Extant Arts Company Presents Corner Pocket 10/7-23

Extant Arts will present the World Premiere of emerging playwright Andy James Hoover's (NYC Debut) CORNER POCKET, October 7-23 at the Gene Frankel Theatre (24 Bond Street between Bowery and Lafayette). This production will be directed by Bridget R. Durkin and will feature Alexandra Hellquist, James Liebman, Virginia Logan, Kari Swenson Riely, Mary Schneider, and Eric Sutton*. The creative team will include Set Design by Jeremy Doucette, Puppet Design by Chana Porter, and Costume Design by Tristan Raines. The production will be Stage Managed by Anna Burnham*.
*Appearing courtesy of the Actors' Equity Association

World-famous pool shark Manayunk O'Hara is having a rough week. Her husband is cheating, her archrival is on the rise, and to make matters worse, she's just been murdered. Trapped in the Afterlife with only her sanctimonious Spirit Animal for company, Manayunk has only one thing on her mind...revenge!

The production, presented by Extant Arts Company will play a three-week engagement at the Gene Frankel Theatre (24 Bond Street between Bowery and Lafayette) October 7-23; Thursday through Saturday at 8pm, Sunday October 9 & 16 at 7pm, and Sunday, October 23 at 3pm. Tickets ($18/$15 students) may be purchased online at www.smarttix.com or by calling 212-868-4444.

ANDY JAMES HOOVER (Playwright) A native Pennsylvanian and graduate of Princeton University, Andy is thrilled to have his New York premiere occur under the wonderful guidance of Bridget R. Durkin and Extant Arts Company. His previous work with Extant includes staged readings of his plays Chain of Deed and Paper Dolls, as well as roles in Macbeth and Love's Labour's Lost. Several of Andy's plays have been produced by the Contemporary Theater Company of Kingston, Rhode Island, including Set & Drift and Composition. His current projects include a baseball-centric novel called Career Vs. Doom, as well as a collaborative attempt at an as-yet-untitled screenplay about two business types lost in the woods.

BRIDGET R. DURKIN (Director) Bridget is a member of Extant Arts Company, where past shows include Ibsen's Ghosts (producer), Blue Surge (Beth), Macbeth (director), The Tempest (Trinculo), and developmental readings of Chain of Deed (Director) and Paper Dolls (Dee), both by Andy Hoover. Bridget and Andy have been friends and collaborators since they met at Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts; this is their first joint NYC production. Bridget's other recent projects include: Stolen Chair's Commedia Dell'Artemisia (Artemisia and Judge) and Medea (translation with Mark Buchan). Bridget graduated from Princeton with a degree in Classics and Theater.

EXTANT ARTS COMPANY The word ‘extant' means ‘enduring, not destroyed or lost,' and it is the charge and passion of Extant Arts Company to engage with theatre that has endured, and make sure that it is not lost to present or future audiences. By reinterpreting classic stories through live performance and fostering the classics of the future through adaptation, new play development and educational outreach, Extant Arts Company strives to create a diverse community dedicated to sustaining stories.

Extant Arts Company was founded in New York City in 2007 and has since produced numerous classical and contemporary plays in venues throughout the five boroughs. Notable productions include a new version of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts (Nov. 2010), Chekhov's Three Sisters (Apr. 2008) and Uncle Vanya (Apr. 2010), Rebecca Gilman's Blue Surge (Dec. 2009), Ellen McLaughlin's Helen (Dec. 2007), and an ongoing Summer Shakespeare Series in parks across the city. In addition to its productions, Extant Arts Company pursues its mission through the creation and instruction of Drama Enrichment programs in New York area public and charter schools.

www.extantarts.org