WhatsUp at the WorkShop (Week of 2/1/10)

Welcome to this week's edition of WhatsUp at the WorkShop!

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IN THE JEWEL BOX:

It's here! Scott C. Sickles' Play In Process, Demon Bitch Goddess, opens THIS WEEK! It's three plays wrapped together to form one fantastic evening of theater. Get out of the cold and spend the night with Demon Bitch Goddess! You know you want to! And where else in this town can you see a great show for only 15 bucks? Here are the deets:

Demon Bitch Goddess

By Scott C. Sickles
Directed By Thomas Coté

Wednesday thru Saturday:
February 3, 4, 5, 6

Monday, February 8

Wednesday thru Saturday:
February 10, 11, 12, 13

All curtains 8pm

A Play In Process (PIP) Presented In The Jewel Box Theater
Ticket Prices:
$15.00 - Seniors & Students $12
Info and reservations: (212) 695-4173 ext. 6#
Buy Tickets Online here: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/711885

A first date. A wedding. A day at the beach.
The myths of Medusa (demon), Cassiopeia (bitch) and Thalassa (goddess)
resonate in these three tales of unexpected love, lust and loss.

Cast: Mick Bleyer*, Caitlin Davies*, Loren Dunn*, Ken Glickfeld*, Cam Kornman*, Marylee Martin*, Lucy McMichael*, Gerrianne Raphael*

Lighting Design: Sarah Tundermann
Scenic Consultant: Craig Napoliello
Sound Design: David Schulder
Light/Sound Board Operator: Nelson Lugo
Coordinating Producer: Lynda Berge

*member AEA

Demon Bitch Goddess presents some of your favorite WorkShop talents in one yummy package! What are you waiting for? The show opens Wednesday! Get your tickets NOW!

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FUNDRAISING PARTY:

Now you might be saying...Sure I love great theater, but I'll only leave the house if I can combine it with a night of partying ‘til the proverbial cows come home. Well, guess what, Slappy? We can accommodate you!

Be My Valentine...or Die, Valentine, Die!!!

Either way it's a Demon Bitch Goddess closing night Party! Pick your theme & come to the WorkShop on February 13th @ 9:30pm for Vodka, Beer, Wine, love-bites, and the cheesiest and most hardcore love songs of the 80's and 90's!

Tickets are $10 for 2 drinks or $20 for unlimited beverages and fun!

Bring a date, find a date, kiss a date... Just make the date!

Disclaimer: The WorkShop Theater Company is not responsible for heartbreak or murder. Members under the influence of love should not operate heavy machinery. Please love responsibly.

All Proceeds to Benefit the WorkShop Theater Company, so come for the show and stay for the party! Who said Valentine's Weekend had to suck?

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SPECIAL EVENT:

It's Black History Month, and we here at the WorkShop have found the perfect way to celebrate. We'll be presenting FREE readings of four plays by African-American writers on four successive Saturdays. We're calling it Black Voice and it should really be a terrific event. Here's what you need to know:

Black Voice
Celebrating the Work of African-American Playwrights of Today and Yesterday

Four Plays
By African-American Playwrights

Featuring Actors of Color
Directed by Directors of Color

Saturdays in February at 12 Noon, encore performances at 3pm

A Special Event Presented In The Main Stage Theater
Ticket Prices: Free and Open to the Public
Reservations not Required but Seating is Limited

In celebration of Black History Month, on every Saturday afternoon in February, the WorkShop Theater Company presents Black Voice: Readings of plays by African-American playwrights, featuring actors of color and directed by directors of color.

February 6th
The Unspoken...Said
By PJ Gibson
Directed by Arthur French

A powerful and prestigious black family in the 1920's hides the embarrassing secrets of their child's choices. What happens when unspoken things are said?

February 13th
An August Romance
Various Directors

Scenes from each of August Wilson's plays on the tumult and tenderness of relationship

February 20th
Strange Weather
By Reneé Flemings
Directed by Passion

A young woman from a religious southern family who thought she could not bear children prepares for the birth of her child. Is this child a gift from God or the Lord himself?

February 27th
The Good Mother
By Chisa Hutchinson
Directed by Stacy Waring

A white woman so desperate to have a child steals one from a black teen mother... and gets away with it for sixteen years.

This type of celebration is what the WorkShop does best. Black Voice will be an important addition to the New York theatrical landscape for the month of February. It starts THIS Saturday. And it's FREE! Don't miss it.

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SUNDAY@SIX:

Yes, I know that Sunday is the Super Bowl. But you know where they don't care about the Super Bowl? Canada, that's where. So fittingly enough, THIS Sunday's FREE reading of a great play comes to us from our neighbor to the North. It's Bone Cage by the distinguished writer Catherine Banks. Here's more info:

BONE CAGE
By Catherine Banks
Directed by Virginia Roncetti

The 2008 winner of Canada's Governor-General's Award for Drama.

With Mary Ruth Baggott, Nat Cassidy*, Anne Fizzard*, Leigh Shannan*, Mike Smith Rivera*, Ben Sumrall*, Bill Tatum*, Victoria Wylie

*member AEA

Jamie is twenty-two years old and works twelve-hour shifts clear-cutting forest land. At the end of each shift, he sifts through the destruction he has created to rescue injured birds. Rich with dark humour and vibrant dialogue, "Bone Cage" shows us the life-blood of rural Canada flowing through the bone-caged human heart. An urgent, courageous look at our conflicted relationship to the natural world, where stripping the environment means stripping your soul.

Sunday, February 7 at 6pm in the Jewel Box

So if you're looking for a break from the Super Bowl hype, the WorkShop is the place to be THIS Sunday.

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See you at the WorkShop...the home of actual colts and saints.

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Show times are subject to change. Please call (212) 695-4173 to confirm.

The WorkShop Theater Company is accessible to individuals with disabilities (e.g., elevators, wheelchair access and floor & elevator inscriptions in Braille).

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The WorkShop Theater Company
312 W. 36th St., 4th fl. (between 8th & 9th Aves.)
New York, NY 10018
(212)695-4173
www.workshoptheater.org

Scott C. Sickles, artistic director
David M. Pincus, managing director
Anne Fizzard, Richard Kent Green and Christina Romanello, producing directors
Cecily Benjamin, Artistic Associate

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