After an absolutely BADASS reading on February 2nd, our three THE POLYGRAPH TESTS playwrights are returning to the rehearsal room with their directors and actors. They’re spending this week tweaking and changing their plays according to audience feedback—and we want YOU there to celebrate the plays in our final reading!
Join us on Friday, February 9th at the fantastic culturefix space (9 Clinton St.) - sit back, grab a drink, and enjoy three very different plays. Doors open at 5:50 p.m.—you can come by for just one play or all three. $5 suggested donation.
6:00 p.m.: EXQUISITE POTENTIAL by Stephen Kaplan
directed by Anni Weisband
starring Bobby Kruger, Jerry Raik, Joe Raik, and Rachel Wenitsky
Every parent loves their child. Alan Zuckerman just happens to think his 3-year-old son is the Messiah.
6:35 p.m.: BRET PARKER RENOUNCES ALL FEAR by Kirin McCrory
directed by Heather Lanza
starring Claro Walang Apelyido, Isabella Frisoli, Mari Meyer, Casey Hayes, Greg Nussen, and Mirirai Sithole
Bret Parker is tired of being afraid. But her attempts to be braver in real life only seem to make her nightmares scarier. Navigating a growing fracture line between reality and a dysmorphic unreality, this play explores what everyday courage looks like—or doesn’t.
7:10 p.m.: AFTER ETERNITY by Eugenie Carabatsos
directed by Daria Tavana
starring Suzanna Bornn and Cody Magouirk
Somewhere after eternity, a woman has willed her very own palace into existence. Her world is turned upside down when a guest suddenly appears. The two are forced to live together as the world around them starts to crumble and the palace shrinks.
THE POLYGRAPH TESTS is a residency program committed to enriching the process of theatre development by pairing selected playwrights with collaborators eager to guide and inspire the scripts’ evolution. This program features a two-week rehearsal period focused on giving writers the time and tools they need to develop their work.
Each playwright has been working alongside a director and actors who are excited to inspire the author’s vision and provide him or her with feedback regarding the rewrites made during the residency. After a mid-process public reading on Saturday, Feb. 2 allowed each playwright to experience their play with an audience, everyone returns to the rehearsal room for another week of collaborating with the writer. The residency ends with a second public reading on Friday, Feb. 8 celebrating the plays in whatever state they are in at the time.
What do you do when your white girl problems got ya down? Some slam poetry of course.
Check out MoneyMaker Duo’s latest digital short!
PERFECT!
Brilliant.
The best part of last night’s Golden Globes. Amy Poehler + George Clooney = our new favorite celebrity couple.
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WHEN MY PARENTS CAME TO MY THESIS PLAY
And there was a ton of cursing and several extremely graphic oral sex scenes
I was just like:
The exact thoughts going through my mind when my parents came to see my play for The Polygraph Tests this past January. Seeing as, you know, my play was all about roleplaying in the bedroom.
-Natalie Zutter, Resident Playwright, The Polygraph Tests Residency 2012
Apparently, someone named their baby “Hashtag,” Hashtag Jameson. Seriously.
Seriously? We jokingly use “hashtag” in any TFT correspondence (in-person and otherwise), but this is ridiculous.
WHENEVER I SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY
So. Many. Plays. To Write About. MY FAMILY.
I (Natalie) am surprised I haven’t written anything about my family yet! But maybe Daria or some of TFT’s other playwrights would disagree…
We are so psyched that Faux Pas will be headlining TFT’s Exquisite Corpse: A Living Dead Halloween Burlesque Show tomorrow night! Get a taste of Faux Pas’ work in the video above, and here’s more info about the show:
Dying to know the most spine-tingling way to make your heart race this Halloween? Let True False Theatre entice you away from the cheap scares of stale haunted houses!
Kick off your weekend in NYC by joining TFT and guest host Lucida Sans at THE PAPER BOX on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25th for live performances by the sexy, bizzarre Rhinestone Gorilla Burlesque girls. Come in a bone-chilling costume to win the prize for best dressed or leave with a tricked-out treat by entering our tantalizing raffle.
Hosted by Lucida Sans
Featuring performances by:
Faux Pas
This year’s Miss Coney Island, Miss Cherry Delight
Gemma Stone
Kinki Demure
Debra Delorean
Ophelia Diphthong
And a special debut performance from Dolce Strangelove!
Tickets are on sale at www.bit.ly/CorpseTix ($15 with access to drink specials at the bar).
RSVP to our Facebook event and invite your friends!
How many drinks does it take to get to the center of Shakespeare’s meaning?
True False Theatre and our cast of merry misfits, booze-hounds and all-purpose eccentrics (including guest actors from one of New York’s newest Shakespeare companies, Occupy Verona) invite you to answer this age-old question! For, if history has taught us anything, it is this: the arts and alcohol have an identical effect on people. It stands to reason that before toga-wearing drunk guys became exclusive to frat parties, people would flock to the theatre- the forum for collaboration of the three vital spirits: The Intellect, The Passions, and The Alcoholic Beverage. What better way to honor this illustrious history than experiencing Intoxicating Reads, TFT’s new performance series.
Starring:
Fenny Novyane as Narrator
Bradley Sumner as Falstaff
Jessica Lit* as Mrs. Quickly
Isabella Frisoli* as Mrs. Page
Suzanna Bornn* as Mrs. Ford
Dorothy Loechel as Robin/Ann
Evan Elias as Page
Joseph Monge as Ford
Joe Raik as Pistol/Dr. Caius
Cody Magouirk as Nym/Rugby
Shannon Harris as Host
Christopher Travolos as Fenton/Simple
Ethan Cohn as Sir Hugh
Jerry Raik as Shallow
Nick Lucci as Slender
*Member of True False Theatre
$10 donation at the door earns you 2-for-1 drinks at the bar, participation in our interactive game for liquor lovers, and TWO chances to win FREE tickets to our upcoming Halloween fundraiser!
TFT is excited to announce a portion of the proceeds raised at the door will be donated to The Ali Forney Center, a non-profit organization committed to protecting LGBTQ youth from the harm of homelessness and supporting them in becoming safe and independent as they move from adolescence to adulthood. Visitwww.AliForneyCenter.org to get involved.
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All week we’ll be posting BEDSPREAD-inspired memes featuring the Photoshop skills and delicious wordplay of our Co-Artistic Director Daria Tavana! Today, let Theo (Yonatan Gebeyehu) make you believe in the h-word again.
BEDSPREAD is this Saturday only! Get your tickets here: www.bit.ly/tftbedspread
the royal family, everybody(via/follow Death by Lulz)
Sorry Wills, we’d take ginger any day.
(Source: royalsstuffandnonsense)
