No Name Theater
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No Name Theater Company
Here's the latest News:
June 2010
Deirdre O'Connor, award-winning playwright, and No Name Theater proudly presents a staged reading of
Assisted Living
a new play by
Deirdre O'Connor
directed by
Michelle Tattenbaum
Please join us for this exciting event.
Monday, June 21st
_8:00 pm
Theatre Row's Studio
410 West 42nd Street
4th Floor
Reserve your seats at: info_nonametheater.org
Deirdre's productions include Jailbait Cherry Lane Theater, Cherry Pit, Hero Naked Angels, Armed and Naked in America, The Death of May McAllister Northeastern University. Deirdre was a 2008 Cherry Lane Mentor Project Fellow mentored by Michael Weller. She is a 2008-2009 Lark Playwrights Workshop Fellow.
For more info on Deirdre, please visit www.deirdreoconnor.com
Jailbait Reviews:
"They're cruel, they're reckless, and they're dangerous as hell. They're teenage girls, and Deirdre O'Connor has their number in Jailbait, a terrific little play."
-Variety
"Deirdre OConnors drama well written, well acted, and well directed (by Suzanne Agins) makes a strong inaugural production for Cherry Lanes new venture, the Cherry Pit."
-The New Yorker
"A complicated and darkly comic cautionary tale about the illusion of intimacy at any age."
-Time Out New York (Critics Pick)
May 2010
Michelle Tattenbaum joins No Name Theater as our resident director.
Michelle directed LOVE/STORIES by Itamar Moses at the Flea last season and will be directing the show again next season at Portland Center Stage. She directed THE SUBLET EXPERIMENT by Ethan Youngerman, a play that performed in different apartments all over NYC for six months. Regionally, she has directed at the Hangar Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Goodspeed Opera House, and Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. She is a two-time Drama League Directing Fellow.
For more info about Michelle, please visit www.michelletattenbaum.com
Artistic Director
Jay Spece
is the founder of No Name Theater Company. He has directed staged readings in New York for No Name, including William Mastrosimone's Extremities.
His producing credits include staged readings of: Stephen Belber's Fault Lines , David Deblinger dir. (Theater Row), Brooke Berman's Hunting and Gathering , Michelle Tattenbaum dir. (SoHo Rep), Jeremy Sherber's Jack and Mad , Michelle Tattenbaum dir. (Theater Row), and Deirdre O'Connor's Assisted Living, Michelle Tattenbaum dir. (Theater Row).
He also produces a monthly New Playwrights Workshop Series for No Name Theater Company.
As an actor his theater credits include: Uncle Vanya (Sonnet Rep.), Three Sisters (Manhattan Rep.) and numerous operas at New York Metropolitan Opera Co.
He recently finished shooting the independent film Mickey, which was shown at the New York New Directors Short Film Festival. You can catch Jay on the daytime soap opera, One Life to Live, where he plays the recurring role of Dr. Greer.
He can be seen in national commercials, magazines, and on billboards across the country, for companies like Ford Motor, Canon Copiers, Wyoming Department of Health, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, and Merck & Company.
Jay is a graduate of the two year conservatory program at the William Esper Studio, under the tutelage of Mr. Esper, and completed the Master Directors Class at Primary Stages (Leigh Silverman), and the Master Class at the LAByrinth Theater Company. Jay is a proud member of AEA, AFTRA, SAG.
Resident DirectorMichelle Tattenbaum directs extensively in New York City and regionally. Recent projects in New York include: Itamar Moses's Love/Stories (Or, But You Will Get Used To It) at the Flea last season. In the 2006-2007 theater season, she directed and co- produced The Sublet Experiment, a site-specific, touring production that played to sold-out crowds in New York City for over six months. Other projects in New York include: The Chromium Hook for the NY Musical Theatre Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, and Lincoln Center Directors' Lab; Untitled Short Play and Szinhaz for Naked Angels; Gallathea (which she also adapted) at Here Arts Center. Regionally, she directed the Los Angeles premiere of Itamar Moses's The Four of Us. She has worked on several new musicals recently, directing staged readings of Reality! at the Cape Cod Theatre Project and Tales From the Bad Years at Goodspeed Musicals. She directed Dov and Ali by Anna Ziegler at the Chester Theatre, and Pinocchio, Anatol, and Gallathea at the Hangar Theatre. Michelle worked for the Manhattan Theatre Club for three years as the Artistic Development Assistant and was closely involved in producing A Class Act and Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party. She spent two summers directing at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. From 2000 to 2007, she was a member of the First Look Theatre Company, in residence at NYU's Dramatic Writing Program, and she continues to direct and develop musicals at NYU's Musical Theatre Writing Program. She was a two-time Drama League Directing Fellow. Michelle graduated from Yale with a degree in Theatre Studies. More info at www.michelletattenbaum.com.
Resident Director
directs extensively in New York City and regionally. Recent projects in New York include: Itamar Moses's Love/Stories (Or, But You Will Get Used To It) at the Flea last season.
In the 2006-2007 theater season, she directed and co- produced The Sublet Experiment, a site-specific, touring production that played to sold-out crowds in New York City for over six months. Other projects in New York include: The Chromium Hook for the NY Musical Theatre Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, and Lincoln Center Directors' Lab; Untitled Short Play and Szinhaz for Naked Angels; Gallathea (which she also adapted) at Here Arts Center.
Regionally, she directed the Los Angeles premiere of Itamar Moses's The Four of Us. She has worked on several new musicals recently, directing staged readings of Reality! at the Cape Cod Theatre Project and Tales From the Bad Years at Goodspeed Musicals. She directed Dov and Ali by Anna Ziegler at the Chester Theatre, and Pinocchio, Anatol, and Gallathea at the Hangar Theatre.
Michelle worked for the Manhattan Theatre Club for three years as the Artistic Development Assistant and was closely involved in producing A Class Act and Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party. She spent two summers directing at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. From 2000 to 2007, she was a member of the First Look Theatre Company, in residence at NYU's Dramatic Writing Program, and she continues to direct and develop musicals at NYU's Musical Theatre Writing Program.
She was a two-time Drama League Directing Fellow. Michelle graduated from Yale with a degree in Theatre Studies. More info at www.michelletattenbaum.com.
Mission Statement:
"To create a theater where powerful plays can be heard, and where exciting actors of all ethnic backgrounds can have a platform to showcase their talent."
Our Aim:
Our goal is to create a dialogue between theater artists and the community by producing plays that explore the boundaries of artistic expression and enlighten the human experience.
History:
No Name Theater was founded in the summer of 2009. We started out by holding readings in Jay's home, with family and friends. These readings soon grew too large for his place, and later readings have been held in prominent Off Broadway theaters such as Theater Row's Studio and Soho Rep.
Guidelines on Play submissions:
Thank you for your interest in No Name Theater Company. Our play development process begins with our Workshop Reading series, in which actors do an unrehearsed reading of a play, followed by an open discussion of the script.
The next step in the process is a Staged Reading, in which actors spend several hours rehearsing before reading the play for an audience. And after that, a full-scale production.
We are looking for a character-driven, story-driven plays, with a cast of up to five actors, that allow for racial and ethnic diversity in casting.
Plays can be submitted via email at info_nonametheater.org
or mailed to:
C/o Play submission
14 Horatio Street
Suite 11-H
New York, NY 10014
Once again, thank you for your interest, and we look forward to reading your play!
For our actors,
Thank you for your interest in No Name Theater Company. If you would like to be considered for one of our readings, or productions, please submit your headshot and resume via email at casting_nonametheater.org
Or you can send a hard copy to our mailing address:
C/o Casting
The work of No Name Theater Company is made possible through the donations of generous individuals like yourselves.
No Name Theater Company is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions on behalf of No Name Theater Company may be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductable to the extent permitted by law.
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