Equity Library Theater
presents:
3 HOTS
& A COT
By JOHN CAPPELLETTI
The
NYPL Grand Central Library
135
East 46th Street
New
York, NY, 10017
(212)
621-0670
Library
Manager: William Hall
Saturday
January 7th, 2017 at 2pm
Free
admission
CAST
DAF....................is
played by IVY AUSTIN
ROSE................is played by NANCY ENG
VI.....................is played by KECIA LEWIS
Stage Directions read by BARRY SACKER
Equity
Library Theater past productions have included: A concert by the Village Light Opera Guild, Short Plays
by John Ladd, KK Gordon and Craig Schwab, ATANST (new plays by New York
writers), Ferry Tales (plays set on the Staten Island Ferry), a new play by
Pamela Robbins, Katherine and Petruchio; (rare David Garrick version from 1750),
assorted plays by members of the Provincetown Playhouse, and our annual winter
and summer play festival!
Equity Library Theater future
productions will include: A reading of
a screenplay by Tom Meade (February 11), The Bermuda Curse, by Johnny Culver
(March 4). And our 2017 summer play festival; 30 short plays over two
weekends! Look on Facebook for more
info!
Submissions are now being accepted for the New
York's Equity Library Theater Summer
2017 Play Festival, to take place over two weekends in August at
the NYPL Alvin Ailey Theater and the George Bruce Theater in New York City. Basic set requirements.
Seeking short plays (no more than 10 pp), from playwrights from all over
the USA. Also seeking monologues (no more than 4pp). Musicals welcome!
One submission per playwright. No unpleasant profanity, as this is a family
friendly festival! No submission fee. Please include name, address,
telephone number and email address on your submission. We do not produce
your work, we provide a venue for you to present actors performing your
play. There are no costs involved for anyone. Seeking actors and directors,
too!
Deadline: April 15, 2017
Email: submissions@pineyforkpress.com
Do
you have a full length play you’d like presented by Equity Library Theater, let us know!
We
are always looking for new material to produce.
We are presenting a free creative writing class at the Queens Library Astoria branch.
Biweekly at noon - September 24th
– May 27th. All genres welcome. Call 718 278 2220 for more info.
THE ACTORS
IVY
AUSTIN's career has taken her from
Broadway (Raggedy Ann, Blame it on the Movies) to New York City Opera (Candide,
Sweeney Todd, South Pacific, Music Man, Naughty Marietta, Merry Widow, Live
From Lincoln Center) to NPR (A Prairie Home Companion, Selected Shorts, Wall to-Wall
Bernstein, Rodgers, Berlin, Weill, Sondheim) to Sesame Street (singing with the
Muppets). She created eight seasons of musical series at the World Financial
Center (Women on Broadway, Women in Cabaret, The Tony Awards-50 Years of
Broadway’s Best Musicals, A Centennial Salute to George & Ira Gershwin,
Happy Birthday New York!, Songs from Shubert Stages, Spring Fling, Great
Songwriters of Hollywood) in collaboration with the Rodgers &Hammerstein
Organization, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Camp Broadway, Library of
Congress and WNYC. Credits include Radio Rhapsody at Avery Fisher Hall, Rob
Fisher & The Coffee Club Orchestra at City Center, host of Lyrics &
Lyricists at the 92nd Street Y, Ira Gershwin-The Art of The Lyricist at
Carnegie Hall, and a decade as contributing lyricist and performer in the
Thalia Follies political cabaret at Symphony Space. Recently, she appeared at
St. Ann's Warehouse in the urban variety show, "In Your Face New
York." An alumna of the High School of Performing Arts and Colgate
University, Ivy is Director of Broadway Events for SunnySpot Celebrations and
serves on the board of the League of Professional Theatre Women.
NANCY ENG, Writer & Performer
(SAG-AFTRA/AEA) - An actual graduate from the High School of Performing Arts
which inspired "Fame", who was inspiration for one of the characters
created & debuted as 'oriental drama student' during her attendance, and an
alumni of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts; who debuted as playwright w/solo show
has one character confirmed early this year for inclusion in updated edition of
Monologues For Women of Color published by Routledge Press & under
consideration for complete publication late-2015 in updated edition of Contemporary
Plays by Women of Color also by Routledge Press; whose theatre credits include
WE ARE at the West End Theatre (“Nancy Eng offers an energetic and welcome
comedic break...” – NYtheatre.com), the 1st half of Pan Asian Rep’s Vietnam
Project II & 13th St. Repertory Theatre’s production of ORPHANS; add'l
credits featured on-screen list roles on Showtime's Nurse Jackie (7seasons)
& Comedy Central's Broad City; television shows 30 Rock, Rubicon, Law &
Order: SVU, episode six "New Life Café" of the NYC/CUNY produced
series We Are NY, with film roles in Premium Rush, God’s Land and Tu-Na House,
a 9min narrative written & starring Eng, who also co-produced in her first
foray as filmmaker, which premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival when an
official selection of FESTIVAL DE CANNES' organizers & recipient of Fall
2013 CINE Golden Eagle Award; with voice that can be heard in “Mai Lai” from
the PBS American Experience series and as the hip, cool internet chick in Grand
Theft Auto 4; and founding ensemble member & writer-in-residence of
Leviathan Lab, a non-profit production studio dedicated to the development of
Asian American actors, writers and directors. Add'l info found at
www.leviathanlab.com or www.womenoftunahouse.com
KECIA
LEWIS From originating the role of
“Asaka, Mother of The Earth” on Broadway in Once on This Island, to her Classic
Stage debut in the title role of Mother Courage, Kecia Lewis’s rich career of
portraying powerful mothers and formidable women has come full circle. It all
began when she was 18 years old and made her debut as “Effie” in the original
Broadway company of Dreamgirls. Kecia went on to be seen on Broadway in Big
River, Ain’t Misbehavin, The Gospel at Colonus, and earned a Drama Desk
Nomination for her work in Dessa Rose at Lincoln Center Theater. Kecia
originated the roles of “Trix” and “Ida Mae” in the Broadway productions of The
Drowsy Chaperone and Leap of Faith, respectively, and took over the reins of
“Mama Morton” in Chicago. She was most recently seen flying through the air,
spreading joy and magic as “The Fairy Godmother” on the first national tour of
Cinderella. On television, she can be seen guest starring on “Law & Order
SVU” (recurring), “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Season 2), “Limitless,” and
“Blue Bloods.”
THE PLAYWRIGHT
JOHN
CAPPELLETTI is fortunate to have
worked with so many wonderful artists. He has been mentored by Sir Tyrone
Guthrie, Jose Quintero and Alan Schneider; acted with Zoe Caldwell, Hume Cronyn
and Jessica Tandy; taught and/or directed Jennifer Aniston, Ivy Austin,
Ellen Barkin, Adrien Brody, Danny Burstein, Keith David, Nancy Eng, Omar
Epps, George Grizzard, Julie Harris, Glenne Headly, James Earl Jones, Eartha
Kitt, Kecia Lewis, Jody Long, Priscilla Lopez, Sarah Paulson, Elizabeth Pena, Lonny
Price, Ving Rhames, Amy Ryan, Wesley Snipes, Lorraine Toussaint and Steven
Weber; taught acting to his students who have gone on to win the Academy Award,
the Golden Globe Award, Emmy and Tony Awards as well as several nominations for
these awards; and with Marat Yusim translated Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard for the
late Geraldine Page. Cappelletti’s plays have been presented at
off-Broadway’s Hudson Guild Theatre, Gene Frankel Theatre, HB Playwrights
Foundation, Theatre for the New City and the New York Public Library. His play
about Saint Francis has been translated into Italian for a future production in
Tuscany. His poetry received a reading at the Poetry Society of America in NYC.
He has been a member of The Stage Directors/Choreographers union (SDC), The Dramatists Guild (DG), The American
Federation of TV and Radio Artists and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG/AFTRA) and
the United Federation of Teachers.
Use of library space by Equity Library Theater for this
program today does not indicate endorsement by The New York Public Library.
Some actors appear courtesy of Equity. The recording/photographing of any of
this pieces requires prior approval.