Thursday, April 28, 2011

2011 Works-in-Development Series in here!!


Coyote REP is committed to nurturing the original work of the company's playwrights. The annual Works in Development Series is an intensive, ten-month program which provides a structured series of workshops culminating in a public presentation of readings in May. This year, Coyote REP is excited to present 4 wildly different and unique projects. Talk backs are featured after each reading. For more information please visit us at coyoterep.com Seating is extremely limited. RSVP at info@coyoterep.org. Include your name, name of the play and number of seats requested


The Dogwatcher
By Emily Bohannan

Monday, May 2nd 7pm
Ripley-Grier Studios
520 8th Avenue, 16th Floor Studio 16D
(Between 36th and 37th Streets)
New York, New York 10018
($5 suggested donation)
RSVP at info@coyoterep.org

The inmates of a Georgia prison tell their stories to an advocate to try and save the program that brings one hour of humanity to their week - but is their savior using his powers for good, or is he more like his subjects than they know?

SICK
By Greg Ayers
Directed by Paul Dobie
Monday, May 9th 7pm Ripley-Grier Studios 520 8th Avenue, 16th Floor Studio 16D (between 36th and 37th Streets) New York, NY 10018 ($5 suggested donation)
RSVP at info@coyoterep.org
with Chris Bert (the Green), Alex Brightman (Wicked, Spidermusical), Andrea Caban (Questions My Mother Can’t Answer), Jessica Disalvo, Ben Hollandsworth (A Little Journey), Brian Munn (Wicked), Tom Patterson, and Anita Sabherwal (Future Anxiety)

8 am: Get the kids off to school. 10 am: Get baked with you brother.
7 pm: Defend the house from zombies


They Were Ours
By Larry Manogue and William Walter White
Directed by Beth Gardiner
Monday, May 16th 7pm Ripley-Grier Studios 520 8th Avenue, 16th Floor Studio 16D (between 36th and 37th Streets) New York, NY 10018 ($5 suggested donation)
RSVP at info@coyoterep.org

with Rob Bradford, Le-Anne Garland (Genderf*ck), Jason Alan Griffin (Dancing Fools), Jeanne LaSala (Spoiled Bea), Joel Leffert (The Memorandum), Tim McKiernan, Teresa Meza, Tom Patterson, chandra thomas (Forgive to Forget)

Forty-three soldiers from one small county in Southern New Jersey go to war and die for their country. They were deployed over forty years ago, yet shipped out yesterday. One soldier returns and must tell their stories through those they left behind, because … “they were ours”. Forty three stories, eighty characters, ten actors …a theatrical adaptation of the book “They Were Ours: Gloucester County’s Loss in Vietnam”, by John Campbell


The Review (Or How to Eat Your Opposition)
By Donnetta Lavinia Grays
Directed by Isaac Byrne

Monday May 23rd 7pm
Ripley-Grier Studios
520 8th Avenue, 16th Floor Studio 16D
(Between 36th and 37th Streets)
New York, New York 10018
($5 suggested donation)
RSVP at info@coyoterep.org
with Jeanne LaSala (Spoiled Bea), Lea Robinson, Lusia Strus (Enron), Elizabeth Whitney (The West Street Gang),

Naomi is an artist whose career is taking off...finally. But at what cost? Enter a young critic (Dana) who challenges Naomi's artistic integrity and by doing so finds herself with a challenge of her own. Art or artifice? Depends on your point of view.


Directions to Ripley-Grier Studios:
Subway 1, 2, or 3 & A, C or E to 34th Stop, at Penn Station. Walk uptown to 520 Eighth Ave. Between 36th and 37th Street. 16th Floor.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Tickets on Sale NOW for THE NEW NORMAL by Donnetta Lavinia Grays



Coyote REP Theatre Company Presents
The World Premiere of

THE NEW NORMAL
by Donnetta Lavinia Grays
directed by Isaac Byrne
October 13th-23rd, 2010 (Limited Two Week Run)
Starring Nell Mooney*, Michael Mason, Andrea Caban* and Emily Rossell*

Dates and Times:
October 13th-15th 8pm (Previews)
October 16th 8pm (Opening Night)
October 17th 2pm and 8pm
*October 18th 8pm
October 20th-23rd 8pm

Tickets $18
Available online at Brown Paper Tickets (*Special Monday Night Performance)

About the Show:
Meet Anna, a 30 something funny and frank southern warrior living and thriving in Seattle with her rocker husband and 3 year old kid. As a mom, a wife and a survivor she's handled more than her fair share of drama, but nothing could have prepared her for this. The New Normal: Sometimes survivors need a survival guide.

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The New Normal is a groundbreaking original full-length play developed by Coyote REP Theatre Company and written by Donnetta Lavinia Grays. Inspired by the life of 2009 Puget Sound Survivor of the Year Anna Warren Schumacher, it is a hard hitting play that tells the unique story of how a young woman finds humor and grace in the unexpected challenges of survival.

Starring Nell Mooney*, Michael Mason, Andrea Caban* and Emily Rossell*

*Actors Appear Courtesy of Actors Equity Association



THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED, IN PART, BY PUBLIC FUNDS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.




Sound SFX system provided by a generous donation from Stage Research

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Coyote REP on CBS New York's Komen Special Sept 11th




Set your TiVo's, Kids!!

We are proud to announce that Coyote REP will be featured in CBS 2 New York's Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Special airing Saturday Sept. 11th at 7pm.

Artistic Director and Playwright Donnetta Lavinia Grays sat down with CBS 2 News Reporter Cindy Hsu to talk about Coyote REP's upcoming production of THE NEW NORMAL which premieres October 13th-23rd at Wings Theatre.

Ms. Hsu also spoke to the woman who served as inspiration for the piece, 2009 Puget Sound Susan G. Komen Survivor of the Year Anna Warren Schumaucher, via satellite from Seattle.
Please tune in to meet Anna and hear tell her story in her own words.

The segment traces the friendship between the playwright and her muse and details what moved CR to develop and produce this groundbreaking new work about a young woman's unique story of survival.

Stay tuned this blog and our website for more information about THE NEW NORMAL!!

Monday, August 30, 2010

4th Annual Rising Moon Gala!

Hello Friends,

Things are in full swing for our 4th Annual Rising Moon Gala and Fundraiser. We have some exceptional auction items and stellar Broadway entertainment lined up and we want you to join the party!!

Join us Wednesday Sept 22nd 7pm at The Players Club for food fun and a fantastic evening to help support our 2011-2012 Season!!




Go to www.coyoterep.org for more information and to get your tickets today!

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Fringe Frenzy!! Answers to "Questions"

Questions My Mother Can't Answer opens Sunday the 15th!!

You got questions about "Questions"? Here are the answers:


Where can I see this amazing show?

Questions My Mother Can't Answer
will be presented at New York Theatre Workshop's 4th Street Theatre (located at 83 East 4th Street, between Bowery and 2nd Avenues)


What is the performance schedule for the show?

You only have five chances to see the show:


  1. Sunday, 8/15 @ 10:15 PM

  2. Sunday, 8/22 @ 1:45 PM

  3. Tuesday, 8/24 @ 2:00 PM

  4. Thursday, 8/26 @ 6:45 PM

  5. Friday, 8/27 @ 9:15 PM

How much are tickets?

Only 15 bucks!


How can I buy tickets?

Follow this link (Here) to TICKETWEB. A full calendar and online ticket purchasing are currently available. You may also purchase your tickets at the door.

What is the official website?

www.questionsmymothercantanswer.com ...and it is awesome

Tell me more now!! What's the talk about town?

Broadway World Feature: Here
NYTheatre.com Feature: Here
Behind the Fringe Feature: Here
Join us on Facebook and let us know you'll be comin': Here

What's the history of the piece?

Read more about Andrea's process: Here

I love the show. I've seen it and want to tell the world!!

Great! There are two ways to show your love!

VOTE for "Questions": in the Innovative Theatre Awards categories listed: (HERE)
VOTE for "Questions": as an Fringe Audience Favorite: (HERE)


...Okay kids. You are now fully armed and ready to go. The fine folks at Coyote REP sure do hope to see you there as we usher in our first trip to the Fringe!!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Questions my Mother...Fringe Kick-Off Cocktail Party & Fundraiser

Mark your calendar! Join Coyote REP, Andrea Caban, Rachel Eckerling & the rest of the creative team of Questions My Mother Can't Answer for a cocktail party and fund-raising event to kick off the upcoming Fringe Festival!

Your $10 admission fee lets you enjoy lots of great food donated by some of New York's landmarks (Patsy's, Levain Bakery, Mcgee's and Crumbs to name a few), receive one raffle ticket for the Questions My Mother... Can't Answer- Donate Your Birth Control Money Raffle (items include a Slingbox, an iTouch, gift certificates to Josie's Restaurant & Giggle Baby Products, personal training at Equinox, private in-home Pilates instruction & of course tickets to the show, to name just a few), sip on McGee's generous drink specials, and buy some more raffle tickets!

RSVP to the event (click here) so we know to expect you. And tell your friends! The more the merrier!!

If you can't make the event but would still like to contribute to the cause, go to www.questionsmymothercantanswer.com and click on 'Donate This Month's Birth Control Money' on the right nav. No contribution is too big or small. Really.

Can't wait to see you there!

The When:

August 2 · 6:00pm - 9:30pm

The Where:
McGee's Pub, 3rd Floor
240 West 55 Street
New York, NY

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Questions my Mother Can't Answer: The FringeNYC Dates!



A FringeNYC Official Selection!













ABOUT THE SHOW:

Questions My Mother Can’t Answer, a moving and funny one woman show written by and starring Andrea Caban, recipient of the 2008 New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, will be part of the 14th annual New York International Fringe Festival – presented at New York Theatre Workshop's 4th Street Theater.

SCHEDULE!

SUN 8/15 @ 10:15pm

SUN 8/22 @ 1:45pm

TUE 8/24 @ 2:00pm

THUR 8/26 @ 6:45pm

FRI 8/27 @ 9:15pm


Andrea’s on a mission: she interviews eight “women-of-a-certain-age” including a sexy Moroccan ballroom dancer, a donations-only prostitute, and her Aunt Shirley, about getting pregnant, staying married and finding a flow. As she embarks on a healing journey after a personal tragic event, Andrea looks for guidance from a variety of female role models, only to find that there are no role models…that we are all flawed and that life isn't about avoiding accidents, or tragedy, but how we deal with it.


Produced by Coyote REP Theatre Company www.coyoterep.org, directed by Rachel Eckerling, co-director of this season’s acclaimed The Diary of a Teenage Girl at 3LD Arts & Technology Center and frequent collaborator of Francis Ford Coppola on both theatre and film projects. The creative team for Questions My Mother Can’t Answer will also include Grammy Award-winning sound designer Marcelo Añez and lighting designer Jason Teague.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT:

Official Show Site:
www.questionsmymothercantanswer.com

FringeNYC (This get's you right to the show's Fringe link)



or visit us at
www.coyoterep.org