East Village Theater Festival


		Metropolitan Playhouse The American Legacy 220 East Fourth Street ~ New York, New York 10009 (212) 995 8410 A 2007 Company of the Year ~ nytheatre.com
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East Village
Theater Festival

August 3-23

Metropolitan Playhouse combines two of our most popular annual attractions with readings, installations, and events with local artists into one festival celebrating the life and lore of the East Village.

Photos

EVC - B - Day Old Bread by Chad Beckim - Laurence Cantor and Alfred Gingold

Laurence Cantor and Alfred Gingold in
Day Old Bread by Robert Anthony.
Photo by Alex Roe

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EVENTS

The East Village Chronicles, Vol. 6

Alphabet City VI

Artist Receptions
Monday 8/3 at 7pm
Annie Bandez aka Little Annie
[website]

Monday 8/17 at 7 pm
James Romberger

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Opening

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8/10

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Special Monday Events:
8/10 at 8 pm
Reading: Tales from Beautiful Pearl's, by Judy Chicurel

8/17 at 8 pm
Discussion Panel: The Changing East Village, featuring
Council Member Rosie Mendez, District 2
Erric Ferrara, Founder of the East Village History Project
Steve Zeitlin, Founder of City Lore
Marguerite van Cook, Executive Director, Howl! Festival

The East Village Chronicles, Vol. 6		Alphabet City VI Directed Derek Jamison
Evening A Directed by Laura Livingston Tha Bess Shit by Chad Beckim A part-time New Yorker prepares to leave this part of her life behind, but her Loisaida boyfriend takes one last chance to show her the real heart of his city. Promising by Pam Dickler On his way to a Norfolk Street synagogue to fulfill one of his father’s last wishes, Ben learns from modern residents that the more things change in the Village, the more its spirit survives. Getting By: The First Five Days by George Holets Thirty years after he left for a "real" career, Luka is back in town to be a writer. But in the new East Village, how does an old man fit between bars and baristas? The East Fourth Street Years by Morna Murphy Martell Defying their religious traditions, Howie and Mary moved to the East Village with only their love and their dreams. On their way to success, they learn there is more to the theater than Broadway and more to religion than restraints. Back to Calendar	Evening B Directed by Jackob G. Hofmann Day Old Bread by Robert Anthony Old Maxie is content to wait out his remaining years on a park bench, throwing crumbs for birds long gone. Buzz, his longtime friend, is hardly so complacent. The Alamo by Michael Bettencourt A Tisch student on assignment to photograph "street life" crosses swords with mouthy panhandler with her own syllabus for life on the street. Tower of Toys by Jackob G. Hofmann A couple in the 6th Street and Avenue B Community Garden finds the future of their relationship in Eddie's Tower of Toys. Cheese by Diane Spodarek Roberta was a rock star, Sara raised her daughter. Thirty years later, the two estranged friends seek common cause in their troubled granddaughter. Back to Calendar	Avenue A Keri Setaro* as burlesque star Peekaboo Pointe Teresa Kelsey* as bartender Joan Ryan , Joe's Bar Danielle Quisenberry* as Victor Green: porter, charmer, and a married man Avenue B Abraham Sparrow as former undercover narcotics officer Jerry Speziale Jared Houseman as Jack of Some Trades Matthew Bertolini Lisa Barnes* as recent emigrée Lyudmila Back to Calendar
Starring : Elizabeth Bove, Laurence Cantor, Scott Casper, Alfred Gingold, Sarah Hankins, Elka Rodriguez, Alejandro Rodriguez, Ethan Sher Jacqueline van Biene, and Jamee Vance.
* Denotes members of Actors Equity Association. East Village Chronicles, Vol. 6 and Alphabet City VI are AEA approved showcases