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Anonymous Theatre 2010
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Date: August 9th, 2010 - 7:30pm
Location: The Wilma Theater (265 South Broad Street)
Tickets: $16 in advance; $20 at the door
What Is Anonymous Theatre?
A group of playwrights is chosen to write a play together... secretly. But the identity of the playwrights is kept secret, even from the playwrights themselves.
A director is chosen and auditions are held. The play is cast... secretly.
The identity of the cast is kept secret. Cast members do not know the identity of their fellow actors and do not reveal their participation in the project to anyone.
The actors rehearse one-on-one with the director. Then, on the night of the performance, the cast arrives in street clothes and enters the theatre as members of the audience. They take their seats, chat with their neighbors, and behave like normal audience members.
The house lights dim and the play begins, with each actor delivering his or her first line from the audience. All the cast members discover one another's identity for the first time on stage, in front of a live audience.
The Skinny on AT2010
A first draft of the script for Anonymous Theatre 2010 has been completed!
What happens when a secret "shareformance" of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and another of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya end up accidentally happening at the same time, in the same theatre? Even more madness than you'd normally expect from Anonymous Theatre. This year's production, written collaboratively by a group of anonymous local playwrights, features a host of characters from both plays and an assortment of sundry other special guests.
Carol received her BA in Theatre from Bloomsburg University before completing a directing and dramaturgy internship with Portland Stage Company. She has directed for a number of local companies including Theatre Catalyst, The Eternal Spiral Project, Secret Room Theatre, Plays & Players, and LaSalle University. She has assistant directed with InterAct Theatre, the Wilma Theater, and Theatre Exile, among others. Carol attended the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab in 2008; and traveled to Italy for the 9th Annual La MaMa Umbria International Symposium for Directors. A teaching artist and acting coach, she has taught classes for the Wilma Theater’s Studio School and Wilmagination program. Carol is an Affiliate Artist and founding member of Simpatico Theatre Project, where she served as Producing Artistic Director from inception until 2010, directing its productions of Stop Kiss, Angels Fall, Getting Out, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, and Pyretown. This August, she is moving to California to pursue her MFA in Directing at the University of California, Irvine.
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To learn more about how this idea came about, please visit our friends at The Anonymous Theatre Company.
Thanks To Our Donors!
Philadelphia Dramatists Center thanks the many wonderful businesses and individuals who have donated to our upcoming fundraiser on August 9th at the Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia. The businesses and individuals are as follows:
Andrew Beal
Cardinal Hollow Winery (North Wales, PA)
Clear Day Design, Richard Kotulski
Country Creek Winery (Telford, PA)
Henrik Eger
Hostaria da Elio Italian Restaurant
Interact Theatre Company
Mike Irby Photography
Leumas Consulting, Sam Ayisi
Plays and Players
Phillips Seafood Restaurant
South Camden Theatre Company
Story Book Musical Theatre
Tom Tierney
Honi Trauger, Mary Kay
Rita Woodward, Longaberger Baskets
Dr. Brian Wilk (Chalfont, PA)
Wilma Theatre