Ellen Abrams
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Urban Stages to Present 15th Annual WINTER RHYTHMS Featuring 22 Shows and Over 100 Performers (Nov 6, 2023)
Urban Stages to Host Special Post-Show Conversations Following Performances of THE MAKING OF A GREAT MOMENT (Oct 9, 2023)
Karen Akers, Trezana Beverley & More to Take Part in Urban Stages' 39th Annual Benefit STORIES & SONGS (May 17, 2023)
Urban Stages to Present 15th Annual WINTER RHYTHMS Featuring 22 Shows and Over 100 Performers (Nov 6, 2023)
Urban Stages to Host Special Post-Show Conversations Following Performances of THE MAKING OF A GREAT MOMENT (Oct 9, 2023)
Karen Akers, Trezana Beverley & More to Take Part in Urban Stages' 39th Annual Benefit STORIES & SONGS (May 17, 2023)
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Ellen’s short play Lizzie Borden Gets Engaged is part of the 2021 Barrington Stage 10x10 festival. It will be published by Smith & Kraus. Her short play Bernie and Carlo Play Canasta, about Bernie Madoff’s prison hallucinations of Carlo Ponzi was filmed for and posted to YouTube by Actors Studio director Scott Klavan in October 2020. How I Spent My Quarantine (a monologue), Waiting It Out, Life of the Party or Who Can Forget Sally Rogers?, Lizzie Borden Gets Engaged, and Waiting for the Wave have been posted, Zoomcast, or Facebook-cast during the pandemic by the Fifth Avenue Theatre, Metal Rabbit (U.K.), Theatre in My Pajamas, Shawnee Playhouse, and the Quarantined Theatre Company, respectively.
Ellen Abrams' full-length play Eleanor and Alice: Conversations Between Two Remarkable Roosevelts, about cousins and 20th-century political powerhouses Eleanor and Alice Roosevelt, is to be produced by Urban Stages as a one-hour audio play from March 18th-23rd; it was presented as a reading at the Roosevelt House (NYC), the Franklin Roosevelt Historic Site (Hyde Park, NY), and the Emerging Artists Theatre’s (E.A.T.) New Work Series (NYC). Her full-length play Intentions was chosen as a semi-finalist by both the O'Neill Playwrights Conference and the New American Voices Reading Series. Hamlet Investigations, Inc. was staged by the Bobcat Players Community Theatre (Beaver, PA); it has also been adapted into a mini-opera opera by the Boston Opera Collective, won first place in the True Acting Institute's Best Ten-Minute Plays competition, and was published by Smith and Kraus. It was also presented by E.A.T., as was a reading of her one-hour, one-act play Handsome, about Rock Hudson's brief marriage in the 1950s, told through the eyes of his ex-wife, Phyllis Gates. It was a finalist in Garry Marshall Theatre’s New Works Festival and the Scribe Theatre competition. Her short play Eulogy(s) was produced at Rhino Theatre's One-Act Jamboree (Pompton Lakes, NJ). Her play, Metonym Or the Almost Completely False Story Behind the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus was produced by the Secret Theatre (Long Island City, NY) as well as at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre (NYC). Her short play, Relations, was produced as an audio-only play by the Ten-Minute Taste Festival (Washington, DC) and E.A.T., as was a reading of a full-length comedy, The Ransom of Rona. Another play, On the Couch, about the impeachment of the 45th president of the United States, was presented as a reading by E.A.T.
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Urban Stages to Present 15th Annual WINTER RHYTHMS Featuring 22 Shows and Over 100 Performers
Join Urban Stages for the 15th Annual WINTER RHYTHMS 2023, featuring 22 shows, over 11 days, and more than 100 performers. From cabaret to jazz and everything in between, this award-winning series is a must-see event for music and performance lovers. Don't miss out on this spectacular showcase!
Urban Stages to Host Special Post-Show Conversations Following Performances of THE MAKING OF A GREAT MOMENT
Discover Urban Stages' production of THE MAKING OF A GREAT MOMENT, written by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb and directed by James Barry. Join in on the special post-show conversations and engage with the play's themes. Don't miss this opportunity starting October 11.
Karen Akers, Trezana Beverley & More to Take Part in Urban Stages' 39th Annual Benefit STORIES & SONGS
Urban Stages will present its 39th annual benefit, taking place on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 starting a 6:30pm at the legendary club The Players - 16 Gramercy Park South, NYC.
News: WINTER RHYTHMS at Urban Stages Releases Full Lineup
URBAN STAGE's annual Winter Rhythms cabaret series has announced the full run-down of shows and acts to play in the 2022 season
Photos: First Look at ELEANOR AND ALICE World Premiere at Urban Stages
Get a first look at Urban Stages' world premiere of Eleanor and Alice – Conversations Between Two Remarkable Roosevelts by Ellen Abrams.
Photos: Urban Stages Presents First Preview of ELEANOR AND ALICE
See photos of Urban Stages unveiling their new production with a special preview performance. Eleanor and Alice: Conversations between Two Roosevelts written by Ellen Abrams will be playing at Urban Stages 259 West 30th Street through December 4th.
Urban Stages to Host Special Post Show Conversations Following Performances of ELEANOR AND ALICE
Award-winning Off-Broadway theater, Urban Stages, will host several special post-show conversations following performances of Eleanor and Alice: Conversations Between Two Remarkable Roosevelts by Ellen Abrams and directed by Urban Stages Founder/Artistic Director Frances Hill.
Urban Stages Announces 38th Season Featuring a World Premiere, a New York Premiere & More
Celebrating its 38th Off Broadway season, Urban Stages’ has announced its upcoming season featuring two play premieres, the 14th installment of the award-winning cabaret series Winter Rhythms. Urban Stages also programs and presents dozens of free plays and art programming in libraries across NYC and online.
BWW Review: BSC'S 2021 10X10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL at Barrington Stage Company
“Who knew when we started our 10x10 New Play Festival ten years ago that it would become one of our most popular events of the year?” said Artistic Director Julianne Boyd. “We started with two weeks of performances and as of last year, we ran our 10x10 Plays for one month in the middle of the winter.'
Trezana Beverley and Mary Bacon to Star in Urban Stages' Radio Play ELEANOR AND ALICE
Urban Stages has announced Urban Stages' Women's Month selection, Eleanor and Alice by Ellen Abrams, performed as a radio play. The radio play will premiere on March 18 at 7:30 pm with a premiere night benefit exclusive to ticket holders.
Barrington Stage Company Announces Plays and Casting for 10th Annual 10x10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL
Barrington Stage Company has announced casting for the 10-minute plays for the 10th Annual 10X10 New Play Festival, part of the 2021 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival. BSC’s 10X10 New Play Festival will be filmed live on the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage with no live audience and will stream by demand March 11–14 & 18–21, 2021.
Line-up Announced For Final Week Of Emerging Artists New Work Series
Emerging Artists Theatre is now in the final week of the New Work Series. The series runs until March 17 at TADA Theater in the Flatiron District and features new works from a diverse group of artists. New musical, plays, solo-shows and dance pieces (in varies stages of development), are being presented during the bi-annual series.
Emerging Artists Theatre Announces Line-up For 2019 New Work Series
Emerging Artists Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director Paul Adams, celebrates their 25th season by presenting their bi annual New Work Series. The series runs February 27 - March 17 at TADA Theater in the Flatiron District and features new works from a diverse group of artists. New musical, plays, solo-shows and dance pieces (in varies stages of development), will be presented.
Emerging Artists Theatre Presents Their 20th Annual New Work Series
Emerging Artists Theatre celebrates its 25th Anniversary by presenting their 20th Annual New Work Series (NWS). Under the direction of Artistic Director, Paul Adam's, the festival runs February 26 through March 18 at TADA Theatre in Chelsea.
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