| 59E59 Theaters Announces Summer 2024 Season - Including 2nd AMPLIFY Festival | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 04:53 pm EDT 05/14/24 | |
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| 59E59 THEATERS ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2024 SEASON INCLUDING THE AMPLIFY FESTIVAL— FEATURING THE NEW YORK PREMIERES OF THREE PLAYS BY CHISA HUTCHINSON UNDISCOVERED WORKS, with Executive Producers RUTH & WILLIAM ISENBERG AND LEAH S. ABRAMS, PRESENTS THE BLEEDING CLASS BY CHISA HUTCHINSON DIRECTED BY CEZAR WILLIAMS AUGUST 10-SEPTEMBER 1, 2024 CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL PRESENTS REDEEMED BY CHISA HUTCHINSON DIRECTED BY marcus d. harvey WITH ELIZABETH SUN AND DOUG HARRIS SEPTEMBER 15-OCTOBER 5, 2024 PRIMARY STAGES PRESENTS AMERIKIN BY CHISA HUTCHINSON DIRECTED BY JADE KING CARROLL MARCH 1-APRIL 13, 2025 THE 2024 SUMMER SEASON WILL INCLUDE: EAST TO EDINBURGH FESTIVAL JULY 9-28 TWILIGHT THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS THE ROSENBERG/STRANGE FRUIT PROJECT WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY JOHN JILER LIVE MUSIC BY SWEET LEE ODOM DIRECTED BY MARGARETT PERRY JULY 10-AUGUST 4 PENGUIN REP THEATRE PRESENTS THE SABBATH GIRL: A NEW MUSICAL BOOK BY CARY GITTER LYRICS BY NEIL BERG & CARY GITTER MUSIC BY NEIL BERG CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY JOE BRANCATO JULY 23-SEPTEMBER 1 NEGRO ENSEMBLE COMPANY PRESENTS UNENTITLED BY CHARLES WHITE AUGUST 16-SEPTEMBER 1 NEW LIGHT THEATER PROJECT AND PENDRAGON THEATRE PRESENT TRACKS BY PAULA B STANIC DIRECTED BY TABATHA GAYLE AND SARAH NORRIS SEPTEMBER 11-28 OCCASIONAL DRAWL PRODUCTIONS, in association with HARBOR STAGE COMPANY, PRESENTS BLOOD OF THE LAMB BY ARLENE HUTTON DIRECTED BY MARGOT BORDELON SEPTEMBER 14-OCTOBER 20 FOR TICKETS AND MORE INFORMATION VISIT 59E59.ORG (May 14, 2024 – New York, New York) 59E59 Theaters (Val Day, Artistic Director; Brian Beirne, Managing Director) is thrilled to announce its Summer 2024 Season. The Summer 2024 Season will bring the return of the AMPLIFY Festival, formerly known as the VOLT Festival. AMPLIFY is an unprecedented festival of three New York City premieres by one playwright in all three of 59E59's theater spaces. The second annual AMPLIFY Festival will showcase the talent of local playwright Chisa Hutchinson with the NYC premieres of her plays The Bleeding Class, Redeemed, and Amerikin. "I knew that Chisa's unique perspective was the right choice for our second AMPLIFY Festival," said Artistic Director Val Day. "Her impressive ability to entertain, challenge, and surprise audiences aligns perfectly with our mission. This festival would not be possible without three visionary artistic directors (Erin Daley of Primary Stages; Peggy McKowen of Contemporary American Theater Festival; Leah Abrams of Undiscovered Works) who have dedicated themselves to uplifting Chisa's plays." 2024 marks 59E59 Theaters' 20th Anniversary. Founded by Elysabeth Kleinhans and operating under the Elysabeth Kleinhans Theatrical Foundation since 2004, 59E59 Theaters has been honored to serve as an artistic home for over 400 non-profit theater companies presenting more than 600 shows in their three spaces to over 1.4 million audience members. The Foundation's recent gift of $10 million will allow the 30+ productions that open annually at 59E59 to use the company's three performance spaces and equipment without incurring the weekly cost of rent. "We've directly addressed one of the largest barriers to staging a production: the prohibitive cost of New York real estate," said Brian Beirne, Managing Director. "The first wave of theater companies to benefit from this innovative model is already gracing our three stages this season." The 59E59 Theaters Summer 2024 Season will begin with the East to Edinburgh Festival; followed by The Rosenberg/Strange Fruit Project, presented by Twilight Theatre Company; and The Sabbath Girl: A New Musical, presented by Penguin Rep Theatre. The season will continue with The Bleeding Class, presented by Undiscovered Works with Executive Producers Ruth & William Isenberg and Leah S. Abrams; followed by the return of Unentitled, presented by Negro Ensemble Company; and Tracks, presented by New Light Theater Project and Pendragon Theatre. The Summer Season will conclude with Blood of the Lamb, presented by Occasional Drawl Productions in association with Harbor Stage Company; and Redeemed, presented by Contemporary American Theater Festival. Full casting and creative teams for the productions will be announced at a later date. More information about the shows can be found below. For details regarding tickets and performance schedules, visit 59E59.org . The 59E59 Theaters Summer 2024 Season will include: East to Edinburgh Festival Theater C July 9-28 East to Edinburgh is a brilliant opportunity and unique showcase for New York productions headed to Scotland for the world's largest arts festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The festival was created as a way to help shows fine-tune their performances ahead of their Scottish debut. This year's whirlwind festival features 16 adventurous productions from around New York and across the US. Twilight Theatre Company presents The Rosenberg/Strange Fruit Project Written and Performed by John Jiler Live Music by Sweet Lee Odom Directed by Margarett Perry Theater B Previews begin July 10 Opening Night is July 16 Limited run through August 4 Most know of the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg case, but few know the story of their youngest child, Robert, orphaned at six following his parents' execution for espionage. The boy was adopted by Abel Meeropol who wrote the song "Strange Fruit" seared into America's consciousness by Billie Holiday. Written and performed by award-winning actor/playwright John Jiler, The Rosenberg/Strange Fruit Project plumbs America's character and history, both sweet and sour, through the telling of that remarkable story. Accompanied by clarinetist Sweet Lee Odom, Jiler weaves together strands of American history, political movements, Klezmer, and jazz, along with themes of personal and social responsibility. Irreverent and reflective, at turns poignant and wickedly funny, Jiler's script considers an American melting pot that's more like a simmering cauldron threatening to boil over. Penguin Rep Theatre presents The Sabbath Girl: A New Musical Book by Cary Gitter Lyrics by Neil Berg & Cary Gitter Music by Neil Berg Conceived and Directed by Joe Brancato With Marilyn Caserta, Diana DiMarzio, Rory Max Kaplan, Lauren Singerman, and Max Wolkowitz Theater A Previews begin July 23 Opening Night is July 28 Limited run through September 1 Angie Mastrantoni has a lot going on: her own art gallery, a new apartment, but not much time for romance… until her divorced Orthodox Jewish neighbor, Seth, unexpectedly knocks on her door. A sparkling new musical about big-city life and the possibility of finding love when you least expect it – maybe even right down the hall. "The plentiful and pleasing musical numbers were brought to vibrant life ... creating a wholly satisfying soundscape." – BroadwayWorld Undiscovered Works, with Executive Producers Ruth & William Isenberg and Leah S. Abrams, presents The Bleeding Class By Chisa Hutchinson Directed by Cezar Williams Theater C Previews begin August 10 Opening Night is August 15 Limited run through September 1 You can judge someone's character by how they treat those who can do nothing for them. But what if that person could give you everything? How would you treat them? When a mysterious plague throws society into chaos, it results in an unlikely alliance between the reserved Dr. Pennington and a strong-willed escort named Sugar, whose immune system may hold the key to saving the world. Sugar and Dr. Pennington trade personal barbs and professional observations as they race to find a cure. But, according to the shadowy players backing the project, there's something more important than human lives at stake – money. Can this dynamic duo of total class opposites get past their own biases to become humanity's salvation, or will the mechanism of capitalism crush them in its greedy vise? Funny and fast-paced, The Bleeding Class combines science fiction, thriller, and camp to ask: What would you do, and who would you be, if everything was on the line? Undiscovered Works is honored to produce The Bleeding Class as part of 59E59's AMPLIFY Festival. Negro Ensemble Company presents Unentitled By Charles White Theater B Previews begin August 16 Opening Night is August 23 Limited run through September 1 Set in the heady days of late 2008, with the Obama campaign as a backdrop, an upper-middle class African American family wrestles internalized racism, class anxiety, and each other when a sudden job loss and a revelation about their shared past threaten to upend their comfortable lives. Tempers and tensions boil over at a cherished Long Island vacation home that becomes the focal point of an intense family drama. Returning after last year's sold-out run, Unentitled explores the nature of risk – how much someone would risk to get what they want, and how hard it is to make that choice when history, tradition, and family all hang in the balance. New Light Theater Project and Pendragon Theatre present Tracks By Paula B Stanic Directed by Tabatha Gayle and Sarah Norris Theater C Previews begin September 11 Opening Night is September 15 Limited run through September 28 Set in the wake of the social unrest that followed the 2011 police killing of a Black man in London, Mickey finds himself struggling with precocious teenage son Jak, shelving old dreams, and doing the best he can. Father and son maintain a wary relationship until Simone, an old friend from Mickey's past reappears, asking questions, spilling secrets, and threatening to disturb their fragile peace. Tracks is a stirring new play about the growing pains and identity crises that strike at any age, and if our past determines our future. Occasional Drawl Productions, in association with Harbor Stage Company, presents Blood of the Lamb By Arlene Hutton Directed by Margot Bordelon Theater A Previews begin September 14 Opening Night is September 23 Limited run through October 20 A pregnant woman finds herself detained in a Texas airport with an unexpected adversary: a court appointed attorney assigned to represent her baby. This electrifying thriller features two women with opposing beliefs, forced to navigate the bureaucratic chaos of post-Roe America. Blood of the Lamb is an urgent new play about choices: the choices that are taken from us and the choices we can still make. Contemporary American Theater Festival presents Redeemed By Chisa Hutchinson Directed by marcus d. harvey With Elizabeth Sun and Doug Harris Theater B Previews begin September 15 Opening Night is September 21 Limited run through October 5 Redeemed spins a story over the course of two fictional prison visitations between Claire Yiang, a woman whose brother was murdered nine years ago, and Trevor Barlow, the murderer. Having sent Claire a letter begging for a visit, Trevor tries to prove he's now a changed man thanks to the help of her brother's ghost. Claire must decide if Trevor is capable of redemption, or just attempting to impress the parole board. Contemporary American Theater Festival is honored to produce Redeemed as part of 59E59's AMPLIFY Festival. Primary Stages presents Amerikin By Chisa Hutchinson Directed by Jade King Carroll Theater A Previews begin March 1 Opening Night is March 18 Limited run through April 13 In small-town Maryland, Jeff Browning resolves to give his newborn son every possible advantage – by joining a local white supremacist group. When his attempt to join is thwarted by some surprising ancestry test results, the line between "us" and "them" gets incredibly blurry. Jeff scrambles to maintain appearances, but his sanitized story starts to unravel when a prominent Black journalist and his daughter start asking questions. Both bitterly funny and deeply compassionate, Amerikin explores the lengths we go to protect our own, the lies we tell ourselves, and the cost of division on us all. Chisa Hutchinson developed Amerikin as part of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages, and the play was featured in the 2018 Fresh Ink Reading Series. Primary Stages is honored to produce Amerikin as part of 59E59's AMPLIFY Festival and is the Resident Off Broadway Theater Company at 59E59 Theaters. ABOUT 59E59 THEATERS 59E59 Theaters was established by the Elysabeth Kleinhans Theatrical Foundation in 2004 to grant professional space and expertise to non-profit theater companies premiering their work in New York City. Under the leadership of Val Day, Artistic Director, and Brian Beirne, Managing Director, 59E59 Theaters presents a year-round curated program of Off Broadway plays and musicals that are nurtured and supported through rent-free performance spaces and equipment as well as production, ticketing, FOH, marketing, and press support. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT www.59e59.org # # # AMPLIFY FESTIVAL BIO CHISA HUTCHINSON (B.A. Vassar College; M.F.A NYU - TSoA) has presented her plays, which include She Like Girls, Somebody's Daughter, Surely Goodness & Mercy, Whitelisted, and Dead & Breathing at such venues as Atlantic Theater Company, Contemporary American Theater Festival, the National Black Theatre, Second Stage, and Arch 468 in London. Her radio drama, Proof of Love, can be found on Audible (with a boss rating). She's been a New Dramatist, a Dramatists Guild Fellow, a Lark Fellow, a Humanitas Fellow, a NeoFuturist, and a staff writer for the Blue Man Group. Chisa has also won a GLAAD Award, a Lilly Award, a New York Innovative Theatre Award, a Helen Merrill Award, and the Lanford Wilson Award. She staffed on two television series "Three Women" (Starz) and "Tell Me Lies" (Hulu). Meanwhile, her first original feature, The Subject, in which a white documentarian deals with the moral fallout from exploiting the death of a black teen, is available on various VOD platforms after a successful film festival circuit during which it won over 30 prizes. www.chisahutchinson.com |
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