OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company, Inc.
Devoted to the Art of Theatre About Theatre
I can now say it’s official:
OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization!
If you’ve donated items to us before this, they’re good to go as tax deductible donations now!
Yippee!!!!
So, what’s next?
Well, after R&G closes we’re taking a break. We’ve got plans for two workshops in the winter/spring of 2008 followed by a mainstage production in the summer of 2008. We’re not sure what that will be, just yet, but be sure to watch this space for announcements, coming soon!
We close the show this weekend!
Performances tonight and tomorrow night at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm.
All the info you need (directions, ticket reservation form, etc.) is here: http://outoftheblackbox.org/0708/Rosencrantz/
Hope we’ll see you there!!!
Did I mention I’m acting in two of these? See me (in a rare onstage performace, with lines, even), plus Jonathen Ezra and five other excellent actors at 7 and 9 tonight!
365 Days/365 Plays at New Deal Café in Greenbelt, MD – FREE!
OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company
presents this week’s Metro DC area performances of the
365 Days/365 Plays International Festival
Week 46 of the cycle (Sept. 24 – 30) includes
Play (Condemned Version), Again Perfect), Reel, A Play for George Plimpton and John Ritter), Selling Out, Splitsville, The Worst, The 1st Constant (Remember Who You Are) and Goodbye New York
365 Days/365 Plays
By Suzan-Lori Parks
Produced by Bonnie Metzger
Directed by Betsy Marks Delaney & Penny Martin
Running time: Approximately 35 minutes total for all 9 scripts.
Caution: Some plays contain adult language and themes not suitable for children.
Reservations are not necessary but are definitely appreciated.
The New Deal Café is located in the heart of Old Greenbelt, at
113 Centerway, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD 20770
Please join the cast after the 9pm performance and enjoy the desserts and delectables the Café has to offer!
For more information about the 365 Days/365 Plays cycle, please visit:
www.studiotheatre.org/365 or www.OutOftheBlackBox.org
Please feel free to cross-post!
ACTORS/TECHNICIANS NEEDED for both “365 Days/365 Plays” & “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead”
365 Days/365 Plays (week 46):
We are still in need of 2 men, ages 18-50 (including roles “George Plimpton” and “John Ritter”), and 1-2 women ages 18 on up. One woman should be able to do a ballerina split (if possible).
Performance: 9/28 at 7pm & 9pm at the New Deal Cafe, Greenbelt, MD.
Rehearsals in either Greenbelt or Bowie at private residences starting either just before or just after Labor Day, depending on cast schedules.
See plays from 9/24 through 9/30, inclusive, plus 3 constants (front of script book) for reference.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead:
Needed: “Hamlet” (age no more than late 20s, please)
Also needed: lighting designer/board op, assistant stage manager, props master/mistress, costume designer/wardrobe.
Rehearsals already in progress. Performances are last three weekends in October (8 in all, no first Sunday matinée) at St. James Episcopal Church in Historic Old Bowie, MD.
Both events are nonpaid volunteer community theatre productions. Company membership ($12/year) required.
If you are available, or know someone who is, please contact Artistic Director Betsy Marks Delaney at 301-922-1865, or send email to info at o2b2 dot oh-ar-gee ASAP.
Thanks!
Betsy Marks Delaney
Artistic Director
OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Co.
http://www.OutOftheBlackBox.org/
Hi!
This is your official heads’ up that we’re holding open auditions for our week (September 24-30), on Sunday, August 12 from 3-6pm and Monday, August 13 from 7-10pm at St. James Episcopal Church in Historic Old Bowie, MD.
Casting 3 women and 4 men, teens on up/any ethnicity, for ensemble work on 9-10 very short scripts.
Two performances are scheduled for Friday, September 28 at 7pm and 9pm at the New Deal Cafe, Greenbelt, MD.
Please prepare a short comedy monologue and also be prepared to read from the script. Copies of Suzan-Lori Parks’ scripts are available through Barnes & Noble, Borders and online at Amazon.com, amongst others.
Questions? Please call 301-922-1865 or send email to info at o2b2 dot oh-ar-gee.
Thanks! Hope to see you there!
Hi, Fans and Friends of O2B2!
We’ve been so busy getting ready for our opening night, we forgot to post about it here!
In a stunning show of marketing savvy, we changed the name at the last possible minute to “Ben Jonson’s Volpone” – Works like magic – of 500 shows, we’re listed in the FIRST PAGE on TheatreMania’s ticket site! Our details are here: http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/134192
Performances:
Sunday, July 22 @ 5:00pm
Wednesday, July 25 @ 9:00pm
Saturday, July 28 @ 3:20pm
Sunday, July 29 @ 2:00pm
All tickets $15 – available online here: http://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/9891 or by calling 866-811-4111.
We’re in the press, too! We’ve been mentioned on radio, at BroadwayWorld.com (http://dc.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=19523), in Washington’s EXPRESS (http://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2007/07/the_bleeding_edge_capitol_fringe.php) and in several radio spots as well.
The show has really come together! Greg and Katie are fabulous as is the rest of our cast.
Besides, our own Rob Perkins, Jonathen Ezra, Thierry Barston, Steven H. Wilson, Steve Kramer, Lise Mendel and their DD2 are ALL involved in the production.
Don’t miss your opportunity to see this show!
Coming soon:
Auditions for 365 Days/365 Plays, by Suzan-Lori Parks (August 12-13, St. James Episcopal Church, Historic Old Bowie, MD); Performance 9/28 or 9/29 at a location TBA SOON!
Performances: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, by Tom Stoppard (October 11-28, St. James Episcopal Church, Historic Old Bowie, MD)
See you soon!!!
Hi, Fans and Friends of O2B2!
We’ve been so busy getting ready for our opening night, we forgot to post about it here!
In a stunning show of marketing savvy, we changed the name at the last possible minute to “Ben Jonson’s Volpone” – Works like magic – of 500 shows, we’re listed in the FIRST PAGE on TheatreMania’s ticket site! Our details are here: http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/134192
Performances:
Sunday, July 22 @ 5:00pm
Wednesday, July 25 @ 9:00pm
Saturday, July 28 @ 3:20pm
Sunday, July 29 @ 2:00pm
All tickets $15 – available online here: http://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/9891 or by calling 866-811-4111.
We’re in the press, too! We’ve been mentioned on radio, at BroadwayWorld.com (http://dc.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=19523), in Washington’s EXPRESS (http://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2007/07/the_bleeding_edge_capitol_fringe.php) and in several radio spots as well.
The show has really come together! Greg and Katie are fabulous as is the rest of our cast.
Besides, our own Rob Perkins, Jonathen Ezra, Thierry Barston, Steven H. Wilson, Steve Kramer, Lise Mendel and Dorothy Kramer are ALL involved in the production.
Don’t miss your opportunity to see the show!
Coming soon:
Auditions for 365 Days/365 Plays, by Suzan-Lori Parks (August 12-13, St. James Episcopal Church, Historic Old Bowie, MD); Performance 9/28 or 9/29 at a location TBA SOON!
Performances: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, by Tom Stoppard (October 11-28, St. James Episcopal Church, Historic Old Bowie, MD)
See you soon!!!
OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company Announces additional AUDITION Date FOR Tom Stoppard’s “ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD”
OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company (O2B2) will hold auditions for “R&G” on Tuesday, July 17 from 7-10pm at the Glenn Dale Fire House, 11900 Glenn Dale Blvd., Glenn Dale, MD 20769. Directions may be found here: http://tinyurl.com/yru9x7
For questions regarding auditions, please call 301.922.1865 or send email to
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script and from HAMLET. Be prepared to move – this is a very physical play! Looking specifically for “Hamlet” but all roles remain open.
Casting:
5 men
2 women
4 flexible (either male or female)
All ethnicities encouraged to audition. This is a non-paid community theatre production.
R&G is tentatively scheduled to be performed from October 11 – 28 on Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm. There will be no matinée on the first weekend. Performance location (to be confirmed, subject to change): St. James Episcopal Church, Bowie, MD.
Also seeking: Property Master & House Manager/Box Office Assistants.
OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company was formed in 2004 as a Bowie-based company dedicated to the art of performing theatre about theatre. For more detailed information, please visit our web site at http://www.OutOftheBlackBox.org/ or call 301.922.1865.
CONTACT:
Betsy Marks Delaney, Artistic Director
OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company
Voice: 301.922.1865
Fax: 413.751.7320
Email: info@o2b2.org
Web: http://www.OutOftheBlackBox.org/
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REMINDER:
OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company Announces AUDITIONS FOR Tom Stoppard’s “ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD”
OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company (O2B2) will hold auditions for “R&G”on Monday, July 2 from 7-10pm. Auditions will take place at a private residence in Bowie, MD. For directions or questions regarding auditions, please call 301.922.1865 or send email to
If necessary, an additional audition date may be scheduled for July 17, 7-10pm, location TBA. For information about this audition date, please send email to the address above and we will include your address in the list of people to be notified.
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Be prepared to move – this is a very physical play!
Casting:
5 men
2 women
4 flexible (either male or female)
All ethnicities encouraged to audition. This is a non-paid community theatre production.
R&G is scheduled to be performed from October 11 – 28 on Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm. There will be no matinée on the first weekend. Performance location (to be confirmed, subject to change): St. James Episcopal Church, Bowie, MD.
Also seeking: Property Master & House Manager/Box Office Assistants.
OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company was formed in 2004 as a Bowie-based company dedicated to the art of performing “theatre about theatre”. For more detailed information, please visit our web site at http://www.OutOftheBlackBox.org/ or call 301.922.1865.
CONTACT:
Betsy Marks Delaney, Artistic Director
OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company
Voice: 301.922.1865
Fax: 413.751.7320
Email: info@o2b2.org
Web: http://www.OutOftheBlackBox.org/
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company Announces AUDITIONS FOR Tom Stoppard’s
“ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD”
OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company (O2B2) will hold auditions for “R&G”
on Sunday, July 1 from 1-4pm and Monday, July 2 from 7-10pm. For
location information or questions regarding auditions, please call
301.922.1865 or send email to
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Be prepared to
move – this is a very physical play!
Casting:
5 men
2 women
4 flexible (either male or female)
All ethnicities encouraged to audition. This is a non-paid production.
This community theatre production is scheduled to be performed from
October 11 – 28 on Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm. There
will be no matinée on the first weekend.
Also seeking: Assistant Director/Stage Manager, Property Master & House
Manager/Box Office Assistants.
OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company was formed in 2004 as a Bowie-based
company dedicated to the art of performing “theatre about theatre”. For
more detailed information, please visit our web site at
http://www.OutOftheBlackBox.org/ or call 301.922.1865.
CONTACT:
Betsy Marks Delaney, Artistic Director
OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company
Voice: 301.922.1865
Fax: 413.751.7320
Email: info@o2b2.org
Web: http://www.OutOftheBlackBox.org/
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