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Metropolitan Playhouse
The American Legacy 220 East Fourth Street ~ New York, New
York 10009
(212) 995 5302 "One of my favorite downtown theaters"
~ Martin Denton, nytheatre.com
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| Metropolitan is proud to
be Fourth Arts Blocks Member of the Month in January,
2013 Check out the FAB site for more!  "the
most cogent and up-to-the-minute debate about
the Second Amendment ...[is] on the stage of the
Metropolitan Playhouse, carried out by America's
first First Ladies...Martin Denton on the Founders Festival |
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here.Civilized 15 new plays by The New York Neo-Futurists written, directed and performed by Cecil Baldwin, Meg Bashwiner, Daniel McCoy and Mike Puckett followed by Occupy Independence a unique dramatic performance of the Declaration of Independence From Shore To Shore written and performed by LuLu LoLo A Lulu Lolo Production JAJ Productions presents My First Lady by David Koteles The Parchment Copy by Dan Evans A LuLu LoLo Production |
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Civilized new plays from the New York Neo-Futurists (Written, directed and performed by Cecil Baldwin, Meg Bashwiner, Daniel McCoy and Mike Puckett) In 15 short plays based on George Washington’s Rule of Civility, the New York Neo-Futurists attempt to illuminate and deconstruct our codes of conduct as New Yorkers, Americans and humans, asking the question, “What does it mean to be civilized?” PLUS - Readings of John and Abigail Adams' remarkable letters |
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 The Parchment Copy* (performed
with From Shore to Shore)by Dan Evans, A LuLu LoLo Production July 4, 1776: the Declaration of Independence proclaimed the birth of our new nation. August 2, 1776 : the Continental Congress reconvened to actually sign the great document. On the eve of the signing, at Benjamin Franklin’s home in Philadelphia, eight leading Patriots are drawn together in these perilous times that try men’s souls. |
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From Shore To Shore  (performed with The Parchment Copy)written and performed by LuLu LoLo, A Lulu Lolo Production A one-person performance of a farcical melodrama portraying the ghostly laments of Aaron Burr and his daughter, Theodosia Burr Alston, as they haunt the shorelines of Battery Park and South Carolina. Burr, remembered as the man who killed Alexander Hamilton, was also a visionary who advocated the rights of women. |
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A Servant For Life  by Andrea Pinyan. A Radio Hound Production Thomas Jefferson - a founding father with conflicting beliefs on slavery. Phillis Wheatley - a slave who earned her freedom through her poetry. When these two come face to face in an imagined conversation, she will question his attitudes towards her race - and he will challenge her definition of freedom. |
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A Room In The Middle  *by Vladimir Zelevinsky 1787, Massachusetts. Farmers, returning from the Revolutionary War, find their homes in foreclosure—and decide to protest, starting what will be known as Shays' Rebellion. After a disastrous attempt to take the Springfield arsenal, the surviving rebels are pursued through the blizzard by a superior force of state regulars. Three rebels are cornered in an abandoned farmhouse and have less than an hour to decide whether they give up or die. |
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Revolt! Death! And Taxes!  by Zero Boy The Boston Revolt sparked the American Revolution and Independence. The man that all the founding fathers thought of as the founder was Sam Adams. Beer maker or muckraker? Riot leader or politician? Zero Boy takes you on sonic, comic, and visual journey to Boston and England to learn what really happened! |
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Your Colonel*1  by
Montgomery SuttonIn July 1776, the Declaration of Independence is the last thing on the mind of young Colonel Aaron Burr. As the British fleet invades Staten Island, Burr’s illicit romance with the teenage daughter of a British Major and his longstanding battle of principles with George Washington collide, propelling him towards becoming our most vilified founding father. 1For Your Colonel, there is no children's rate, and TDF vouchers will not be accepted |
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JAJ Productions presents My First Lady*  by David KotelesMarch 1801: You are cordially invited to join Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and Thomas Jefferson’s daughters for an afternoon of tea and pleasantries at the newly-opened President’s House. All slaves must be left at the door. My First Lady seeks to explore how a tea party becomes a battle of race, class, and gender in the New American Republic. |
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