Piper 2011
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
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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.
THE MISER BY MOLIERE
Adapted and Directed by Welker White
Featuring Damian Young (The Comeback, Californication, All My Sons on B’way) as Harpagon, Jan Leslie Harding (Obie Award winner) as Frosine and Todd C. Bartels as Cleante.
“In one word, he loves money better than reputation, than honor, and than virtue; and the very sight of one who asks for it sends him into fits; it is touching him in his mortal part, it is piercing his heart, it is tearing out his very entrails.”
A new adaptation of Moliere’s dark comedy adapted and directed by Welker White. Brother and sister, Cleante and Elise want to marry their chosen lovers but their father, Harpagon, has very different plans. Pushing his children’s interests aside, Harpagon arranges marriages for them with one thing in mind — finding suitable partners without having to part with the one thing he loves the most: his money! Appropriate for ages 8 and up. FREE
Dates:
| Thursday | July 7 at 8:30 pm |
| Friday | July 8 at 8:30 pm |
| Thursday | July 14 at 8:30 pm |
| Friday | July 15 at 8:30 pm |
| Thursday | July 21 at 8:30 pm |
| Friday | July 22 at 8:30 pm |
2011 Piper Theatre Productions Equity Showcase: Moliere’s The Miser
This July, Piper Theatre continues its dedication to out-of the-ordinary free community programming for an 11th summer, with noted actor/director/educator Welker White adapting and directing a modern version of Moliere’s classic, “The Miser,” as the centerpiece of Piper’s roster of equity and youth productions focusing on local and emerging talent.
This made-in-Brooklyn original adaptation takes Moliere’s 17th century satire and re-imagines it for a 21st century audience. Besides Moliere’s ahead-of-his-time dark and cynical approach to comedy in “The Miser,” its themes – love vs. money, power struggles between parents and children – translate uncannily well to our place and time.
All performances are free and outdoors on Thursday and Friday evenings, July 7,8, 14, 15, 21 and 22. Bring a blanket or a beach chair, plan a picnic or visit the Old Stone House concession stand with sandwiches and franks from Willie’s Dawgs, and a selection of beer and wine from The Gate.
Join us for our extra festive opening night cast party fundraiser after the show on July 7!
YOUTH PRODUCTIONS 2011
For four hot weeks in July, the campus of the Old Stone House in Washington Park comes alive with youthful creativity and imagination. In the past five years, Piper has grown to include over 150 students (ages 8 to 17) who spend their summer dancing, sword fighting, memorizing text, singing, delving into rich characters, and learning the craft of acting. All youth performances will be held outdoors on the beautifully renovated turf behind the Old Stone House in Washington Park as well as a second performance inside the neighboring historic Lyceum Theatre. All of our productions have professional sound design by Andrew Christian, offer delicious concessions, and are FREE unless otherwise noted. Join us as some of the finest young actors in Brooklyn take to the stage!
POLLYWOG by John P. McEneny.
July 20 – 8:30 pm at the Old Stone House
TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare. Directed by John P. McEneny.
Thur, July 28 – 7:00 pm at the Old Stone House
Sat, July 30 – 2:00 pm at the Lyceum
FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley. Adapted and directed by Mollie Lief.
Thur, July 28 – 8:30 pm at the Old Stone House
Sat, July 30 – noon at the Lyceum
CORDAY THE ASSASSIN. Devised and directed by Michael Buffer.
Wed, July 27 – 8:30 pm at the Old Stone House
Sat, July 30 – 4:00 pm at the Lyceum
THE HOBBIT by J.R.R. Tolkien. Adapted and directed by Meredith Hackett.
Fri, July 29 – 7:00 pm at the Old Stone House
Sat, July 30 – 10:00 am at the Lyceum
INTO THE WOODS JUNIOR. Directed by Ryan Michele Healey. Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by James Lapine. Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine.
Fri, July 29 – 8:30 pm at the Old Stone House
Sat, July 30 – 6:00 pm at the Lyceum
ADDITIONAL YOUTH PROGRAM PERFORMANCES
| Friday, July 15 | 9:30 am | Garden Explorers, Session 1 | |
| Friday, July 15 | 10:00 am | The Starlings, Session 1 | |
| Friday, July 29 | 9:30 am | Garden Explorers, Session 2 | |
| Friday, July 29 | 10:00 am | Starlings, Session 2 |
YOUTH EXTRAVAGANZA 2011
Five Youth Shows!
DATE: SATURDAY JULY 30
LOCATION: Brooklyn Lyceum at 4th Ave and Union
| 10 am | The Hobbit |
| 12 pm | Frankenstein |
| 2 pm | Twelfth Night |
| 4 pm | Corday the Assassin |
| 6 pm | Into the Woods Junior |
ENDURE
July 9 and 16. Endure will start out at the Old Stone House at 11:00 a.m and 6 p.m. The Old Stone House is located in the heart of Park Slope, Washington Park on 5th Ave. at 3rd St. Brooklyn. Please bring running sneakers and your IPod. Appropriate for ages 14 and up. FREE.
An original physical theatre piece devised by Melanie Jones and directed by Michael Buffer. With wry humor, raw physicality and poetic lyricism, athlete/performer Melanie Jones’ newest work celebrates resilience in all its forms. In 50 minutes of immersive theatre, ENDURE captures the humility, the hope, the insanity and the beauty of putting one foot in front of the other. Audience members lace up their running shoes, turn on their IPods (with an original score designed by Christine Owen) and set out on a sonic, visual and physical journey that leaves no one on the sidelines.
Photographer: Erica Min
Endure is a collaboration between Piper and NYC’s Collision Productions with support from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. For more information go to runwomanshow.com, facebook.com/runwomanshow of follow us on Twitter @runwomanshow.
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Join us for Piper’s Summer 2011 Launch Fundraiser – July 7!
An Evening with Emerging Artists to Benefit Piper’s Youth Education Program
ARTISTS’ MARKET, PERFORMANCE OF THE MISER, RECEPTION
Come join Welker White, the 2011 professional company of actors, educators, and designers in celebrating our eleventh season of presenting free summer theatre!
Outdoor performance of The Miser, directed by Welker White, followed by a reception with the actors, including Damian Young (costar of Showtime’s Californication, HBO’s The Comeback, and Broadway’s All My Sons), Jan Leslie Harding (Obie Award winner) and Todd C. Bartels.
Performance will be preceded by an Artists’ Market (exquisite jewelry, art and crafts) by Brooklyn artisans and designers. Raffle and silent auction of handbags donated by Park Slope merchants. Locally sourced wines and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
All proceeds will go towards our dynamic youth theatre programs.
Date: July 7, 2011
Schedule: Artists Market: 5:30 pm, Opening Night Performance: 8:30 pm, Fundraiser: 10:00 pm
Location: Old Stone House, Washington Park, 3rd Street betw 4 & 5 Avenues, Brooklyn
Tickets: $50 at the door /$40 in advance. All donations are tax exempt.
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The Living Series 2011: Living on the Edge
“Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.” Ray Bradbury
This year The Living Series explores the theme of risk. Whether we are galvanized to take healthy risks in our relationships and careers to push ourselves to more fulfilling situations, pursue endeavors at which we know there’s a good chance of failing, seize uncertain opportunities because we don’t know how long they will present themselves, or even make foolish or dangerous choices to help us feel more alive, without occasionally venturing out onto the edges of existence, life would become colorless and dry. After all, is anything ever a sure thing? It’s the things we dare to do that define us.
The plays presented in this year’s Living Series all navigate their ways through risky moments. Take a breath. Here we go!
Performance Dates: June 16-18, 2011
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange
Original Short Plays under the guidance of Rachel Rear.
TheaterPeace
Theater for the New City to present TheaterPeace, a young people’s troupe led by Philip Suraci, in the premiere of “Catch Her in the Lie.”
Location: Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue
Presented by: Theater for the New City
Dates: May 5 to 22, 2011. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 3 pm.
Tickets: $15, $5 seniors, students and teachers. Box office 212-254-1109. Online, visit www.theaterforthenewcity.net.
Runs 65 minutes. Critics are invited on or after May 7.
Piper 2010 Season >
