It’ll go up at the Abingdon Theatre‘s black box:
The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre
at the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex
312 W 36th Street (btw 8th and 9th Aves)
New York, NY 10018

For more details, or to RSVP, visit the Facebook page. You can buy tickets via Smarttix. Do so before Oct. 31, & the code EARLYB will get you a whopping $3 off.

November 3–20
Thursday — 8p
Friday — 8p
Saturday — 2p, 8p
Sunday — 2p

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FRIDAY cancelled due to storms

Present your ticket on Sat or Sunday, and email michael.gend at gmail dot com for reschedule or refund.

Live band. Cash bar. Manhattan skyline.

Limited seating. Only three performances.

RSVP on Facebook

Tickets available from Brown Paper tickets.

TWELFTH NIGHT
Shakespeare on the Roof

Three performances only!
JULY 29, 30 & 31
8:00PM Show begins
7:30PM Cash-bar and rooftop open
OfficeOps: 57 Thames St, Brooklyn NY 11237 (MORGAN stop on the L)
$10 tickets
available from Brown Paper tickets.

Shakespeare’s story of mistaken identity and lust as told by a rogue group of performers, musicians, and other vagabonds atop the roof. Featuring a live band, cash-bar with beer and wine, and an unbelievable view of the Manhattan skyline, this promises to be a night you won’t soon forget.

Directed and Adapted by Lily Whitsitt
With original music by Chris-Gerard
Produced by Rebecca Dealy & Claire Needham with Michael Gend
Sponsored by The Private Theatre

Scenic Design by Amy Rubin
Costume Design by Kerry Gibbons
Lighting Design by Porsche McGovern
Production Manager: Sarah E. Peterson
Stage Managers: Renee Marie Heffel & Raychel A. Wagner

Featuring the talents of:
Kyle Morfe Bretz, Platt Cassingham, Louiza Collins, Rebecca Dealy, Chris-Gerard, Kyle Hester, Bennett James, Mike James, Julen Larrinaga, Justin Montalvo, Donnie Panicko, Claire Needham, and Brandon Sherman.

In late July, I’ll be playing Sebastian in Twelfth Night, directed by Lily Whitsitt, recent CALArts MFA directing grad.

3 Women
Adapted and Directed by Anna Brenner (MFA Directing Candidate, 2011)
World Premiere

March 30—April 2, 2011
Wednesday—Friday at 8pm and Saturday at 2pm & 8pm

Inspired by Robert Altman’s 1977 film, 3 WOMEN is a dreamlike investigation of personality and identity through the perspective of three women in a dusty California town. This atmospheric, character-driven piece combines video, sound, and movement to create an uncanny world, invoking both humor and terror, to tell the story of lost souls in the process of reinvention.

I’m playing a handful of dudes.

Buy tickets here.

Based on the legendary New York court trial of Ruth Snyder in 1927, Sophie Treadwell’s 1928 Expressionist play uncovers the life of a woman who must choose between fulfilling the world’s mechanized expectations and abandoning convention in order to live freely, whatever the costs. Now in 2011, this imaginative production uses aerial choreography and live music with an ensemble cast to illustrate with stunning theatricality the tension between social suffocation and independent breath.

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGEMENT Amy Steinman
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGEMENT Brittney Reimert and Ellen Mezzera
SCENIC Deb O
LIGHTING Carl Wiemann
SOUND/MUSIC Daniel Kluger
COSTUME Bryen Shannon
AERIAL CHOREOGRAPHY Sy Parrish
GENERAL MANAGEMENT Alona Fogel
DRAMATURGY Emily Madison
FILM TEAM Kim Madalinski and Zach Carver
GRAPHIC DESIGN Nik Perleros

FEATURING
Mary Archias
Gabriel Baron
Tom Cleary*
Mike James
Adam Lebowitz-Lockard
Lamar Lewis
Joel Ripka*
Clea Rivera*
Shelley Virginia*

* Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

March 9-11, 8 p.m.
March 12, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Talk Forward event on Friday, March 11 at 6:30pm

The Riverside Theatre
91 Claremont Avenue
(btw 120th and 122nd Sts.)
New York City<
$15 general admission; $5 seniors; FREE with any valid student ID

For TICKETS and MORE INFORMATION visit
www.ColumbiaStages.org

Duct Tape Twins
a short film directed by Sarah Nerboso

Saturday, October 30
Program 2
11:00am – 12:45pm

Miller Theater, 2960 Broadway (at 116th St.)

A showing of 8-12 minute films from second year Columbia film MFA students.

I’m speaking on Wednesday at Wesleyan University in PAC 001, with Katherine D’Ambrosio, at 4:15pm, about the joys of being a history major. I’ll be talking to undergrads. Bring popcorn!

New Headshot - Photo: Colman Domingo

a new performance by 2009 Audience Choice Winner Anna Brenner and Ensemble

ARE WE HERE YET?

enter the american mind: afraid, allergic, contradictory, and forever searching. five characters created from the interviews, memories and observations of the ensemble struggle to connect with each other and the intangible in the midst of an uncanny american landscape.

Directed by Anna Brenner

I play a politician from Savannah. Are We Here Yet?, July 14–18 at PS122.

Devised with the company
featuring: Melissa Brown, Gabel Eiben, Mike James, and Rachael Richman
Scott Dougan (set), Dasha Martikainen (costumes), Bruce Steinberg (lights), Nate Grams (sound)
Otso Huopaniemi (co-creator), Hannah Hessel (dramaturgy), Kat Lieder (assistant director), Sarah Helgesen (stage management), Elizabeth Dettori (production assistant)

Got new headshots from Colman Domingo yesterday, and they’ll be up soon.

New reel footage coming soon from films by Sarah Nerboso, Elliot Fu and Trishna Matthews.