Off Broadway Prelude Weekend – Series B

In a New York-first, the CUNY Graduate Center will offer a three-day Prelude Weekend featuring work being produced by the city’s distinctive off-Broadway theater community. The Graduate Center’s Martin E. Segal Theatre Center will join with the Alliance of Resident Theatres (A.R.T.)/New York to present 16 A.R.T. member companies, providing a compacted preview of diverse plays being developed for the 2003-04 season and beyond, and a unique forum for showcasing the extraordinary off-Broadway theater scene.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS for Friday, October 3
(For additional events, see Series A, C, and D)

Series B: Elebash Recital Hall

12:00 – 1:30

The Genesius Guild: (to be determined)

The Genesius Theatre Guild is a non-profit NYC based Theatre Company dedicated to the creation and development of new plays and musicals. The Genesius Theatre Guild will show a work representing the various activities of the company: the Revolutionary Writers Workshop, the Theatrical Networking Forum and the Gtg Script Development Group. Website: www.genesiusguild.org

2:00 – 3:30

Metropolitan Playhouse: Staging Plays from the Past for a Modern Audience

Metropolitan Playhouse will involve participants as actors, directors, and critics of a rehearsal of scenes from one of the American historical plays in its season. A chance to grapple with the art and the surprise challenges of staging plays from the past for a modern audience. Website: www.metropolitanplayhouse.org

4:00- 5:30

Epic Repertory Theatre: Premiere One Acts

Epic Rep will present a selection of one act plays from their fall season with a brief talkback: New works by Romulus Linney, Frank Gagliano, Lee Blessing, Melody Cooper, Sasha Khan, Grame Gillis and J.T. Rogers. This is the inaugural season for this new Equity troupe, under artistic director Richard Kuranda. Website: www.epic-rep.com

6:00 – 7:30

Strike Anywhere: Spin

A work in progress showing with discussion to follow of Spin, a multi-disciplinary performance installation which guides the audience’s attention onto corporate control of the media. The piece is improvised and guided by a sign language dubbed “Sound Painting.” Sound Painting is the system of conducting/composing developed by Walter Thompson, which allows a conductor to sculpt an improvisation while in motion. Spin features rotating conductors and original dance, text and live music. Website: www.strikeanywhere.info