70/70 AFTER PARTY!!!

Join us for the AFTER PARTY sponsored by ZYR Vodka, Bean Post Pub and Cape Ann Brewing Co., with DJ Grancentral spinning some of the hottest beats!!! Entry to After Party is $10 bucks, cash only at the door if you're not able to attend the earlier festivities. Tixs to entire event can be bought at http://www.smarttix.com/.

Here's a little bit about our guest DJ:

Grancentral is multi instrumentalist and producer Giancarlo Colaianni. Part of the band Raw Paw, grancentral toured the US and Europe with Ghostly International recording artist 'Michna' throughout 2009.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px19J_NC51s&feature=related
Grancentral has been hitting the arts scene pretty hard this year, first performing a original composition at Fader First Fridays at the Museum of Natural History with Michna, and a full set of original music at the Bronx Museum for the boutique film production company Friends We Love.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/21300567/Bronx-Museum-TK-Wonder-Friends-We-Love-GranCentral-Real-Live-Show
Friends We love also used his music in a documentary film on street artist D*Face.
http://www.babelgum.com/4006761/dface-all-your-dreams-belong-us.html
Rounding out a year of collaborations, an avant garde sound design piece with film maker Richard Cohen, which debuted at the years Scope Art Fair at Lincoln Center.
http://vimeo.com/9920013
As a Dj, grancentral has held down funk/soul nights at the recently defunct lounge Marion's, as well as a monthly soul party at the Greenpoint bar the Keg and Lantern. Spinning a mix of R&B/Soul from the 50's 60's and 70's, grancentral turns parties out and gets people dancing with an eclectic mix of 80's pop, hip-hop and club bangers that keep people moving all night long.
-- http://twitter.com/grancentralNYChttp://soundcloud.com/grancentral

70/70 Horovitz Project 3/31/10

Stephen Adly Guirgis steps in to direct Unexpected Tenderness...

We are excited to announce acclaimed playwright and director will step in to direct the reading of Unexpected Tenderness this coming Wednesday for our 70/70 Horovitz Project. Previously slated director, Terry Kinney had to bow out due to work in Chicago. We wish him well and many congrats!

Stephen Adly Guirgis is an award winning playwright and the co-artistic director of LAByrinth Theater Company. His new play,The Motherf**ker With the Hat, will premiere in New York in the 2010-2011 season. Some of his other plays include: Jesus Hopped the A Train, Our Lady of 121st Street, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, In Arabia We'd All be Kings, The Little Flower of East Orange, Dominica: the Fat, Ugly Ho, and Den of Thieves.

Marcia Jean Kurtz joins the cast this Wednesday

Lynn Cohen has gotten work on Law & Order and had to bow out of the reading of Unexpected Tenderness this Wednesday. We are thrilled to announce that Marcia Jean Kurtz will take her place. Upcoming film: BLACK SWAN - Darren Aronofsky Dir. Film Credits Include: BIG FAN- Robert Siegel, Dir; ARRANGED – Stefan Schaefer, Diane Crespo Dir. MIRACLE OF SANTA ANNA – Spike Lee, Dir., BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD – Sidney Lumet, Dir. THE WRESTLER – Darren Aronofsky, Dir., WEDDING BROTHERS – M. Canzoniero/M. Ricci, Dir FIND ME GUILTY – Sidney Lumet, Dir, INSIDE MAN – Spike Lee, Dir. PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK – Jerry Shatzberg, Dir, IN HER SHOES – Curtis Hanson, Dir FROM OTHER WORLDS – Barry Strugatz, Dir, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM – Darren Aronofsky, Dir KING OF THE SKINS – A. Yaffe, Dir, BORN TO WIN – Ivan Passer, Dir ONE TRUE THING – Carl Franklin, Dir, CENTER STAGE – Nicholas Hytner, Dir. NIGHT FALLS ON MANHATTAN-Sidney Lumet, Dir, THE DAY THE PONIES CAME BACK – Jerry Shatzberg, Dir RUNNING ON EMPTY-Sidney Lumet, Dir, ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA – Sergio Leone, Dir DEATHWISH- Michael Winner, Dir, DOG DAY AFTERNOON – Sidney Lumet, Dir, THE STOOLIE-John Avildsen, Dir. Numerous Television Credits; Broadway and Off-Broadway including: WHEN SHE DANCED Playwrights Horizon Obie Award/Drama Desk Nomination; THE LOMAN FAMILY PICNIC Manhattan Theatre Club Obie Award

the world renowned playwright, Israel Horovitz

ISRAEL HOROVITZ’S plays have been translated and performed, worldwide. His 70+ plays include Line (now in 36th year, off-Broadway), The Indian Wants The Bronx, Rats, Morning, The Primary English Class, The Wakefield Plays, The Widow’s Blind Date, Today I Am A Fountain Pen, Park Your Car In Harvard Yard, North Shore Fish, Fighting Over Beverley, Lebensraum , My Old Lady, Free Gift, Cat-Lady, Stations of the Cross, One Under, 50 Years of Caddieing, Speaking Well of the Dead, Unexpected Tenderness, Fast Hands, Security, A Mother’s Love, Sins of the Mother, 6 Hotels (including The Audition Play, Fiddleheads and Lovers, Speaking of Tushy, 2nd Violin, Beirut Rocks, and The Hotel Play), Compromise, The Secret of Mme. Bonnard’s Bath, and The P Word. Screenplays include Author! Author!, The Strawberry Statement (Prix du Jury, Cannes Film Festival), Sunshine (European Academy Award – Best Screenplay), New York, I Love You, and EMMY-nominated James Dean. Horovitz wrote, directed and performed the award-winning documentary 3 Weeks After Paradise, shown in the USA on Bravo, now on stage in Paris. Awards include the OBIE (twice), the Prix de Plaisir du Théâtre, The Prix Italia (for radio plays), The Sony Radio Academy Award (for Man In Snow), The Writers Guild of Canada Best Screenwriter Award, The Christopher Award, The Drama Desk Award, an Award in Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, The Elliot Norton Prize, a Lifetime Achievement Award from B’Nai Brith, The Literature Prize of Washington College, an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Salem (Massachusetts) State College, Boston Public Library’s Literary Lights Award, The Walker Hancock Prize, and many others. Horovitz is Founding Artistic Director of Gloucester Stage, and active Artistic Director of the New York Playwrights Lab. He teaches a master class in screenwriting at Columbia University and La Fèmis, France’s national film school. Horovitz visits France, frequently, where he often directs French-language productions of his plays. He is the most-produced American playwright in French theatre history, and has recently been named to receive France’s coveted Order of Merit in Arts and Letters. (March, 2009.)

Bean Post Pub helps us celebrate!

The BEAN POST PUB is located on the corner of 76th St. & 5th Ave. in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn! If you're looking for a true, laid-back, fun time, then we are the place for you!!
Here's a little bit of info on one of our sponsors for this coming celebration: 1st Anniversary of the 70/70 Horovitz Project this coming Wednesday, March 31st, 2010.  Cocktail Hour begins at 7pm.  

Bean Post Pub
We are famous for the coldest (and BEST) tap beer in Bay Ridge plus, with our diverse (and constantly updated) selection of bottled beer, we now offer over 60 different types of beers!!! Add to that one of the most varied selections of liquors and an intoxicatingly good time is all but assured!!!
Our kitchen may be the best kept secret in Bay Ridge!! Our WINGS are a neighborhood favorite and you HAVE to try our "mini-burgers" (we call them COASTERS)!! You are guaranteed to love them, EVERYONE does!!!
Our NEW digital jukebox has over 250 albums on it plus thousands more that you can download from the Internet! It's proven to be a real crowd pleaser!
So, if you're looking for a GREAT time with ice-cold beer, tasty food, a state of the art Juke Box & NEVER any hassles, then the BEAN POST PUB is the place for you!!!

Annabella Sciorra completes casting for Unexpected Tenderness...

March 31st, 2010 is Israel Horovitz's 71st birthday, and it is also the anniversary of our 70/70 Horovitz project, a celebration of Israel's work with readings, workshops, and full productions of (almost) all of his plays being done all over the world. To mark the occasion, we're throwing a party bigger than last year's!!

The event will include a cocktail hour with open bar, snacks, live music, and photo opportunities on the red carpet followed by a reading of Horovitz's Unexpected Tenderness directed by Terry Kinney (HBO's Oz, co-founder of the Steppenwolf Theater Company) and featuring Annabella Sciorra (Jungle Fever, What Dreams May Come, Law & Order), Michael Stuhlbarg (2009 Golden Globe nominee for A Serious Man, Drama Desk Award winner for The Pillowman), Lynn Cohen (Munich, Sex And The City), Sol Frieder (original NYC cast, "oldest working actor in New York"), and Barefoot Theatre Company members Anna Chlumsky (In The Loop, My Girl), Joseph Sousa (Teeth Of The Sons), andChristopher Whalen (PS I Love You, Sins Of The Mother at GSC), with stage directions read by Ron Cohen. The event will take place at the official venue for the 70/70 Horovitz Project, The Bleecker Street Theatre, 45 Bleecker Street, NYC.

Directly after the reading: THE AFTER PARTY. We will party into the night with music spun by DJ Grancentral and drinks supplied by Zyr Vodka, Cape Ann Brewing Company, and the Bean Post Pub. Coffee, provided by Starbucks, will be available in the lobby. Stick around and mingle with the Barefoot Theatre Company and our guests. The cocktail hour starts at 7:00. The reading starts at 8:00.

Ensemble Member, Christopher Whalen

joins the cast of Unexpected Tenderness for our upcoming 1st Anniversary Celebration of the 70/70 Horovitz Project.

Christopher Whalen

Theater: most recently seen in the lead role of twins Frankie/Philly in the New England Premiere of Israel Horovitz's Sins of the Mother. originated/developed the role of Moretti in the workshop production of Dog Day Afternoon, Dave, Benjy, Todd, and Angry Male Voice in Israel Horovitz's New Shorts (Theatre Row Theatres opposite Lynn Cohen), Barefoot in the Park, Pericles, Crimes Of The Heart, Israel Horovitz's Security (Bleecker Street Theatre) & North Shore Fish (78th Street Theatre Lab) and Joseph Sousa's Teeth of the Sons (Bleecker Street Theatre) among others. Film: PS. I Love You opposite Lisa Kudrow, (Warner Brothers), The Proctor (Endless Films). A physical fitness enthusiast, he completed his third New York City marathon in the fall of 2007. Christopher is currently Company Manager of the Barefoot Theatre Company. Member Since 2004.

March 31st, 2010 is Israel Horovitz's 71st birthday, and it is also the anniversary of our 70/70 Horovitz project, a celebration of Israel's work with readings, workshops, and full productions of (almost) all of his plays being done all over the world. To mark the occasion, we're throwing a party bigger than last year's!!

The event will include a cocktail hour with open bar, snacks, live music, and photo opportunities on the red carpet followed by a reading of Horovitz's Unexpected Tenderness directed by Terry Kinney (HBO's Oz, co-founder of the Steppenwolf Theater Company) and featuring Michael Stuhlbarg (2009 Golden Globe nominee for A Serious Man, Drama Desk Award winner for The Pillowman), Lynn Cohen (Munich, Sex And The City), Sol Frieder (original NYC cast, "oldest working actor in New York"), and Barefoot Theatre Company members Anna Chlumsky (In The Loop, My Girl), Joseph Sousa (Teeth Of The Sons), and Christopher Whalen (PS I Love You, Sins Of The Mother at GSC), with stage directions read by Ron Cohen. The event will take place at the official venue for the 70/70 Horovitz Project, The Bleecker Street Theatre, 45 Bleecker Street, NYC.

Directly after the reading: THE AFTER PARTY
We will party into the night with music spun by DJ Grancentral and drinks supplied by Zyr Vodka, Cape Ann Brewing Company, and the Bean Post Pub. Coffee, provided by Starbucks, will be available in the lobby. Stick around and mingle with the Barefoot Theatre Company and our guests. The cocktail hour starts at 7:00. The reading starts at 8:00.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!

Cape Anne Brewing Co, from Gloucester MA have joined the list of sponsors to help celebrate our 70/70 Horovitz Project Wednesday, March 31st, 2010.  The event will take place on Israel Horovitz's 71st birthday.  Gloucester, MA is the location of Unexpected Tenderness, the play which will be read that evening and directed by Terry Kinney.  Many of Israel Horovitz's plays take place in Gloucester, MA including The Widow's Blind Date, North Shore Fish, and his most recent Sins of the Mother.  We welcome and thank Cape Ann Brewing Co. for their contribution.  Join us!!  Get your tixs today!  Smarttix.com.  www.barefoottheatrecompany.org

Ensemble Member, Joseph Sousa

Joseph will be seen with the cast of Unexpected Tenderness directed by Terry Kinney and featuring Michael Stuhlbarg,

 Lynn Cohen, Sol Frieder and Barefoot Theatre Company members Anna Chlumsky and Christopher Whalen this March 31st, 2010 for our 70/70 Horovitz Project 1st Anniversary.  Sousa currently resides in LA, California.  

JOSEPH SOUSA

Joseph is honored to be sharing the stage with fellow Barefoot family and friends for Israel's birthday.  Favorite New York credits includeMother Courage for the Public's Shakespeare in the Park,  Davis in Red Light Winter, Rev. Hale in The Crucible directed by Rose Bonczek,  Fedotik in La Mama's Three Sisters, and Fr. Roger in Silence at the New Workshop Theater.

  Joseph recently completed a run of his play Teeth Of The Sons in Portland Oregon at the Waterbrook Studio.  The play received unanimous critical acclaim, and was named Portland's most memorable play of 2009 by the Oregonian.  Barefoot Theatre Company member since 2008.  (pictured: top, Joseph Sousa; bottom: Co. Members and Family in LA - Joseph Sousa, Danelle Eliav, Will Allen & Christopher Whalen.)

Win a pair of tixs! Help us reach our goal of 1,500 fans...

Help us reach our goal of 1,500 fans on facebook!!!  Spread the word and win a pair of free tickets to our upcoming 70/70 Horovitz Project worth $25 a piece.  

Here's how to help - 20 fans gets you two free tixs worth $50.  

1. suggest your facebook friends to become fans of Barefoot Theatre Company.

2. tell your friends to post on Barefoot's wall: "recommended by (your name)."

3. a message will then be sent to you confirming your tixs once you've won.

Thank you and we look forward to having you help us celebrate an amazing year!!!

The event will include a cocktail hour with Open Bar, Snacks, Live Music, and Photo Opportunities on the Red-Carpet followed by a reading of Israel Horovitz's Unexpected Tenderness directed by Terry Kinney.  Admission also includes After Party sponsored by ZYR Vodka, Cape Ann Brewing Co., and featuring DJ Grancentral.  

Best, Barefoot Theatre Company

70/70 Horovitz Project in Perth, Australia

70/70 Horovitz Project TIXS NOW ON SALE

After a year and over 70 readings and productions of Israel Horovitz's plays all over the world including Australia, West Africa, Italy, France and more - the Barefoot Theatre Company hosts the 1st Anniversary Celebration that began in honor of Israel Horovitz's 70th Birthday. Event will take place on Mr. Horovitz's 71st Birthday. The evening will kickoff with a cocktail hour at 7:00 PM followed by the reading at 8:00 PM. 
Unexpected Tenderness, which premiered in NYC at the WPA Theatre in 1994, will be read by company members and celebrity guests including Michael Stuhlbarg, Sol Frieder(original NY cast), Anna Chlumsky, and Lynn Cohen along with Joseph Sousa and Christopher Whalen.  The evening will feature live music before the reading and a DJ after the performance.   The cocktail hour and after party will be sponsored by ZYR Vodka, Cape Ann Brewing Co., Starbucks, Two Boots Pizzeria, East 3rd Productions, Samuel French, Dramatists Play Service, Smith & Krauss Publishers, Theatre Communications Group, Bean Post Pub and more.

Ensemble Member, Jeremy Brena

"The Same Deep Water as you." It will make its debut at the Arizona Black Film Festival on March 26, 2010 in Tempe, AZ. It stars Eve Danzeisen and Barefoot Theatre Company member Jeremy Brena with an appearance by Chiara Montalto. Jeremy Brena was last seen in Israel Horovitz's adapation of the Charles Dickens' classic tale, A Christmas Carol: Scrooge & Marley. Jeremy appeared in numerous productions and readings for the 70/70 Horovitz Project as well as workshopping and taking part in the world premiere of Barefoot Theatre Company's most successful production to date: the Stage Adaptation of Dog Day Afternoon at Theatre Row Theatres.

Jeremy Brena

Theater: became a Barefoot Theatre Company member in 2002 with their production of ?De Donde?. Other theater Barefoot credits: Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, A Festival of Short Plays and Poetry by Israel Horovitz , Metropolitan Operas, the 40th anniversary revival of Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead, Israel Horovitz's New Shorts, and the workshop production of Dog Day Afternoon. He was seen at The Boston Theatre Marathon in Horovitz's The Audition Play which was produced by Barefoot in association with the Gloucester Stage Company. Jeremy revisited the role of Sal in Barefoot's world premiere of Dog Day Afternoon at Theatre Row. He holds a B.A. in Theatre from the College of Charleston. Member Since 2002.

Ensemble Member, John Gazzale

Be sure to catch Ensemble Member, John Gazzale (last seen as Scrooge in Israel Horovitz's stage adaptation of the Charles Dickens' classic holiday tale and as Leon in the Off-Bway stage adaptation of the Academy Award winning film, Dog Day Afternoon) next weekend in Illuminati by John Pollono and directed by Andrew Block.  Performances Saturday, March 20th at 8:30pm and Sunday, March 21st at 12pm.  All performances at The Barrow Group Theatre.  Visit smarttix.com for more details and tickets.  

John Gazzale

Select theatre credits: Leon in Barefoot Theatre Company's workshop and premiere productions of Dog Day Afternoon. He also appeared in Barefoot's production of Balm and Gilead, and as Arthur, in Lobo Theatre's New York premiere of Tennessee Williams's Spring Storm. John has also worked regionally with the Virginia Shakespeare Festival, The Shakespeare Theatre, and Theatre of the First Amendment in Northern Virginia. He holds an MFA from the Actors Studio Drama School. Member Since 2008.

70/70 Horovitz Project w ZYR VODKA

Barefoot Theatre Company host a theater celebration to remember directed by acclaimed director, Terry Kinney. 

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 After a year and over 70 readings and productions of Israel Horovitz's plays all over the world including Australia, West Africa, Italy, France and more - the Barefoot Theatre Company hosts the 1st Anniversary Celebration that began in honor of Israel Horovitz's 70th Birthday. Event will take place on Mr. Horovitz's 71st Birthday. 

The evening will kickoff with a cocktail hour at 7:00 PM followed by the reading at 8:00 PM.    Unexpected Tenderness, which premiered in NYC at the WPA Theatre in 1994, will be read by company members and celebrity guests including Sol Frieder(original NY cast), Anna Chlumsky, and Lynn Cohen.    The evening will feature live music before the reading and a DJ after the performance.  The cocktail hour and after party will be sponsored by ZYR Vodka, Cape Ann Brewing Co., Starbucks, Two Boots Pizzeria, East 3rd Productions, Samuel French, Dramatists Play Service, Smith & Krauss Publishers, Theatre Communications Group, Bean Post Pub and more.   TIXS NOW ON SALE: smarttix.com / 212.868.4444.

70/70 Horovitz Project w Hudson Stage Co.

FIGHTING OVER BEVERLEY by Israel Horovitz A love triangle among three seniors : Beverley, her American husband, and the Brit she jilted 50 years before. A Special Event: Hudson Stage is a proud participant in Barefoot Theatre Company's 70/70 Horovitz Project.  Horovitz will be attending the HSC event and participating in the Q&A immediately following the performance. Directed by Matthew Arkin and featuring actress Barbara Dana.  " Exquisitely crafted, deeply moving. " Variety    Dates Mar 12, 2010 - Friday Mar 12, 2010, 07:30pm.  Location: Woodward Hall Theatre, Pace University, 235 Elm Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY.  Ticket Info:$10 general admission. Seating is General Admission. Woodward Hall Theatre seats 130 patrons.

Lynn Cohen joins cast of 70/70 Horovitz 1st Anniversary Celebration

Lynn Cohen is an American actress. She is probably best known for playing Magda in the HBO series Sex and the City and the 2008 film of the same name. She has also played Judge Elizabeth Mizener several times on Law & Order, and has appeared in the movies Munich, Vanya on 42nd Street, Synecdoche, New York, and Eagle Eye. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri.  Lynn Cohen has appeared with the Barefoot Theatre Company with numerous readings, workshops and the world premiere of Israel Horovitz's Nine Shorts at Theatre Row Theatres.  (imdb)

Tixs to the 1st Anniversary Celebration are currently on sale via: smarttix.com or by calling (212) 868-4444.  The $25 admission price includes unlimited Free Drinks, Free Food, Live Music, Fim/Reading Presentation and Dance Party following the performance featuring Barefoot Theatre Company's very own resident DJ!!!  ZYR Vodka, our official sponsor will be available to help get the part going!!!  Get your tixs today!  All proceeds go towards the support of the Barefoot Theatre Company.  

Barefoot Shakespeare

This past Tuesday, March 2nd Ensemble Member, Gil Ron directed many Barefoot Theatre Company members in the staged reading of William Shakespeare's Henry V.   Members: Dan Graff, Charles Everett, John Harlacher,  and Gil Ron.   All members mentioned have been seen most recently with our 70/70 Horovitz Project 

Co. Member Anna Chlumsky joins cast of Unexpected Tenderness

Anna Chlumsky - appeared in Barefoot Theatre Company's 45 Anniversary Revival of Lanford Wilson's ensemble epic Balm In Gilead in the lead role of Darlene. Also appeared in many bareNaked Reading Series with Barefoot Theatre Company. Member since 2008. She will join other special guests and Barefoot ensemble members in the celebration of our 70/70 Horovitz Project's 1st Anniversary.

Chlumsky entered show business at an early age modeling with her mother in an advertising campaign. She is best known for playing Vada Sultenfuss in the 1991 movie My Girl and the 1994 sequel My Girl 2. She was in Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain with Christina Ricci, and screen tested for the part of 'Lex' in Jurassic Park which eventually went to Ariana Richards. Columbia Pictures expressed serious interest in My Girl 3 (also known as Still My Girl) and a script has been in development since 2003, according to series co-star Dan Aykroyd. Aykroyd revealed in media outlets that Columbia was attempting to sign Chlumsky for the role.[1] The project is still in development stages, with no current updates in four years. Chlumsky appeared on the March 8, 2007 episode of 30 Rock called "The Fighting Irish". She played the character "Liz Lemler". She also appeared as "Mary Calvin" in an episode of theNBC drama series Law & Order (Season 17, Episode 12) first airing January 12, 2007. She was also in three episodes of the ABC dramedy Cupid. Chlumsky starred in the Off-Broadway production of Unconditional by Brett C. Leonard at The Public Theater. It was produced by Philip Seymour Hoffman's theater group, LAByrinth Theater Company, which opened on February 2008. She appeared in the BBC Films political satire In The Loop, co-starring with The Sopranos' James Gandolfini.[2] She plays Liza, a State Department assistant in the movie directed byArmando Iannucci.

1st Anniversary Celebration of our 70/70 Horovitz Project featuring a reading of Israel Horovitz's Unexpected Tenderness directed by acclaimed director Terry Kinney will take place on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 at the Bleecker Street Theater.