Performances & Events

People Who Make Theatre: John Kander

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A Conversation with John Kander

Moderated by Lorraine Serabian

Monday, February 22 | 7:30pm
HB Playwrights Theatre | 124 Bank Street
$10 suggested donation | $5 HB students/staff

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This program is made possible through the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

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Talley’s Folly- A Benefit Production- Starring Judd Hirsch & Kathryn Danielle

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TALLEY’S FOLLY

by Lanford Wilson
starring Judd Hirsch & Kathryn Danielle
March 5, 6, 7, 8 at 8pm
HB Playwrights Theatre
124 Bank Street
New York, NY 10014

Ticket Options:
Premium $100 | Preferred $50 | Regular $25

Purchase Tickets here.

“I knew immediately that I wanted this to be unlike anything I had written.” – Lanford Wilson

Judd Hirsch returns to his Obie Award winning performance of Matt Friedman in Talley’s Folly by Lanford Wilson. Set in an old boathouse near rural Lebanon, Missouri in 1944, Talley’s Folly is a romantic comedy following the characters Matt Friedman and Sally Talley as they once and for all settle their feelings for each other. Wilson received the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work.

Set Design | Giovanni Villari
Lighting Design | Alexander Bartenieff
Sound Design | Chuck London
Costume Design | Catherine Siracusa
Stage Manager | Marlene Mancini
Technical Director | Brian Kafel
Production Manager | Daniel Nelson

This production is made possible through the generous support of Judd Hirsch. All proceeds will support HB Studio programs for theater training and practice.

LUCKY PENNY

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Friday January 15th & Saturday January 16th at 8pm

Sunday January 17th at 3pm
HB Playwrights Theatre | 124 Bank Street

Free! RSVP online

Written and performed by David Deblinger*
Featuring Songs and sounds performed by Fred Johnson
Directed and Developed by Ben Snyder

From a juvenile detention center in New Jersey to a fabled plaza in Madrid, from the piers of San Francisco to a Staten Island state mental hospital, Lucky Penny is a hilarious and surreal tale of love, loss, and laughter interwoven with songs sung by renowned Jazz vocalist Fred Johnson

Stage Manager Katie Kavett*
Technical Director/Lighting Designer Brian Kafel
Production Manager Daniel Nelson
Graphics Achilles Lavidis

Equity Approved Showcase (*) designates member of AEA

THE MAKERS

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Workshop Presentation

Written by Julia Izumi
Directed by Logan Reed
Produced by Natalie Gershtein

Saturday & Sunday
November 21 & 22 @ 7:30pm
FREE! | RSVP ONLINE

HB Studio, First Floor Studio
120 Bank Street

In the beginning there was darkness.  And a giant egg and mud and puppies and snakes and cow chips and kettles and scones.  And loneliness too. In the beginning storytelling brought us together and gave us reason and hope, as they still do today. THE MAKERS is a mash-up of creation myths and origin stories from around the world in attempt to find what unifies us all as human beings.

People Who Make Theatre: John Jesurun

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A Conversation with John Jesurun

Moderated by Asta Hansen

Monday, October 26 | 7:30pm
HB Playwrights Theatre | 124 Bank Street
$10 suggested donation | $5 HB students/staff
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John Jesurun is a writer, director and media artist based in New York. His presentations integrate elements of language, film, architectural space and media. Continue reading →

The World of Agnes de Mille: A Conversation with Gemze de Lappe and Helen Gallagher

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The World of Agnes de Mille: A Conversation with Gemze de Lappe and Helen Gallagher

Moderated by Mindy Aloff


Monday, October 19 | 7:30pm

HB Playwrights Theatre | 124 Bank Street
$10 suggested donation | $5 HB students & staff

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HB is exploring the canon of the American musical theater this year, with support from the Frederick Loewe Foundation.

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Performance Lab: PAL JOEY

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Music and Lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Directed by Robert McQueen

7pm | September 26 & 27, 2015
First Floor Studio, 120 Bank Street
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Using scenes from the musical PAL JOEY this lab will focus on strengthening each participants’ rehearsal process, beginning with score preparation, table work and will then move into staging and choreographic rehearsals. Open performances will be a mix of staged and choreographed scenes and table readings.

This project is made possible through the generous support of the Frederick Loewe Foundation.  Continue reading →