Butchering the Bard

Coffee Black Productions presents:

BUTCHERING THE BARD
commissioned by Coffee Black Productions

Pumpkin Goat Milk
by Sean Behrens
directed by Sarah Simmons
Starring:
Katie Bland, Maggie D’Ambrose,
Bethany McNamara and Samantha Schecter

Undone
by Carrie Boehm
directed by Michael Bloom
Starring:
Dylan Digel and JF Garcia

A Midsummer Night’s Tempest
by Butch D’Ambrosio
directed by Kevin P. Hale
Starring:
Hank Lin and J.J. von Mehren

6pm Saturday
January 28, 2012
Bar 82
136 Second Avenue
Manhattan

Three Playwrights, Six Stories, One Timeless Playwright. Three One-Act plays inspired by the works of Shakespeare. Legendary Shakespearean characters collide in one night of theater.

Getting Away With Mother

Coffee Black Productions presents:

GETTING AWAY WITH MOTHER
by Topher Cusumano

Directed by Michael Bloom

Starring:
Melanie Bernier, JF Garcia, Byron Hagan,
Andy Phillips Harris & J.J. von Mehren

4pm Saturday
November 12, 2011
Bar 82
136 Second Avenue
Manhattan

Gay writer and sex addict Avery Strong has always had astrained relationship with his mother, Matilda. But when Matilda’s husbandmysteriously dies, the two are forced to confront their family’s dysfunction,as well as Matilda’s curious past. Avery & His Mother is an ortonesquefarce of sex, murder, and the mother who makes it all happen.

Sponsors for Knee Deep in Snow

INSTANT COFFEE DRINKERS
Anonymous
PlayLab NYC
Vinnie Zarrillo

ESPRESSO DRINKERS
Anonymous
Laurence Barbera & WAMclips.com

LATTE DRINKERS
Anonymous

CAPPUCCINO DRINKERS
M. Scott Barbera
Christina Bischoff

Season 3: 2011/2012

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September 25
KNEE DEEP IN SNOW
by Carrie Boehm

A woman looks back on her estranged mother and the friend who tried to help her cope with her mother’s battle with cancer.
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November 12
GETTING AWAY WITH MOTHER
by Topher Cusumano

Gay writer and sex addict Avery Strong has always had astrained relationship with his mother, Matilda. But when Matilda’s husband mysteriously dies, the two are forced to confront their family’s dysfunction,as well as Matilda’s curious past. Avery & His Mother is an ortonesque farce of sex, murder, and the mother who makes it all happen.

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January
BUTCHERING THE BARD
by Sean Behrens, Carrie Boehm and Butch D’Ambrosio

An evening of three one-acts commissioned by Coffee Black Productions.

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March
LANDSCAPE
by Heather Violanti

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May
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
A Co-Production with PlayLab NYC

An evening of theatrical mash-ups, fan-fiction, and parody.

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July
The third annual No Doze Festival

Join CBP as we end our 3rd season with another caffeinated, manic weekend of theatre!

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Knee Deep in Snow

Coffee Black Productions presents:

KNEE DEEP IN SNOW
by Carrie Boehm

Directed by Katherine Schroeder

Starring:
Kimberly Cooper, Ashley Grombol, Bertha Leal & Mary Kate Schellhardt

4pm Sunday
September 25, 2011
Bar 82
136 Second Avenue
Manhattan

A woman looks back on her estranged mother and the friend who tried to help her cope with her mother’s battle with cancer.

Form & Fantasy: the second annual No Doze Festival

Coffee Black Productions presents:

Form & Fantasy
the second annual
no-doze festival

Hosted by Topher Cusumano

Gumdrop Attorneys by Mike Poblete
directed by Sarah Anne Simmons
Starring: Brandaun Allen, Aaron Ballard & Katharine Bland
(Form: Farce/Fantasy: The Frog Prince)

What Sarah Made. by Ashley Kuske
directed by Brandon Ivie
Starring: Anna Lauren, Andrea Lea Martz, Kodi Milde & David Meyers
(Form: Naturalism/Fantasy: Thumbelina)

What is Your Opinion on Spontaneous Human Combustion? by Sean Behrens
directed by Marcus Yi
Starring: Trine Boode-Petersen, Beth Clausen & Gwyneth Jones
(Form: Absurdism/Fantasy: The Big Bad Wolf)

Hot Shot by Ashley Denise Robinson
directed by Heather Lanza
Starring: David Neal & Jules Odessa
(Form: Melodrama/Fantasy: Goldilocks)

Thekla With Child: A poetic Greek tragedy by Topher Cusumano
directed by Katherine Schroeder
Starring: Tanner Agron, Giana DeGeiso & J.J. von Mehren
(Form: Ancient Greek Theatre/Fantasy: Hansel & Gretel)

The Rapunzel Chalk Circle Penny Opera (In The Jungle of Cities):
A Brechtian Fairy Tale/Lehrstücke by Heather J. Violanti
directed by Barbara Harrison
Starring: Lizzie Porcari, Jackie Rivera, Julia Sherman, Gabrielle Van Horn & Dina Vovsi
(Form: Brechtian Theatre/Fantasy: Rapunzel)

4pm June 26
Bar 82
136 2nd Avenue, New York, NY

…Six fairytales. Six styles. Six one-acts. Join CBP as we end our second season with FORM & FANTASY, the culminating event in our caffeinated, manic weekend of theatre!

Sponsors for The Pandora Plays

INSTANT COFFEE DRINKERS
Chelsea D’Aprile
Kevin P. Hale
Diana Rosinus

DECAF DRINKERS
Christopher Boveroux
Amanda Chevere
Julie Menguzzo

ESPRESSO DRINKERS
Ann Ellertsen

LATTE DRINKERS
Anonymous
Laurence Barbera
The Princeton Foundation

RUM AND COKE ENTHUSIAST
Bobbi Masters

The Pandora Plays

Coffee Black Productions presents:

THE PANDORA PLAYS
commissioned by Coffee Black Productions

E’s Happy Family
by Erin Austin
directed by Bobbi Masters
Starring:
Michael Aquirre, JF Garcia and Michelle Trester

Unbound
by Mike Poblete
directed by Michael Bloom
Starring:
Nathan Gregorski and Stefan Schuette

Hope
by Carrie Boehm
directed by Kevin P. Hale
Starring:
Erin Elizabeth Adams, Brandaun Allen, Trine Boode-Petersen and Mark Hoffner

4pm Sunday
May 22, 2011
Bar 82
136 Second Avenue
Manhattan

Three Gods, Three Playwrights, Three Stories, One Timeless Myth.
Three One-Act plays taken from the Classical past. Myth, Legend and Point-of-View collide in one night of theater.

The Crook

Coffee Black Productions presents:

THE CROOK
by Michael Bloom

Based on the play The Black Crook by Charles M. Barras

Directed by Bobbi Masters

Starring:
Michael Aguirre, Kathryn Browne, Sergio Lodolce, Bryan Marshall, Sherry Martinez, J.J. von Mehren, Ashley Denise Robinson, Julie Schroll, Stefan Schuette and Rokia Shearin

4pm Sunday
March 13, 2011
Bar 82
136 Second Avenue
Manhattan

Deep in the Hartz Mountains dwells The Black Crook, Hertzog, continually searching for a soul to provide to his master Zamiel. When given the chance for freedom, the Crook is sent after Rodolphe. But Hertzog has other plans and with Rodolphe, as his tool, Hertzog will stop at nothing to get his prize.

Monologue Van Winkle: an Evening of Time

Coffee Black Productions presents:

MONOLOGUE VAN WINKLE
an Evening of Time

Directed by Bobbi Masters and Lori Mannette

A Ticket to Paris
by Penny Jackson, performed by Amanda Johnson

Being Reasonable
by Heather Meyer, performed by Victoria Myers

Daily Paper
by Josh McIlvain, performed by Annabelle Beaver

The Fire
by Diana Rosinus, performed by Devon Caraway

Physical Therapy
written and performed by Mike Poblete

Pressure II
by Jason Lasky, performed by Andy Kirtland

Quiet Time
by Craig Abernethy, performed by Nina C. Williams

Sound of Thunder Jr.
by Meredith Hackman, performed by Nina C. Williams

Tempo
by Maximillian Gill, performed by Andy Kirtland

Why Bother?
by Steven Bergman, performed by Meaghan Sloane

4pm Sunday
January 9, 2011
Bar 82
136 Second Avenue
Manhattan

Continuing our successful evenings of monologues. Coffee Black Productions explores Time.