In the Wilderness
In the Wilderness had staged readings at the the Robert Moss and White Box Theatres in the second Planet Connections Theatre Festivity in 2010.
About In The Wilderness
In The Wilderness depicts the struggle of teachers and students in an all-girls high school in the South Bronx in the late 1980's, when the neighborhood was rife with crime, crack addiction and AIDS. Dispirited from the stress of the school year, dedicated young teacher Paul Logan decides that if he can get just one student to be successful, then all of the frustrations would be worthwhile. Carmen Marquez, a smart, sexy sophomore who writes poetry and succeeds in school despite pressures from home and from her neighborhood, seems to be the one Paul is hoping for.
The production starred:
Dan Yoeges as Paul Logan
Briane Berkson as Carmen Marquez
Nicola Murphy as Kate Farrell
Eddie Crawford as Bill Thorpe
Rahima Wachuku as Sylvenia Tate
Andrea Sosa as Student #1
Jherelle Benn as Student #2
Osas Ighodaro as Student #3
Brianne Berkson won the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity award for Outstanding Actress in a staged reading. Dan Yoeges was nominated for Outstanding Actor in a staged reading.
It was performed on:
Tues 6/15 @ 2pm
Venue: The Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor
Thurs 6/17 @ 7pm
Venue: The White Box Theater, 440 Lafayette Street, 4th floor
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Resignations
Resignations was the first show in the Robert Moss Theatre in the inaugural Planet Connections Theatre Festivity in 2009.
About Resignations
Joy and Grace, two young Chinese-American women who have been friends since high school, sit in the cubicles of an absurd office. Grace is growing content while Joy is getting restless. Over the course of a year, on five weekdays associated with five elements of Chinese medicine, the two friends struggle over their artistic dreams and their need for security.
Resignations is structured like a work week. Each day of the week corresponds to a different season and an element of Chinese medicine: Monday in the winter (element: water), Tuesday in the spring (element: wood), Wednesday in the summer (element: fire), Thursday in the late summer (element: earth), and Friday in the fall (element: metal). The play presents the same five elements of the women’s routine each day: morning coffee, a conference call, lunch, a Starbuck's run, and the end of the day.
In an office that makes you laugh, a comedy that makes you think.
The production starred:
Amy Chang as Joy
Joy Lanceta as Grace
John Skocik as The Presenter/Conference Call Voice
John Skocik was nominated for the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity award for Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role of a Play.
It was performed on:
Thursday – June 11th – 4 PM
Friday – June 13th – 8:30 PM
Saturday – June15th – 4 PM
Monday – June 17th – 8 PM
Saturday – June 21st – 8:30 PM
Saturday – June 25th – 6:00 PM
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