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PlayRISE Summer Festival 2011

PlayRISE Summer Festival 2011

Monday, June 13, 2011 at 7:30 PM - Friday, June 17, 2011 at 10:30 PM (ET)

New York, NY


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PlayRISE - Flight
Written by Deepa Purohit. Directed by Kareem Fahmy. To be added to the waitlist, email reservations@risingcircle.org.
Sold Out Ended Free  
PlayRISE - 443
Written by Tatiana Suarez-Pico. Directed by Kristoffer Diaz. To be added to the waitlist, email reservations@risingcircle.org.
Sold Out Ended Free  
PlayRISE - The Suicide Tapes
Written by christopher o. pena. Directed by Colette Robert.
Sold Out Ended Free  
PlayRISE - Familium Vulgare
Written by Melisa Tien. Directed by Ralph Peña. Post-Show Interview by Diana Son. To be added to Waitlist e-mail reservations@risingcircle.org.
Sold Out Ended Free  
PlayRISE - I Stand Corrected
Written by Akin Salawu. Directed by Donya Washington. To be added to Waitlist e-mail reservations@risingcircle.org.
Sold Out Ended Free  

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Rising Circle Theater Collective

presents

PlayRISE 2011

Studio Theatre @ Theatre Row Studios
410 West 42nd Street (Between 9th and 10th Avenues)

New York, NY  10036


PlayRISE is Rising Circle's summer salon evenings to celebrate the work of five emerging playwrights of color that have been part of our INKtank development lab for new plays. 


 
Monday, June 13th  @ 7:30pmDeepa Purohit

Flight

By Deepa Purohit
Directed by Kareem Fahmy

Birdie loses her song. Ba wants to die. Sang searches for the perfect love. Grounded in small town Ohio, three women seek freedom from the legacy they’ve created together.  


Tuesday, June 14th  @ 7:30pm Tatiana Suarez-Pico

443

By Tatiana Suarez-Pico
Directed by Kristoffer Diaz

15-year old Cari is tired of her accent landing her as the butt of jokes. As she and her dead mom work diligently to get rid of it, Cari discovers the painful family secret everyone has kept from her.  


Wednesday, June 15th  @ 7:30pm christopher o. pena

The Suicide Tapes

By christopher oscar peña
Directed by Colette Robert

Justin desperately needs to spend more time with his girlfriend, Natalie, but she’s obsessed with researching suicides off the Golden Gate Bridge. To make matters worse, his long lost actor brother, Dustin, arrives out of the blue desiring reconnection in his final dying days.


Thursday, June 16th  @ 7:30pm Melisa Tien

Familium Vulgare 

 

By Melisa Tien 
Directed by Ralph Peña
Post-Show Interview by Diana Son

 

 

An Asian American family comprised of a Buddhist scholar, an amateur filmmaker and a failed science major navigate the peculiar waters of life after death. A play about the individual rituals we design for ourselves, and the power of the collective ritual. 

 


Friday, June 17th  @ 7:30pm Akin Salawu

I Stand Corrected

By Akin Salawu
Directed by Donya Washington

In a Brooklyn rehab hospital, a paralyzed 9/11 fireman struggles to help his roommates - an Iraq Vet and an aneurysm survivor - get back on their feet.  When a hate crime victim is placed in their room, the men uncover what is truly crippling them.

 


 

The Studio Theatre is located at 410 West 42nd Street
It’s EASY to get to! Right between 9th and 10th Avenues!

Trains: Q, N, R, 2, 3, A, C to 42nd Street Times Square

 

 

When

Monday, June 13, 2011 at 7:30 PM
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Friday, June 17, 2011 at 10:30 PM (ET)

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Where

Studio Theatre @ Theatre Row Studios
410 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036




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