Packed the House at Judson Church

Adelind Horan performing in front of the stained glass windows of Judson Church in NYC
Adelind Horan performing in front of the stained glass windows of Judson Church in NYC

Cry of the Mountain and Adelind Horan packed the house at Judson Church in Greenwich Village tonight.

The crowd loved it.

And even though the big church can both swallow and echo sound, the audience, over 100 (more than expected, so we had to add extra rows in front), anyway, the audience stayed focused on each character be brought to live so well.

Another standing ovation, for the show and the talent, and the message of the play — the people who it represents.

After the show for those interested, Adelind and Annalyse McCoy held a informative and often person discussion about the play, the process, and Mountaintop Removal in Appalachia.

Thank you, Annalyse, for bringing you Kentucky childhood to our post show community.

Annalyse was the artists’ organizer for Appalachia Rising and is now living in NY.  She is a musician — her bank is called, “Two-Thirds Goat.”  Take a listen here:http://www.twothirdsgoat.com/fr_23goat.cfm

Cry Mountain at Bailout, Judson Church, NYC

Well, get ready for it NY.  13 Characters and a banjo.  This is our first performance in the apple, and our first shot at tightening the show from 90 minutes to our more Festival Friendly 60 minutes version, for this summer.

  • Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 7:30
  • Judson Church, Bailout Theatre

Plus, oh, yeah, check it out, Judson is offering free dinner.

http://www.judson.org/bailouttheater

Cry of the Captial Fringe

Capital Fringe - it is where you belong
Capital Fringe - it is where you belong

Adelind Horan’s Cry of the Mountain has just be accepted into wonderfully diverse Capital Fringe Festival in July, 2011.

We are very happy for Addie and the show, and for raising the awareness of Mountaintop Removal through what we do best – Theatre!

Tickets not on sale yet, but we’ll let you know.

And we’ll sponsor a bus/van/or two to the festival in DC this summer.

24/7 Jan. 29, 2011 @ Live Arts


Well, we packed em in again.  And it was a glorious night with 7 wonderful plays created, rehearsed and performed in, you know it, 24 hours.  The Theme was, “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!”  And, here’s the line up:

24-7-2011 Illumination
24-7-2011 Illumination

Illumination

by Sara Holdren

directed by Jenny Mikulski

starring:

Andrew Cronacher, Chris Estey, Jeanette Williams, and Lydia Horan

inspiration:

Pointlessly Over-educated

24-7-2011 Inside Voice
24-7-2011 Inside Voice

Inside Voice

by Larry Goldstein

directed by Kay Leigh Ferguson

starring: Chris Patrick, Miller Susen, and Boomie Pederson

inspiration:

Inside Voice Please

24-7-2011 Critters-a-Twinkle
24-7-2011 Critters-a-Twinkle

Critters-A-Twinkle

by Tyrone Cooper

directed by Matt Joslyn

starring:

Lisa Grant and Al Hoover

inspiration:

Twinkle-toes Marathon

Backstage
Backstage

Evenflo Comfort Select

by lance Stewart

directed by Brodrick Jones

starring:

Andrew Sara Elshelman, Leslie Baskfield, Megan Randall, Bonnie Grubbs, and Micheal Horan

inspiration:

Book, Computer, Diapers

backstage: Who Is Angie
backstage: Who Is Angie

Who is Angie? Or Three Small Women

by Joe Brady

directed by Clinton Johston

starring:

Marty Moore, Edwina Herring, and Mendy St. Ours

inspiration:

Middle School Drama

rehearsal: A Stitch in Time
rehearsal: A Stitch in Time

A Stitch in Time

by Jen Downey

directed by Scott Dunn

starring:

Alex Grubbs, Kerry Moran, Randall Wilkerson, and Martyn Kyle

inspiration:

Organization and Procrastination

J. in scene shop - painting a cube
J. in scene shop - painting a cube

Good News Pizza

by Denise Stewart

directed by Stephanie Pistello

starring:

Jenny Mead, Kevin O’Donnell, and Chris Baumer

inspiration:

No Waiter Experience

Cry of the New York Debut

Wednesday, March 2nd, at Judson Church’s Bailout Theatre

From Adelind Horan, creator  and performer of this wonderful one woman show:

Cry of the Mountain: A Documentary Play about Mountaintop Removal in Appalachia (my one-woman show) will be making its’ NYC debut with Bailout Theatre at the beautiful Judsen Memorial Church right next to Washington Square Park on Wednesday, March 2nd!

Bail Out Theatre at Judson Church

The coolest part is: get there at 7:30 for a free catered dinner, the show starts at 8 and that’s also FREE!

In case you’re curious, in the show I play 13 real people (activists, coal company executives, scholars, artists, and coalfield residents) using their words verbatim from original interviews. A very cute banjo player accompanies the monologues.

Here. This has a little promo video on it: www.wholetheatre.org/mountain

The show will (hopefully) run about an hour and afterward there will be a talkback with MTR specialists.

In other wonderful news, today the EPA vetoed the largest single mountaintop removal permit in West Virginia history, the Spruce No. 1 Mine!

Yesssss! Get excited! Come learn more about MTR, enjoy free food and theatre, and learn how to help make more of these exciting victories happen! Bring friends!

Actors For 24/7

Actors for the 24/7
Serious Actin' Chops

Hello,  casting directors?   You can’t handle this cast.   How the hell will all this talent fit in one event.

I can’t wait to see in what yet-to-be-written-roles they are randomly cast:

  • Sara Eshelman – 3P
  • Lisa Grant – 3P
  • Boomie Pederson – V
  • Bonnie Grubbs
  • Edwina Herring – V
  • Jeannette Williams -V
  • Jenny Mead – N
  • Marty Moore -V
  • Kerry Moran
  • Leslie M. Baskfeild -V
  • Lydia Horan -V
  • Mendy St. Ours
  • Katy Walker -V
  • Miller Susen – V
  • Megan Randall -V
  • Al Hoover – TT
  • Chris Baumer -3P
  • Chris Estey
  • Alex Grubbs
  • Andrew Cronacher – V
  • Randall Wilkerson – V
  • Kevin O’Donnell – V
  • Michael Horan – V
  • Martyn Kyle – V
  • Chris Patrick – V

ThreePeats, Tripple Threats, and Virgins (new to 24/7).  Codes and definitions here:

http://wholetheatre.org/2010/12/threepeats-tripple-threats-and-virgins/

Directors Announced

Directors for 24-7, 2011 at Live Arts
Oh, yeah!

Well, spit in your hand, shine your shoes, stand back and look at this crew of directing wonderment for 24/7, Jan., 29 at Live Arts:

Jigsaw Jones – TT
Kay Leigh Ferguson – V
Jenny Mikulski – TT
Stephanie Pistello -V
Clinton Johnston – TT
Scott Dunn – N
Matt Joslyn – V

In the 24/7, we find new talent, tripple threats and threepeats all mixed in together —  like we like it.   See codes here:

http://wholetheatre.org/2010/12/threepeats-tripple-threats-and-virgins/

24/7 Playwrights Announced

Jan 29, 2011: Playwrights: 24/7
Jan 29, 2011: Playwrights: 24/7

Wham-Bam!  Shing-Ding!  We got a strong playwright line up for this 24/7

Jan. 29th at Live Arts

And the Playwrigths are:

  • Joe Brady – TT
  • Ty Cooper
  • Jen Downey – V
  • Larry Goldstein – N
  • Sara Holdren – TT
  • Denise Stewart – 3P
  • Lance Stewart – V

code:

  • 3P – Threepeat
  • TT – Triple Threat
  • N – New to Role
  • V – Virgin

See more here:  http://wholetheatre.org/2010/12/threepeats-tripple-threats-and-virgins/

ThreePeats, Tripple Threats and Virgins

Next 24/7: Live Arts, Jan 29, 2011
Next 24/7: Live Arts, Jan 29, 2011

Well, well, well… here we are again, doing 24/7 in Charlottesville for the 3rd year in a row.  Which means, that even though our goal is to have half the faces of our talent fresh each year, we still have an elite crew who have repeated or participated in two different ways.

Look for the Code:

  • 3P – Threepeat
  • TT – Triple Threat
  • NR – New to Role
  • V – Virgin

A ThreePeat is a person, only few exist, who with the 24/7, will have performed in the same role (actor, director or playwright) three times.

A Triple Threat is also rare person who will have, with this 24/7, mastered the three roles of actor, director and playwright.

A “New to Role” means that the person is participating in a way they have not yet before participated.

And, a “Virgin” is a person who has never been in 24/7 before.