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And pre-Edinburgh, July 26-28 Project Y/Michole Biancosino/59E 59
YOGA WITH GILLIAN

https://www.sketchbooktheatre.org This weekend!

Sketchbook Theatre Sketchbook Theatre is a theatre company that performs site-specific work and creates an inviting atmosphere for audiances.

And a happy opening week to

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The recent memorial for Robert Brustein, who died last year, heightens the memory of his influence on both PTP and its predecessor, New York Theatre Studio. Way back in the 1970's, Brustein told Richard Romagnoli that the work at Yale was inspired by "the nightmares and hoaxes by which we live."

An aesthetic was born that has continued to power the company ever since.

World Theatre Day -- celebrating the future of...

For the year to come....light, metaphorical and actual. And new creative horizons, collaborations, add your own wishes below. PTP Forum urges joy (remember that?)

See above - we are now a FORUM! Please,
let loose. Why not change us.... all.
Sorry if this is elliptical!
This is now a place and space to muse on the theatre of today and tomorrow and tomorrow's tomorrow.

WATCH THIS SPACE...! In the near future, we will be creating, both here and on our website (ptpnyc.org) places for discussion..possibly disputation, though not the current unfriendly kind. It's hard to bear the hand-wringing and the no end of blame in circulation.
What matters to you...what are you thinking/doing/believing and and and..?
Let's create our 'next' future.

Cheryl

An artistic explosion! This summer brings the debuts of two exciting new theatre companies.
the Dogstream theatre project, affiliated with Middlebury College, and helmed by Alex Draper, Olga Sanchez-Saltveit, Mark Evancho and Courtney Smith, presented a full day of variegated, exciting new work under the title,Trailblazing, on Saturday June 24.

Meanwhile, Sketchbook Theatre, founded and run by Bill Army,
David Barlow and Chris Marshall, began rehearsals in NYC for Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, running mid to late July in Manhattan and Germantown, NY.
https://www.sketchbooktheatre.org
Wonderful things are happening

What a fascinating interview about a riveting event. Cheers to the arts community of St. Petersburg and its audiences...!

Potomac Theatre Project expands into St. Pete The acclaimed stage actress Jan Maxwell starred in the original Off-Broadway production of Scenes From an Ex*****on, directed by Richard Romagnoli, one of the founders of D.C. and New York-based Potomac Theatre Project. She was nominated for the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for her performance in the....

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Much of the joy of 2022 swirled through June and July, with season 35 of Potomac Theatre Project (PTP). So here is the tribute to the many many extraordinary people who crafted and contributed indelibly this year.

If you loved (and who did not!) Danielle Skraastad in PTP's summer production of Hot Fudge, keep the joy going with Stupid F**king Bird..a smart and joyous relook at --you know-- The Seagull

And to the extraordinary 2022 company: Jackie Sanders Bill Army Danielle Skraastad David Barlow Tara Giordano Chris Marshall Jamie Nelson Jonathan Tindle Josh Mallin Ryan Kirby Francis Price Trey Atkins Annabelle Iredale Maggie Connolly Charlie Porto Gibson Grimm Molly Dorion Wynn McClenahan Victoria Keith Meili Huang Catie Clark Teddy Best Qinya Hua Katelyn Wenkoff Bella Costantino-Carrigan

AND Courtney Smith Mark Evancho Sean Doyle Carol Wood Ruby Lynd-Ginal Christine Lemme Abbey Murray Becca Ferrante

No thanks too fervent enough!

July 31, 2022:
IT'S THE LAST DAY OF THE SHOW/SEASON!
Thanks to everyone who joined us this year, and stayed tuned to
www.ptpnyc.org for what happens next.
We priomise it won't disappoint. And meanwhile, have a look at the Playbill...

Home | PTP/NYC Potomac Theatre Project is an Off-Broadway powerhouse of veteran and emerging talent creating socially and politically acute theatre for the 21st century. In its 3 1/2 decades, the voices of PTP’s writers have addressed the necessity and difficulty of art, homelessness, censorship, po*******hy, AI...

"These are provocative and fascinating works by two of Britain’s leading playwrights for over the last five decades. Berkoff and Churchill are authors who do not get revived in New York as much as they should be considering their stature in World Theater."

S*x, Grift and Death: An Evening of Plays by Steven Berkoff and Caryl Churchill

"Hot Fudge and Here We Go flow seamlessly into each other, as if they were meant to be together. They feel tailor made for this precise moment in time, as America is clouded by ever-increasing dishonesty, led by the Big Lie, and the citizenry emerges from two years of a pandemic, reevaluating their lives and careers while dealing with so much death, including more than one million Covid-19 victims in this country alone."
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FOR ALL WH0 STOP BY THIS PAGE...EVEN IF YOU CAN'T JOIN US THIS SEASON (PLUS IF YOU DID!)
Spend some time with this program. Only online, full of history, crammed with pictures.
https://issuu.com/middleburyinstitute/docs/ptp_program_2022_issuu

PTP/NYC program PTP/NYC Season 35 program

"See it -- a challenging gay play about the contrast between 2 pandemics (AIDS & COVID). - sharply told from characters from both worlds......It is one of the best gay plays that I have seen in long time. It is important for every generation to hear these stories. The acting was great, and the lead actor was superb."

S*x, aging, work, illness, death. In this evening of shorts, Berkoff and Churchill lay bare the quintessential parts of life and remind us of just how messy, confusing, difficult, and awe-inducing these fundamental inevitabilities are. offoffonline

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"Here We Go is linked together by three short sections that explore grief, death/afterlife and illness with Barlow playing the central character. In the first part, Here We Go, a group of mourners gather at a funeral. Cheryl Faraone’s direction keeps the pace moving as they sit, facing forward, and speak, their words often colliding. At random times, each comes forward to tell the audience how and when their death will occur. Luckily, we aren’t as prescient as these characters are."
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“Faraone meets Churchill full on, mining her humor and emotion and giving us productions full of texture and clarity, perfectly timed, beautifully acted”. - Wendy Caster Show Showdown 🌟 Thank you for the kind words, Wendy! It’s an honor to produce the work of Caryl Churchill. Here’s a few pictures of our company members in HERE WE GO & HOT FUDGE!