ANNIE G. LEVY
09.14.10 | LMCC Uptown/Downtown Workshop & Performance Opportunity
Annie has been selected as one 5 "downtown" artists to participate in LMCC 2010 Uptown/Downtown Workshop and Performance Opportunity.
She will be workshopping a new piece exploring personal and nation mythology described as follows:
The country of Latvia had been an occupied country from the 12th Century until August 21st, 1991. Since its mythological and folkloric beliefs were shaped by its invaders, now there is a push to reconstruct this aspect of a cultural past in the interest of national identity. Recently, I learned that all sides of my family resided in Latvia before immigrating but no records have survived of their time there. I find myself drawn the potential mythology of my past intertwined with that of Latvia’s emerging future. Combining Latvian folk tales and personal reflection, this theatre piece will explore the notion of a collective past and the mythologies we construct for ourselves in its absence.
The piece will have two performances:
Wednesday, November 10 at 7:30pm
Chen Dance Center (Theater Space)
70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor, at corner of Bayard
and
Thursday, November 11 at 7:30pm
Dance Theater of Harlem
466 W. 152nd Street, between Amsterdam & Convent Avenues
07.27.10 | Workshop for 2010 Maafa Suite and Lecture Series
Annie will be teaching a workshop on gesture for the cast of the 2010 Maafa Suite at the St. Paul Community Baptist Church MAAFA Resource Center .
07.04.10 | Northwoods Theatre Company returns to Ramah for a sixth summer
This summer, the Northwoods Ramah Theatre Company will be fixing its gaze on William Shakespeare. We will be workshopping a new adaptation of The Merchant of Venice by Brooklyn based playwright, Daniel Kelley that explores the role of Shylock in contemporary Jewish American consciousness entitled, I AM SHARON. We will also be combining Shakespeare's sonnets with the life and mythology surrendering Amelia Bassano, the alleged "dark lady" and a candidate for authorship in the never ending quest to discover who really wrote the Bard's works, for a new, as of yet untitled "al fresco" piece. We will be inviting campers and staff with an interest in getting their theatrical hands dirty with a little Shakespearean text boot camp to work with the company creating and performing this piece, which will be set among the beautiful murals all around camp.
06.14.10 | Annie will be returning to the Lincoln Center Theatre Director's Lab for a second summer
The LCT Directors Lab is a developmental program for nurturing stage directors from around the country and around the world. It is a series of workshops, readings, rehearsals, investigations, roundtable discussions, and studio productions to provide young directors with an intensive study of their craft while fostering collaborative relationships among a peer community of artists.
Annie will be leading the directors on methods of using sacred texts in performance.
06.03.10 | SIX SEEDS: The Persephone Project
What happens when a Greek goddess goes to therapy?
Thousands of years before Patty Hearst, Elizabeth Smart and Jaycee Lee Dugard were the subjects of primetime specials and made-for-TV movies; a beautiful girl named Persephone was abducted by a man who forcibly made her his wife.
SIX SEEDS: The Persephone Project is a new play conceived and directed by Annie G. Levy, that finds Persephone herself in group therapy, telling her own story in her own words for the first time. Is she the first case of Stockholm syndrome, innocent victim, or a Lolita who loves her new life as wife and Queen of the Underworld?
A new play reexamines the ancient Greek myth about a girl kidnapped by Hades, god of the Underworld, as a universal journey from girlhood to womanhood.
Tickets:$18, $12 for students with valid ID. Cash only at the door.
Wed. 6/2 - 8 p.m.
Thurs. 6/3 - 8 p.m.
Fri. 6/4 - 8 p.m.
Sat. 6/5 - 3 p.m. + 8 p.m.
Sun. 6/6 - 3 p.m. + 7 p.m.
Cast
Emily Taplin Boyd, Haley Channing*, Joya Mia Italiano, Ean Sheehy*, Chet Siegel, Franny Silverman*, Emily Warshaw
* Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association
Creative Team
Kate Ashton, Lara de Bruijn, Jon Collins, Will Fulton, Chris Jensen, Annie G. Levy, Kate Marvin
04.07.10 | CLOUD NINE By Caryl Churchill
CLOUD NINE
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Annie Levy
April 7-11, 2010
Wednesday-Friday at 8:00PM; Saturday and Sunday at 2:00PM & 8:00PM
Schaeberle Studio Theater, 41 Park Row, NYC Campus
Part of the 2009 - 2010 Production Season
For information or reservations: Call: (212) 346-1954 or email theater@pace.edu.
03.06.10 | NUH-UH premieres at Iron Mule Short Comedy Film Series
The Iron Mule Short Comedy Screening Series was founded in April, 2002, as First Sundays, at the Chicago City Limits Theater in NYC and has been screening monthly ever since.
NUH-UH
Part of the "Wanna Be a Star?" contest, starring audience member Ilya Kushnirsky!
written and directed by Annie Levy
Saturday, March 6th
8pm
92Y Tribeca
200 Hudson Street
(just south of Canal)
New York, New York
03.04.10 | SWEET: Actors Reading Writers
Sweet: Actors Reading Writers takes place on the first Thursday of every month. Actors get to perform fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, writers get to have their work interpreted by actors, and you get to have fun!
Curated by Shelly Oria & Annie Levy
Please join us for the forth event in our series:
Thursday, March 4, 2010
7:30pm - 8:30pm
Three of Cups, 83 First Ave @ 5th St.
This month features:
Writers
Katie Arnold-Ratliff
Danielle Benveniste
Hilary Davidson
Shamar Hill
Robert Lopez
Actors
Chip Brookes
Brandon Jones
Daliya Karnofsky
Aaron Matteson
Maria Portman Kelly
01.23.10 | Good Lonely People by Carol Carpenter, directed by Annie Levy, part of the 2010 National Newborn Festival
The 2010 National NewBorn Festival Readings of 6 new works from other regions
GOOD LONELY PEOPLE by Carol Carpenter.
Directed by Annie G. Levy
Friday, January 23rd at 8:30pm
"As Obamamania sweeps America, Bush oil country remains staunchly Republican. But on election night, the Barton family holds an Obama party and seven lonely people find solace in each other -- and unexpected family conflict -- on a night of national transformation."
Free Admission.
LIMITED SEATING. Must RSVP info@mtworks.org
Geisberg Studio
526 West 26th St, No 1017 (10th Fl)
New York, NY 10001
01.23.10 | “Becoming Israel” in Westchester
Three parallel lives intertwine to discover their shared story and their common name—Israel—“The One Who Struggles with God”. Leah, a Biblical wife, meets Rachel, a Holocaust survivor, and Jake, a young American on his first trip to Israel. Fusing sacred scripture with contemporary stagecraft, Becoming Israel examines the intersection between individual identity and collective memory, inviting audiences for a closer look at the legacy of Israel in a global reality.
Featuring Emily Warshaw, Sarah Sokolic and Jon Riddleberger.
Directed by Annie Levy
Jewish Community Center of Harrison
130 Union Avenue
Harrison, NY 10528
(914) 835-2850
11.11.09 | CIRCUMCISE ME Starring Yisrael Campbell to play The Bleecker Street Theater 11/2
Annie has been named Associate Director for CIRCUMCISE ME, starring Yisrael Campbell.
The solo show explores the comic's hysterically funny and intensely personal journey through his struggles with drugs and alcohol and his eventual salvation in the Jewish faith. Though he was born Catholic, Yisrael (who changed his name from Christopher) charts an extraordinary spiritual, creative, and hilarious journey that includes three circumcisions along the way.
Tickets for Circumcise Me range from $25.00 - $65.00 with premium seating available. Circumcise Me plays Wednesday at 2pm, Thursday at 8pm, Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 4pm and 7pm. Tickets can be purchased by visiting Telecharge at www.telecharge.com or calling (212) 239-6200. For more information, please visit: www.yisraelcampbell.com
10.18.09 | 4 Variations of Mee 4 Directors. 4 Approaches. Charles Mee's Big Love A One Night Only Benefit Event
Annie will be one of four directors exploring Charles Mee’s BIG LOVE, a tale of fleeing brides, forced marriages, and murdered grooms (a modern re-making of one of the western world's oldest plays, The Danaids by Aeschylus) for a one night only benefit for MTWorks, a New York based theatre company that develops and produces plays and playwrights that question the boundaries of our society, humanity, and individuality.
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
7:30PM -- ArcLight Theater (152 W 71st)
$20
09.05.09 | Annie will be directing COMBAT DATING for the 2009 Estrogenius Festival
Manhattan Theatre Source’s Estrogenius Festival, an annual celebration of female voices, is one of New York City’s largest women’s arts festivals.
Founded by Fiona Jones in 2000, the festival debuted with a program of 10 short plays and music. Since then, it has grown into a five-week event including short plays, solo shows, music, visual art, dance, teen performances and support for African girls’ education.
Annie will be directing C.S. Hanson's dark comedy COMBAT DATING in week 4 of the festival, featuring Miriam Ani and Michael Judson Pace.
Wednesday Oct. 21 to Friday Oct. 23 at 8pm
Saturday Oct. 24 at 3pm & 8pm
Tickets are $18
The Estrogenius Festival is an AEA approved showcase
08.20.09 | Annie is remounting LIKE A PRAYER for performances across the country
Storahtelling's LIKE A PRAYER, directed by Annie Levy, weaves mystical tales, instrumental interludes and the art of the spoken word. The piece invokes the stories of our Biblical ancestors traditionally retold at this time of year: Hannah, Aaron the High Priest, Sarah and Hagar. Over the month of September, LIKE A PRAYER will be performed in New York, New Jersey, Michigan and California.
07.20.09 | Annie will be a part of The Lincoln Center Theatre's Directors Lab
The LCT Directors Lab is a developmental program for nurturing stage directors from around the country and around the world. It is a series of workshops, readings, rehearsals, investigations, round table discussions, and studio productions to provide young directors with an intensive study of their craft while fostering collaborative relationships among a peer community of artists.
Annie will be presenting a session on socially conscious theatre and a session on directing one-person shows as part of the lab.
06.25.09 | Annie returns to Northwoods as the resident director for a fifth summer
Annie will lead a two week residency and the creation process of three one act pieces of theatre. This summer, the residency will be investigating the nature and notion of reaping what you sow while examining the poetry and short stories of Hayim Nahman Bialik.
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