Sunday, April 23rd, 2006, 1 - 6 pm

Plays in Cafés, Part II
The Old Reliable Theatre Tavern

New readings of plays from the original
East Village underground

1 pm

Robert Patrick's Un Bel Di (1968),
directed by Barry Rowell

Michael McGrinder's We Hate to See You Go (1968), directed by Miriam Weiner

Phoebe Wray's The Mulberry Bush (1969),
directed by Jose Zayas

3 pm

A brief discussion with Michael McGrinder and Phoebe Wray

4 pm

Robert Heide's At War with the Mongols (1969), directed by Jessica Davis-Irons

William M. Hoffman's XXXXXs (1969),
directed by Tim Cusack

5:30 pm

A brief discussion with William M. Hoffman and Robert Heide

Telephone Bar and Grill
149 Second Avenue (between 9th and 10th Streets) map

Ciockwise from top left: Patrons at The Old Reliable (from a poster); Phoebe Wray (in Josef Bush's French Gray, 1968); Michael McGrinder (c. 1968); Robert Heide (c. 1969); William M. Hoffman and Robert Patrick (in Patrick's The Haunted Host, 1968) (photos courtesy of Robert Patrick's amazing Caffe Cino website)


TOSOS II (The Other Side of Silence)
in association with Peculiar Works Project
celebrates the origins of off-off-Broadway

Michael Lynch
in
Lanford Wilson's
The Madness of Lady Bright

directed by Mark Finley
produced by Barry Childs and Doric Wilson

7 pm, Tuesdays & Wednesdays
April 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26 & May 2 & 3

The Duplex
61 Christopher Street (at Seventh Avenue)

click here for more information


April 2006

Plays of Protest

Among the plays under consideration:

Megan Terry's Viet Rock (1966)

Maria Irene Fornes' A Vietnamese Wedding (1967)

Sam Shepard's Forensic and the Navigators (1967)

Kenneth Brown's The Brig (1963)

Grant Duay's Fruit Salad (1967)

Location TBA


Sunday, May 28, 2006 at 1pm

Outside Underground

Plays currently scheduled:

Sam Shepard's Icarus's Mother (1965)

Ruth Krauss' A Beautiful Day (1963)

John Guare's The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year (1966)

Jean-Claude van Itallie and The Open Theater's The Serpent (1968)

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


June 2006

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)

Leon Katz's Dracula: Sabbat (1970)

Judith Malina's Paradise Now (1968)

Location TBA

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The OFF Project is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and the Nancy Quinn Fund.