W. Hill News

DIXON PLACE presents a TXC Heavy Industries production of CALLOUS CAD Tom X. Chao's first new full-length show in over two years!

On Monday September 21, 2009, the IT Awards (New York Innovative Theatre Awards), the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, and host Julie Halston, announced the 2009 recipients at the Fifth Annual IT Awards Ceremony at New World Stages. Those unable to attend joined the OOB theatre community's biggest night of the year online, and also followed theatre critic Aaron Riccio's (Theater Talk's New Theater Corps, That Sounds Cool) live-blogging at www.nyitawards.com/live.

Comedic actress Julie Halston hosts the 2009 IT Awards, which honor the best of Off-Off Broadway, tonight at New World Stages at 7:00pm.

Bill Weeden, the veteran songwriter-comedian whose tunes were the basis for 2006's long-running musical revue Into the Weeds, closes this weekend in the American premiere of Richard Foreman's George Bataille's Bathrobe at The Brick, the Williamsburg theater known for its adventurousness and edge. The production was much-praised and so was Weeden's performance in the leading role. BWW caught up with Bill this week via e-mail to ask him about Foreman, the production, and his career.

Gemini CollisionWorks and The Brick Theater, Inc. present The CollisionWorks, an annual presentation of theatre from Gemini CollisionWorks. The presentation includes 4 Shows designed and directed by Ian W. Hill and assisted by Berit Johnson.

Gemini CollisionWorks and The Brick Theater, Inc. present The CollisionWorks, an annual presentation of theatre from Gemini CollisionWorks. The presentation includes 4 Shows designed and directed by Ian W. Hill and assisted by Berit Johnson.

On July 20, 2009, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, celebrated it?s fifth birthday and announced the 2009 nominees at its annual sold-out event at the Carmine Street Recreation Center located at 25 Carmine Street.

The Brick Theater, Inc. presents a Gemini CollisionWorks production of George Bataille's Bathrobe by Richard Foreman, designed and directed by Ian W. Hill

The Brick Theater, Inc. presents a Gemini CollisionWorks production of Blood on the Cat's Neck by Rainer Werner Fassbinder / designed and directed by Ian W. Hill

The Brick Theater, Inc. presents a Gemini CollisionWorks production of Sacrificial Offerings, text by David Finkelstein and Ian W. Hill, stage version designed and directed by Ian W. Hill, video version created by David Finkelstein

The Brick Theater, Inc. presents a Gemini CollisionWorks production of A Little Piece of the Sun a documentary play by Daniel McKleinfeld / designed and directed by Ian W. Hill

The Brick Theater, Inc. presents The Collisionworks- an annual presentation of theatre from Gemini CollisionWorks August 7 to 30, 2009. designed and directed by Ian W. Hill / assisted by Berit Johnson

Following a sold-out run in June, The Brick Theater is extending the interactive ipod experience Suspicious Package:Rx due to popular demand. Told via provided Zune Media Players, the story unfolds as audience members (six at a time) are guided through their roles with both aural and visual cues. Video flashbacks and narrative voiceovers fill in your backstory while maps of locations and your dialogue are displayed on screen.

The Brick Theater and Third Lows Productions continue Season Two of their innovative theater series Penny Dreadful on Saturday, January 17 at 11:00 PM and Sunday, January 18 at 2:00 PM with the premiere of Penny Dreadful Episode 10: The Science and the S?ance - Two Tales of Love and Horror. Audiences can still join in on the story by either reading the detailed plot summaries or downloading videos of all the past episodes, available on the Third Lows Productions official website (www.thirdlows.com/pennydreadful).

The Brick Theater and Third Lows Productions continue Season Two of their innovative theater series Penny Dreadful on Saturday, January 17 at 11:00 PM and Sunday, January 18 at 2:00 PM with the premiere of Penny Dreadful Episode 10: The Science and the S?ance - Two Tales of Love and Horror. Audiences can still join in on the story by either reading the detailed plot summaries or downloading videos of all the past episodes, available on the Third Lows Productions official website (www.thirdlows.com/pennydreadful).

The Brick Theater, Inc. and Piper McKenzie present The Granduncle Quadrilogy: Tales from the Land of Ice. A matinee was added on Saturday, December 13 at 3pm. This is the second of three exclusive podcasts available for download at pipermckenzie.com.

A frozen northern country. Mammoths and walruses. The legendary death of a saintly child. A twisted winter celebration. The Granduncle Quadrilogy is a holiday special for a made-up holiday. Listen to Granduncle, ancient storyteller and veteran of an endless war, as he and his fellow citizens mix folktales, fictional ethnology, and war stories to conjure a mordant yet moving portrait of an imaginary icebound world that curiously mirrors our own.

The Brick Theater, Inc. presents a Gemini Collision Works production of SPELL a new play written, designed and directed by Ian W. Hill.

HARRY IN LOVEis back, with half of the cast of the '99 production, for a slightly-longer run in a slightly-larger production.

A play in dance and fragmented businesspeak. A day in the life of 11 people working in an advertising agency as they toil on a major new automobile account, interspersed with backbiting, backstabbing, coffee breaks, office romances, motivational lectures, afternoon slumps, and a Mephistophelian boss who has his eye on a beautiful female Faust of an intern.