{"id":619,"date":"2017-07-24T21:20:47","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T21:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/?p=619"},"modified":"2017-07-24T22:01:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T22:01:34","slug":"samuel-french-off-off-broadway-festival-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/?p=619","title":{"rendered":"Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am\u00a0incredibly excited\u00a0to be heading to\u00a0the US\u00a0in August to see my work performed on a New York stage for the very first time. My play ‘Eyes Full of Pornography’ has been selected from over 1,000 entries as one of the 30 finalists at the Samuel French Off Off Broadway (OOB)\u00a0Festival at the East 13th Street Theater, where\u00a0it will be performed on Tuesday August the 8th at 6.30pm.<\/p>\n

Organised by the venerable play publishers Samuel French, the OOB Festival is now in its 42nd year.\u00a030 plays are performed over\u00a0one week,\u00a0with a panel of theatre professionals\u00a0then whittling the plays down to a final few\u00a0which are then performed again on\u00a0Saturday, the last day of the festival, with\u00a0six of the best plays being published in an anthology.\u00a0The festival has\u00a0showcased the early work of\u00a0many\u00a0successful playwrights over the course of it’s long\u00a0history, including\u00a0Theresa Rebeck (author of Broadway hit Seminar) amongst many others.<\/p>\n

I’m also thrilled to be meeting one of my playwright heroes, Will Eno, who will be guest of honour at an event to open the festival\u00a0on the 7th of August.<\/p>\n

My play tells the story of two men, Dan and Matthew, who recount how they first met many years ago in a gay bar in Greenwich Village when Dan leant over and whispered in Matthew’s ear the chilling words which would change his life forever. The director is Rachel Dart and the cast are Colin Waitt and Alexander Haynes.<\/p>\n

Rachel Dart (Director):\u00a0recent credits include Project Y’s Women in Theatre Festival, EST\/Sloan First Light, and NYU’s Steinhardt School and the upcoming The Trojan Women at The New Collectives.\u00a0Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Colin Waitt (Dan): previous credits include The Checker Game (SF OOB 2015), The Mysteries (The Flea), Kapow-i GoGo (The PIT), Versailles (This Is Not a Theater Company).\u00a0 He also produces Puffs, currently playing at New World Stages.<\/p>\n

Alexander Haynes (Mathew): previous credits include Campfire at Lincoln Center, and Public Enemy at The Pearl Theatre Company. He is the voice of Talonflame on Cartoon Network’s Pokemon.\u00a0Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the OOB Festival can be purchased here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More info on my play (and a short Q and A) here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I am\u00a0incredibly excited\u00a0to be heading to\u00a0the US\u00a0in August to see my work performed on a New York stage for the very first time. My play ‘Eyes Full of Pornography’ has been selected from over 1,000 entries as one of the 30 finalists at the Samuel French Off Off Broadway (OOB)\u00a0Festival at the East 13th Street … <\/p>\n

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