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Full-length play, SOUTH BEACH RAPTURE (formerly titled The Second House) will be going up in FringeNYC 2010, at Dixon Place. Directed by Michelle Bossy, associate artistic director of Primary Stages. (The play was developed at Primary in the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group.) The production is sponsored by Fractured Atlas. To see more information about the play, or how to make a tax-deductible contribution, click on the link.SOUTH BEACH RAPTURE.
THE SUNKEN LIVING ROOM will be presented as part of the HOWL! Festival in September, at Theatre 80, on St. Marks Place. All proceeds benefit the Howl! Help Fund, a health care initiative for Lower East Side artists and performers, administered by The Actors' Fund. Directed by renowned Italian director, Enrico Lamanna. For more information on the play and the production, click on the link.THE SUNKEN LIVING ROOM.
Two monologues from THE SUNKEN LIVING ROOM have been published in Samuel French's "Exceptional Monologues 1, for Men and Women". To order a copy at Samuel French, Click here...
PRIMARY STAGES' FRESH INK Reading Series presents DOWNWARD FACING DEBBIE, my new play developed in the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group for Outcast Productions. Directed by Josh Hecht. With Missy Hargraves and TBA. FRIDAY, APRIL 9th at 4 PM at 59 E 59 Street Theater. RSVP to: readings@primarystages.org. Give name, number in your party, and specify Downward Facing Debbie, Friday April 9 at 4PM.
The Toybox Theatre Company is holding a casual first-reading of THE SHORT FALL, directed by David Michael Holmes. With Ellen Adair, Keith Chandler, Jessica Dickey, Larry Mitchell, Jessica Rothenburg, and Jason Schuler. With live musical accompaniment by Tyler Cash. In the back room of the Legion Bar in Williamsburg, Bklyn. Tuesday, March 30th at 7:30 pm.
THE COMMON SWALLOW is now published in the acclaimed online literary journal, BLACKBIRD. To read the play, along with statements from myself and director Kirsten Kelly, and photos of the workshop production at 45 Bleecker Street, Click here...
IN DEVELOPMENT recently had its World Premiere Production at New Theatre in Miami. New Theatre Artistic Director Ricky J. Martinez (LIKENESS) directed. With Mark Della Ventura, Ricardo Rodriguez, Bill Schwartz, Aubrey Shavonne and Skye Whitcomb. For more information on New Theatre's upcoming season, see the article onplaybill.com. To learn more about this terrific birthplace of new plays, Click here...
For the EDGE/Fort Lauderdale review of IN DEVELOPMENT,
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For a very comprehensive article on Broadwayworld.com about THE COMMON SWALLOW,
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THE COMMON SWALLOW will be presented at 45 Bleecker Street Theatre September 25, 26 and 27 (Friday, Sat. & Sun.) at 8 PM, and also on September 27 at 3 PM. The show will be part of the annual HOWL Festival. Directed by Kirsten Kelly. Assistant Director Gabriella Willenz. With MacLeod Andrews, Matt D'Amico, Annie Golden, Julie Jesneck, Doug Rees and Elizabeth Rich. THE COMMON SWALLOW was developed from page one in the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages. It will be published in the fall in the online literary journal, BLACKBIRD.. The HOWL! festival benefits the Howl! HELP Fund, a resource for downtown artists in crisis which is administered by THE ACTORS FUND! For information, Click here.. It's a great cause, a great cast, great director, and tickets are only $15! Get your tickets today at brownpapertickets.com..
VISITING HOURS will be presented in a reading on Monday, August 31 at 4 PM at The Bridge theatre company. 244 W 54 Street, 12th Floor. Directed by Janice Goldberg. With Felicity LaFortune, Petronia Paley, Diane J. Findlay, Julie Jesneck and David Michael Holmes. To make a reservation, email: rsvp@thebridgetheatrecompany.com.
PRIMARY STAGES presents a reading of DAMSEL as part of the FRESH INK Reading Series: Works developed in the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group. FRIDAY, APRIL 17 at 4 PM at 59 E 59 Street Theatre. Directed by Jenn Thompson. With Mary Bacon and Stephen Kunken. Admission is free! RSVP to david@davidcaudle.org
THE SHORT FALL will have a reading at the Torn Page Salon in New York on Sunday, March 29th at 7 PM. 435 W. 22 Street. Cast includes Angelica Torn, Doug Rees, Missy Hargraves, Liz Morton. It's a wonderful, intimate, relaxed setting. If you wanna check it out, PLEASE RSVP to david@davidcaudle.org.
Premiere Stages at Kean University is presenting a reading of Visiting Hours as one of three finalists in their annual New Play Festival. It's an easy commute to Union, NJ on NJTransit, so if you're in town, and are so inclined, come on down!
FRIDAY, MARCH 13th at 7 PM
University Center Little Theatre
1000 Morris Avenue
UNION, NJ
Visiting Hours by David Caudle
Is there a limit to a parent’s love? After a long and unexplained absence, Paul and his new girlfriend, Shelly, abruptly force their way back into the makeshift home of his estranged parents, Beth and Marian, threatening to destroy what remains of their fragile union.
Directed by John Wooten. With Kathleen Butler, Colleen Finnegan, Lianne Kressin, Holly Logue and Mark David Watson.
"LIKENESS ran at Manhattan Theatre Source in January. Here's what was said:
"There are parallel plots running through David Caudle's new play, Likeness. One is political and one is artistic. The first is about the smoldering resentment of the American colonists toward the Stamp Act passed by the British Parliament, which imposed a tax on all printed paper. The second deals with artistic integrity. Yet, with all this high-mindedness, Likeness is straightforward, down-to-earth entertainment, with some very good performances." Jo Ann Rosen, nytheatre.com
"Set a few years after the French and Indian war, the play crackles with well observed dialogue, understated sexuality and truths about what it means to be an American then and now." Laura Rohrman, the Greenwich Village Examiner (www.examiner.com)
LIKENESS had its World Premiere at New Theatre in Miami last fall. (Carbonell Nominee for Best New Work). LIKENESS was developed at the New Harmony Project 2006, and at Primary Stages, where David Caudle is a member of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group.
"Likeness begins with a straightforward question — Should a struggling artist sometimes compromise his integrity to further his career? — and ends by colliding head-on with the eternal verities. ... the virtue of honor, the wisdom of pragmatism, the nature of beauty, the beauty of truth, the allure of servility, the commingled love and fascism of certain kinds of father-daughter relationships, and the ultimate dominion of women over their husbands. Playwright David Caudle has much to say about all of these things, and he has the talent to let his characters say all of it in their own voices. " Brandon K. Thorp, MIAMI NEW TIMES
"...another brilliant piece of writing from Miamian-turned-New Yorker David Caudle, who turned to the turbulent times of pre-Revolutionary War Boston to explore idealism versus reality. ...but it is really not a historical drama. It is, however, a tale about family, economic class consciousness, and, of course, the honesty of an artist..." Ron Levitt, Entertainment News and Views
DAMSEL, developed in the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages will have its first public reading in the intimate setting of the Geraldine Page Salon on Monday November 17th at 7:30. DAMSEL: A woman with a traumatic past questions her husband's obsessive interest in an attractive female co-worker. With Mary Bacon, Keieana Richard, Aaron Serotsky and Angelica Torn. The GERALDINE PAGE SALON for the ARTS
435 west 22 street/ 1st floor/ 212.620.0399 "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it was to blossom" Anais Nin
Paulini Howell productions presents a reading of VISITING OURS on Monday, November 3rd at Chelsea Studios, Room 606. Directed by Richard Sabellico. With Diane J. Findlay, Laura Heisler, Leslie Hendrix, Billy Wheelan and Karen Ziemba. Space is limited. For reservations call 212-875-7956.
THE SUNKEN LIVING ROOM was recently featured as Play of the Week at the Drama Bookshop on W. 40 Street. To check out what they had to say about the play:
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The Southern Rep production of
THE SUNKEN LIVING ROOM
has been published by Samuel French. The play recently won the Ambie Award for Best Original Play in New Orleans. The production was directed by Ryan Rilette with the following cast: Arianne Ellison, John Magaro, Rudy Mungaray and Staci Robbins.
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David has been awarded a Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in Playwriting to attend the Sewanee Writers' Conference in July.
David's new romantic comedy screenplay, LOVE A NURSE, was named a Finalist at the 2008 New Harmony Project.
The short film, FEET OF CLAY has screened at the Long Island Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, the Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, the North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in Durham. FEET premiered at Filmout San Diego on opening night, April 19, and at the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival on May 3rd. Directed by Carrie Preston, and starring John G. Preston, Steven McElroy, Liz Morton and Nina Jacques.