Performances & Events

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered: Playing PAL JOEY – A Conversation with Helen Gallagher & Rita Gardner

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Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered: Playing Pal Joey
A Conversation with Helen Gallagher & Rita Gardner

Moderated by Robert McQueen

Helen Gallagher (No, No, Nanette, Sweet Charity, Ryan’s Hope) won her first Tony as Gladys Bumps in the 1952 revival of Rodgers & Hart’s Pal Joey. This production also starred Elaine Stritch, as Melba, Harold Lang as Joey with Bob Fosse as Lang’s understudy. Rita Gardner (Luisa in the original cast of The Fantastics, Ben Franklin in Paris, The Wedding Singer) played the role of Linda English in the 1963 revival which featured Bob Fosse as Joey along with Viveca Lindfors. Robert McQueen, director of HB’s fall performance lab of Pal Joey, will join Helen and Rita in conversation about playing in this provocative Rodgers & Hart gem, which was based on a series of short stories by John O’Hara and scandalized audiences at its 1940 premiere. This evening is made possible with support from the Frederick Loewe Foundation and is part of HB Studio’s series celebrating the American Musical Theater canon.

Monday, September 21 @ 7:30pm
HB Playwrights Theatre, 124 Bank Street
$10 suggested donation, $5 HB Students & Faculty
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The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation presents “The HB Playwrights Theatre: A West Village Haven for Theatre”

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Thursday, September 10, 6:30 P.M.
HB Playwrights Theatre, 124 Bank Street
Hosted by Alan Pally (HB Board Member and former Manager of Public Programs at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center)
With readings by Rochelle Oliver & Fritz Weaver.
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This event will provide the general public with an introduction to and overview of the history of the HB Playwrights Theatre. Geared towards newcomers interested in becoming acquainted with HB and its history.

The HB Studio was already a thriving fixture in New York City’s cultural landscape when in 1965 founders Herbert Berghof and Uta Hagen realized their dream of establishing a theater. From his work on the film Cleopatra, Berghof earned the money to purchase the one-story garage they would convert to a 73-seat performance space.

For 50 years HB has presented productions, readings, panels, talks, and other theatrical events in this West Village gem. Now in its 70th year, HB Studio continues to provide a nurturing space for theater artists to work and practice, free from pressures related to commercial success.

Join us for a talk about the history of HB and its theater with short readings by HB notables from a few of the many plays performed there.

First Floor Residency – NEVER ODD OR EVEN

NEVER ODD OR EVEN

First Floor Studio Residency

Work-in-progress Performance Presentation
(Ending with Q&A, Topic: DIY Theater)
Sunday, August 23 at 7pm
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Open Rehearsals – No RSVP, Come anytime!
Saturday, August 15, 4pm-8pm
Sunday, August 16, 4pm-8pm (ending with Q&A, Topic: devised theater)
Saturday, August 22, 4pm-8pm 

TITLE:POINT productions
Directed by Theresa Buchheister
Written by Ryan William Downey, Theresa Buchheister, Scott Ries, Spencer T. Campbell
Featuring: Justin Anselmi, Ryan William Downey, Glor Klar, Catrin Lloyd-Bollard & J.R. Rose

Title:Point turn their hectic gaze toward beginnings and endings
in the palindromic fever dream, Never Odd or Even.
Five isolated human shapes
Pivot through time and space while
Navigating the fantastical beasts,
Dead playwrights,
Confounding mathematicians,
And earnest cowboys
They encounter and become.

Developed by residencies at
Pilot Balloon in Lawrence, Kansas and
HB Studio in New York City.

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Their phantasmagorical delve
Into the interiors
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Catch a full performance of NEVER ODD OR EVEN
at The Brick Theater, Williamsburg Sep 08, 2015 – Sep 19, 2015
www.bricktheater.com
Use discount code PALINDROME for $12 tickets! (regularly $18)
www.titlepoint.org

First Floor Studio Residency
 – HB Studio is dedicated to training and practice for the theatre and to the ongoing artistic development of actors, directors, and playwrights. The Studio will, at intervals throughout the year, make workshop performance space available in our First Floor Studio for the development of creative projects that further the training and artistic practices fostered at HB. The Studio is not a producing organization, nor should these presentations be construed as “showcases” or “productions.” Rather, we offer an opportunity for associated artists to collaborate on experimental projects, to be shared among peers and colleagues, for constructive critical feedback and mutual growth. 

NEA and NYSCA Acknowledgement

BLACK PROTAGONIST – First Floor Studio Residency

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First Floor Studio Residency

Workshop Performances
Saturday June 27th & Sunday June 28th at 7pm

Saturday July  11th & Sunday July 12th at 8pm

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Featuring: James Dow, Peregrine Heard, Lauren LaRocca, Cyndii Johnson, Emily Stout, Casey Worthington

The Associates create plays through a process of research, improvisation, new playwriting techniques, and daring. We poke at the place where the mundane and the grotesque converge: in the nooks and crannies of human desire. Our plays aim to change the trajectory of story-telling tradition. The workshop we are presenting through HB’s First Floor Studio Residency is the product of a revision of our (dark) identity comedy, Black Protagonist, and a new look at forms of audience participation.

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HB Studio is dedicated to training and practice for the theatre and to the ongoing artistic development of actors, directors, and playwrights. The Studio will, at intervals throughout the year, make workshop performance space available in our First Floor Studio for the development of creative projects that further the training and artistic practices fostered at HB. The Studio is not a producing organization, nor should these presentations be construed as “showcases” or “productions.” Rather, we offer an opportunity for associated artists to collaborate on experimental projects, to be shared among peers and colleagues, for constructive critical feedback and mutual growth. 

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

First Floor Studio Residency – ILLINOIS

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First Floor Studio Residency
Saturdays at 7pm and Sundays at 5pm
April 4 & 5, 11 & 12, 18 & 19, 25 & 26

Written and Directed by: Terry Gibson

Featuring: Rachel Errington, Daren Kelly, Andy McCutcheon, Michele Severino

“David and Elizabeth, two young Manhattan financial advisors, get to know each other before enticing clients into making investments in art.”    

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First Floor Studio Residency
HB Studio is dedicated to training and practice for the theatre and to the ongoing artistic development of actors, directors, and playwrights. The Studio will, at intervals throughout the year, make workshop performance space available in our First Floor Studio for the development of creative projects that further the training and artistic practices fostered at HB. The Studio is not a producing organization, nor should these presentations be construed as “showcases” or “productions.” Rather, we offer an opportunity for associated artists to collaborate on experimental projects, to be shared among peers and colleagues, for constructive critical feedback and mutual growth. 

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Performance Lab – ACROSS THE WAY

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Boundaries are meant to be crossed, obliterated even, to protect the ones we love?

…Someone is about to find out.

ACROSS THE WAY

HB Studio 2015 Winter Performance Lab
Friday, February 20 | 8pm
Saturday, February 21 | 8pm
Sunday, February 22 | 7pm
First Floor Studio | 120 Bank Street

 

Director: Amy Wright
Written by: Perry Guzzi

Cast:
Chantelle Goulevitch
Louise Mittelman
Will Arvidson

Crew:
Set Design: Nikolay Sviridchik
Music: Gaya
Sound Design: George Port
House Technician: Brian Kafel
Assistant to Director/Stage Manager: Ashish Pant

 

TWENTIETH CENTURY BLUES: NOT JUST A TALENT TO AMUSE 

Readings of scenes from Fumed Oak, Post-Mortem, A Song at Twilight, The Vortex, and others, as well as songs and poetry by “The Master,” Noël Coward.

Saturday, February 28 | 7:30pm 
HB Playwrights Theatre, 124 Bank Street
$10 suggested donation | $5 HB students & staff

RSVP online – Online reservations are full, a walk in list will be made on the night of the reading and we will accommodate as many guests as possible!  Thank you!

Cast:  Laura Esterman, Eric Michael Gillett, Rochelle Oliver, Amanda Quaid, Mark Blum, Erik Singer, Noel Velez and Fritz Weaver.

Curated by: Alan Pally

Noel Coward Foundation

This program is part of Don’t Let’s Be Beastly, HB Studio’s year-long celebration of the work of Noël Coward, made possible by the generous support of the Noël Coward Foundation. 

 

People Who Make Theatre – Shawn René Graham of The Field

Monday, March 2, 2015 | 7:30pm (doors at 7pm) PWMT_Shawn Rene Graham_Eblast
HB Playwrights Theatre, 124 Bank Street, NYC
All are welcome! Meet & Greet Reception to follow
$10 suggested donation | $5 HB students & staff

Join Shawn René Graham of The Field to learn about their resources for theatre artists!

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Founded by artists for artists, The Field is dedicated to providing strategic services to thousands of performing artists and companies in New York City and beyond. They foster creative exploration, steward innovative management strategies, and are delighted to help artists reach their fullest potential.
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The HB Playwrights Slam

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A marathon reading of 10 minute pieces by the HB Studio playwrights

Saturday & Sunday, January 24 & 25 | 5pm-8pm
HB Playwrights Theatre | 124 Bank Street
Suggested Donation $10/$5 HB students

with MC Fabio Motta

No RSVP required