Working Man's Clothes
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Working Man's Clothes Productions is a New York City theater company and a resident company of The American Place Theatre that has won a number of awards including IT-Awards . Founded in January 2005, the company name comes from the quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Common sense is genius dressed in working man's clothes."[1]
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[edit] Mission Statement
The company's mission statement is as follows:
Working Man’s Clothes Productions is a pan-stylistic theater company dedicated to producing excellent, top shelf theater and developing new works and new talent in order to build a community of artists, working, evolving, and making things happen.
[edit] Philosophy
Working Man's Clothes "is about putting our nose to the grindstone and producing quality theatre." They believe in combining the theatre arts with the spirit of American entrepreneurship. They try to focus their creative energy on new talent. They do not ascribe to a particular political or social agenda, and instead try to create opportunities for new playwrights, directors, designers, and actors to produce quality theatre. They believe that "theatre can and will survive by combining community support, building reciprocal working relationships with other artists, an unwavering commitment to excellence, and determination."[2]
[edit] The Company
- Bekah Brunstetter, Director of Development
- Isaac Byrne, Artistic Director
- David Carr-Berry, Founding Member
- Jared Culverhouse, Executive Director
- Amanda "Maggie" Hamilton, Managing Director
- Cole Wimpee, Director of Communications
- Will Neuman and Amy Schulz, Development Assistants
- Michael Mason, Paul Fears, Colin Fisher, Anne Dyas, Gregory Porter Miller, Natalie Barback, Bobby Moreno, Katryn Kinser, Ellen David, Julian James Mohamed, Darcie Champagne, Adam Belvo, Lauren Schneider, Paul John DeSena, Brandon Koebernick, Jennifer Slack-Eaton, William Meny, Casey Wimpee, Julie Rossman, Cara Ayn Napolitano, Jake Platt, Steve Tucker, Maegan Kidd, Kat Stevens, Felicia Forte
[edit] Previous Productions
- Pulling Teeth by Brandon Koebernick
- To Nineveh: A Modern Miracle Play by Bekah Brunstetter
- Men Eat Mars Bars While Touching Their Penis by Jennifer Slack Eaton
- Many Worlds by William Borden
- Penetrator by Anthony Neilson
- I Used To Write On Walls by Bekah Brunstetter
[edit] Past Festival Productions
- More For Your Money '05
- Intercourse by Brandon Koebernick and
- The Marvelous Misadventures of William Zzylk by Paul John DeSena
- June Rep
- Green by Bekah Brunstetter andPlayoff Picture by Paul John DeSena
- More For Your Money '06:
- Boop by Paul John DeSena
- Hill by Amy Schulz
- Arms by Bekah Brunstetter
- Oceanside Parkway by Eric Sanders
- The 1st Annual New York City Binge Festival
- Tremble by Dan Basila,: Happy Birthday / I'm Dead by Bekah Brunstetter,
- Azucar by Jon Key,
- Restaurants at Beautiful Times by Dave McGinnis,
- Oblivia by Eric Sanders,
- Bloody Elephants by Casey Wimpee
- fuckplays
- The Impotence of Being Ernest by Joshua Hill,
- Marriage Play by Bekah Brunstetter,
- Arms and the Octopus by Casey Wimpee,
- Wood by Justin Cooper,
- Sharpen My Dick by Greg Romero,
- Candy Room by William Charles Meny,
- The Saddest Thing in the History of the World by Kyle Jarrow,
- 1.1-1.7 by Eric Sanders
- The 2nd Annual New York City Binge Festival
- Charlie Amsterdam's Wine Tasting Kick-Off,
- My Shoes Are In Secaucus by Jennie Eng,
- Carla Rhodes and Cecil,
- Empty by Kyle Jarrow,
- V-Low's Meat Market vs. Nico & the Astronaut,
- Wanting It by Libby Emmons,
- Stumblebum Brass Band,
- Hot Damn by Casey Wimpee,
- Cudzoo,
- Not So Bad Once You Get Used To It by Paul John DeSena,
- Greg Walloch,
- Clay McLeod Chapman,
- Lords of Chaos by Eric Sanders,
- Lil Miss Lixx burlesque,
- Scarlet O'Gasm burlesque
- New York Is Dead
5 Boroughs on Fire - the 48 hour urban play challenge -Featuring new short works by Matt Erlbach, Libby Emmons, Paul John DeSena, Jesse Alick, William Meny, and James Carmichael. Directed by Erick Herrscher, Zoe Moore, Alexander Poe, David Marcus, Jessica Fisch, and Alexandra Hogue. Featuring acting talents of Robert Funaro, Mason Walker, Jenny Gammello, Zoe Metcalfe-Klaw, Ross DeGraw, Karen Sours, Nick Thomas, Orion Taraban, Paulette Williams, Jeff Berg, Alana O'Brien, Rachel Dorfman, J.C. Vasquez, Dane Peterson, Sarah Ries!
The Wooster Wake - 2 night expo of performance art, music, theatre, dance, and art -Featuring Michael Alan of Draw-a-thon, Desiree Burch's 52 Card Pick up, Slam Poet Eboni, C Phineas the hip hop band, the photography of Jeffrey Weiss and Finbar foto, comedy from the O'Debra Twins, Shells from 'My Name is Shells', Katie Key from Queen of Hearts Productions dance, Tattoos from Terri, The New York Neofuturists, Brian Richardson - Mime from Pulse Ensemble, art from Molly and more!
Abandon All Hope It Takes Strength to Laugh When You're Drowning - 2 nights of one acts from the cities best new writers..Justin Swain's I SAW A MURDER, SUBWAY MONOLOGUE, and FATHER FORGIVE ME directed by Jake Whitlen and featuring Lauren Keating, Anne Dyas, and Frank Vinn. Casey Wimpee's KANSAS CITY BOOK OF THE DEAD directed by Matthew Hancock and featuring Michael Mason and Cole Wimpee. Bekah Brunstetter's HAPPY BIRTHDAY / I'M DEAD directed by Stephen Brackett featuring Erin McCarson and Ryan Serhant. And Eric Sander's FAKE EMPIRE directed by Heath Cullens featuring Darcie Champagne and Jared Culverhouse.
[edit] Awards and Nominations
Nomination, Outstanding Original Short Script - Justin Cooper, "Wood" - fuckplays Nomination, Outstanding Original Short Script - Casey Wimpee, "Arms and the Octopus" - fuckplays Nomination, Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role - Julian James Muhammed, fuckplays
Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Director, Outstanding Sound Design, Outstanding Original Full-length Script, Outstanding Production of a Play "To Nineveh: A Modern Miracle", Working Man's Clothes - David Carr-Berry, Jared Culverhouse, Ellen David, Paul Fears, Andaye' Hill, Julian James, Gregory Porter Miller & Brian Schlanger
[edit] Programs
The company is well known for its developmental series, which has workshopped staged readings of numerous plays including Boom Vang by Larry Pontius, Breath and Grandma's Box, The Life of Mary Berry, Double Hernia by Mark Charney, Handicapping by James McClindon, 37 Stones by Mark Charney, Night by David Carr-Berry, The Woodpecker by Samuel Brett Williams, "The Authorities" by Andrew Rosendorf,Heartless by Eric Sanders, "She Likes Girls" by Chisa Hutchinson
In May 2007 the company launched it's Lost Works Series with the New York City premiere of Anthony Neilson's Penetrator. [1]
