"Besides having a flawless script, Keep also offers a high-quality performance by all four of the actors in the cast. Kim Krane’s performance as Naomi, whose pureness and sincerity in her acting drags the audience into her world from her first moments on stage; and Jenna D’Angelo who has a naturally likable vibe and a subtle but genius comedic timing." - quicktheatre
"Keep reminds theatergoers that the affinity shared between sisters can be powerful and ephemeral." - offoffonline
"Eye-opening, mysterious, and emotional, Keep brings one family’s deepest secrets to the surface...on a journey through a (literally) cluttered past." - theaterscene.net
"...a dynamic tour de force...On a profound level Pazniokas' work is about self-definition, identity and escape from pain." - Theater Pizzazz
"...it is hard to find a portrayal of hoarding that is nuanced, sensitive without being sensationalized.Keepexplores hoarding from a larger, more complex emotional context, and, while it does not fail to address the physical mess of things, it does not simply stop there." - stagebuddy.com
The reviews are starting to trickle in, and it's all goodness - this one from TalkinBroadway.com is a great primer ("funny stuff, indeed"). We'll be posting more of those as they come in to our Facebook page, so be sure to follow us over there.
Opening night is this Friday, November 14! Small reception to follow. Get those tickets.
Kelley began playing original music at Banjo's Jim's in the EastVillage
in 2008. Soon after that, she became the host of the Sunday music nights at the
legendary St. Mark's haunt "The Holiday Cocktail Lounge" up until its
closing in January 2012. She continues to play regularly throughout NYC, as
well as her native South. When not playing music, she's acting, and is a member
of The Amoralist Theater Company.
July 9, 2013
Doors open @ 6:30pm
Kelley Swindall @ 7:00pm
REBORNING @ 7:30pm
All performances are at The Underground Lounge 955 West End Avenue @ 107th St New York, NY 10025
Tickets are Free, Space is Limited
In Reborning, Kelly, a pill popping addict,
is a sculptor of dolls who gets a new client, Emily, a woman mourning a
decades-old tragedy. As these two work together to create the perfect doll,
both women are haunted by experiences from their past. This dark comedy will
leave you on the edge of your seat as art and life intertwine.
Director Jeremy Duncan Pape
holds a BFA in acting ('04) from Philadelphia’s University
of the Arts and an MFA in directing ('12) from the NewSchool
for Drama. Recent directing credits include Mr. Pape's new adaptation of
Georg Büchner's Woyzeck at NSD,
The Last Days by Carlos Cisco, Waste of Space by Bill Winegardner and
William Whitehurst's Knuckleball,
which won best drama and best overall production at the San Francisco Fringe in
2008. In addition, he recently acted as assistant director for the
Amoralists’ Amerrisiah as well
as Hamlet with the Brooklyn
Stage Company. Jeremy performed design work for the Amoralists’
critically acclaimed 2008-2011 seasons at PS-122 and Theater 80 as well as
White Rabbit’s award winning Meredith’s
Ring (best one-act or short play, Planet Connections, ’09). From
2006-2010 he was the Associate Artistic Director and Technical Director of
EndTimes Productions, a Manhattan
based production company. Currently, Jeremy is the Production Manager for
the Amoralists. www.theamoralists.com
ABOUT THE "WINKS" SERIES:
Dec 11, 2012 - July 9, 2013 The second Tuesday of every month!
Wide Eyed Productions is embarking on a season of development as they explore new works, revisit the classics, and reimagine some of the best plays in the contemporary canon. This season predicates future seasons by workshopping and reading plays to excite and invigorate theatergoers and the production company alike. Through a series of readings open to the public, Wide Eyed Productions aims to strike a chord within ourselves and the community.
This season of “Winks” is intended to develop work that will further define Wide Eyed as a company, as well as its place in the New York arts world. Every reading will give the audience a chance to have a voice on what Wide Eyed produces in its seventh season, as well as build support for the company and all of its talented members. We’ve picked our favorite contenders, and by attending and giving your feedback, you can help shape the next season at Wide Eyed.
UPCOMING:
Please join us for Wide Eyed Productions' first Gala Fundraiser, which will be held at Dune Studios on September 28, 2013. You can still get your tickets at the "Early-Bird" rate of $80 through July 9. Cocktails & appetizers included. Join us! Buy your tickets now at http://wideeyedproductions.eventbrite.com
Opening Act: The Premiere of Wide Eyed's Improv Troupe!
June 11, 2013
Doors open @ 6:30pm
Wide Eyed Improv @ 7:00pm
TALLGRASS GOTHIC @ 7:30pm
All performances are at The Underground Lounge 955 West End Avenue @ 107th St New York, NY 10025
Tickets are Free, Space is Limited
The longing, isolation, desire and fear of the classic Jacobean tragedy The Changeling are transported to the Great Plains of the Midwest in this haunting tale. At the center of the story is Laura, whose need to leave her small, rural home and controlling husband is ignited when she falls in love with a man who offers her escape and a future. But in this place where history and its ghosts populate the landscape, Laura's hunger for a new beginning sets off a violent chain of events that leads her not out of town, but to a profound (and terrifying) understanding of her true nature.
ABOUT THE "WINKS" SERIES:
Dec 11, 2012- June 4, 2013 The second Tuesday of every month!
Wide Eyed Productions is embarking on a season of development as they explore new works, revisit the classics, and reimagine some of the best plays in the contemporary canon. This season predicates future seasons by workshopping and reading plays to excite and invigorate theatergoers and the production company alike. Through a series of readings open to the public, Wide Eyed Productions aims to strike a chord within ourselves and the community.
This season of “Winks” is intended to develop work that will further define Wide Eyed as a company, as well as its place in the New York arts world. Every reading will give the audience a chance to have a voice on what Wide Eyed produces in its seventh season, as well as build support for the company and all of its talented members. We’ve picked our favorite contenders, and by attending and giving your feedback, you can help shape the next season at Wide Eyed.
UPCOMING:
July 9 - Reborning by Zayd Dohrn
And... ~ Save the Date: September 28, 2013 ~ Please join us for Wide Eyed Productions' first Gala Fundraiser! It will be held at the beautiful Dune Studios. Buy your tickets now at http://wideeyedproductions.eventbrite.com
Rachel Gavaletz is a singer/songwriter, jazz chanteuse, electro-pop alien performer, and animal advocate hailing from Seattle, WA. Being a professional musician for nearly twenty years, she takes pride in her chameleon approach to the business, and enjoys finding new ways to bring her training and passion for several genres to her art.
May 14, 2013
Doors open @ 6:30pm
Rachel Gavaletz @ 7:00pm
PROOF @ 7:30pm
All performances are at The Underground Lounge 955 West End Avenue @ 107th St New York, NY 10025
Tickets are Free, Space is Limited
Proof is the story of Catherine, the twenty-something daughter of an esteemed mathematician, who is mourning the passing of her brilliant, yet mentally unstable father. She meets and befriends Hal, her father’s protégé, who finds a proof in her home of a mathematical theorem once thought impossible to solve. She claims she wrote it, but did she? Proof is the story of human relationships that prove to be just as difficult as solving a mathematical theorem.
ABOUT THE "WINKS" SERIES:
Dec 11, 2012- June 4, 2013 The second Tuesday of every month!
Wide Eyed Productions is embarking on a season of development as they explore new works, revisit the classics, and reimagine some of the best plays in the contemporary canon. This season predicates future seasons by workshopping and reading plays to excite and invigorate theatergoers and the production company alike. Through a series of readings open to the public, Wide Eyed Productions aims to strike a chord within ourselves and the community.
This season of “Winks” is intended to develop work that will further define Wide Eyed as a company, as well as its place in the New York arts world. Every reading will give the audience a chance to have a voice on what Wide Eyed produces in its seventh season, as well as build support for the company and all of its talented members. We’ve picked our favorite contenders, and by attending and giving your feedback, you can help shape the next season at Wide Eyed.
UPCOMING:
June 11 - TBD July 9 - Reborning by Zayd Dohrn
And... ~ Save the Date: September 28, 2013 ~ Please join us for Wide Eyed Productions' first Gala Fundraiser! It will be held at the beautiful Dune Studios. Buy your tickets now at http://wideeyedproductions.eventbrite.com
Sam Byron is a Chicago-born
playwright living in New York
City.
His plays include "A Substitute for Margo" (Out of the Ashes Theatre
Co., Chicago, IL), "Debt" (Horse Trade Theater, New York City, and
Dillingham Center for Performing Arts, Ithaca, NY), "Brooklyn
Vacancies" (finalist, New Works Program at T. Schreiber Studio, New York
City), "Static" (finalist, HotCity Theater’s Greenhouse Festival, St.
Louis), and "Animals" (Wide Eyed Productions, The Present Company,
Fringe NYC, winner of award for Overall Excellence in Directing, Kristin
Skye
Hoffmann).Sam is currently pursuing an MFA in Playwriting
from The New
School for Drama where he was the 2012 recipient of the Steinberg New
Playwrights Fellowship. He is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild of
America
and the Resident Playwright for Wide Eyed Production’s 2012- 2013
season.
Opening Act: Erik Frandsen
Legendary Greenwich Village guitarist,
singer/songwriter
extraordinaire, actor, and playwright who has recorded with many popular
artists, and is also the co-author of the hit musical Song of
Singapore
joins us for April’s Wink. The NY Times calls him “Brilliantly
Inventive,” and
the Boston Globe described him as "The Straight Cole Porter.”
April 9, 2013
Doors open @ 6:30pm Erik Frandsen @ 7:00pm
GORDY CRASHES @ 7:30pm
All performances are at The Underground Lounge 955 West End Avenue @ 107th St New York, NY 10025
Tickets are Free, Space is Limited
After being displaced by Superstorm
Sandy, Gordy couch-hops between friends before finally taking up an
offer to
crash with Ally, a girl from work with whom he has slept a few times.
However,
once Gordy arrives, he discovers that Ally is nowhere to be found, and
Gordy is
instead left with her roommate, who by unhappy coincidence happens upon
his
estranged ex-girlfriend, Mere. Taking place in the days before and after
the
election, Gordy Crashes follows Gordy as he forms an
unlikely, and potentially dangerous, relationship with Mere's mysterious
new
boyfriend Job, who helps Gordy find the guts to face Mere and gain the
closure
that he has avoided for so long.
ABOUT THE "WINKS" SERIES:
Dec 11, 2012- June 4, 2013 The second Tuesday of every month!
Wide Eyed Productions is embarking on a season of development as they explore new works, revisit the classics, and reimagine some of the best plays in the contemporary canon. This season predicates future seasons by workshopping and reading plays to excite and invigorate theatergoers and the production company alike. Through a series of readings open to the public, Wide Eyed Productions aims to strike a chord within ourselves and the community.
This season of “Winks” is intended to develop work that will further define Wide Eyed as a company, as well as its place in the New York arts world. Every reading will give the audience a chance to have a voice on what Wide Eyed produces in its seventh season, as well as build support for the company and all of its talented members. We’ve picked our favorite contenders, and by attending and giving your feedback, you can help shape the next season at Wide Eyed.
UPCOMING:
May 14 - Proof by David Auburn June 11 - TBD July 9 - Reborning by Zayd Dohrn
And... ~ Save the Date: September 28, 2013 ~ Please join us for Wide Eyed Productions' first Gala Fundraiser! It will be held at the beautiful Dune Studios. Buy your tickets now at http://wideeyedproductions.eventbrite.com
Nathan is currently the Artistic and Producing Assistant at Soho Rep. in New York City. In his time there, he has worked on the New York premiere of Jackie Sibblies Drury's We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Afrika, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915, and the U.S. premiere of Nature Theater of Oklahoma's epic Life and Times, Episodes 1-4, which played at The Public Theater as part of the Under the Radar Festival.
Opening Act: Keri Waggoner
Come enjoy the amazing vocal stylings of Keri Waggoner as she sings us the blues. Backed by a special group of friends for this one night only—this is one you'll not want to miss!
March 12, 2013
Doors open @ 6:30pm Keri Waggoner @ 7:00pm
THE MISER @ 7:30pm
All performances are at The Underground Lounge 955 West End Avenue @ 107th St New York, NY 10025
Tickets are Free, Space is Limited
This month’s “Wink” brings insight to the inner workings of a wealthy family in
Paris in the 1660s. Since their mother's death, Elise and Cleante are stuck
under their father's watchful eye. With such a tight clasp on the family money
that they don't even wear decent clothes, how will Cleante convince his father
to let him marry a woman without a dowry? Will Elise get to marry the man of
her dreams, or be stuck with the one her father thinks is best? Watch as they
try to teach their father the meaning of love.
ABOUT THE "WINKS" SERIES:
Dec 11, 2012- June 4, 2013 The second Tuesday of every month!
Wide Eyed Productions is embarking on a season of development as they explore new works, revisit the classics, and reimagine some of the best plays in the contemporary canon. This season predicates future seasons by workshopping and reading plays to excite and invigorate theatergoers and the production company alike. Through a series of readings open to the public, Wide Eyed Productions aims to strike a chord within ourselves and the community.
This season of “Winks” is intended to develop work that will further define Wide Eyed as a company, as well as its place in the New York arts world. Every reading will give the audience a chance to have a voice on what Wide Eyed produces in its seventh season, as well as build support for the company and all of its talented members. We’ve picked our favorite contenders, and by attending and giving your feedback, you can help shape the next season at Wide Eyed.
UPCOMING:
Apr. 9 - Standard Aptitude by Sam Byron May 14 - Proof by David Auburn June 11 - TBD July 9 - Reborning by Zayd Dohrn
And... ~ Save the Date: September 28, 2013 ~ Please join us for Wide Eyed Productions' first Gala Fundraiser! It will be held at the beautiful Dune Studios. Buy your tickets now at http://wideeyedproductions.eventbrite.com
This hilarious songwriting duo featuring company members Neil Fennell and Sky Seals will keep you laughing as you try to figure out just what they’ll sing next!
February 12, 2013
Doors open @ 6:30pm
Neil &Sky @ 7:00pm
Dead Special Crabs @ 7:30pm
All performances are at The Underground Lounge 955 West End Avenue @ 107th St New York, NY 10025
Tickets are Free, Space is Limited
This month's "Wink" promises Love! Crime! Mystery! Road Trips! Presents! and Crabs! Come see the hilarious reading of Dead Special Crabs by Dan Kitrosser, and find out what happens to Loomer as he drives from Maine to Florida in a shiny, brand new, tan Corolla meant to be his sister’s wedding gift. When his Aunt Missy wants the credit for such a special gift, will Loomer make it to the wedding in one piece? Find out what happens when Detective Barney Horntub is on the case in this mad cap chase down the eastern seaboard.
Featuring:
Nic Marrone - Liz White - Amy Lee Pearsall - Kevin R. Free - Andrew Harriss -
Jessiee Datino - Leif Steinert - Carly Knight - Melissa Johnson - Sage Seals - Lisa Mamazza
ABOUT THE "WINKS" SERIES:
Dec 11, 2012- June 4, 2013 The second Tuesday of every month!
Wide Eyed Productions is embarking on a season of development as they explore new works, revisit the classics, and reimagine some of the best plays in the contemporary canon. This season predicates future seasons by workshopping and reading plays to excite and invigorate theatergoers and the production company alike. Through a series of readings open to the public, Wide Eyed Productions aims to strike a chord within ourselves and the community.
This season of “Winks” is intended to develop work that will further define Wide Eyed as a company, as well as its place in the New York arts world. Every reading will give the audience a chance to have a voice on what Wide Eyed produces in its seventh season, as well as build support for the company and all of its talented members. We’ve picked our favorite contenders, and by attending and giving your feedback, you can help shape the next season at Wide Eyed.
UPCOMING:
Mar. 12 - The Miser by Moliere Apr. 9 - Standard Aptitude by Sam Byron May 14 - Proof by David Auburn June 11 - Reborning by Zayd Dohrn
All performances are at The Underground Lounge 955 West End Avenue @ 107th St New York, NY 10025
This month's "Wink":
TAMING OF THE SHREW by William Shakespeare
Directed by Stephanie Johnson
Reading begins at 7:30pm. Be certain to join us at 7:00pm for the mad musical stylings of the one and onlyNat Cassidy!
ABOUT THE "WINKS" SERIES:
Dec 11, 2012- June 4, 2013 The second Tuesday of every month!
Wide Eyed Productions is embarking on a season of development as they explore new works, revisit the classics, and reimagine some of the best plays in the contemporary canon. This season predicates future seasons by workshopping and reading plays to excite and invigorate theatergoers and the production company alike. Through a series of readings open to the public, Wide Eyed Productions aims to strike a chord within ourselves and the community.
This season of “Winks” is intended to develop work that will further define Wide Eyed as a company, as well as its place in the New York arts world. Every reading will give the audience a chance to have a voice on what Wide Eyed produces in its seventh season, as well as build support for the company and all of its talented members. We’ve picked our favorite contenders, and by attending and giving your feedback, you can help shape the next season at Wide Eyed.
UPCOMING:
Feb. 5 - Dead Special Crabs by Dan Kitrosser Mar. 5 - The Miser by Moliere Apr. 9 - Standard Aptitude by Sam Byron May 7 - Proof by David Auburn June 4 - Reborning by Zayd Dohrn
Even if the show isn't running, we have some
fantastic performances going up in Richmond Shepard. Check out our
calendar for artists that will be bringing their own acts to the Richmond
Shepard stage during the run of A Girl Wrote It!
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