Talk-Back With Martin Denton Following THE SPIN CYCLE 1/25

Shortened Attention Span Theatre and Wide Eyed Productions are proud to present a special post-show Talk-Back with Martin Denton of nytheatre.com, following the January 25th, 3pm matinee performance of The Spin Cycle: 5 Plays by Jerrod Bogard. The Talk-Back will include playwright Jerrod Bogard and the directors of The Spin Cycle. The Spin Cycle will be performed Thursday through Saturday at 8pm with a special Sunday matinee performance on January 25th. Tickets for this and all performances can be purchased at www.TheaterMania.com, or call 212-352-3101. Tickets are $18.00.

Martin Denton is the Executive Director of The New York Theatre Experience, Inc., a nonproft corporation that provides advocacy and support for the theatre community. He is the editor of eleven play anthologies, including nine annual volumes of the Plays and Playwright series ( the 10th volume will be published in February 2009). He is also the founder and editor of nytheatre.com and indietheater.org, and founding producer of nytheatrecast, New York theatre's first original regularly scheduled podcast program. In 2008 he was awarded an OTTY Award from Manhattan's Our Town newspaper for contributions to the community, and NYTE received the Stewardship Award from the New York Innovative Theatre Awards.

Jerrod Bogard: A graduate of Florida School of the Arts, Jerrod began his show business career as a puppeteer for Bits ‘N Pieces in Tampa, FL. Jerrod has written, directed and performed productions for children and adults all around the U.S. and Europe and taught workshops on improvisation and classical theatre styles at grade schools and colleges across the country. Performed an original shadow puppet show at the Prague International Festival of Puppet Arts in the Czech Republic. Wrote and directed the short film Gatorman (Best Mini-Picture- Bare Bones International Film Festival). His plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. Plays written include: Plays for the Sunni Triangle (Winner "Most Outstanding Script" - Endtimes Productions' One-act Festival, NYC); Hugging the Shoulder (semi-finalist O'Neill Playwrights Conference). In Sheep's Clothing (Best Play Nominee - Strawberry One-Act Festival); Jerrod lives in New York City and is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America. Visit him at www.inkythumbs.com.

COPPER GREEN (premiere) directed by Jake Witlen- co-founder of the Internationalists and member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab. STORY: While on vacation in New York City, a mid-western family takes a ride on the Staten Island Ferry to see Lady Liberty. But young Jake can't figure out why his big-brother should be overseas fighting for this ugly statue. Only in New York City could you see this scene on your daily commute.

HEDGE (premiere) directed by Anthony Augello- Board Member of Brooklyn Theatre Arts Project, Inc. STORY: Sunbathing beauties argue the merits of the new privacy hedge while the paparazzi snap pictures in the Hollywood Hills. The hysterical ending has us asking, are the hedges designed to keep people from seeing in or from seeing out?

JUST YOUR AVERAGE G.I. JOE directed by Kristin Skye Hoffmann- Artistic Director of Wide Eyed Productions and starring the playwright as Justin, a hawkish war vet pushed to give his unique view on yellow ribbons. This monologue play was part of Bogard's award-winning triptych, Plays for the Sunni Triangle.

FIRST BASE COACH directed by Neil Fennell, Award Winning director from University of Northern Colorado. STORY: Nine year-old Ben meets 11 year-old Amy for a date on the baseball field. He's been instructed on how to get a girl to first base, but he's not exactly sure what he's supposed to do once they get there. Lucky for him, Amy knows the score. Remember your first time on first?

JEROME VIA SATELLITE (premiere) directed by Justin Ness. STORY: It's 8,000 miles from Dallas to Baghdad, and it's been two years since Jerome has seen his family back home. Now #1 cable news show, "The Spin Cycle," is proud to reunite them through a video satellite feed. Millions of viewers are watching live, and they're going to see a good deal more than the network promos promised they'd see.

Location: The Players Theatre
115 MacDougal Street
at Minetta Lane
212-475-1449
Subway: A,C,E,B,D,F,V to West 4th Street

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