Performing and Fine Arts http://www.york.cuny.edu These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 3. The York College Theatre Announces its 2012-2013 Season http://www.york.cuny.edu/academics/departments/performing-and-fine-arts/the-york-college-theatre-announces-its-2012-2013-season For over 40 years, York College Theatre has prided itself on presentations of the highest quality. From its earliest years, the Theatre discipline at York has been committed to excellence, from the production of timeless plays by Shakespeare, Coward, and Williams to the new classics of August Wilson and A.R. Gurney. For over 40 years, York College Theatre has prided itself on presentations of the highest quality. From its earliest years, the Theatre discipline at York has been committed to excellence, from the production of timeless plays by Shakespeare, Coward, and Williams to the new classics of August Wilson and A.R. Gurney.  In the last few years, York College Theatre has expanded its repertoire to include timely new plays and fresh interpretations of the classics. Guest artists like playwrights Lynn Nottage, Linda Nieves-Powell and Nilo Cruz have made personal appearances and shared their artistry and perspectives in talk-backs with our performers and audiences.

This Season’s repertoire includes several highly innovative shows. For the first time, the Spanish-language hit “La Luz de Un Cigarrillo” (“The Light of a Cigarette”), will be presented in Spanish and English, at alternate performances. A special audience talk-back with playwright Marco Antonio Rodriguez will be a highlight of this production.  In December, the classic French farce,” La Puce de l’Orielle” (“A Flea in Her Ear”) by Georges Feydeau, will transport us to the jazz-age Paris of the 1920’s.  In early 2013, guest director Hadi Tabbal presents the world-premiere of “After,” an intimate portrayal of a Muslim family adjusting to life in modern America.

In 2008, we presented our first full-length musical, “Little Shop of Horrors.” Our acclaimed recent production of “Rent” was presented on the York Mainstage, a first for York College Theatre. The musical tradition continues this May with our highly-anticipated revival of the Broadway smash, “Dreamgirls”, another Mainstage presentation, co-produced by the York College Performing Arts Center.  Our very reasonable prices make it easy to enter this year’s highly diverse and fascinating world of theatre. Mark your calendar now for the full range of drama, insight and fun. Join us for York College Theatre’s most adventurous season yet!

]]> No publisher Timothy Amrhein Performing and Fine Arts Current Student 2012-08-29T16:55:00Z Announcement ISTWA! Story time for a small world http://www.york.cuny.edu/academics/departments/performing-and-fine-arts/istwa-story-time-for-a-small-world At the 15th Annual New York International Fringe Festival. If you missed Istwa! here at York last fall, or even if you did see it, don’t miss this opportunity to see our very own created and performed York College play professionally produced in Manhattan. 

Fun for the whole family, Istwa! is exhilarating & imaginative! A spellbinding hour of four ageless folktales from around the world told in a uniquely physical way by an energetic ensemble of eleven York College Theatre actors. 

For information visit Istwa! 

Istwa! FringeNYC August schedule: 

  • Mon 15th @ 6:15PM  
  • Wed 17 @ 2PM  
  • Thu 18 @ 4:15PM
  • Fri 26 @ 4PM  
  • Sat 27 @ 12PM

Fringe NYC Venue #6:
The Living Theatre 
21 Clinton St.
F and V to 2nd Avenue J/M/Z to Delancey/Essex 

In addition: 
As part of SUMMER STREETS / Fort FringeJR
Come and meet the cast, play a game, see an excerpt for FREE! Saturday, August 20 @ 9:30 am & 11 am at Foley Square (Duane Street and Centre Street). 

What is the New York International Fringe Festival? 

Representing 18 states and 12 countries, at 20 venues spread across Soho, Greenwich Village, and the Lower East Side, FringeNYC is the largest multi-arts festival in North America. Last year the festival attracted 75,000 visitors, and this year the presenters have every expectation that number will be topped. 

For the performers—mostly emerging but some established—the festival offers wide exposure and the chance to take their careers to the next level. It has been a launching pad for such shows as Tony winner "Urinetown."

The competition is keen. There were 860 applications this year, and the selection process was daunting. "We look for innovation, vibrancy, and diversity," says Elena K. Holy, festival director. "By innovation, we mean trying something new; vibrancy is the passion we feel from the artists. People underestimate how important that is for us. And then of course we want diversity—all kinds of projects with a range of genres, styles, and themes, from many different places." 

From: BACKSTAGE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL Puppets, Robotics, Burlesque, Oh My Revving up for FringeNYC—trends and standouts By Simi Horwitz

]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Current Student Performing and Fine Arts Public 2011-08-10T21:20:00Z Announcement York College Theatre Announce Its 2011-2012 Theatre Season http://www.york.cuny.edu/academics/departments/performing-and-fine-arts/york-college-theatre-announce-its-2011-2012-theatre-season The York College Theatre is excited to announce its 2011-2012 theatre season, our most varied and provocative playbill yet! Proving again that great theatre is about the experience: comedy, tragedy, new works and music. Please join us for a season that will inspire you, enlighten you and challenge you.

We have saved you a seat for another amazing year of theatre…

SlapDASH Directed by Timothy J. Amrhein

“SLAPDASH” is a fast-paced, funny, “audience-interactive” improv performance in the tradition of "Whose Line is It Anyway?" Two improv teams spontaneously compete to act out hilarious, unscripted scenes as they try to “out-perform” each other in the show where “everything's made up and the points don't matter.”
Oct. 21 - 27

MACBETH By William Shakespeare and Directed by Tom Marion 

One of Shakespeare’s most brutal tragedies, “MACBETH” is a tale that speaks to us today as its story is continually played out on the streets of our own neighborhoods. Desire, betrayal, guilt, and revenge-“MACBETH” follows the actions of an ambitious young man, his lust for success, and his ultimate need to understand himself and what it truly is to be a man.
Dec. 2 - 10

PROSODY 400 Conceived and Directed by Tom Marion

Join us as some of York College’s most talented writers, musicians, and spoken word artists team up to create a special evening of poetry and music.“PROSODY 400” is a workshop devoted to the power of words, spoken expression, and all that can happen at the intersection of language and the dynamic force of music.
March 16 - 20

RENT Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson and Directed by Timothy J. Amrhein

In the first-ever collaborative effort between the Theatre and Music Disciplines of York College and the Performing Arts Center, York College Theatre presents Jonathan Larson’s “RENT”, based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera “La Bohème”. “RENT” tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City. Our first Main stage production.
May 4 - 13

General Admission: $7.00, With Valid College ID: $5.00
For further information about our shows or for ticket reservations, please contact 718.262.5375 or visit us on the web.

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