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: Tarrell Alvin McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays Part 1 & 2 at the Public Theater through 12/13

The Public Theater is presenting the world premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s THE BROTHER/SISTER PLAYS PART 1 & PART 2, with performances through December 13. McCraney, one of America’s most acclaimed young writers, returns to The Public to complete his trilogy following the success of The Brothers Size in 2007. Tina Landau is the director for In The Red and Brown Water and Robert O’Hara is the director for The Brothers Size and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet.

The three plays are being presented as two separate shows to be enjoyed independently, in any order, or experienced together. Marathon performances are scheduled for weekends so audiences can experience all three plays in one day.

Tarell Alvin McCraney’s trilogy is a collection of modern-day stories of kinship, love, heartache and coming-of-age centered around an extended family and community in the Bayou. Winner of the inaugural New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award, McCraney’s stories traverse the gritty and lyrical, urban and mythic.

The cast for THE BROTHER/SISTER PLAYS features Sterling K. Brown as Shango/Shua; Kimberly Hébert Gregory as Aunt Elegua/Shun; Brian Tyree Henry as Egungun/Oshoosi/Tarell; Andre Holland as Elegba/Marcus; Marc Damon Johnson as Ogun; Sean Allen Krill as O Li Roon / Man From State; Nikiya Mathis as Shun/Shaunta Iyun; Kianné Muschett as Oya/Osha; and Heather Alicia Simms as Nia/Mama Moja/Oba.

THE BROTHER/SISTER PLAYS features scenic design by James Schuette; costume design by Karen Perry; lighting design by Peter Kaczorowski; and sound design by Lindsay Jones.

TARELL ALVIN MCCRANEY (Playwright) is the author of the Brother/Sister Plays – The Brothers Size, In the Red and Brown Water, and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet - which have been produced at The Public, Studio Theater, Abbey Theatre (Dublin), Foundry Theater, the McCarter Theater, the Young Vic, and Alliance Theater. His other works include The Breach (Southern Rep. Theater New Orleans, Seattle Rep.), Wig Out! (The Vineyard, Sundance Summer Theater Institute), Without/Sin (Yale Cabaret), Run Mourner, Run (Yale Cabaret), and A Taurian Tale (52nd Street Project). McCraney is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and has been honored with the 2009 Steinberg Playwright Award, Cole Porter Award, Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, Whiting Writing Award, Outstanding Achievement by an Affiliate Theater Olivier Award nomination, residency at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Hodder Fellowship at Lewis Center for the Arts, and a seven-year residency at New Dramatists in New York.

TINA LANDAU (Director) returns to The Public following the acclaimed production of Space, which she wrote and directed. Her Broadway directing credits include the current production of Tracy Letts’s Superior Donuts and the 2001 revival of Bells Are Ringing. Her off-Broadway credits include Wig Out! (Vineyard), Iphigenia 2.0 (Signature), Mary Rose (Vineyard), Miracle Brothers (Vineyard), Saturn Returns (The Public), and Cloud Tectonics (Playwrights Horizons). She wrote the book and lyrics for Dream True: My Life With Vernon Dixon (Vineyard) and Floyd Collins (Playwrights Horizons), which she also directed.

ROBERT O’HARA (Director) wrote and directed Insurrection: Holding History at The Public in 1996, which won the Oppenheimer Award for Best New American Play. In 2006, he received an OBIE Award for his direction of In The Continuum; in addition, he has been awarded a Rockefeller Fellowship, TCG Extended Collaboration Grant, NEA/TCG Fellowship, a Van Lier Fellowship, the Mark Taper Forum’s Sherwood Award, and the TANNIE Award for Exceptional Body of Work. He has been an artist-in-residence at the American Conservatory Theater and Theater/Emory as well as a Visiting Professor at DePaul University School of the Arts, Mark Taper Forum, National Endowment of the Arts, McCarter Theater, Theatres de Nimes, Le Theatre L’odeon, and Theaterworks/USA.

STERLING K. BROWN (Shango/Shua). His off-Broadway credits include Macbeth (The Public, 2006) and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (National Actors Theatre). Regional credits include Intimate Apparel (Guthrie Theatre); Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me (Westport Playhouse); Topdog/Underdog (Hangar Theatre); Romeo and Juliet (McCarter Theatre); and Much Ado About Nothing (Berkeley Rep).

KIMBERLY HÉBERT GREGORY (Aunt Elegua/Shun). Her regional theater credits include Amen Corner (Goodman), Nickel and Dimed (Steppenwolf), Waiting to be Invited (Victory Gardens Theater) and Julius Caesar (Chicago Shakespeare Theater). In addition to regional work, she played the role of Shenzi in the national tour of Disney’s The Lion King. Her TV and film credits include I Think I Love My Wife, “Gossip Girl,” New Amsterdam, and “The Black Donnellys.”

BRIAN TYREE HENRY (Egungun/Oshoosi/Tarell) recently appeared in the world premiere of Paula Vogel’s A Civil War Christmas (Long Wharf). He played Oshoosi Size in the world premiere of The Brothers Size at The Public Theater and Studio Theatre and recently toured with the play to the Abbey Theatre (Dublin). Additional theater credits include Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (The Public), Marcus G. in the world premiere of Marcus Gardley’s Dance of the Holy Ghost (Yale Rep), and Sterling in Radio Golf (Yale Rep).

ANDRE HOLLAND (Elegba/Marcus) recently played Eric in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Wig Out! at the Vineyard Theater. His other New York theater credits include Tempest Tossed at Classic Stage, Blue Door at Playwrights Horizons, and As You Like It and Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare in the Park.

MARC DAMON JOHNSON (Ogun) last appeared at The Public in the world premiere of John Belluso’s The Poor Itch. He played Bronson in the world premiere of Paula Vogel’s A Civil War Christmas at Long Wharf and earned a Drama League nomination for his performance in Mr. Fox: A Rumination at Signature Theater Company. He played Ogun Size in the Abbey Theatre’s production of The Brothers Size and appeared at Shakespeare in the Park in Measure for Measure and Two Gentlemen of Verona.

SEAN ALLEN KRILL (O Li Roon/Man From State) recently starred on Broadway and on tour as Sam Carmichael in the hit musical Mamma Mia! (Outstanding Leading Actor Award, BroadwayWorld.com). His regional credits include Sunday in the Park With George, The Comedy of Errors, and Brigadoon. Krill is a recipient of the Lily Tomlin Scholarship for Theatre.

NIKIYA MATHIS (Shun/Shaunta Iyun) originated the role of Maima in Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed at the 2009 IN-Festival (McCarter). A 2008 graduate of NYU’s Graduate Acting Program, her favorite credits include The Glass Menagerie, The Continuum Company’s Romeo & Juliet, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Sparkle: the Musical, and The Bluest Eye.

KIANNÉ MUSCHETT (Oya/Osha). Recent stage roles include Inez in Our Lady of 121st Street, the title role in Ella, and T-Anne/Andwyneth in Anton in Show Business. Her TV and film credits include “Guiding Light,” “One Life to Live,” The Forgotten Ones, and Tricks.

HEATHER ALICIA SIMMS (Nia/Mama Moja/Oba) appeared on Broadway in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, A Raisin in the Sun, and Gem of the Ocean and off-Broadway in The Exonerated, Insurrection: Holding History, and Breath, Boom. Her regional credits include The Kennedy Center, Alliance, Denver Center, The O’Neill, Sundance Institute Theater Lab in Residence at The Public Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse, Missouri Rep, Stamford Theatre Works, and New York Stage and Film.

THE PUBLIC THEATER (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Executive Director) was founded by Joseph Papp in 1954 and is now one of the nation’s preeminent cultural institutions, producing new plays, musicals, and productions of classics at its downtown and at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. The Public’s mandate to create a theater for all New Yorkers continues to this day onstage and through extensive outreach and education programs. Each year, over 250,000 people attend Public Theater-related productions and events at six downtown stages, including Joe’s Pub, and Shakespeare in the Park. The Public has won 42 Tony Awards, 149 Obies, 40 Drama Desk Awards and four Pulitzer Prizes. The Public has brought 52 shows to Broadway, including Sticks and Bones; That Championship Season; A Chorus Line; The Pirates of Penzance; The Tempest; Bring In ‘Da Noise, Bring In ‘Da Funk; On the Town; The Ride Down Mt. Morgan; Topdog/Underdog; Elaine Stritch at Liberty; Take Me Out; Caroline, or Change; Well; Passing Strange; and, most recently, the current Tony Award-winning revival of Hair.

The performance schedule varies; please check www.publictheater.org for the most up-to-date information. The Public Theater is located at 425 Lafayette Street. Tickets are $60 for all performances with the exception of Saturday evening tickets, which are $70.

Subject to availability, $20 Rush Standby tickets will be sold 60 minutes before each performance at the Public Theater Box Office. The number of tickets varies from performance to performance. Limit two tickets per person. Cash only.

Subject to availability, $25 Student Tickets can be purchased in advance at the box office for every Public Theater performance on sale to the general public. Must have a valid student ID at the time of purchase. Limit one ticket per person. Cash only.

To purchase tickets, please call (212) 967-7555 or visit www.publictheater.org

Lia Chang is an actor, performance and fine art botanical photographer, and a multimedia journalist. A former syndicated arts and entertainment columnist for KYODO News, Lia is the New York Bureau Chief for AsianConnections.com. As a photographer and videographer, Lia is frequently tapped to collaborate with artists, organizations and companies in establishing their documentary photo archive. 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.

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Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney (photo credit: Greg Funnell)

Performances have begun at the Tony Award® -winning McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, New Jersey, for the world premiere of the groundbreaking trilogy The Brother/Sister Plays: by Tarell Alvin McCraney. McCraney’s trilogy is comprised of three distinct works – In the Red and Brown Water, The Brothers Size, and Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet-the landmark production, which has the theater world buzzing, will be directed by Tina Landau and Robert O’Hara.  Performances run through June 21.

All three plays will be performed by a single company of nine actors including Barnaby Carpenter, Samuel Ray Gates, Kimberly Hebert Gregory, Brian Tyree Henry, Marc Damon Johnson, Nikiya Mathis, Alano Miller, Kianne Muschett, and Heather Alicia Simms in McCarter’s Berlind Theater.

The three plays will be performed in repertory over the course of two evenings of theater (Evening 1: In the Red and Brown Water began performances on April 24; and Evening 2: The Brothers Size and Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet begins performances on May 15). In addition, there will be six “Marathon Weekends” featuring all three plays in one day on May 23, June 6, June 7, June 13, June 20 and June 21.

The design team includes sets by James Schuette, costumes by Karen Perry, lighting by Jane Cox and sound by Lindsay Jones.

The 28-year-old McCraney has been thrilling audiences on both sides of the Atlantic with his provocative and poetic plays. A recent graduate of The Yale School of Drama, he won the Cole Porter Playwriting Award upon graduation and has since garnered such accolades as  the 2007 Giles Whiting Award, the 2007 Kendeda Award, the inaugural Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, and London’s prestigious Evening Standard Award. He has also been named the International Writer in Residence for the Royal Shakespeare Company through 2010, a Hodder Fellowship at the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University and was awarded a seven-year residency at New Dramatists Center in New York.

Epic in scope yet intimate and genuine, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays masterfully weaves together three stunning tales of family and legacy. On the banks of a steamy bayou, the tiny, fictional community of San Pere, Louisiana, springs to life with daring modern-day stories of love, sexuality, kinship, and coming-of-age. Steeped in southern rhythms, inspired by Afro-Caribbean culture, and seamed shut with urban music and dance, The Brother/Sister Plays provides a lyrical and mythic look at the search for identity in a contemporary world.

The first two components of his trilogy The Brother/Sister Plays-In the Red and Brown Water and The Brothers Size-have been produced at venues including McCarter Theatre Center; Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre; New York’s Public Theater; London’s Young Vic Theatre; Dublin’s Abbey Theatre; as well as in Barcelona, Spain. The third part of the trilogy, Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet, which receive its world premiere in this production, has been selected as one of two Outstanding New American Plays from the NEA New Play Development Program, hosted by Arena Stage.  McCraney’s other plays include The Breach, about Hurricane Katrina, and the smash-hit Wig Out!, which just completed a successful run at New York’s Vineyard Theatre and earned a GLAAD nomination.

For tickets to The Brother/Sister Plays, please visit the McCarter Theatre Ticket Office at 91 University Place, Princeton, NJ; call (609) 258-2787; toll-free 1-888-278-7932; or online at www.mccarter.org.

For more information about Tarell Alvin McCraney or The Brother/Sister Plays, please visit www.mccarter.org/tarell.  Listen to the NPR’s All Things Considered story on the plays .

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