June 23rd, 2008
Concept by Chloe Demrovsky, Alex DeFazio and Jody Person
Directed by Jody Person
Written By Mat Bussler, Alex DeFazio
Stay tuned for our original radio play coming out in July! This program was created in collaboration with critically acclaimed Elixir Productions (www.elixirproductions.org). Based in New York/New Jersey, Elixir Productions Theatre Company is committed to developing plays and performances about gender, sexuality, and the impact of sexual identity on society, human relationships, and ourselves.
Brought to you by The Playground, State of Play Productions’ new work development program! For details about The Playground and how to be involved, click on the “Submit Your Scripts” link to the right.
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April 14th, 2008
We’re always looking for new works and we love meeting new artists! For more info, see our submissions page.
Introducing The Playground…
State of Play Productions is looking for scripts, large and small, dramatic and comedic, and we’re especially interested in new voices. We are not a traditional presenting house. Instead we take an active role in workshopping the plays we produce. So if you’re a new playwright looking for a theatre company to work with, or an old playwright with a new idea, we’re looking for you!
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April 7th, 2008
When Playwright Mike Dowling wrote Random Acts, he created some of the characters specifically for State of Play members. We now have the opportunity to reprise those roles with a new tour of Western Massachusetts in May presented by The Chester Theatre Company. After rehearsing at the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York with Mike Dowling we will continue in Massachusetts with the production’s original director, Byam Stevens. The new tour is a warm-up for a planned run of New York City area schools as part of our 2009 season. Roles being reprised include: Chloe Demrovsky as the “wicked popular” Jackie Metcalf, Adam la Faci as the star athlete Mark Mooney and Jyll Mihlek as “freakshow” Kairin Brewer. Loren Vandegrift plays the trouble-maker Davis, Michelle Concha is the uber-motivated Anna Hallaway and Mat Bussler plays the awkward Tim Reilly.
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February 18th, 2008
After playing Mother Goose in The City That Cried Wolf, Michelle Concha is now the newest core member of State of Play Theatre. Welcome, Michelle! Also, look out for many exciting new projects from us this year. After the success of our last production of The City That Cried Wolf, we have lots of plans for 2008-09.
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November 4th, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 6:00PM
Deacon Brodie’s Tavern
370 46th Street, NY, NY 10036
(between 8th and 9th Ave.)
At this last party before the big show in December, we want to give you the opportunity to WIN COOL PRIZES while supporting your favorite New York theater company! All tips go to SOP! Come drink, hang out, and enter a RAFFLE! Prizes include FREE tickets to State of Play’s upcoming The City That Cried Wolf, tickets to a BROADWAY SHOW, and signed State of Play memorabilia.
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July 17th, 2007
August 23, 2007, 6-9 pm
59 West 21st St.
NY, NY 10010
212-727-7775
Come join us at for drinks a-go-go featuring special performances and a sneak preview of our upcoming show! Tips benefit State of Play Theatre, LLC. Pay $15 for THREE HOUR OPEN BAR!!! including well liquor and draft beer. 21+
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July 1st, 2007
In an effort to expand, SOP is appearing in every major NYC parade this year:
The Mermaid Parade, June 23, 2007: Rumble on the Beach
featuring the battle of the Mer-mods and the Rock Lobsters.
The Pride Parade, June 24, 2007: The Queens of State of Play and their court.
The Art Parade, September 8, 2007: Relationship in Space
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June 16th, 2007
Launched on July 1, 2007, Operation Gorilla Games brings together a large network of artists to improvise and incubate new ideas through theatre games. Basically, we do theater games, read new plays, run improvisations, and generally, exercise our acting muscles in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Enter at Grand Army Plaza. This is a recurring event every Sunday night at 7:00 pm through Labor Day weekend.
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June 15th, 2007
On Thursday, June 7, 2007, good friends drank together to support a good cause! Slainte! “Because, in Ireland, where the pub is home, and blurred vision is a comfort, you can’t just get drunk. No, you can get pissed. You can get fluthered. You can get jarred. You can get trousered. You can get polluted, ossified, twisted, stocious, bollixed, plastered, tanked, locked, blethered, blathered, smashed, banjaxed, shitfaced, pickled, scuttered, soused, hammered, blind, battered, lashed, poleaxed, slaughtered. You can be either langers or langered or even langerated. You can be steaming, pronounced shtaymin. Or mouldy, pronounced mowldy. Or you can just be plain fucked. But rarely, simply drunk” - A wise Irishman.
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May 15th, 2007
On Saturday, May 12, 2007, SOP threw a “Beach” party complete with classic oceanside cocktails, Painkillers and Madras, and a sultry summer soundtrack. Hosts and guests alike arrived suitably dressed to the Hudson River Beach Front property, generously supplied by Jenny Fleury and Eli Rood. **Company member Jyll Mihlek gave a sexy Go Go Dancing performance that brought down the house and made some unexpected dollars for SOP.**
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