2014 Theatre Season - Street Corner Arts, Austin

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(*) WAITING FOR LEFTY by Clifford Odets, Proxy Theatre Company, San Antonio, March 7 - 23

(Performing at the overtime Theatre Center, 1203 Camden Street, San Antonio, 78215 - click for map)

presents

Waiting for Lefty
by Clifford Odets

Waiting for hope. Waiting for change. Waiting for Lefty.

March 7 - 23 2013

Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m., and Sunday the 10^th at 2 p.m.

No performance on Saturday, March 9

For the byProxy Pass ticket purchaser, the Workshop is on March 16th at 9:30pm and the Final Curtain Party is March 23rd, directly after the show.

All events to take place at the new Overtime Theater at 1203 Camden St, SATX 78215. Free parking can be found on site.

Tickets are $10-25; cash/check/credit/debit accepted at the door, or online with credit or debit cards. Purchase online or visit proxytheatre.org or call 210-807-8646 for 
reservations or questions.

Joe and Edna had their furniture repossessed today. Sid and Florrie have been waiting to get married for three years. Phillips has a baby on the way and can't find any other work. Lefty is late to the union meeting. All these characters are barely scraping by each month with the money they make-- what will they do to change their circumstances?

Come find out with us.

Waiting for Lefty, the iconic American play by Clifford Odets, directed by Chelsea Taylor, cries out for change. Set in the failing 1930s, a group of New York taxicab drivers gather to hash out what some feel is the only option and others feel is a bad idea- striking.


Through a series of vignettes, we learn about several of these characters’ stories, which may feel familiar to today’s audience. “I think this play is perfect to do today because it resonates so well with the feelings about our economy. Half the population is living paycheck to paycheck. Not many of us know what security looks like. A lot of us feel over-worked and under-paid,” said Managing Director and actress Kaitlin Graves.

Waiting for Lefty is Proxy’s second show of its second season, and is sure to have the audience roused.



About the play Written in 1935 by Clifford Odets, Waiting for Lefty was produced at the prestigious Group Theatre in New York. Odets wrote the play with specific members of the Group in mind and loosely based the concept off of a real cab workers’ strike in 1934. The play touches on poverty, socialism, capitalism, and the American Dream—topics which were difficult to talk about openly in 1935. The first production stirred up audiences by breaking the fourth wall and placing members in a circle, allowing them to feel incorporated in the play. As each character shares their own story, we are constantly reminded that we are in a union meeting, desperate to fix our problems, on the verge of striking out. 


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GOLDEN BOY by Clifford Odets, selected scenes by The Exchange Artists at The Blackheart, January 31, 2013

 


The Exchange Artists present scenes from
Golden Boy
by Clifford Odets
Produced by Bridget Farr and Rachel Wiese
Directed by Rachel Wiese
with Language Room for a one night only knock-out show at the Blackheart Bar.

Thursday, January 31st at 9 p.m., doors at 8pm. $5 cash at the door.

The Blackheart, 86 Rainey St, Austin, Texas 78701 (View Map )


Odets’ Golden Boy is Joe Bonaparte, concert violinist who gives up his music for boxing and it’s promise of fame and fortune. He becomes a winner in the ring, but the prize he really wants is Lorna Moon, his manager’s mistress. In these scenes we see the story of Joe and Lorna’s relationship, from strangers to lovers through hurt, and finally desperation. The scenes are tied and carried by the musical and creative sounds of Language Room. There will be violence. After a 20 minute piece of theatre, we'll have a 15 minute break and then a full set by Language Room.


Language Room is Matt, Scott, Todd & Sean

Cast:
Aaron Alexander as Joe Bonaparte
Akasha Banks Villalobos as Lorna Moon

with…
Matt as Tom Moody
Scott as Tokio
John William Daley as The Chocolate Drop (Boxer)
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Auditions in San Antonio for Waiting for Lefty by Clifford Odets, Proxy Theatre at Overtime Theatre Center, January 28, 2013

Auditions for Waiting for Lefty by Clifford Odets, 7-9 p.m. January 28th at the Overtime Theatre Center, 1203 Camden Street, San Antonio, 78215. View Map · Get Directions

Please prepare a 1-2 minute monologue.

Callbacks 7-10 p.m. January 29th. Rehearsal schedule will be determined by the director and cast.

Show dates are: March 7-23 (tentative to move back one week), Thursdays-Saturdays at 8.

Waiting for Lefty, a Clifford Odets 1935 play, begins with several taxi drivers meeting to convince their union leader Harry Fatt to let them strike. The meeting is interrupted with vignettes showing each driver’s personal reasons for wanting to strike. Originally intended to be an agitprop play put on by the Group Theatre, Waiting for Lefty shows all the hardships and struggles of the American worker in the 1930s and points out the flaws in capitalism’s American Dream (some of which still exist today). (Further background available at Wikipedia.com.)Thirteen male roles, 20-60 yrs, three female roles, 20-30 yrs.

Click 'Read more' to view the list of characters at AustinLiveTheatre.com. . . .

(*) 2012-2013 Theatre Season, Proxy Theatre, San Antonio

Announced at the Proxy Theatre website:

 

 

 

in San Antonio

Season Two - The Leper Colony

at the Overtime Theatre Complex, 1203 Camden Street, San Antonio

End Days

by Deborah Zoe-Laufer

directed by Artistic Director Aaron Aguilar

November 1 - 17, Thursdays - Saturdays

Waiting for Lefty

by Clifford Odets

directed by Company Member Chelsea Taylor

Flu Season

by Will Eno

directed by Guest Director Seth Larson

Bethlehem

by Octavio Solis

directed by Company Member Samantha Granberg

Dates for all shows will be announced shortly!