PAST
SEASONS: Some of our prior productions.
Our last Off-Broadway production was Stephanie Lehmann's comedy
directed by Harry Bouvy
with
Michael Anderson, Dee Dee Friedman (at
left) and Timothy Harris
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RECENT
PRODUCTIONS:
HARBOR CURRENTS - FALL 2003
three eclectic new one-act
plays from Harbor Theatre writers
ran NOVEMBER 12 -
23, 2003
at ALTERED STAGES, 212 W 29 Street, New York City
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THE REVIEW
I Stand Naked Before You
by Edmund De Santis
It's sex versus love when
two men have their relationship put to the test of
infidelity.
with C.K. Allen, A.J.
Vincent * & Marc Geller *
Salsa Night at The Temple
by Stephanie Lehmann
Three women face their worst
nightmare: a Salsa Night Single's Mixer at a temple on the Upper West
Side.
with Joy Besozzi *, Karin Sibrava * & Wendy Walker *
The Critical Mass of Love
by Stuart Warmflash
A boy, a girl, her boyfriend...and
a scientific theory of love.
with Chad Deverman,
Abby Royle * & Simon Feil * (not pictured)
directed by Marc Geller
lighting design Stephen Arnold
stage manager Norva Bennett
HARBOR CURRENTS
FALL 2003
reviewed by Martin Denton
nytheatre.com
The Harbor Theatre has been around for about five years now, and their annual showcase of new work by their member playwrights is one of the most consistently excellent short play festivals in New York. This year's edition of Harbor Currents is no exception, featuring provocative and compelling new writing, presented without frills but with great intelligence and professionalism by a cadre of fine theatre artists.
Helming all three of this year's selections is the company's Associate Artistic Director, Marc Geller. The plays are a diverse lot, starting with the most emotionally potent, Edmund De Santis' I Stand Naked Before You. Its three characters step in and out of the narrative to let us see the three sides of a love triangle from all three perspectives. De Santis' romantic story is anything but typical: Spiro is an HIV-positive man who has quit his job to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. He meets Joe, also positive, and they embark on an affair. But Joe wants more than sex; and Spiro has a lover, Brad, who wants his man back. De Santis examines this complicated set of relationships with compassion and real insight. The piece is beautifully acted by Geller (Brad), C.K. Allen (Joe), and A.J. Vincent (Spiro); it's one of the most satisfying one-act plays I have come across.
Stephanie Lehmann's Salsa Night at the Temple is about three Jewish women at a dance. Karin Sibrava stars as Suzanne, smart and grounded but not as secure as she'd like to be; she is going through the motions of trying to meet a man and not enjoying it one bit. Wendy Walker and Joy Besozzi play her pals, one single and one married, who try to spur her into action. Lehmann's dialogue is incisive and clever, and Sibrava is warm, appealing and often very funny, particularly when she (twice) turns down an invitation to dance from an unseen but very short would-be suitor.
The evening concludes with Stuart Warmflash's The Critical Mass of
Love, a quirky, charming love story about a man and woman whose first
meeting, at Penn Station, triggers a physical reaction (see title) that
makes their getting together irresistible and inevitable. Warmflash's
characters are, as usual, articulate and interesting and unusual, and
they're well-played here by Chad Deverman and Abby Royle (with Simon Feil
in a brief cameo as the woman's soon-to-be-ex-boyfriend). Sometimes sharp
and sometimes sweet, this parable about destiny and romance makes a pleasing
end to an engaging and entertaining evening.
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MORE THAN THIS by Edmund De Santis Directed by Marc Geller |
The Red Light District production of MORE THAN THIS by Harbor playwright
Edmund De Santis was directed by Harbor's Associate Artistic Director Marc Geller.
MORE THAN THIS was developed through weekly readings at the Harbor Theatre.
The production, which played in June 2003 at Urban Stages, featured five Harbor Theatre cast members.
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"See More Than This: it's a rich and rewarding
theatre experience ... staged "...beautifully staged and written, a moving
and insightful examination of "A surprisingly gripping drama by Edmund De
Santis,... a play that works
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Red Light District presents the world premiere of
MORE THAN THIS by Edmund De Santis
directed by Marc Geller
with Erik Frandsen, Tracey Gilbert, Charlotte Hampden, Glenn Kalison,
Christopher H. Matthews, Lucy McMichael, Abby Royle and Wendy Walker
lighting design by Stephen Arnold
costume and set design by Marc Geller
stage manager Shawn Lesmaster
press representative KPM associates
HARBOR
CURRENTS 2003
January 15-26,
2003 at Center Stage NY
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Six
eclectic new one-acts by Harbor playwrights dealing with everything
from dating to adolescent angst to a post apocalyptic future CLICK HERE for the HC2003 PHOTO GALLERY |
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DATE by Donna Spector directed by Lennie McKenzie PERSPECTIVE by Jack Hyman directed by Yanna Kroyt Brandt A MILLION TRUMPETS by Tony Howarth directed by Mark Edward Lang TEA AMONG THE TAMARACKS by Stuart Warmflash directed by Olivia Honegger SCATTERED by Stephanie Lehmann directed by Amanda Selwyn SEBRESQUE by Edmund De Santis directed by Marc Geller ** |
CAST Stage Manager - Nicole
Molé* |
Seven New One-Act Plays from Harbor Theatre writers
Oct 24 - Nov 4, 2001
at Center Stage NY 48 West 21st Street, New York City
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Production Staff
Stage Manager - Bruce Greenwood *
Set Design - Joel Rapp
Lighting Design - Douglas Filomena
HARBOR CURRENTS 2000, four new one-act plays by Harbor Theatre writers, performed in May-June 2000
HARBOR CURRENTS 2000 included:
Ash Wednesday by Edmund De Santis, Directed by Laura Josepher
Born In Bethlehem by Tony Howarth, Directed by Amanda Selwyn
Daniel On A Thursday by Garth Wingfield, Directed by Mark E. Lang
("Daniel On A Thursday" has also seen recent productions in Texas and NYC.)
Six Inch Adjustable by Stuart Warmflash, Directed by the Author
("Six Inch Adjustable" was a winner in the 2000 Samuel French One Act Festival)
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HARBOR CURRENTS '99, written, directed and performed by Harbor Theatre members, highlighted ten-minute scenes from the latest plays by Harbor playwrights developed in our weekly Workshops.
BACK TO TOP MAKING
PETER POPE by Edmund De Santis, Directed
by Derek Todd
The
Harbor Theatre's 1999 sold out Off-Broadway production, "MAKING PETER
POPE", was a rousing success with rave reviews from print and on-line
media.
MAKING PETER POPE, an edgy comedy about a young man struggling to form a committed relationship in the year that his mother dies and his father re-marries, was developed in the Theatre's Workshop with Harbor actors and playwrights. The production validated the power inherent in the Harbor process: a core company working together over a sustained period to bring an exciting project to realization.
Eric
Morace and Harry Bouvy
(left photo); Harry
Bouvy, Fred Velde and Joanne Dorian
(right photo)
Alysia
Reiner, Michael Anderson and Harry Bouvy
Responses to the production of "MAKING PETER POPE" included:
"The best new play currently on the boards in New York City. MAKING PETER POPE by Edmund De Santis has the heart and soul of a hit and- as realized by the audacious three-year old Harbor Theatre Company in its first full-length production- it should be around for a very long time. This is the kind of surprising discovery that compels one to call friends and start babbling on the phone." -In Theater
"There is something extraordinary happening at the 30th Street Theatre right now: a wonderful new play called MAKING PETER POPE is being given a splendid production by the fledgling Harbor Theatre Company. Discovering a brand new American play this good is, all by itself, cause for elation. Seeing it in a staging as well-directed and well-acted as this one is, as they say, icing on the cake.... there are a whole lot of talented people to keep an eye on involved in this very funny, very moving new work. ...kudos to producer Stuart Warmflash, artistic director of Harbor Theatre, for bringing this very honest, very special work to the stage." -nytheatre.com
"De Santis' play is engrossing, entertaining, suspenseful and sexy.... the acting is of a high caliber." -Back Stage
"Where
do I begin?... This show is brilliant! Casting, Acting, Directing, Writing...
all at such a level, you wish that you could have given this company that
sixty dollars or more you spent at any number of midtown multi-million
dollar productions. The play's
verse is penned by Edmund De Santis, whom masterfully creates a play of
many levels.... every cast member is perfect for their role... Go and
see this production now!" -Production
Notes
"Making Peter Pope" was also listed in the TOP TEN OFF-OFF-BROADWAY
SHOWS of 1999, as ranked by nytheatre.com.
Making Peter Pope is included in the recent
anthology
PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
published by the New York Theatre Experience.
It
is available for purchase online at Amazon.com,
and a portion of each sale benefits The Harbor Theatre:
CLICK HERE TO ORDER
