Now playing:
How does one become who one was
meant to be?
Le Cid
a play by Pierre Corneille
translated into English verse by Richard Wilbur
directed by Peter Dobbins
January 4th through February 9th, 2013
Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.
Special Monday performance Jan. 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Matinees at 2:00 p.m. Jan. 19, 26 and Feb. 2
Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30 and Feb. 6
Morningside Drive between 114th & 115th Streets at The Church of Notre Dame (405 West 114th)
In Le Cid, the 17th century classic,
Don Rodrique transforms himself from young lover to great warrior, through his steadfast devotion to honor above all else.
His actions both repel and attract his beloved Chimene who responds in-kind with a vow to destroy what she loves most.
What ensues is one of history's strangest and most compelling love stories as well as one of the greatest dramatic works about
the difficulty in becoming who you truly are.
Featuring: Spencer Aste*,
Brian J Coffey*,
Dinh Q. Doan*,
Meaghan Bloom Fluitt,
Cheri Paige Fogleman,
Benjamin Jones,
Jeff Kline,
Jessica Levesque,
John Puello,
George Taylor*,
Jessica Zinder*
* Appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association.
Peter Dobbins - Director, Artistic Director
Stephen Logan Day - Assistant Director, Associate Artistic Director
Robert Carroll - Development Director
Courtney Irizarry - Costume Design
Michael Abrams - Lighting Design
Kenneth Goodwin - Sound Design
Josh Iacovelli - Scenic Design
Wendy Patten - General Manager
Charles Casano - Production Stage Manager
Tickets for LE CID are now
available through SmartTix.
Most Recent Productions:
"When you followed your dream, what did you leave behind?"
The Storm Theatre
in association with Sase Sham
present
Marius
a play by Marcel Pagnol
translated and adapted from the French by Zack Rogow
directed by Peter Dobbins
September 7th thru October 13th, 2012
Opens Friday, Sept. 7th at 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.
Special Monday performance Sept. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Matinees at 2:00 p.m. Sept. 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13th
Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 & 10
Morningside Drive between 114th & 115th Streets at The Church of Notre Dame (405 West 114th)
The Storm Theatre is proud to present the New York Premiere
of MARIUS by Marcel Pagnol, translated from the French and adapted by Zack Rogow!
The President by Ferenc Molnár The Storm Theatre is proud to present the New York Premiere
of THE PRESIDENT, by Ferenc Molnár, adapted by Morwyn Brebner!
Eighteen year old Fanny, the most beautiful girl in Marseille, loves the handsome twenty-two year-old Marius
who daydreams away while working at his father's Bar de la Marine. He secretly returns Fanny's ardour, but
resists her advances, yearning to go Elsewhere, to a life at sea full of adventure. However, fifty year-old
Panisse, a recent widower and wealthy sailmaker, has proposed to the young Fanny. She wants Marius, but if
Marius does not want her, she will give up romance and marry for security. With Panisse she'd have a maid and
100,000 francs! The ball is in Marius's court...
What ensues is one of the great romances of the past century bursting with passion, warmth, humor, all the
yearning and passion of youth and the wisdom of age.
Marcel Pagnol was one of the leading French dramatists of the last 100 years. Of the many plays he wrote,
MARIUS is considered his masterpiece. The play is the cornerstone of Pagnol's Marseille trilogy. MARIUS
has been adapted as a movie several times, most recently by the great French actor Daniel Auteuil, in a
soon-to-be-released remake.
MARIUS features: Gerard Adimando*,
David Bodenschatz,
Gabe Bettio*,
Laura Bozzone*,
Ross DeGraw*,
Benjamin Jones,
Diánna Martin,
Sawyer Mastrandrea,
Anthony Russo*,
Jose Sanchez*
* Appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association.
Peter Dobbins - Director, Artistic Director
Stephen Logan Day - Assistant Director, Associate Artistic Director
Sase Sham - Producer
Chance Michaels - Producing Director
Robert Carroll - Development Director
Courtney Irizarry - Costume Design
Michael Abrams - Lighting Design
Kenneth Goodwin - Sound Design
Josh Iacovelli - Scenic Design
Wendy Patten - General Manager
Charles Casano - Production Stage Manager
Sawyer Mastrandrea - House Manager
Tickets for MARIUS are now
available through SmartTix.
adapted by Morwyn Brebner
directed by Peter Dobbins
In this fast-paced comedy, the clock starts ticking for a powerful bank president
when the young heiress under his care announces her secret marriage to an impoverished
Communist taxi driver. Faced with the imminent return of her parents (and the ensuing
social disaster) what is a Chief Executive to do? Simply transform this unsuitable suitor
into a perfectly well-bred, well-dressed, well-spoken capitalist son-in-law — all in under an hour!
Morwyn Brebner's adaptation of THE PRESIDENT made its World
Premiere at the Shaw Festival in 2008, where it was hailed
as
"
" by the Toronto Star and
The Globe and Mail.
The Niagara Falls Review called it a "comic marathon performed at a breakneck pace with
brilliant timing."
THE PRESIDENT features: Spencer Aste*,
David Bodenschatz, Brian J. Carter*,
Laura Michelle
Cleary, Brian J. Coffey*, Gregory Couba*,
Ashton Crosby, Joe Danbusky*,
Meaghan Bloom Fluitt, Cheri Paige Fogleman, Robert
Ierardi*, Benjamin Jones, Hugh Brandon Kelly,
Jessica Levesque, Sawyer
Mastrandrea, Ted McGuinness, Yukiko Miyawaki,
Becca Pesce*, Edward
Prostak*, Josh Vasquez*, Matthew Waterson*
* Appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association.
Peter Dobbins - Director, Artistic Director
Stephen Logan Day - Assistant Director, Associate Artistic Director
Meagan Miller-McKeever - Costume Design
Michael Abrams - Lighting Design
Amy Altadonna - Sound Design
Ken Larson - Set Design
Charles Casano - Production Stage Manager
Sawyer Mastrandrea - House Manager
Chance Michaels - Producing Director
Robert Carroll - Development Director
The New York Times called our last production, THE LONDON MERCHANT, "Excellent! First-rate theater!" Don't miss this
hysterical new play!
Most Recent Productions:
"Excellent!" "An exciting new work... first-rate theater!"
The London Merchant
or
The History of George Barnwell
First performed in 1731, George Lillo's THE LONDON MERCHANT tells the story of a young apprentice
led astray by a courtesan.
It marked an exceptional departure for Lillo and created a new genre of theatre which concentrated on the struggles of the working classes.
Prior to this, the theatre of the period had predominantly focused on stories relating to the upper classes, biblical or classical themes.
The new ‘bourgeois drama’ became popular across Europe, and gave Lillo a notable place in dramatic history.
Featuring:
Spencer Aste*
Joe Danbusky*
Michelle Kafel
Jessica Myhr*
Megan Stern*
Patrick Woodall*
Harlan Work*
Producer: Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P.
Director/Artistic Director: Peter Dobbins
Assistant Director: Stephen Logan Day
Producing Director: Chance Michaels
Managing Producer: Catherine Kolpak
Director of Development: Robert Carroll
Production Stage Manager: Charles Casano
House Manager: Sawyer Mastrandrea
Scenic Designer: Ken Larson
Costume Designer: Mario Kousoulos
Lighting Designer: Michael Abrams
Sound Designer: David Thomas
General Press Representative: Pete Sanders
The Storm Theatre is proud to produce the North American premiere of this groundbreaking play.
Thanks to everyone who attended
The First Annual Storm Theatre Fundraising Bash!
We had a fantastic time, and raised a great deal of money for the Storm's upcoming season!
If you missed it, join the Storm Group on Facebook to be informed of upcoming events: http://www.facebook.com/groups/22260950221/
March 4th through April 2nd, 2011
"A joyous, adventurous, romantic Irish comedy-drama: Damon and Pythias, Robin Hood, Casablanca and King Arthur, all rolled into one!"
ARRAH-NA-POGUE
by Dion Boucicault
directed by Peter Dobbins
The Storm Theatre is honored to present Dion Boucicault's classic Irish tale of romance and misadventure Arrah na Pogue ("Arrah of the Kiss").
Set in 1798, the classic Irish comedy is written by Dion Boucicault who uses the famed Rebellion as a backdrop for his tale of love, faith, loyalty and betrayal — with a smile.
October 29th through November 20th, 2010
NOON DIVIDE
by Paul Claudel
directed by Peter Dobbins and Stephen Day
Produced by the Storm Theatre, in association with
Blackfriars Repertory Theatre
Featuring Brian J. Carter*, Kate Chamuris*, Peter Dobbins*, Chris Kipiniak*
* Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm.
Additional performances Saturday 10/30 at 2pm, Monday 11/1 at 7:30 pm and Thursday 11/4 at 7:30 pm.
On a ship bound for Hong Kong, a lonely civil servant meets a beautiful vivacious married woman. Seduction and an ensuing torrid affair lead to surprising consequences.
What at first seems a classic example of "Amor Fou" ( a French term literally translated as "crazy love"), unfolds in a very unexpected way.
NOON DIVIDE was a play Claudel felt he had "written in his own blood". Using his own adulterous affair with Rosalie Vetch as his inspiration, Claudel explores human sexual passion, and its role within the architecture of Salvation.
This apparent tragedy of doomed love eventually reveals itself as a Divine comedy, much along the lines of his vast epic THE SATIN SLIPPER (which was
also inspired by the same events in Claudel's life)
NOON DIVIDE is being presented in the Storm Theatre's new home at
The Church of Notre Dame
405 West 114th Street (at the corner of Morningside Drive)
two blocks from Columbia University. Click here for directions.
NOON DIVIDE is the third and final chapter of our ongoing festival:
THE PAUL CLAUDEL PROJECT
Celebrating the life and work of the world-renowned playwright, poet and diplomat.
"THE PAUL CLAUDEL PROJECT is an introduction to the work of one of the 20th century's greatest geniuses. In the three plays that we will present, Claudel explores the natures, differences and interactions of human and divine love, and how the resulting conflicts serve a greater plan. These three plays each tell stories of divine grace and adulterous passion in completely different styles and settings."
- Peter Dobbins, artistic director of The Storm Theatre
The Project is comprised of three productions:
Part One, THE TIDINGS BROUGHT TO MARY, ran March 13th - April 4th, 2009.
Part Two, THE SATIN SLIPPER, ran January 8th through February 6th, 2010.
If you didn't see the first two productions, here's what you missed:
(The Tidings Brought to Mary is) "an elegant and thought-provoking production" . . . "expertly performed by Erin Beirnard and Laura Bozzone" . . . "Ross DeGraw is a commanding stage presence" . . . "Jenny D. Green gives a touching performance" . . .
"It is a meaty work, smartly produced and acted."
"A lofty, inventively staged production, featuring excellent performances. It admirably underscores the depth and power of Claudel's fascinating work." . . . "The Satin Slipper (is distinguished) from just about any contemporary drama that I can think of. I am grateful to the folks at the Storm and Blackfriars Repertory Theatres for giving us a chance to witness it first-hand."
"the cast (is) excellent, and the staging helps them create a genuinely engrossing reality. This is an excellent dramatic achievement, about the joy that lives within and beyond tears."
Don't miss the final production in THE PAUL CLAUDEL PROJECT, coming to the Storm Theatre in October!
LATEST COMPANY NEWS:
The Storm Theatre is proud to congratulate board member Carl Pasbjerg, general manager of Broadway's MEMPHIS,
on his show's four 2010 Tony Awards, including Best Musical!
Bravo!
The Storm Theatre has been chosen by nytheatre.com as one of its "People of the Year" for 2007!
nytheatre.com had this to say about the Storm:
"Helmed by artistic director Peter Dobbins, the Storm distinguished itself
this year with a fine new play (John Regis's Linnea) plus the unprecedented and invaluable
festival of plays by Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II). The latter event gave New Yorkers
an opportunity to see four seldom-produced plays, including the fascinating
The Jeweler's Shop."
More information about this award may be found on the nytheatre.com website.
LINNEA has been published in The New York Theatre Experience's collection PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS 2008!
"Plays and Playwrights 2008" is an anthology
of 10 plays
by emerging
playwrights, produced in NYC during the 2006-07 theatre season. Among them is LINNEA, originally
produced by the Storm Theatre! (click here for reviews and
more information)
In LINNEA, a young writer who is obsessed by Dostoyevsky lives out his own New York City dream version
of "The Idiot" in this remarkable coming-of-age tale.
Author John Regis is an actor, a director, a teacher, and a playwright. He was born in
Marblehead, MA on July 4, 1958, and raised in both Peabody, MA and Hampton, NH. He
received a B.A. in Communications from Fordham University, and studied with Stella Adler and Mario Sileti at the Stella Adler Conservatory. John teaches drama and
videomaking at the Bank Street School.
Congratulations, John!
You can buy the book from Amazon.com here.
Tickets
for all STORM THEATRE
productions are available
at the door (performance days only, beginning approximately 1 hour before curtain),
or through SmartTix.
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or call (212) 868-4444
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group reservations (over 10 people) email info@stormtheatre.com.