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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