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
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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.
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| Good Corporate Citizen by Sam Graber |
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The Authoress by Seth Freeman
Semi-Finalist for Best Play |
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Sunset by Gary Jaffe
Finalist for Best Play
Finalist for Best Director: Noelle Franco
Finalist for Best Actor: Brian Bradley
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Grieving with Gary by Laura Townsend
Finalist for Best Play
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Captain Samaritan: The Battle of Negrophobia by Jeremy Holloway
Mama I don't want to be mediocre by Monica Mikell
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Division of Assets by Krysten Louchen
You Are Could I by Steve McMahon
Finalist for Best Actress: Helen McMillian
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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
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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
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