Late last night our designer sent NYTE’s latest anthology to the printer. We should have copies in hand mid to end of the month. As always we will be very shortly offering our presale special. Watch for it.
Everyone connected with this book is truly excited. This is a great bunch of authors and I am so very happy that we will be publishing them. Let me tell you a bit about them.
We saw Amy E. Witting’s play because it had such an intriguing title (G.I. JOE JARED, Based on One Really Bad Date). Her play was clever, funny, and so very human. Over the months she became a reviewer for nytheatre.com, will be taking this play to Edinburgh, and you’ll get to see it at 59E59 in a couple of months.
Tim Errickson is someone we have known and admired just about forever. He is a superb director, producer and supporter of NYTE. So when his first play (ENDLESS SUMMER NIGHTS) hit the stage, we were there. It proved to be a warm, well written, mature piece that is sure to have lots more showings.
We have seen productions by Jason S. Grossman over the years and have gotten to know him as an improv performer, solo artist, director, and theatre professional. His play (LOVE ME) premiered at Planet Connections Festivity. It is funny, of today and has monologues actors will rush to use.
Richard Sheinmel and Clay Zambo were names we were quite familiar with but had never been able to catch one of their shows. That was remedied when we saw POST MODERN LIVING at La MaMa. This clever, smart pairing of two one-acts was to be a perfect addition to this year’s book – and it has songs, too.
We knew we wanted to see FAULT LINES by Rebecca Louise Miller as soon as we heard about it. It is a more serious play that sounded intriguing and our instincts proved correct.
We had known Manny (Manuel Igrejas author of HASSAN AND SYLVIA) for years as a publicist. When we learned he had written a play and it was to be in the Fresh Fruit Festival, we certainly wanted to see it. And it turned out to be clever, funny with a plot full of twists and turns.
Because indie shows tend to have short runs, we had missed interesting work by Javierantonio Gonzales but that was remedied when FLORIDITA, MY LOVE came to East 4th St. on a night we were free. His experience as a director and his insights turned the story of a moment in time into a truly poetic experience.
And last on our list is Stephen Kaliski whose play WEST LETHARGY we saw at FringeNYC. Stephen is pursuing his MFA and, in this play, shows a fearlessness in his originality. His play is imaginative, surreal, and a joyous journey.
Well that’s my take on the authors. You’ll be able to find out more very soon. I hope you are excited as I am about this new anthology, Plays and Playwrights 2011.
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