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SUMMARY:Fail Better\, a reading of a new play by Bay Zisman
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets \nDirected by Beth Ryan Troxell \nIn a modern take of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot\, Fail Better follows a conversation between two stoned buddies as they wait for their endlessly late drug dealer. Throughout their intimate back and forth\, the two friends share laughs and secrets as they contemplate the meaning of a life well lived. \nBaila Eve ‘Bay’ Zisman was born and raised in the Hudson Valley and has known she wanted to be a writer since before she was capable of the act. A graduate of NYU Tisch’s dramatic writing program\, her absurdist work often explores life’s subtleties\, magnifying their importance day-to-day. In the summer of 2023\, she assisted Sydnie Grosberg Ronga in staging The Lifespan of a Fact\, at Rosendale Theatre and is delighted to now work with Round The Bend Theatre. \nTickets: $10 members\, $15 not-yet members\nPurchase tickets \nThis performance will take place at the Byrdcliffe Theatre at 380 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd in Woodstock\, NY.  \n\n\n\n\nPart of the Round the Bend Theater Company script reading series. The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild is pleased to collaborate with Round the Bend Theatre Company in presenting a series of new plays. Each selected play will be read by professional actors in front of a live audience with the playwright engaging with the audience at the conclusion of the performance. 
URL:https://www.woodstockguild.org/event/fail-better-a-reading-of-a-new-play-by-bay-zisman/
LOCATION:Byrdcliffe Theatre\, 380 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd\, Woodstock\, NY\, 12498\, United States
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SUMMARY:Nanna\, a reading of a new play by David Simpatico
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets \nDirected by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga \nNanna\, an 88 year-old woman comes back from the dead to settle some unresolved issues with her grandson\, but along the way\, examines her own history of child abuse and her role in the intergenerational pathology of incest. Part sex comedy\, part Greek tragedy\, Nanna uses black comedy to examine the intimate turmoil of intergenerational incest\, and to find a potential escape from the cyclical prison of abuse. \nDavid Simpatico\nCareer highlights include: the book/stage adaptation of Disney’s High School Musical; The Screams of Kitty Genovese (Jonathan Larson Award; music by Will Todd); Garden of Light\, libretto for choral symphony\, with composer Aaron Jay Kernis. His musical adaptation of Twelve Angry Men\, music and lyrics by Michael Holland\, received its world premiere production in June\, 2022 at Theater Latte Da in Minneapolis\, directed by Peter Rothstein. His grand opera\, The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing\, with music by Justine F. Chen\, received its world premiere at Chicago Opera Theater in March\, 2023\, also directed by Peter Rothstein. He is currently adapting Wally Lamb’s She’s Come Undone\, with co-bookwriter Darrah Cloud\, and composer/lyricist\, Michael Holland. He is also working on That Hellbound Train\, a new jazz opera with composer Lisa DeSpain\, based on the short story by Robert Bloch. His oratorio adaptation of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol\, with score by Will Todd\, received its first production with Opera Holland Park in London\, Dec\, 2024. \nTickets: $10 members\, $15 not-yet members\nPurchase tickets \nThis performance will take place at the Byrdcliffe Theatre at 380 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd in Woodstock\, NY.  \n\n\n\n\nPart of the Round the Bend Theater Company script reading series. The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild is pleased to collaborate with Round the Bend Theatre Company in presenting a series of new plays. Each selected play will be read by professional actors in front of a live audience with the playwright engaging with the audience at the conclusion of the performance.  
URL:https://www.woodstockguild.org/event/nanna-a-reading-of-a-new-play-by-david-simpatico/
LOCATION:Byrdcliffe Theatre\, 380 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd\, Woodstock\, NY\, 12498\, United States
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