Denise Burse, Harriett D. Foy, Lynda Gravatt, Nikiya Mathis, Dennis Parlato, Saycon Sengbloh and Tracie Thoms in Marcus Gardley’s The House That Will Not Stand in 2012 Powerhouse Theater Season, July 20-22, 2012

New York Stage and Film (Johanna Pfaelzer, Artistic Director; Thomas Pearson, Executive Director, Mark Linn-Baker, Max Mayer, Leslie Urdang, Producing Directors) and Vassar College (Ed Cheetham, Producing Director) is presenting a developmental play workshop of Marcus Gardley’s The House That Will Not Stand, directed by Marion McClinton, July 20-22, 2012, in the 2012 Powerhouse Theater season at the Stein Shiva Theater on the Vassar College Campus in Poughkeepsie, NY.

Photo by Lia Chang

The cast features Denise Burse (Peace Love and Understanding, Brother to Brother, “House of Payne”), Harriett D. Foy (Mamma Mia!, The American Plan, Once On This Island), Lynda Gravatt (Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Doubt), Nikiya Mathis (Milk Like Sugar), Dennis Parlato (Salome, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Chess), Saycon Sengbloh (Fela!, Hair), and Tracie Thoms (Rent, Stick Fly).

Synoposis:
After the mysterious death of her lover, Beartrice Albans imposes a period of mourning on her household, keeping her three daughters locked in the house to embroider linens. But when the summer heat intensifies, a handsome bachelor comes calling, and a familial secret is revealed, the foundation of Beartrice’s house is rocked to its core. Set in New Orleans in 1836, this loose adaptation of Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba examines the complex system of plaçage – common-law marriages of white men and black Creole women. These free women of color became wealthy and powerful activists who fought against racial oppression pre-Civil War.

Performance dates and times: July 20, 21 at 8pm; July 22 at 2pm and 7pm. Purchase tickets. The theater box office on the Vassar College campus is located at 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY. Call (845) 437-5599 or email PHTBoxOffice@vassar.edu for more information.

About Vassar & New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Theater
Each summer Vassar & New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Theater presents new plays and musicals in development, many of which go on to reach wider audiences, including Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet (Roundabout Theater); Michael Mayer and Peter Parnell’s re-imagining of Lerner & Lowe’s On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (St James Theater); Seminar by Theresa Rebeck (Golden Theater); Gabriel Kahane & Seth Bockley’s new musical February House (The Public Theater); and Storefront Church, John Patrick Shanley’s final installment to his “Church and State” trilogy that began with Doubt (Atlantic Theatre Company). Other projects developed at the Powerhouse include the Tony Award-winning Side Man and Tru; the multi-award-winning Doubt; the groundbreaking Broadway musical American Idiot, and A Steady Rain, produced on Broadway in 2009 with Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig. The result of a unique collaboration between New York Stage and Film and Vassar College, the Powerhouse program consists of an eight-week residency on the Vassar campus during which more than 250 professional artists and 40 apprentices live and work together to create new theater works.

New York Stage and Film is the not-for-profit company dedicated to both emerging and established artists in the development of new works for theater and film. Since 1985 New York Stage and Film has played a significant role in the development of new plays, provided a home for a diverse group of artists free from critical and commercial pressures and established itself as a vital cultural institution for residents of the Hudson Valley and the New York metropolitan region. For more information, visit www.newyorkstageandfilm.org/.

Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducational, independent, residential, liberal arts college founded in 1861. Consistently ranked as one of the country’s best liberal arts colleges, Vassar is renowned for its long history of curricular innovation, and for the natural and architectural beauty of its campus. More than 50 academic departments and degree programs — from Anthropology to Cognitive Sciences to Urban Studies — encompass the arts, foreign languages, natural sciences, and social services, and combine to offer a curriculum of more than 1,000 courses. Vassar College is sited in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley in Poughkeepsie, NY (www.vassar.edu).

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Lia Chang: Daniel Morgan Shelley to portray Nat Turner in Lucy Thurber’s The Insurgents at the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF)

Daniel Morgan Shelley © 2011 Lia Chang

Daniel Morgan Shelley is rehearsing in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, for the world premier of Lucy Thurber’s The Insurgents, in which he portrays slave rebellion leader Nat Turner and a character named Jonathan. In addition to Shelley, the cast of The Insurgents features Cassie Beck as Sally, Cary Donaldson as Jimmy/Timothy McVeigh, John Ottavino as Peter/John Brown and Stacey Sargeant as Harriet Tubman/Susan.

Directed by Lear deBessonet, The Insurgents runs in repertory at the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) at Shepherd University, along with new plays by Kyle Bradstreet, David Mamet, Sam Shepard and Tracy Thorne. The four-week festival, consisting of 93 performances, will be held July 8 – 31, 2011.

Daniel Morgan Shelley © 2011 Lia Chang

Performances for The Insurgents are at Frank Center Stage, 260 University Drive in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The performance schedule for The Insurgents is Wednesday, July 6 @ 8pm (Preview — no advance tickets sold), Friday, July 8 @ 8pm (Opening Night), Saturday, July 9 @ 2pm, Sunday, July 10 @ 6pm, Thursday, July 14 @ 8pm (post-show discussion), Saturday, July 16 @ 8pm, Sunday, July 17 @ 1:30pm,Wednesday, July 20 @ 2pm & 8pm, Friday, July 22 @ 8pm, Saturday, July 23 @ 2pm, Sunday July 24 @ 6pm, Thursday, July 28 @ 8pm, Saturday, July 30 @ 8pm, Sunday, July 31 @ 1:30pm.

Single ticket prices to the 2011 repertory are $52. Four-show and five-show ticket packages (CATCards) are available, ranging from $100-$225. Discounts for students, seniors, active military personnel, and groups are also offered. For the Theater Festival Box Office, which is open off-season Monday to Friday from Noon to 5 p.m., call 800-999-CATF (2283) or visit www.catf.org.

Jennifer Blood (Desdemona) and Daniel Morgan Shelley (Othello) in Oberon Theatre Ensemble’s OTHELLO at Off-Broadway’s Kirk Theatre @Theatre Row, directed by Cara Reichel. Photo by Ann Bartek

I sat down with the Chicago native to talk about his career path in New York, where he has resided for eight years since first moving to the East Coast to attend The Juilliard School’s Drama Division.

Shelley discovered his love for acting at Thornwood High School in South Holland, IL. “In my sophomore year of high school, I had an English teacher named John Knight who liked my voice and encouraged me to join the Speech Team, specifically the event of Radio-Speaking,” said Shelley. “It was not my forte and I gravitated towards humorous acting instead. I auditioned for other things and began my acting training with coaches Darcelle Williams, Cheryl Frazier and Knight.”

He attended Columbia College for a year while pursuing an acting career in Chicago. A friend who had been accepted to Julliard suggested that he audition.

“After two attempts, I was accepted,” said Shelley. “I knew how high the stakes were. I thought it was going to make me the greatest actor in the world and give me more of a foundation for my craft.”

“Juilliard conducted showcases for the graduating class in New York and LA, and I got an agent right out of school,” said Shelley.

Joan Valentina and Daniel Morgan Shelley The Public Theatre’s production of The Old Settler in Lewiston, Maine. Photo by Janet Mitchko.

While training at Julliard, some of his favorite credits were Eugene Smith in Black Russian directed by Marion McClinton, Romeo in The Listener, directed by Mark Wing-Davey, Snug/Cobweb in Joe Dowling’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Duke Senior in As You Like It, directed by Ralph Zito.

After graduating with his BFA from Juilliard, Shelley made his professional acting debut and got his Equity Card for his role as Husband Witherspoon in The Public Theatre’s production of John Henry Redwood’s The Old Settler, directed by Janet Mitchko, in Lewiston, Maine. New York theater credits include the Music Theatre Group’s workshop of Susie Ibarra and Yusef Komunyakaa’s experimental opera Saturnalia, directed by Daniel Fish, in which he plays Paul Bolivia, a U.S. marine who returns to Bangkok with his fellow Marine who saved his life after an attack in Ramadi; Clinton in HATER, Sam Buggeln’s adaptation of Moliere’s The Misanthrope at the Ohio Theatre (Soho Think Tank’s Ice Factory Festival), the title role in Othello, directed by Cara Reichel (Oberon Theatre Ensemble). Regional theater credits include Thami in My Children! My Africa!, by Athol Fugard, directed by Ralph Zito (Chautauqua Conservatory Theatre Company); Romeo in Romeo & Juliet, directed by Christopher Edwards (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival); Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet and Blindman/Con in Ain’t Supposed to Die A Natural Death, both directed by Alfred Preisser (Classical Theatre of Harlem; and Sam in the National Tour of Addy: An American Girl Story with Seattle Children’s Theatre, directed by Linda Hartzell. On TV, he played an ESU officer on “Law & Order.”

Daniel Morgan and Shannon L. Dorsey in The Man Who Ate Michael Rockefeller. © 2010 Lia Chang

In February, he appeared in the Off-Broadway production of the New York Times Critic’s Pick The Man Who Ate Michael Rockefeller, a new play by Jeff Cohen, based on the short story by Christopher Stokes, and directed by Alfred Preisser.

New York Times critic Rachel Saltz called Shelley’s portrayal of a troubled artist cannibal headhunter on a remote island in Papua New Guinea, “excellent.” Martin Denton of nytheatre.com said, “the ensemble is excellent, anchored by a strong, sympathetic performance by Daniel Morgan Shelley as Designing Man. The New York Post said The Man Who Ate Michael Rockefeller was “well-acted, particularly by the charismatic Shelley.”

Daniel Morgan Shelley as Mercutio in the Classical Theatre of Harlem's Romeo & Juliet. Photo by Ruth Sovronsky

“I have worked with Daniel before on two other projects, Romeo and Juliet and Ain’t Supposed to Die A Natural Death,” says director Alfred Preisser. “I’ve been impressed by his work and the way he approaches it. Putting him in the role of Designing Man meant that the play would rise and fall based on the way he created that character, since 40% of the dialogue is his, and the play is seen entirely through his character’s eyes. I love what he’s done with the character; he’s fused the ultra-modern concept of a sensitive artist with the archetype of Rousseau’s “Noble Savage”. Dan’s acting is understated and real, the audiences feel him and as a result, the play works.”

Helmar Augustus Cooper as Mr. M, Daniel Morgan Shelley as Thami Mbikwana and Vanessa K. Wasche as Isabel in My Children! My Africa! by Athol Fugard at the Chautauqua Conservatory Theatre Company, directed by Ralph Zito. Photo courtesy of Daniel Morgan Shelley

What has been your favorite role?
My favorite role so far was Thami Mbikwana in My Children! My Africa! by Athol Fugard at the Chautauqua Conservatory Theatre Company, directed by Ralph Zito. It’s without a doubt, my favorite Fugard play. The character has an abundant wealth of intelligence but also rage at the injustices that surround him and his people. This conflict manifests itself in the relationships with the other two characters of the play: his teacher, Mr. M and his friend/partner in an English Literature Quiz, Isabel. It was such a roller coaster ride to play Thami who is stifled in his ability to communicate with his black teacher who he feels doesn’t understand him or the struggles of their people, but can communicate with his white female teammate…who he feels doesn’t understand him or the struggles of his people. It’s a beautiful story, full of people who love each other and can’t express it.

Merritt Wever, Nick Dillenburg, Noah Weisburg (back of his head), Colby Chambers, Zoë Winters, Daniel Morgan Shelley in Hater at the Ohio Theatre, writer/director Samuel Buggeln's fresh, contemporary adaptation of Moliere's The Misanthrope. Photo courtesy of Samuel Buggeln

What are your dream roles?
Orlando in As you Like It. I want to play one of the princes in Titus. Cory in Fences. Any of the male characters in the Brother/Sister Plays, Young Blood in Jitney, Citizen Barlow in Gem of the Ocean. August Wilson is my favorite contemporary playwright. Stephen Adly Gurgis is my favorite living contemporary playwright.

Who are the directors you would like to work with?
Kenny Leon, Edward Hall, Liesl Tommy, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Julie Taymor, Christopher Nolan, Spike Lee, Michael Mayer, Clint Eastwood, and Michael Grief

What are you most passionate about?
I love the theatre. Be it live or on-camera, I am absolutely in love with the connections that actors have with an audience. It’s my passion – to connect. I love that I am a part of the centuries old tradition of the Thespian, the Griot, the Jyrau, the Bard, the Ashik. Storytellers. Carriers of the Oral Tradition so that the people remember who they are and where they come from. Without that, how do we grow? Theatre is society’s mirror and I thrive on being a part of that mirror. Giving Life to characters – a voice – a body – an existence – a fully realized person for the purpose of telling a story and connecting to an audience. Theatre is a community practice with the potential for a circular exchange of energy between audience and actor. An intimate relationship is established with an audience. It is entertaining and it is healing. Theatre is Magic – to genuinely create living, breathing characters who only existed on paper before I gave them life and having an audience connect to that character is Magic. And I will do this until I die.

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Lia Chang: Classical Theatre of Harlem’s Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe, MTC’s Ruined, De Shields and Nottage Among 2009 Audelco Winners

AUDELCO winner André De Shields (center) flanked by Tyrone Davis, Charletta Rozzell and Reji Woods in the Classical Theatre of Harlem's Archibishop Supreme Tartuffe at The Clurman in July, 2009. © Lia Chang

It was a big night for The Manhattan Theater Club’s production of Lynn Nottage’s Ruined and the Classical Theatre of Harlem’s musical Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe at the 2008-2009 Audelco Awards, which were handed out at Aaron Davis Hall, on Monday, November 16. AUDELCO (Audience Development Committee, Inc.) was established and incorporated in 1973 by the late Vivian Robinson, to stimulate interest in, and support of performing arts in black communities.

Ruined took home seven awards, for Dramatic Production of the Year, playwright Lynn Nottage, lead actress Saidah Arrika Ekulona, supporting actress Quincy Tyler Bernstine, supporting actor Russell G. Jones, costume designer Paul Tazewell and set designer Derek McLane.

Six time Audelco award winner André De Shields (Outstanding Performance in Musical, Male) with presenter Natalie Clark at the 37th Annual Audelco Awards at Aaron Davis Hall in New York on Monday, November 16. © Tanja Hayes

Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe, co-written by Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner, won four awards including Musical Production of the Year, Outstanding Performance in a Musical, Male (André De Shields), Outstanding Performance in a Musical, Female (Kim Brockington) and Outstanding Musical Director (Kelvyn Bell). The musical is set to reopen later this season for an open commercial run.

Carlyle Brown’s Pure Confidence received three awards for Director, Dramatic Production (Marion McClinton), lead actor (Gavin Lawrence) and sound designer C. Andrew Mayer.

The Signature Theatre Company garnered three awards, Best Revival for Zooman and the Sign and lighting designer Matthew Frey. Kevin Carroll, Tracey Bonner and January Lavoy, were honored for their Outstanding Ensemble Performance in Home.

Other winners included actor Khalil Ashanti for his Solo Performance in Basic Training and The Wiz’s Keith Lee Grant, who took home two trophies, for Choreographer and Director, Musical Production.

This year, AUDELCO celebrated 37 years of Excellence in Black Theatre, honoring nine Outstanding Pioneer Theatre Companies 35+ years, with the “The VIV” 2009 Annual Vivian Robinson/AUDELCO Recognition Awards. The Outstanding Pioneer Theatre Companies 35+ years include: AMAS, Billie Holiday Theatre, Black Spectrum Theatre, Frank Silvera’s Writer’s Workshop, National Black Theatre, Negro Ensemble Company, New Federal Theatre, Richard Allen Center for Culture & Arts and the Roger Furman Theatre.

All text, graphics, articles & photographs: © 2000-2011 Lia Chang Multimedia. All rights reserved. All materials contained on this site are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior written permission of Lia Chang. You may not alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from copies of the content. For permission, please contact Lia at liachang@hotmail.com.

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Lia Chang is an actor, performance and fine art botanical photographer, and an award-winning multimedia journalist.

As a photographer and videographer, Lia collaborates with artists, organizations and companies in establishing their documentary photo archive and social media presence. She has been documenting her colleagues and contemporaries in the arts, fashion and journalism since making her stage debut as Liat in the National Tour of South Pacific, with Robert Goulet and Barbara Eden.

Selections of Lia’s archive of Asian Pacific Americans in the arts, fashion, journalism, politics and space are now in the newly created LIA CHANG THEATER PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO in the ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTION housed in the Library of Congress Asian Division’s Asian American Pacific Islander Collection.

Lia’s portraits and performance photos have appeared in Vanity Fair, Gourmet, German Elle, Women’s Wear Daily, The Paris Review, TV Guide, Daily Variety, Interior Design, American Theatre, Broadwayworld.com, Life & Style, OUT, New York Magazine, InStyle, Timeout.com, Villagevoice.com, Playbill.com, Theatermania.com, thelmagazine.com, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, USA Today, The Boston Globe, New York Times and Washington Post. A former syndicated arts and entertainment columnist for KYODO News, Lia is the New York Bureau Chief for AsianConnections.com. She writes about culture, style and Asian American issues for a variety of publications and this Backstage Pass with Lia Chang blog.

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