2019
IN DEVELOPMENT
ACTRESS is a "one woman show with four men" that reveals the
magnificient life of the universally acclaimed ninetenth-century
French actress, SARAH BERNHARDT, the first worldwide superstar.
The piece is drawn from factual accounts of Bernhardt's work and play,
her life and her theatrical roles were in extraordinary and uncanny parallel.
with
Cynthia Enfield as Sarah Bernhardt
February 2019
November 2018
Sunday evening, November 18, at 6pm
PICTURES WITH A NAKED CAMERA
by Stuart Warmflash
directed by Shellen Lubin
When your world collapses, does your life end or begin?
A Sundays@Six Series Reading in The Jewel Box Theater
Workshop Theater - 312 West 36th Street
If you missed the reading in the Playwright Directors Workshop Festival
at The Actors Studio
here's another opportunity to see it!
Reservations: There are no reservations, but if you
email Shellen or Stuart with the number of people attending,
we will make sure there is a place for you.
September 2018
June 2018
TARANTATA!
SPIDER DANCE
ALESSANDRA BELLONI and I GIULLARI DI PIAZZA
Italian folk music and dance company
artist in residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Invite you to
CELEBRATE THE ANCIENT NIGHT OF TARANTULA
and the Feast of the TARANTATI, traditionally celebrated in a
Church
TARANTELLA TRANCE DANCES, HEALING CHANTS
FOR THE BLACK MADONNA
FRIDAY JUNE 29, 2018
at ST. JAMES CHAPEL
CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE
1047 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY
With:
ALESSANDRA BELLONI
GRETA CAMPO
GIUSEPPE DE FALCO
JOE DENINZON
CYNTHIA ENFIELD
MARA GERETY
MARK MINDEK
WILSON MONTUORI
CATERINA RAGO
VINNIE SCIALLA
Artistic Director/Writer: Alessandra Belloni
Music Director: Joe Deninzon
Arrangements of folk songs: John La Barbera
Choreography: Alessandra Belloni, Francesca Silvano,
Caterina Rago and Mark Mindek
Stage Manager: Ivan Thomas
Public Relations: Audrey Ross
CO-FOUNDED BY THE JOSEPHINE FOUNDATION
SPECIAL THANKS:
Governor Andrew Cuomo, Dolores Alfieri, John Lauro, Dolores Deluise and
Carl Pellman, Joan Marchi Migliori, Michael Connolly, Josephine
Maietta,
Joe Scelsa, Arden H. Mason
May 2018
A CELEBRATION OF PLAYWRIGHT
BILL NAVE
Message from Host
Please join us as we celebrate our beloved award winning 29th Street Rep Playwright in
Residence Bill Nave. We lost him in 2016 but his contribution to the world lives on in his
brilliant words. Directed by Vera Beren and featuring 29th Street Rep performers and a
musical trio, we will share Bill's plays and prose against a backdrop of photos, images and
music from our numerous productions and readings of Bill's work since 1991.
The event is free and by invitation. Please rsvp here.
Please join us as we remember the timeless talent of our friend Bill on his birthday!
Paula, Ted and Vera
Producers
Ted Osborne and Paula Ewin
March 2018
Cynthia will be performing on DAY ONE
JEWISH WOMEN BEFORE THE
HOLOCAUST - TUESDAY MARCH 20th
10:00am-12:30pm
RED EMMA
by Maxine Kern
6:00pm-8:00pm
SARAH BERNHARDT and a scene from Paula Vogel
and Rebecca Taichman's INDECENT
Cynthia will be performing on DAY TWO
JEWISH WOMEN IN THE HOLOCAUST AND ITS AFTERMATH - WEDNESDAY MARCH 21st
10:00am-12:30pm
IN THE EVENINGS by
Susan Merson
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
DAY ONE - JEWISH WOMEN BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST
TUESDAY, MARCH 20
10:00am - 12:30pm
Bread and Three Roses (Rose Schneiderman, Zivia Lubetkin, and Ida Nudel)
by Jessica Eisenberg
Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman by Matilda Rabinowitz (excerpt,
autobiographical)
The End of Gomorrah (Lot's Wife) by Edith Thomas
Scenes from Anna O. (Bertha Pappenheim) by Paul Pasulka
Red Emma (Emma Goldman) by Maxine Kern (excerpt)
Tamar by Emma Goldman-Sherman (excerpt)
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Lilith Magazine Salon - Historical Perspectives - How has our story been
told by others and where have we been the keepers of the story?
3:00pm - 5:30pm
Mit a Fiddle in the Middle (Molly Picon) by C.J. Ehrlich (excerpt)
Castles in the Air (Anna Pavlova) by Christine Drew Benjamin
After the Thin Man (Stella Adler & Sylvia Gassell) by Shellen Lubin
The Spring and Fall of Eve Adams (Eve Adams) by Barbara Kahn
6:00pm - 8:00pm
CELEBRATION
Including songs in the voice of: Rabbi Angela Buchdahl (by Christine Toy
Johnson & Bobby Cronin),
Josie Earp (by Sheilah Rae & Michele
Brourman),
Emma Lazarus (Dana Leslie Goldstein & Jon Goldstein),
Bella Chagall (by Sarah Rebell & Teresa Lotz),
Lilith (by
June Rachelson-Ospa) / Estelle Parsons as Ida Kaminska (by Liz Amadio),
Caroline Aaron as Joan Rivers (by Danielle Wirsansky),
Cynthia Enfield as Sarah Bernhardt
,
Romy Nordlinger as Alla
Nazimova,
Judy Rosenblatt as Peggy Guggenheim (by Lanie
Robertson),
Autobiographical material from: TAMIR, Luna Kaufman,
Amanda Miryem-Khaye Seigel,
Eleanor Reissa (performed by Mimi
Lieber),
Leah Kornfeld Friedman (performed by Ilene Kristen and
Roberta Wallach), and Amy Oestricher.
A scene from Indecent (by Paula Vogel, original direction by Rebecca
Taichman)
and Hannah
Senesh (by David Schechter),
and more from Eve Brandstein,
Stephanie Satie, Sarah Steele, DS Magid, Susan Cinoman, and more ...
WITH: Tracy Stark on the piano, and Zoe Aqua on the violin playing music
from Indecent
DAY TWO - JEWISH WOMEN IN THE HOLOCAUST AND ITS AFTERMATH
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21
10:00am - 12:30pm
Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library (Hannah Arendt)
by Jenny Lyn Bader
At the Train Station in Munich (Gisa Pieper) by Cynthia Cooper
Devil on the Wall (Hannah Senesh) by Danielle Wirsansky
Gretel Bergmann (Gretel Bergmann) by Cynthia Cooper
Letters to Sala (Ala Gertner) by Arlene Hutton (excerpt)
Shifra (family) by Sarah Kaidanow
In the Evenings (family) by Susan Merson
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Lilith Magazine Salon - The Damage of the Holocaust - The discussed and
un-discussed toll
3:00pm - 5:30pm
vessels by Kim Yaged
The Spoken and the Unspoken by Cynthia Cooper
Searching for a New Sunrise by Robin Rice (excerpt)
Beverages, Berries, and Burials by Jenny Romaine and Geoff Berner
DAY THREE - JEWISH WOMEN IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY TO NOW
THURSDAY, MARCH 22
10:00am - 12:30am
Season to Season (Lee Krasner) by Richard Rashke (excerpt)
Scenes from the Life (Lee Krasner) by Glenda Frank (excerpts)
Truth in Motion (Anna Sokolow) by Cynthia Chapman
Never Forget (Shirley Jackson by Donna Hoke
Burn Out (Rosalind Franklin) by Naomi Elster
Element 109 (Lisa Meitner) by Erin Moughon
The Goatherd's Wife by Carol Schlanger (autobiographical, excerpt)
Hebrew School 1961 by Barbara Bottner (autobiographical, excerpt)
The 13th or the Martyr of Moscow (Anya Politkovskaya) by Nina V.
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Salon - What Is a Jewish Woman? - As definitions dissolve and complexities
reign, what exactly defines a Jew and what defines a woman?
3:00pm - 6:00pm
Chicken Noodle Nightflights by Susan Merson (autobiographical, excerpt)
Future Girl Visits Barbie's Mom (Ruth Handler) by Ellen Davis Sullivan
Marvel-ous Monica (Monica Lewinsky) by Sarah Tuft (excerpt)
Anzia Yezierska by Dana Leslie Goldstein
Playing House (Bella Abzug) by Coni Koepfinger
My Fellow Congregants (Ivanka Trump) by Annie Wiseman
The Passion of Ethel Rosenberg by Edward Morris (excerpt)
The Autobiography of Martine Rothblatt as Performed by Her Four Children
Along With a Robot Named Bina48
by Kat Mustatea
PRODUCTIONI STAGE MANAGER: Sofia Shultz
STAGE MANAGERS: Jenna Lazar, Zija Lubin-West
FOR TICKET INFORMATION:
Page on Museum of Jewish Heritage Website
FOR INFORMATION ON SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES OR CUSTOMIZED
SUPPORT PLANS
PLEASE CONTACT:
Beth-Ellen Keyes
Untold Stories of Jewish Women
untold@womenartsmedia.org
185 West End Avenue 23K NY, NY 10023
January 2018
THE LAST DUMPSTER
a play by Martha Pichey
Directed by Allison Astor-Vargas
Join RED CARAVAN for the next installment of our monthly collaboration
with The Beehive Collective with a reading of Martha Pichey's new play,
THE LAST DUMPSTER. It's the last day for the Castles in their family home
and they're having a very hard time filling that last dumpster. If only
they could think like eldest sister Sylvie: when in doubt throw it out.
But it's a home filled with all the memories that come with the highs and
lows of growing up. And when Sylvie can no longer hide from the hometown
love she left behind, she's forced to reckon with painful memories of her
own.
MARY: Ellen David
SYLVIE: Sayra Player
LULU: Cynthia Enfield
DOUGIE: Stephen Dexter
RAY: Jack Sochet
STAGE DIRECTIONS: Jason Zednick
Sunday, January 21st
Location: 136 W 24th St, Apt 4R, between 6th & 7th avenues
November 2017
DISPOSOPHOBIA
by Martha Pichey
Presented by
RED CARAVAN and The Beehive Collective
By Invitation Only
Sunday, November 19th @ 3pm
The Public Theater, Conference Rm
425 Lafayette St. 10003
Cynthia Enfield as Sylvie Castle
Ellen David as Mary Castle
Estelle Bajou as Lulu Castle
Mackenzie Knapp as Dougie Castle
Jim Cairl as Ray Miller
THE ACTORS STUDIO
PLAYWRIGHTS/DIRECTOR WORKSHOP
Tuesday November 7, 2017
Moderated by
Deb Winer
GREEN MIST
Ariel Carmona, Playwright
Shellen Lubin, Director
With
Stephen Dexter as The First Man
Cynthia Enfield as His Wife
Ryan F Johnson as The Dude
Liana Jackson as Pink
Czary Mada as The Intruder
Eva Cavadini as The Partner
Ian Doran as The Kid
October 2017
July 2017
LOOSE CHANGE PRODUCTIONS presents
SUMMER SESSIONS 2017
Tuesday July 25
Moderated by
Kevin Podgorski
PLACES PLEASE
by Barbara Suter
Featuring: Tracy Sallows, Barbara Suter, Caroline Cassidy
Stage directions by James Swanson
GRASS ISLAND
by Brian Hugh O'Neill
Directed by Melissa Attebery
Featuring: Nelson Avidon, Kathleen Butler, Cynthia Enfield,
Tiffany Hodges, Brennan Lowery, Lilli Stein,
Stage Directions by Barbara Suter
Emerging Artists Theatre
New Work Series
TADA
15 West 28th Street, 2nd Floor
(Btn Broadway & 5th Ave)
New York, NY 10001
May 2017
April 2017
You are cordially invited
to attend a reading of this original script from our Women's Work
LAB,
a finalist for the Princess Grace Foundation Award
and an hilarious, thought-provoking and deeply relevant
exploration
of the Nativity story and its implications for where we are now.
New Perspectives is seeking partners,
co-producers, financial supporters and others,
as we work to secure the resources for a Regional or contract
production.
If every child were treated as Divine…
we would truly have Heaven on Earth!
Please let me know if you can join us on
Thursday, April 20th at 7:30pm
New Perspectives Studio, 458 West 37th Street @10th Avenue
and stay for a glass of wine and chat afterwards.
Feel free to contact me if you want to know more!
646-342-2060 or melody@nptnyc.org
April-May-June 2017
I Giullari di Piazza and Caramoor Performing Arts Center
presents
THE TALES OF DON GIOVANNI AND HIS SERVANT ARLECCHINO
with
Alessandra Belloni
Joe Deninzon
Susan Eberenz
Cynthia Enfield
Mara Gerety
James Karcher
John LaBarbera
Max McGuire
Mark Mindek
Susan Mitchell
Jessica Valiente
April 17, 19, 21
May 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 25, 26
June 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
CARAMOOR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
149 Girdle Ridge Rd, Katonah, NY 10536
March 2017
BY INVITATION ONLY
THE ACTORS STUDIO
PLAYWRIGHTS/DIRECTORS WORKSHOP
Tuesday March 7, 2017
Moderated by
Suzanne Bradbeer
GRASS ISLAND
Brian O'Neill, Playwright
Melissa Attebery, Director
With
Elizabeth Davis as Karla
Lilli Stein as Rachael
Nelson Avidon as John
Cynthia Enfield as Elizabeth
Joy Franz as Maggie
Django Palty as Rick
Stage directions read by Tiffany Hodges
February 2017
BY INVITATION ONLY
THE ACTORS STUDIO
PLAYWRIGHTS/DIRECTORS WORKSHOP
Tuesday February 21, 2017
Moderated by
Suzanne Bradbeer
GRASS ISLAND
Brian O'Neill, Playwright
Melissa Attebery, Director
With
Elizabeth Davis as Karla
Lilli Stein as Rachael
Nelson Avidon as John
Cynthia Enfield as Elizabeth
Maggie Low as Maggie
Django Palty as Rick
Stage directions read by Barbara Suter
BY INVITATION ONLY
presents a reading of
RED EMMA
By Maxine Kern
Directed by Ludovica Villar-Hausar
With
Jane Ives*, Emma Goldman
Tony Naumouski*, Papa and Others
Richarda Abrams*, Mama and Others
Cynthia Enfield*, Helena and Others
Brian Richardson*, Jacob and Others
Avron Soyer, Dramaturg
Dani Martineck, Stage Manager
Friday, February 17, 2017
RIPLEY GRIER
520 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY
BY INVITATION ONLY
THE ACTORS STUDIO
PLAYWRIGHTS/DIRECTORS WORKSHOP
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
DISPOSOPHOBIA
Martha Pichey, Playwright
Allison Astor-Vargas, Director
With
Joyce Fideor as Mary Castle
Cynthia Enfield as Sylvie
Estelle Bajou as Lulu
Daivd Holmes as Dougie
George Pappas as Ray Miller
Stage directions read by Janice Astor del Valle
January 2017
BY INVITATION ONLY
THE ACTORS STUDIO
PLAYWRIGHTS/DIRECTORS WORKSHOP
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Moderated by Suzanne Bradbeer
THE CONGREGATION OF THE ELVES
Jennie Redling, Playwright
Shellen Lubin, Director
With
Dara O'Brien
Mark Edward Lang
Brian Richardson
Kevin Curtis
Elizabeth Ranier
Stage directions and voiceovers by Cynthia Enfield
November 2016
BY INVITATION ONLY
THE ACTORS STUDIO
PLAYWRIGHTS/DIRECTORS WORKSHOP
Tuesday, 5:00pm November 1, 2016
Moderated by
Deb Winter
CONGREGATION OF THE ELVES
Jennie Redling, Playwirght
Shellen Lubin, Director
With
Dara O'Brian
Richarda Abrams
Mark E. Lang
Brian Richardson
Stage directions and voiceovers by Cynthia Enfield
October 2016
I Giullari di Piazza and Caramoor Performing Arts Center
presents
THE TALES OF DON GIOVANNI AND HIS SERVANT ARLECCHINO
with
Alessandra Belloni
Joe Deninzon
Susan Eberenz
Cynthia Enfield
Mara Gerety
James Karcher
John LaBarbera
Max McGuire
Mark Mindek
Susan Mitchell
Jessica Valiente
October 17
November 4, 9
CARAMOOR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
149 Girdle Ridge Rd, Katonah, NY 10536
July 2016
Presented by Planet Connections Theatre Festivity and Parity
Productions....
Nominated for best play in series...
Friday, July 8th, 2016
1:30pm
The Paradise Factory
Theatre Two - Downstairs
64 E 4th Street
(between 2nd Avenue & Bowery)
New York, NY 10003
CAST
Richarda Abrams*
Cynthia Enfield*
Jane Ives*
Tony Naumovski*
Brian Richardson*
Production Stage Manager: Carolina Arboleda
*actors appear courtesy of Actors Equity Association
RSVP
RED EMMA dramatizes the passionate life of Emma Goldman.
An immigrant, a woman and a fighter for justice.
Parity Productions is a not-for-profit theatre company
founded in 2016 by Ludovica
Villar-Hauser, the international award-winning director. Parity
Productions has its roots in
two other not-for-profits: VH Theatrical Development Foundation and Works
by Women.
Parity Productions, 450 West 17th St., Suite 604, New York, NY 10011
Spring 2016
I Giullari di Piazza and Caramoor Performing Arts Center
presents
THE TALES OF DON GIOVANNI AND HIS SERVANT ARLECCHINO
with
Alessandra Belloni
Joe Deninzon
Susan Eberenz
Cynthia Enfield
James Karcher
John LaBarbera
Max McGuire
Mark Mindek
April 19, 20, 21, 22
May 4, 13, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27
June 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13
CARAMOOR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
149 Girdle Ridge Rd, Katonah, NY 10536
January 2016
13th Street Repertory Theatre invites you to a
reading of
THIS IS HARRIET'S PLAY
by Leah Kornfeld Friedman
directed by Shellen Lubin
with Roberta Wallach as Harriet
and:
Jim DeMarse
Cynthia Enfield
Susan Merson
Tuesday, January 26
8 p.m.
13th Street Repertory Theatre
50 West 13th Street NYC
Requested Donation
Matthew Gandolfo, Stage Directions
Taylor Mankowski, Stage Manager
RSVP : essiefinkelstein@gmail.com
June 2015
BEFORE SHE IS EVEN BORN
by Leah Kornfeld Friedman
directed by Ludovica Villar-Hauser
Join us for a reading on
Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 at 7:30 PM
13th Street Repertory Theatre
50 West 13th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
New York, NY 10011
BEFORE SHE IS EVEN BORN, a memory play, speaks to us from the
hearts of three generations of Jewish women.
Raisal, whose guts and determination brought her to the shores of
America; Raisal's sister, who did not have the courage to leave home;
Raisal's mother, a sought-after midwife in a small town in Poland and
Raisal's feisty young American born daughter.
BEFORE SHE IS EVEN BORN unfolds with passion, humor and above all love.
CAST:
Susan Schrott* as Raisel
Cynthia Enfield* as Mahtel
Gina Belafonte* as Ruchelaya
Julianne Katz* as Rachel
*Members of Actor's Equity
$15 suggested donation
RSVP AT https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10004702
—NEW YORK POST
May 2015
May Sarton Dreams Deep
by Deborah Magid
Cynthia Enfield as MAY SARTON
Joyce Cohen as JUDY MATLACK
Event is free
To RSVP to the event: Email 365nycwomen@gmail.com
Seating is limited
What: An evening of staged readings of ten new short plays about some famous and infamous women in history.
About PHASE II: 365 Women a Year: A Playwriting
Project
When it comes to documenting his-tory, men have always had the upper hand. Until now! Our goal is to bring 365 women a year from out of the shadows and give their stories the credit they deserve.
Who:
With plays about:
Stella Adler, Alicia Alonso, Hannah Arendt, Judy Chu, the Empress Dowagers Ci'an and Cixi, Fannie Lou Hamer, Bett Hemings, Sarah Kane, Madame Mao ( Jiang Qing) , and May Sarton
Written by:
Jenny Lyn Bader, Christine Toy Johnson, Shellen Lubin, Deborah
Magid, Yani Perez, Elsa Rael, Laura Rohrman, Stephanie Swirsky and Joy
Tomasko
Directed by:
Laura Archer, Kimberly Loren Eaton, Lara Gold, Shellen Lubin, Jon L
Peacock and Nina Zoie Lam
Fall 2015
IN DEVELOPMENT
ACTRESS is a "one woman show with four men" that reveals the
magnificient life of the universally acclaimed ninetenth-century
French actress, SARAH BERNHARDT, the first worldwide superstar.
The piece is drawn from factual accounts of Bernhardt's work and play,
her life and her theatrical roles were in extraordinary and uncanny parallel.
with
Cynthia Enfield as Sarah Bernhardt
Spring 2015
I Giullari di Piazza and Caramoor Performing Arts Center
presents
THE TALES OF DON GIOVANNI AND HIS SERVANT ARLECCHINO
with
Alessandra Belloni
Joe Deninzon
Susan Eberenz
Cynthia Enfield
James Karcher
John LaBarbera
Max McGuire
Mark Mindek
Susan Mitchell
April 24, 27
May 1, 6, 7, 8, 11, 18, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29
June 4, 5, 8, 9, 10
CARAMOOR CENTER FOR MUSIC AND ARTS
149 Girdle Ridge Rd, Katonah, NY 10536
IN DEVELOPMENT
“This is theater at its best—raw, passionate, richly costumed and delightfully ragged—that has to be seen to fully appreciate the full-bodied wit and passion with which Ms. Belloni tells her tale. Folklore and classical Greek myth intertwine freely in Spider Dance.”
“The robust cast breaks into energetic tarantellas between colorful tales of clandestined lovers and Dionysus seducing lustfully frustrated peasant girls...She [Ms. Belloni] was supported by the terrific musical ensemble...Cynthia Enfield was a rich-voiced narrator. ...”
“This is a richly beautiful and exciting show that combines music, dance, copoeira, circus, acrobatics and mythical drama all swirled into a lively, colorful show, seasoned liberally with sex and sensuality.”
—by Joel Benjamin Times Square Chronicles
September 2014
911 MEMORIAL RECITAL
An afternoon of Poetry and Music
with
Cynthia Enfield
James Karcher
Susan Mitchell
Thursday September 11, 2014
10:00am
UHGC
391 Pelham Road
New Rochelle, NY 10805
July 2014
FOURTH OF
JULY
RECITAL
An afternoon of Poetry and Music
with
Cynthia Enfield
James Karcher
Susan Mitchell
Wednesday July 2, 2014
2:00pm
UHGC
391 Pelham Road
New Rochelle, NY 10805
May 2014
Rogues' Company presents
SHAKESPEARE FOR TWO
A duet in dueling and desire
with
Cynthia Enfield
James Karcher
Sunday May 18, 2014
2:00pm
UHGC
391 Pelham Road
New Rochelle, NY 10805
I Giullari di Piazza and Caramoor Performing Arts Center
presents
THE TALES OF DON GIOVANNI AND HIS SERVANT ARLECCHINO
with
Alessandra Belloni
Joe Deninzon
Susan Eberenz
Cynthia Enfield
James Karcher
John LaBarbera
Max McGuire
Mark Mindek
May 7, 13, 15, 16, 20, 22, 23, 27, 30
June 5, 9, 10
CARAMOOR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
149 Girdle Ridge Rd, Katonah, NY 10536
April 2014
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY RECITAL
An afternoon of Poetry and Music
with
Cynthia Enfield
James Karcher
Irena Portenko
Jack Silvers
Yuri Taguchi
April 27, 2014
2:00pm
UHGC
391 Pelham Road
New Rochelle, NY 10805
May 2013
IN DEVELOPMENT
“This is theater at its best—raw, passionate, richly costumed and delightfully ragged—that has to be seen to fully appreciate the full-bodied wit and passion with which Ms. Belloni tells her tale. Folklore and classical Greek myth intertwine freely in Spider Dance.”
“The robust cast breaks into energetic tarantellas between colorful tales of clandestined lovers and Dionysus seducing lustfully frustrated peasant girls...She [Ms. Belloni] was supported by the terrific musical ensemble...Cynthia Enfield was a rich-voiced narrator. ...”
“This is a richly beautiful and exciting show that combines music, dance, copoeira, circus, acrobatics and mythical drama all swirled into a lively, colorful show, seasoned liberally with sex and sensuality.”
—by Joel Benjamin Times Square Chronicles
TARANTELLA! SPIDER DANCE
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Presented by
Soul de Cuba Cafe
&
cubana k o a foundation
Purchase Tickets:
www.cubanakoa.ticketleap.com
New Haven is bit by the Spider -- the mystical and sensual
music/theater/dance spectacular about the
history of the Tarantella.
DATE: May 10th and May 11th
TIME: Cocktail Reception 6:30pm, Showtime 8:00pm
VENUE: Lyric Hall Theatre 827 Whalley Avenue
New Haven CT 06515
All proceeds go to
Cubanakoa Foundation, Inc.
April 2013
20TH ANNUAL JAMMY AWARDS
Support THE INNOCENT MEN (Billy Joel Tribute Band)
Tickets: $15.00
Friday, April 26, 2013
7:00pm until 11:30pm (EDT)
at
The Cutting Room
44 E 32nd St, New York, New York 10016
Phone: (212) 691-1900
January 2013
IN DEVELOPMENT
Theatre for the New City, Crystal Field, Director
presents:
Alessandra Belloni & I GIULARI DI PIAZZA in
TARANTELLA!
SPIDER DANCE
by Alessandra Belloni“This is theater at its best—raw, passionate, richly costumed and delightfully ragged—that has to be seen to fully appreciate the full-bodied wit and passion with which Ms. Belloni tells her tale. Folklore and classical Greek myth intertwine freely in Spider Dance.”
“The robust cast breaks into energetic tarantellas between colorful tales of clandestined lovers and Dionysus seducing lustfully frustrated peasant girls...She [Ms. Belloni] was supported by the terrific musical ensemble...Cynthia Enfield was a rich-voiced narrator. ...”
“This is a richly beautiful and exciting show that combines music, dance, copoeira, circus, acrobatics and mythical drama all swirled into a lively, colorful show, seasoned liberally with sex and sensuality.”
—by Joel Benjamin Times Square Chronicles
For complete review click here.
www.t2conline.com/tarantella-spider-dance/
Tarantella! Spider Dance: is Allessandra Belloni's masterwork, celebrating the phenomenon of the Tarantella-the dance of love and liberation-still thriving in Southern Italy and catching fire across the world today. Spider Dance is the Italian River Dance, a cross-cultural musical journey that takes us from its origins in ancient Greece to its deep roots in Italy. Starting with the birth of Spider Woman, the show follows the story throughout the centuries of this mystical celebration in honor of Dionysus, God of ecstasy and wine. The Pizzica Tarantata, the erotic trance dance ritual, survived every century's challenges - plague, war, Inquisition, poverty. Bitten by love or longing for it, the women known as Tarantate performed this frenzied collective ritual dance to free themselves. But first they had to surrender to the Tarantella's ancient 6/8 rhythm - alive in the tambourines, frame drums and in the love songs and work melodies that contained the healing.
Jan 18, 19 8:00 PM
Jan 20 3:00 PM
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 FIRST AVE (10TH ST)
Reservations: (212) 254-1109
Tickets $25
www.smarttix.com
Visit us on facebook.
Funded in part by the New York Council on the Arts
December 2012
stars as
Sarah Bernhardt
Terry Randall from Edna Ferber's Stagedoor
and
Hallie Flanagan
with
David Spencer
as
Congressman Martin Dies
Creative Consultant: Shellen Lubin
March 2012
April 2011
Tony Schatz
"SCHATZIE"
in
THEY WROTE THEM FOR ME
with
Cynthia Enfield & Rasha
Zamamiri
and the Daryl Kojak
Quartet with:
Ed Caccavale
Sean
Conley
and "Sweet Sue" Terry
Direction and vocal arrangements by
Shellen Lubin
Musical direction by
Daryl Kojak
Friday April 8 and Friday April 29
Two shows each night: 7 pm and
9:15 pm
343 W. 46th
Street (between 8th
and 9th)
$20 cover and 2 drink minimum
CASH ONLY
Reservations Requested
Call after 4pm: (212)757-0788
This may be your absolutely last
opportunity
to see Schatzie in a small venue before he goes
global.
Catch him while you still can!
January 2011
IN DEVELOPMENT
JEFF BRITTON/BROADWAY BOUND PRODUCTIONS
presents:
TARANTELLA!
SPIDER DANCE
by Alessandra Belloni
A new production featuring direction by
Jeff Whiting
Tarantella! Spider Dance: is Allessandra Belloni's masterwork, celebrating the phenomenon of the Tarantella-the dance of love and liberation-still thriving in Southern Italy and catching fire across the world today. Spider Dance is the Italian River Dance, a cross-cultural musical journey that takes us from its origins in ancient Greece to its deep roots in Italy. Starting with the birth of Spider Woman, the show follows the story throughout the centuries of this mystical celebration in honor of Dionysus, God of ecstasy and wine. The Pizzica Tarantata, the erotic trance dance ritual, survived every century's challenges - plague, war, Inquisition, poverty. Bitten by love or longing for it, the women known as Tarantate performed this frenzied collective ritual dance to free themselves. But first they had to surrender to the Tarantella's ancient 6/8 rhythm - alive in the tambourines, frame drums and in the love songs and work melodies that contained the healing.
Jan 13, 14, 15 8:00 PM
Jan 16 3:00 PM
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 FIRST AVE (10TH ST)
Reservations: (212)868-4444
9-8 Mon- Fri
10-8 Sat & 10-6 Sun
or @ www.smarttix.com
Tickets $30
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July 2010
IN DEVELOPMENT
EXTENDED! TUESDAY, JULY 6 6:00PM
& WEDNESDAY, JULY 7 6:00PM
with
James Cronin as Jean Mounet Sully
James Isaac as Maurice Bernhardt
Clete Larkey as Jacques Damala
Robert Gregory as Edward Jarrett
and
Cynthia Enfield as Sarah Bernhardt
June 2010
IN DEVELOPMENT
June 2010
BOOK RELEASE PARTIES
TO CELEBRATE THE PUBLICATION OF
ALEXANDROS
The life-long love story of Alexander
the Great and Hephastian, Son of Amyntor.
A libretto in verse by
STANLEY BARBER
WINNER:
Editor's Choice Award
for excelence in writing
WINNER:
Rising Star
Award
featuring
CYNTHIA ENFIELD
MATTHEW GANDOLFO
GREG JOLLEY
JEFF RONAN
reading dramatic scene selections form the play
"The Seduction of Love and War"
"The Rape of Pausinais, The King's Lover"
"Marriage and Assassination"
"The Blasphemy of Love"
"Priests and Beasts"
"In the Footsteps of Orpheus"
TUESDAY, JUNE 1 at 7 PM
at
PHOENIX BAR
447 E. 13th Street (at Avenue A)
and
TUESDAY, JUNE 22 at 7 PM
at
THE BOWERY POETRY CLUB
Bar open at 7 PM - Admission - $7.00
308 Bowery (Between Houston & Bleeker Sts.)
About ALEXANDROS:
LOVE TRUMPS WAR
THE PERPETUAL FOOTNOTE TO ALEXANDER THE GREAT'S MILITARY EXPLOITS -
HIS LIFE-LONG LOVE AFFAIR WITH HEPHASTIAN AMYNTOR - NOW TAKES CENTER
STAGE.
ALEXANDROS follows the Macedonian prince and his constant companion,
Hephastian - with The ancient gods of love and war, Aphrodite and Ares,
carefully guiding their destinies - from the time they meet as
thirteen-year old students in Macedonia where they first fall in love,
to his ascension to the throne, and with Hephastian at his side, to his
conquering of the kown world.
Solidly based on historical fact and with ancient Greece, Egypt, Persia
and India as its exotic backgrounds, ALEXANDROS pays tribute to one of the
great love stories of history.
is available at Amazon
and Barnes and Noble
March 2010
THE DAUGHTERS OF CYBELE
written and directed by Alessandra Belloni
with
Susan Aquila
Olympia Avignone
Alessandra Belloni
Lorraine Calculli
Cynthia Enfield
Allison Scola
Eve Sicular
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
(St. James Chapel)
Saturday, March 20, 8:00PM
Reservations: 1-866-811-4111
Visit
http://www.alessandrabelloni.com
for more information on artist.
Celebrate Women's History Month with Internationally renowned Singer
Percussionist and Cathedral Artist in Residence, Alessandra Belloni and
her new Women Ensemble, Daughters of Cybele, Women Drummers for World
Peace joined by guest actress/singer Cynthia Enfield and violinist Susan Aquila.
Countries around the world, including Southern Italy, Brazil, Africa and
the Middle East have musical traditions based on the power of women.
Belloni and Company will emulate one of the most ancient ways of praying
and healing, including sacred chanting to the Black Madonna sung by female
voices in harmony, accompanied by various percussion instruments (frame
drums, tambourines, shakers, djembes, ballaphones, dumbecks, riqqs,
mazhars, and marimbas.) Dancers will spin and stomp their feet in
celebration of life and peace with the healing trance dance of the
Tarantella.
With "Daughters of Cybele," Alessandra Belloni carries on the tradition of
Roman priestesses who played the tambourine in worship of Dionysus, God of
ecstasy and wine, and the Earth goddess Cybele.
"It was as if the crowd had been transported to a secret clearing
somewhere in the Piemonte to witness some wonderfully obscure, mystical
ritual."
Lucid Culture Blog
September 2009
by Sophocles
directed by Stan Barber
Set in ancient Greece, Oedipus, the ill-fated King of Thebes, unknowingly
murders his father, marries his mother, and in one of the most
provocative
tragedies of all time, insists the horrific truth be
revealed, even at the
price of his own destruction.
with
JORDON FELTNER
as Oedipus
CYNTHIA ENFIELD
as Jocasta
DANIEL KISALA
as Creon
OWEN KAVANAGH
as Priest and Old Shepherd
RUSTY COOK
as Corinthian Messenger
GEORGE STULTS
as Teiresias
STEPHANIE JONES
as Ismene and Citizen
AMANDA DILLARD
as Antigone and Citizen
and
Citizens of Thebes: WILLIAM APPS, KATE CARFORA,
GARRETT BURRESON,
MATT WILDER, LAUREN MURASKI,
STEPHEN MEDVIDICK, ARIELLE BENDORY,
ASHLEY KOWZUN,
BETH KOPERWHATS
Music - MATTHEW GANDOLFO
Set - KRIS KELLEHER
Costumes - BETH KOPERWHATS
Dramaturge - PATRICIA GARDNER
Players Theatre
115 MacDougal Street
New York, NY 10012
(Just north of Minetta Lane)
Tickets by Phone:
212-352-3101
866-811-4111(toll free)
Monday, September 21, 8:00 PM
Wednesday, September 23, 8:00 PM
Benefit performances for the TLDEF - Please go to
www.transgenderlegal.org
for more information.
June 2008
DENNIS CLEVELAND
THE END OF CINEMATICS
FAILING KANSAS
THE CANADIAN SONGBOOK
ART WITH AMBITION
American avant-garde composer Mikel Rouse brings to Toronto his trilogy of
modern multimedia pop/rock operas.
Luminato Festival blog and photographs
DENNIS CLEVELAND June 7 & 8
Set in a television studio, this tale of a trashy talk-show host and his
ill-fated guests offers a critique of popular culture's promise of
success.
Written and Directed by Mikel Rouse
Starring Mikel Rouse
with
Cynthia Enfield, Matthew Gandolfo, Joseph Halajian, Siri Howard,
Ryuji Noda, Christina Pawl, Robert Rivera, Sylver Logan Sharp,
Levensky Smith,
Penelope Thomas
and guest artists
Byron Abalos, Tarah Consoli, Cynthia Dempster, Marcus Jamin,
Rob Kempson, Idil Mussa, Alexandra Parravano, Steve Ryan,
Ryna Schnickler, Cara Volchoff
Toronto Film School Studio, 39 John St., $35.
THE END OF CINEMATICS June 10 to 12
Music, theatre and film combine in an immersive meditation on cinema's
corporate
transformation and the fragmentation of the modern
media-viewing experience.
Written and Directed by Mikel Rouse
Starring Mikel Rouse
with
Cynthia Enfield, Matthew Gandolfo, Christina Pawl, Robert Rivera,
Penelope Thomas
Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front St. E., $25 to $45.
The notorious events described in Truman Capote's 1966 book
In Cold Blood are the basis for this audio-visual interpretation of
ritual,
religion and the mystery of fate.
Written and Directed by Mikel Rouse
Starring Mikel Rouse
Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst St., $35.
Starring Mikel Rouse
with
Cynthia Enfield, Christina Pawl, Penelope Thomas
Luminato Festival Photos
Massey Hall 176 Victoria Street, $40 to $60
October 2007
THE END OF CINEMATICS
October 14-21, 2007
Irvine Barclay Theatre-Irvine, CA (Orange County)
April 2007
MY BRAVE FACE
created by:
SHELLEN LUBIN
with direction and vocal arrangements by:
SHELLEN LUBIN
featuring:
ROBERT JOHN COOK
CYNTHIA ENFIELD
MATTHEW GANDOLFO
accompanied by IAN HERMAN, ROGER POST, MARY NOECKER, and more.
This "Rocabaret" piece (part alternative/folk/rock and part
cabaret)
explores a critical moment in the life of a man who is trying to come to
terms with his past
with the help of two voices from inside his head.
The journey is through songs by Don Henley, John Hiatt, Joe Jackson, Paul
McCartney,
John Mayer, Ellis Paul, Martin Sexton, Tom Waits, Stevie Wonder,
originals, and more.
Friday, April 6 • 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 12 • 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 14 • 5:00 p.m.
343 West 46th Street
New York City
$10 cover charge
2 drink minimum
Reservations: 212-757-0788
For more information, contact Bondrov Productions
212-864-2380 ~
bondrov@gmail.com
January 2007
LEON'S DICTIONARY
Stephanie Satie
directed by
Shellen Lubin
with
Cynthia Enfield
Joel Friedman
Matthew Gandolfo
Julie Garfield
Max McGuire
2pm and 7pm
At 78th Street Theatre Lab
3rd floor theatre
236 West 78th Street
In post-Communist Ukraine, a Jewish family struggles to emigrate to a new life. As they try to maneuver through the insane rules of a country in change, they realize that much of the struggle is within their own walls. Leon's Dictionary is a play about a universal desire, set in a world that few in the West are familiar with.
September-December 2006
I am very excited to be performing in the upcoming Fall production of
Mikel Rouse's The End of Cinematics.
It is the third part of an 'opera verite' trilogy consisting of
Falling Kansas and
the critically acclaimed "talk show" opera
Dennis Cleveland.
For more information about the show please visit
FALL 2006 TOUR INFORMATION:
Carolina Performing Arts Center
Chapel Hill, NC
September 28 and 29
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn, New York
October 4,5,6, and 7
University of Florida Performing Arts
Gainesville, FL
October 11
Liverpool Culture Company
Liverpool, UK
November 16, 17, and 18
Miami Performing Arts Center
Miami, FL
December 29
April 2006
RESURGENCE
New Play Development Lab 2006
presents a concert reading of
by
Susan Mersondirected by Shellen Lubin
CAST:
Christine Campbell
Cynthia Enfield
Jane Ives
Susan Merson
July 2005
A READING OF
THE GOOD STENO
BY
http://broadwayworld.com/
WITH
LEV GORN , CYNTHIA ENFIELD, ROBERTA WALLACH , HEIDI DU TOIT
DIRECTED BY
Award winning playwright Leah Kornfeld Friedman's exciting new dark
comedy
brings to life the garment center jungle of the 1940's.
JULY 16 & 23 AT 4:30 PM. AT THE CUTTING ROOM. 19 WEST 24 ST.
BETWEEN 5TH & 6TH
May 2005
THE BELT THEATRE
presents
a reading of a new play
THE GOOD STENO
BY
WITH
LEV GORN, NICOLE WINSTON, ROBERTA WALLACH,
CYNTHIA ENFIELD, HEIDI DU TOIT
DIRECTED BY
Award winning playwright Leah Kornfeld Friedman's exciting new dark
comedy
brings to life the garment center jungle of the
1940's.
SATURDAY, MAY 10, 3:00 PM. rsvp 310- 463-0012.
The Belt Theatre 336
West 37th Street, New York City
PRIOR TO 2005
Sticks and Stones Productions
presents
a dramatic reading of selected stories
WRITTEN BY:
American Museum of Natural History
MUSIC AND LYRICS:
ADDITIONAL MUSIC:
ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY:
STARRING:
CYNTHIA ENFIELD
JAMES GILCHRIST
MIDGE MONTGOMERY
BARA SWAIN
JACKSON TAYLOR
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: HELEN GROSSO