February 2011 - The 2011 National NewBorn Festival
The 2011 National NewBorn Festival is MTWorks' flagship program created to find talented emerging playwrights from across the United States. Each play receives a staged reading open to the public free of charge, with the possibility of a second reading to the recipient of the Audience Favorite Award.
In addition to the Audience Favorite Award which is selected by the attendees to the readings, the MTWorks board of director's is presenting the first annual Excellence in Playwriting Award, selected prior to the festival. The distinction will be announced during the festival's opening celebration.
Glory Kadigan will be directing Duncan Pflaster's The Empress of Sex
A woman, spurned in love, finds a deserted island and sets herself up as The Empress Salacia, decreeing that there shall be no love allowed in her domain, only sex. She gathers some sybaritic acolytes, and all is frolicsome mindless fun until Salacia's ex-lover Agis comes to the island in disguise, to attempt to win her back.
Featuring the talents of:
Salacia: Niketta Scott:
Adriana: Alexandra Cohen Spiegler
Coriolanus: Antonio Minino
Mousiki: Mark Emerson
Agis: Jason Emanuel
Portieris: Timothy McDonough
Myrrina: Tania Jeudy
Pelagius: Brett Aresco
Neara: Kelly Zekas
Pistos: John Heath
Theodor: Matt Brown
Clio: Luciana Faulhaber
Thalia: Kelly Nichols
Euterpe: Amada Anderson
Ernesto: Alan McNaney
Andrew: Peter Scapello
Petrus: Jonathan Horvath
Sound Design: Jacob Subotnick
Women of Off-Off Broadway Panel & Networking Event - FREE!
Time: Sunday, November 21 - 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: The Workshop Theater Main Stage
312 W. 36th Street
Created By: Theater With Balls
More Info: Featuring special guests Tessa LaNeve (Literary Manager at Primary Stages) and Glory Kadigan (Founder of the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity) and more discussing the way Off-Off Broadway has evolved to nourish the development of new work. A network reception will also be a part of this event.
FULL PANEL ANNOUNCED!
Tessa LaNeve, Lit. Manager for Primary Stages
playwrights Robin Rice Lichtig and C.S. Hanson
Director Dana Benningfield
Glory Kadigan, founder of the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity
Kathleen Warnock, head of the Playwright's Unit at Emerging Artists Theater
Karen Tortora-Lee, Editor and reviewer, The Happiest Medium website
February 2011
The 2011 National NewBorn Festival
The 2011 National NewBorn Festival is MTWorks' flagship program created to find talented emerging playwrights from across the United States. Each play receives a staged reading open to the public free of charge, with the possibility of a second reading to the recipient of the Audience Favorite Award.
In addition to the Audience Favorite Award which is selected by the attendees to the readings, the MTWorks board of director's is presenting the first annual Excellence in Playwriting Award, selected prior to the festival. The distinction will be announced during the festival's opening celebration.
Glory Kadigan will be directing Duncan Pflaster's The Empress of Sex
Casting to be announced.