Piper 2012 Season
Press Release
Date: April 16, 2012
Contact: John P. McEneny, Artistic Director
john@pipertheatre.org
718-768-3195
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Piper Theatre Productions announces the 12th season of free outdoor events, a month of nurturing education programs, and further opportunities for emerging artists. This year will provide a joyous summer as the Old Stone House celebrates the long anticipated re-opening of Washington Park as it evolves into the most exciting and interactive park in all of Brooklyn with updated play schemes, a running brook, and beautiful landscaping. Piper is continually grateful for the warm hospitality of the Old Stone House and their success over the past ten years in creating a cultural hub of Park Slope.
MAINSTAGE SHOWS FREE AND OUTDOORS AT THE OLD STONE HOUSE
XANADU the Musical
Performances: July 5, 6, 12, 13, 19 and 20 – 8 pm
On the theme of renewed joy and fun. Piper is producing our first musical. We are honored to be the first Brooklyn production of the musical Xanadu, a musical comedy with a book by Douglas Carter Beane (Lysistrata Jones, The Little Dog Laughed, As Bees in Honey Drowned), music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, based on the beloved 1980 cult classic film with Olivia Newton John. This hilarious and self-knowing play will be directed by artistic director John P. McEneny, musical direction by Megan Jonynas, choreography by Karen Curlee, and scenery design by Sarah Edkins who designed last year’s beautiful set for The Miser. The free outdoor production will be presented July 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, and 20 at 8 pm.
THE ISLAND of DOCTOR MOREAU
Performances: July 7, 14 and 21 – 8 pm
Our second stage show will be a physical adaptation of H.G. Well’sThe Island of Doctor Moreau. Piper’s creative team for Moreau will include Chris Cariker (Piper’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ‘09), Aaron Novak (Piper’s Hamlet ‘09’, Nocturnes ‘10), and Sean Phillips (Piper’s Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth,Cold April, Nocturnes), VasileFlutur (Piper’s Nocturnes and Twelfth Night), Michael Buffer (Piper’s Lord of Flies, Lilith, Nocturnes, Corday), and Lucas Syed (New School graduate ’11) will be composing an original soundtrack. Inspired by the work of Nigel Williams (Piper’sNocturnes), Moreau will be an exciting experience in physical storytelling. The Island of Doctor Moreau will be presented July 7, 14, and 21 at 8 p.m.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW ARTISTS
PIPER PLAYS Submission Deadline: March 30, 2012Performance: July 18, 2012
Piper is proud to announce our first annual Piper Play Series under the direction of John P. McEneny and Philip Suracci (Theatrepeace). 10 plays will be produced at BAX (Brooklyn Arts Exchange) on June 15, 16, 17.
We’re looking for one-act plays that explore the world of children. We’re interested in smart, quirky, tragic, exciting, funny, disturbing, and dynamic short plays that investigate the complicated lives of young people. Ideally, some of your characters should be school aged (aged 11 – 20).
Phase 1: Ten plays will be selected by artistic director, John P. McEneny and Associate Director Phillip Suracci to be presented on June 15, 16, 17 at BAX Brooklyn Arts Exchange 421 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Piper will recruit directors and actors. Simple settings are preferred.
Phase 2: Three plays will be then be chosen by a panel of artists selected by the Piper Board of Directors and will be presented on Wednesday, July 18th 2012 during the Piper Summer season at the Old Stone House in Washington Park, Brooklyn, NY 11215. All three plays will be published in the inaugural publication Piper Plays: Smart One Acts for Young Actors.
Phase 3: At the performance on July 18th – the audience will vote on their favorite one act and the winner will receive $500.00 prize. Votes will be tallied by Kim Maier, executive director of The Old Stone House. Please consider both performing spaces when submitting your play. The BAX space is a small intimate black box space that seats 50 and the Old Stone House outdoor space is a 24 foot wide stage the sits on the courtyard of the Old Stone House and seats 350 +. Your play must be able to adapt to both spaces. Plays may have been produced before but should be unpublished. Running time: 10 – 40 minutes. We are very interested in working with playwrights who want to be involved in the short rehearsal process and who will commit to attending one of the productions. Playwrights must be in attendance on July 18th in order to be eligible for the $500 cash prize. Plays with attached directors or actors will be considered – please make sure you inform Mr. McEneny when you submit your play. There is a five-dollar reader’s fee. Check or money order must be made out to Piper Theatre Productions. Piper requests an email submission + hardcopy plays & short plot summary sent to: john@pipertheatre.org.
Senator Gillibrand Support of Piper
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Piper Fall Fundraiser
Piper Productions, Vuguru, and Snag Films invite you to the Brooklyn premiere of
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
Sunday Afternoon, November 6, 2011 from 1 – 4 pm
1:00 pm Reception – light hors d’oeuvres and cash bar
2:00 pm Screening of the Film
3:00 pm Audience Q&A with writer and actor Marc Wolf, Director John C. Walsh, and Creative Consultant Mary Harron
Location: Littlefield, 622 Degraw Street (between 3rd and 4th Avenues), Park Slope Brooklyn
Tickets: Order Online >> | Cost: $25
Movie Trailer: Watch Now >>
Thank you to everyone attending this important viewing. Piper Theatre Productions are designed to be accessible to all families….one of the greatest privileges of our great nation is our freedom to express ourselves and be heard. It is encouraging seeing Piper continuing that great tradition.” – Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
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About the Film
On the heels of the historic repeal of the United States military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, actor Marc Wolf, filmmaker John C. Walsh (Ed’s Next Move, Pipe Dream) and Creative Consultant Mary Harron (American Psycho, I Shot Andy Warhol) bring Wolf’s acclaimed one-man Off-Broadway show to the screen. The text was created verbatim from tape-recorded interviews conducted between 1997-1999 with hundreds of soldiers and veterans, male and female, gay and straight. Marc distills them into compelling portraits that are alternately funny, brutal, poignant, and tragic. These are the true stories of America’s gay soldiers, told in their own words.
A Look at Piper Theatre
A quick look at some of the dedicated people, theatrical productions and youth programs at Piper Theatre. Produced by by Lesley Topping.
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MEDIA & PRESS: PIPER 2011
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“The Miser” in rehearsal at Piper Theatre
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Actor/Director Welker White discusses her adaption of Moliere’s play, “The Miser”, in her upcoming production at Piper Theatre in Brooklyn New York at the Old Stone House in July 2011.
