Round Table: Week 2

The second week of rehearsals for Liba Vaynberg’s Round Table brought us to table work and design presentations. Having the cast and creative team in the same room together for the first time is always so exciting. The play starts to jump off the page and we’re reminded that theatre is a multidisciplinary art form existing in multiple media simultaneously.

In this rehearsal update, director Geordie Broadwater outlines his perspective on the play to the cast and creative team. Click the image above to check out the video!

Tickets are on sale now for our production of ROUND TABLE by Liba Vaynberg, directed by Geordie Broadwater running at 59E59 Theaters from Sept. 27 - Oct. 20.

What We're Seeing: Stay Mad, Make Art

Our friends and frequent collaborators Shayna O’Neill (Round Table, The Oregon Trail) and Emily Louise Perkins (The Oregon Trail) have teamed up with Emma Clarkson (Associate Production Manager at the Manhattan School of Music) to produce STAY MAD, MAKE ART: A Benefit Concert For Immigrant Families Together, a rapid response group of volunteers who galvanized around the crises provoked by the zero-tolerance policy. The organization raises money to bail out parents and reunite them with their families, and they provide ongoing support, legal, medical, housing, clothing, food, and more to these families as they proceed through their legal cases.

Tickets are now $10 with the code IFT10.

September 16, 2019 @ 8:00pm (doors and bar open at 7:30pm)
The Center at West Park
165 W 86th St.
New York, NY 10024

A Little About The Show

Three Angry Ladies presents STAY MAD, MAKE ART: A Benefit Concert for Immigrant Families Together at The Center at West Park. All proceeds will support Immigrant Families Together, a network of Americans committed to rapid response unification of families separated by the zero tolerance policy.

STAY MAD, MAKE ART will be hosted by Vodka Stinger (Feinstein's/54 Below), featuring downtown luminary Diana Oh ({my lingerie play}, The Infinite Love Party) with performances by the New York music and theatre community including Dane Figueroa Edidi (For Black Trans Girls Who Gotta Cuss a Mother Fucker Out When Snatching an Edge Aint Enough), Vira Slywotzky (Vira & Friends, Mirror Visions Ensemble) and Clint Edwards (Requiem Prayers for soprano, piano, and cello at Carnegie Hall; My Beloved: a Ted Buddy Musical), Nadia Quinn (Steven Spielbergs West Side Story; The Robber Bridegroom at Roundabout Theatre Company; Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson on Broadway), Chris Gabo & The Brainius (f.k.a. ANONYMOUS), Ciana Miceli (winner of So You Think You Can Belt 2018), Kennedy Kanagawa (Dinner with Georgette at NYTW, The Good Swimmer at BAM) with Kelly Marie Schaaf (NYC music director, composer, and actress), Rachel McKinney (the podcast, With Love; co-founder of RoaN Productions), and Abbey Immer (NYC singer-songwriter and actress), with Sound Design by Asa Wember (Selkie with Dutch Kills, Seagull Machine with The Assembly).

Round Table: Week 1

The first week of rehearsal for Liba Vaynberg’s Round Table is in the books. A good portion of the week was spent working with fight choreographer and actor Craig Wesley Divino to lay the groundwork and physical vocabulary that will make up the many fight scenes in this play.

In this rehearsal update, Craig works with cast members Matthew Bovee and Sharina Martin on single broadsword combat sequences. Click the image above to check out the video!

Tickets are on sale now for our production of ROUND TABLE by Liba Vaynberg, directed by Geordie Broadwater running at 59E59 Theaters from Sept. 27 - Oct. 20.

Broadway Show League Champions

After two hard fought games on the final day of the season, The Downtowners (Fault Line Theatre’s softball team in the Broadway Show League) defeated a very good Book of Mormon team to take the Lewin Division Championship!

Since 1955, the Broadway Show League has become a summer tradition that brings together the Broadway and Off-Broadway community every Thursday on the Heckscher Fields in Central Park. We are proud to sponsor the first ever team comprised entirely of folks from the downtown and independent theatre communities.: THE DOWNTOWNERS.

See you next summer!

What We're Seeing: The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul

When we started Irons in the Fire in 2017, one of the first shows we knew we wanted to develop was Christie Baugher and Danny Mefford’s contemporary, two-hander musical The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul. First of all, the music is so darn good, but it was also such a unique perspective on one of American culture’s most famous couples. Now, it’s heading to Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater for a one-night-only concert performance. We’ll see you there!

August 26, 2019 @ 7:00pm
Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003

A Little About The Show

Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s love takes center stage in this contemporary musical about two of American culture’s most timeless figures – and their tumultuous, storied marriage that seems ripped from the cover of today’s tabloids. Passed through the prism of Zelda -- one of history’s most complicated and misunderstood artists –The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul is the alcohol-soaked retelling of their infamous romance, giving audiences an imagined behind-the-scenes glimpse into their glamorous lifestyle, their mutually destructive co-dependency, their obsessions and their struggles with mental health.

Cast:

• Ken Barnett

• Tiffany Topol

Creative:

• Written by Christie Baugher

• Directed by Danny Mefford

Round Table Tickets Now On Sale

Tickets are now on sale for our production of Liba Vaynberg’s Round Table directed by Geordie Broadwater!

Zach is a medieval scholar and devotee of LARP (Live Action Role Playing); Laura ghost-writes romance novels. They meet at the crossroads of the competing realities they create and live in. Round Table is a comedy about pretending to be what you already are.

We’re proud to present this play at 59E59 with Anna & Kitty Inc from September 27 - October 20, 2019.

What We're Seeing: At The Table

We were so thrilled to hear that Michael Perlman’s At The Table is getting yet another life on the West Coast. After we developed and premiered the play with Michael back in 2015 at HERE Arts in New York City, it went on to sell out to audiences in Chicago with Broken Nose Theatre, and now the The Road Theatre Company is bringing the show to Los Angeles. For 27 years, The Road Theatre Company has presented plays not previously available to the Los Angeles public that introduce socially and/or politically relevant voices and thoughts to the American stage. If you’re on the west coast, definitely check it out!

May 17 - July 7, 2019
Lankershim Arts Center
5108 Lankershim Blvd
North Hollywood, CA 91601

A Little About The Show

Six friends head out of the city on their annual weekend retreat. With no social media, no cell phones, no internet allowed at all, this leaves them with one thing to do… look up from their screens and talk to each other. When the liquor starts flowing and the tongues loosen, no conversation is uneventful and no topic is off-limits. In these polarizing times, what does it mean to come to the table and at what cost? Will it bring us together or reveal how far apart we really are?

Cast:

• Justin Okin

• Christian Prentice

• Cherish Monique Duke

• Ray Paolantonio

• Avery Clyde

• Blake Young-Fountain

• Jacqueline Misaye

• Nick Marcone

• Ben Theobald

• Jon Sprik

• Nthenya Ndunda

• Danny Gomez

• Julia Manis

• Melvin Ward

• Audrey Cain

• Anthony Sorrells

Creative:

• Written by Michael Perlman

• Directed by Judy Moreland

• Producers: Tracey Silver, Ray Paolantonio, Tally McCormack & Kevin McCorkle

• Stage Manager: Beth Mack

• Assistant to the Director: Nina Sallinen

• Assistant to the Director: Dolann Adams

• Assistant Director: Justin Lord

• Set Designer: Brian Graves

• Lighting Designer: Derrick McDaniel

• Sound Designer: Chris Moscatiello

• Costume Designer: Mary Jane Miller

• Prop Master: Heath Harper

59E59 Unveils 2019 Summer Lineup

We’re so excited to be teaming up with 59E59 Theaters and Anna & Kitty, Inc for our next production: Liba Vaynberg’s Round Table directed by Geordie Broadwater.

This was the second play we presented as a part of our Irons in the Fire development series back in October, 2017, and now, almost exactly 2 years later, we're thrilled to bring a full production to life.

Round Table is about Zach, a medieval scholar and devotee of LARP (Live Action Role Playing) and Laura, a romance novel ghost-writer. They meet at the crossroads of the competing realities they create and live in. Round Table is a comedy about pretending to be what you already are.

Tickets go on sale at 12:00pm on Wednesday, May 29. In the meantime, check out the press releases in Broadway World and Playbill

What We're Seeing: Sweet Charity in Concert

The Transport Group has been making thrilling theatre in downtown New York since 2001. Originally housed in the Connelly Theatre (the same building we presented Eljon Wardally’s By A Thread), they have since been performing in non-traditional theatre spaces across the city. They also host annual one-night only concerts celebrating some of Broadway’s favorite pieces. Don’t miss their presentation of Sweet Charity in Concert coming in June!

June 17, 2019 @ 8:30pm
Merkin Concert Hall
129 W. 67th Street
New York, NY 10023

A Little About The Show

In the Anne L. Bernstein concert series, Transport Group celebrates treasured Broadway scores, showcasing the original orchestrations in star-studded, one-night-only events. In addition, the evenings include behind-the-scenes stories of each show's development and debut production, featuring special guests connected to the original stars and creators. These unique evenings are made possible with the generous sponsorship of Anne L. Bernstein.

Sweet Charity in Concert celebrates the 1966 Neil Simon, Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields musical with a live, 23-piece orchestra. A cast of Broadway stars will be announced soon.

Creative:

• Directed by Jack Cummings III

• Musical Direction by Joey Chancey

Broadway Show League Softball 2019

After finishing in second place with a heartbreaking one-run championship loss to Davenport Theatrical in our inaugural season, The Downtowners are back!

Fault Line Theatre’s softball team in the Broadway Show League plays every Thursday afternoon at 1:30pm in Central Park at the Heckscher Ballfields.

Come cheer us on! Be sure to check out the Broadway Show League website, prior to game time for field details and weather cancellations.