Cast in Freshwater (in alphabetical order) are Akiko Aizawa, Gian Murray Gianino (most recently on Women's Project's stage in Aliens with Extraordinary Skills), Ellen Lauren, Kelly Maurer, Tom Nelis, Barney O'Hanlon and Stephen Duff Webber.
"Women's Project turns 31 this year, and we're young, healthy, and coming off the best season in our history with three acclaimed productions in a row: Sand and Crooked last season and Aliens with Extraordinary Skills this past fall," said Dr. Crosby, now in her second full season as Producing Artistic Director of Women's Project.
Women's Project and SITI Company
Women's Project < www.WomensProject.org> produces theater created by women, providing a forum for women's perspectives on a wide variety of political, social, religious, and cultural topics. Founded in 1978 to address the conspicuous under-representation of women artists in the American theater, countless artists have achieved significant recognition through Women's Project productions, including Anne Bogart, Eve Ensler, Lynn Nottage, Maria Irene Fornes Suzan-Lori Parks, Leigh Silverman, Naomi Wallace, and Anna Deavere Smith, among the many. Now entering its fourth decade, Women's Project has staged over 600 productions and developmental projects, and published ten anthologies of plays by women. Women's Project mentors talented artists through its free, intensive Directors, Playwrights, and Producers Labs, and reaches over 2,000 students annually through Ten Centuries of Women Playwrights, an award-winning arts education program. In 1998, Women's Project purchased a historic off-Broadway venue on Manhattan's West 55th Street, making Women's Project the first and only women's theater company to hold the keys to its own stage.
SITI Company is an ensemble-based theater company led by Anne Bogart. Its mission is to create bold new productions; to perform and tour these productions nationally and internationally; to train together consistently; to train theater professionals and students in an approach to acting and collaboration that forges unique and highly disciplined artists for the theater; and to create opportunities for artistic dialogue and cultural exchange. Founded in 1992 by Anne Bogart and Tadashi Suzuki, SITI Company began as an endeavor to redefine and revitalize contemporary theater in the United States through an emphasis on international cultural exchange and collaboration. Originally envisioned as a summer institute in Saratoga Springs, New York, SITI grew into a permanent company based in New York City with a summer season in Saratoga. Recently, SITI Company has been selected to take part in Leading for the Future: Innovative Support for Artistic Excellence, a groundbreaking new arts initiative created by Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) and funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The company is recognized internationally as one of theater's most important artistic collectives, creating groundbreaking work while training artists from around the world.
Box Office Info:
Women's Project member tickets ($15). Call 212.765.2105, click www.WomensProject.org, or visit the Women's Project box office at 424 West 55th Street.
Single tickets ($42) at www.Telecharge.com or 212.239.6200.
Freshwater performs Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7:00p, Thursdays-Saturdays at 8:00p, Sundays at 3:00p & 7:00p. (No matinee on Sunday 1/25/09.)
