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Israel Horovitz's New Shorts - Bridal Dance & Fiddleheads and Lovers & Affection in Time & The Fat Guy Gets the Girl & Beirut Rocks & The Audition Play & The Hotel Play & Cat Lady & Inconsolable & Speaking of Tushy & 2nd Violin & The Race Play~ Israel Horovitz

This brilliant collection of Horovitz’s newest one-act plays can be mixed and matched to form several “theme” evenings.

For example, nine of these plays formed the highly-successful off-Broadway show “Israel Horovitz’s New Shorts” - The Bridal Dance, Affection In Time (The Prologue), The Fat Guy Gets The Girl, Beirut Rocks, The Audition Play, The Hotel Play, Cat-Lady, Inconsolable and The Race Play.

Additionally, six of these plays were joined to create an evening called “6 Hotels” - Fiddleheads and Lovers, Speaking of Tushy, Beirut Rocks, (intermission), The Audition Play, The Hotel Play, 2nd Violin. And recently, an off-Broadway show was created by Barefoot Theatre Company entitled “The Middle-East (in pieces)”, comprising of A Mother’s Love, Security, Beirut Rocks, and What Strong Fences Make

http://www.stageplays.com/browse-no-frames.cgi?session=2816143782&view=item&item=000640sfa

THANK YOU for helping us make 70/70 Horovitz Project a world wide success!

Thank you to all the artists who participated in our year-long, worldwide festival: 70/70 Horovitz Project.  The festival consisted of readings and productions across the globe of 70 plays by Israel Horovitz which began on his 70th Birthday on March 31st, 2009.  

EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS to the HOROVITZ FAMILY:  Gillian, Matthew, Rachel, Adam, Hannah and Oliver for all the help and support in celebrating your dad's 70th Birthday!!!

Some artists featured in festival:  

Michael Aronov, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Stuhlbarg, Marin Ireland, John Doman, Jo Bonney, Austin Pendleton, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Sol Frieder, Annabella Sciorra, Lynn Cohen, Ashlie Atkinson, Anna Chlumsky, Francisco Solorzano, Ed Vasallo, Ronald Cohen, Sidney Williams, Victoria Malvagno, Lorraine Rodriguez, Jeremy Brena, Anika Solveig, Joseph Sousa, Will Allen, Danelle Eliav, Kenneth King, Paul Romanello, Dan Graff, Christopher Whalen, Tala Ashe, AnaMaria Correa, Gil Ron, Kristin Wheeler, Kendra Leigh Landon, Maia Sage, Michael Mallard, Ricardo Riethmuller, Luca Pierucci, Gabe Fazio, Roderick Nash, Betty Hudson, John Gazzale, John Harlacher, Shayna Padovano, Chiara Montalto, Sean Meehan, Charles Everett, Lanna Joffrey, Eric Nightengale, Pamela Siederman, Michael LoPorto, David Nail, Brian Claudio Smith, Gordon McConell, Robert Walsh, Alfred Jerome Handegard, Dedra McCord-Ware, Alona Dadiani, Lucas Alifano, Diane Mashburn, Ruben Luque, Mark G. Cisneros, Mindy Cassel, Penelope Gil, Aidan Koehler, Clarice Mazanec, Daniella Rabbani, Jimmy Lopez, and more!!!!!

A Note From Co-Founder Nicole Haran

Hello Friends of Barefoot, 

I can’t tell you how inspiring it has been to witness and take part in what we, the Barefoot Theatre Company, have accomplished in this amazing year! As many of you know, Barefoot Theatre Company led the 70/70 Horovitz Project this past year, an unprecedented world-wide celebration of Israel Horovitz’s 70th birthday.  Here’s what happened: over 100 productions, produced in over 25 countries, bringing together more than 50 theatres, performing Israel’s work. 

As Israel said during the 70/70 Closing celebration on March 31: “It’s been a year that went far beyond what could have been imagined and it continues to go on and on and on and none of it would have happened if it were not for Barefoot Theatre Company.” 

It’s this kind of dedication and action that draws me in and compels me to want to be a part of Barefoot’s Company. In fact, the enthusiasm is irresistable! That’s why actors like Lynn Cohen, Austin Pendleton, Bobby Cannavale and Michael Stulhbarg keep coming back to perform to packed houses all over New York City. 

As for the future, Barefoot has proven that nothing is impossible. I am priviledged and honored to be a part of the Barefoot family and am certain of one thing: we can all look forward to innovative, powerful theatre in 2010 and 2011 as we bring new plays into the foreground. Our 2nd annual bareNaked Reading Series is around the corner with some exciting new plays by emerging and established playwrights. 

Thank you all sincerely for your loyalty and interest in the Barefoot Theatre Company. 

Looking forward to a great year ahead, 
Nicole Haran (Founding Member)  
ps. Soon we will announce our newest members and hope you will join us in a celebration to welcome them!

70/70 Horovitz Project comes to a close...

As we wrap up our post festival celebrations and presentations we welcome the summer and an equally successful 2010-2011 Season!!!

  

Be sure to check us out on FACEBOOK to get caught up on all of the past productions and presentations part of our 70/70 Horovitz Project.  The year-long festival seen around the globe continues as Israel Horovitz's short play LINE will be seen traveling all over West Africa for an unlimited run.  

Thank you all who have joined us in celebrating this remarkable playwright who has given so much to so many artists and the theater community at large.  

Thank you ISRAEL HOROVITZ for giving us over 70 works of art and for fostering so many artists all around the world.  

The Barefoot Theatre Company

West Coast Premiere of Israel Horovitz's 6 Hotels

a post festival contribution to the 70/70 Horovitz Project, the current production of 6 Hotels by Israel Horovitz produced by Harlequin Productions in Olympia Washinton is a success!  The cast features David Nail and Brian Claudio Smith, both seen in Sins of the Mother most recently at Florida Stage, also a part of the 70/70 Horovitz Project.  If you find yourself in Washington this month make sure to take a trip to catch this amazing cast of 4 portray 21 characters.  

http://www.harlequinproductions.org/

Award Winning Sins of the Mother by Israel Horovitz

Israel Horovitz's Sins of the Mother which had its New England Premiere this past summer at Gloucester Stage Company won an IRNE Award for BEST NEW PLAY last night.  The production was also part of Barefoot Theatre Company's 70/70 Horovitz Project and featured Barefoot Theatre Company's very own ensemble members, Francisco Solorzano and Christopher Whalen in the lead role(s) of twins Frankie and Philly Verga.  

The production was also directed by Mr. Horovitz and later had another production at Florida Stage which also featured Francisco Solorzano and directed once again by Mr. Horovitz.  Both productions played to sold-out houses with rave reviews.  

final days of 70/70 Horovitz Project

After the success of our collaboration with East 3rd Productions on the Horovitz Marathon this past weekend at Theatre Row Theatres - we are proud to announce Project #15 pesented by East 3rd Productions with the reading of Israel Horovitz's The Great Labor Day Classic and The Former One-On-One Basketball Champion.  The readings, directed by East 3rd Productions' Artistic Director, Ricardo Riethmuller will take place tonight at Think Cafe located in NoHo (mercer & east 3rd).  

If you're in the neighborhood, come on down for a coffee and join us for the final days of New York City's tribute to one of the world's most prolific playwrights - Israel Horovitz.  

Stay tuned on facebook for pics from events throughout the year as well as continuing 70/70 Horovitz Project productions nationwide as well as across the globe.  

HOROVITZ MARATHON (an east 3rd productions collaboration)

This week East 3rd Productions presents Project # 14 of our 70/70 Horovitz Project as we collaborate on the reading of 13 plays by Israel Horovitz.  The marathon will take place at Theatre Row Theatres' The Studio Theatre located at 420 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenue.  Here's a look at the schedule of the rarely seen or heard plays:  

Thursday, April 8th 2010 @ 8pm: Henry Lumper

Friday, April 9th 2010 @ 8pm: The Race Play & Our Father's Failing (2nd play in the Alfred Trilogy)

Saturday, April 10th 2010 @ 12pm: Stage Directions

@ 12:30pm: Morning (Chiaroscuro)

@ 1:30pm: Mackerel

@ 4pm: Hopscotch

@ 5pm: Alfred Dies (final play in Alfred Trilogy) 

@ 7:45pm: Trees

@ 8pm: Dr. Hero

Sunday, April 11th 2010 @ 3:30pm: Inconsolable

@ 3:45pm: The Korean Banker

@ 4pm: Today I Am A Fountain Pen (1st of The Growing-Up-Jewish Trilogy)

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