Ten by Twenty a one-act festival of 20 ten-minute plays


In honor of it�s 20th Anniversary season, Atlantic Theater Company will present Ten By Twenty, a one-act festival of twenty ten-minute plays presented over three weeks from 14 Jun - 1 Jul 2006.

Each act is by playwrights whose work has been produced at the theater over the past two decades. Ten By Twenty will reunite many of Atlantic�s ensemble of actors and directors to inaugurate the company�s brand new state-of-the art Atlantic Stage Two.

The 99-seat Atlantic Stage Two theater at 330 West 16th Street will house two productions of new works each season and serve as a home theater for the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School.

Ten By Twenty will run over three consecutive weeks from 14 Jun through to the 1 Jul 2006:

Ten By Twenty: Week 1

Dates 14 - 17 June 2006

  • Three Little Words
    Playwright: Hilary Bell
    Director: Karen Kohlhaas
    cast: Kathryn Erbe and Kate Blumberg.
  • Leavings
    Playwright: Jez Butterworth
    Director: Neil Pepe
    cast: Peter Maloney.
  • Milos
    Playwright: John Guare
    Director: Neil Pepe
    cast: Patrick Breen.
  • Our Favorite Child
    Playwright: Rolin Jones
    Director: Christian Parker
    cast: Linda Gehringer, Jonathan Rossetti and Ray Anthony Thomas.
  • Home
    Playwright: David Mamet
    Director: Hilary Hinckle
    cast: Jordan Lage and Kathryn Erbe.
  • The Muse
    Playwright: Quincy Long
    Director: Dave Mowers
    cast: Kate Blumberg and Brennan Brown.
  • On Story
    Playwright: Bill Wrubel
    Director: Robert Bella
    cast: Patrick Breen, Brennan Brown, Jim Frangione, Peter Maloney, Emily Peck and Patrick Taylor.

Ten By Twenty: Week 2

Dates 21 - 24 June 2006

  • Master Disaster
    Playwright: Kia Corthron
    Director: Jackson Gay
    cast: Donna Duplantier and Zabryna Guevara.
  • It Takes an Orchard
    Playwright: Tom Donaghy
    Director: Neil Pepe
    cast: Carolyn McCormick.
  • Maybe 21
    Playwright: Peter Hedges
    Director: Peter Hedges
    cast: Kristen Johnston and John Benjamin Hickey.
  • Quotidian
    Playwright: Howard Korder
    Director: Neil Pepe
    cast: Ted Danson.
  • He�s Come to Take the Children Home
    Playwright: Craig Lucas
    Director: Neil Pepe
    cast: Ryan King and Mark Webber.
  • The Burning
    Playwright: Joe Penhall
    Director: Karen Kohlhaas
    cast: Alex Draper and Steven Hawley.
  • Mutterliebe
    Playwright: Keith Reddin
    Director: Christian Parker
    cast: Jen Albano, Matt Dawson and Jan Maxwell.

Ten By Twenty: Week 3

Dates 28 June - 1 Jul 2006

  • The Compassioneer
    Playwright: Kevin Heelan
    Director: Carl Forsman
    cast: Christian Parker and Steven Skybell.
  • Through a Glass Darkly
    Playwright: Tina Howe
    Director: Christian Parker
    cast: Kate Blumberg and Peter Jacobson.
  • Untitled
    Playwright: David Pittu
    cast: David Pittu and Peter Bartlett.
  • Hello. Northwood Mental Health Center
    Playwright: David Rabe
    Director: Robert Bella
    cast: Ronnie Butler, Robert Maxwell and Christa Scott-Reed.
  • Jody�s Mother
    Playwright: Edwin Sanchez
    cast: Roberta Maxwell.
  • The Intervention
    Playwright: Jeff Whitty
    Director: Dave Mowers
    cast: Susan Pourfar, Christa Scott-Reed, Ronnie Butler, Mike Doyle.

The Atlantic was awarded the 2006 Lucille Lortel Prize for Outstanding Body of Work. The company�s critically acclaimed limited engagement production of Martin McDonagh�sThe Lieutenant Of Inishmore, directed by Wilson Milam, transferred to Broadway�s Lyceum Theatre in April and has been nominated for five 2006 Tony Awards including Best Play.

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