STAGE ONE ORIGINALS

The Fall of a Sparrow, An adaptation by Alexandra Devon

weindeb — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:54:04 +0000

Times Square Playwrights of New York welcomes you to Stage One Originals, its virtual theater, and a one-act drama adapted by Alexandra Devon from a short story by Colin Pip Dixon. A young, sensitive violinist has been facing unbearable competition and goes to seek help from a sympathetic priest, but it all takes a strange turn.

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Production contacts: Richard Craven, Mike Jankowitz, Tom Thornton, Norman Weinstein

Moth Man, Episode 3, by Tom Thornton

weindeb — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:10:07 +0000

Welcome to Stage One Originals, the virtual theater of Times Square Playwrights of New York, and Episode 3 of Moth Man by Tom Thornton. In this last of three episodes of this “love” comedy, we are treated to the strange conclusion of a no-holds-barred relationship between two minor celebrities, Gabrielle and Andy, whose marriage was most likely not made in heaven and for whom reconciliation might be more distant than the far side of Mars.

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Production contacts: Jeffrey Scott Green, Sharlene Hartman, Tom Thornton, Scott Williams, Norman Weinstein

Moth Man, Episode 2, by Tom Thornton

weindeb — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:37:21 +0000

Welcome to Stage One Originals, the virtual theater of Times Square Playwrights of New York, and Episode 2 of Moth Man, by Tom Thornton. In this second of three episodes of this fast-moving one-act comedy, we continue to experience the tense, even dangerous relationship between a man and wife, both minor celebrities, as their tempestuous characters unfold.

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Production contacts: Jeffrey Scott Green, Sharlene Hartman, Tom Thornton, Scott Williams, Norman Weinstein

Moth Man, Episode 1, by Tom Thornton

weindeb — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:45:56 +0000

Welcome to Stage One Originals, the listening theater of Times Square Playwrights of New York, and Moth Man by Tom Thornton. In this first of three episodes of this one-act play we encounter two strange individuals, a man and a woman, minor celebrities, in the final stages of a tempestuous relationship.

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Production contacts: Jeffrey Scott Green, Sharlene Hartman, Tom Thornton, Scott Williams, Norman Weinstein

Life With Yia-Yia, Episode 3, by George Trahanis

weindeb — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:20:11 +0000

Welcome to Stage One Originals, the virtual theater of Times Square Playwrights of New York and the last of three episodes of Life With Yia-Yia, or How I Survived My Greek Grandmother, written and performed by George Trahanis. In this episode we follow George as he pursues an acting career, with varying reactions from his mother, father and Yia-Yia.

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Production Contacts: George Trahanis, Tom Thornton, Norman Weinstein

Life With Yia-Yia, Episode 2, by George Trahanis

weindeb — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:19:23 +0000

Welcome again to Stage One Originals, the listening theater of Times Square Playwrights of New York and the second of three episodes of Life With Yia-Yia, or How I Survived My Greek Grandmother, written and performed by George Trahanis. Now we again encounter George, his dramatic Greek grandmother, or Yia-Yia, and his often strange mother and father.

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Production Contacts: George Trahanis, Tom Thornton, Norman Weinstein

Life With Yia-Yia, Episode 1, by George Trahanis

weindeb — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:51:16 +0000

Welcome to Stage One Originals, the virtual theater of Times Square Playwrights of New York and the first of three episodes of Life With Yia-Yia, or How I Survived My Greek Grandmother, both written and performed by George Trahanis. In this episode we meet George, his Greek grandmother, or Yia-Yia, and his equally peculiar mother and father.

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Production Contacts: George Trahanis, Tom Thornton, Norman Weinstein

Hey, Noah, Wait for Me! by Norman Weinstein

weindeb — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:20:15 +0000

Welcome to Stage One Originals, the listening theater of Times Square Playwrights of New York, and Norman Weinstein’s Hey, Noah, Wait for Me! At least one lesson you might gain from this brief comedy is that you should never take a Tyrannosaurus rex for granted if you ever visit the Garden of Eden.

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Production Contacts: Sharlene Hartman, Tom Thornton, Norman Weinstein, Kristen Wiles, Scott Williams

Ripe Avocados, Episode 4, by Nancy Dean

weindeb — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:14:35 +0000

Times Square Playwrights of New York welcomes you to Stage One Originals, the hearing theater of Times Square Playwrights of New York, and the last of the four episodes of Ripe Avocados by Nancy Dean. Now we shall be experiencing Eleanor in all her fury, acted out before her husband Timmy and their child Leslie.

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Production Contacts: Dawn Jamieson, Mary Murphy, Jim Nugent, Tom Thornton, Norman Weinstein , Scott Williams

Ripe Avocados, Episode 3, by Nancy Dean

weindeb — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:08:26 +0000

Times Square Playwrights of New York welcomes you to its virtual theater, Stage One Originals, and the third of four episodes of Ripe Avocados by Nancy Dean. This time we visit the past to observe a young, headstrong Eleanor and thus can better understand her as a married woman in the present.

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Production Contacts: Dawn Jamieson, Mary Murphy, Jim Nugent, Tom Thornton, Norman Weinstein , Scott Williams