Premiered at the Lark Play Development Center's 20th Anniversary Celebration introduced by Academy Award winner Sally Field
Commissioned by the Lark Play Development Center in celebration of their 20th Anniversary, these interviews with entertainment industry heavy-hitters such as Academy Award winning actress Mercedes Ruehl and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Henry Hwang are part of a larger documentary about the work of Edward Albee featuring interviews with many of his esteemed collaborators.
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TITLE: A Transformative Moment: Edward Albee
RELEASE DATE: March 2014
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY: January & February 2014 (New York, NY)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: { LRP }, Kipp Films, Lark Play Development Center
STARRING: David Esbjornson, Tina Howe, James Houghton, David Henry Hwang, John Guare, Bill Irwin, Pam MacKinnon, Liz McCann, Terrence McNally, Mercedes Ruehl, Stephen Rowe
INTERVIEWS BY: Arthur Kopit
DIRECTED BY: Jeremiah Kipp
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Bruce Cohen
LINE PRODUCER: Lauren Rayner
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Kenneth Kotowski
EDITOR: Ben Jurin
COMPOSER: John Adams
An interactive live performance that takes place inside the mobile heart of New York City: a taxicab. Transporting three audience members only, from a secret location, the Driver guides the passengers on a radical journey through streets both familiar and strange. The windows to the cab become eyes to a vast theatrical landscape as the streets of New York transform into an unending and authentic performance installation, as the lines between what’s real and what’s being staged start to blur. Integrating live performance, sound, video and street action, the show offers a captivating, dark and irreverent view of New York through an intimate and innovative theatrical experience.
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TITLE: Take Me Home
VENUE: Incubator Arts Project's Other Forces Festival (New York, NY)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: { LRP }, 3LD, the longest lunch
STARRING: Modesto ‘Flako’ Jimenez
WRITTEN BY: Alexandra Collier
DIRECTED BY: Meghan Finn
PRODUCED BY: Lauren Rayner
FEATURING: Zane Roberts, Diomargy Nuñez, Mack Exilus, Susan Greenhill, Sam SoghorvSammy Tunis, Daniella De Jesús, Michael Puckett, Jamie McGonagill, Patrick Daly, Nicolette Acosta, Arla Berman, Franny Civitano, Stefani Charitou, Caitlin Davis, Tess Howsam, Lena Lauer, Maia Karo, Sarah Matusek, Jennifer Lynne Tune, Keeley Walsh, Katie Vason
Costume Designer: Emily Blumenauer
Sound Designer: Stowe Nelson
Video Designer: Robert Wuss
Production Stage Manager: Geoff Maus
*Extension Stage Manager: Jamie McGonagill
*Extension Stage Manager: Michael Puckett
Associate Director: Claire Moodey
Associate Director: Jenny Beth Snyder
Assistant Costume Designer: Alex Fennell
Architecture Consultant: Anthony Sunga
Co Producers: Peter Bunn, Brian Nelson, Jane Witchell
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# OF PERFORMANCES: 79 (extended by popular demand)
PREVIEWS/OPENING: January 7-9, 2014
CLOSING: February 14, 2014
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Set in Kingston, New York in the present day. Edward Karas, mid-30s, lives alone in a two-story Victorian house worn down by time. He awaits packages from the local mailman containing rocks with locations such as “Baton Rouge, LA” painted upon it in black letters. He has been receiving these as messages from his former lover, an ethereal and mysterious woman named Sparrow who has been driving cross-country and living out of her van. In the loneliness of his empty house, Edward spends some evenings curled up in a fetal position clutching the most recent rock and surrounded by a huge half-circle of about twenty rocks, each with a different town painted on them. An ethereal love story about two souls connecting across time and space.
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TITLE: Atlas of the Soul
PROJECT STATUS: Pre-production
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: { LRP }, Gathered Safely In Productions LLC
STARRING: Lauren Fox, Andrew Powers, Connor Paolo, and James Earl Jones
WRITTEN BY: Lauren Fox
DIRECTED BY: Jeremiah Kipp
PRODUCED BY: Lauren Rayner
CASTING BY: Billy Hopkins
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Dominick Sivilli
Responding to a dare, Leslie, a housewife and 50-plus piano teacher, secretly forms an all-women rock band, SUGAR! At the same time, her husband, a conservative Republican, runs for the US Senate. The band goes viral as "MILF" musicians. When her husband and college-bound daughter discover the secret, all hell breaks loose. Meanwhile, Leslie has a clandestine affair with a younger bartender and almost destroys the band. In the end, her marriage, the band's fate, and her husband's election remain cliffhangers, but victory is in the air.
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PROJECTED RELEASE: Summer 2015
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY: August 2014 (New York and New Jersey)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: { LRP }, Silver Phoenix Entertainment, Sugar! Film LLC
STARRING: Alice Ripley, Robert Clohessy
WRITTEN BY: Leora Kalish
DIRECTED & EDITED BY: Shari Berman
PRODUCED BY: Lauren Rayner
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY: Blaze Kelly Coyle, Robert Kalish
CASTING DIRECTOR: Jennifer Peralta-Ajemian
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Fletcher Wolfe
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Valeria De Felice
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Debbie Davies, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, June Millington, Steve O'Reilly, Graham Russell
With 40 on the horizon, in the heart of NYC, Gail abandons her group of yuppie female stay-at-home mom friends for the vibrant and rowdy gay male community. Building a newfound friendship with Bruce, a recent divorcee from his ex-husband, the two attempt to redefine what it means to be single at an age where many – gay and straight – are already steadfastly coupled. Gail creates a new identity for herself, continually inserting herself into situations, often awkwardly comical, where she is always and ever more, the one and only female in a crowd of all gay men.
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PROJECTED RELEASE: Spring 2017
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY: Fall 2016
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: { LRP }, One Glass Video
STARRING: Ilana Becker
WRITTEN & CREATED BY: Drew Larimore
PRODUCED BY: Allegra Cohen, Eric Cornell, Lauren Rayner, Stephanie Testa
John Isaac Genève - The Watch For The New Generation "Kickboxer Commercial"
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RELEASED: February 2012
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY: January 2012 (Manhattan & Brooklyn, NY)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: { LRP }, Kipp Films
STARRING: Mackenzie Christine Hawkins, Lorenzo Montanez, Zoë Daelman Chlanda
DIRECTED BY: Jeremiah Kipp
PRODUCED BY: Lauren Rayner
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Eric Giovon, Dominick Sivilli
EDITOR: Patrick McGowan
MUSIC BY: Jonathan Spottiswoode
If we are what we eat, what are we? What is America's food culture, and where is it heading? And ultimately, how does food connect us?
A retelling of the story of Penelope and Odysseus takes us through their separation, time apart and reunion using food as the emotional bridge between them. The story begins in Ancient Greece and ends in 2014, and the events of The Odyssey become metaphors for changes in the food industry, exploring our relationship to what we eat. As the play progresses, characters from the past and present intersect and as their food cultures collide, culminating in a feast shared by the actors and the audience.
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TITLE: And If You Lose Your Way, or A Food Odyssey
WORLD PREMIERE: June 2014
VENUE: The Invisible Dog (Brooklyn, NY)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: { LRP }, Mud/Bone Collective
STARRING: Maha Chehlaoui, Nick Choksi, Damon Daunno, Rachel Rusch, Josh Sauerman, Terrell Donnell Sledge, Leah Walsh
TEXT BY: Lauren Feldman
DIRECTED BY: Pirronne Yousefzadeh
MUSIC BY: Nick Choksi
PRODUCED BY: Lauren Rayner
Scenic Designer: Carolyn Mraz
Costume Designer: Brooke Cohen
Lighting Designer: Mike Inwood
Sound Designer: Will Pickens
Props Designer: Noah Mease
Props Assistant: Jose Antonio Paulo Gamo
Technical Director: Matt Vieira
Production Stage Manager: Lizzie Robinson
Assistant Stage Manager: Morgan Richardson
Associate Director: Jordana De La Cruz
Producing Associate: Sarah Stites
Consulting Producers: Dorit Avganim, Amanda Feldman, Kerry Huang
A New Georges Supported Production. Developed in part by New York Theatre Workshops' Emerging Artist Fellowship and SDC's Denham Fellowship.
FOOD & BEVERAGE SPONSORS
Bien Cuit, Lagunitas Brewing Company, The Farm on Adderley, Glasshouse Tavern, SPACE on Ryder Farm, BFB on the Highline, Peacefood Cafe, Hungry Ghost
Four years ago Thomas Adder was a young ambitious strategist at the forefront of a triumphant New York City gubernatorial campaign for Governor Reese Jennings. Upon leaving the campaign shortly after the election, Thomas has been planning a new strategy for the Governor and now with renewed vigor he is willing to do whatever it takes to bring down his corrupt mentor. The problem is, has he grown just as evil as the man he has in his sights? When all is said and done, it's just politics.
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RELEASED: November 2011
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY: October 2009 (Manhattan & Brooklyn, NY)
PRODUCTION COMPANY: { LRP }, Joshua Weber Films
STARRING: Sedly Bloomfield, Christian Hogarth, Joel Nagle
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Joshua Weber
PRODUCED BY: Lauren Rayner
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Trisha Solyn
EDITORS: Patrick McGowan, Eric Dow
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Casper de la Torre
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*2011, Official Premiere, NY IT Auditorium
*2012, Official Selection, San Diego Black Film Festival
*2012, Official Selection, Newport Beach Film Festival [Top 25 Fest]
*2012, Official Selection, Manhattan Film Festival
In this dark comedy, despite Tabby's attempts to bring her out of her romantic delusions, Mim tries reckless abandon when new crush Paul comes over for refuge during a power outage. Mim braves all of Paul's mixed messages, holding out hope for the life changing kiss which will turn him into her Prince. Mim's long-lost almost ex-husband looms with haunting residual memories of an abusive relationship. But will her increasingly insistent inner child take no for an answer when it comes to the quest for a fairy-tale ending?
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PROJECTED RELEASE: Winter 2015
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY: June 2012 (New York, NY)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: { LRP }, Pearl Isaacs Productions
STARRING: Lars Engstrom, Murray Ginsberg, Kelley Jackson, Kirsty Meares
WRITTEN BY: Kelley Jean Jackson
DIRECTED BY: Kelley Jean Jackson, Maggie Surovell
PRODUCED BY: Lauren Rayner
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY: Kelley Jean Jackson
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Thomas Garret
COSTUME DESIGNER: Stef Maus
William's walk home becomes dangerous when he chooses to go down 'the witches' path' - a place of emotional and perhaps supernatural relevance to him. Just as he believes he has escaped, he happens upon two drunk girls who need his help. As he recalls the evening, he begins to question who (or what) the girls really are and their power over him.
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FESTIVAL PREMIERE: February 2015
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY: March 2014 (Brooklyn, NY & West Hempstead, NY)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: { LRP }
STARRING: Lukas Hassel, Robin Rose Singer, Cristina Doikos, Lauren Fox
WRITTEN BY: Joseph Fiorillo
DIRECTED BY: Jeremiah Kipp
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Brian Dilg
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Marlena Pavich
EDITOR: Ben Jurin
SOUND DESIGN: Roman Chimienti, Jay Pellizzi
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A NOTE FROM THE CREATORS OF THE MINIONS
"We are thrilled to present this work after a year of tireless effort from the cast and crew and hundreds of individual donors offering their support across a very successful online crowd-funding campaign. We had the great fortune of bringing on an immensely talented cast, including Lukas Hassel (Into the Dark, Man About Town, In Montauk), Robin Rose Singer, Cristina Doikos, and Lauren Fox (The Days God Slept, Darren Aronofsky's Pi). The film is an entrance into the mind of a troubled man, or perhaps, the audience does not know this yet... THE MINIONS is based on a true incident. The story is about being thrust into a desperate situation that requires mutual trust between strangers. Given the volatility of the circumstances and the uneasy state of mind of the characters, a lot can go wrong. And does. Living in New York, many of have had the experience of talking to someone and slowly realizing that they are 'not quite right'. THE MINIONS allows us to explore this in the context of a very scary story. William's reactions move from reasonable to questionable to frightening as the girls' need for his help grows. In our film, we explore just how well thought out and reasonable insanity can be. We sincerely hope that you enjoy the ride." -Joseph Fiorillo (writer), Jeremiah Kipp (director), & Lauren Rayner (producer)
A homeless woman. A writer. A waitress. A pickpocket. Long-lost lovers. In this devised piece based on the ensemble’s response to living in a city, we explore how human beings interact in a constantly evolving urban landscape.
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WORLD PREMIERE: May 2013
VENUE: Bridge Theatre (New York, NY)
PRODUCTION COMPANY: { LRP }, Roots & Wings Theatrical
STARRING: Jonathan Berenson, Brian Butera, Stacie Capone, Alden Moore, Lucinda Rogers, Timothy Ryan, Dina Vovsi
CONCEIVED BY: Lauren Rayner & Ashley Steed
DEVISED BY: The Ensemble
DIRECTED & MEDIA DESIGN BY: Lauren Rayner
PRODUCED BY: Maggie Albert, Caralie Chrisco, Lauren Rayner, Joseph Samuel Wright
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Presented as part of the 5th Annual Duct Tape & A Dream Festival
'The Days God Slept' is a cinematic prayer that deals with love and secrets; with faith and acceptance. Kristy has a secret to tell John and when she does - will their burgeoning ties of affection be strengthened or severed? Or will they find that the hardest thing to accept might be oneself?
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TITLE: The Days God Slept
FESTIVAL PREMIERE: September 2013
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY: April 2012 (Brooklyn, NY)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: { LRP }
STARRING: Lauren Fox, Lukas Hassel, Malcolm Madera
WRITTEN BY: Joseph Fiorillo
DIRECTED BY: Jeremiah Kipp
PRODUCED BY: Lauren Rayner
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Dominick Sivilli
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Kim Matela
EDITOR: Anthony Moran, Patrick McGowan
COMPOSER: Harry Manfredini
SOUND DESIGN: Roman Chimienti, Jay Pellizzi
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*2013 Official Selection, Horror Hound Film Festival
*2013 Best Director Award to Jeremiah Kipp, Horror Hound Film Festival
*2013 Official Selection, Coney Island Film Festival
*2013 Premiere, at the Anthology Film Archives NYC
Linguistics student Emma is lost in a world of morphemes when she becomes unexpectedly pregnant in college and is unsure of the father. Friends, family, lovers, and even professors weigh in, but what will Emma decide about her future? Will she continue to investigate the explorations of Noam Chomsky or is motherhood in store?
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TITLE: Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously
WORLD PREMIERE (LOS ANGELES): April 2007
NEW YORK PREMIERE: May 2014
VENUE: Theatre 54 (New York, NY), Village Gate Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: { LRP }, Roots & Wings Theatrical
WRITTEN, DIRECTED, & MEDIA DESIGN BY: Lauren Rayner
LIGHTING DESIGN: Alex Mannix
STAGE MANAGER: Josh Garon
PRODUCED BY: Maggie Albert, Caralie Chrisco, Lauren Rayner, Joseph Samuel Wright
FEATURING: Shannon Krowicki, Lillith Fallon, Zachary Luke, Cameron Kalajian, Susan Neuffer, Josh Marcantel
In the 2012 New York City revival of this classic French masterpiece, Jean-Paul Sartre describes "hell" as other people. Those who are watching us, judging us, keep us awake. Forever the three characters are forced to live together and to torture in turn. Their hell gradually takes shape before their eyes as they reveal their lives and their tastes and cowardice. Performed in the original French text with subtitles in English.
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TITLE: Huis Clos / "No Exit"
NEW YORK REVIVAL: November 2012
NEW YORK REPRISE: February 2013
VENUE: The 45th Street Theatre (New York, NY), The Secret Theatre* (Queens, NY)
PRODUCTION COMPANY: { LRP }
REVIVAL CAST: Brice Baillie, Isis, Charlotte Hammel, Roxane Revon
REPRISAL CAST: Nathalie Bryant, Neyssan Falahi, Roxane Revon, Kate Armstrong Ross
WRITTEN BY: Jean-Paul Sartre
DIRECTED BY: Roxane Revon
PRODUCED BY: Lauren Rayner
STAGE MANAGER: Charles-Louis de Rancher
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Lauren Bremen
SET DESIGNER: Quinn Sotelo
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS: Farah Martin, Marine Morici
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# OF PERFORMANCES: 6 (sold out run)
PREVIEWS/OPENING: November 14, 2012
CLOSING: February 23, 2013
*Reprised at VirtualArts.TV's WiredArts Fest, which streamed online with a 3 camera set up to over 50,000 audience viewers around the world and a house of 99 in Queens.
“A beguiling and enchanting piece of theatre. A ride not quite like anything else.” - NYTheatre
The story of a young girl determined to auction off her virginity. What starts off as a simple bid to re-pay student loans turns into a mass media frenzy, and soon countries are bidding against each other in order to obtain the girl's elusive innocence. Presented as an immersive experience for the audience, the show is an investigation of our society's ease with women's exploitation in our pop-culture world and our acceptance of a skewed view of sexuality as it is portrayed in the media.
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TITLE: Candy Tastes Nice
VENUE: Madame X on Houston (New York, NY)
PRODUCTION COMPANY: { LRP }
STARRING: Miranda Huba
WRITTEN BY: Miranda Huba
DIRECTED BY: Shannon Sindelar
PRODUCED BY: Lauren Rayner
Sound Designer: Erik T. Lawson
Costume Designer: Grace Trimble
Production Stage Manager: A.P. Andrews
Producing Associate: Katherine Charleton
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# OF PERFORMANCES: 8
PREVIEWS/OPENING: February 26, 2013
CLOSING: March 23, 2013
World Premiere in 2010 at HERE Arts Center
Adapted from the novel BEAUTIFUL GARBAGE, this book trailer is set in the still dangerous lower east side of NYC in the 1980s and tells the story of Jodi Plum, a figurative artist who falls into a circle of high class prostitutes focusing on her relationship with a high-class call girl Monica. The novel questions the notion of being an artist -- its devastations, myths, cliches, as well as the commercialization of art in a world where everything is for sale.
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RELEASE DATE: May 2011
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY: January 2011 (Manhattan & Brooklyn)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: { LRP }
STARRING: Catrin Lloyd-Bollard, Grace Folsom
WRITTEN BY: Jill Di Donato
DIRECTED BY: Lauren Rayner
PRODUCED BY: Lauren Rayner
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY: Jill Di Donato
CASTING BY: Lauren Rayner
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Dominick Sivilli
EDITOR: Patrick McGowan
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*2011, Official Premiere at the Vandal Expressionism Art Exhibition, Le Salon d’Art
*2013, Short Film Screening at the Anthology Film Archives
Take two blondes, a dead man walking and dancing, a goldfish found ‘belly up’, and you will end up with a recipe for disaster.
A dark comedy in which two completely clueless blondes deal with a dead body on stage, originally written in French, with the title “Le Poisson Rouge”. Performed in both French and English, depending on the evening you attend. The satirical comedy mixes theater, mime and dance in what can only be described as an hour-long blonde joke.
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TITLE: The Goldfish / Le Poisson Rouge
VENUE: 4th Street Theatre & Theater for the New City* (New York, NY)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: { LRP }, Diffractions Theatre
STARRING: Nathalie Bryant, Samantha Grassian, Zilong Pu
WRITTEN BY: Samantha Grassian
DIRECTED BY: Roxane Revon
PRODUCED BY: Lauren Rayner
Assistant Director: Sara Jecko
Choreographer: Zilong Pu
Composer: Florent Canepa
Translators: Samantha Grassian & Celine Texier-Roses
Producing Associate: Katherine Charleton
Photographer: Amanda Lima
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# OF PERFORMANCES: 15
PREVIEWS/OPENING: September 1, 2013*
CLOSING: October 6, 2013
*presented as part of TNC’s Dream Up Festival
Presented in the original French text with supertitles in English
An absurd conversation between six characters: two couples, a maid and a fireman, all appearing to be “English” but speaking French. Nothing logical here but in Ionesco’s masterpiece we always find the situations more witty than they seem to be...
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TITLE: La Cantatrice Chauve / "The Bald Soprano"
VENUE: 4th Street Theatre
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: { LRP }, Diffractions Theatre
STARRING: Telma Bernardo, Patrick Croze, Fedly Daniel, Morgon Delamarre, Samantha Grassian, Justine Thruman, Céline Ribrault
WRITTEN BY: Eugene Ionesco
DIRECTED BY: Roxane Revon
PRODUCED BY: Lauren Rayner
Assistant Director: Victoire Mullet
Set Designer: Brice Baillié
Lighting Designer: Lauren Bremen
Supertitles Operator: Nathalie Bryant
Producing Associate: Katherine Charleton
PR Associate: Kelsey Balzli
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# OF PERFORMANCES: 14
PREVIEWS/OPENING: November 5, 2013
CLOSING: November 17, 2013
"Lauren Rayner Productions should be applauded for doing these non-mainstream works and reminding us just how good we have it... and don't.” -NY Theatre
Eugene Ionesco's The Future is in Eggs and Luigi Pirandello's Sicilian Limes, two forgotten modernist plays that are incredibly relevant in an age of economic scarcity, political pessimism, and cultural disaffection. Through strong improvisational-based acting and a cutting-edge use of technology, a night of "Deadly Serious Comedies" united the stylistically disparate one-acts into a coherent expression of hopeful defiance, one that entertains while simultaneously challenging the audience's perceptions about love, money, and personal fulfillment.
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TITLE: The Future Is In Eggs / Sicilian Limes
VENUE: The Shell Theater
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: { LRP }, Joseph Hendel, ADEV Inc.
STARRING: Adam Hocherman, Bradley Sumner, Brendan Sokler, Frankie Johnson, Grace Folsom, Joel Malazita, Lisa Hickman, Meaghan Sloane, Skylar Saltz
WRITTEN BY: Eugene Ionesco / Luigi Pirandello
DIRECTED BY: Joseph Hendel
PRODUCED BY: Lauren Rayner
Scenic Designer: Charlie Gaidica
Costume Designer: Tara Weber
Lighting Designer: Evan Gannon
Sound Designer: Nick Engel
Props Designers: Drew Vanderburg & Elinor Monroe
Production Stage Manager: Samantha Gallardo
Assistant Stage Manager / Make-Up: Michelle Kleber
Technology Collaborator: Richard Zelson
Producing Associate: Kelly O'Brien
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# OF PERFORMANCES: 8
PREVIEWS/OPENING: June 17, 2011
CLOSING: June 26, 2011
A noir love story about the mistakes you can’t help but keep making. When you think the night’s done, that’s when things are just getting started.
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RELEASE DATE: Summer 2015
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY: March 2014 (Brooklyn, NY)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: { LRP }, The 3x3 Project
STARRING: Miguel Parga, Sandra Glinka, Alexander Taylor
WRITTEN, EDITED & DIRECTED BY: Miguel Parga
PRODUCED BY: Lauren Rayner, Eckhard Stiller
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Brian Dilg
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Jeremiah Kipp
HAIR & MAKE-UP ARTIST: Christina Yim
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*2013, raised $25,743 on Kickstarter via the collective The 3x3 Project
“Compassion, passion, vulnerability, openness, and intensity: here, Mendacity takes its cue. A one-woman show about rape might seem like a downer. Not so with Rayner's Mendacity. Leaves us with the hope that comes from struggle and survival.” -The Huffington Post
In a rebellious journey of fragmented transcendence and the offering of hope, Mendacity takes you deep inside the mind of a splintering personality, peppered with dark humor and wrought with self-loathing and denial over sexual assault. According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), about 80% of rape cases in the United States are women aged 24 and under, and that statistic becomes even more staggering when we realize that most sexual assaults of young women go unreported out of fear, disgust, shame, and denial. This is strictly a not-for-profit production. Box office proceeds directly benefit RAINN.
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TITLE: Mendacity
VENUE: Kraine Theater as part of the FRIGID Festival (New York, NY)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: { LRP }
STARRING: Ali Kresch
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Lauren Rayner
PRODUCED BY: Rachel Kerry, Benjamin Mack, and Lauren Rayner
Choreographer: Shiloh Goodin
Scenic Designer: James Rayner
Lighting Designer: Tony Lepore
Sound Designer: Jonathan Hull
Video Designer: Jay Kilachand
Sound Engineer: Luke Kanter
Stage Manager: Lauren Heirigs
Creative Collaborators: Grace Folsom (performance), Sarah Newswanger (movement), Ryan Scoble (performance), Ashley Steed (consulting producer), Heather J. Weiss (stage management consultant), Robert Weiss (original artwork), and Joseph Samuel Wright (words)
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# OF PERFORMANCES: 6 (extended by HorseTrade Theater Company)
PREVIEWS/OPENING: February 24, 2011
CLOSING: March 11, 2011
Mendacity was first developed through staged-readings and a bare-bones production produced by the USC Women’s Theatre Organization in Los Angeles, 2008. Mendacity received a staged-reading and development and a workshop presentation through Roots and Wings Theatrical in 2009/10 presented at Shetler Studios.
