Advisory Board member, Israel Horovitz

Barefoot Theatre Company Advisory Board member and playwright celebrated in our 70/70 Horovitz Project can be seen interviewed in the new documentary about the lengendary actor, John Cazale. Cazale appeared in numerous plays by Israel Horovitz including The Indian Wants The Bronx opposite Al Pacino in 1965.

John Cazale only appeared in 5 motion pictures prior to his death but all five films went on to be honored with the Academy Award nomination for Best Picture and today those films remain classics. One of the five films Cazale made his mark in was Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon which was adapted for the stage by Francisco Solorzano for the Barefoot Theatre Company and premiered in 2008 at Theatre Row Theatres.

To find out more on the documentary please visit: http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=1370

Barefoot Goes Hollywood!

On August 2nd, 2009 Barefoot Theatre Company will present Project # 7 of the 70/70 Horovitz Project on the west coast - a reading of Israel Horovitz's 6 Hotels at the Secret Rose Theatre in North Hollywood, California.

Producing Artistic Director, Francisco Solorzano, Managing Director, Victoria Malvagno and Company Manager Christopher Whalen lead a cast with Barefoot member, Dedra McCord-Ware, Barefoot family, A.J. Handegard, Alona Dadiani and special guest Lucas Alifano.

6 Hotels features the acclaimed Beirut Rocks, originally developed by the Barefoot Theatre Company (Francisco Solorzano and Christopher Whalen will read the roles they originated), The Hotel Play, The Audition Play and three new works: Fiddleheads And Lovers, Speaking of Tushy and 2nd Violin. The reading is in preperation for a full production of the collection in the fall - opening the 10th Anniversary Season.

our very own Anna Chlumsky!

Congratulations to company member Anna Chlumsky for the success of her current film, In The Loop staring James Gandolfini. Anna was on E! last night in a feature that followed her comeback since her breakout role as Veda opposite McCulay Culkin, Jamie Lee Curtis and Dan Akryod in My Girl. She also appears in an article out in this weeks Backstage in a feature titled: The 'My Girl' actor gets back 'In The Loop.'
Definitely keep your eye on Anna Chlumsky - we will be seeing a lot more of her! Chlumsky was last seen with Barefoot in Project # 3 of the 70/70 Horovitz Project opposite Lynn Cohen at the American Ballroom Theater.

10th Anniversary Season Auditions

Barefoot Theatre Company (Francisco Solorzano, Producing Artistic Director) is currently casting for its 10th Anniversary Season featuring their year-long, worldwide festival: 70/70 Horovitz Project.

Open Call: Wednesday, July 29th; 5:30pm-10pm at Bleecker Street Theatre (downstairs theater): 45 Bleecker St., (between Mott St & Mulberry St) New York, NY 10012. Please bring a pic & resume; contemporary 2 minute monologue.

Casting for Israel Horovitz's Mid-East Pieces & 6 Hotels (collection of short plays) running in rep - rehearsals begin Oct 5th; first performance Nov 5th at Theatre For The New City for 3 weeks: Thursday thru Sunday. Seeking: Farsi speaking Women: 30-40; Farsi speaking young Males:15-20; Overweight Male: 30-40; Males/Females of all ethnicity and types: 25-40.

Also casting for Israel Horovitz's stage adaptation of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge & Marely - rehearsals begin Nov 9th; first performance Dec 10th at The Kraine Theater for 3 weeks: Thursday thru Sunday (varies).
Seeking Males/Females all types and ages: 10-70. AEA Showcase Code (approval pending). No Pay. Possible Stipend.

All questions and inquires should be addressed to barefoottheatre@aol.com

A Bicycle Country

Last week to catch A Bicycle Country by Nilo Cruz at The Lion Theater at Theatre Row Theatres featuring Barefoot Theatre Company members onstage and off. This New York Premiere play by Pulitzer Prize winner Nilo Cruz features direction by Gil Ron and cast, Luca Pierucci, Lorraine Rodriguez and Francisco Solorzano with stage management by Joanna Leigh Jacobsen. This production is produced by East 3rd Productions.

Director Gil Ron deftly crafts this production to inhabit two very different stylistic worlds. Ron elicits stellar performances from his ensemble. As the affable Pepe, Francisco Solorzano charts the journey of a reserved, charming young man's visceral decent into madness; his transformation by the seas suggests danger and primacy. Lorraine Rodriguez as Ines is a pillar of steadfastness and femininity. As Cruz's lone female voice, Ines demands some heavy lifting—including oft representing by metaphor the female Cuban demographic—and Rodriguez wades into the challenge with courage, sans inhibition; her penultimate scene aches with a tragic, collision-course trajectory. But it is Luca Pierucci as Julio who is the production's true find...a playing style that is markedly restrained, Pierucci's performance is a marvel of simplicity and generosity. Ever listening, ever reactive, it is impossible to take one's eyes off of Pierucci; he is our avatar in A Bicycle Country, and a welcome contribution to New York's indie theatre scene. - NYTHEATRE.COM

Wednesday-Saturday @ 8pm with a Saturday Matinee @ 2pm.

$18 - ticketcentral.com / theatrerow.org for more information.

Barefoot Theatre Company members...

were seen in East 3rd Productions' contribution to the 70/70 Horovitz Project. Barefoot Theatre Company's Producing Artistic Director, Francisco Solorzano directed the staged reading of Horovitz's Alfred The Great featuring Company Manager, Christopher Whalen, members Jeremy Brena, and Anika Solveig with special guest Diane Mashburn (last seen in Barefoot's revival of Lanford Wilson's Balm In Gilead) and Susan Ferrara (last seen in the workshop production of Dog Day Afternoon). East 3rd Productions' Managing Director, Lorraine Rodriguez is also a member of the Barefoot Theatre Company.
Playwright Israel Horovitz was present at the reading on Tuesday, July 14th at the Lion Theater.

East 3rd Productions is the producer of the current NY Premiere of Nilo Cruz's A Bicycle Country at Theatre Row Theatres The Lion Theater. The play features Barefoot Theatre Company members onstage and off - Luca Pierruci, Lorraine Rodriguez, Francisco Solorzano, directed by Gil Ron and staged managed by Joanna Leigh Jacobsen.

final bareNaked in 2008-2009

Last night's bareNaked Reading Series which was Project # 6 of our 70/70 Horovitz Project featured company member Chiara Montalto in a standout presentation of her solo piece, advisory board member Israel Horovitz in a short solo piece and special guest Shayna Padovano with her work in progress. The three solo pieces were directed by special guest director Tamilla Woodard. Live Music was provided by UMBERTO (Gine Penseiro).

Horsetrade Theatre Group came to the rescue when we were out of a home for the bareNaked Readings Series last minute and offered their 99 seat Kraine Theater for our final presentation.

Extra special thanks to Erez Ziv and everyone at Horsetrade. thanks to C.J. Thom at Bleecker Street Theatre for all the help and Anthony at the Bean Post Pub for supplying drinks.

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