Rising Sun Performance Company to Present One Act Readings, 4/20

The Rising Sun Performance Company will present a number of one acts on April 20th in order to allow audiences to select the upcoming plays for the 2010-2011 season. The readings will feature Via Cruces by Scott McMorrow, Blue Tuesday by Frank Anthony Polito, Residue by Stacey Lane, Nothing By Elena Naskova, and 14th Street by Laura Rohrman.

The evening of shows will be directed by Matthew Kreiner and will feature the Rising Sun ensemble. The ensemble includes Akia Squitieri, David Anthony, Tiffini Minatel, Lindsay Beecher, Becky Sterling, Jason Tyne-Zimmerman, Matthew Kreiner, Patrick J. Egan, Johnathan Reed Wexlar, Travis Kendrick, Olivia Roric, Flor Bromley, Janice Amano, Dan Vidor, Michael McManus, Alexia Tate and Nicole Howard.

The event will take place April 20th at 7:00pm at St. Marks at 1st Avenue. The event is free for all those who wish to attend. For reservations, email reservations@risingsunnyc.com.

Founded in September of 2001, RSP is a downtown Off-Off Broadway theatre company dedicated to producing ensemble work. It is run by artists for artists to allow them to create their own opportunities instead of their opportunities creating them. RSP is the full time artistic home for a wide range of theatre artists, including actors, writers, directors, designers and dancers. Each ensemble member brings their own unique training, talents and aesthetic to the group. In addition to our permanent ensemble, we have a rotating roster of local, national and international guest artists, including performers, designers, playwrights, musicians, directors and technicians who work with the company on a show-to-show basis.

2009 marks the beginning of RSP's Eighth producing season and its fourth year of residency at Horse TRADE Theater Group (the Kraine Theatre, UNDER St Marks, and the Red Room), culminating in 35-plus productions and events. This includes the development of eleven world debut plays (including "Good Enough", "Without", "Music to Travel By", "Southern Werewolf"), numerous originals and one-act plays, the launch of an on-going musical cabaret series, free outdoor performances, children's theatre and its trademark revivals, including New York Innovative Theatre Award Nominated Neil LaBute's 'The Shape of Things".

For the past eight years, RSP has been dedicated to producing top quality Off-Off Broadway productions. Whether it is a re-imagining of a published work or a premiere production of an original piece, RSP continues to provide opportunities for artists both established and emerging to work and/or get their work seen. From their inception in 2001 with their first double billing performance of "Hellcab" and "Marcus is Walking" at Actors Playground Theatre (a renovated Burger King turned into a theatre!), to their held-over hit revival, "Hellcab" at UNDER St. Mark's Theatre, RSP's dedication to bringing quality, cutting-edge entertainment to the Off-Off Broadway community has been steadfast.

In early 2007, RSP shifted its focus to develop, workshop and produce a season of entirely new works from within its ensemble. This resulted in a combined ten months of workshop rehearsals and nine weeks of performances in New York City. The Company and staff of RSP are dedicated to maintaining the quality of independent theatre that began at Caffe Cino and the Living Theatre back in the 1950's. Because of their commitment to theatre, RSP regularly receives accolades from many other Off-Off Broadway companies, theatres and institutions.

For more information, visit www.risingsunnyc.com.

 

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