For two decades Friends In Deed has offered emotional and spiritual support forall those affected by life threatening illness, caregiving and grief. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Friends In Deed, Emmy Award winner Sarah Jessica Parker and TonyAward winner Matthew Broderick will host “A Little Jurassic Treasure Hunt,” a once-in-a-lifetime event on Monday, Oct. 3.
At this special benefit event, guests will form teams to trace clues through the American Museum of Natural History in a specially devised hunt created by legendary composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Following a cocktail reception in The Museum’s Hall of Mammals, the hunt will take place in the Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs and the Hall of Ornithischian Dinosaurs before a dinner reception in the Rose Center for Earth and Space. The dinner reception will feature performances of Sondheim’s songs by Tony Award winner Barbara Cook and Tony nominee Raul Esparza.
“I'm thrilled that Stephen Sondheim has lent his name and brilliance to help Friends In Deed,” says Broadway actor and Friends In Deed Board Member Anthony Rapp. “Mr. Sondheim’s treasure hunts arequite legendary, and rare, and I feel privileged to get to partake in one. This event will go a long way in allowing Friends In Deed to continue its lifesaving work.”
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For decades, Sondheim has famously devised private treasure hunt parties. In the late 1960s Sondheim started hosting game nights with friends. They gradually grew in size andcomplexity. In one of his famed Halloween Hunts, created with Anthony Perkins ,the participants arrived at an old brownstone, rang the bell and were invited in by an unknown white-haired lady who is was sworn to answer no questions.Tensely, they waited for their next message as she served coffee and cake in silence. Film star Lee Remick was hungry and ate her portion. "Stop!"shouted the group-leader …too late. Rearranged, the icing on the cake would have revealed the map reference of their next rendezvous.
This year, Mr. Sondheim has offered to create a special hunt to benefit Friends In Deed and celebrate their two decades of invaluable work. This event marks a rare occasion when members of the public will have the opportunity to participate.
Founded by Mike Nichols and Cynthia O’Neal in1991, Friends In Deed-- The Crisis Center for Life-Threatening Illness -- has helped transform many thousands of livesthrough a wide array of free programs and services. Friends In Deed providesemotional and spiritual support for anyone diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-threatening physical illnesses. Support is also available for family, friends, and caregivers of those who are ill, and anyone dealing with grief and bereavement. All services are free of charge. For more information,visit www.FriendsInDeed.orgor call (212) 925-2009.
The Friends In Deed Board of Directors: Tom Cashin,Andy Cohen, Federico Garza-Bueron, Patrick Gordon, Michael P. Harrell, RobertLevithan, Jay Johnson, Cynthia O'Neal, Sandra W. Parker, Anthony Rapp and JulieWong.
TICKETINFORMATION:
Individual tickets for “A Little Jurassic Treasure Hunt” are $1,500. Tables (10 seats) are $15,000. All but $500 of each seat is tax deductible. Proceeds benefit Friends In Deed, The Crisis Center fo rLife-Threatening Illness. To purchase tickets visit www.FriendsInDeed.org or call (212)866-2608.
Theater and Broadway with an added Christian perspective.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Hanna Montana Star Will Make Broadway Debut in Godspell
Disney Channel star Anna Maria Perez de Tagle will make her Broadway stage debut in the upcoming Broadway revival and 40th anniversary production of the legendary rock musical Godspell.She joins previously announced cast members Hunter Parrish (as Jesus), Wallace Smith (as Judas), Uzo Aduba, Nick Blaemire, Celisse Henderson, Morgan James, Telly Leung and Lindsay Mendez.
Perez de Tagle began her career onstage, starring in regional productions of Cinderella, Bugsy Malone, The Wiz and The King and I.
She is best known for her role as Ashley Dewitt on the Disney Channel's hit series "Hannah Montana." Her other performing credits include acting, singing and dancing in "Camp Rock" (Disney/Sudden Motion), the motion picture "Fame" (MGM/Lakeshore) and the recent "Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam."
In 2010, she toured with the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato in North and South America as an opener and performer throughout the show.
Recently she performed "I Dreamed A Dream" from Les Miserables and "Someone Like You" from Jekyll and Hyde at the Ronald Reagan 100th Centennial Birthday Celebration, in front of former First Lady Nancy Reagan and hundreds of dignitaries at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California.
Free Dance Performances Slated Weekend of 9/11 in Rockefeller Park
The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. will present two free performances on September 10 and 11 at 5pm in the Nelson A. Rockefeller Park (North end of Battery Park City, west of River Terrace) to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of September 11, 2001. This special event will feature performances by the Limón Dance Company with Voices of Ascension; the Paul Taylor Dance Company with Orchestra of St. Luke’s; and a new work created by Jessica Lang especially for this occasion, among others to be announced. This free event, with general lawn-seating on a first-come first-served basis, is made possible through the generosity of TheJoyce Theater Foundation with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust.
Limón Dance Company will present José Limón’s 1958 Missa Brevis, which features music by Zoltán Kodály, performed by 18 dancers. Zoltán Kodály, the Hungarian composer, wrote Missa Brevis in Tempore Bellie at the end of World War II. A Mass in time of war, it was completed under great hardship during the siege of Budapest. Limón's stirring choreography depicts an indomitable humanity rising up after near destruction. The piece, a memento to cities destroyed during World War II and to those unconquerable qualities that permit hope to survive, perfectly reflects the spirit of this commemorative event.
The Paul Taylor Dance Company will present Brandenburgs, Paul Taylor’s 1988 masterwork for six men and three women. Performed to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3 and 6, this work displays Taylor’s special affinity for the music of Bach – also seen in such works as Esplanade, Musical Offering and Promethean Fire. Brandenburgs is a joyous and exuberant showcase of movement invention that matches the uplifting spirit of this commemorative event.
Limón Dance Company will present José Limón’s 1958 Missa Brevis, which features music by Zoltán Kodály, performed by 18 dancers. Zoltán Kodály, the Hungarian composer, wrote Missa Brevis in Tempore Bellie at the end of World War II. A Mass in time of war, it was completed under great hardship during the siege of Budapest. Limón's stirring choreography depicts an indomitable humanity rising up after near destruction. The piece, a memento to cities destroyed during World War II and to those unconquerable qualities that permit hope to survive, perfectly reflects the spirit of this commemorative event.
The Paul Taylor Dance Company will present Brandenburgs, Paul Taylor’s 1988 masterwork for six men and three women. Performed to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3 and 6, this work displays Taylor’s special affinity for the music of Bach – also seen in such works as Esplanade, Musical Offering and Promethean Fire. Brandenburgs is a joyous and exuberant showcase of movement invention that matches the uplifting spirit of this commemorative event.
Endurance Theatre Performs 9/11 Tribute 'Ordinary People'
Endurance Theatre is proud to present Performing Tribute 9/11: Ordinary People, Remarkable Stories in New York and New Jersey to commemorate the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001. Performing Tribute will be staged on August 17th at Harlem Stage, September 7th at Theatre at St Clement’s, September 8th at All Souls Church and on August 31st at the Mount St Olive library in Flanders, New Jersey.
Performing Tribute brings together the unique and inspiring stories of individuals who were directly impacted by the events of 9/11— survivors of the North and South Towers; family members who lost loved ones; an evacuated area resident; a retired FDNY firefighter who responded to the site, a New Jersey resident who volunteered in the aftermath with the Salvation Army, and volunteers who helped in the rescue and recovery. The individual experiences are told first-hand and woven together in a moving theatrical event.
The actual people who experienced 9/11 perform the piece, telling their stories via a reader’s theatre style in front of moving images from the day.
At each presentation of Performing Tribute a piece from the cladding of the towers will be on display. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey distributed pieces of the World Trade Center rubble to organizations and cities around the world for memorials. Endurance Theatre received a small piece in August of 2010.
PERFORMING TRIBUTE 9/11: Ordinary People, Remarkable Stories plays the following schedule:
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 7PM at Mount Olive Public Library (202 Flanders-Drakestown Rd, Flanders, NJ)
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 7PM at The Theater at St. Clement’s (423 W. 46th St)
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 7PM at All Souls Church (1157 Lexington Ave)
Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 7PM at Jan Hus Church (351 E. 74th St)
Created by theatre artist Donna Kaz, a former resident of Battery Park City and volunteer docent at the WTC via the Tribute Center, Performing Tribute is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
Tickets are FREE and will be distributed on a first come, first served basis. Doors open twenty minutes prior to the start of each show.
Running Time: 75 minutes (including post-show Q&A)
Website: www.performingtribute.com
Performing Tribute brings together the unique and inspiring stories of individuals who were directly impacted by the events of 9/11— survivors of the North and South Towers; family members who lost loved ones; an evacuated area resident; a retired FDNY firefighter who responded to the site, a New Jersey resident who volunteered in the aftermath with the Salvation Army, and volunteers who helped in the rescue and recovery. The individual experiences are told first-hand and woven together in a moving theatrical event.
The actual people who experienced 9/11 perform the piece, telling their stories via a reader’s theatre style in front of moving images from the day.
At each presentation of Performing Tribute a piece from the cladding of the towers will be on display. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey distributed pieces of the World Trade Center rubble to organizations and cities around the world for memorials. Endurance Theatre received a small piece in August of 2010.
PERFORMING TRIBUTE 9/11: Ordinary People, Remarkable Stories plays the following schedule:
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 7PM at Mount Olive Public Library (202 Flanders-Drakestown Rd, Flanders, NJ)
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 7PM at The Theater at St. Clement’s (423 W. 46th St)
Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 7PM at All Souls Church (1157 Lexington Ave)
Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 7PM at Jan Hus Church (351 E. 74th St)
Created by theatre artist Donna Kaz, a former resident of Battery Park City and volunteer docent at the WTC via the Tribute Center, Performing Tribute is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
Tickets are FREE and will be distributed on a first come, first served basis. Doors open twenty minutes prior to the start of each show.
Running Time: 75 minutes (including post-show Q&A)
Website: www.performingtribute.com
Sweet & Sad Performed on 9/11 Anniversary
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| The cast of Sweet and Sad(clockwise from left) Maryann Plunkett, Jay O. Sanders, Shuler Hensley, J. Smith-Cameron, Laila Robins, and Jon DeVries, written and directed by Richard Nelson, a Public Lab production running at The Public Theater September 6 – September 25. Photo credit: Joseph Moran. |
SWEET AND SAD will run through Sunday, September 25, with an official press opening on Sunday, September 11.All tickets for Public Lab productions are $15 and are on sale now.
The Apple Family finds themselves together again for the first time since Election Night, 2010. Marian, reeling from a personal tragedy, now lives with her sister Barbara; sister Jane is back with her boyfriend Tim; their brother Richard has come up from Manhattan; and Uncle Benjamin prepares for his first dramatic performance in years. Over Sunday brunch on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the Apples find themselves talking about loss, memory, remembrance and the meaning of compensation.
SWEET AND SAD will feature scenery and costumes designed bySusan Hilferty; lighting designed by Jennifer Tipton; and sound designed byScott Lehrer.
The 2011-2012 Public Lab fall season will continue withLOVE’S LABOR’S LOST, directed by Karin Coonrod (October 16 to November 6), and TITUS ANDRONICUS, directed byMichael Sexton and featuring Jay O. Sanders as Titus (November 29 to December 18).
Celebrating its 5th Anniversary Season, Public Lab provides thrilling opportunities for both audiences and artists. Audiences gain access to more of the theater they love from The Public -- both Shakespeare and new work -- at the affordable price of only $15, and artists, both emerging and established, gain a new platform to further develop their work on stage and in performance. With scaled-down productions (shorter rehearsal periods and smaller budgets), Public Lab allows audiences and artists to experience extraordinary theater together.
Remembering 9/11 with The Performance Project at John Jay
The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College presents The 9/11 Performance Project, a series of three complementary plays, from Friday, September 9 - Sunday, September 11, 2011 at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 899 Tenth Avenue, NYC. Tickets are available at www.ticketcentral.com or by phone at 212-279-4200.
Co-Produced with Professor Seth Baumrin, Chair of the Department of Communications and Theatre Arts at John Jay College, The 9/11 Performance Project is a set of three very different yet complementary plays: The Domestic Crusaders written by Wajahat Ali, Another Life written by Karen Malpede, and Demolition of the Eiffel Tower written by Jeton Neziraj. The Project is a vehicle for cultural diplomacy that advocates reform of the post-September 11th political atmosphere and promotes a return to critical thinking, adherence to the rule of law, respect for civil liberties and upholding human rights in the United States and abroad. The goal of the performances and public dialogue is to create an experience that will engage the public and help society enact more progressive thinking and action in the search for understanding current U.S. and world policies, and their consequences, and furthering the understanding of Islam as it is lived today. A JUST-US Dialogue will follow most performances. Two student productions and a series of free panel discussions will round out The 9/11 Performance Project.
Demolition of the Eiffel Tower
Written by Jeton Neziraj (Kosovo), Directed by Kushtrim Bekteshi (Macedonia), Produced by International Theatre Festival MESS
Starring Amar Selimovic, Alban Ukaj, Adi Hrustemovic, Irma Alimanovic, and Alma Terzic
Friday, September 9, 2011 at 7:30pm, followed by a JUST-US Dialogue;
Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 12pm
Performed in Albanian with English supertitles
A tragicomedy, Demolition of the Eiffel Tower addresses one of the modern world's most significant problems - terrorism arising as a consequence of global political and religious conflicts. Above all, the play highlights misunderstandings, stereotypes, and prejudices created as a consequence of secular politics clashing with religious observations in Paris. For more information about the playwright, visit www.jetonneziraj.com. For more information on MESS Festival, visit www.mess.ba.
Tickets $20 ($10 students)
The Domestic Crusaders
Written by Wajahat Ali, 2011 OTTO-award winner for The Domestic Crusaders and San Francisco based attorney
Directed by Carla Blank
Starring Adeel Ahmed, Deepti Gupta, Imran Javaid, Kamran Khan, Monisha Shiva, and Abbas Zaidi
Invited Dress Rehearsal: Friday, September 9, 2011 at 10am; Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 4pm;
Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 5pm, followed by a JUST-US Dialogue Moderated Panel
An award winning two-act play written by a Muslim-American, The Domestic Crusaders, the first play ever published by McSweeney's,is an authentic, revelatory, and no-holds barred depiction of a day in the life of a contemporary Pakistani-American Muslim family post-9/11/01. For more information about the playwright and the company, visit www.domesticcrusaders.com.
Tickets $20 ($10 students)
Another Life
Written and Directed by Karen Malpede (author/director of Prophecy, editor: Acts of War)
Starring George Bartenieff with Eunice Wong, Ariel Sharif, Omar Koury, Christen Clifford, Dorien Makhloghi
Co-Produced with Theater Three Collaborative
Invited Dress Rehearsal Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 7:30pm, following The
Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 8pm;
Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 1:30pm, followed by a JUST-US Dialogue with author Chris Hedges
A surreal, real, and satiric story of a mogul and his daughter locked in a titanic struggle, Another Life offers a whirl-wind trip through the past ten years. Greed, torture, war-lust and sexual enslavement vie with a subtle but growing resistance that leads to brave acts of caring and whistle-blowing. Another Life employs inventive language and memorable characters to bring to light questions of complicity and conscience in civil society. For more information, visit www.theaterthreecollaborative.org.
Tickets $20 ($10 students)
Student Productions
What Happened: The September 11th Testimony Project
By Professor Amy S. Green, Directed by Professor Michael Aman
Performed and produced by Chris Balda, Lori Duran, Jonathan Hamilton, Stephanie Lubin, Calvin Massiah, Michelle Robles, and Tyler Romero.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 1:40pm, Haaren Hall, 3rd floor, John Jay College; Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 1:40pm, selected scenes from the Play during the John Jay College of Criminal Justice 9/11 Community Event at 1:40pm the Gerald W. Lynch Theater; Monday, September 12, 2011 at 1:40pm, Haaren Hall, 3rd Floor, John Jay College
Based on interviews conducted by students at John Jay College of Criminal Justice during 2001-02
We Were Kids: 9/11 Stories
By Ayana Atkinson, Shaina Chavis, Gregg Donshik, Yun Gao, Peter Jules, Ashley Neely, Daniel O'Keefe, Stanley Santana, Mellody Tabary, Susan Tillman, Vivian Wang, Nadetia Williams, and Alex Zeaman.
Conceived in Professor Karen Malpede's Criminal Justice in Theatre class Summer 2011.
Directed by Vernice Miller, Artistic Director of A Laboratory of Actor Training
Stage Manager Syeda Fatima, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Peer Ambassador
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 1:40pm and Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 1:40pm, Haaren Hall, 3rd Floor, John Jay College
A collaborative venture comprised of personal and community-based oral histories authored by John Jay students who were children in September 2001.
September 14, 2011 - Double Bill:
What Happened: The September 11th Testimony Project and We Were Kids: 9/11 Stories
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 7:05pm, Haaren Hall, 3rd Floor, John Jay College
FREE Panel Discussions
Sponsored in collaboration with the:
Center on Terrorism, John Jay College
Together with 9/11: Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
York College, CUNY, and the Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies
Thursday, September 8 - Sunday, September 11, 2011
Nothing can adequately honor the pain of 9/11 survivors and the families of those who died in the disaster. It was too large an event, one that remains simultaneously ever-present and elusive. At John Jay College, which lost 68 alumni that day, we feel a special connection to the significance of 9/11 and wish to probe some of its enduring meanings on the cusp of this tenth anniversary year. In three panels and some smaller breakout sessions, these panels will explore 9/11 in cultural and historical memory.
The Guantanamo Lawyers' Panel
Thursday, September 8 at 5pm in the Gerald W. Lynch Theater lobby
This panel of lawyers who represent Guantanamo and other detainees and work to defend civil liberties at home is bound to create an incredible dialogue about some of the most hotly debated and contested issues surrounding the ongoing detainment of terrorism "suspects" and the line between interrogation and torture. Panelists: Jonathan Hafetz, Seton Hall and Rutgers Universities; Martha Rayner, Fordham Law, currently representing a Guantanamo detainee; Gita Gutierrez, the Center on Constitutional Rights; Alex Abdo, ACLU's National Security Project; chaired by Kathleen Chalfant, award-winning actress of stage and screen and advocate of social justice.
Panel: 9/11 After Ten Years - The Cultural Perspective
Friday, September 9 at 11am in Room 630, Haaren Hall, John Jay College
The vast scale of 9/11 left its enduring mark on our culture. There is nothing that has been untouched, from novels and poetry, to film, art, theater, photography, and television, indeed all aspects of the way we try and creatively imagine terrorism, survival and resilience. This panel of writers and scholars will address these interrelated issues and invite reflection on the deeper meanings of culture and 9/11. Panelists: Amy Waldman, national correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly and author of The Submission: A Novel (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011); Karen Malpede, playwright, author of "Another Life" at John Jay College, as part of the 9/11 Performances Series and editor of Acts of War: Iraq and Afghanistan in Seven Plays (Northwestern University Press, 2011); Susie Linfield, Professor of Journalism at New York University Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and author of The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence (University of Chicago Press, 2010); Chaired by Michael Flynn, Associate Professor of Psychology, York College, CUNY and Associate Director, Center on Terrorism, John Jay College, CUNY
Panel: 9/11 After 10 Years - The Historical Perspective
Friday, September 9 at 4:30pm in Room 630, Haaren Hall, John Jay College
Mourning a loss, whether personal or collective, finds its most poignant moment of commemoration after a year. After that the dates tend to blur and anniversaries mean different things to different people. But with the tenth anniversary of 9/11, memories will fade, which is not to say forgotten but memorialized in different ways. The context changes, an idea that will be explored from several perspectives in this panel of scholars who will examine the disaster in historical perspective as we look forward, with some trepidation, to the future. Panelists: Robert Jay Lifton, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology Emeritus, John Jay College and the Graduate Center, CUNY and author of Witness to an Extreme Century (The Free Press, 2011); Karen Joy Greenberg, Executive Director of the Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law and author of The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days (Oxford University Press, 2009); Moustafa Bayoumi, Professor of English, Brooklyn College, CUNY and author of How Does it Feel to be a Problem: Being Young and Arab in America; Louis Bickford, Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Administration, New York University Wagner School and Director of the New York office of the Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights; Chaired by Peter Romaniuk, Associate Professor of Government and Associate Director of the Center on Terrorism, John Jay College, CUNY and author of Multilateral Counterterrorism: The Global Politics of Cooperation and Contestation (Routledge, 2010)
Panel: The Muslim-American post 9/11 experience
Sunday, September 11 at 7:30pm, immediately following 5pm performance of The Domestic Crusaders, Gerald W. Lynch Theater, Haaren Hall, John Jay College
This panel will solicit audience responses to the play and will specifically include issues pertaining to the Muslim-American experience post 9/11. Panelists: Wajahat Ali, playwright of The Domestic Crusaders and San Francisco-based attorney; Carla Blank, director of The Domestic Crusaders; Ishmael Reed, American poet, essayist, and novelist. A prominent African-American literary figure, Reed is known for his satirical works challenging American political culture, and highlighting political and cultural oppression.
Beginning in 2008, the Theater created what has become its signature series, ART OF JUSTICE, which focuses on how the artistic imagination can shed light on the many perceptions of justice in society. ART OF JUSTICE focuses on advocacy for marginalized communities through music, drama, dance and fine art. JUST-US Dialogues, a supplemental series, will be formally introduced this fall. Through intimate discussions, lectures and post-show dialogues with artists and experts, audiences will gain legible context and have the opportunity to exchange critical thinking and share perspectives. Provocative and engaging performances that explore topics ranging from the post 9/11 political and cultural environment in the United States and abroad, immigration and race, religious freedoms and separation of church and state are included in this season's ART OF JUSTICE series.
Since opening its doors in 1988, the Gerald W. Lynch Theater has been an invaluable cultural resource for John Jay College and the larger New York City community. Its signature series, The Art of Justice, is the only performance series in New York that presents a diverse exploration of the role performing arts have played in the pursuit of social, transitional and criminal justice. The Theater has collaborated with such noted companies as Epic Theatre Ensemble, Gotham Chamber Opera, and has also hosted prestigious events for Lincoln Center Festival, Great Performances, Juilliard, Alvin Ailey and numerous television specials for HBO and Comedy Central.
About John Jay College of Criminal Justice: An international leader in educating for justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York offers a rich liberal arts and professional studies curriculum to upwards of 15,000 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 135 nations. In teaching, scholarship and research, the College approaches justice as an applied art and science in service to society and as an ongoing conversation about fundamental human desires for fairness, equality and the rule of law. For more information, visit www.jjay.cuny.edu.
For more information, visit www.jjay.cuny.edu/theater.php.
Co-Produced with Professor Seth Baumrin, Chair of the Department of Communications and Theatre Arts at John Jay College, The 9/11 Performance Project is a set of three very different yet complementary plays: The Domestic Crusaders written by Wajahat Ali, Another Life written by Karen Malpede, and Demolition of the Eiffel Tower written by Jeton Neziraj. The Project is a vehicle for cultural diplomacy that advocates reform of the post-September 11th political atmosphere and promotes a return to critical thinking, adherence to the rule of law, respect for civil liberties and upholding human rights in the United States and abroad. The goal of the performances and public dialogue is to create an experience that will engage the public and help society enact more progressive thinking and action in the search for understanding current U.S. and world policies, and their consequences, and furthering the understanding of Islam as it is lived today. A JUST-US Dialogue will follow most performances. Two student productions and a series of free panel discussions will round out The 9/11 Performance Project.
Demolition of the Eiffel Tower
Written by Jeton Neziraj (Kosovo), Directed by Kushtrim Bekteshi (Macedonia), Produced by International Theatre Festival MESS
Starring Amar Selimovic, Alban Ukaj, Adi Hrustemovic, Irma Alimanovic, and Alma Terzic
Friday, September 9, 2011 at 7:30pm, followed by a JUST-US Dialogue;
Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 12pm
Performed in Albanian with English supertitles
A tragicomedy, Demolition of the Eiffel Tower addresses one of the modern world's most significant problems - terrorism arising as a consequence of global political and religious conflicts. Above all, the play highlights misunderstandings, stereotypes, and prejudices created as a consequence of secular politics clashing with religious observations in Paris. For more information about the playwright, visit www.jetonneziraj.com. For more information on MESS Festival, visit www.mess.ba.
Tickets $20 ($10 students)
The Domestic Crusaders
Written by Wajahat Ali, 2011 OTTO-award winner for The Domestic Crusaders and San Francisco based attorney
Directed by Carla Blank
Starring Adeel Ahmed, Deepti Gupta, Imran Javaid, Kamran Khan, Monisha Shiva, and Abbas Zaidi
Invited Dress Rehearsal: Friday, September 9, 2011 at 10am; Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 4pm;
Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 5pm, followed by a JUST-US Dialogue Moderated Panel
An award winning two-act play written by a Muslim-American, The Domestic Crusaders, the first play ever published by McSweeney's,is an authentic, revelatory, and no-holds barred depiction of a day in the life of a contemporary Pakistani-American Muslim family post-9/11/01. For more information about the playwright and the company, visit www.domesticcrusaders.com.
Tickets $20 ($10 students)
Another Life
Written and Directed by Karen Malpede (author/director of Prophecy, editor: Acts of War)
Starring George Bartenieff with Eunice Wong, Ariel Sharif, Omar Koury, Christen Clifford, Dorien Makhloghi
Co-Produced with Theater Three Collaborative
Invited Dress Rehearsal Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 7:30pm, following The
Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 8pm;
Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 1:30pm, followed by a JUST-US Dialogue with author Chris Hedges
A surreal, real, and satiric story of a mogul and his daughter locked in a titanic struggle, Another Life offers a whirl-wind trip through the past ten years. Greed, torture, war-lust and sexual enslavement vie with a subtle but growing resistance that leads to brave acts of caring and whistle-blowing. Another Life employs inventive language and memorable characters to bring to light questions of complicity and conscience in civil society. For more information, visit www.theaterthreecollaborative.org.
Tickets $20 ($10 students)
Student Productions
What Happened: The September 11th Testimony Project
By Professor Amy S. Green, Directed by Professor Michael Aman
Performed and produced by Chris Balda, Lori Duran, Jonathan Hamilton, Stephanie Lubin, Calvin Massiah, Michelle Robles, and Tyler Romero.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 1:40pm, Haaren Hall, 3rd floor, John Jay College; Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 1:40pm, selected scenes from the Play during the John Jay College of Criminal Justice 9/11 Community Event at 1:40pm the Gerald W. Lynch Theater; Monday, September 12, 2011 at 1:40pm, Haaren Hall, 3rd Floor, John Jay College
Based on interviews conducted by students at John Jay College of Criminal Justice during 2001-02
We Were Kids: 9/11 Stories
By Ayana Atkinson, Shaina Chavis, Gregg Donshik, Yun Gao, Peter Jules, Ashley Neely, Daniel O'Keefe, Stanley Santana, Mellody Tabary, Susan Tillman, Vivian Wang, Nadetia Williams, and Alex Zeaman.
Conceived in Professor Karen Malpede's Criminal Justice in Theatre class Summer 2011.
Directed by Vernice Miller, Artistic Director of A Laboratory of Actor Training
Stage Manager Syeda Fatima, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Peer Ambassador
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 1:40pm and Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 1:40pm, Haaren Hall, 3rd Floor, John Jay College
A collaborative venture comprised of personal and community-based oral histories authored by John Jay students who were children in September 2001.
September 14, 2011 - Double Bill:
What Happened: The September 11th Testimony Project and We Were Kids: 9/11 Stories
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 7:05pm, Haaren Hall, 3rd Floor, John Jay College
FREE Panel Discussions
Sponsored in collaboration with the:
Center on Terrorism, John Jay College
Together with 9/11: Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
York College, CUNY, and the Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies
Thursday, September 8 - Sunday, September 11, 2011
Nothing can adequately honor the pain of 9/11 survivors and the families of those who died in the disaster. It was too large an event, one that remains simultaneously ever-present and elusive. At John Jay College, which lost 68 alumni that day, we feel a special connection to the significance of 9/11 and wish to probe some of its enduring meanings on the cusp of this tenth anniversary year. In three panels and some smaller breakout sessions, these panels will explore 9/11 in cultural and historical memory.
The Guantanamo Lawyers' Panel
Thursday, September 8 at 5pm in the Gerald W. Lynch Theater lobby
This panel of lawyers who represent Guantanamo and other detainees and work to defend civil liberties at home is bound to create an incredible dialogue about some of the most hotly debated and contested issues surrounding the ongoing detainment of terrorism "suspects" and the line between interrogation and torture. Panelists: Jonathan Hafetz, Seton Hall and Rutgers Universities; Martha Rayner, Fordham Law, currently representing a Guantanamo detainee; Gita Gutierrez, the Center on Constitutional Rights; Alex Abdo, ACLU's National Security Project; chaired by Kathleen Chalfant, award-winning actress of stage and screen and advocate of social justice.
Panel: 9/11 After Ten Years - The Cultural Perspective
Friday, September 9 at 11am in Room 630, Haaren Hall, John Jay College
The vast scale of 9/11 left its enduring mark on our culture. There is nothing that has been untouched, from novels and poetry, to film, art, theater, photography, and television, indeed all aspects of the way we try and creatively imagine terrorism, survival and resilience. This panel of writers and scholars will address these interrelated issues and invite reflection on the deeper meanings of culture and 9/11. Panelists: Amy Waldman, national correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly and author of The Submission: A Novel (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011); Karen Malpede, playwright, author of "Another Life" at John Jay College, as part of the 9/11 Performances Series and editor of Acts of War: Iraq and Afghanistan in Seven Plays (Northwestern University Press, 2011); Susie Linfield, Professor of Journalism at New York University Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and author of The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence (University of Chicago Press, 2010); Chaired by Michael Flynn, Associate Professor of Psychology, York College, CUNY and Associate Director, Center on Terrorism, John Jay College, CUNY
Panel: 9/11 After 10 Years - The Historical Perspective
Friday, September 9 at 4:30pm in Room 630, Haaren Hall, John Jay College
Mourning a loss, whether personal or collective, finds its most poignant moment of commemoration after a year. After that the dates tend to blur and anniversaries mean different things to different people. But with the tenth anniversary of 9/11, memories will fade, which is not to say forgotten but memorialized in different ways. The context changes, an idea that will be explored from several perspectives in this panel of scholars who will examine the disaster in historical perspective as we look forward, with some trepidation, to the future. Panelists: Robert Jay Lifton, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology Emeritus, John Jay College and the Graduate Center, CUNY and author of Witness to an Extreme Century (The Free Press, 2011); Karen Joy Greenberg, Executive Director of the Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law and author of The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days (Oxford University Press, 2009); Moustafa Bayoumi, Professor of English, Brooklyn College, CUNY and author of How Does it Feel to be a Problem: Being Young and Arab in America; Louis Bickford, Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Administration, New York University Wagner School and Director of the New York office of the Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights; Chaired by Peter Romaniuk, Associate Professor of Government and Associate Director of the Center on Terrorism, John Jay College, CUNY and author of Multilateral Counterterrorism: The Global Politics of Cooperation and Contestation (Routledge, 2010)
Panel: The Muslim-American post 9/11 experience
Sunday, September 11 at 7:30pm, immediately following 5pm performance of The Domestic Crusaders, Gerald W. Lynch Theater, Haaren Hall, John Jay College
This panel will solicit audience responses to the play and will specifically include issues pertaining to the Muslim-American experience post 9/11. Panelists: Wajahat Ali, playwright of The Domestic Crusaders and San Francisco-based attorney; Carla Blank, director of The Domestic Crusaders; Ishmael Reed, American poet, essayist, and novelist. A prominent African-American literary figure, Reed is known for his satirical works challenging American political culture, and highlighting political and cultural oppression.
Beginning in 2008, the Theater created what has become its signature series, ART OF JUSTICE, which focuses on how the artistic imagination can shed light on the many perceptions of justice in society. ART OF JUSTICE focuses on advocacy for marginalized communities through music, drama, dance and fine art. JUST-US Dialogues, a supplemental series, will be formally introduced this fall. Through intimate discussions, lectures and post-show dialogues with artists and experts, audiences will gain legible context and have the opportunity to exchange critical thinking and share perspectives. Provocative and engaging performances that explore topics ranging from the post 9/11 political and cultural environment in the United States and abroad, immigration and race, religious freedoms and separation of church and state are included in this season's ART OF JUSTICE series.
Since opening its doors in 1988, the Gerald W. Lynch Theater has been an invaluable cultural resource for John Jay College and the larger New York City community. Its signature series, The Art of Justice, is the only performance series in New York that presents a diverse exploration of the role performing arts have played in the pursuit of social, transitional and criminal justice. The Theater has collaborated with such noted companies as Epic Theatre Ensemble, Gotham Chamber Opera, and has also hosted prestigious events for Lincoln Center Festival, Great Performances, Juilliard, Alvin Ailey and numerous television specials for HBO and Comedy Central.
About John Jay College of Criminal Justice: An international leader in educating for justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York offers a rich liberal arts and professional studies curriculum to upwards of 15,000 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 135 nations. In teaching, scholarship and research, the College approaches justice as an applied art and science in service to society and as an ongoing conversation about fundamental human desires for fairness, equality and the rule of law. For more information, visit www.jjay.cuny.edu.
For more information, visit www.jjay.cuny.edu/theater.php.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Hurricane Updates
- Perfect Crime,Warren Manzi’s long-running Off Broadway thriller, will perform its usual 2pm matinee on Saturday, August 27, 2011. Perfect Crime is performed at The Snapple Theater Center, 210 West 50th St. at Broadway. For tickets call (212) 921-7862 or visit www.Ticketmaster.com.
- 59E59 Theaters is canceling all Saturday and Sunday performances due to Hurricane Irene. Current shows running are Summer Shorts 5, Captain Ferguson's School for Balloon Warfare and Olive and the Bitter Herbs. Ticket holders can call Ticket Central on 212-279-4200 or email tickets@59e59.org for refunds or exchanges.
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