COMPANY ONE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, October 2010

GREETINGS!
The temperature might be dropping but Company One's hot!
Don't miss THE ALIENS!

 

Called "a gentle and extraordinarily beautiful new play" by The New York Times, THE ALIENS promises to deliver! As a part of the Shirley, VT Plays Festival, THE ALIENS is a funny and heartening look at friendship, ritual, and small town New England.Written by young phenom, Annie Baker, who "may just have the subtlest way with exposition of anyone writing for the theater today," (New York Times) has penned the story of two 30-something dropouts who hang out by the dumpster behind the coffee shop where they meditate on music, philosophy, shrooms, and Bukowski. When a teenage employee asks them to relocate, these disillusioned young men find the disciple they’ve been waiting for. Please join us for this beat-tinged, psychotropic journey through the tiny spaces of our small towns.

 

"ILLUMINATING!"- The Boston Globe

"Baker’s play will have you
laughing one moment and tearing up the next."- The Boston Herald

THE ALIENS
written by Annie Baker
directed by Shawn LaCount

Now Playing through Nov. 20th
Company One is proud to join the Huntington Theatre Company and SpeakEasy Stage Company as a part of the Shirley, VT Plays Festival
Introducing...FRINGE WARS!

Fasten your seat belts! Small theatre companies go head to head in a brand new competition to prove they are the best of the best. With one common theme uniting the evening, these companies will choose their own writer and actors and present a play which will premiere right before your eyes. Judges from the Boston theatre scene and you, the audience, decide the outcome of the evening and who continues to the final night of competition for the ultimate cash prize and the title of champion of FRINGE WARS. The first night of FRINGE WARS features local companies Imaginary Beasts, Heart and Dagger, Independent Drama Society and 11:11 Theatre Company. Weigh in on the competition- Tuesday, November 9 at 7:30 pm at the BCA Plaza Theatre!
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Thanks for tuning in...and see you at the theatre!

Always,
The C1 Family
STAGE ONE
Have you heard about Stage One: Professional Development for Actors?

Monologue and Scene Study with Ros Thomas-Clark and Victoria Marsh. Eight classes culminating in a Performance Showcase at the BCA. Ros Thomas-Clark was a Founding Faculty Member of the Boston Arts Academy, where she served as Chair of Theatre. She works professionally as an actor and director for stage, radio and film. Victoria Marsh also works professionally as an actor and director and is President of the Board of Company One.

Students who have completed Professional Development for Actors have then been cast in shows at Company One, The Huntington, Commonwealth Shakespeare, A.R.T., Lyric Stage, Actors Shakespeare Project, Zeitgeist, Shakespeare Now, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, and many more.

An audition for new students is required; returning students must re-apply but need not audition.

Spring Audition Dates: February 7th and 8th
Spring Class Dates: Tuesday evenings, March 1st - April 26th
For more info, please email stageone@companyone.org

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Monica (Hiller) Gebell (LOVE'S FIRE)- Monica is mommy for the 2nd time around! Solomon Liev was born September 10th! A wonderful new addition...congrats!

Marcus Gardley (GRIMM)- Playwright of this summer's HALF HANDSOME AND REGRETTABLE, Marcus Gardley's new play EVERY TONGUE CONFESS will open at Arena Stage in D.C. The piece is directed by Kenny Leon and stars Phylicia Rashad. Congrats Marcus!

Kirsten Greenidge (GRIMM, THE GIBSON GIRL, 103 WITHIN A VEIL)- Our playwright in residence will have one of her great works, BOSSA NOVA at Yale Rep this season November 26 - December 18. Can't wait to see it!

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SEASON 12 AT A GLANCE

THE ALIENS
by Annie Baker
directed by Shawn LaCount
as a part of The Shirley, VT Plays Festival
Oct. 22- Nov. 20
Hall A in the Calderwood Pavilion
at the Boston Center for the Arts

FRINGE WARS
Nov. 9, 2010, Jan. 25, Apr. 26 and July 26, 2011
at the Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre

NEIGHBORS
by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
directed by Summer L. Williams
Jan. 14- Feb. 5, 2011
at the Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre

THE BOOK OF GRACE
by Suzan-Lori Parks
April 15- May 7, 2011
at the Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre

CARTOON CONFESSIONS
by Rick Park and John Kuntz
a co-production with Phoenix Theatre
May 13- June 5, 2011
at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre

SUMMER SHOW TBA
July 15- August 13, 2011

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