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The Starship Astrov Announcement
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“Truly among the current undiscovered
great off-off Broadway writers."
-Hi! Drama
"With his large imagination and
witty dialogue, Pflaster is definitely a playwright to watch"
–OffOffOnline
“Eric Parness
directs with an eye for visual stimulation… he pitches the whole production
on an emotional high note.”
–New York Times for Crazy For The Dog
“Director Eric Parness
guides everyone to physical perfs that crackle with life.”
–Variety for La Tempestad
Oberon Theatre Ensemble
in association with
The Midtown International Theatre Festival
proudly present the World Premiere of
The Starship Astrov
A Chekhovian Space Comedy
Written by
DUNCAN PFLASTER
Starring
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WALTER BRANDES*
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ELIZABETH A. DAVIS*
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PHILIP EMEOTT
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ARIEL ESTRADA*
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JENNIFER GAWLIK*
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RAFAEL JORDAN*
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CHRISTINE VERLENY
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Directed by
ERIC PARNESS
ONLY 5 PERFORMANCES
JULY 17 - 31, 2010
THE BECKETT THEATRE – THEATRE ROW
MIDTOWN INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL
TICKETS NOW ON SALE AT http://www.TICKETCENTRAL.COM
Oberon Theatre Ensemble in association
with The Midtown International Theatre Festival is pleased to
present the World Premiere production of THE STARSHIP ASTROV
by Duncan Pflaster, directed by Eric Parness.
THE STARSHIP ASTROV will
play 5 performances at the Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row (410 W
42nd St). Performances begin Saturday, July
17th and continue through Saturday,
July 31st.
Press are cordially invited to all performances.
Award-winning playwright Duncan Pflaster
(Prince Trevor Amongst The Elephants) returns to the Midtown International
Theatre Festival with another classic-bender fantasy, a mashup of Chekhovian
comedy and science fiction.
The year is 3047. A diplomatic mission
brings a professor, his lovely alien wife and his faithful doctor aboard
The Starship Astrov, where unspoken love and misunderstandings
abound between the ship’s crew and guests. Asking the question, will humanity
stay the same, or will the future change us?
Featuring Walter Brandes*, Elizabeth
A. Davis*, Philip Emeott, Ariel Estrada*, Jennifer
Gawlik*, Rafael Jordan* and Christine Verleny.
Mark Richard Caswell is the costume
designer, Isabella F. Byrd is the lighting designer, and Nick
Moore is the sound designer. Jenna Lazar is the production stage
manager, and Jaime Carrillo is the assistant director.
THE STARSHIP ASTROV plays
the following performances through Saturday, July 31st:
Saturday, July 17th at 9:00pm
Tuesday, July 20th at 8:00pm
Friday, July 23rd at 8:00pm
Thursday, July 29th at 7:00pm
Saturday, July 31st at 2:00pm
Tickets are $18.00. Visit http://www.ticketcentral.com
to purchase online, or call 212-279-4200.
Tickets are also available at Theatre Row’s box office open from 12pm
– 8pm.
For more information visit: http://www.OberonTheatre.org
For more information about the festival, visit http://www.MidtownFestival.org
Press photos are available at: http://picasaweb.google.com/kampfirefilms/TheStarshipAstrov#
Running Time: 90 minutes.
*Appearing Courtesy of Actors’ Equity
Association.
BIOGRAPHIES
DUNCAN PFLASTER (Playwright)
is the author of several critically-acclaimed plays, including the multi-award-winning
fantasies Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants (2008 MITF Awards,
Outstanding New Script, Outstanding Production, Outstanding Lead Actor;
2007 Spotlight On Award, Best New Script) and Eternity: Time Without
End (2006 Spotlight On Awards, Best New Script, Best Leading Actress,
Best Supporting Actor, Best Featured Actor), as well as The Thyme of
the Season, Suckers, The Empress of Sex, Sleeping
in Tomorrow, Admit Impediments, The Wastes of Time, Dik
and Jayne Are Not The Same, Amazing Dædalus, book and lyrics
for the musicals Eskimo and Wilder & Wilder, as well
as a panoply of shorter pieces that have been seen in festivals all over
the place (including 9/10 of the Law, winner of Best Script in Phare
Play's 21-hour play festival 2010). He is also an award-winning actor (2009
MITF Award, Outstanding Supporting Actor, I Hate Love) and theatre
reviewer (2nd place, Stage and Cinema's 2010 Theater Review Contest). http://www.duncanpflaster.com
ERIC PARNESS (Director) is
the Artistic Director of Resonance Ensemble, where he has directed productions
of Strange Bedfellows, Antigone, The Lower Depths,
La Tempestad, The Mail Order Bride, The Cherry Orchard,
Sherlock Solo, 23 Knives, and The Master Builder.
Other directing credits include Rachel Reiner Productions’ Embraceable
Me, Jean Cocteau’s Crazy for the Dog, Oberon Theatre's Finding
Louise, The Winter's Tale, Of Mice and Men, Measure
for Measure, and Ghost on Fire, Hypothetical Theatre's Kryptonite
City and Faith, Blood Wedding, Zimmerman, Fit to Kill,
and new work with adobe theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and Vital Theater.
Eric is a graduate of Brandeis University and a member of Lincoln Center
Theatre’s Directors Lab.
OBERON ENSEMBLE THEATRE (Producer)
Founded in 1997, Oberon is an off-off Broadway ensemble theatre company.
Just out of our critically acclaimed 14th season, we have produced 50 full-length
productions and more than 50 staged readings of original plays. Oberon
now has about 20 active members and many more regular collaborators, including
award-winning actors, playwrights, directors and designers.
The Oberon Theatre Ensemble is an active
player in New York’s independent theatre community. Each season we combine
classic, contemporary, and new works in a format that allows each to highlight
and enhance the other. We juxtapose new against old in a single evening
or in a repertory schedule, with our ensemble of actors and directors nimbly
jumping from one world to another to draw our audiences fully into the
experience.
MIDTOWN INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL
(Presenter) The Midtown International Theatre Festival’s 2010 Season
runs from July 12 – August
1, 2010 at the Beckett Theatre, Theatre Row, 410 W. 42nd Street, NYC; the
June Havoc Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor; the Dorothy Strelsin
Theatre, 312 W. 36th Street, 1st floor; the Main Stage Theater, 312 W.
36th Street, 4th floor; and the Jewel Box Theater, 312 W. 36th Street,
4th floor. Tickets are $18 ($15 for Short Subjects). Tickets for shows
at the June Havoc Theatre, the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, the Main Stage
Theater, and the Jewel Box Theater are available at http://www.midtownfestival.org
or by phone at 866-811-4111. Tickets
for shows at the Beckett Theatre, Theatre Row are available at http://www.ticketcentral.com
or by phone at 212-279-4200.
The Midtown International Theatre Festival,
now in its eleventh year, celebrates the diversity of theatre. The MITF
welcomes theatrical storytelling across a broad spectrum of genres, forms,
identities, cultures, and appetites. The MITF seeks to nurture these new
ideas, perspectives, and stories on its stages, with an eye set on guiding
these productions toward future success and longevity. The festival, traditionally
held in summer, represents a fantastic, often paradoxical, adventurous
and intriguing cross-section of the forefront of the theatre world. The
MITF proudly hosts production companies from across the country and around
the globe, uniting talent in one of the biggest theatre capitals in the
world.
Mr. Chatterton created the MITF, a Midtown
alternative to other theatre festivals, in 2000 as a way to present the
finest off-off Broadway talent in convenience, comfort, and safety. In
2008, the Festival added two 99-seat theatres and inaugurated the Commercial
Division for upwardly mobile shows with commercial ambitions. The MITF’s
artistic emphasis is on the script itself and therefore the Festival requests
minimal production values.
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