Mamet, Ives, Guirgis in EST's One-Act Series May 12, 2006 By Andrew Salomon
David Mamet, David Ives and Stephen Adly Guirgis will be among the authors presenting new works in Ensemble Studio Theatre's one-act play series later this month.
Playwright Adam Rapp (Red Light Winter) and actor Andrew McCarthy will direct two of the plays, and Olivier Award-winning actress Ruthie Henshall will perform.
CM8ShowAd("Middle"); There are three series - A, B and C - and they run in repertory from May 23 to June 25. The schedule:
SERIES A: May 23 - June 10
Breakfast and Bed by Amy Fox, Directed by Abigail Zealey-Bess
The Other Woman by David Ives, Directed by Walter Bobbie
Davy and Stu by Anton Dudley, directed by Jordan Young
Not All Korean Girls Can Fly by Lloyd Suh, directed by RJ Tolan
SERIES B: May 30 - June 19
Bone China by David Mamet, directed by Curt Dempster
100 Most Beautiful Names of Todd by Julia Cho, directed by Jamie Richards
On the Sporadic by James Ryan, directed by Charles Richter
Intermission by Will Eno, directed by Michael Sexton
SERIES C: June 13th - 25th
The Night That Roger Went To Visit The Parents Of His Old High School Girlfriend by Ann Marie Healy, directed by Andrew McCarthy
The Bus to Buenos Aires (A Musical) by Thomas Mizer and Curtis Moore, directed by Carlos Armesto
Detail by Michael Louis Wells
Lila on the Wall by Edward Allen Baker, directed by Kevin Confoy
The Sissy Letters: Numbers 14, 29, and 47 by Stephen Adly Guirgis, Directed by Adam Rapp
Not to sound naive, but where is that theater? Does this mean we could see him there if we went there? Just the thought of that makes my little heart tremble. I missed him when he was at the McCarter theater, because I didn't know about this site until about a month ago. I could just scream. Princeton, is only about an hour from me, if that. Thanks for the info.
Your from England. That is one of my favorite places to visit. Anyway I did some web searching and found the Theatre For anyone who is interested. Ensemble Studio Theatre- 549 West 52nd Street. New York. Phone # is (212) 247-4982.
Do you have any details about the play? I think I misunderstood the listing...is it three plays or three scenes? Is he in all of them? Is anyone here planning to go? Sounds great!
All I know is what I read on the theatre's website. It said Andrew is directing, not performing, BooHoo. I know it's a good thing that he is getting to direct, and I'm happy for him, but I want to see him ON the stage ! Believe me if he was performing I would go in a heart beat. I am still considering going, depending on how expensive the tickets are. If they are expensive, I'd just as soon save my money for when he is performing. Anyway if you want to check out the theatre's site just put the name of the theatre into to a search engine,and it will come up. The name of the play they listed was- The night Roger went to visit the parents of his old girlfriend. Click on schedule, It is listed under series 3 June 13th- to the 25th. Let me know what your plans are. I was going to call the theatre tomorrow. If I find out anything else, I will post it here.
I called the theatre. Ticket are $18, and seating is on a first come first serve basis. The woman I spoke with told me that it is a very small theatre. Tickets are availbe now. You can either call (212) 347-4982, and give them your credit card number, or go on line. I also took the liberty of asking whether or not Mr.Andrew would be there, ( I said I was asking for my daughter, yes I know, I'm a coward). The lady told me that the play hasn't even been cast yet. They only have a few weeks to rehearse. That she didn't know if he would be there or not, but she said to call back in a few weeks, and she might be able to give more info on that. My guess would be, that if he is going to be there, it would probably be opening night, but who knows. So, let me know if anyone is going. Who knows, maybe we could meet there, could be fun !
Hello. As you know, Andrew is an elusive actor. I might send Andrew my fan letter to the theatre soon. I just let him know he still has a lot of fans. Since I found out the address of the theatre, I will write to him. However, I know I won't expect anything from him as usual. Bye.
It looks as though I won't be able to make it this time around, but I hope the opportunity arises again...Soon! Please let me know what you plan to do. I am anxious to see who can go and what their experience was like to be in the company of Andrew. I wish I could go...
Teri - I'm confused about the dates. If those dates are correct his time would be up next Sunday. The woman at the theater told you to call back in a few weeks and that it has not even been cast yet. I remmember Andrew did this at least once before a few months ago when the one he directed was called Mr. Morton waiting for the bus (something like that). Soo I wonder if they meant July instead of June???
I think he would be there every night if he directs one, don't you?
I went on the theatre's site, and according to it, the play Drew is directing is running from, June 13th to June 25th. I also called the theatre to get more info. The woman there told me the dates on the site were correct. I asked if he would be there, and she told me that the directors are not usually present, and that there was nothing planned for Andrew to be there. I asked mary about her thoughts on it, and she said that if he was going to be there it would probably be opening night. I had wanted to go, but none of my friends where available this weekend, and I was away from opening night to Saturday. Last weekend was Fathers day so I am assuming that Andrew was not there then anyway. Also I had gone on his Drew's site a while back,(before it vanished) and it had this play listed under venue, only the date was listed as 2005, not 2006.This whole thing has been kind of confusing to me all along. Hopefully Andrew will do something else soon that it will be concrete that he will be there. Like a play that he is performing in. I still can't believe that the man was in Princeton back in February, and I didn't know about it. That is less than an hour from me !
To anyone else out there. Please let us know if you went, how it was, and most importantly, whether Andrew was there?
! Believe me if he was performing I would go in a heart beat. I am still considering going, depending on how expensive the tickets are. If they are expensive, I'd just as soon save my money for when he is performing. Anyway if you want to check out the theatre's site just put the name of the theatre into to a search engine,and it will come up. The name of the play they listed was- The night Roger went to visit the parents of his old girlfriend. Click on schedule, It is listed under series 3 June 13th- to the 25th. Let me know what your plans are. I was going to call the theatre tomorrow. If I find out anything else, I will post it here. 
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