COMPANY ONE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, MAY 2009

GREETINGS!

COMING SOON...

Our final production of Season X, AFTER THE QUAKE, is swiftly approaching! Designers are planning, actors are meeting and everyone is so excited to bring you this distinctive piece adapted from two of Haruki Murakami?s short stories. AFTER THE QUAKE is a gentle tale of life in the wake of earth-shaking disaster. A timid man woos an old flame, enchanting her anxious daughter with whimsical bedtime stories of a six-foot frog?s fight to save Tokyo.


Each month we will introduce you to members of the cast and crew. Please help us welcome two new members of the C1 family Sydney K. Penny and Michael Tow.


Sydney K. Penny (Sala) is making her theater debut with AFTER THE QUAKE. Although she has no formal training, Sydney has developed her acting and performance skills through a broad range of experiences, including student and feature films, television, modeling and ballet. She attends Newman Elementary School in Needham, MA where she is a typical 3rd grader.

 

Michael Tow (Narrator/Frog) is member of the Screens actors Guild and has appeared in Showtime?s Brotherhood and numerous independent films including Real World Versailles, which won Boston's 48 film project as well as "Best Ensemble Cast". He has appeared on stage with the Actors Refuge Repertory Theater in the performance of Laugh Lines and Life Lines. Thespian by night and Certified Financial Planner? by day, Michael owns New Boston Financial, a financial planning company based in Brookline.

 

Company One invites you to experience a testament to healing and hope in an increasingly vulnerable world with what promises to be a beautiful and mesmerizing evening of theatre, July 17 - August 15, 2009.

 

SUPER!

Big thanks to everyone who helped to make THE SUPERHEROINE MONOLOGUES a huge success! With stellar reviews from critics and audiences alike, the C1 family is so proud to have collaborated with Phoenix Theatre Artists. Congratulations to the cast and crew!

HONORED

Just after press time last month,The Elliot Norton Award nominations were released. Company One?s production of VOYEURS DE VENUS was nominated for Outstanding Production by a Fringe Company and our very own Summer L. Williams was nominated for Outstanding Director, Small/ Fringe Company for VOYEURS. The award ceremony was held Monday May 11th and we are proud to announce that Summer took home the award for Outstanding Director. Congratulations, Summer and to all who were involved in making VOYEURS a critically-acclaimed success!

THEATER MARATHON

The 11th Annual Boston Theatre Marathon was held this weekend as a two-day festival and Company One was fortunate to participate both days. Once again Victoria Marsh and Kirsten Greenidge, the director/playwright dream team, paired up to deliver AT THE READY. Loosely based on the Gloucester Pregnancy Pact headlines that shocked our nation, AT THE READY follows Annie who despite her aspirations and a sense of what?s right, finds herself dealing with two friends and a tremendous amount of peer pressure to make a decision that will change the course of her life. AT THE READY was given a full stage reading as a part of the Warm-up Lap on Saturday and was also featured in a 10-minute slot on Sunday. Congratulations to C1 alum Nyla Wissa, Brittany Lang, Alex Castillo, Michael Cognata and Jackie Davis who performed in the piece.
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Always,
The C1 Family

STAGE ONE: TEEN THEATRE

Stage One is pleased to announce two performance dates for its? Summer 2009 Teen Theatre Program. Both workshop performances will showcase the students? work as performers as well as discuss the evolution of their pieces. The first performance for Intro to Improvisation (Session A) and Character Development (Session B) will take place at 5pm on Friday, July 31st. The second performance for Advanced Improvisation (Session C) and Scene Creation (Session D) will take place at 5pm on Friday, August 14th. Both performances will be at the Boston Center for the Arts and are free and open to the public.


Stage One: Teen Theatre is still accepting registrations for its Summer 2009 program at the Boston Center for the Arts. As you are making summer plans for your teen, be sure to check out all that Stage One has to offer, including need- based scholarships. For more information about the summer program, to register your teen or inquire about a scholarships, please CLICK HERE.


Sessions A & B (July 20-July 31)

Session A: INTRO TO IMPROVISATION 9am ? 12pm

Session B: CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT 1pm ? 4pm.

Sessions C & D (Aug. 3? Aug. 14) :

Session C: ADVANCED IMPROVISATION 9am ? 12pm

Session D: SCENE CREATION 1pm ? 4pm.

 

All sessions will be held at the Boston Center for the Arts in the South End.

 

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Nik Walker (ARTiculation, ASSASSINS)- sure knows how to keep busy. Not only is he starting his own company, The Peoples? Theatre Lab in NYC but this August he can be seen as Benny in the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent with The Hangar Theatre Company Aug. 6-22. Best of luck, Nik!

Jonathan Orsini (AFTER ASHLEY)- Jonathan is currently in a run of Lanford Wilson's FIFTH OF JULY now- June 21st. If you find yourself in NYC, head on over to the T. Schreiber Studio and say hello! Break legs, Jonathan!

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SUPPORT THE BCA

Un[expect]ed, the Boston Center for the Arts' new signature event, takes place Thursday evening, June 4, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street, in the South End. Tickets are $125 per person (21 and over only). All proceeds from the event benefit the Boston Center for the Arts. For more information or to order tickets CLICK HERE or call 617-456-1131.
DON'T MISS...

AFTER THE QUAKE
By Haruki Murakami
July 17 - August 15, 2009
Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre

SLAMBoston*
Tuesday Aug 4, 2009 - BCA
*SLAMBoston is a trademark of Another Country Productions

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