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Women of OFF
Presented in association with New Georges
New readings of plays by some of the first ladies of downtown theater
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Saturday, March 18, 2006
Doors open at 1:30, party all day
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2:00
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Adrienne Kennedy’s A Rat's Mass (1969) directed by Miriam Weiner
Claris Nelson’s The Rue Garden (1962) directed by Renee Philippi
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3:30
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A conversation with Claris Nelson, Ilsa Gilbert, and other special guests, moderated by New Georges’ Artistic Director, Susan Bernfield
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4:30
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Ruth Krauss’ The Pineapple Play (1964) directed by Jessica Davis-Irons
Ilsa Gilbert’s A Dialogue Between Didey Warbucks
and Mama Vaseline (1969) directed by Christine Simpson
Rosalyn Drexler’s Softly, and Consider the Nearness (1964) directed by Kara-Lynn Vaeni
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New Georges’ The Room
520 Eighth Avenue, Suite 326, at West 36th Street map
FREE admission, plus snacks and special Pom-tinis
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Ciockwise from top left:
Rosalyn Drexler as Rosa Carlo, the Mexican Spitfire (c. 1951); Adrienne Kennedy (1969); Linda Eskenas and Ronald Willoughby in Claris Nelson's The Rue Garden (photo by Conrad Ward, 1962); Ruth Krauss (c. 1954)
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April 2006
Plays in Cafés, Part II
The Old Reliable Theater Tavern
Among the plays under consideration:
William M. Hoffman's XXXXXs (1969)
Josef Bush's De Sade Illustrated (1969)
Jeannine O'Reilly's I Got on Point Late in Life (1969)
Robert Patrick's Camera Obscura (1968)
Phoebe Wray's The Mulberry Bush (1969)
Robert Heide's At War with the Mongols (1969)
Location TBA
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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
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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
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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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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.
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