Performances & Events

Performance Lab – 70, Girls, 70

HB Studio presents 

70, GIRLS, 70

Book by David Thompson and Norman L. Martin
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Based on the play Breath of Spring by Peter Coke, adapted by Joe Masteroff

Directed by Lorraine Serabian

September 23, 24, 25 | 7pm

In order to save their home from the wrecking ball, a group of lively senior citizens start a petty theft ring that leads to rollicking hijinks and the start of a new love.

Featuring: Thomas Beel*, Graham Shadow Boxer, Georgia Buchanan*, Rochelle Chamlin, Patricia Clune*, Mollie Collison*, Letty Ferrer*, Richard Fisher, Kevin Gilmartin*, Nicole Gut*, Joanne Joseph, Katherine Keenan, Gordon Kupperstein*, Ellen Orchid Mausner*, Katherine O’Sullivan*, Jennifer Sage, Peter Stone, Leni Tabb, Kenneth Thompson, Joanne Joseph*, Lisa Yapp

HB Playwrights Theatre  | 124 Bank Street |  New York, NY 10014

Friday, September 23 – Join us after the show for a benefit cast party!
Featuring live jazz, small bites, wine, and the cast of 70, GIRLS, 70!
Tickets are $50 – click here to purchase
Proceeds benefit HB Studio, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization

Thank you to The Frederick Loewe Foundation for their support of this project.

“70, Girls, 70” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

*these Actors are appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association equitylogo_rgbcolor

INFO SESSION: PERFORMANCE AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT HB STUDIO

Want to know more about opportunities to perform or develop your own work at HB? Whether you are an actor, playwright, director, an individual or a member of a collective, we’ll give you a rundown of current opportunities available to HB Students to:

Perform
Audition
Get your info into our casting files
Develop a new project in rehearsal
Submit a new play for consideration for reading or production
Rent space to produce your own work

…and more!

Wednesday, September 28 at 2:00PM

HB Playwrights Theatre, 124 Bank Street

First Floor Studio Residency – A PAINTED WINDOW

HB Studio presents
A FIRST FLOOR STUDIO RESIDENCY
A PAINTED WINDOW
a NEW play by Christy Hall
Directed by Hazen Cuyler

Featuring: Johanna Leister*- Josephine, Mar Riehl*- Sylvia, AC Davison*- Charles

Stage Managers – Elizabeth Moreno & Alissa Silverio
Designed by Hazen Cuyler and Reanna Armellino

A PAINTED WINDOW catalogues the reunion of two siblings, Josephine and Sylvia, two sisters that long ago used to giggle together late at night, yet now stand worlds apart. It’s a dissection of identity, classism, racism, and the grotesque havoc consumerism, capitalism, and entitlement has wreaked on the American dream. It is a play about family, loss, regret, and the staggering power of fear. But ultimately, at its center, this is a play about love.

The show runs approx. 90 minutes. On the 21st there will be a talkback/Q&A with the cast, director and playwright.

Saturday & Sunday | August 13, 14, 20 & 21 | 8pm | FREE!
HB Studio, First Floor Studio | 120 Bank Street

*Equity Approved Showcase

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First Floor Studio Residency – THE GOD OF ALL THINGS

First Floor Studio Residency
THE GOD OF ALL THINGS
by Lyle Kessler
directed by Francisco Solorzano

Featuring: Peter Collier, Joe Maruzzo, Stuart Rudin, Jimi Stanton, Christina Toth, Christopher Whalen

Coyotes, gangsters, a Stripper, and two brothers struggle in a shack in the desert outside Los Vegas. An Apocalyptic black comedy of life, death and redemption.

From the acclaimed writer of Orphans, last seen on Broadway with Alec Baldwin and Ben Foster. Talk-back afterwards with the cast and crew to discuss process of ensemble collaboration in order to bring a new play in front of an audience.

Produced by Barefoot Theatre Company

Saturday & Sunday | July 9 & 10 | 8pm | FREE!
HB Studio, First Floor Studio | 120 Bank Street

Turbulence

New Plays in Process from
the HB Playwrights

FREE! | RSVP ONLINE
HB Playwrights Theater
124 Bank Street
New York, NY 10014

ACROSS THE WAY by Perry Guzzi
directed by Amy Wright
Tues-Wed Jun 14 and 15, 8pm

SILVER ALERT by Diane Sansevere-Dreher
directed by Karen Ludwig
Fri-Sat Jun 17 and 18, 8pm

MY FAVORITE HUSBANDS by Andrew Marvel
directed by Duane Mazey
Fri-Sat Jun 24 and 25, 8pm

SEX IN A COMA by Susan Eve Haar
directed by Abigail Zealey Bess
Tues-Wed Jun 28 and 29

Illustration by Olivia Leyva

SYNOPSIS:

ACROSS THE WAY by Perry Guzzi
Chris Spencer’s acting career has taken off and she’s moving herself and her sister Abby to Los Angeles. There’s a problem — the emotionally fragile Abby wants to stay behind in NYC to care for a dying stranger. As far as Chris is concerned that’s not going to happen; no matter the boundaries she must cross to stop it.

SILVER ALERT by Diane Sansevere-Dreher
Dina’s father, suffering from dementia takes off in his 1965 Cadillac. Dina issues a Silver Alert to find him and while searching for clues she uncovers the story of a father she never knew – a man her mother denies exists.

MY FAVORITE HUSBANDS by Andrew Marvel
Mark’s ex-boyfriend is tying the knot to a rising Republican assemblyman, with GOP big shots dotting the guest list. Despite the strong objections of his current boyfriend, Mark feels compelled to crash the wedding — in bad drag. A comedy about what happens now that gay marriage is here, and what might happen next!

SEX IN A COMA by Susan Eve Haar
A prosecutor on her own mission, a boy on a quest for love, and a girl who wants to wake up.
Sex in a Coma is a mystery, a Romeo and Juliet of the comatose –or a crime?

People Who Make Theater: The Lark – A Play Development Center

A Conversation with Andrea Hiebler of The Lark

Moderated by Ed Napier

Monday, May 2 | 7:30pm
HB Playwrights Theatre | 124 Bank Street
$10 suggested donation | $5 HB students/staff

The Lark is an international theater laboratory, based in New York City, dedicated to empowering playwrights by providing transformative support within a global community. Founded in 1994, The Lark provides writers with funding, space, collaborators, audiences, professional connections, and the freedom to design their own processes of exploration. The guiding principal of The Lark’s work is the belief that playwrights are society’s truth tellers, and their work strengthens our collective capacity to understand our world and imagine its future.

For more information about the artists, initiatives and plays of The Lark, please visit: www.larktheatre.org. Continue reading →

NEXUS – A First Floor Studio Residency

NEXUS

A FIRST FLOOR STUDIO RESIDENCY

NEXUS investigates the contemporary social connections, both ubiquitous and elusive, through the eyes of non-Americans in NYC.

Saturday & Sunday
April 23 & 24 | 7pm
FREE! | RSVP ONLINE HERE
HB Studio, First Floor Studio
120 Bank Street

Writing/Directing
Elizabeth Maille
Jue Yang

Cast
Nixon Jeon
Mateo Lamuño
Uki Pavlovic
Lucia Schulz Continue reading →

BEACH TRIP

HB Studio presents
BEACH TRIP

By Perry Guzzi
Directed by Amy Wright

April 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 | 8pm
April 9, 10, 16, 17 | 3pm Matinee

RSVP Online Here

HB Playwrights Theatre
124 Bank Street
New York, NY 10014

How far would you go to remove yourself from peril?
For Tru and Baz, there’s only one answer: Pack your toothbrush and get to Mexico. Continue reading →

Kander & Ebb Workshop Presentation

2016_PWMT_John_Kander_final-e1454685191583-272x420 Come join us for a final presentation of Lorraine Serabian’s Kander & Ebb Workshop!

Friday March 18, 2016 | 8pm (please arrive by 7:45pm)
The Basement Studio | 120 Bank St.
All welcome! Free

People Who Make Theatre: John Kander

People Who Make Theatre
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

RSVP

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.