Sunday, May 28, 2006 at 1pm

Outside Underground

Readings of plays that take place outside

Ciockwise from top left: Ruth Krauss; Jean-Claude van Itallie; Icarus's Mother (1965);
Women's House of Detention next to Jefferson Market Courthouse (1938);
The Open Theatre perform The Serpent (1968)

1 pm

Sam Shepard's Icarus's Mother (1965)
directed by Barry Rowell

Ruth Krauss' A Beautiful Day (1963)
directed by Elaine Molinaro

3 pm

John Guare's The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year (1966)
directed by Julie Hamberg

Jean-Claude van Itallie & The Open Theater's The Serpent (1968)
directed by Sturgis Warner

Jefferson Market Garden
Greenwich Avenue below West 10th Street beside the Jefferson Market Library map

June 18, 2006 at 1pm

Rites and Rituals:
Ensemble-generated works

Among the plays under consideration:

Susan Yankowitz and The Open Theater's Terminal (1969-70)

Murray Mednick and Tony Barsha's The Hawk (1967)

Judith Malina and Julian Beck's Paradise Now (1968)

Maria Irene Fornes' A Vietnamese Wedding (1967)

New York Marble Cemetery
41 1/2 Second Avenue (below 3rd Street) map

June 2006

Plays in Cafés, Part III:
Celebrating works from Café LaMama

Among the plays under consideration:

Paul Foster's Balls (1964)

Tom Eyen's Why Hannah's Skirt Won't Stay Down (1965)

Rochelle Owens' Futz (1967)

David Starkweather's You May Go Home Again (1965)

Leonard Melfi's Birdbath (1966)

Lanford Wilson's Home Free (1964)

Jeff Weiss' That's How the Rent Gets Paid (1966)

Location TBA
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The OFF Project is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the Nancy Quinn Fund.