Welcome to Accidental Repertory Theater.
We are a new, non-profit theater company whose members include actors who have long and distinguished careers, as well as actors who are beginning, and on their way. In 2008, we are beginning our first season of performances. We have been working together for several years in our professional workshop.
ART is dedicated to the principle of working to create productions that will produce the accidents that define all creative processes. The goal is to produce work that is spontaneous and real, every performance different, and that will entertain, move, and enlighten. The productions are beautiful and essential, the production values defining the elements of life that are absolutely necessary to create, and illuminate, the human beings who populate the play, and the world they live in
I hope that you will come and see our work. And I hope that once you do, you will tell your friends about us and come back to share our growth and to see how we express what we know about life.
John Strasberg, Artistic Director
Fall 2008
Check back soon for information about our upcoming Spring season!
Previously at ART...
It's My Divorce — Y'all Come
Original cabaret written and performed by Keith Herron
Directed by John Strasberg
Thursday, Friday and Saturday December 4 - 20.
December 4, 11 and 18 at 8pm.
December 5, 6, 12, 13, 19 and 20 at 7 pm
(In the event of a sold-out performance, additional shows may be added at 9pm.)
Interweaving deeply personal stories with songs from the great American songbook, Keith explores the many faces of divorce in a quiet, intimate setting. Sheldon Harnick, noted lyricist, remarked that "Keith’s song interpretation ... was the most intelligent I’ve ever seen." Musical direction and arrangements by jazz pianist Jay Flippin.
Tickets: $15
The fall 2008 season will be presented at John Strasberg Studios, 555 Eighth Avenue (at 38th Street), Suite 403.
For tickets call 646.435.7867 or email tickets@accidentalrep.org. Please include a phone number on all reservations.
Tennessee Williams: The Writer and His World
Conceived and compiled by Anne Pasquale. Directed by John Strasberg and Anne Pasquale
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday October 16 - November 8 at 8pm
Suggested contribution: $10
The World of Writers Series are one-hour biodramas that weave together glimpses into the personal and artistic aspects of the lives of some of America's finest playwrights. Tennessee Williams: The Writer and his World, our premiere classroom seminar, features intriguing biographical anecdotes and selections from the works they inspired, brought to life by company members with commentary by John Strasberg.
Working Sessions from Great American Plays of the 20th Century
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday November 13, 14, and 15 and 8pm
Suggested contribution: $10
This is a series of working sessions. We are exploring the scenes from the plays you are coming to see. Anytime an actor is in front of the public, they feel a responsibility towards them. It is normal in any performance situation. You can't take the time to do your work, you've either done it, or not. But, tonight, you are being invited into a privileged situation. We invite you into our home, our workshop. Here, you can watch actors who are still searching and discovering their characters, still discovering what the possibilities of life are, in the words, in the relationships onstage, still hoping to have the moments of spontaneity that define all creative processes. And, while I am working with them, the work is not directed, not staged in the conventional sense of a directed or staged play. They don't know what they are going to do, or where they are going to sit, or how they are going to say the lines. They don't even know what some of what they are saying, or hearing, means. This is an exciting moment in the process, and one that audiences rarely see, because the minute the public enters, most actors are performing for them. However, while we hope you are entertained and enlightened, ART is about the process. Because, the result is the process. Hopefully, you will enjoy yourself, and be moved and entertained, as you share this evening with us, discovering the process of creating life.
