THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
WED, MAR 27 - SUN, APR 14
The WorkShop Theater Mainstage

Oscar Wilde's
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
adapted & directed by Glory Kadigan

FOUR WEEK LIMITED ENGAGEMENT

WED, MARCH 27 through SUN, APRIL 14, 2013
THE WORKSHOP THEATER (312 W 36th St, 4th Floor East between 8th & 9th Ave).

The young Dorian's innocence and beauty are remarkably captured in painter Basil Hallward's latest masterpiece. Basil's friend Lord Henry Wotton and Dorian are stunned by the painting displayed before them. When Lord Henry points out the painting's beauty will never fade yet the young man's will, Dorian makes a deadly wish: that the painting grow old in his place while he remains forever young. His wish is granted. Set in the late 1800′s, this classic Gothic tale explores the superficial nature of society, and the value of youth and beauty.


FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY. ADULT SITUATIONS/NUDITY.

Featuring FRANCESCO ANDOLFI (Dorian Gray), CHRISTOPHER LEIDENFROST (Dr. Alan Campbell), HEATHER MASSIE* (Mrs. Vane), MAUREEN O'BOYLE (Duchess of Harley), ERIC PERCIVAL (Basil Hallward), WILL SCHNURR (James Vane), ERIN SOLER (Duchess of Monmouth), DAVID STALLINGS (Lord Henry), MICHAEL WHITNEY (Victor) and KELLY ZEKAS (Sibyl Vane).

Tickets $18.00

Produced by MTWorks. Scenic design by Craig Napoliello, Costume design by Rachel Dozier-Ezell, lighting design by Christopher Weston, sound design by Jacob Subotnick. Assistant Director/Production Stage Manager Neal Kowalsky; London Griffith is the assistant stage manager. Stage combat by Christopher Leidenfrost.

"The Picture of Dorian Gray" plays in repertory with Ego Actus' production of Penny Jackson's "I Know What Boys Want", directed by Joan Kane.

For more information visit www.MTWorks.org

*Appearing Courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

THE 2013 NATIONAL NEWBORN FESTIVAL
WED, JAN 30 - SAT, FEB 2
The City College of New York

ALL READINGS ARE FREE

SCHEDULE:

WED, JAN 30 @7:30PM :: NAC Ballroom
**Excellence in Playwriting Award Winner**
OUTSIDE DAUGHTER
Written by Ann Magaha
Directed by Dev Bondarin

Ivy came to the US from Jamaica on a work visa, but when she loses her job, must run from deportation and put herself at the mercy of others. She runs to Florida where she works multiple jobs for little money to support her family back home. The more money she is able to mail home, the greater her own estrangement from them; and that no matter how long she stays in “the money tree,” she will never fit in, either with the white family she works for or the African-American family she marries into. It is the deep friendship she forms with Granny, the blind old woman in her care, that enables her to endure and ultimately to come of age.

THU, JAN 31 @7:30PM :: NAC Ballroom
FORGOTTEN KINGDOMS
Written by Randy Baker
Directed by Tom Slots

On a small island in Indonesia, Reverend David Holiday lives with his wife and young son, preaching the word of God and trying to convert locals. When the son of a spiritual town leader comes to visit one evening with a mission of his own, the Reverends world is turned on its head. Is his son truly suffering from neurological damage, or is the spirit of the town working its way through him? His beliefs are questioned and family ripped apart as he struggles to maintain his beliefs while forcing others to change theirs.

FRI, FEB 1 @7:30PM :: NAC Lecture Hall
GREEN EDEN
Written by Noah Mease
Directed by Joan Kane

Philip Cummings welcomes a young poet to his cold farmhouse on a winter’s night, but this is not the first Spanish poet to find him in the solitude of Vermont. Philip spends their one night together chasing the memory of a long-ago August when Federico García Lorca visited him on the shores of Lake Eden. The play flows back and forth through time and memory from that winter night to the August of 1929 – at least half a century earlier - and the rented cabin in Eden. Philip doesn’t know how exactly he wants Lorca and their confused attraction is diverted into the task of translating Lorca’s poems into English, and hikes in search for talc mine abandoned somewhere in Eden’s hills. Like the impossibility of a true translation of poetry, their relationship becomes something else entirely, and Philip, now older, is at a loss to explain it to the young poet, or to himself.

SAT, FEB 2 @7:30PM :: NAC Lecture Hall
Resident Reading
DARK WATER
Written by David Stallings
Directed by Heather Cohn

The swampland of Louisiana is hit with the most massive oil spill known to history. Barnacle, an old sea turtle, fights against man’s destruction, nature’s wrath, and her enemies of the wild to save her children trapped in the spill. Poetry, allegory, and movement, take this magical whimsy to tragedy.

All readings are followed by Question & Answer sessions.

Now on its seventh year the National NewBorn Festival is MTWorks’ playwriting competition and flagship program created to find talented emerging playwrights from across the US, introduce their work to the New York community, and open new doors to regional voices.

MTWorks mission is to present plays that do not take place in New York City, many of the past selections from the festival have had productions by MTWorks and other notable companies. Readings are free and open to the public. This is the third year the festival is proudly sponsored by the Psychology Club and Psychology Department of the City College of New York.

The winning plays (with the exception of the resident reading) are eligible for two other awards:

o The Audience Favorite Award: voted upon by the audience attending the festival.

o The Excellence in Playwriting Award: bestowed by the MTWorks’ Board of Directors. The board selects the winner before the festival takes place and is not influenced by the work the director and actors are achieving at the readings. Winner this year is Ann Magaha with her play "Outside Daughter"

Sponsored by the Psychology Club and Psychology Department of the City College of New York (160 Convent Avenue New York, NY)

UNDERWORLD VI
Mon, Dec 10 @ 7pm
Stage 72 (The Triad NYC)

Your favorite Broadway star-studded event, UNDERWORLD is back! Co-hosted by Nick Cearly and Katrina Yaukey (both returning to the Underworld stage!). With musical direction by Mat Eisenstein (Newsies The Musical). These fabulous performers  are donating their talent because they believe in our mission and will sing some of your favorite Broadway tunes & pop-covers. The theme this year is Making the Cut so expect some songs you may have never heard before that just didn't make it to Broadway. They will also confess some intimate stories about the biz you will only get to hear at UNDERWORLD. Joining them will be some MTWorkers from your favorite shows.

Performances by:
NICK CEARLEY (All Shook Up, And Then I Wrote a Song About It)
KATRINA YAUKEY (War Horse, Billy Elliot: The Musical, Company, Cabaret).
AMANDA LEA LAVERGNE (Annie, Grease)
ELIZABETH DEROSA (Mary Poppins)
NICK CARTELL (Scandalous, Jesus Christ Superstar)
BILLIE WILDRICK (Scandalous)
KJ HIPPENSTEEL (The Book of Mormon)
CAROL HICKEY (MTWorks' Barrier Island)
MAUREEN O'BOYLE (MTWorks' The Oath & Good Lonely People)
DAVID STALLINGS (MTWorks' Folie a Deux & A Home Across the Ocean)
SUE WALLACK (MTWorks' Good Lonely People)

When: Monday, December 10th at 7pm
Where: Stage 72 (former Triad NYC - 158 West 72nd Street, New York, NY 10023)

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