Metropolitan Playhouse Announces Upcoming Productions
The reading will be followed by a question and answer with the playwrights.
By: Chloe Rabinowitz Jun. 15, 2021
Running Time: 1 hour
Free of charge.
Available at: www.MetropolitanPlayhouse.org/ESS2021 The program will be available for four days following its premiere on the Playhouse webpage, YouTube channel, and Facebook page. "Stick Around," includes CARMEN PABON PRESENTE!, by Nina Howes--the life story of an incomparable activist and light, all in her own words, and IZZY STICKS WITH IT, by Rex McGregor--a whimsical encounter between Ava Astor and a young (and vocal) Irving Berlin.
Beginning in 2003, Metropolitan has presented new one-act plays celebrating the theater's neighborhood, Manhattan's East Village, and has premiered over 100 one-act plays inspired by its history. "Stick Around" is the second of two evenings of new plays for 2021.
Metropolitan presents readings every Saturday at 8 pm, Eastern Time, and varied programing alternate Wednesday evenings as part of The Wednesday Alternative.
The VIRTUAL PLAYHOUSE began on March 28, 2020, and has presented nearly 100 new readings and performances. The program has evolved to be a video/stage hybrid that far exceeds the expectations of online readings. Exploring the possibilities of "remote" ensemble, Metropolitan has pushed the envelope of Zoom broadcasts, with increasingly sophisticated virtual settings and sound design. Each reading is enhanced by conversation with the artists and a guest scholar for an hour-long live entertainment every Saturday night. Reaching an audience across the country and around the globe, the presentation of the forgotten one-act plays is an ideal way to pursue the theater's mission exploring America's diverse theatrical history.
The Playhouse's virtual readings serve to help compensate performing artists, so particularly hurt during this long ""pause.""
Information about the theater's ARTISTS RELIEF FUND may be found at
www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/covidaid
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