Monday Night Special Archives
Monday, September 3
Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center
In Development
Starring Suzzanne DouglasWritten by Yorri J. Berry
Reading directed by Brandon Monokian
Conceived and reconstructed by Suzzanne Douglas & Brandon Monokian
With music by Alva Nelson, Louise Robinson & Carol Maillard
Choreography by Mama Yaa
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Monday, August 27
All New
An intimate evening of new musical theater songs
"All New" is an intimate concert of songs from four of Marisa Michelson's musicals, including Still Life with Toe Shoes; Tamar and the River; Scherezade and The Grid. Marisa’s music draws inspiration from world music such as Middle Eastern and pre-Western chanting, all the way to alternative pop singers, even while her songs live primarily in an all-new genre of music-theatre: a nexus between the theatre and opera worlds. The songs have lyrics by playwright and television writer, Jason Grote; playwright Joshua H. Cohen, and playwright Frank Terry (see bios and play descriptions below). Marisa will be joined by the incredible Chad Goodridge (Broadway's PASSING STRANGE), Margot Bassett (Meredith Monk's SONGS OF ASCENSION), Maggie Brothers, and the Vineyard's own Paul Munafo.
by award-winning composer Marisa MichelsonPerformed by Marisa Michelson & friends
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Monday, August 20
Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center
Seven Elevens II
Seven satirical swipes at the goofy lives we live today, whether sex changes, religious prohibitions, or political Red state-ism.
7 Eleven minute plays written & directed by Robert BrusteinStarring Tony Shalhoub, Brooke Adams, Will LeBow and Karen MacDonald
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Monday, August 13
Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center
Kansas City Swing
1947. It’s autumn and Jackie Robinson just integrated pro baseball. The Satchel Paige All-Stars gear up to play the Bob Feller All-Stars in a thrilling off-season match-up. But there’s a storm brewing; baseball is about to change, and so is America. From the same writing team that created the smash hit play, FLY!
Written by Trey Ellis & Ricardo KhanView Details
Monday, August 6
Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center
My Mom Is Trying To Ruin My Life – The Musical
A new musical for kids ages 6+ and grownups of all ages!
This performance only, tickets for ages 18 and under are $15!
If she’s such a great Mom, why is she trying to ruin her daughter’s life? Meet a Mom you'll never forget. And a ten year old girl who will steal your heart. With songs you'll be singing for the rest of the summer.
Starring Shelagh Hackett as Mom, Paul Munafo as Dad and Katie Morse as Emma.
With Scott Barrow, Christopher Kann, Adam Petkus, Jill Macy, Augie Padua, Sam Graber-Hahn, Nina Moore, Simone Davis, Danielle Hopkins, Belle Dinning, Sofy Scarano and Kaya Seiman.
Music by Paul Jacobs
Lyrics by Sarah Durkee
Based on the children's book by Kate Feiffer
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Monday, July 30
Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center
Emily & Joyce
The sweet poetic world of Emily Dickinson collides with the dark and dangerous world of Joyce Carol Oates to give you an unforgettable evening of poetry, comedy and the surreal.
Written by Joyce Carol OatesDirected by Carol Rocamora
Starring Jenny Allen, Ken Baltin, Ella Dershowitz, Peter Stray and Nina Smilow
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Monday, July 23
Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center
Outcasts
The Lepers of Penikese Island
Sandwiched between the resort communities and fishing villages of Cape Cod and the Islands, Penikese housed dozens of patients and their families against their will for almost 20 years.
There will be a brief Q&A after the reading with Scott Barrow and Eve Rifkah.
Based on the poems by Eve Rifka
With Marc Carver, Brian Ditchfield, Brooke Hardman-Ditchfield, Nicole Galland, Marya Lowry, Erin Moon, Molly Purves, Peter Stray and Robert Walsh.
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Monday, July 16, 7pm
Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center
¿iUwe!
Three generations of women seek answers to life’s questions while singing, laughing, crying and carrying each other along the way.
An original musical revue by Molly Conole
Molly Conole, Amelia Dutton, Penelope Dutton, Kathy Slage and Linda BergWritten by Molly Conole
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Monday, July 9, 7pm
At The Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center
Satchmo at the Waldorf
A raw, uncensored look at the man behind the smile.
Starring John Douglas ThompsonWritten by Terry Teachout
Directed by Gordon Edelstein
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Monday, July 2
Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center
Making A Movie
The author of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz traces two writers' precarious paths through a boarding house in Montreal and the boulevards of Hollywood
Devised & Directed by Joann Green BreuerStarring Bob Brustein, Brooke Adams, Tony Shalhoub, Scott Barrow and Anna Yukevich
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Monday, June 25, 2012
The King
If you like Lear, come. If you don’t like Lear, especially come.
A one-character play conceived and adapted from “King Lear”.
Text by William ShakespeareDirected by Jim Stidfole
Conceived, Adapted and Performed by John Basinger
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Monday, August 29, 2011
And Everything Is Going Fine
An intimate portrait of master monologist SPALDING GRAY, as described by his most critical, irreverent and insightful biographer: Spalding Gray.
Spalding returns one last time – in this riveting final film monologue – to The Vineyard Playhouse stage where he performed his monologues live for many years.
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Monday, August 22, 2011
Lotus Feet
A super contemporary and sharp-witted play about the path to enlightenment.
Written & Directed by Michael DomitrovichStarring Peter Stray, Victoria Campbell and Alexandra London-Thompson
Stage Directions read by Christopher Kann
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Monday, August 1, 2011
Walt & Emily – Between The Rooms
Walt Whitman & Emily Dickinson – A song of themselves
Written by Jonathan CottDirected by Jeremy Bloom
Starring Neal Huff & Gretchen Hall
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Monday, July 25, 2011
The Screenwriter’s Daughter
The true and imagined story of Ben & Jenny Hecht
Written & Directed by Larry MollinStarring Robert Brustein, Ella Dershowitz and David Henry Gerson
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Monday, July 18, 2011
A Most Dangerous Woman
“You may try—but you can never imagine what it is to have a man’s force of genius in you, and yet to suffer the slavery of being a girl.” ~George Eliot
Starring Samantha Soule as George Eliot.Also starring CJ Wilson, Scott Barrow, Elizabeth Jasicki, Christopher Kann, Dee Nelson, Peter Stray & Mac Young
Written by Kathy Tempelsman
Directed by Richard Maltby, Jr.
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Untouchable Voices
A performance that fuses a passion for music and theater with a zeal for social justice
Written by & Starring Anna Procter and Tabea MangelsdorfView Details
