Trial By Water
Photocredit: Trialbywater.jpg: (left to right) Genevieve DeVeyra, Dinh Q. Doan, Karen Tsen Lee and puppeteer Timothy McCowan Reynolds in Ma-Yi Theater Company's production of Qui Nguyen's "Trial By Water." Photo by David Gochfeld.
Two teenage, Vietnamese brothers are forced to escape their homeland by boat. When the ship’s engine breaks down, they confront their own issues of mortality while facing unthinkable acts of survival.
"Stunningly produced... ...this is tour-de-force theater."
-Helen Shaw, Time Out New York
"Terribly impressive... Nguyen's play asks an absorbing question no 15-year-old should have to answer."
-Alexis Soloski, The Village Voice
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Godot Has Left the Building
GODOT HAS LEFT THE BUILDING follows the trials and tribulations of two men who seem to be the only people alive in a landscape of broken computers and the detritus of modern life. Watch as they comically struggle to find mean in their own micro-world and the larger world around them.
www.fourscoreproductions.com
Presented by David Friedman and FourScore Productions
A new play by John Griffin
Directed by Will Pomerantz
Starring Ed Griffin, Scott Nogi, Burt Gurin, and Gabriel Gutierrez
Cheeky and fresh! Gets audiences thinking anew!
-L.A. Times
An imapcting, startling performance!
-L.A. Splash
Performances are winningly and unmistakably sincere!
-Backstage West
June 22nd - July 9th, 2006
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No Foreigners Beyond This Point
Photocredit: Noforeigners.jpg: (left to right) Karen Tsen Lee, Wai Ching Ho, Henry Yuk, and Francis Jue, in Ma-Yi Theater Company’s production of Warren Leight’s “No Foreigners Beyond This Point.” Photo by David Gochfeld.
By Warren Leight. Directed by Loy Arcenas. Presented with Ma-Yi Theater Company.
Two Americans who become the first foreign instructors at the Da Lang Institute must learn to cope with the complexities of love and life in China during the Cultural Revolution.
Just after the horrors of the Cultural Revolution, two Americans become the first instructors at a small, isolated school in Guangdong; a place where betrayal is necessary for survival.
“Vastly entertaining. …electrifying…theater art of the highest order.”
-Marilyn Stasio, Variety
“Ma-Yi Theater Company’s top-notch ensemble, under Loy Arcenas’s skillful direction, gives full emotion and texture to each person caught in the closed world of Guangdong.”
-Alisa Solomon, The Village Voice
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Elliott: A Soldier's Fugue
A NEW PLAY BY QUIARA ALEGRÍA HUDES
DIRECTED BY DAVIS McCALLUM
Produced by Page 73 Productions and directed by Davis McCallum, Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue by Quiara Alegría Hudes was presented from January 28 – February 19 at 45 Below @ The Culture Project. The New York Times called Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue “A theatre work that succeeds on every level”, while Time Out New York called it “poignant, moving and utterly realistic.”
As Elliot Ortiz grapples with his recent return from active duty in Iraq, the military experiences of his father and grandfather unfold, uniting the Ortiz men across time. As Elliot’s tale moves back in time, the stories of his father, mother and grandfather move forward until past and present inevitably collide, wringing love and beauty from devastation. Melding poetic dreamscape with stream-of-consciousness narrative, Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue explores unspoken connections between individuals, across time and generations.
The production featured Mateo Gómez (Theater: Eyes for Consuela - MTC, Santa Conception; Film: The Other Shoe, Music of the Heart), Zabryna Guevara (Eduardo Machado’s The Cook – INTAR, Sonja Flew - Huntington Theatre), Armando Riesco (Film: Fever Pitch, National Treasure, Garden State, World Trade Center), and Triney Sandoval (The Idiot – Manhattan Ensemble Theatre, Whisper - INTAR), with set by Sandra Goldmark, costumes by Chloe Chapin, lighting by Joel Moritz, music by Michael Friedman and sound design by Walter Trarbach & Gabe Woods.
In the fall of 2006, Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue will be presented as part of the IMPACT Festival, in a co-production between Page 73 Productions and El Museo del Barrio. This fall, Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue will also be produced by the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Additional regional productions are currently being organized.
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