Let’s Go - The Godot Project - October 23rd and 24th
October 14th, 2008
CollaborationTown cordially invites you to a developmental workshop of Let’s Go, an ensemble-created collage play exploring and responding to the themes, language, characters, and history of Samuel Beckett’s defining masterpiece Waiting for Godot. As we struggle for patience in a rapid yet anxious contemporary era — what are we waiting for and why? What is the shared consciousness we know as reality, and what happens when our brain no longer adheres to it? As we investigate these questions — and invite audience members to be voyeurs into the exhilarating and odd process of creating a new theatre piece — we scream, we dance, we embrace Vaudeville, we stand to the right side of our left brains, we call our mothers…and we wait.
Thursday, October 23rd at 8pm
Friday, October 24th at 8pm
LMCC Swing Space
14 Wall Street
between Nassau and Broadway
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** You must RSVP to attend! **
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A $5 donation is greatly appreciated while not required
Birthday Spectacular Update!
September 23rd, 2008
Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who donated so generously to our 5th Birthday Spectacular!
CTown’s 5th Birthday SPECTACULAR!!!
September 9th, 2008
When:
Sunday, September 28
5 - 7pm
Where:
The roof of the 14th Street Y
(344 E. 14th Street b/w 1st and 2nd
What:
Open bar!
Raffle prizes!
Cake!
for only
$19.99!!!
(and your first raffle ticket is only 1 cent!)
It was only yesterday that CollaborationTown was a zygote floating around in Dionysus’ amniotic fluid. But oh, how the time flies — we’re turning five years old! And we seem to be progressing just like researchers say most five year olds do: We can now run, gallop, and tumble; we are noticeably cheerful, energetic, and enthusiastic; we enjoy planning and discussing who will do what; we’re more patient waiting for a turn or to share toys; we enjoy dramatic play (occasionally with other children, but almost always with a director, playwright, designers, full cast, and a budget we’ll probably go over); and most of all, the concept of “best friends” has become very important to us. And that is why we want to celebrate turning five with YOU, our best friends! Come help CTown blow out all five candles on our cake, and stop us from hysterically crying when the clown first arrives.
SAVE THE DATE!!!
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Can’t make it but want to send a donation? CLICK HERE!
All proceeds go toward the workshops of our two new projects,
The Untitled GODOT Project and THE TRUTH WILL OUT,
developed through our LMCC Swing Space grant.
The Truth Will Out
June 4th, 2008
a 100% non-fiction anti-fantasia
by Jordan Seavey
As part of CTown’s Play Nursery™ ® ©, CollaborationTown presents a 3-D reading of The Truth Will Out, a new dark comedy by CTown Artistic Core member and author of 6969, Jordan Seavey.
WHEN: Monday, June 30 at 7 pm
WHERE: The Pearl Theater Company,
80 St. Marks Place (between First and Second Ave), NYC
It’s Friday the 13th, 2009, one day before Valentine’s Day, on the set of the popular cable news show Whittemore Walter: The Truth Will Out. As celebrity journalist/ personality Whittemore Walter covers the one-year anniversary of the hate-inspired murder of 15 year old Ronnie Principe, the reality of his news show begins to crumble and he must face Ronnie, who was true to himself - and paid a price.
Free! Please RSVP to info@collaborationtown.org. Seating is limited!
Enjoy our radio interview!
March 25th, 2008
CollaborationTown was honored to be interviewed on WLIU 88.3, the local Southampton NPR station, about our residency at The Watermill Center. Jesica Avellone, Geoffrey Decas, and Matt Hopkins were joined by Elka Rifkin (Program Director of The Watermill Center) for this radio look (hear?) into what we did out in the Hamptons.
Listen for yourself!
(But be sure to skip ahead; our interview starts 10 minutes and 35 seconds in!)
CollaborationTown presents 365 Days/365 Plays
July 9th, 2007
On July 20 and 21, CollaborationTown will be presenting Week 36 of Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays.
WHAT IS 365 DAYS/365 PLAYS?
365 Days/365 Plays started in November 2002 when Suzan-Lori Parks committed to writing a play a day for the next 365 days. From
Nov 13, 2006– Nov 12, 2007 the 365 Days/365 Plays National Festival will present the work simultaneously across the country, creating the largest collaboration in the history of American theater.
In New York City, The Public Theater will spearhead 365NYC. Over the course of this year, over 60 selected theater companies – curated by The Public and the 365 Days/365 Plays National Festival – will perform these brief, brilliant plays.
CollaborationTown’s performances will be at 8 pm at the Access Theater’s Gallery Space, 380 Broadway (at White Street, 2 blocks south of Canal), 4th floor, on Friday, July 20 and Saturday, July 21.
‘The hour of revelation is upon us.’
January 20th, 2007
In 6969, lonely teenagers Mark and John find solace in cyberspace. But when the chatroom is invaded by a very naughty schoolgirl, a rapist who thinks he’s Jesus, a sex-starved secret agent, and a string of grisly murders, Mark is forced to question everything he knows…
Based on shocking true events, CollaborationTown’s “suspenseful…riveting…fascinating” (Martin Denton, nytheatre.com) new play will arrive at 59E59 Theaters February 9-24. Tickets are very limited!
Ticket Information
6969 at 59e59
October 25th, 2006
CollaborationTown’s 2007 season will get an exciting start at one of New York’s most esteemed new theatre spaces — the brand new, state-of-the-art 59E59 Theaters. After a workshop production this past June, 6969 was invited to be mounted as a full production at 59E59 in February 2007.
6969 takes as its source the bizarrely true story of Mark and John, two teenage boys who, in 2003, started an intense and very personal friendship over the internet. But they soon found themselves entangled in a web of deceit, sex, and even violence.
From this nearly unbelievable story, company member Jordan Seavey has written a highly theatrical two-act play that digs deep into the ideas of faith, responsibility, and love. The piece reveals a shocking and moving motive behind the entire chain of events and solidifies CollaborationTown as a bold company that celebrates theatrical invention and honest storytelling.
The 6969 workshop was created and produced by CollaborationTown, written by Jordan Seavey, and directed by Matthew Hopkins. Associate direction by Cary Cioffi. The cast included Jesica Avellone, Terri Gabriel, Julia Henderson, Boo Killebrew, Ryan Purcell, Max Rosenak, Dan Stowell, Phillip Taratula, and TJ Witham. Set design by Geoffrey Decas, lighting design by Laura Happel, costume design by Leon Dobkowski, sound design by Brandon Walcott. Stage Management by Robin Ganek.
