Artistic Director, Francisco Solorzano directing...

Barefoot Theatre Company Co-Founder, Producing Artistic Director and Actor, Francisco Solorzano will direct two new plays this month. His directorial work can be seen this month with the newly formed Stable Cable Lab Co and the award winning Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.

With Stable Cable Lab Co, Francisco will direct the staged reading of Lauren Yee's IN A WORD at Jimmy's #43!

For more info for IN A WORD: http://www.facebook.com/events/196591243776509/

Following the reading of Yee's work, Francisco will take part in Rattlestick's THEATERJAM3 with the presentation of Pulitzer Prize Nominee, Kistoffer Diaz's play JULIA & ERIC. The evening will include new works by Stephen Belber, Craig Lucas, Jesse Eisenberg and more!!! JULIA & ERIC will feature Barefoot Theatre Company Artistic Associate, Lisa Anderson and Barefoot Family Member, Arthur Kriklivy.

For more info on THEATERJAM3:

http://www.facebook.com/events/331677306878125/

Francisco recently directed a staged reading of Diaz's F**KING VIGWAN (OR SWAG) at the Art Of Acting Studio in Los Angeles, CA for Barefoot Theatre Company's bareNaked LA Reading Series. Previous to the LA presentation of Diaz's new play, Francisco directed the fully staged workshop at the legendary Cherry Lane Theatre this past fall.

FRANCISCO SOLORZANO

Theater: adapted, acted and directed in the workshop and world premiere of Dog Day Afternoon (Theatre Row Theatres).

Select acting credits: World premiere of Horovitz's What Strong Fences Make (Bleecker Street Theatre, Boston Theatre Marathon), Nilo Cruz's Bicycle Country (Spanish Repertory Theatre, Theatre Row Theatres), The Water Engine (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland), Vetere's Last Day (Gloucester Stage Co.), Israel Horovitz's The Indian Wants the Bronx (Gloucester Stage Company/78th Street Theatre Lab) & A Mother's Love(Boston Playwrights Theatre), Beirut Rocks (EST Marathon, dir Jo Bonney), Sins of the Mother (with Ethan Hawke as well as Bobby Cannavale, Michael Stuhlbarg and John Doman, dir by Jo Bonney at numerous locations including The Actor's Studio, Bleecker Street Theatre, 59E59), Los Muertos (Stella Adler Theater with Mark Ruffalo), Israel Horovitz's New Shorts (Theatre Row Theatres with Lynn Cohen), 45th anniversary revival of Lanford Wilson's Balm In Gilead,Six Hotels (GSC, dir Israel Horovitz), Does A Tiger Wear A Necktie?, Oprhans, Never The Sinner, subUrbia(Various NYC Theatres) including the reading of Horovitz's The Little Shock (with Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Peter Boyle, Fisher Stevens, and Peter Dinklage).

Directing credits: Revival of Joe Pintauro's Raft Of The Medusa, workshop production of Kristoffer Diaz's F**KING VIGWAN (OR SWAG) both at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Mary Gallagher's ?De Donde? which won the OOBR award for excellence,Kingdom Come (Bouwerie Lane Theatre), Joe Pintauro'sMetropolitan Operas (The Pantheon Theater), Rising Sun, Falling Star (78th Street Theatre Lab), the reading/workshop of Horovitz's The P Word at the Bleecker Street Theatre with Marin Ireland (Barefoot's bareNaked Reading Series and for NY Playwright's Lab at The Cherry Lane Theatre), and many others. Executive producer of the 70/70 Horovitz Project (a worldwide, year-long festival celebrating Israel Horovitz's 70th Birthday with 70 of his plays.)

Film: Co-Founder of Barefoot Studio Pictures, And The World Goes Round (2009's Cannes Short Film Corner), Love Simple (HBO NYC Latino Film Festival) and Between Something and Nothing (NYC's 20th anniversary NEW FEST Film Festival.) BFA: CUNY'S Brooklyn College; a founder and Producing Artistic Director of the Barefoot Theatre Company since 1999. Recipient of the 2009 Graduate Theater Organization of Brooklyn College, CUNY's Alumnus of the Year Award. Member Since 1999. Proud member of AEA & SDC.

Ensemble Member, John Harlacher

Congratulations to Ensemble Member, John Harlacher for the success of his current production/project/event: NIGHTMARE (BEFORE CHRISTMAS): THE EXPERIMENT.

The reviews are in:

"Nightmare (Before Christmas): The Experiment is definitely a unique theatre experience. " - NYTHEATRE.COM

"Creators and co-directors Timothy Haskell and John Harlacher have reached a new high in their unique blend of the haunted house and the theatrical, developing the traditional "boo!" into something truly original and exciting. " - CULTURECATCH

"The Experiment is a show unlike any other you will see this year. The holidays are a time of giving and John Harlacher and Tim Haskell give us a gift of prepackaged fear that is unpredictable and hilariously funny. You're definitely going to laugh at how ridiculous we as humans can be when put in preposterous situations." - THE JADED VIEWER

http://hauntedhousenyc.com/tickets.php

John Harlacher (Co-director,) is an actor and director. Recent acting work includes the indie feature Love Simple, directed by Mark von Sternberg; Off-Broadway’s Dog Day Afternoon, adapted by Francisco Solorzano; and the revival of Israel Horovitz’sRats. Both stage productions were produced by The Barefoot Theatre Company, of which he is a member. Directing work includes Cats Can See The Devil,written by Tom X. Chao; the Miami version of Nightmare: Ghost Stories, created by Timothy Haskell and the feature film Urchin, which he also wrote. Released theatrically and distributed worldwide, Urchin was banned in Malaysia as a “threat to culture.”

Ensemble Member, Lanna Joffrey

CONGRATULATIONS to Ensemble Member, Lanna Joffrey on her SUPPORTING ACTRESS in a COMIC ROLE NOMINATION - 2011 Denver Post Ovation Award!!!!

Here's what she's been up to and a closer look:

Colorado Shakespeare Festival: COMEDY OF ERRORS, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL & ROMEO AND JULIET

*Feature Films DRUID PEAK w/ Spencer Treat Clark & Andrew Wilson dir. Marni Zelnick & FISHING NAKED w/ Elaine Miles & Bronson Pelletier

**Developing THE FOOD PROJECT supported by New Georges & NYTW & Ryder Farm with writer Lauren Feldman & director Pirronne Yousefzadeh

***THE LARK PLAYGROUND: Thomas Bradshaw, Rob Ackerman, Jackie Sibblies Drury & Susan Soon He Stanton--Dir. Shelley Butler, Alex Correia & Ralph Pena

Short film HONK w/ Bob Clendenin

*The Factory's HAMLET PROJECT directed by Tim Carroll & Louis Scheeder, supported by The Public & NYU

**Working Theater's Director Salon production of WAITING FOR LEFTY & Performing my Spoken Word in Noor Theatre & BE Company's Salon Series

***The Public Theater's MEASURE FOR MEASURE Dir. Michelle Hensley & Denver Center's award-winning THE HOUSE OF SPIRITS By Caridad Svich, Dir. Jose Zayas

Valiant "War seen through women's eyes makes a different kind of war story." --Sally Hayton-Keeva www.valiant.tamilla.com/about.htm

LANNA JOFFREY

Jason Grote's 1001 (Denver Center, dir. Ethan McSweeny) Denver Post Ovation Award, Nine Parts of Desire (Lyric Stage & Kitchen Theatre, dir. Carmel O'Reilly) IRNE Award Best Solo Performance, Lanna's documentary play, Valiant (dir. Tamilla Woodard) NY Fringe Festival Performance Award & NY Innovative Theatre nomination, Sad and Merry Madness (The Public, Barry Edelstein), The House of Spirits (Denver Center, Jose Zayas), Metamorphoses (Capital Repertory, Maggie Mancinelli-Carter), Damascus (Northern Stage, Brooke Ciardelli), The Fever Chart (Underground Railway Theater, Elena Araoz) The Snow Queen (Urban Stages, Daniella Topol), Mac Wellaman's Cellophane (The Flea, Jim Simpson), Like I Say (The Flea, Len Jenkin), Saviana Stanescu's Waxing West (Goldberg Festival, Jonathan Silverstein), Israel Horovitz'sSecurity & A Mother's Love (Barefoot Theatre Company, Eric Nightengale & Pam Seiderman),Marko The Prince (Immigrants Theatre Project, Marcy Arlin) and Dancing at Lughnasa (Cider Mill Playhouse, Wendy Dann). Film/TV: Security, Delocated, Breathtaking, Someday Soon and The New Americans. Writing: She has collaborated with Karen Finley on Lanna's solo piece, "Rain" (The Flea) and with Creative Destruction Theatre Company for their evening of Mashups and B-Sides (Nelson Eusebio, The Tank). She also regularly performs her spoken word at Nuyorican Poets Café, TerraNova Collective's Subterranean and other NYC venues and events. Barefoot Theatre Company member since 2010.

Ensemble Members, John Harlacher and Josh Iacovelli!!!

THEATER

THEATER REVIEW | 'CHEERFUL INSANITY'

'Cheerful Insanity,' Here Arts Center - Review

Marina Zamalin

Kim Katzberg in "Penetrating the Space."

By ANDY WEBSTER

Published: October 10, 2011

Romantic and sexual trauma pervade "Cheerful Insanity: Chao and Katzberg in Repertory," two plays of contrasting sensibilities at the Here Arts Center. Each barely an hour and running on different dates, they are both confessional in nature and intriguing.

The more linear is Tom X. Chao's droll, ruminative and sometimes arch "Callous Cad." Mr. Chao, playing himself, is agonizing over an affair. His friends on a video screen (a married seducer, a randy couple trumpeting their relationship) are not helping. Offering enlightenment is a Magical Being (the delightful Charlotte Pines of "Play Dead" as the spirit of love) and her Magical Assistant (Amy Virginia Buchanan). Ms. Pines's irrepressible sprite is an enchanting foil to Mr. Chao's petulant and tearful neurotic.

Kim Katzberg's one-woman "Penetrating the Space" is a fractured gallery of personalities coming at you with such velocity that their words demand close attention. Her principal character is Jinny Jikkyl, a wide-eyed, high-strung actress wrestling with insecurity, lack of an agent and an incestuous past. Her support network, if you can call it that, includes a butch lighting designer who worships her and a dissipated former stripper giving glib advice at a suicide prevention hot line (Ms. Katzberg in drag queen mode).

At one point Jinny alludes to her father's sexual assault; at another she dons a teeth-baring wolf mask; at yet another she lasciviously mounts a stuffed purple horse. Animated segments by Maia Cruz Palileo underscore Jinny's dissociation. But for all its aggression and jagged textures, "Penetrating the Space" has a glowing, vulnerable, haunting center.

John Harlacher, who directed both shows, and Josh Iacovelli, on lights, display range and invention with minimal means.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=852357&f=63&p=0

Ensemble Member, Daniel Graff...returns in MIC!

Congratulations to Ensemble Member, Daniel Graff for his work on the Fringe Festival production of MIC and it's extended run!!!

Mic. - A play By Brenton Lengel

Sept. 14th – 17th, At Manhattan Theatre Source

For tickets and showtimes visit https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/873485

“...Performances by this ensemble cast are very strong across the board…solid, relatable and heartbreakingly familiar. Mic.examines the experience of creating in a society that does not always support independent efforts. What makes art worth making?”

-NYTheatre.com

Autonomous Collective and State of Play are proud to present the first extended run of Mic. after its critically acclaimed world premiere in the NY International Fringe Festival. Mic., written by Brenton Lengel and directed by Melinda Prom, examines the New York City underground open mic scene, and the artists who call it home.

Replete with poetry, paintings, stand-up comedy, and performance art, as well as music from real-life NYC artists, Mic. follows musician Joshua Redding on his first night back in NYC. Six months ago, Josh fled to Cody, Wyoming; tonight he returns, ready to play again at Rathskeller’s Open Mic in the East Village. Chance gives him a late slot, allowing time for his old friends to question his disappearance, and for Josh to question himself. But as the denizens of the Rathskeller spill their lives (and beer) across the stage, they realize just how vulnerable they and their basement world really are, while art, sex, and music collide as can only happen in the NYC underground.

Ensemble Member, Therese Plaehn

Following her production of Richard Vetere's new play at Gloucester Stage Company (opposite Producing Artistic Director, Francisco Solorzano), Ensemble Member and Literary Manager, Therese Plaehn is currently in rehearsal for Stephen Belber's TAPE Off-Broadway.

"Stephen Belber's acclaimed three-person drama Tape, which was also adapted into a 2001 film, will make a New York return in September at the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex." - Playbill.com

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/153755-Stephen-Belbers-Tape-Will-Make-Limited-New-York-Return-Casting-Announced

Therese was also featured in Barefoot Theatre Company's 2010-2011 Season with our 2nd Annual bareNaked Reading Series both in NYC and LA as well as in our Basement Workshop Series this past spring.

Therese Plaehn

Therese is thrilled to be a member of Barefoot! A.R.T.- Paradise Lost (dir. Daniel Fish), The Lady Hamlet (reading w/ Kate Burton dir. Peter DuBois) MFA A.R.T's Institute with the Moscow Art Theatre at Harvard. Institute credits- The Winter's Tale, Hamletmachine, History of the American Film, The Little Tragedies. Other theater- Dancing at Lughnasa (Gallery Players), The Cripple of Inishmaan (Queens Theatre in the Park), The Well of the Saints (Sugan Theatre, Boston), upcomingDying City (Stonington Opera House). TV- Onion News Network (IFC), 12:21 Demetri Martin Comedy Lab (BBC). BA in English Providence College. Therese Plaehn comes to us originally from Scituate, Massachusetts and is a proud aunt of 14 nieces and nephews. She recently graduated with her MFA in acting from the American Repertory Theatre/Moscow Art Theatre's Institute at Harvard University. She received her BA in English from Providence College and studied arts at the National University of Ireland, Galway for a year.

photo by: Michael Mallard.

Ensemble Member, Anika Habermas-Scher

While pursuing her MFA at the University of California Irvine, Ensemble Member, Anika performs and represents on the West Coast!

Currently portraying DROMIO in Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS for Shakespeare Orange County, Anika Habermas-Scher's performance is one worth noting:

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Habermas-Scher’s Syracuse Dromio is a frenetic, wiry and limber imp who runs circles around those she fools and confounds. All four of them compliment each other’s comedic styles, which serves as the driving force behind the play." - LA SPLASH

http://www.lasplash.com/publish/Los_Angeles_Performances_116/the-comedy-of-errors-theatre-review.php#.TkMV9IRlWQk.facebook

The Comedy of Errors opened August 5 and runs to July 20.

Tickets: $34.

Shakespeare Orange County -

The Festiva

l Amphitheatre, 12740 Main Street, Garden Grove, CA

www.shakespeareoc.org

714-744-7016

Anika Solveig Habermas-Scher

Recent credits include By the Bog of Cats with Frank Theater at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, F--king Hell with TerraNOVA's Subterranean,Don't Judge Me with amios' ShotZ, Vinegar Tom with Frank Theater. Anika was also seen in the Internationalist's New York Premier of the Seven Deadly Sins Project at The Public, Jenny in Dog Day Afternoonwith Barefoot Theatre Company, Angelique in The Imaginary Invalid with National Theatre for Arts and Education, Irina in Chekhov in the Cold: To Moscow with Greige Theatre, With A Big Fat Luscious Hug: The Real Life Blog of a Professional Wife, Mother, Stripper and CEO at The Public, and Schooled and Unschooled written and directed by Ester Neff for Dixon Place. Anika is currently pursuing an MFA at the University of California Irvine. Member of Actor's Equity Association. Member of Barefoot since 2007. (pictured in Francisco Solorzano's Stage Adaptation of Dog Day Afternoon).

Ensemble Member, Daniel Graff...

Ensemble member Daniel Graff will be seen in in Mic. for FringeNYC, written by Brenton Lengel and directed by Melinda Prom. Mic. stumbles into the world of an East Village Open Mic's: a world of painters, poets, and performance artists; and takes you where love, art, sex, and music collide as can only happen in the NYC underground. Music by Beezy Douglas, Killer Kelly Dwyer, Mike Ogletree and Joe Yoga. August 13-18, 2011. TICKETS. You can now order tickets online by clicking on Mic.'s performance times on the FringeNYC website (http://www.fringenyc.org/basic​_page.php?ltr=M#Mic.), or over the phone by calling 866-468-7619. Sat 13 @ 6:15 Sun 14 @ 6 Mon 15 @ 8:30 Wed 17 @ 4 Thu 18 @ 9:15 More on Mic. http://www.brentonlengel.com/full-length-plays/mic/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mic/139647259447069?sk=wall

Daniel Graff

Daniel Graff, a writer and actor, joined forces with Barefoot Theatre Company in 2009, performing in Israel Horovitz's What Strong Fences Make, The Hotel Plays and A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley. Barefoot also functions as open ground for Graff to develop his writing; including such plays Maharaja Palace and Black Man's Dilemma.

Pictured: Ensemble Member Lucy Boyle with Daniel Graff during our 2nd Annual bareNaked Reading Series.