Guess who got a nomination for her side splitting turn in Blithe Spirit today???
Congrats!!!!!!!!!!
Packawallop Productions is proud to kick off The Lounge Series.
The Lounge Series is a program of new works of film and theater presented throughout the year in the style you’ve come to expect from Packawallop – stylish, sassy … and, naturally, with some cocktails.
Please join us at our first Lounge on Monday April 20th where we will present Adam Szymkowicz’s new play “Elsewhere” which was specially written for Packawallop Community Artists Susan Louise O’Connor, Polly Lee and Travis York. It will be directed by Scott Ebersold.
“When Teddy comes to Celia’s house to deliver a package, he doesn’t expect to be invited for dinner. When he comes to dinner, he doesn’t expect to be invited to live there. When he starts to live there, he doesn’t expect to be drugged or buried. And he certainly doesn’t expect Amanda, nor she him. A play about the unexpected, unearthed and elsewhere.”
Reservations are essential, please email info@packawallop.org to secure a seat.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Cheers!
18
Mar
09
brava, susan louise o’connor
Our own Susan Louise O’Connor is stealing the show in Broadway’s Blithe Spirit! If you haven’t seen it yet, please do! It’s witty, crisp and delightful. Oh, yeah, and there’s someone named Angela Lansbury in the show and we thought she was pretty good too!
“But one of the most remarkable performances comes from Susan Louise O’Connor as the Condomines’ new maid, Edith.”–Hartford Courant
“Susan Louise O’Connor is a delightfully polished screwball in the small but crucial role of an inept maid.”–The New York Times
“Susan Louise O’Connor, playing the Condomines’ maid Edith, also proves to be a marvelous physical comedienne, as the mentally slow, but overly eager to please, Edith rushes through her duties around the living room.”–American Theater Web
“Susan Louise O’Connor steals each of her scenes as the jittery maid. In this company, that’s saying something”–Backstage
“Susan Louise O’Connor, as the hapless maid, nearly steals the show with her slapstick physical comedy.”–Hollywood Reporter
“The craftiest little scene-stealer on the premises is Edith the maid, who comes in two speeds — lunge and lope. She is played by a Broadway-debuting Susan Louise O’Connor.”–Playbill.com
Come check out the new show by our pals at Rising Phoenix!!! And show lots of love to our very own Polly Lee and Crystal Skillman!
NOBODY
A new play by Crystal Skillman
Directed by Daniel Talbott
Featuring MacLeod Andrews, Jessica Dickey, Kathryn Kates, Polly Lee, Haynes Thigpen, and Molly Ward
Thursday February 19th
Friday February 20th
Saturday February 21st
Monday February 23rd
Tuesday February 24th
Thursday February 26th
Friday February 27th
Saturday February 28th
All performances at 6pm
Please note: no performance on Wed. or Sun.
“Commissioned and written specifically for the moody and extremely intimate close quarters in the basement space of downtown restaurant Jimmy’s No. 43 [at 43 East Seventh Street], Skillman has written a play in which six people come together, each for their own reasons, at a restaurant on the Lower East Side,” according to Rising Phoenix. “Obsessively going over the events of the day, they grasp at trying to come to terms with their disjointed lives and their singular, unsettling dream.” – Playbill article, Kenneth Jones
Packawallop Company Member Susan Louise O’Connor has been cast in Broadway’s Blithe Spirit revival with Christine Ebersole and Angela Lansbury!
A ten minute excerpt of Alejandro Morales’s the october crisis (last seen at this year’s Fringe Festival) will be part of the Public Theater’s 2 evening festival of works by 2008’s Emerging Writer’s Group! The writers in this group are sensational, so do check out both nights!
29
Jan
09
the moment screening!
We will be having a special screening of our new film project The Moment on February 6th! To obtain your tickets please email info@packawallop.org with your name and the names of the people in your party. There are a limited number of seats. Reservations are absolutely essential. (NYU security has informed us they will not allow anyone to enter the building without a reservation.)
We’re excited about the film and hope to see you soon!
NYU Tisch School of the Arts,
lower level, room 018
A special invitation-only screening of Packawallop’s new short film, The Moment.
We will open the evening by presenting another Adam Szymkowicz short film, The Question, directed by Sam Buggeln.
Immediately following join us for post-screening drinks at Swift, 34 E 4th St.
The Moment
When Jane goes in to talk to her boss, in a instant of clarity, she notices something different in him that she never saw before. He sees it too in her. A new world opens up for them. Anything could be possible if they could just hold onto that moment.
“Jane”
Susan Lousie O’Connor
“Barry”
Jeff Biehl
Directed by
Scott Eberold
Written by
Adam Szymkowicz
Produced by
Lauren Fritz
Scott Ebersold
Marc Solomon
Director of photography
Greg Emetaz
Edited by
Andrew York McNown
Sound and Music design by
Ryan Maeker
Art Direction by
Nicholas Vaughan and Kate Rusek
Costume, Hair and Make-up design by
Kate Rusek
Script Supervisor
Barry Paul Hitchcock
Craft Services and Production Assistance
Jennie Crotero
Packawallop Productions, Inc.
Scott Ebersold and Alejandro Morales, Artistic Directors
Susan Louise O’Connor, Marc Solomon, Polly Lee, Board of Directors
27
Jan
09
william bell photos
thanks to everyone who came out to support our production of william bell! it was a lovely little show and we’re very proud of it!
here are some photos we took after the last performance. enjoy!
julian stetkevych and michael tisdale
david grimm and julian stetkevych
julian stetkevych and david grimm
julian stetkevych
julian stetkevych
david grimm
david grimm
david grimm
julian stetkevych and david grimm
michael tisdale
image courtesy of Robert Schatz
packawallop will present a workshop production of alejandro morales’s william bell directed by scott ebersold at the metropolitan playhouse as part of the melville festival featuring david grimm, michael tisdale and julian stetkevych.
in a not too distant future, after an economic collapse, luxury liners shelter the very rich from the squalor of the cities. summoned by his superior lucas brown, william bell must entertain edwards, a drunk passenger. in a dark bar on board the ship, the connections between all three men is illuminated forcing them all to confront what they desire and what they’ll never possess. inspired by melville’s billy budd.
friday, january 16 at 10pm
sunday, january 18 at 1pm
tuesday, january 20 at 7pm
saturday, january 24 at 7pm
$18 click here for tickets: http://www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/melvillapalooza.htm
william bell
by alejandro morales
directed by scott ebersold
featuring
julian stetkevych
david grimm
michael tisdale
assistant director: laura pestronk
sets: alejandro morales and scott ebersold
costumes: kate rusek
sound: ryan maeker
fight choreography: lisa kopitsky
image courtesy of robert schatz
note: william bell runs 30 minutes and will be presented with the first lowering by laura livingston
09
Dec
08
Happy Holidays from Packwallop!
Polly, Alex, Scott & Susan
An exciting winter is shaping up at Packawallop!
- We will be holding our second Town Hall Meeting for all Packawallop associated “Community Artists” on Sunday, December 14 at 11:30. At our last meeting a desire to create an ongoing artistic forum was expressed and work has begun on planning the Packawallop Salo(o)n Series.
Email info@packawallop.org for more details on the Town Hall.
- The first Packawallop Salo(o)n will be the screening of the film The Moment in late January. The Moment reunited many of the artist that brought you the critically acclaimed hit play Nerve including Adam Szymkowicz (writer), Scott Ebersold (director), Susan Louise O’Connor (actor) and Ryan Maeker (designer)
Check back here soon for the exact date and time.
- Alejandro Morales has been developing a new piece at The Public Theater’s Emerging Writer’s Group called William Bell. The play was inspired by Melville’s Billy Budd and will be presented in January at the Metropolitan Playhouse as part of the Melville Festival, directed by Scott Ebersold featuring David Grimm, Michael Tisdale and Julian Stetkevych.
Friday, January 16 at 10pm
Sunday, January 18 at 1pm
Wednesday, January 21 at 7pm
Saturday, January 24 at 7pm$18
Click here for tickets:
http://www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/melvillapalooza.htm
