Ruth Margraff News

New York Coalition of Professional Women in the Arts & Media will present its biannual Collaboration Awards at a champagne reception at the Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27th Street, on March 2, 2009, at 6:30pm, Co-Presidents, Erica Silberman & Lisa Barnes announced today. Winners of the $1000 prize are Jennifer Gibbs, author of the play, Sounding & its director, Kristin Marting. Gibbs based the play, currently in workshop at HERE, on Henrik Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea. Marting & Gibbs plan a multi-media production, including film & music.

New York Coalition of Professional Women in the Arts & Media will present its biannual Collaboration Awards at a champagne reception at the Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27th Street, on March 2, 2009, at 6:30pm, Co-Presidents, Erica Silberman & Lisa Barnes announced today.

New York Coalition of Professional Women in the Arts & Media will present its biannual Collaboration Awards at a champagne reception at the Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27th Street, on March 2, 2009, at 6:30pm, Co-Presidents, Erica Silberman & Lisa Barnes announced today. Winners of the $1000 prize are Jennifer Gibbs, author of the play, Sounding & its director, Kristin Marting. Gibbs based the play, currently in workshop at HERE, on Henrik Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea. Marting & Gibbs plan a multi-media production, including film & music.

New York Coalition of Professional Women in the Arts & Media will present its biannual Collaboration Awards at a champagne reception at the Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27th Street, on March 2, 2009, at 6:30pm, Co-Presidents, Erica Silberman & Lisa Barnes announced today.

North American Cultural Laboratory (www.NACL.org), Brad Krumholz and Tannis Kowalchuk, Co-Artistic Directors, will present the Manhattan premiere of 'THE UNCANNY APPEARANCE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES,' based on a story written by Mr. Krumholz and created by NACL in collaboration with the ensemble. Krumholz also directs. Performances begin on December 2 at HERE Arts Center (www.here.org), 145 Sixth Avenue (between Spring and Broome Streets, enter on Dominick Street), and the show will officially open on Thursday, December 4 at 7:00 p.m. Performances will run through Sunday, December 21.

Polish playwright Michal Walczak receives US premiere with his two comedies SANDBOX/THE FIRST TIME at 59E59 Theaters in New York, produced by Immigrants' Theatre Project, part of MADE IN POLAND: A Festival of New Polish Plays.

Polish playwright Michal Walczak receives US premiere with his two comedies SANDBOX/THE FIRST TIME at 59E59 Theaters in New York, produced by Immigrants' Theatre Project, part of MADE IN POLAND: A Festival of New Polish Plays.

Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director) has announced the schedule for its upcoming 2008 WOMEN CENTER STAGE festival (WCS), the annual multi-disciplinary event featuring women artists whose work calls attention to human struggles globally - April 8 - April 27, 2008.

On Monday, January 21, at 8PM, the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center will present the world premiere of Seven, a documentary theater piece based on the real-life stories of seven extraordinary women from around the world who overcame adversity to make their voices heard as advocates for change.

Tribeca Performing Arts Center at the Borough of Manhattan Community College will present its annual Work & Show Festival, beginning March 14th. This outgrowth of their ten year old Artist-in-Residence program will feature new work by eight artists representing dance, theater and music

Award-winning playwright Ruth Margraff, former faculty member at the Yale School of Drama, Brown's MFA Program, and UT Austin's Michener Center, will host a playwright immersion workshop on October 28th and 29th at the Hourglass Group Center, located at 520 8th Avenue (between 36th and 37th Streets) on the 3rd floor. The workshop will be from noon to 4 PM both days.