American Myth
New readings of plays that slice up
the American pie

Sunday, February 19, 2006
at 2pm

2:00 Joel Oppenheimer's
The Great American Desert (1961),
directed by David Vining

3:00 Rosalyn Drexler's
Home Movies (1964),
directed by Julie Hamberg

4:00 Sam Shepard's
Cowboys #2 (1967),
directed by Bryn Manion

Jimmy's #43
43 East 7th Street
(just west of Second Avenue map)

Admission free—1 drink minium

Ciockwise from top left:
Sam Shepard (NY Times 1965);
Home Movies at Judson Poets Theater (1964);
The Great American Desert (circa 1870)
(Sam Shepard photo Robert Patrick's
Caffe Cino History website)

Saturday, March 18, 2006 at 1pm

The Women of OFF
Presented with New Georges

Among the plays under consideration:

Ilsa Gilbert's Circus (1967)

Claris Nelson's The Rue Garden (1962)

Ruth Krauss' 38 Haikus (1964)

Diane di Prima's Murder Cake (1963)

Adrienne Kennedy's A Rat's Mass (1969)

Maria Irene Fornes' Promenade (1965)

Julie Bovasso's Gloria and Esperanza (1969)

New Georges' The Room
580 Eighth Avenue, Suite 326, at West 36th Street map

April 2006

Plays of Protest

Among the plays under consideration:

Megan Terry's Viet Rock (1966)

Maria Irene Fornes' A Vietnamese Wedding (1967)

Walter Hadler's The Water Works at Lincoln (1969)

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 II:
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.