Working Theater's 26th Season

January 9th - June 27th, 2011

Monday 3/7, 7pm:
Staged Reading of 

CALL ME WALDO
by Rob Ackerman, directed by Tamilla Woodard
with Therese Barbato, Matthew Boston, Brian Dykstra, 
Alexis McGuinness & Jennifer Dorr White  
When an ordinary electrician is possessed by the spirit of Ralph Waldo Emerson, extraordinary things happen. Be sure not to miss this bright and biting new comedy by the author of the Drama Desk Award-winning Tabletop.

Monday, 3/21, 7pm:

Staged Reading of

 VISIBLE CITIES
by Chay Yew , directed by Mike Donahue
with Joanna P. Adler, Josh Barrett, Jackie Chung, Jennifer Ikeda, Natalie Martin,

Quentin Maré, Orville Mendoza, Stephen Park & Gordana Rashovich 
More than 100 people made the shirt you’re wearing right now. Who are those people? Visible Cities explores the high- stakes realities of international fashion, globalism, immigration, and counterfeit culture.

April 11 – 17

DIRECTORS SALON

Curated by Luke Harlan, Dina Vovsi and Nicole Watson
Come and join us for a week of events created to inspire and assist emerging stage directors in their careers. Directors will be given the opportunity to further develop their skills with scene work and network with an entire community of both emerging and established directors.
  Click here for more info

 
Friday 4/29, 7pm:

OPEN MIC NIGHT 

hosted by Bill Henning
Working Theater gives the stage over to its constituents, workingpeople from throughout New York. Join us for an evening of stories, song, poetry and monologues from the people who keep our city running.Interested in performing? 

 
Monday 5/9, 7pm:
Staged reading of 

THE UNBLEACHED AMERICAN
by Michael Aman, directed by Alfred Preisser
and starring André De Shields and Alison Fraser

A startling play based on the life of Ernest Hogan, an African-American who made a small fortune in the 1900s writing the first “coon song”.

Monday 5/23, 7pm:

Staged reading of Working Theater's commission of 
LA RUTA  by Ed Cardona, Jr.

with Laura Butler, Teddy Cañez, Brian D. Coats, Zuleyma Guevara,

Jose Joaquin Perez, Gerardo Rodriguez and Ruby Ruiz

Ed Cardona, Jr.’s brand new play explores the sacrifices and danger endured by a group of Latinos smuggled across the U.S. border by a band of “coyotes”. The audience will join the characters on their journey set entirely in the claustrophobic confines of a truck.

Monday 6/20, 7pm:

Staged reading of Working Theater's commission of 

SONG TO A CHILD LIKE ME
by Manuel Borras, directed by Arin Arbus

with Teddy Cañez, Annie Henk, A.Z. Kelsey, Maria-Christina Oliveras, 

José Joaquin Perez & Jacob Ming Trent

Monday 6/27, 7pm:

Staged reading of Working Theater's commission of

 TO THE BONE (formerly THE POULTRY PLAY)
by Lisa Ramirez, directed by Lisa Peterson

with Philip Callen, Annie Henk, Maria Helan Lopez, José Joaquin Perez, Lisa Ramirez, Emma Ramos, Gerardo Rodriguez & Tatiana Suarez-Pico

What does it mean to struggle every day to support your family and preserve your dignity at the same time? Lisa Ramirez based this gripping play about immigrant women laboring in chicken processing plants on interviews she conducted with actual poultry plant workers in upstate NY.

(This project is supported by the ILGWU 21st Century Heritage Fund)

presenting the NY premiere of the Helen Hayes Award-winning

Honey Brown Eyes