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If you did or did not enjoy today’s performance,
you may or may not enjoy this upcoming production:
Soho Think Tank’s Ice Factory 2009 presents
The Little Lord Fauntleroys in their own version of
Victor Herbert's Musical Extravaganza
Recession Spectacular
BABES IN TOYLAND
Live Onstage!
TARGET MARGIN THEATER
presents
(oh my god I am so)
THIRST(y)
(mostly) by EUGENE O’NEILL
directed by Michael Levinton
with the following brilliant cast
TONYA CANADA as THE SUN
DAPHNE GAINES* as SHARK #1
MICHAEL LEVINTON* as THE GENTLEMAN
JOY NIRENSTEIN RADISH as THE DANCER
and/or LAURA VON HOLT as THE DANCER
and/or AARON MATTOCKS as THE DANCER
with MEGAN HILL* as EUGENE O’NEILL
as THE NEGRO SAILOR
featuring RODNEY PALLANCK*
as THE STAGE MANAGER
and introducing STEPHANIE WEEKS* as SHARK #2
highlighted by the lovely talents of
PEIYI WONG –
Babes in Toyland will recall the happy days of
childhood to those who are facing the stern realities
of life. What more could the spirit of mortal desire?
Featuring a cast of a hundred dozen,
a live orchestra pianist and starring
[INSERT NAME HERE] as the Master Toymaker!
Directed by Michael Levinton and José Zayas
July 22 – 25 @ The OHIO Theatre
Visit www.sohothinktank.org for more details
or email [email protected]
Costumes
DANS MAREE SHEEHAN – Lights
MEREDITH RIES STACEY BERMAN –
Props
Assistant Costumes
Running Time: 60 minutes or less
* These actors appear courtesy of Actors’ Equity
Association. Equity Approved Showcase.
May 29 – June 1, 2009
@ THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THEATER
BRIEF BACKGROUND:
THIRST was the title play from a self-published volume
of plays by Eugene O’Neill, written in the fall of 1913 just
months after he’d been released from a sanatorium for
the treatment of tuberculosis. THIRST was written at the
same time as O’Neill wrote two other plays dealing with
shipwrecks, at least partially inspired by the sinking of
the Titanic in 1912. It is one of his earliest plays. THIRST
received its first performance by The Provincetown
Players in 1916. Louise Bryant played the Dancer,
George Cram Cook played the Gentleman, and O’Neill
himself played the Negro Sailor – supposedly
encouraged by Bryant, with whom he was having an
affair. In Bryant’s unpublished memoirs, she writes that
Thirst “wasn’t much of a success,” and the play was not
produced again by the Players.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
STACEY BERMAN (Asst. Costumes). Stacey is a freelance
costume designer and stylist. She has recently worked with
Object Collection, and The Strain Theater Group, as well as
on a variety of shows at Columbia University. She is
currently working with Ground UP Productions. She is a
Barnard College graduate, and resides in Brooklyn.
TONYA CANADA (The Sun). Tonya is thrilled to be playing
"the angry eye of God.” Various TMT Labs include
BALABUSTAS (written and directed by Michael Levinton);
SONOMA, BOCA, and HEXACHLORAPHENE (all written
and directed by Yuri Skujins). She is a graduate of Yale, a
proud board member of Soho Rep and she's watching you.
DAPHNE GAINES (Shark #1). Regional theater: GEE'S
BEND (Denver Center Performing Arts), THREE
CHILDREN (Hong Kong Fringe Theater), A CHRISTMAS
CAROL (Actor's Theater of Louisville). Off-Broadway:
THREE SISTERS (CTH), FAUST (CSC), YOKASTAS
REDUX (LaMama), PRIVATE BATTLES (Abingdon
Theater),
NIGHTVISION:
A
VAMPYRE
OPERA
(HERE/BAM/The Public), CEDAR CREEK, DEAD TECH:
THE MASTERBUILDER, and others.
MEGAN HILL (Eugene O’Neill/The Negro Sailor). Megan is
delighted to be making her Target Margin debut. NY: Avery
in SIN, HOLIDAYS UNCORKED (Bohemian Archaeology);
Regional: Ellen in LITTLE DOG LAUGHED (Intiman
Theatre); Kimberly in STUPID KIDS (Empty Space
Theater); Lydia in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Book-It Rep)
among others. BFA Cornish College of the Arts, MFA
ART/MXAT IATT at Harvard.
MICHAEL LEVINTON is a producer, writer, director and
performer. Previously with Target Margin Theater: David
Greenspan’s OLD COMEDY (David Herskovits dir, Classic
Stage Company), THE GREAT APE LOVE SONG
(Ontological-Hysteric), BALABUSTAS! (HERE), THE
BARBIESTEIA: Curse of the House of Malibu (OHIO).
Upcoming: BABES IN TOYLAND at The OHIO Theatre’s
Ice Factory 2009 Festival.
AARON MATTOCKS (The Dancer). Aaron dances for
Ursula Eagly, Kathy Westwater and Christopher Williams at
Dance Theater Workshop, New Museum, Dance New
Amsterdam, Danspace Project, P.S. 122, La Mama, HERE,
Judson Church, 92nd Street Y, and Bard's Summerscape
Festival. Upcoming premiere by Annie-B Parson/Paul Lazar
for OtherShore. B.A. Sarah Lawrence College.
RODNEY PALLANCK (Stage Manager). This is Rodney’s
first show with TMT and is excited about working with
Michael after many moons. Rodney comes from a musical
theatre background where his credits include: Walnut Street
Theatre’s PETER PAN; WEST SIDE STORY (A-Rab);
MUSIC MAN; BILOXI BLUES (Epstein); and Disney. Proud
member of AEA.
JOY NIRENSTEIN RADISH (The Dancer). Joy is delighted
to reunite with this vibrant tribe having first met Laura von
Holt rolling around the floor, dancing Burlesque with Aaron
Mattocks doing summer stock, and playing opposite
Michael Levinton in THREEPENNY OPERA Joy teaches
yoga all over NYC and arranges/sings traditional Balkan
Music with her A Capella quartet, Black Sea Hotel.
MEREDITH RIES (Sets). Meredith is a set designer and
props master based in Brooklyn. Recent projects: AN
ORESTEIA with Classic Stage Company (Props), CHAIR
with Theater for a New Audience, THE DOME with
Prospect Theater Company (Sets), ANIMALS OUT OF
PAPER with Second Stage Theater (Props).
DANS MAREE SHEEHAN (Lights). Recent dance includes
work by Karole Armitage, Troy Powell, Kathleen Dyer,
Dwight
Rhoden
&
Johannes
Wieland.
Recent
theatre; ALICE THE MAGNET (Pam McKinnon); HEDDA
GABLER (Cigdem Onat); LE BOURGEOIS AVANT
GARDE (Emma Griffin); MOURN THE LIVING HECTOR
(Shira Milikowsky), DON JUAN (Javierantonio Gonzalez),
CRIME & PUNISHMENT (Sheila Daniels). Dans also lit
Usher's
fragrance
launch.
MFA:
NYU.
www.danssheehan.com
LAURA VON HOLT (The Dancer). Laura von Holt is a
marginally famous writer and performer from Hawai’i. She is
best known as her alter ego, von Hottie, a performance
artist, pinup, and guru. Laura once nominated herself for a
Pulitzer Prize and hopes to become the Donald Trump of
internet real estate. vonhottie.com and lauravonholtinc.com
STEPHANIE WEEKS (Shark #2). Regional Credits: Belle
in A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Actors Theater of Louisville.
Beth in A CHRISTMAS CAROL, American Conservatory
Theater. Off-Broadway: Long White Beard in AS YET
THOU ART YOUNG AND RASH and Socrates in DINNER
PARTY Dir. David Herskovits (Target Margin Theater).
Film: "Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus Itchy Footed Mutha" Dir.
Melvin Van Peebles (Tribeca Film Festival 2008).
PEIYI WONG (Costumes). Peiyi is a Brooklyn-based artist
and designer for theater and film. Her work has appeared at
HERE Arts Center, The Ontological Theater, 303 Bond, The
Brick, and various other venues in and around New York
City. She is an associate member of the theater company
Polybe + Seats.