Photo by Greg Lewis
DAVID CAUDLE is an alumnus of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages, where he has taught playwriting, and developed several plays, including Downward Facing Debbie (Stage Rights), which premiered at the Planet Connections Festivity to a rave review on nytheaternow.com. At Primary Stages, he also developed Likeness, Leg Man, South Beach Rapture, Damsel and The Common Swallow, and most recently, the original musical Show People, with music composed by James Rubio. His play Visiting Hours (Stage Rights) was named Best New Play of 2012 by the Times-Picayune for its premiere production by Rising Shiners theater company in New Orleans, followed by an acclaimed production at Miami's New Theatre. Currently residing in New York, Mr. Caudle is a Miami native who often sets his plays in his hometown, or premieres them there. In Development and Likeness premiered at New Theatre in Miami in October '09 and September of '07. The Sunken Living Room, now published by Samuel French, also premiered at New Theatre as a co-production with Southern Rep in April '06, followed by an acclaimed New Orleans production at Southern Rep in Jan. '07. To purchase The Sunken Living Room, click here. David's one-act, Feet of Clay, is published in Samuel French's 29th Edition of Festival Plays. To purchase Feet of Clay, click here. The short film version was directed by True Blood's Carrie Preston. Most recently, he has written the screen adaptation of Major Conflict: One Gay Man's Life in the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Military, by retired US Army Major Jeffrey McGowan.
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REVIEWS ARE IN FOR DOWNWARD FACING DEBBIE and VISITING HOURS!
Posted by Martin Denton
Geri-Nikole Love and Christopher Tierney in a scene from DOWNWARD FACING DEBBIE | Andrew Block
Today’s Play is another one that has just opened at the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity: I LOVE that we are bringing scripts to our audience concurrently with some of the productions happening at this event in NYC’s East Village at the Paradise Factory Theater.
And I LOVE this play! It’s called Downward Facing Debbie and it’s written by David Caudle. Itplays at Planet Connections through June 7th, where it is directed (brilliantly–with wit and economy and real prowess) by Andrew Block, and presented by Project Y Theatre Company.
Has there been a play about yoga before? I can’t think of one. Most of Downward Facing Debbietranspires in the Yin Yang Studio, which is a very trendy yoga emporium in the Hamptons on Long Island. There is a fair amount of yoga in the piece, which will result in the fittest and most centered cast in New York City, one imagines; the ideas of yoga practice really pervade David’s play, in a smart and valuable way: this is a play about how you heal yourself, and about how honesty and focus and spiritual fitness are the tools toward finding one’s way.
Into an advanced, and rather exclusive, private yoga class one afternoon lopes our eponymous heroine, Debbie. She reveals in short order that her life is in serious disarray (I don’t want to give away details here), and Anduin and Li, the two women who run the studio, decide to let Debbie stay, even though she’s a yoga novice. The other three students in this class are Bob, a middle-aged entrepreneur with marital troubles; Claudia, a very wealthy and demanding woman of “a certain age” with serious self-esteem issues; and Tate, who is described in the script as “a blond god in his early 30s.” One of the things that Debbie needs to deal with is her feeling of abandonment by her family. Will yoga, and specifically these other yoga practitioners, be able to fill that gap?
The play proceeds humorously and big-heartedly, sorting out a variety of issues and potential couplings among these six characters. Everyone’s humanity–by which I mean their frailities and flaws AND their innate nobility and worthiness–is explored and appreciated. But not proven: the complicated nature of humanity is a given here, which is as it should be.
The writing is sharp and often very funny. Here’s a sample, which I picked more or less randomly, from early in the play:
ANDUIN: Do you know how many times you rolled your eyes today? Laughed at the poses. Sneered at the chants. If you can adjust your attitude, you’re a natural at this.
DEBBIE: I am?
LI: You’ve got incredible extension.
BOB: Me and Claudia can barely touch our toes.
CLAUDIA: Before yoga I couldn’t touch my knees. I had a back injury as a child. I’ve been plagued with horrible pain. Horrible! Anduin– and Li– have taught me to rise above the pain.
DEBBIE: You do great. I’m the one who keeps falling.
ANDUIN: Yoga’s about trying, not achieving.
TATE: Here, Debs. I’ll show ya somethin super easy.
LI: I got it, thanks. Feet together, hips aligned, palms forward. Shoulders relaxed. Relaxed.
CLAUDIA: They’re shoulders, not ear muffs. That’s what Li used to say to me. She’s correct, if a bit gruff.
I predict a long and healthy life for Downward Facing Debbie–the combination of yoga and wise humane comedy should serve to make this a play that lots and lots of companies all over the world will want to do. Check it out on Indie Theater Now.
For now, see it at Planet Connections, where it is being performed by a truly exemplary company that includes the hilarious Karen Stanion as Claudia, the wry and astonishingly limber Christopher Tierney as Tate, Jordy Lievers as Debbie, Geri-Nikole Love as Anduin, Esther Chen as Li, and Dan Patrick Brady as Bob. They all bring their characters to life quite brilliantly. And they execute the yoga choreography by Love, Tierney and Meital Bat Or with grace and precision–there’s a sequence in the center of the show that I promise you will enjoy watching.
This really does feel like one of those times when we’re seeing the making of a big hit unfolding. And I’m not just saying that because I published it–but I am darned proud that I did!
Posted by Martin Denton
Geri-Nikole Love and Christopher Tierney in a scene from DOWNWARD FACING DEBBIE | Andrew Block
Today’s Play is another one that has just opened at the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity: I LOVE that we are bringing scripts to our audience concurrently with some of the productions happening at this event in NYC’s East Village at the Paradise Factory Theater.
And I LOVE this play! It’s called Downward Facing Debbie and it’s written by David Caudle. Itplays at Planet Connections through June 7th, where it is directed (brilliantly–with wit and economy and real prowess) by Andrew Block, and presented by Project Y Theatre Company.
Has there been a play about yoga before? I can’t think of one. Most of Downward Facing Debbietranspires in the Yin Yang Studio, which is a very trendy yoga emporium in the Hamptons on Long Island. There is a fair amount of yoga in the piece, which will result in the fittest and most centered cast in New York City, one imagines; the ideas of yoga practice really pervade David’s play, in a smart and valuable way: this is a play about how you heal yourself, and about how honesty and focus and spiritual fitness are the tools toward finding one’s way.
Into an advanced, and rather exclusive, private yoga class one afternoon lopes our eponymous heroine, Debbie. She reveals in short order that her life is in serious disarray (I don’t want to give away details here), and Anduin and Li, the two women who run the studio, decide to let Debbie stay, even though she’s a yoga novice. The other three students in this class are Bob, a middle-aged entrepreneur with marital troubles; Claudia, a very wealthy and demanding woman of “a certain age” with serious self-esteem issues; and Tate, who is described in the script as “a blond god in his early 30s.” One of the things that Debbie needs to deal with is her feeling of abandonment by her family. Will yoga, and specifically these other yoga practitioners, be able to fill that gap?
The play proceeds humorously and big-heartedly, sorting out a variety of issues and potential couplings among these six characters. Everyone’s humanity–by which I mean their frailities and flaws AND their innate nobility and worthiness–is explored and appreciated. But not proven: the complicated nature of humanity is a given here, which is as it should be.
The writing is sharp and often very funny. Here’s a sample, which I picked more or less randomly, from early in the play:
ANDUIN: Do you know how many times you rolled your eyes today? Laughed at the poses. Sneered at the chants. If you can adjust your attitude, you’re a natural at this.
DEBBIE: I am?
LI: You’ve got incredible extension.
BOB: Me and Claudia can barely touch our toes.
CLAUDIA: Before yoga I couldn’t touch my knees. I had a back injury as a child. I’ve been plagued with horrible pain. Horrible! Anduin– and Li– have taught me to rise above the pain.
DEBBIE: You do great. I’m the one who keeps falling.
ANDUIN: Yoga’s about trying, not achieving.
TATE: Here, Debs. I’ll show ya somethin super easy.
LI: I got it, thanks. Feet together, hips aligned, palms forward. Shoulders relaxed. Relaxed.
CLAUDIA: They’re shoulders, not ear muffs. That’s what Li used to say to me. She’s correct, if a bit gruff.
I predict a long and healthy life for Downward Facing Debbie–the combination of yoga and wise humane comedy should serve to make this a play that lots and lots of companies all over the world will want to do. Check it out on Indie Theater Now.
For now, see it at Planet Connections, where it is being performed by a truly exemplary company that includes the hilarious Karen Stanion as Claudia, the wry and astonishingly limber Christopher Tierney as Tate, Jordy Lievers as Debbie, Geri-Nikole Love as Anduin, Esther Chen as Li, and Dan Patrick Brady as Bob. They all bring their characters to life quite brilliantly. And they execute the yoga choreography by Love, Tierney and Meital Bat Or with grace and precision–there’s a sequence in the center of the show that I promise you will enjoy watching.
This really does feel like one of those times when we’re seeing the making of a big hit unfolding. And I’m not just saying that because I published it–but I am darned proud that I did!
NOW AVAILABLE!!!
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VIVA, THE VEGAN FLY TRAP. New children's book written and illustrated by David Caudle. Available on Amazon for $11.99, but you can purchase a signed copy for $20 incl. shipping BUY SIGNED COPIES!
DOWNWARD FACING DEBBIE and VISITING HOURS have been published by STAGE RIGHTS, and are available for purchase on Amazon.com! Click on the play title. You can also check out my updated Amazon Author Page.
The DRAMA BOOK SHOP in NYC is hosting a reading/signing of DEBBIE and VISITING HOURS on June 22 at 5:30 PM. Come on out if you're in town! I hope to get writer's cramp! CLICK HERE for INFO!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! Starting off the year with a publication of LIKENESS in the very fine online literary quarterly, BLACKBIRD. They have accompanied the play with this wonderful introduction:
"David Caudle’s Likeness transports us to a Revolutionary War-era Boston and does so with economy, taking place over the span of a single night, confined to the cramped, dimly-lit space of a barn. Edmund Farraday, a young artist, is commissioned to paint the daughter of a wealthy, tyrannical landowner, who asks him, in no few words, to misrepresent her for the family’s financial benefit. The play begins as a focused examination on the basic questions at the core of every artist, but the dynamics soon evolve as the world outside the barn bleeds in and the turbulent politics of the time become tangled with Farraday’s aesthetic angst.
By the end, the artist, standing back to regard his one-night, single-layered painting, admires the result: “There is no planning, no contrivance, but all immediacy, and honest response.” In Caudle’s work, too, we are struck by “the depth . . . in the visceral understanding of the subject.” His subjects—the prideful artist, the haughty, bratty model, her devoted governess, the ironfisted father, and the simple farmhand forced to act as prison-guard—progress through the night with nothing but immediate, honest reactions to their situation, but somehow the depth beneath them, the world outside them, and the extension of their time into our own are all fully felt. Caudle says he “revised Likeness during the Occupy movement to examine our society’s resemblance to that which we fought to reject in 1776.” This play casts it warm candlelight on the problems that have plagued America since its conception, and they will not leave us soon."
VISITING HOURS in Writer's Block Festival to benefit the ACTORS FUND!
At the HOWL! Happening Gallery.
Mon, Sept. 26 - 7 PM
Directed by TONY TORN. With VALERI MUDEK, KIM SYKES, KAILI VERNOFF.
Visiting Hours was a Weissberger Nominee, Premiere Stages Finalist, with critically praised productions at New Theatre in Miami and Rising Shiners in New Orleans where it was named best new play of the year by the Times-Picayune. About a Lesbian couple whose adult son is jailed for an assault. Developed in the Downstage Miami program, at Premiere Stages and at the Apt. 929 Theatre Company. Please come out and support Lower East Side artists via the Actors Fund! If you know the play or the gallery or are otherwise inclined, feel free to spread the word! Order TICKETS HERE!
COMING UP APRIL 5!
BITSY and RAFF will be read to a wonderful group of students as part of Dr. Gary Wellbrock's Broadway Books series. Charming actor Scott Cohen will read the story, which was so beautifully illustrated by his lovely wife, Anastasia Traina, and written by yours truly. We are all truly honored to be a part of this wonderful series!
FIRST ANNUAL BROADWAYCON!
As a featured guest playwright, I will be signing copies of THE SUNKEN LIVING ROOM at the Drama Book Shop's booth on Saturday, JAN 23rd from NOON to 1 PM. Come on out and pick up a copy and say hi! The Drama Book Shop has compiled an amazing list of writers. Go to their website to read all about it! For more info on the whole festival in general and all the fabulous events and celebrity guests, go to broadwaycon.com
LIKENESS at FEDERAL HALL
HOWL!Arts and FEDERAL HALL/National Park Service present a FREE public reading of
LIKENESS by David Caudle
Friday, OCT. 23At 2:00 PM
Directed by Joseph R Sicari
Featuring Nick Lehane, Erin Wilhelmi, Ned Van Zandt, Kathryn Kates, Angela Howell
In the ROTUNDA,
at FEDERAL HALL
26 Wall StreetNew York, NY
FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, but please RSVP to admin@davidcaudle.org to help us keep track of numbers.……..
The STAMP ACT was passed at Federal Hall in 1765 amid cries of “taxation without representation.” Performed in the very same room 250 years later, LIKENESS explores the impact of this historical turning point on one family.
SYNOPSIS: Amid Colonial outcry over the Stamp Act, a wealthy Loyalist commissions an idealistic young artist to paint an idealized portrait of his teenaged daughter in order to lure his major British investor into an enterprise-(and potentially life)-saving marriage.
LIKENESS was originally written and developed at The New Harmony Project and further developed in the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages. The play premiered at Miami's New Theatre directed by Ricky J Martinez.
"...another brilliant piece of writing from David Caudle, who turned to the turbulent times of Revolutionary War Boston to explore idealism versus reality. ...a tale about family, economic class consciousness, and, of course, the honesty of an artist..."Ron Levitt, Entertainment News and Views.
OLD NEWS...............
DOWNWARD FACING DEBBIE -- A Comedy of Manners, Morals and Compromising Positions:
PREMIERING in the Planet Connections Festivity. At the Paradise Factory, 64 E 4 Street in Manhattan. THREE PERFORMANCES LEFT as of today, May 29th!
"...the makings of a big hit unfolding..." Martin Denton, nytheaternow. com (click link to read FULL REVIEW! or scroll down the left hand column here.)
Directed by Andrew Block. With Dan Patrick Brady, Esther Chen, Jordy Lievers, Geri-Nikole Love, Karen Stanion and Christopher Tierney! Stage Manager Donald Etheridge. Costumes by Tamara Kopko. Lighting and Sound by Scott Fetterman. Yoga Consultant: Meital Bat Or.
Downward Facing Debbie runs 90 minutes with no intermission.
SHOWS REMAINING
Monday, June 2 at 4:00 PM
Thursday, June 5 at 6:00 PM
Saturday, June 7 at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $18 General Admission, $10 for Film/Music Participants, FREE for Theatre Festivity Participants. Click here to reserve your seats!
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VISITING HOURS had its Florida Premiere at Miami's New Theatre, from February 7th - March 2nd 2014. This was the inaugural production in New Theatre's exciting new home, the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center! Directed by Margaret Ledford, with Alex Alvarez, Maria Corina, Madelin Marchant, Kitt Marsh, Barbara Sloan.
"a slow-burning, perceptive chamber drama about sacrifice and betrayal, honesty and self-delusion... In Caudle's worldview, self-interest trumps everything else, a conclusion that other playwrights, like Neil LaBute, have reached with caustic cynicism or world-weary hopelessness. But Caudle seems to be an inherent optimist, looking for even the slightest glimmer of hope or modicum of change in this tragic study of human foibles." John Thomason, Miami New Times
'Resonant.' 'A study in hard-wired familial dysfunction.' Christine Dolen, Miami Herald
"immensely engaging...Caudle examines the boundaries of love and acceptance, and the sometimes manipulative competition that filial love can create with the love of spouses….Caudle creates painfully real circumstances, as well as characters toward whom the audience feels genuine empathy. He also deftly captures the difficulty of placing limitations on love, when to tell the kind lie rather than the cruel truth, and the agony of wondering “What did I do wrong?”" Theodore P. Mahne, Times-Picayune
My new children's book, BITSY AND RAFF is in the process of being illustrated by wonderful watercolorist Anastasia Traina. Please visit our Bitsy and Raff Facebook page, or our website at www.bitsyandraff.com to watch the progress of this anti-bullying story celebrating friendship and inclusion, for kids of all ages! You can also read and see more at the page for our indiegogo campaign, which ended in December but garnered us wonderfully generous support to bring the book to life! http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bitsy-the-heaviest-butterfly-and-raff-the-tenderest-reed-a-new-picture-book/x/1099389
DAMSEL will be presented in TACT's New TACTics New Play
festival. Two chances to catch it, Weds. and Thurs. June 26 and 27, at 7 pm. (90 minutes no intermission. ) Preshow receptions at 6:30
Director Scott Alan Evans. With Carla Duren, Kelly McAndrew, Finnerty Steeves, and Jeff Talbott.
DAMSEL: When a fire erupts next door, Susan and her teenage daughter are forced to evacuate their apartment. Randall, Susan's coworker, comes to the rescue, but his pregnant wife Kathy is suspicious. What is Susan really after? Why is her husband so eager to come to her aid? Who really is the DAMSEL in distress? The answers are not what you think in this finely observed psychological drama.
at: TACT Studio, 900 Broadway, Ste 905
RSVP: newTACTics@tactnyc.org, with "newTACTics Festival
tickets" in the subject line, and include your first and last name,
date of the performance you wish to attend, and the number of seats you
require in the message.
The ACTORS FUND and ZIEGFELD SOCIETY co-present A 90 minute selection of Scene and Song from my two new musicals, with a terrific cast at Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College on Saturday, April 27 at 1 pm.
For full info, read on below, or click this link to the Actors Fund's invitation.
http://us1.forward-to-friend.com/forward/show?u=234ce1c2cb9dd91f3d45d51c9&id=b9db58a2b6
SATURDAY, APRIL 27 at 1 PM
The Actors Fund and Ziegfeld Society
present
A Selection Of Scenes and Songs
from:
SHOW PEOPLE
by David Caudle (book and lyrics) and James Rubio (music)
In 1881, NYU student Harrison Fiske vies for the heart of a chorus
girl, and champions theatre folk in a society that disrespects and
underpays them, founding THE ACTORS FUND in the process.
(Anna Sosenko Grant Recipient, originally written and developed in the
Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages.)
and
HERE TODAY
by KAY SWIFT, PAUL JAMES and DAVID CAUDLE
Inspired by the memoir, “The Memory of All That,” by KATHARINE WEBER
Beautiful composer Kay Swift and her banker/lyricist husband
collaborate on a new Musical despite the deepening Depression, Kay’s
open affair with George Gershwin and an unscrupulous psychoanalyst who
has his own designs on Kay. (With original music from Swift and James’
1930 Broadway hit, “Fine and Dandy,” including its title tune and the
Swift/James standard, “Can’t We Be Friends?”)
Director: MICHELLE BOSSY (Associate Artistic Director, Primary Stages)
Emcee: TOM PELPHREY (End of The Rainbow, Guiding Light)
Musical Directors: AARON GANDY and MICHAEL ROTH
Cast includes: MICHAEL DELEGET, MAGGIE DONNELLY, CASEY GARVIN, ANNIE GOLDEN, JESSICA GROVE´, IAN HERSEY, CATHERINE JONES, JUSTIN ANTHONY LONG, ANDREW
SAMONSKY, HARRIET SMITH, SARAH SOKOLOVIC, TINA STAFFORD
and ALEX MICHAEL STOLL.
Accompanist: CHRIS COOLEY Stage Manager: DONALD ETHERIDGE
SATURDAY, APRIL 27 at 1 PM at Lang Recital Hall, Hunter College, enter
on 69th Street between Park Avenue and Lexington.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, April 24, 2013 to events@actorsfund.org.
Mission: The Actors Fund is a national human services organization that
helps all professionals in performing arts & entertainment. The Fund is
a safety net, providing programs and services for those who are in
need, crisis or transition.
Heading to the excellent Point Park University Conservatory of Performing Arts in Pittsburgh in February to develop a new play with students and guest director, Playwright Tammy Ryan. LEG MAN, about the brilliant but tragic inventor of Nylon, is a S.T.A.G.E. Finalist play developed in Primary Stages' Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group. Readings of the play before and after the workshop, on Feb. 11th and 17th.
16 Playwrights, 16 Directors, and over 45 Cast and Crew! One-Act plays to benefit New Theatre, a champion of New Plays in South Florida. The evening includes my one-act, THE WORLD OUTSIDE, directed by Kim Ehly, with Rich Denis and Jessica Welch! Check it out or consider a contribution to support their great work! For detailed info, click the link above.
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HURRICANE SANDY postponed, but now set for Sunday, Jan. 6
DOWNWARD FACING DEBBIE- a comedy about a troubled woman desperately seeking mind and body alignment- will be presented by Project Y Theatre Company in their HOLY COW! Reading Series.
Sunday, JAN. 6th at 7 PM
O'Brien's Irish Pub, 134 W. 46 St. in their upstairs "Sin Bin" space.
Directed by Michael Padden. With Harris Doran, James Georgiades, Kathryn Layng and Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris, Kellie Overbey and one TBA!
Come out and support a terrific theatre company! It's free and promises to be a great read with a phenomenal cast.
LIKENESS is now published on the hot site, IndieTheaterNow.com. Click here to read the play and information about its first productions!
KEEPING A-BREAST at Miami's New Theatre thru Sept. 16! An evening of short plays and monologues celebrating the female breast during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. "David Caudle’s Motorboat, about a woman with a double mastectomy who lands in hot water after refusing to don a bikini top on a boat ride with neighbors and family, might have been the strongest piece in the evening." Christine Dolen, Miami Herald CLICK HERE for tickets and info!
WRITE OUT FRONT: A fabulous event I'm taking part in. I will be writing new words literally right in the front window of the DRAMA BOOK SHOP. There will be playwrights at all hours, but if you'd like to see me, come by between 5 and 7 pm on Thursday, August 16th! I'll be joined in the window by actress Erin Wilhelmi and director Josh Hecht for some table work on a new scene! READ MORE ABOUT THE EVENT and consider donating to the cause!
EATING THEATRE returns to CRANKY'S CAFE! (less than 10 minutes from Times Square on the # 7 train!)
Abigail Zealey Bess and Erica Silberman present an evening of Live Actors and Lively Creole Food!!!
SAT. and SUN., Aug. 18 & 19!
TWO SHOWS SATURDAY
FIRST SEATING: 6.45 pm for 7.30 pm SHOW
SECOND SEATING: 8.45 pm for 9.15 pm SHOW
ONE SHOW SUNDAY
6:45 SEATING FOR 7:30 pm SHOW
PLAY MENU:
Musical aperitif: Chris Belden
Course 1: a playlet by David Caudle Directed by Jamie Richards with Stuart Luth and Leah Walsh!
Course 2: aplay by Erica Silberman Directed by Abigail Zealey Bess.
Tickets $15.00 cash at the door + 2 Drink Minimum or dinner
Beer, wine, prosecco and deliciously priced Cranky's Cocktails
For Reservations:
Call Cranky’s and ask for Mina: Tel 347.738.4921
OR
Send your reservation to Eatingtheatre@gmail.com
Please leave your name, number of guests, date & time of show and telephone number
Location:
Cranky’s Cafe
48-19 Vernon Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11101
http://www.crankyscafe.com/
Take the 7 train: Cranky's is a 2 minute walk from Vernon Blvd/Jackson Ave (1st stop out of Manhattan!)
or
Take the G train to 21st Street
check out the details on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/249636675139655/
AVAILABLE TO READ ONLINE: The Common Swallow and The Short Fall, in Martin and Rochelle Denton's online play library, www.indietheaternow.com. Check the plays out, and don't stop there! Peruse this amazing collection of new work!
MARCH 29- APRIL 21, 2012
reservations: 508-488-1460 or visit www.midcitytheatre.com.
Hot new New Orleans company RISING SHINERS presents the World Premiere of
"Powerful" - Theodore Mahne, Times-Picayune.
Mid-City Theatre
3540 Toulouse Street
Ann Mahoney Kadar directs a powerhouse cast: Becky Allen, Becki Davis, Tari Hohn, Jessie Terrebonne and Nick Thompson.
TO SUPPORT this PRODUCTION and this fantastic new company, whose production of The Weir was named the best of 2011 in New Orleans, follow this link to their fundraising campaign at www.rockethub.com.
ALL DONATIONS TAX DEDUCTIBLE - The production is sponsored by Fractured Atlas!
OLD NEWS
DECEMBER 1-11, 2011:
METROPOLIS OPERA PROJECT's
world premiere production of:
ONE HOT KITCHEN
an ELECTRONICA OPERA (90 minute, no intermission) by Kristin Hevner Wyatt and Daniel Wyatt, with Libretto by David Caudle, based on his play.
Produced by Metropolis Opera Project.
Directed by Norm Johnson.
Music Director Christopher Wilson
Featuring incredible vocal talent:
Wendi Bergamini, Katherine Cardin, Paris Carney, Greer Davis, Michael Deleget, Karla Faggard, Thomas Hendrickson, Brian Long, Caroline Selia, Alex Krasser, Parker Pogue, Alexandra Reed, Caroline Selia, Erica Steinhagen, Jonathan Tuzo Steve Uliana and Dan Zakarija.
For information, visit www.metropolisoperaproject.org.
Read an interview about OHK from Micheline Auger of Theaterspeak!
OTHER NEWS:
SHOW PEOPLE (book and lyrics by Caudle, music by James Rubio) has received a grant from the Anna Sosenko Trust for further development.
Sept. 27-October 3, 2011. The World Premiere of THE COMMON SWALLOW at the Town Hall in Provincetown, Mass. Starring Justin Campbell, Annie Golden, Angela C. Howell, Sean Maddox, Ethan Paulini, and Sunie Pope. Directed by Susan Grilli of Counter Productions. READ Steve Desroche's article in Provincetown Magazine, and Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll's article in the Cape Cod Times.
October 1o, 2011 at 8 PM. New full-length comedy, DOWNWARD FACING DEBBIE will have a staged reading at Theatre 80 on Saint Marks, directed by Josh Hecht. Cast TBA. As part of the programming of the HOWL Festival.
June 3-18, 2011: World Premiere of The Short Fall by the Toy Box Theatre Company in NYC, directed by David Michael Holmes. Featuring Ron Bopst, Ryan Colwell, Kally Duling, Dori Legg, Ryan Reilly and Karen Stanion. At the Choicirciati Cultural Center
64. E. 4th St.
Read LESLIE BRAMM'S REVIEW of THE SHORT FALL on nytheatre.com.
May 24, 2011. 3 pM at Primary Stages, 307 W. 38 Street, 15th Floor. Primary Stages Fresh Ink Reading Series: Reading of SHOW PEOPLE, Book and Lyrics by David Caudle, Music by James Rubio. (Click Link for info and reservations) Directed by Primary Stages Associate Artistic Director Michelle Bossy. With a terrific cast including Becca Ayers, Catherin Curtin, Tara Giordano, Annie Golden, Zachary James, Cristin Hubbard Miller, Brian Miskell, Aaron Serotsky, Anna Stone.
February 26 & 27 2011: The Common Swallow to have a staged reading at Cape Rep in Massachusetts, co-produced by Paulini-Howell Productions. Featuring Annie Golden and Angela Howell.
December 2010: XOXMas: AnElectronica Opera. Performs at Triad Theatre. Composer: Kristin Hevner; Libretto: David Caudle. Director: Margaret Lebron; Soprano: Caroline Selia; Baritone: Christopher Job.
October 2010: New Harmony Project Finalist screenplay LOVE A NURSE will have a reading Sunday, October 10th at 7 PM at the Torn Page Salon in New York City. Cast: Macleod Andrews, Brian Miskell, Laura Ramadei, Joan Shepard, Evan Thompson, Angelica Torn, and Jeremy Webb. For more info and to reserve a seat, rsvp to: david@davidcaudle.org
THE COMMON SWALLOW will have a staged reading directed by Jon Van Middlesworth in The Blank Theatre Company's Living Room Series Monday, October 25th at 8pm at:
2nd Stage Theatre
6500 Santa Monica Blvd. (at Wilcox)
Hollywood CA 90038
Reservations & Information: 323.661.9827
Suggested Donations Start at $8
Casting TBA.
September 2010: THE SUNKEN LIVING ROOM will be presented as part of the HOWL! Festival in September, at Theatre 80, on St. Marks Place. Performances Sept. 14, 25 and 26 at 8 PM.
"a moving period drama about emotional abandonment. The solid performances by all the actors really make a witty and deep piece work on many levels." Case Aiken, nytheatre.com
All proceeds benefit the Howl! Help Fund, a health care initiative for Lower East Side artists and performers, administered by The Actors' Fund. Directed by renowned Italian director, Enrico Lamanna. For more information on the play and the production, visit: thesunkenlivingroom.com
.August 2010: SOUTH BEACH RAPTURE (formerly The Second House) will be going up in FringeNYC 2010, at Dixon Place. Directed by Michelle Bossy, associate artistic director of Primary Stages. (The play was developed at Primary in the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group.) Cast: Amelia Jean Alvarez, Bobby Moreno and John G. Preston. The production is sponsored by Fractured Atlas. To see more information about the play, or how to make a tax-deductible contribution, click on the link.SOUTH BEACH RAPTURE.
LEG MAN, a new play about the inventor of Nylon, has been named one of four finalists for the STAGE International competition.
"a slow-burning, perceptive chamber drama about sacrifice and betrayal, honesty and self-delusion... In Caudle's worldview, self-interest trumps everything else, a conclusion that other playwrights, like Neil LaBute, have reached with caustic cynicism or world-weary hopelessness. But Caudle seems to be an inherent optimist, looking for even the slightest glimmer of hope or modicum of change in this tragic study of human foibles." John Thomason, Miami New Times
'Resonant.' 'A study in hard-wired familial dysfunction.' Christine Dolen, Miami Herald
"immensely engaging...Caudle examines the boundaries of love and acceptance, and the sometimes manipulative competition that filial love can create with the love of spouses….Caudle creates painfully real circumstances, as well as characters toward whom the audience feels genuine empathy. He also deftly captures the difficulty of placing limitations on love, when to tell the kind lie rather than the cruel truth, and the agony of wondering “What did I do wrong?”"
"a slow-burning, perceptive chamber drama about sacrifice and betrayal, honesty and self-delusion... In Caudle's worldview, self-interest trumps everything else, a conclusion that other playwrights, like Neil LaBute, have reached with caustic cynicism or world-weary hopelessness. But Caudle seems to be an inherent optimist, looking for even the slightest glimmer of hope or modicum of change in this tragic study of human foibles." John Thomason, Miami New Times
'Resonant.' 'A study in hard-wired familial dysfunction.' Christine Dolen, Miami Herald
"immensely engaging...Caudle examines the boundaries of love and acceptance, and the sometimes manipulative competition that filial love can create with the love of spouses….Caudle creates painfully real circumstances, as well as characters toward whom the audience feels genuine empathy. He also deftly captures the difficulty of placing limitations on love, when to tell the kind lie rather than the cruel truth, and the agony of wondering “What did I do wrong?”"
Theodore P. Mahne, Times-Picayune
Produced By: Project Y
Written by: David Caudle
Directed by: Andrew Block
Ditched and disoriented, Debbie dives headlong into yoga to deal with her damage. Seeking spiritual enlightenment with the colorful members of an exclusive Hamptons studio, she soon spots cracks in the stunning facade of unity. If her spiritual doctors cannot heal themselves, will their latest patient have a permanent relapse?
Venue: Downstairs Theater, Paradise Factory
Schedule:
Friday, May 16 at 7:00PM
Saturday, May 17 at 9:00PM
Friday, May 23 at 5:00PM
Monday, June 2 at 4:00PM
Thursday, June 5 at 6:00PM
Saturday, June 7 at 7:00PM
Downward Facing Debbie runs 90 minutes with no intermission.
Produced By: Project Y
Written by: David Caudle
Directed by: Andrew Block
Ditched and disoriented, Debbie dives headlong into yoga to deal with her damage. Seeking spiritual enlightenment with the colorful members of an exclusive Hamptons studio, she soon spots cracks in the stunning facade of unity. If her spiritual doctors cannot heal themselves, will their latest patient have a permanent relapse?
Venue: Downstairs Theater, Paradise Factory
Schedule:
Friday, May 16 at 7:00PM
Saturday, May 17 at 9:00PM
Friday, May 23 at 5:00PM
Monday, June 2 at 4:00PM
Thursday, June 5 at 6:00PM
Saturday, June 7 at 7:00PM
Schedule:
Friday, May 16 at 7:00PM
Saturday, May 17 at 9:00PM
Friday, May 23 at 5:00PM
Monday, June 2 at 4:00PM
Thursday, June 5 at 6:00PM
Project Y Theatre & Planet Connections Festivity present:
DOWNWARD FACING DEBBIE
by David Caudle
Directed by Andrew Block
A Comedy of Manners, Morals, and Compromising Positions. Namaste.
Starring: Dan Patrick Brady*, Esther Chen, Jordy Lievers*, Geri-Nikole Love, Karen Stanion*, and Christopher Tierney*
Ditched and disoriented, Debbie dives headlong into yoga to deal with her damage. Seeking spiritual enlightenment with the colorful members of an exclusive Hamptons studio, she soon spots cracks in the stunning facade of unity. If her spiritual doctors cannot heal themselves, will their latest patient have a permanent relapse?
Produced by Project Y: http://www.projectytheatre.org/2014/04/downward-facing-debbie-planet-connections-festival/
Stage Manager: Donald Etheridge
Production Design: Scott Fetterman
Costume Designer: Tammy Kopko
Yoga Consultant: Meital Ba Or
Schedule:
Friday, May 16 at 7:00PM
Saturday, May 17 at 9:00PM
Friday, May 23 at 5:00PM
Monday, June 2 at 4:00PM
Thursday, June 5 at 6:00PM
Saturday, June 7 at 7:00PM
Tickets: $18
How To Purchase Tickets:
Online: http://planetconnections.org/downward-facing-debbing/
Phone: 866-811-4111 (toll-free)
Paradise Factory
64 E. 4th St
NYC
'm excited to announce that VISITING HOURS will be read on SEPTEMBER 26 as part of a wonderful festival at the HOWL! Happening Gallery (called best gallery in NYC by Michael Musto in Paper Magazine) Very lucky to have Tony Torn directing. All proceeds from the festival go directly to the ACTORS FUND for the benefit of Lower East Side artists maintaining a rich cultural tradition in NYC with little access to health care and other services. It's a ways away, but tickets are already on sale at the link below.
David Caudle’s Likeness transports us to a Revolutionary War-era Boston and does so with economy, taking place over the span of a single night, confined to the cramped, dimly-lit space of a barn. Edmund Farraday, a young artist, is commissioned to paint the daughter of a wealthy, tyrannical landowner, who asks him, in no few words, to misrepresent her for the family’s financial benefit. The play begins as a focused examination on the basic questions at the core of every artist, but the dynamics soon evolve as the world outside the barn bleeds in and the turbulent politics of the time become tangled with Farraday’s aesthetic angst.