Dear TAML member,
"The Belle of Amherst" by William Luce is being presented at the West Haven Public Library (WHPL). Based on the life of Miss Emily Dickinson her poetry unfolds the mysteries of her eccentric love affair with language. Miss Emily became the local eccentric of her small Massachusetts town - not as the belle, as she had hoped. Rarely leaving her father's house for
56 years, she spent many hours secretly recording her private thoughts. After her death these writings were discovered and have become some of the most endearing verses in American literature.
Featuring Valerie Proto as Miss Emily under the direction of Bradley Green. William Luce draws heavily on the poems, letters and first hand accounts of Emily Dickinson to sculpt a one-woman play that is an inspiring, poignant and truthful biography of one of America's greatest literary women.
DATES & TIMES:
Thursday, February 27, 2003 at 8:00pm
Friday, February 28, 2003 at 8:00pm
Saturday, March 1, 2003 at 8:00pm
COST:
No cover charge and open to the public.
LOCATION:
West Haven Public Library
Meeting Room Theatre
300 Elm St
West Haven, CT 06516-4603
203-937-4233
DIRECTIONS:
Follow I-95 South to Exit 44 (Kimberly Avenue). Follow exit ramp around and continue onto Kimberly Avenue. Go up and over bridge into West Haven. At the first traffic light the road becomes Elm Steet. Continue on Elm Street until the fifth traffic light. At this light you should see the West Haven Public Library on your immediate left.
Follow I-95 North to Exit 43 (Campbell Avenue). At the end of the ramp is a traffic light. Turn right onto Campbell Avenue. At the fourth traffic light is Elm St. The West Haven Public Library is in front of you to your left.
Or use the following weblink for customized directions:
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/ddResults.py?Pyt=Tmap&tarname=&tardesc=&tarhash=&taraddr=300+Elm+St&tarcsz=West+Haven,+CT+06516-4603&newtcountry=us&newcountry=us&tuz=06516&doit=1
Enjoy,
Gregoire
Tuesday, February 25, 2003
Lark Theatre and THAW presents "Let It Be Me"...
Greetings TAML members,
The Lark Theatre Company in association with Theaters Against War (THAW) presents, "LET IT BE ME" written and performed by Olivia Jane Greer. Musical direction by Ross Patterson. The Lark Theatre Company is organizing an evening of performance in support of peace. The evening will feature emerging performers who are working on new material.
Olivia Jane Greer will perform songs from her recent show "Let It Be Me", which raises questions young people are asking every day and have few sources of answers for. This production is inspired by, and employs the work of women songwriters including Aunt
Molly Jackson, Linda Allen, Holly Near, Billie Holiday, Joan Baez, Joan Armatrading, Joni Mitchell, Jonatha Brooke, Tori Amos, Dar Williams and Ani DiFranco. The show charts the rich portfolio of songs by women alongside the tradition of activism in this country, told through a complex and loving relationship with both.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, March 2, 2003 at 4:00pm
COST:
$10 suggested donation proceeds will benefit THAW. For reservations call 212-757-0788.
LOCATION:
Don't Tell Mama
343 W 46th St
New York, NY 10036-3810
http://www.donttellmama.com/
(in the heart of Restaurant Row, between 8th & 9th Ave)
DIRECTIONS:
Subway trains A, C, E at 42nd St; N, R, S, 1, 2, 3, 7,
9 at 42nd St-Times Sq.
Driving: use the following weblink:
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/ddResults.py?Pyt=Tmap&tarname=&tardesc=&tarhash=&taraddr=343+W+46th+St&tarcsz=New+York,+NY+10036-3810&newtcountry=us&newcountry=us&tuz=10036&doit=1
THAW is a group of New York based theater artists alarmed by the threat of war in Iraq and escalating attacks on civil liberties here at home. We got together to discuss what we, as members of the theater community, might do in response - how we might stop feeling isolated, discouraged, and afraid. It occurred to us that the most truthful and direct response was
to use what we already do - lots and lots of different kinds of theater.
Information about THAW and more pro-peace performance events are available from the following weblink:
http://home.earthlink.net/~annedemare/thaw02.html
Come show your support with more than 110 theaters and hundreds of theater artists using Language and the Arts in the service of Peace!
-Gregoire
The Lark Theatre Company in association with Theaters Against War (THAW) presents, "LET IT BE ME" written and performed by Olivia Jane Greer. Musical direction by Ross Patterson. The Lark Theatre Company is organizing an evening of performance in support of peace. The evening will feature emerging performers who are working on new material.
Olivia Jane Greer will perform songs from her recent show "Let It Be Me", which raises questions young people are asking every day and have few sources of answers for. This production is inspired by, and employs the work of women songwriters including Aunt
Molly Jackson, Linda Allen, Holly Near, Billie Holiday, Joan Baez, Joan Armatrading, Joni Mitchell, Jonatha Brooke, Tori Amos, Dar Williams and Ani DiFranco. The show charts the rich portfolio of songs by women alongside the tradition of activism in this country, told through a complex and loving relationship with both.
DATE & TIME:
Sunday, March 2, 2003 at 4:00pm
COST:
$10 suggested donation proceeds will benefit THAW. For reservations call 212-757-0788.
LOCATION:
Don't Tell Mama
343 W 46th St
New York, NY 10036-3810
http://www.donttellmama.com/
(in the heart of Restaurant Row, between 8th & 9th Ave)
DIRECTIONS:
Subway trains A, C, E at 42nd St; N, R, S, 1, 2, 3, 7,
9 at 42nd St-Times Sq.
Driving: use the following weblink:
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/ddResults.py?Pyt=Tmap&tarname=&tardesc=&tarhash=&taraddr=343+W+46th+St&tarcsz=New+York,+NY+10036-3810&newtcountry=us&newcountry=us&tuz=10036&doit=1
THAW is a group of New York based theater artists alarmed by the threat of war in Iraq and escalating attacks on civil liberties here at home. We got together to discuss what we, as members of the theater community, might do in response - how we might stop feeling isolated, discouraged, and afraid. It occurred to us that the most truthful and direct response was
to use what we already do - lots and lots of different kinds of theater.
Information about THAW and more pro-peace performance events are available from the following weblink:
http://home.earthlink.net/~annedemare/thaw02.html
Come show your support with more than 110 theaters and hundreds of theater artists using Language and the Arts in the service of Peace!
-Gregoire
Tuesday, February 18, 2003
Charles S. Dutton and Whoppi Goldberg in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
Dear TAML member,
Now appearing on Broadway together are Emmy Award winner, two-time Tony Award Nominee Charles S. Dutton and Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winner Whoppi Goldberg in two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom".
A group of black jazz musicians gathers in a Chicago recording studio in the 1920s to make one of the earliest blues recordings. But their rehearsal room turns into an arena for blowing off their anger at each other, at whites, and eventually even at God. How do African-Americans, survive in a system dominated by whites within a culture of institutionalized racism?
The original production of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom opened at the Cort Theatre in October 1984. The play, August Wilson's first Broadway production, won the 1984 New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Charles S. Dutton was nominated for a Tony Award for his prortrayal of Levee, a role he is reprising in the revival.
This extremely talented cast is directed by Marion McClinton and includes:
Charles S. Dutton..................Levee
Whoopi Goldberg................Ma Rainey
Louis Zorich..................Sturdyvant
Thomas Jefferson Byrd.............Toledo
Tony Cucci.....................Policeman
Jack Davidson......................Irvin
Carl Gordon.......................Cutler
Stephen McKinley Henderson.....Slow Drag
Anthony Mackie.................Sylvester
Heather Alicia Simms..........Dussie Mae
DATES & TIMES:
Opening Thursday, February 6, 2003
Closing Sunday, June 29, 2003
Tuesday @7pm; Wednesday - Saturday @8pm
Matinee performances Wednesday @2pm; Sunday @3pm
COST:
$50 - $80
Take advantage of 20% off with virtual coupons available at the following weblinks:
http://www.BroadwayOffers.com
http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/coupma.htm
Tickets must be purchased before March 2, 2003. Call Tele-charge: 800-432-7250.
LOCATION:
Royale Theatre
242 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10036
212-239-6200
http://www.marainey.com/main.html
DIRECTIONS:
SUBWAY: Take the N,Q,R,W or 1,2,3,9 to 42nd Street, walk North on Broadway to 45th Street and walk West on 45th Street to the theatre; Take the A,C,E to 42nd Street, walk North on Eighth Avenue to 45th Street and walk East on 45th Street to the theatre.
DRIVING: Use the following weblink:
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/ddResults.py?Pyt=Tmap&tarname=&tardesc=&tarhash=&taraddr=242+W+45th+St&tarcsz=New+York,+NY+10036-3901&newtcountry=us&newcountry=us&tuz=10036&doit=1
Special note: Partial proceeds will be donated to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) for tickets purchased on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 only. Use code word JOYNER!
The performance runs approximately two hours and 45 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission. Please be advised this production contains themes and language some people may find offensive. However, it serves to educate.
This will be one of those once in a life time events you will not want to miss! You can bet I'll be
there...
Enjoy,
Gregoire
Now appearing on Broadway together are Emmy Award winner, two-time Tony Award Nominee Charles S. Dutton and Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winner Whoppi Goldberg in two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom".
A group of black jazz musicians gathers in a Chicago recording studio in the 1920s to make one of the earliest blues recordings. But their rehearsal room turns into an arena for blowing off their anger at each other, at whites, and eventually even at God. How do African-Americans, survive in a system dominated by whites within a culture of institutionalized racism?
The original production of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom opened at the Cort Theatre in October 1984. The play, August Wilson's first Broadway production, won the 1984 New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Charles S. Dutton was nominated for a Tony Award for his prortrayal of Levee, a role he is reprising in the revival.
This extremely talented cast is directed by Marion McClinton and includes:
Charles S. Dutton..................Levee
Whoopi Goldberg................Ma Rainey
Louis Zorich..................Sturdyvant
Thomas Jefferson Byrd.............Toledo
Tony Cucci.....................Policeman
Jack Davidson......................Irvin
Carl Gordon.......................Cutler
Stephen McKinley Henderson.....Slow Drag
Anthony Mackie.................Sylvester
Heather Alicia Simms..........Dussie Mae
DATES & TIMES:
Opening Thursday, February 6, 2003
Closing Sunday, June 29, 2003
Tuesday @7pm; Wednesday - Saturday @8pm
Matinee performances Wednesday @2pm; Sunday @3pm
COST:
$50 - $80
Take advantage of 20% off with virtual coupons available at the following weblinks:
http://www.BroadwayOffers.com
http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/coupma.htm
Tickets must be purchased before March 2, 2003. Call Tele-charge: 800-432-7250.
LOCATION:
Royale Theatre
242 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10036
212-239-6200
http://www.marainey.com/main.html
DIRECTIONS:
SUBWAY: Take the N,Q,R,W or 1,2,3,9 to 42nd Street, walk North on Broadway to 45th Street and walk West on 45th Street to the theatre; Take the A,C,E to 42nd Street, walk North on Eighth Avenue to 45th Street and walk East on 45th Street to the theatre.
DRIVING: Use the following weblink:
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/ddResults.py?Pyt=Tmap&tarname=&tardesc=&tarhash=&taraddr=242+W+45th+St&tarcsz=New+York,+NY+10036-3901&newtcountry=us&newcountry=us&tuz=10036&doit=1
Special note: Partial proceeds will be donated to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) for tickets purchased on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 only. Use code word JOYNER!
The performance runs approximately two hours and 45 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission. Please be advised this production contains themes and language some people may find offensive. However, it serves to educate.
This will be one of those once in a life time events you will not want to miss! You can bet I'll be
there...
Enjoy,
Gregoire
Saturday, February 8, 2003
LWT Stage II presents Martin Landau in "Sixteen Wounded"...
Dear TAML member,
Long Wharf Theatre (LWT) is pleased to announce that Academy Award-winner, three-time Golden Globe-winner and three-time Emmy Award-nominee Martin Landau is making a triumphant return to the stage in the world premiere production of "Sixteen Wounded" by Eliam Kraiem. Directed by Matthew August, this new play is
set in current-day Holland. "Sixteen Wounded" is a compelling tale of the unlikely friendship between Hans (Martin Landau), an aging Jewish baker, and Mahmude, the young Palestinian he takes on as his apprentice.
In a time where reports of Mid-East violence are commonplace and casualties are often reduced to numbers, Eliam Kraiem's play paints a vivid, compassionate and deeply moving portrait of the human faces touched by the conflict. Joining Landau in the company thus far are Mia Barron (Nora), Gretchen Becker (Gretta), Omar Metwally (Mahmude), Ed Setrakian (Saleem) and ensemble members Jimi Egan, Bret A. Haines, Rebecka Jones and Ryan Evans Kessler.
DATES & TIMES:
Opening: Wednesday, February 5, 2003
Closing: Sunday, March 16, 2003
COST:
Tickets: $15-$47.50.
Special treat: Pay-What-You-Can performance is on
Friday, February 14, 2003 only.
LOCATION:
Long Wharf Theatre
Stage II
222 Sargent Drive
New Haven, CT 06511
DIRECTIONS:
From Hartford, follow I-91 South until it merges into
I-95 South. Take Exit 46 off I-95 South. At the end
of the ramp you will be facing a Mobil Gas station.
Take a Right and then immediate Left into the Long
Wharf driveway...
From New York, follow I-95 North to exit 46. At end
of exit ramp turn Left onto Long Wharf Drive. At the
first traffic light turn Left onto Canal Dock Rd and
go under highway. At the next traffic light turn Left
onto Sargent Drive. Turn right into Long Wharf
driveway just before the Mobil Gas station...
...Continue to back area near the loading docks and
the theatre will be on your left. Long Wharf provides
lighted parking and is accessible to patrons with
disabilities.
Or use the following link to get directions:
http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?2l=nRvcuno%252fWQg%253d&2g=QMsYDVZ6TGA%253d&2pn=&2ic=31&2ex=1&src=maps&2a=222%20Sargent%20Dr&2c=New%20Haven&2s=CT&2z=06511%2d5919&2y=US
Martin Landau's distinguished acting career spans five decades. He has been honored with many awards including the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best
Supporting Actor for his performance as Bela Lugosi in Tim Burton's Ed Wood. In addition, The Screen Actors Guild Award; one Cable Ace Award; numerous Critics Awards including the New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Texas and Boston and National Society of Film Critics Awards; a Belgian Viewers Best Actor Award; a Brazilian Saci Award; and a biography in both "Who's Who in America" and "Who's Who in the World."
LWT invites audience members to the following pre- and post-show, no cost events that are open to the public:
WEBE108 FM Talkback Tuesdays: Tuesday, February 18; Tuesday, February 25; Tuesday, March 4; and Tuesday, March 11. After the 7 PM performance, there will be a lively discussion with the actors, director or designers, focusing on hot topics of the play.
WSHU-FM Sunday Symposium: Sunday, February 23. Following the 2 PM matinee, there will be an informative discussion of the play's issues with a panel of scholars and artists.
Sixteen Wounded is sponsored by HB Communications, Inc., and made possible with generous support from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts and the Leading National Theatre Program, a joint initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Enjoy,
Gregoire
Long Wharf Theatre (LWT) is pleased to announce that Academy Award-winner, three-time Golden Globe-winner and three-time Emmy Award-nominee Martin Landau is making a triumphant return to the stage in the world premiere production of "Sixteen Wounded" by Eliam Kraiem. Directed by Matthew August, this new play is
set in current-day Holland. "Sixteen Wounded" is a compelling tale of the unlikely friendship between Hans (Martin Landau), an aging Jewish baker, and Mahmude, the young Palestinian he takes on as his apprentice.
In a time where reports of Mid-East violence are commonplace and casualties are often reduced to numbers, Eliam Kraiem's play paints a vivid, compassionate and deeply moving portrait of the human faces touched by the conflict. Joining Landau in the company thus far are Mia Barron (Nora), Gretchen Becker (Gretta), Omar Metwally (Mahmude), Ed Setrakian (Saleem) and ensemble members Jimi Egan, Bret A. Haines, Rebecka Jones and Ryan Evans Kessler.
DATES & TIMES:
Opening: Wednesday, February 5, 2003
Closing: Sunday, March 16, 2003
COST:
Tickets: $15-$47.50.
Special treat: Pay-What-You-Can performance is on
Friday, February 14, 2003 only.
LOCATION:
Long Wharf Theatre
Stage II
222 Sargent Drive
New Haven, CT 06511
DIRECTIONS:
From Hartford, follow I-91 South until it merges into
I-95 South. Take Exit 46 off I-95 South. At the end
of the ramp you will be facing a Mobil Gas station.
Take a Right and then immediate Left into the Long
Wharf driveway...
From New York, follow I-95 North to exit 46. At end
of exit ramp turn Left onto Long Wharf Drive. At the
first traffic light turn Left onto Canal Dock Rd and
go under highway. At the next traffic light turn Left
onto Sargent Drive. Turn right into Long Wharf
driveway just before the Mobil Gas station...
...Continue to back area near the loading docks and
the theatre will be on your left. Long Wharf provides
lighted parking and is accessible to patrons with
disabilities.
Or use the following link to get directions:
http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?2l=nRvcuno%252fWQg%253d&2g=QMsYDVZ6TGA%253d&2pn=&2ic=31&2ex=1&src=maps&2a=222%20Sargent%20Dr&2c=New%20Haven&2s=CT&2z=06511%2d5919&2y=US
Martin Landau's distinguished acting career spans five decades. He has been honored with many awards including the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best
Supporting Actor for his performance as Bela Lugosi in Tim Burton's Ed Wood. In addition, The Screen Actors Guild Award; one Cable Ace Award; numerous Critics Awards including the New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Texas and Boston and National Society of Film Critics Awards; a Belgian Viewers Best Actor Award; a Brazilian Saci Award; and a biography in both "Who's Who in America" and "Who's Who in the World."
LWT invites audience members to the following pre- and post-show, no cost events that are open to the public:
WEBE108 FM Talkback Tuesdays: Tuesday, February 18; Tuesday, February 25; Tuesday, March 4; and Tuesday, March 11. After the 7 PM performance, there will be a lively discussion with the actors, director or designers, focusing on hot topics of the play.
WSHU-FM Sunday Symposium: Sunday, February 23. Following the 2 PM matinee, there will be an informative discussion of the play's issues with a panel of scholars and artists.
Sixteen Wounded is sponsored by HB Communications, Inc., and made possible with generous support from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts and the Leading National Theatre Program, a joint initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Enjoy,
Gregoire
Thursday, February 6, 2003
YUAG presents [GAM] re-appearing in "The Life of James Mars:"...
Dear TAML member,
As many of you know I have just returned from a very short but sucessful run of the stage production "Drivin Miss Daisy" in San Miguel, Mexico. Just for the record, no it was not performed in Spanish.
The next project on my agenda is a production which will be appearing for the very first time in New Haven, CT. The Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG) and Puppetsweat Theatre present "The Life of James Mars: A Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut". These are the true accounts of a man born into slavery who becomes a highly respected Connecticut resident. His story takes you on an adventurous journey that weaves it's tale from family master's in Canaan into the woods and
homes of various Norfolk residents.
Taken directly from the original autobiography of James Mars, this dramatic presentation uses various forms of shadow puppetry and state of the art computer generated images to help re-create his story. Narrated by Gregoire Mouning, performed by Melissa Sylvester and Agnieszka Czopik, stage managed by Margaret Carl, directed by Robert Bresnick and designed by Leslie Weinberg.
DATE:
Sunday, February 9, 2003 at 3:00 p.m.
COST:
No cover charge and open to the general public.
LOCATION:
Yale Unversity Art Gallery
McNeil Lecture Hall
1111 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06510
http://www.yale.edu/yuag/
DIRECTIONS:
From I-91 take exit 1 to Downtown New Haven and
proceed as follows...
From I-95 take exit 47 Downtown New Haven...
...stay on the connector to the third and final exit,
turn right on York Street at the first intersection.
The Art Gallery is on the right after the third
stoplight.
Parking is available from metered spaces on nearby streets. There is also a conveniently located garage at 150 York Street which offers discount parking to members of the Yale Art Museums.
Use the following link for customized directions:
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/ddResults.py?Pyt=Tmap&tarname=&tardesc=&tarhash=&taraddr=1111+Chapel+St&tarcsz=New+Haven,+CT+06510-2301&newtcountry=us&newcountry=us&tuz=06510&doit=1
This educational program is structured for students of all ages. Invite friends and family members to
experience a first-person account of the untold history of slave life in Connecticut.
As always thanks for your continued support.
Enjoy,
Gregoire
As many of you know I have just returned from a very short but sucessful run of the stage production "Drivin Miss Daisy" in San Miguel, Mexico. Just for the record, no it was not performed in Spanish.
The next project on my agenda is a production which will be appearing for the very first time in New Haven, CT. The Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG) and Puppetsweat Theatre present "The Life of James Mars: A Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut". These are the true accounts of a man born into slavery who becomes a highly respected Connecticut resident. His story takes you on an adventurous journey that weaves it's tale from family master's in Canaan into the woods and
homes of various Norfolk residents.
Taken directly from the original autobiography of James Mars, this dramatic presentation uses various forms of shadow puppetry and state of the art computer generated images to help re-create his story. Narrated by Gregoire Mouning, performed by Melissa Sylvester and Agnieszka Czopik, stage managed by Margaret Carl, directed by Robert Bresnick and designed by Leslie Weinberg.
DATE:
Sunday, February 9, 2003 at 3:00 p.m.
COST:
No cover charge and open to the general public.
LOCATION:
Yale Unversity Art Gallery
McNeil Lecture Hall
1111 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06510
http://www.yale.edu/yuag/
DIRECTIONS:
From I-91 take exit 1 to Downtown New Haven and
proceed as follows...
From I-95 take exit 47 Downtown New Haven...
...stay on the connector to the third and final exit,
turn right on York Street at the first intersection.
The Art Gallery is on the right after the third
stoplight.
Parking is available from metered spaces on nearby streets. There is also a conveniently located garage at 150 York Street which offers discount parking to members of the Yale Art Museums.
Use the following link for customized directions:
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/ddResults.py?Pyt=Tmap&tarname=&tardesc=&tarhash=&taraddr=1111+Chapel+St&tarcsz=New+Haven,+CT+06510-2301&newtcountry=us&newcountry=us&tuz=06510&doit=1
This educational program is structured for students of all ages. Invite friends and family members to
experience a first-person account of the untold history of slave life in Connecticut.
As always thanks for your continued support.
Enjoy,
Gregoire
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