{"id":2864,"date":"2015-02-15T20:24:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T20:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rifkindcenter.ccny.cuny.edu\/?p=2864"},"modified":"2018-06-01T20:41:46","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T20:41:46","slug":"cuny-theatre-festival-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rifkindcenter.ccny.cuny.edu\/?p=2864","title":{"rendered":"CUNY Theatre Festival 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1888 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/rifkindcenter.ccny.cuny.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CUNY-Theatre-Fest.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rifkindcenter.ccny.cuny.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CUNY-Theatre-Fest.png 216w, http:\/\/rifkindcenter.ccny.cuny.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CUNY-Theatre-Fest-151x200.png 151w, http:\/\/rifkindcenter.ccny.cuny.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CUNY-Theatre-Fest-150x199.png 150w\" alt=\"cuny-theatre-fest\" width=\"216\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.0625rem;\">Saturday, February 21, 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Rob Barron<\/strong>, Artistic Director<br \/>\n<strong>Tara Nachtigall<\/strong>, Festival Coordinator<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A unique festival that\u00a0showcased the talents of student Actors, Directors and Playwrights from across\u00a0the CUNY campuses.\u00a0Featuring the premieres of ten one-act\u00a0plays written by CUNY\u00a0Playwrights, as well as an afternoon of\u00a0workshops and panels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>A Conversation about Playwriting<br \/>\n<\/strong>Lynn Nottage\u00a0(Pulitzer Prize winner for\u00a0Ruined)<br \/>\nMichael Weller\u00a0(Broadway:\u00a0Moonchildren,\u00a0Spoils of War\u00a0and the upcoming\u00a0Dr. Zhivago)<br \/>\nEduardo Machado\u00a0(Havana is Waiting,\u00a0Broken Eggs)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>A Conversation about Acting<\/strong><br \/>\nLaura Osnes\u00a0(Broadway:\u00a0Bonnie and Clyde,\u00a0Cinderella,\u00a0Grease)<br \/>\nDelroy Lindo\u00a0(Film:\u00a0Up,\u00a0Malcolm X. TV:\u00a0Believe,\u00a0Law and Order. Theatre:\u00a0Joe Turner\u2019s Come and Gone)<br \/>\nAmanda Quaid\u00a0(The Public Theatre; The Old Globe; Lincoln Center; Soho Rep; Shakespeare Theatre Company)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Theatre and Community: A Workshop about Creating Transformative Encounters through Theatre<br \/>\n<\/strong>Conducted by\u00a0Philip Taylor, PhD, Director of Doctoral Programs, NYU Steinhardt Music and Performing Arts Professions<br \/>\nThe Collaboration Panel\u00a0with\u00a0The Tectonic Theater Project<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Premiere of Ten New Plays:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>JUST ONE MORE LINE<\/strong>, by Harrison Marx (Kingsborough)<br \/>\nDirected by Matthew Burda (CCNY)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>COMING OUT<\/strong>, by Collin Fairlie (Hunter)<br \/>\nDirected by Marisela Gonzalez (Brooklyn)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>HUNDREDS<\/strong>, by Desimarie Medina (BMCC)<br \/>\nDirected by Isabel Maradiegue (Laguardia)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>PLEASE HOLD<\/strong>, by Michael Saint (Hunter)<br \/>\nDirected by Kevin Edwards (Brooklyn)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>VIOLET McGEE AND HER INCREDIBLE MAGIC SLUGS<\/strong>, by Katie Wright (CCNY)<br \/>\nDirected by Rebecca Guskin (Brooklyn)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>WHITE SPOTS<\/strong>, by Phil Matiz (BMCC)<br \/>\nDirected by Joann Mallory Mieses (CCNY)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>GAME NIGHT<\/strong>, by Rebecca Mills (Lehman)<br \/>\nDirected by Pilar Gonzalez (CCNY)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>BETWEEN LOVE AND LUST<\/strong>, by Rachel Navarro (BMCC)<br \/>\nDirected by Cesar Valderrama (CCNY)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>GIMME DA LOOT<\/strong>, by Juan Collado (Laguardia)<br \/>\nDirected by David Watson (CUNY)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>UP, UP AND AWAY<\/strong>, by Kejana Ayala (Lehman)<br \/>\nDirected by Doo Young Youn (Laguardia)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, February 21, 2015 Rob Barron, Artistic Director Tara Nachtigall, Festival Coordinator A unique festival that\u00a0showcased the talents of student Actors, Directors and Playwrights from across\u00a0the CUNY campuses.\u00a0Featuring the premieres of ten one-act\u00a0plays written by CUNY\u00a0Playwrights, as well as an afternoon of\u00a0workshops and panels. A Conversation about Playwriting Lynn Nottage\u00a0(Pulitzer Prize winner for\u00a0Ruined) Michael Weller\u00a0(Broadway:\u00a0Moonchildren,\u00a0Spoils [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[66,64],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rifkindcenter.ccny.cuny.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2864"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rifkindcenter.ccny.cuny.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rifkindcenter.ccny.cuny.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rifkindcenter.ccny.cuny.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rifkindcenter.ccny.cuny.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rifkindcenter.ccny.cuny.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2865,"href":"https:\/\/rifkindcenter.ccny.cuny.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2864\/revisions\/2865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rifkindcenter.ccny.cuny.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rifkindcenter.ccny.cuny.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rifkindcenter.ccny.cuny.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}