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May 10, 2010
DARK RAPTURE| HB Playwrights Foundation

Dark Rapture
by Eric Overmeyer

Directed by Amy Wright

June 10th - 27th @ 8pm

Sundays June 13th, 20th, 27 @ 3pm only
NO performances Mondays June 14th, 21st

Admission is FREE
but be sure to make reservations as tickets go FAST!

For reservations call 212 989 7856
beginning June 1st, Monday- Friday 1pm tp 5pm
Limit (2) per person

Who is Ray, where is he, and why does everyone want to know?
One of the many mysteries lurking in the Dark Rapture.

with
Chris Brescia*, Candace Bryant, Pascal Escriout, Katy Frame*
Ross Kramberg*, Dina Lucchesi, Arnie Mazer*, Craig McNulty*
Rachel Murdy*, Antony Raymond*, Charles Sprinkle*
Giovanni Villari, Shaun Bennet Wilson

*Denotes member of AEA. An AEA approved showcase.

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April 4, 2010
Proposal Plays Benefit Challenge | Abingdon Theatre Company

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Abingdon Proposal Plays Benefit Challenge
Twelve playwrights take on the challenge to write a 10-minute play about a proposal, inspired by the set and poster from Abingdon’s “Engaging Shaw.”

Playwrights:
Sandra A. Daley — Doris Hart — Stephanie Keys — Marvin Lifschitz
Erin E. McGuff — Frank O’Donnell — Richard Pioreck — Lily Rusek
Meg Schadl — Bara Swain — Susan Telcher — John Trevellin

Featuring:
Sheila Burkert* — Amelia Randolph Campbell — Chris Davis — Lori Gardner*
Kate Geller — Wynn Tu Hall* — Christopher Halladay — Walker Hare
Heather Massie* — Cynthia McCright — Paige O’Malley — Dara O’Brien
Pamela Paul* — Geoffrey Pomeroy — Maayan Schneider — Shai Trichter*
Jessica Vera — Shaun Bennet Wilson — Richard Zekaria — Jenny Zerke

Directors:
Michael Petranek Nancy Robillard Kim T. Sharp Catherine Siracusa

SERIES A: Sunday, April 25 - 5:30pm & 7:30pm
SERIES B: Tuesday, April 27 - 6:30pm & 8:30pm

$10 suggested donation at the door. No reservations.

Abingdon Theatre Company
312 West 36th Street, just west of 8th Ave.
In the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre

*members AEA
†member SDC

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March 19, 2010
Orange Alert | WorkShop Theater Company

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By Stephen Girasuolo
Directed by Maxwell Williams†

Nearly a decade after 9/11, eight people must choose between pursuing their desires or giving into the uncertainty that follows them everywhere as they live and work in the shadow of Ground Zero.

Cast:
Jodie Bentley*, Burt Edwards*, Lori Faiella*, Joseph Faranda, Frank Piazza*
P.J. Sosko*, Shaun Bennet Wilson, Matthew Wise

April 8, 9 & 10, 2010
8pm

FREE!

Presented In
The Jewel Box Theater
The WorkShop Theater Company
312 West 36th Street, 4th Fl. West
Between 8th and 9th Aves.

For info and reservations, call (212) 695-4173 ext. 6

*members AEA
†member SDC

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March 19, 2010
Derridia | WorkShop Theater Company

Derridia
By Nancy Chu
Directed by Kathleen Brant

Featuring:
Tom Berdik*, Dion Graham* (The Wire, Not About Nightingales),
Elyse Mirto*, Shaun Bennet Wilson

March 28, 2010
6pm
Part of the WorkShop's Sundays@Six Reading Series

Presented In
The Jewel Box Theater
The WorkShop Theater Company
312 West 36th Street, 4th Fl. West
Between 8th and 9th Aves.

No reservations necessary. First come, first served.

*members AEA
†member SDC

barMarch 15, 2010
Staged Reading of a New Play

Untying Love
By Peggy A. Willens
Directed by Emma Berry

Featuring:
Jamie Heinlein*, Wayne Henry*, James Nugent*, Matt Roberson, Paul Singleton*, Debra Whitfield*, Shaun Bennet Wilson, Frank Wood* (Clybourne Park, Side Man, August: Osage County), Brigit Kelly Young

March 15, 2010
7pm

The Shell Theater
The Times Square Arts Center
300 West 43rd Street, 4th Floor

Invited audience only.

*members AEA

barFebruary 10, 2010
An August Romance | WorkShop Theater Company

Scenes from August Wilson's plays
on the tumult and tenderness of relationship

Featuring:
CK Allen*, and Shaun Bennet Wilson in RADIO GOLF

Saturday, February 13th
12pm & 3pm

Presented In
The Main Stage Theater
The WorkShop Theater Company
312 West 36th Street, 4th Fl. West
Between 8th and 9th Aves.

No reservations necessary. First come, first served.

*members AEA

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February 2, 2010
The Abingdon Theatre | Dorothy Strelsin Theatre

I will be featured in both Evening A and Evening B of Abingdon Car Plays Benefit Challenge. Eight playwrights take on the challenge to write a 10-minute play
inspired by a “car” song for a set with an actual car onstage!

Series A
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
6:30pm & 8:30pm

I will be featured in:
Stolen Car, by Sandra A. Daley
| directed by Laura L. Tesman
Cast: Lina Gallegos*, Jennifer Rubins, Shaun Bennet Wilson

Series B
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
6:30 & 8:30pm

I will be featured in:
Fury/Us, by Meg Schadl | directed by Mike Petranek
Cast:Amanda Dieli, Shaun Bennet Wilson

Abingdon Theatre Company
312 West 36th Street, just west of 8th Ave.
In the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre

8  playwrights + 1 car + 19 actors + 5 directors + 1 night  = 8 new plays

*members AEA

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February 1, 2010
The Unspoken...Said | WorkShop Theater Company

The Unspoken...Said
By PJ Gibson
Directed by Arthur French

Featuring:
CK Allen*, Marjorie Johnson*, Spencer Scott Barros*,
L.B. Williams*, and Shaun Bennet Wilson

A powerful and prestigious black family in the 1920's hides the embarrassing secrets of their son's choices. What happens when unspoken things are said?

February 6, 2010
12pm & 3pm

Presented In
The Main Stage Theater
The WorkShop Theater Company
312 West 36th Street, 4th Fl. West
Between 8th and 9th Aves.

No reservations necessary. First come, first served.

*members AEA

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December 9, 2009
COLD SNAPS | WorkShop Theater Company

I will be perfoming in the One-Act play, The Danger of Strangers, written by Glenn Alterman, directed by Kathleen Brant† and co-starring Tom Berdik*.

COLD SNAPS
the WorkShop's Annual Winter One-Act Festival
Presented In
The Jewel Box Theater
The WorkShop Theater Company
312 West 36th Street, 4th Fl. West
Between 8th and 9th Aves.

Wed., Dec. 9 | Thurs., Dec. 10 | Fri., Dec. 11 | Sat., Dec. 12
Mon, Dec. 14
Wed., Dec. 16 | Thurs., Dec. 17 | Fri., Dec. 18 | Sat., Dec. 19

All curtain times at 8PM

Ticket Prices:
$15, Seniors & Students $12
All industry comped.

Cold Snaps cast includes: Trey Albright*, Ellen Barry*, Tom Berdik*, Jeff Berg*, Tom Bozell*, Kelly Anne Burns*, Ellen Dolan*, Burt Edwards*, Charlotte Hampden*, Abigail Hardin*, Heather Massie*, Elyse Mirto*, Patricia O'Connell*, Sean Singer, Paul Singleton*, Ben Sumrall*, Fred Velde*, Christine Verleny, Matt Walker*, Shaun Bennet Wilson and Melissa Wolff*

For info and reservations: (212) 695-4173 x6

*members AEA
†member SDC

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October 16, 2009
Memory Fragments, by Sam Wallin | Wagner College

Sunday, Oct. 25th I will be appearing as a Guest Artist in a reading of Memory Fragments by Sam Wallin (2009 Stanley Drama Award Winner), directed by David A. Miller.

Memory Fragments
A new play by Sam Wallin
2009 Stanley Drama Award winner

Directed by
David A. Miller

Featuring
Evan Mueller, Shaun Bennet Wilson and Andrew Zimmerman
along with students from Wagner College

Sunday, October 25th @ 1pm
Wagner College Stage One Theatre
1 Campus Road (map) | Staten Island, NY
No charge for admission

Reservations: 718.390.3259

Read more about Sam Wallin, Memory Fragments,
and the Stanley Drama Award here.

The Stanley Drama Award has a long and distinguished history. Past winners include Terrence McNally’s “This Side of the Door” (aka “Things That Go Bump in the Night”), Lonne Elder III’s “Ceremonies in Dark Old Men,” and Jonathan Larson’s “Rent” — in fact, the Wagner College award was the first public recognition of Larson’s masterpiece of musical theater, given when he was still working part-time in a Manhattan diner and living in a third-story, cold-water walkup. Among those judging for the Stanley Award have been playwrights Edward Albee and Paul Zindel, actresses Geraldine Page and Kim Stanley, and TV producer/pioneer talk-show host David Susskind.
The Stanley Drama Award was established in 1957 by Staten Island philanthropist Alma Guyon Timolat Stanley and endowed through the Stanley-Timolat Foundation. The national Stanley Award competition is administered by the Theater Department of Wagner College.

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October 10, 2009
Strangulated
by Elizabeth Grey

Today and tomorrow I will be reprising my role as "Bettie" in my friend Elizabeth Grey's wonderful new play, Strangulated. I last performed this for a benefit performance with Abingdon Theatre.

Strangulated, a new play about marriage
by Elizabeth Grey
directed by Kate Bushmann†

with Matthew Conlon*, Daniella Mastropietro*, Craig McNulty*, Liam Mitchell*, Dara O'Brien, Marci Occhino, Katheen Peirce*, Shaun Bennet Wilson, L.B. Williams*

October 10 and 11 @ 8PM
Part of Six Plays in Search of a Production
HB Playwrights Foundation Theatre
124 Bank Street (map)
between Washington and Greenwich Streets

Reservations: 212.989.7856 or 212.989.6540

*members AEA
†member SDC

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Oct 2, 2009
Orange ALERT | The WorkShop Theater Co.

On October 4th, I have the extreme pleasure of reading the role of "Layla" in a staged reading of Stephen Girascuolo's new play, Orange ALERT at The Workshop Theatre Company. This play examines the effects of 911 on the lives of several interconnected New Yorkers and is a truly beautiful piece. Working on this has been a complete joy.

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by Stephen Girascuolo

Eight people’s lives intersect in Lower Manhattan.
Two construction workers, a cook, a hostess, a dishwasher,
an unemployed hedge fund trader and a real estate agent.
It may be years after the fall, but a heightened state of uncertainty follows them
everywhere.

with:
Shaun Bennet Wilson, L.B. Williams*, Frank Piazza*, Matthew Wise
Nathaniel P. Claridad, Lena Armstrong*, Lori Faiella* and Peter Stoll

October 4 | 6pm
The WorkShop Theater Company
312 West 36th Street, 4th Floor West
(between 8th and 9th Aves.)
FREE Admission, open seating

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Sept. 20, 2009
GUNNY | Where Eagles Dare Short Play Lab, Sept. 26th & 27th

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A new, one-act play by
Peter S. Nicholls

Directed by
Shaun Bennet Wilson

Featuring:
Chuck Muckle*, Jeramiah Peay*, and Tom Martin

Boot camp never prepared him for this... When retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant Frank Nast meets with his son Frank Jr. for a drink they find themselves confronted with the truth of who they are, what they believe in and
what really makes a man.

Part of the Where Eagles Dare Short Play Lab
Sept. 26th, 7pm | Sept. 27th, 4pm
347 W. 36th Street (bet 8th and 9th Aves.)
Tickets: $15
Click here to purchase tickets
Call (212) 279-2504 for more info

*Actors appear courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

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June 18, 2009
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot | Measure for Measure

MEASURE for MEASURE directed by Hamilton Clancy

JULY 30-AUGUST 15

by William Shakespeare.
8PM Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
at Ludlow and Broome.
FREE!

Bring a chair or come early to grab one of your own. Parking available. Meters in effect! One block from the Delancey Street subway station of the F train.

featuring: Ivory Aquino, Nina Burns*, Stephanie Carll*, Don Carter*, Patricia Chilsen*, Sergio Diaz, Amanda Fuller, Michael Gnat*, Bill Green*, Karla Hendrick*, Mark Jeter*, Candice Lee Knox, Jonathon Marballi, David Marantz*, Cameron Mitchell Mason, Lori Parquet, Joann Sacco, David Sitler*, & Shaun Bennet Wilson
asst. director: Jason Surratt
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scenic designer: Rebecca Lord
sound designer: Chris Rummel
costume designer: Lisa Renee Jordan
webmaster: Steven Bittrich
graphic designer: Phillip De Vita

*actors appear courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

www.shakespeareinthepark.com

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May 3, 2009
New Federal Theatre Spring Recital

I've been asked to direct Gerald Tallon's new play Bird, about Charlie "Bird" Parker. This is part of New Federal Theatre's Playwrighting Workshop. Not only is it a joy to work at Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre, but I've cast a talented member of the HB Studio family (Russell Hayes) and an old acting classmate of mine (Jeramy Peay, MFA New School. Cast him!) who's work is beautiful and inventive. I'm honored all around.

NewFederal

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April 20, 2009
FREEDOM | The Drilling Company

Freedom! We all want it. We all need it. Starting Friday, April 24, I will be performing in one of a series of short plays in The Drilling Company's "FREEDOM." I'll be featured in the play "Rightsized" with Michael Gnat, which gives an interesting glimpse into the Investment Banking industry. I'd be honored to have your presence.

FREEDOM
a newly commissioned series of short plays

at 78th Street Theatre Lab
236 West 78th Street
(bet. Bway and Amsterdam, 1 block south of the #1 train at 79th Street)

April 24th - May 10th
(additional performance Wednesday May 6th)
Thursday through Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm.

Brought to you by
The Drilling Company
Hamilton Clancy, Producing Artistic Director and
Karen Kitz, Associate Producer

Actors: William Apps, Selene Beretta, Don Carter*, Hamilton Clancy*,
Tom Demenkoff*, Jordan Feltner, Dennis Gagomiros, Michael Gnat*,
Franklin Killian, Darren Lipari, Erin Mallon*, Sajeev Pillai, Sonja Rzepski,
Sean Patrick Reilly*, Daisy Stone and Shaun Bennet Wilson

Tickets: $15
For Reservations, call: 212-877-0999
or eMail: drillingcompany@aol.com

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March 19, 2009
Romeo and Juliet | Curious Frog

I have just been cast in Curious Frog Theatre Company's Spring Preview Salon. I"ll be portraying "Juliet" in two scenes from Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.

Here are more details from the Curious Frog website...

The Who - What - Where - When - Why…
Who: Collaboration between Curious Frog Theatre Co. and Opera Singers Initiative
What: Spring Salon Preview
Where: NY Studio Gallery in Manhattan: 154 Stanton St. • New York, NY • 10002
When: Thursday, March 19th, 2009 7 – 10 pm
Why: See a preview of True West and other great works • eat, drink, and be merry • network with CFTC, OSI, and rising artists
Cost: $35.00

Proceeds will support Curious Frog's spring production of True West, which will run at a found space in Manhattan. Everybody loves a party. We hear you. The Spring Preview wouldn’t be much of a shindig without a little food and drink. Not to worry. Curious Frog knows how to make merry. Just ask anybody who came to our benefit for Much Ado About Nothing last fall, where between songs, musician Mark Pires did impressions of Christopher Walken playing Hamlet. Yep. The wine was that good. Need we say more?

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March 8, 2009
Sundays @ 6 | The Workshop Theater Company

This Sunday @ Six in the Jewel Box theater John McKinney is having a reading of his collection of “micro-plays” which he's gathered together under the working title, Attention Deficit Drama — 14 Short Plays with No Common Themes, Subjects or Genres. The reading is estimated to go about an hour and a half. Afterwards, there will be a feedback session moderated by Scott Sickles.

I will be performing in the play Unintelligent Life. Hope to see you there!

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March 6, 2009
Strangulated at Abingdon Theatre

On Friday, March 6th@ 7pm I'll be participating in a benefit performance of STRANGULATED, a new play by Elizabeth Grey, directed by Kate Bushmann. Details below.

Abingdon Theatre Company
312 West 36th Street, just west of 8th Ave.
1st Floor in the Dorothy Strelsin (56-seat) Theatre

Friday, March 6
7:00 pm

Running time: 2 hours including intermission

$10 suggested donation | First-come, first-served

STRANGULATED is a wonderful new play which I’ve been blessed to be a part of developing over the past year. It’s a “dramedy” about a Southern woman whose loyalties and love are tested by her Westchester in-laws.

Abingdon’s mission “to develop and produce new plays by American playwrights” has driven the development of more than 200 original plays since 1993. Upon hearing that Abingdon is in immediate need of funds, the playwrights who have received so much support from Abingdon are stepping up to self-produce a marathon of seated play readings for their benefit. A full list of plays will later be posted on Abingdon’s website: http://www.abingdontheatre.org/

If you cannot attend our March 6th showing, will you consider making a donation (of ANY amount) to Abingdon anyway? If you can attend, will you consider giving more than $10? Abingdon needs our help today. Luckily, you can make a tax-deductible donation by credit card right now at https://npo.networkforgood.org/Donate/Donate.aspx?npoSubscriptionId=7627.

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January 15, 2009
New member of The Workshop Theater Company!

"Founded in 1994, WorkShop Theater Company's mission is to provide a creative home for our diverse group of playwrights, directors and actors, to hone their talents and cultivate projects, from inspiration through finished production, while encouraging our audience to partner with us in developing new works." (Taken from the Workshop's website.)

I first became acquainted with this company through seeing Rudy Gray's powerful play "Conversation with a Kleagle" directed by Stacy Waring in 2003. I've wanted to be a part of this company since then and this is a real treat for me. Stay tuned!

 

 
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