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Saturday, May 7 | 7pm | The Manhattan Times | 5030 Broadway, Suite 801
Doors open at 5:30pm for opening of photo exhibit addressing the play’s themes.
(Dialogue moderated by Mike Fitelson, Associate Publisher, The Manhattan Times with special guest Jon Michaud, author of When Tito Loved Clara.)
Based on the shocking true tale of a homeless, gay, teenager who launched an improbable career as a writer that forever changed the literary world, this play expertly plays with the two-sided coin of fiction and non-fiction while asking the question “If I didn’t have to be me, what would I be?”
The Lords of Wye by Joshua Vink
Sunday, May 15 | 3pm | The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center | 3940 Broadway(Dialogue moderated by Mark Harding, Executive Director, The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center)
Based on the three autobiographical narratives of Frederick Douglass, this play explores the development of six-year-old Frederick's consciousness, both as a victim of slavery and in witness to the shocking events in the lives of his friends and family members.
(Dialogue moderated by Peter Walsh, Owner Coogan’s Restaurant)
During one incredible day when everything changes (yet everything stays the same), time is of the essence for the New Yorkers who work at and frequent Tiempo, an uptown comfort food mainstay in a quickly gentrifying neighborhood.
Man In Boat by Kimberly Barrante
Monday, June 6 | 7pm | United Palace Cathedral Theater | 4140 Broadway
Set in the media-saturated world of postmodern America, this absurdist dark-comedy centers on Daniel who is stranded in a rowboat in the middle of the desert; unable to remain a child, yet unable to grow-up. As he waits, Daniel alternates between the desert of his mind, where an omniscient cowboy roams and time and space are interchangeable, and the reality of a dying father, a new relationship, and Western Double Features.
The Chalkboard Trilogy by Nancy Nevarez
Saturday, June 11 | 2pm | The Inwood Public Library | 4790 Broadway
(Dialogue moderated by Monica Klehr, Principal of Harbor Heights Middle School, MS349)
Three one act plays that explore education from several points of view: Uncle James and his niece Lee in South Carolina on the cusp of the civil rights movement, two young afghani girls learning in the darkness of a bombed out basement, and the relationship between a tutor and her tutee over a 7 year period in their latino community.
About The Festival
From May 7 through June 11, 2011, nearly 50 actors will bring to life the words of People’s Theatre Project’s resident playwrights in their first annual Spring Reading Festival at 5 Northern Manhattan Landmarks. Addressing themes including education, gentrification, civil rights and the role of art in our lives, this festival is the culmination of work created this season in the community-based theatre company’s Resident Professional Playwrights Unit.
The Resident Professional Playwrights Unit is a new initiative from People’s Theatre Project to develop and showcase professional new works in Northern Manhattan. The 2010-2011 resident playwrights meet weekly at the Río Gallery in Washington Heights to support each other in the development of their new plays. Each week is dedicated to one of the playwrights who, with the help of a rotating group of professional actors, presents fresh pages from his or her play and receives feedback.
Each play has been thematically matched with a local landmark in order to bring awareness to and celebrate the rich resources of the community. Each of the readings will be followed by a dialogue inspired by the themes of the play, moderated by a distinguished community member and expert in the realm of the play.
People’s Theatre Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, community-based organization which uses theatre to raise the awareness of urgent issues impacting Washington Heights and Inwood and advocates for social justice by empowering local residents of all ages to become artists and activists in their own lives and their community.
