Clyde Fitch News

The Brick Theater, Inc. and Target Margin Theater present THE TARGET MARGIN LABORATORY November 4-20, 2010

The Brick Theater, Inc. and Target Margin Theater present THE TARGET MARGIN LABORATORY November 4-20, 2010

Target Margin Theater, in association with The Brick, Brooklyn's destination for cutting-edge theatrical experience, kicks off its 20th Anniversary Season with their annual Target Margin Laboratory at The Brick (575 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn) where the company will remain in residence beginning November 4th through November 20th.

In a daring attempt to rival Moliere's greatest work and single-handedly revive the tradition of Commedia dell'Arte, Stolen Chair presents Commedia dell'Artemisia, a masked farce in rhyming couplets, satirizing the controversial rape trial of Italian Renaissance painter Artemisia Gentileschi. As the teenage virtuosa Artemisia tries to escape the clutches of her miserly father, she becomes entwined with Agostino Tassi, a master painter and criminal who would rather screw than woo. Transforming these complex historical figures into commedia stock characters, Stolen Chair irreverently eviscerates history, hypocrisy, rape, romance, art and artifice. The piece has already played to sold-out houses and critical acclaim at Collective Unconscious, the Brick Theater, CBGB's, and Swarthmore College where it's been praised as 'dizzying and fun' (NYtheatre.com), 'smart, supple, and daring' (Clyde Fitch Report), and 'one of the most exquisite rapes in the history of theatre' (5th St Review).

Target Margin Theater, in association with The Brick, Brooklyn's destination for cutting-edge theatrical experience, has announced full casting for the early American play, The Moth and The Flame by Clyde Fitch written at the turn of the 20th Century and the final production in this year's Target Margin Laboratory at The Brick (575 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn) where the company is in residence through November 20, 2010

In a daring attempt to rival Moliere's greatest work and single-handedly revive the tradition of Commedia dell'Arte, Stolen Chair presents Commedia dell'Artemisia, a masked farce in rhyming couplets, satirizing the controversial rape trial of Italian Renaissance painter Artemisia Gentileschi. As the teenage virtuosa Artemisia tries to escape the clutches of her miserly father, she becomes entwined with Agostino Tassi, a master painter and criminal who would rather screw than woo. Transforming these complex historical figures into commedia stock characters, Stolen Chair irreverently eviscerates history, hypocrisy, rape, romance, art and artifice. The piece has already played to sold-out houses and critical acclaim at Collective Unconscious, the Brick Theater, CBGB's, and Swarthmore College where it's been praised as 'dizzying and fun' (NYtheatre.com), 'smart, supple, and daring' (Clyde Fitch Report), and 'one of the most exquisite rapes in the history of theatre' (5th St Review).

Target Margin Theater, in association with The Brick, Brooklyn's destination for cutting-edge theatrical experience, kicks off its 20th Anniversary Season with their annual Target Margin Laboratory at The Brick (575 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn) where the company will remain in residence beginning November 4th through November 20th.

The past and present will converge as Target Margin Theater (David Herskovits, Artistic Director) celebrates its 20th Anniversary Season with a "retrospective of new work." How can a retrospective consist of new works?

The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has named Bill Cain's 'Equivocation' winner of the 2010 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, which recognizes the best scripts which premiered professionally in 2009 outside New York City. No play is eligible if it goes on to a production in New York, where there are plenty of awards, during the same award year.

The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has named Bill Cain's 'Equivocation' winner of the 2010 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, which recognizes the best scripts which premiered professionally in 2009 outside New York City. No play is eligible if it goes on to a production in New York, where there are plenty of awards, during the same award year.

The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, is pleased to announce that Ben Hodges (editor, Theater World) and Abby Marcus (managing director, Vampire Cowboys) are the new co-chairs of the Honorary Award committee, filling the vacancy left by Leonard Jacobs (Clyde Fitch Report). The Innovative Theatre Foundation recognizes and appreciates the five years of service and dedication by Mr. Jacobs.

The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has selected six finalists for the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, recognizing the best scripts which premiered professionally outside New York City during 2009.

The Group Rep presents THE CITY by Clyde Fitch, adapted by Stan Mazin and directed by Mazin, with performances through Feb. 28 at the Lonny Chapman Theatre in North Hollywood.

Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to present the extensive archives of the New York theatrical agency, American Play Company (APC)/ Century Play Company (CPC), including correspondence, contracts, company records, and theatrical scripts covering the first two quarters of the 20th century (est. $120,000-180,000), during the Fine Books & Manuscripts auction on February 14, 2010.

Night-time TV soaps like Dynasty, Dallas, Knots Landing and more recently Dirty Sexy Money explored the universal issues of greed and infidelity and their devastating effects on the family unit. In Clyde Fitch's The City, written nearly 100 years ago, the well-to-do and highly respected political Rand family move from the suburbs of Middlebrook to New York City, experiencing a windfall of corruptions.

The Group Rep presents THE CITY by Clyde Fitch, adapted by Stan Mazin and directed by Mazin, opens Friday, January 22, at 8:00 pm at the Lonny Chapman Theatre in North Hollywood. The play runs Friday and Saturday, 8:00 pm, Sunday, 3:00 pm, January 22 through February 28, 2010.

The Group Rep presents THE CITY by Clyde Fitch, adapted by Stan Mazin and directed by Mazin, opens Friday, January 22, at 8:00 pm at the Lonny Chapman Theatre in North Hollywood. The play runs Friday and Saturday, 8:00 pm, Sunday, 3:00 pm, January 22 through February 28, 2010.

The Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, New York's premiere eco-friendly theatre festival, is currently accepting submissions for its 2010 season.

According to The Clyde Fitch Report, the brand new Theatre C theatre company will launch its premiere season at the Barrow Street Theatre on November 2nd. The company will kick off with ACTIVATE!, a benefit gala for the opening of the company. The evening will feature acrobats from Fuerzabruta, musical numbers from Jafferis and Williams' Kingdom and Peña and Ferguson's Orpheus and Eurydice, and scenes from David Zellnik's Serendib.

According to The Clyde Fitch Report, the brand new Theatre C theatre company will launch its premiere season at the Barrow Street Theatre on November 2nd. The company will kick off with ACTIVATE!, a benefit gala for the opening of the company. The evening will feature acrobats from Fuerzabruta, musical numbers from Jafferis and Williams' Kingdom and Peña and Ferguson's Orpheus and Eurydice, and scenes from David Zellnik's Serendib.