cheri Paige, Daphne Peterson-VanKanegan,
Michael Rachlis, Maya Ray, Julia Rousseau, JD Scalzo, Alec Scott, Dana Shaw,
Zarina Shea, Sarah Billington Stevens, Julia Susman, Rebecca Tello,
Jamie Lea Thompson, and Rachael Villacis.
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THE LOOKING GLASS WINTER FORUM
November 29 - December 16, 2007
SCHEDULE: Thurs - Sat @ 7:30PM, Sun @ 5PM
TICKET PRICE: $15 general admission, $12 seniors/students with valid ID
ADDRESS: 422 West 57th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues
SUBWAYS: A, C, B, D, 1 to 59th/Columbus Circle; N, R, W, Q to 57th/7th
PHONE: (212) 307-9467
TDF Vouchers Accepted!
The Ancient Curse of the Druid
By Ruth Tyndall Baker, directed by Norah Turnham
Featuring Amy Dellagiarino, Craig O’Brien, Cheri Paige Fogleman, Daphne Peterson-Van Kanegan,
Maya Ray & Rachael Villacis
