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NEXT IN THEATER C DECEMBER 3 - DECEMBER 12 LIMITED ENGAGEMENT • 12 PERFORMANCES ONLY JEFF HARNAR’S C H AT H A M PA R T N E R S P R E S E N T S IMMIGRANTS’ THEATRE PROJECT PRESENTS KLEA ANNA BLACKHURST BERGMAN SANDBOX THE FIRST TIME AND DAVID CAINE S Jeff Harnar leads four of Broadway and Cabaret’s finest singers in this sparkling revue which opens the E:CAFÉ with a celebratory flourish. Relive moments from the great 1959 Season with unforgettable songs from such milestone hits as Gypsy, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, The Music Man, Flower Drum Song and Fiorello! TWO PLAYS IN REPERTORY BY MICHAL WALCZAK DIRECTED BY PIOTR KRUSZCZYNSKI (SANDBOX) AND MARCY ARLIN (THE FIRST TIME) $25 (MEMBERS $17.50) TUE-FRI 8:30, SAT 6:30 & 9:30, SUN 3:30 & 7:30 BUY TICKETS: IN PERSON 59E59 THEATERS BOX OFFICE 59 EAST 59TH STREET (PARK/MADISON) BY PHONE 212-279-4200 ONLINE WWW.TICKETCENTRAL.COM IMMIGRANTS’ THEATRE PROJECT (2003 OBIE) NOVEMBER 13 - NOVEMBER 30 LOVE THEATER? LOVE NEW YORK? 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It has collaborated with such cultural institutions as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, St. Ann’s Warehouse, La MaMa, E.T.C., Lincoln Center, Museum of Modern Art, PEN World Voices Festival, and many more. SPECIAL THANKS The Polish Cultural Institute, Monika Fabijanska, Agata Grenda, Elysabeth Kleinhans, Dr. Frank Hentschker and Martin E. Segal Theater Center, Ben Kerrick and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The Ken Larsen Company, Jahnu Stayton, Zdenek Kriz, Jim Sparnon and the wonderful staff at 59E59 Theaters! This production is made possible, in part, by public funds provided by the New York State Council on the Arts. It is also made possible by public funds provided by the City Council and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional support provided by the Trust for Mutual Understanding and private donations. Rehearsal space was provided by Swing Space, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, made possible with lead support from The September 11th Fund, Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, and the New York City Council and Capital Properties. JOIN THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO OFF-BROADWAY SINCE OFF-BROADWAY! BY RESIDENT COMPANY, PRIMARY STAGES BECOME A 15% DISCOUNT AT SELECT LOCAL RESTAURANTS FOR ONLY $59.59 SPECIAL DISCOUNTS ON ALL SHOWS PRESENTED $2 DISCOUNT ON ALL DRINKS AT THE E:BAR NO-FEE TICKET ORDERING BY PHONE TICKET EXCHANGE UP TO 48 HOURS PRIOR TO PERFORMANCE (SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY) MEMBER TODAY TO JOIN CALL 212-753-5959 EXT. 104 OR VISIT WWW.59E59.ORG MEET YOUR FRIENDS AND THE CAST OF 59E59 SHOWS AT THE BEST THEATER BAR IN TOWN! SPECIALTY COCKTAILS CHAMPAGNES AND WINES $2 OFF EVERY DRINK IF YOU ARE A MEMBER SINGLE MALT SCOTCHES ALL GREAT PRICES! ELYSABETH KLEINHANS President and Artistic Director PETER TEAR Executive Producer JAMES SPARNON Production/Facility Manager GINGER DZERK Ticketing Services Manager KENNY NUNEZ House Manager LAUREN LEVITT Business Manager SPONDEE Theater Technician CHRISTINE HUERTAS Theater Technician SARAH ARNOLD Theater Technician KAREN GRECO Press Representative KELLY DAVIS Press and Marketing Associate ROWEENA MACKAY Assistant to the Executive Producer MIRIAM HYFLER Assistant to the Ticketing Services Manager ANNA ZIERING Marketing Intern KATE CUDWORTH Box Office Supervisor BRIAN J. HECK Box Office Supervisor NATHANIEL CLARIDAD Box Office Associate JACOB KRICKHAN Box Office Associate STEPHANIE MORO Box Office Associate ALBERTO ROSARIO E:BAR Assistant ANTHONY BAGNOLI E:BAR Staff TONI ROBISON-MAY E:BAR Staff ALICE JOHNSON E:BAR Staff WILFREDO FELIZ Assistant House Manager ANTHONY BULNES Front of House Assistant COLLIN McCONNELL Front of House Assistant ADAM SMITH Front of House Assistant KATIE TOTMAN Front of House Assistant STEPHANIE ARENA Usher SHANA BRUNO Usher CALVIN CARRERO Usher MICHELLE CHACON Usher MACK EXILUS Usher ROSA FERNANDEZ Usher ELIZABETH FREE Usher CHERLIZA JIMENEZ Usher JOHN KARCHER Usher RUBEN MARTINEZ Usher LUCAS MUNNO Usher JILLIAN OCASIO Usher JESUS RIVERA Usher JOSÉ RIVERA Usher TYRONE SAPP Usher GILLIAN ROUGIER Usher NELSON YAN Usher CANDY VAZQUEZ Receptionist JUNIOR GOMEZ Facilities Supervisor STEVEN BYFIELD Facilities TAISHA ARENA Housekeeping ANDRE HANNA Housekeeping BILL THEATER C Is a professional non-profit theater company based in New York City. Its mission is to give a public theatrical voice to those who are marginalized; to promote the genre of immigrant theatre as a valid American theatre form; and to be an artistic model for intercultural relations. Founded in 1988 by Artistic Director Marcy Arlin, ITP presents traditional and experimental plays by and about immigrants to the US and worldwide. It works with multicultural casts and artistic staff to reflect the diversity of New York and introduce immigrant and American audiences to challenging theatre works. ITP has premiered over 400 plays and worked with theatre artists from over 90 nations/ethnicities. Notable projects: co-production with Artheater/Lowskin Productions of Koln, Germany; Heresy/Progress by Sabina Berman/ Matei Visniec; 365 Days/365 Plays by SuzanLori Parks; Journey Theater, a theatre project working with survivors of war and torture with playwright Ruth Margraff; Unexpected Journeys: Plays by Women from Muslim Cultures; American Dreams staged readings in immigrant communities; Czech Plays in Translation (with Theatre InstitutePrague/Czech Center NY, hosted by The Public Theater); Dis-location & Re-Invention (with The New Group/Martin E. Segal Theater Center); After the Fall: Reality and New Romanian Theatre (MESTC); New Indigenous Australian Voices, with Australian American Theater Initiative; Difficult Dialogues: Plays About Religion (Laguardia/ CUNY); Name Day/Marko the Prince by Jovanka Bach; Double Auntie Waltz by Aurorae Khoo. June, 2009: New Czech Plays in Translation: the NY Series, published by Martin E. Segal Theater Center/Theater Institute-Prague/Czech Center NY. To contact ITP call 718.237.4545 or 347.512.5572 or [email protected] www.immigrantstheat.org ROBERT BAUMGARDNER PRESENTED BY THE POLISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE IN NEW YORK IMMIGRANTS’ (HE, The First Time) Is proud to be appearing at 59E59 Theaters for the first time. For Immigrants’ Theatre Project: On the Day of the Wedding, New World, Theremin, and Low Lives; for the Actors Studio: Awake and Sing, Hamlet, Oedipus the King, Machinal; Pan Asian Rep: Yellow Fever; Women's Project: Tandem Acts Series; Ma-Yi Theatre: A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino; For the National Asian-American Theatre Company: A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Cherry Orchard. He has also performed at the Kennedy Center, the McCarter Theatre, Indiana Rep, and the NC Shakespeare Festival. He is a proud member of Actors Equity. HRISTO HRISTOV THEATRE PROJ ECT PRESENTS BY MICHAL WA LCZAK DIRECTED BY P IO AND MARCY AR TR KRUSZCZYNSKI (SANDBO X) LIN (THE FIRST TIME) ACTORS (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) SANDBOX THE FIRST TIME HE SHE SHE HE HRISTO HRISTOV JELENA STUPLJANIN* Setting: a playground in an apartment complex. There will be a 15 minute intermission. LISA HUGO* ROBERT BAUMGARDNER* Setting: An apartment in an apartment complex. SET DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN SOUND DESIGN MUSIC COMPOSITION (SANDBOX) COSTUMES (FIRST TIME) COSTUMES (SANDBOX) PROPS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/STAGE MANAGER/PROPS ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER TECHNICAL DIRECTOR SET CONSTRUCTION ROBERT MONACO CHRISTOPHER WESTON ELIZABETH RHODES PAWEL DAMPC GRAINNE COEN JOLA LOBACZ GRAINNE COEN RASHA ZAMAMIRI JAHNU STAYTON VADIM MALINSKIY KEN LARSEN COMPANY *Member of Actors' Equity Association. An Equity approved showcase. ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA) founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, producing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and isaffiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org Production pictures © 2008 Dixie Sheridan He made his debut in 2001 with Sandbox, which was staged at 11 theatres and translated into German, English, Hungarian, Czech, and Italian. Among Walczak’s other plays are The Journey to the Inside of the Room, staged at 5 theatres and translated into German, Dutch, and Lithuanian; The Night Bus, translated into German and awarded the jury prize at the 2007 annual Heidelberg Theater Days; The River, the Mine, translated into German and Russian; and The First Time, translated into German and French, which was awarded the main prize at the Forum for Young Authors at the 2006 Heidelberger Stückemarkt. Walczak also wrote two plays for children: The Last Daddy and The Sad Princess. MARCY ARLIN (SHE, The First Time) Is so pleased to have the opportunity to work on this project with Ms. Arlin. NY: Unlucky Man In The Yellow Cap (NY Fringe); Permission A Rock Mythology, The Ring (NY premier). Lisa has been seen regionally as Molly Rolston in The Mousetrap, Rosalind in Moon Over Buffalo, Sheila in Hair and Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar. Lisa had the opportunity to dabble in some writing, directing and producing over the last couple years and will also be seen in her first short film adventure Do The Crime, due out later this year. This ride would not be possible without the love and support of amazing family and friends. JM&A you rock! (Director, The First Time/Artistic Director, Immigrants’ Theatre Project) Founded OBIE-winning ITP in 1988. Recent directing work includes the German-language translation of Caridad Svich’s Tropic of X (Artheater of Koln, Germany) and Jovanka Bach’s Marko the Prince (Barrow Group Theater). She is an original member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, Core Member of Theatre without Borders, No Passport. Fulbright Senior Specialist 2005-09 to the Babes Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania, and Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. Directing venues include: Soho Rep, LaMama, 59E59, HERE (Heresy/Progress with Ian Morgan); Vineyard, EST, NY International Fringe, Dublin Fringe, The Public, NYTW, Barrow Group Theatre, BAX, Tenement Theatre, Teatrul Imposibil/Nat’l Theatre/Romania, Yiddish Book Center Notable plays: 365 Days/365 Plays/Suzan-Lori Parks, Heresy/Sabina Bermana, Red Bull/Vera Ion (Play Company); Name Day/Jovanka Bach, Indigenous Voices of Australian/Andrea James, Waxing West/Saviana Stanescu (in Romanian), Journey Theatre - project with survivors of torture (with Victor Maog/Ruth Margraff), Ellis Island Museum. Curator/Director: Czech Plays in Translation, Dis-Location/Re-Invention (MESTC), After the Fall: New Romanian Theatre. Guest speaker on Immigrant theater: 2003 Prague Quadrennial, Yale University, Univ. of Chicago (her alma mater), Brown University. Lecturer, CUNY. Editor, Czech Plays in Translation: the NY Series, released by the Martin E. Segal June 2009. JELENA STUPLJANIN PIOTR KRUSZCZYNSKI (SHE, Sandbox) Recent NY theater: Parkesburg (dir. by Holli Harms, Manhattan Theatre Source); Marko the Prince (dir. Marcy Arlin, ITP/Barrow Group Theater); The Birthmark (dir. Scott Barrow, Stages on the Sound); Progress (dir. Ian Morgan) and Heresy (dir. Marcy Arlin, HERE); Wellspring (dir. Elyse Singer, Hourglass Group); Retzach (59E59 Theaters); Contradiction (Columbia University). She will be seen in the European premiere of the Serbian feature film The Ambulance this winter in Belgrade. She is shooting the feature Jelena, Katarina, Marija in NYC playing Katarina. Jelena holds a BA in acting from the National Academy of Dramatic Arts, and an MA in Theater Studies from the University of Arts, both in Belgrade, Serbia. She was granted a full scholarship from HRH Princess Elizabeth Karageorgevic to perfect her studies at the Lee Strasberg Institute in NYC. (Director, Sandbox) Graduated from the Architecture Department of the Poznan University of Technology and the directing department at The Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy in Warsaw. Directing credits of international plays include Tankred Dorst, Esther Vilar, Marius von Mayenburg, Conor McPherson, Brad Fraser, Jean Claude Sussfeld, Lars Noren, Anton Chekhov. He has adapted classics of Polish 20th century drama by Slawomir Mrozek and Tadeusz Rozewicz, as well as texts of the younger generation of Polish playwrights: Lidia Amejko and Michal Walczak (Sandbox – the world premiere, The Mine). He has also staged Chekhov (Three Sisters, Platonov). He has staged his productions in Poznan, Krakow, Gdansk, and Warsaw, as well as in the smaller towns of Kalisz, Jelenia Gora, and Gniezno. From 2002 to 2008 he was Artistic Director of the Szaniawski Drama Theatre in Walbrzych, and he turned this industrial, poor, coal mining town into one of the most important theatrical sites in Poland. Many of the most famous Polish directors of the younger generation, such as Jan Klata and Maja Kleczewska, started their careers in Walbrzych. He is a recipient of many theatrical awards in Poland. (HE, Sandbox) Born in Bulgaria, Hristov graduated from the National Academy of Theater and Film Arts with an MFA. He has played over 70 roles on the stages and sets in Europe and the USA, working with some of the most reputable directors in the world: Robert De Niro, Edward Pomerantz, Ridley Scott, Sidney Lumet, Marcy Arlin, Michael Baez, Robert Margolis. Mr. Hristov has been awarded in several film festivals. As a head of development in the company Baez Entertainment, he produced over 100 commercials and the movie Racket which was selected in 6 film festivals and won Best Film in The Directors Cut in NYC and Best Cinematography in the Texas IFF. LISA HUGO MICHAL WALCZAK (Playwright, Sandbox/The First Time) Trained as a theater director at the Theatre Academy in Warsaw and is one of the most popular and prolific Polish playwrights of the younger generation. ROBERT MONACO (Set Design) Hails from Long Island. He has been designing scenery in the greater metropolitan area for more than ten years. Robert was nominated for a 2007 Independent Theater Award for his design for The Palooka and he received an excellence in design award from the NYC Fringe Festival in 2006 for Kiss and Cry. In addition to working as a professional designer, he is an adjunct faculty member at Marymount Manhattan College where he designs scenery and instructs in scenic carpentry and scenic art techniques. CHRISTOPHER WESTON (Lighting Design) With Immigrant’s Theatre Project: Cracking Mud is Pinching Me, Bermuda Triangle, Happy Valley, Waiting for Godot to Leave, LuLu LoLo Takes Her Hat off to the Unfair Sex, American Dreams summer reading series 2001-2003 (Tenement Theater); The Water Mirrors (HERE); Journey Theatre (Mazer Theatre); Name Day (Barrow Group). Regional: Proof, Having Our Say, The Color of Flesh. International: T.E.L.O.S. (Athens, Greece). Chris has designed in a number of New York City theaters, including the Kitchen, John Houseman, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Center Stage/New York, Theatre for the New City, Raw Space, Connelly Theatre, Kraine Theatre, Lamb’s Theatre, Bank Street Theatre, Bosakowski Theatre, Miranda Theatre, The Old American Can Factory. ELIZABETH RHODES (Sound Design) Immigrants’ Theatre Project credits include Marko the Prince and Journey Theater. NY credits include the world premiere of Steve Martin's adaptation of The Underpants, premieres of John Patrick Shanley's Dirty Story and Sailor Song. LAByrinth credits include Stephen Belber's A Small Melodramatic Story, Robert Glaudini's Dutch Heart of Man and Erin Cressida Wilson's Trail of Her Inner Thigh. Other NY credits include Chuck Mee's Paradie Park (dir. Daniel Fish/Signature); The Winter’s Tale (dir. Barry Edelstein/Classic Stage Company); Trial by Water (Ma-Yi); A Soldier’s Wife (The Mint); Ajax 100% Fun (Lightbox). Regional credits include Lee Blessing's Winning Streak (George Street Playhouse); Stones in His Pocket (Alley Theatre); The Colored Museum (Crossroads). PAWEL DAMPC (Music Composition, Sandbox) Graduated from the Music Academy in Poznan, Poland. As a composer he has worked with theaters in Warsaw, Poznan, Wroclaw, Walbrzych, Kalisz, Gniezno, Plock, and Zittau (Germany). He has also composed for and accompanied famous Polish singers like Maryla Rodowicz, Ryszard Rynkowski, and Katarzyna Skrzynecka, and is a member of the very popular Polish pop music group De Mono. GRAINNE COEN (Props, Sandbox/The First Time; Costumes, The First Time) BA in English and Spanish from St. Louis University. She worked in London as a painter's assistant for the Liverpool Biennial founder James Moores and fashion editor assistant for W Magazine’s Alex White. She studied Costume Design and Construction at the Ministry of Culture’s Applied Art School in Madrid, Spain, also working as a decorative painter in specializing in 17th Century Motifs. She built costumes for Lola Canales of Lavapies, Madrid, Broadway and opera which have been photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair, Steven Meisel for Vogue and Bruce Weber for an ad campaign. She has worked as costume designer for feature film Flesh and Stone and designed, styled and built wardrobes for MTV, Greek Vogue, Oyster, Coach, MGM, Cloak, Toshiba and InBev. Theatre work includes: American Repertory Theatre, Glimmerglass Opera, and university theaters. JOLANTA LOBACZ (Costumes, Sandbox) Currently employed as costume designer for the Polski Theatre in Poznan, Poland, for many years she worked as a hair and make up artist for opera and musical productions in Poznan’s Wielki Theatre (including Umberto Giordano’s Andre Chénier, co-produced by Placido Domingo and the National Opera in Washington). She is a co-founder and a teacher at the MASK School of Make-Up Design in Poznan. RASHA ZAMAMIRI (Assistant Director/Stage Manager/Props) A graduate from High Point University, NC is honored to be surrounded by such a talented group of people. Past NY Stage Manager credits include On The Line (78th St Theatre Lab); My Brave Face (Don't Tell Mama); Every Play Ever Written (The Brick); SheWolves (Gene Frankel); and Mountain Hotel (Havel Festival). Rasha also works as a professional actress and singer when she's not working behind the scenes. Past credits include Schatzie, Nunsense, Stoop on Orchard St (1st National Tour); Hijab, Respect, and her favorite role to date Toinette in Imaginary Invalid. JAHNU STAYTON (Assistant Stage Manager) Jahnu Stayton was born for creative expression and overcoming odds. An artist, a poet, an actor, he has performed for Community Theater, in a Fan Film called Batman Reborn (Grandma’s Basement Productions, dir. Nicholas Ortiz); in theater productions for the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center in Long Island City such as Dracula Alma (dir. Will Koolsbergen); Our Country Is Good and Cabaret (dir. John Henry Davis); as well as in an earlier production with the Immigrants’ Theatre Project entitled 365 Days/365 Plays (co-directors Marcy Arlin and Henry Akona). He also worked behind the scenes in various student movies and plays, though this is his first time as Assistant Stage Manager. Jahnu Stayton is a Theatre and Communications major at LaGuardia Community College. VADIM MALINSKIY (Technical Director) Recent credits at 59E59 Theaters include Outside Inn, Rainbow Kiss, The Jazz Age, and The Park Avenue Whirl. He production managed 1001 for Page 73 Productions and was a technical director for Ars Nova's productions of Jollyship Wiz Bang and Boom.