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Not In My Backyard
(Nine/One/One)
short plays responding to the events of September 11
October 20, 2001
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THE PLAYS:
BAGS by Anne McGravie
with Deborah Savadge, Adele Calcavecchio, Lesley Sawhill
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
by Wallace Norman
A Short Play in the Aftermath
with Jillian Lindig & Brian Smiar
VOICES
by Mildred Barker & Shirley Powell
with Wallace Norman, Lesley Sawhill, Marvin Einhorn, Deborah Savadge, Tom Cherwin, Jillian Lindig, Brian Smiar, Adele Calcavecchio
FOOTSTEPS by Lewis Gardner
with Adele Calcavecchio
UNTITLED: September 12, 2001
by Clover Swann
with Tom Cherwin & Lesley Sawhill,
THAT MORNING by Deborah Savadge
with Nicola Sheara
WANTED by Lawrence R. Harris
with Deborah Savadge, Marvin Einhorn, Tom Cherwin, Jillian Lindig, Wallace Norman, Brian Smiar, Lesley Sawhill
Directed by Nicola Sheara
Stage Directions read by Ken Thompson
Music by Joanne Davis
press release
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PLAYWRIGHTS & CAST
MILDRED BARKER for several years wrote job descriptions and career guides for The State Department of Labor at The World Trade Center, Tower 2.
ADELE CALCAVECCHIO is a long-time member of several theater groups, notably PAW, Coachhouse Players and NYCA. She is currently reading TALES OF THE MIDDLESEX CANAL in several venues.
TOM CHERWIN, a Saugerties resident, has appeared on stages in NYC and Woodstock, and in the Susan Seidelman feature "Smithereens."
JOANNE DAVIS is a singer/songwriter of witty, joyful and/or deeply moving songs. She's played extensively in the NY area, performing traditional music as well, especially Irish, accompanying herself on guitar or concertina.
MARVIN EINHORN* is an actor and director in TV, Film, Off Broadway and Regional. Actively involved at Primary Stages Company in NYC.
LEWIS GARDNER is a playwright who lives in Woodstock. His TALES OF THE MIDDLESEX CANAL has been touring the Hudson Valley this fall.
LAWRENCE R. HARRIS is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Independent Feature Project. His full-length play, THE KITCHEN OF HEAVEN, was produced by NYC's EAT Theatre.
JILLIAN LINDIG* is a veteran of Broadway, Off-Broadway, National Tours, LORT, Film and TV.
ANNE V. McGRAVIE is a Celtic playwright who lives and works in Chicago. Full length, award-winning, plays are WRENS, THE CAIRN STONES, and the HIROSHIMA PROJECT. BAGS was published in Other Voices, an Illinois magazine.
WALLACE NORMAN* is a member of Playwright’s Gallery in NYC. Has written short plays and two full-length plays, CRANE COTTAGE, and IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE. As an actor, has appeared in Off-Broadway, Regional and Stock theaters and performs in cabaret rooms as well.
SHIRLEY POWELL once took her Midwest mother to visit The World Trade Center. As they entered, they were ushered out because of a bomb scare.
DEBORAH SAVADGE* was seen here in August in Arthur Miller's THE PRICE. This summer she performed small roles in plays she wrote, MAD BAD & DANGEROUS at the Woodstock Theatre Co. and DEATH'S DOOR at the Dorset Playhouse in VT.
LESLEY SAWHILL is an actress, writer, director in the Hudson Valley area. She developed the Shakespeare Story Theater Workshops.
NICOLA SHEARA* has directed in NYC, in regional theaters, at the Bardavon and in Woodstock.. She is the co-writer-producer-director of the video documentary ON: OFF OFF BROADWAY.
BRIAN SMIAR* appeared on Broadway in MIXED EMOTIONS, as well as in regional theaters, films, and recently on TV in The Education of Max Bickford.
CLOVER SWANN has been a book editor and business manager for an Off Broadway theater.
KEN THOMPSON* has appeared in the Hudson Valley area in PAW's WENCESLAS SQUARE, ZOO STORY at UPAC's Back Alley Theatre, Shadowland's Social Security and THE MOUSETRAP; and Law & Order: SVU. |
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