To the Fringe!
Last summer, the Potluck produced THE BATTLE OF SPANKTOWN, by Jeffrey Pfeiffer (potlucked in July 2009) as part of the New York International Fringe Festival.
The argument:
A hallucinatory historical pageant concerning the denizens of Spanktown, New Jersey in the year 1777, and the heroic battle betwixt the Mole and the Badger for the soul of a budding nation. A bawdy history lesson steeped in legend.
The cast:
Matthew Baldiga, Chris Bannow, David Michael Brown, Jarett Karlsberg, Adam Laupus, Patricia Lynn, Rebeca B. Miller, Samantha Northart, Ben Sumrall, Ari Vigoda, Brett Waldon, and Ian White
The team:
Allison Bressi (asst producer), Jeffrey Collier (lights), Emily DeSimone (costumes), Heidi Handelsman (director), Samantha Hirsch (asst director), Miriam Hyfler (stage manager), Ashley Pridmore-Abrego (sets), Ian Roettger (fights), Aaron Rubinstein (asst stage manager) and Lanie Zipoy (producer)
Official Website!
Production Stills!
Press for Spanktown!
The argument:
A hallucinatory historical pageant concerning the denizens of Spanktown, New Jersey in the year 1777, and the heroic battle betwixt the Mole and the Badger for the soul of a budding nation. A bawdy history lesson steeped in legend.
The cast:
Matthew Baldiga, Chris Bannow, David Michael Brown, Jarett Karlsberg, Adam Laupus, Patricia Lynn, Rebeca B. Miller, Samantha Northart, Ben Sumrall, Ari Vigoda, Brett Waldon, and Ian White
The team:
Allison Bressi (asst producer), Jeffrey Collier (lights), Emily DeSimone (costumes), Heidi Handelsman (director), Samantha Hirsch (asst director), Miriam Hyfler (stage manager), Ashley Pridmore-Abrego (sets), Ian Roettger (fights), Aaron Rubinstein (asst stage manager) and Lanie Zipoy (producer)
Official Website!
Production Stills!
Press for Spanktown!
Stepping out of the living room...
In the summer of 2008, the Potluck was proud to produce two short plays written by affiliated playwrights in the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival.
Our plays were:
A Chicken Goes to Broadway
by Kate Marks
A chicken seeks her place in the spotlight, and ends up getting served.
directed by Heidi Handelsman
sound by Rob Ribar
puppets by Jane Catherine Shaw
performed by Jennifer Boehm, Derya Derman, Emily Edwards, Lillian Meredith, and Paco Tolson
And...
Muffin
by Jennifer L. Brown
A couple. His cat. Her goldfish. Who will survive the night?
directed by Heidi Handelsman
sound by Rob Ribar
performed by Derya Derman and Doug Roland
Production stills and other photos
Our plays were:
A Chicken Goes to Broadway
by Kate Marks
A chicken seeks her place in the spotlight, and ends up getting served.
directed by Heidi Handelsman
sound by Rob Ribar
puppets by Jane Catherine Shaw
performed by Jennifer Boehm, Derya Derman, Emily Edwards, Lillian Meredith, and Paco Tolson
And...
Muffin
by Jennifer L. Brown
A couple. His cat. Her goldfish. Who will survive the night?
directed by Heidi Handelsman
sound by Rob Ribar
performed by Derya Derman and Doug Roland
Production stills and other photos
Why step out?
Every play reaches the point at which readings are not enough - to truly finish the play, the playwright needs the play to be produced. The Potluck continues to seek out opportunities for its homegrown plays to find their legs, particularly the plays that present tough artistic challenges.
