WP Theater's 2015-16 Season Brochure

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WE’RE PUTTING DOWN ROOTS... ...ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE! This fall, WP Theater will open the doors of our new theatrical home on Broadway and 76th Street. We can’t wait to hang out in the lobby, raise a glass of wine and share an incredible season of brilliant new work by women with you!

This season, we’re thrilled to bring you another year of exceptional work by female-identified artists, including Sarah Ruhl’s gloriously human tale of a famous epistolary friendship, Martyna Majok’s searingly insightful portrait of a Polish immigrant’s search for a love she can actually afford, and our inaugural Pipeline Festival, which will introduce you to the fifteen extraordinary artists who comprise WP’s Lab. Plus, we will be collaborating with a few of our brilliant partner organizations, including The Kilroys and The Lilly Awards, to bring you a series of special events that will celebrate, entertain and challenge.

It’s going to be an incredible year! Come and make yourself at home!

Lisa McNulty Producing Artistic Director

S AN I R E T A E H T T C E “WOMEN’S PRSOK-TJ AKING ORGANIZATION.” IMPORTANT, RI —

Photo credits from top left: Jeb Brown in The Undeniable Sound of Right Now (photo by Sandra Coudert); Carter Redwood and Maurice Williams in When January Feels Like Summer (photo by Gerry Goodstein); Nina Hellman in A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes (photo by Heather Phelps-Lipton); Rebecca Henderson in Bright Half Life (photo by Joan Marcus); Rachael Holmes in Bright Half Life (photo by Joan Marcus); Christian Felix and Jessica Almasy in A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes (photo by Heather Phelps-Lipton); Mia Katiobak and Brooke Ishibashi in A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes (photo by Heather Phelps-Lipton); Lusia Strus in The Undeniable Sound of Right Now (photo by Sandra Coudert); Daniel Abeles and Margo Seibert in The Undeniable Sound of Right Now (photo by Sandra Coudert); Mahira Kakkar and Debargo Sanyal in When January Feels Like Summer (photo by Gerry Goodstein); Rachael Holmes and Rebecca Henderson in Bright Half Life (photo by Joan Marcus).

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October 26-December 5 McGinn/Cazale Theatre 2162 Broadway & 76th Street

NEW YORK PREMIERE

DEAR ELIZABETH

BY SARAH RUHL DIRECTED BY KATE WHORISKEY Sarah Ruhl, one of the theater’s most celebrated playwrights, teams up with WP Theater to present this New York premiere production. Drawn from the famed correspondence between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell—two of the twentieth century’s most brilliant poets—Dear Elizabeth tells a tale of unconventional friendship and intimacy that spanned thirty years and more than 400 letters, with postmarks from Maine to Key West, from London to South America. Performed with a rotating cast of the theater community’s most brilliant and beloved performers, don’t miss this insightful and impassioned examination of Bishop and Lowell’s lives, their work, and the true nature of friendship. #DearElizabethPlay

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March 2-April 10 a co-production with Rattlestick Playwrights Theater 224 Waverly Place

NEW YORK PREMIERE

IRONBOUND

BY MARTYNA MAJOK DIRECTED BY DANIELLA TOPOL At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant cleaning lady, is done talking about feelings; it’s time to talk money. Over the course of 20 years, three relationships, and three presidents, Darja negotiates for her future with men who can offer her love or security, but never both.

Award-winning playwright Martyna Majok’s Ironbound is a darkly funny, heartbreaking portrait of a woman for whom love is a luxury—and a liability—as she fights to survive in America. #IronboundPlay

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March 24-April 23 McGinn/Cazale Theatre 2162 Broadway & 76th Street

NEW FESTIVAL. NEW VOICES. NEW PLAYS.

A FESTIVAL OF 5 NEW WORKS FROM THE WP LAB WRITERS: SARAH BURGESS, MONET HURST-MENDOZA, MARTYNA MAJOK, RITI SACHDEVA, SUSAN SOON-HE STANTON DIRECTORS: ADRIENNE CAMPBELL-HOLT, LEE SUNDAY EVANS, SARAH KROHN, DANYA TAYMOR, TAMILLA WOODARD PRODUCERS: RACHEL KARPF REIDY, PEARL KERMANI, KRISTEN LUCIANI, LIZ OLSON, RACHEL SUSSMAN Want to catch the best new work by the most exciting new theatermakers in town? Don’t miss WP’s Pipeline Festival, a unique opportunity to see 5 new plays, created by 5 collaborative teams from WP Theater’s celebrated 2-year Lab residency. Don’t miss your chance to say you saw it here FIRST. #PipelineFestival * Performance dates and programming subject to change.

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NEW FESTIVAL. NEW VOICES. NEW PLAYS.

THE PIPELINE FESTIVAL

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BY MARTYNA MAJOK DIRECTED BY DANIELLA TOPOL

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BY SARAH RUHL DIRECTED BY KATE WHORISKEY

DEAR ELIZABETH

October 26-December 5

OUR 2015-16 SEASON!