“Great stuff, all the way around, and a Manhattan summertime must.”

-John Rowell

(Show Business Weekly)

PRESENTED BY JOHN MCCORMACK AND J.J. KANDEL IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE OPEN BOOK

SERIES A                                                                           

AMICI, ASCOLTATE  

By: Warren Leight

Directed By: Evan Yionoulis

With: Tony Campisi*, Derek Lucci*, Ilana Levine*

AFTERNOON TEA

Book and Lyrics By: Eduardo Machado

Music By: Skip Kennon

Directed By: Billy Hopkins

With: Ann Talman*, John Hickok*

 

RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES

By: Leslie Lyles

Directed By: Billy Hopkins

With: Judith Roberts*, Stephanie Cannon*, Mark Elliot Wilson*

 

REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE

By: Michael Domitrovich

Directed By: Eduardo Machado

With: David Marcus, J.J. Kandel, Nicole LaLiberté

“Good efforts by the actors Catherine Curtin and Chris Wight." - Anne Midgette, The New York Times

"The final play, John Augustine's Father's Day, is a dark comedy that depicts three peoples' reaction to the death of a friend...Father's Day brings out all the selfishness, guilt, compassion and awkwardness in American death rites with great skill." - Paulanne Simmons, CurtainUp

SERIES B

SKIN DEEP

By: Tina Howe

Directed By: Laura Barnett

With: Grant Shaud*, Joe Kolbow*, James Katharine Flynn

MERWINS LANE

By: Keith Reddin

Directed By: Billy Hopkins

With: J.J. Kandel, Clara Hopkins Daniels

FATHER’S DAY

By: John Augustine

Directed By: Daniel Winerman

With: Catherine Curtain*, Chris Wight, Colby Chambers*

THE P.A.

By: Tom O’Brien

Directed By: Tom O’Brien

With: Ean Sheehy*

WINDOWSHINE

By: Randee Smith

Directed By: Rob Decina

With: Pilar Witherspoon*, John Sierros*

“The entire cast shines...in this bittersweet sketch of mismatched people packing up a mutual friend’s apartment after his death. The play conjures New York, its cramped living spaces, eclectic people, and brash attitude without sinking into the cliché - a rare and accomplished feat.” - Hailey Eber, Curtain Rising Magazine

Carefully Taught

Musing Hughes