2016 photodump er...retrospective

Happy New Year, Betweenies! I'm taking this chance to post a photo retrospective of all the work we've shared with you in 2016. This year saw us having to say goodbye to members of the company as permanent fixtures in the Between Us story, but also had us continue work in a larger way with some artists we'd only briefly interacted with and meet new ones. It is always challenging trying to run a theatre company in New York, stick to your values and keep a day job, but this year Samantha, Grady, Paulina and I (Jasmine) were still up to the task and 2017 looks even brighter. Now, onto the pictures! As always, check out our facebook for more pictures and information about the events honored here.


First, at long last I will share here the pictures from our forth annual Take Ten Festival way back in April. One from each play, as per tradition.

Good Corporate Citizen by Sam Graber

The Authoress by Seth Freeman
Semi-Finalist for Best Play

Sunset by Gary Jaffe

Finalist for Best Play

Finalist for Best Director: Noelle Franco

Finalist for Best Actor: Brian Bradley

Grieving with Gary by Laura Townsend

Finalist for Best Play

Captain Samaritan: The Battle of Negrophobia by Jeremy Holloway

Mama I don't want to be mediocre by Monica Mikell

Division of Assets by Krysten Louchen

You Are Could I by Steve McMahon
Finalist for Best Actress: Helen McMillian

Friable by Alisha Espinosa

Winner Best Play and Best Actress: Alisha Espinosa

You and Me (and Ruby) by Alexandra Ley

Finalist for Best Actress: Jo Chiang

Semi-Finalist for Best Play

The Procrustes Pitch by Vishesh Abeyratne

Swept by Gina Doherty

Finalist for Best Director Florence La Bas

Finalist for Best Actor Harrison Wilkie

Finalist for Best Actress Tess Howsman

Semi-Finalist for Best Play

Edward's Closet by Jenn Dlugos & Charlie Hatton

Threatened Panda Fights Back by Rex McGregor

Finalist for Best Director: Susane Lee

Semi-Finalist for Best Play

I Never Heard Such Silence by Marlin Thomas

Hangman by Gregory Fletcher

Winner Best Actor: Dino Petrera

Winner Best Director: Marshall Mays

Finalist for Best Play

Finalist for Best Actor: David Spadora

I'm so pleased, as always to be able to share a little moment from each of the 16 plays with you, though I wish I had gotten to it earlier this year. Everyone involved in those productions has hard work and talent to be celebrated, so please look for them in the future.

Next we have some gorgeous pictures from Detainee, the full length play we produced in July.

Detainee

Written by Sam Graber
Directed by Samantha Lee Manas

Starring:
Francesca Ferrara*
Niceto Darcey Festin
Galway McCullough*
Roxy Reynolds
Angie Tennant*
Stage Manager: Paulina Ruiz
*appearing courtesy of Actor's Equity Association

This production was an incredible source of pride for everyone involved, especially playwright Sam Graber who we met in person for the first time that weekend. We hope to keep up this caliber of work and collaboration.

We'd also like to share some beautiful pictures from Dal Segno, the workshop production in November for the winner of Take Ten 2016.

Dal Segno

Written by Alisha Espinosa
Directed by Nilan Johnson

Starring:

Juliana Aiden
Tony Curtis
Brent Schultz
Kristi Stout

Dal Segno was a thrilling and emotional piece of theatre, staged so the audience was part of the actor and accompanied by an illuminating discussion afterwards. We hope to see more from and continue to work with the artists involved.


As 2016 rapidly draws to a close (yikes, I have to get dressed for NYE!) know that we are in the stages of finalizing our lineup for Take Ten 2017 (April 3-9! You heard it here first) and that there will be more challenging theatre, stimulating workshops and anything else we can sink our teeth into in the upcoming year. Hope to see you all in the audience, or maybe on stage with us!

Lots of love,
Jasmine