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ORIGINAL THEATER WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON WOMEN
Production History
BRAZIL NUTS
by Mary Fulham and Susan Jeremy
La MaMa E.T.C.
May 7 - 23, 2010
...Jeremy is a gifted comedienne. She packs a lot of story, a barrage of laugh lines, and a lineup of wacky characters into her shows. Brazil nuts is no exception.
This is a world premiere. And Jeremy, a New Yorker who hasn't played the Montreal Fringe Festival since 2005, is in top form. So get your weekend tickets in advance." -Pat Donelly,The Montreal Gazette
"...Playing multiple characters in this fast paced no holes barred gem of storytelling is Jeremy's forte. Co-written with Mary Fulham it is stacked full of laughs and physical comedy. From pooches called: Britney, Paris and Madonna to a male stripper, a Brazilian lover and what might be a little of Jeremy herself as the character Jackie, among other supporting voices, she is at the top of her game and scores another hit." - Montreal Blogger Dee Arr goes Nuts!
DOG AND WOLF
by Catherine Filloux
59E59 Theater
Feb 9, 2010 - Feb 21 2010.
When Jasmina, a political refugee seeking asylum in the U.S., suddenly disappears, her wheelchair-bound lawyer must track her down. Who is the dog? Who is the wolf? A psychological and political play of intrigue, identity and pursuit.
"Wisecracking, entertainingly playful!"
Anita Gates, New York Times
"A story of political intrigue"
Patrick Lee, TheaterMania
Link to Interview with Catherine Filloux
Fall 2010
"Dog and Wolf" Community Outreach Project
Dog and Wolf” Community Outreach Project, an innovative effort by the playwright, also began in 2010, to bring theater experiences to areas where theatergoing isn't necessarily part of the everyday culture, and to focus on the neighborhoods’ feelings and concerns surrounding issues raised in the play. Readings of Dog and Wolf took place at Still Waters in a Storm, Brooklyn; St. Rita’s Refugee Center, Bronx; Culturehub, NYC, with video conferencing technology linking audiences with Center for Justice and Reconciliation, Sarajevo, Bosnia; Independence Care System, Brooklyn; YM &YWHA of Washington Heights (with People’s Theatre Project); Hour Children, Queens; Isabella Geriatric Center, Inwood (with People’s Theatre Project), and The Anne Frank Center USA, NYC.
COMING, APHRODITE!
by Mary Fulham
February 20 - March 8, 2009
Three Innovative Theater Award Nominations: Best Musical; Best Score; Best Set
A love story about a man, a woman and a dog that explores the pursuit of art and the nature of success. Based on Willa Cather's novella of the same title, the show received three Innovative Theater Award nominations for Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Set. A Watson Arts Project presented by La MaMa E.T.C. starring Anne Gaynor, Greg Henits, Liz Kimball, and Clayton Dean Smith.
"...This is a terrific show, with good acting and refreshingly original songs. The story embraces love's ambiguities, and all kinds of thought-provoking debates on art and success. And of course it has a great dog act in Smith. Fulham's direction is spot-on and Jim Bouton's no-frills set makes a suitably deconstructionist statement. " Curtain Up
TEATRO DEL CARRETTO
January 10-27, 2008
PINOCCHIO
"In its United States premiere, Italy's Teatro Del Carretto brings a revelatory theatricality to the tale of an innocent beset by scoundrels who survives by dint of his capacity for whimsy and wonder. ...Director Maria Grazia Cipriani creates a unique and somehow familiar dream world of great intensity and beauty with the help of inspired scene and costume designer Graziano Gregori." - Backstage
BIANCANEVE
"The essence of theatre … there is all the poetry, all the mystery, all the cruelty of a tale that has survived for centuries." --La Repubblica
TROPHY WIFE
by Mary Fulham
April 12 - 22, 2007
Innovative Theater Award Nominations for Best Score, Best Choreography, Best Costumes
Show description: Set in 1920s New York society, Trophy Wife is the story of Anna Pennington, a beautiful 19 year old girl, who marries middle-aged Moe Schmertz for his money in a desperate attempt to save her family from financial ruin and social disgrace. To her horror, she very quickly discovers that Moe is a penny-pinching stuffed shirt, and that she has sold herself very cheap. Based on Anton Chekhov's short story "Anna on the Neck"
"...a bright, perky little musical!" - The New York Times
BALLETTO STILETTO - A Holiday Spectacular!
by Mary Fulham
Choreograph by Heidi Latsky
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Innovative Theater Award Nomination for Best Performance Art Production
Based on the Grimm Fairy Tale “The 12 Dancing Princesses.”
Show Description: Set at the height of the holiday shopping frenzy, BALLETTO STILETTO tells the debauched story of Bruno, the Appliance King of New Jersey, and his nine beautiful daughters. Every night, Bruno deadbolts his daughters into their bedroom but every morning the daughters’ shoes have been worn through, as if they have been out dancing all night. Bruno declares that whoever can unravel the mystery can marry one of the daughters. The one major catch: whoever fails will be put to death.
"Glorious! ...an East Village wintertime hit!" - Newark Star Ledger
"...charmingly offbeat hybrid dance/theater piece...delightfully lighthearted...real joy and energy in the dance sequences...a fizzy and unusual evening!" - Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com
Details about these productions
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