2000-2004

Break A Leg Productions: 2000-2004

October 14, 2004: Art of Science Reading Series: Wide World by Lauren Gunderson at Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center Campus, co-sponsored by the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies and the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, Directed by Elowyn Castle, with: Ben Masur, Jerry Vermilye, Shawn Reese, Donna Lee Michaels, Larry Swansen, Jeannie Dalton.

April 19, 2004: Art of Science Reading Series: The Physicists by Friedrich Durrenmat: at Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center Campus, Directed by Christopher Bellis, with: Tansal Arnas, Teri Black, Jarel Davidow, Michael Edmund, Michael Gilpin, Joel Ginn, Eric Kuzmuk, Richard Litt, Donna Lee Michaels, Susan Richard, Larry Swansen, Jerry Vermilye, Elizabeth York

December 8, 2003: Art of Science Reading Series: “Love & Chemistry: A Reading of ‘Pierre and Marie’, Based on the play, Les Palmes de M. Schutz by Jean-Noel Fenwick”, at Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center CampusDirected by Christopher Bellis with: Arthur Atkinson, Teri Black, Michael Edmund, Richard Litt, Susan Richard.

 

 

 

 

October 29. 2003: Delicious Comedy Reading Series: Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life!, Two Agatha Christie One-Act Plays at The New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Branch: Afternoon At The Seaside (Directed by Christopher Bellis) and The Rats (Directed by Gerald vanHeerden) with: Teri Black, George Cavey, Michael Edmund, Erik Frandsen, Martha Lopez Gilpin, Donna Lee Michaels, John Quilty, Shawn Reese, Susan Richard, Ron Stratton, Larry Swansen, Joan Valentina, Elizabeth York.

August 22, 2003: Art of Science Series – Copenhagen (Act II) by Michael Frayn at the Williams Center for the Arts as part of “Question the Answers, Class of 2007 Orientation”, Directed by Christopher Bellis, with: Teri Black, Jerry Vermilye, Michael Edmund.

Mondays at Seven, A Reading Series of Four New Comedies:

  • June 30, 2003: Duke Ellington Room / Manhattan Plaza: The Urn Of Drew by Mary Lathrop, Directed by Judith Haskell with: Jerry Vermilye, Evelyn Tracy, Susan Richard, Michael Edmund, Donna Lee Michaels
  • June 23, 2003: Duke Ellington Room / Manhattan Plaza: From Bed To Worse by Peggy Dougherty, Directed by Jennifer Ippensen, with: Teri Black, Susan Richard, Jerry Vermilye, Joan Valentina, Shawn Reese, Michael Edmund
  • June 16, 2003: Blue Heron Theatre: Just Another Day on Death Row by Joan Forster, Directed by Christopher Bellis with: Martha Lopez Gilpin, Shawn Reese, Michael Edmund, Jerry Vermilye, Michael Gilpin, Teri Black, John Carlton, Stephen Byers, John Quilty, Donna Lee Michaels, Ron Stratton.
  • June 9, 2003: Blue Heron Theatre: American Standard by Kevin Barry, Directed by Joe Benenati, with: Richard Dahlia, Teri Black, Elizabeth York, Michael Edmund, Evelyn Tracy, Jerry Vermilye.

May 19, 2003: Art of Science Reading Series at Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center Campus: A Staged Reading of Two New Science Plays, in cooperation with the Martin E. Segal Theatre and the Science Theatre: Remembering Miss Meitner by Robert Marc Friedman (Directed by Christopher Bellis) and Background by Lauren Gunderson (Directed by Gerald vanHeerden) with: Donna Lee Michaels, John Quilty, Susan Richard, Jerry Vermilye, Nina Dova, Allen Jared, Larry Swansen.

March 10, 2003: Art of Science Reading Series: Thread Of Life by Rita Nachtmann at Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center Campus; A Staged Reading Courtesy of the Ensemble Studio Theatre/Sloan Project in cooperation with the Martin E. Segal Theatre and the Science Theatre Directed by Christopher Bellis with: Jay Aubrey Jones, Michael Gilpin, Martha Lopez Gilpin, Joan Valentina, Donna Lee Michaels, Teri Black, Stephen Byers, Shawn Reese, Susan Richard, Elizabeth York, Jerry Vermilye

January 27, 2003: Wild About Wilder, A Staged Reading of Two One-Act Plays by Thornton Wilder at The New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Branch: The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden by Thorton Wilder (Directed by Christopher Bellis) and Infancy by Thorton Wilder (Directed by Jennifer Ippensen) with: Louis Solomon, Teri Black, Joel Ginn, Elizabeth York, Larry Swanson, Susan Richard, Jay Aubrey Jones, Martha Lopez Gilpin, Michael Edmund, Donna Lee Michaels, Shawn Reese.

November 6, 2002: Way Back When, A Staged Reading of Two One Act Plays at The New York Public Library, The Mercantile Library: The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden by Thorton Wilder (Directed by Christopher Bellis) and Infancy by Thorton Wilder (Directed by Jennifer Ippensen) with: Louis Solomon, Teri Black, Joel Ginn, Elizabeth York, Larry Swanson, Susan Richard, Jay Aubrey Jones, Martha Lopez Gilpin, Michael Edmund, Donna Lee Michaels, Shawn Reese.

September 30, 2002: The Classics Revisited: A One-Act Reading Series at Martin E. Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center Campus: The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden by Thorton Wilder (Directed by Christopher Bellis) and Infancy by Thorton Wilder (Directed by Jennifer Ippensen) with: Louis Solomon, Teri Black, Joel Ginn, Elizabeth York, Larry Swanson, Susan Richard, Richard Litt, Martha Lopez Gilpin, Michael Edmund, Donna Lee Michaels, Shawn Reese.

June 10, 2002: Pub Crawl, A Staged Reading of Two Un-Commonwealth Comedies at The New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Branch: Diddlin’ in the Holy Water by Wayne Sheridan (Directed by Charles Goddertz) and Table for Two by Woody Eney (Directed by Jennifer Ippensen) with: Donna Lee Michaels, George Cavey, Jerry Vermilye, Teri Black, Beverly Wallace.

May 20, 2002: Art of Science Reading Series In association with the Science Center and Martin E. Segal Theatre Center: Oxygen by Carl Djerassi and Roald Hoffman, Directed by Christopher Bellis at Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center Campus, with: Meghan Andrews, Michael Gilpin, Donna Lee Michaels, Michael Edmund, Martha Lopez Gilpin, Louis Solomon, Teri Black

April 18. 2002: Parody Tonight! – A Full Production of Two Comedies at the Sanford Meisner Theatre: Not About Streetcars by Jerry Vermilye (Directed by Heather Rosario) and The Goulash Girls by Jerry Vermilye (Directed by Christopher Bellis) with: Beverly Wallace, Teri Black, Donna Lee Michaels, Martha Lopez Gilpin, Michael Edmund, Shawn Reese, \Joel Ginn, Meghan Andrews, Larry Swansen, Jerry Vermilye

February 7, 2002: A Staged Reading of an Adulterous Comedy at the Martin E. Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center Campus: Overruled by George Bernard Shaw, Directed by Nina Dova, with: Jerry Vermilye, Martha Lopez Gilpin, Wendy Scott, Byron Lloyd

December 8, 2001: The Mama and Papas, A Staged Reading of Two Parental Comedies at The New York Public Library, Yorkville Branch:  Simply Me by Wendy Aron, (Directed by Jennifer Ippensen) and American Standard by Kevin Barry (Directed by Joe Benenati) with: Donna Lee Michaels, Alex Tavis, Pia Tung, Elizabeth York, Teri Black, Richard Litt.

October 30, 2001: Delicious Comedy Reading Series at The New York Public Library, The Mercantile Library: Overruled by George Bernard Shaw (Directed by Nina Dova) and Suppressed Desires by Susan Glaspell (Directed by Gina Bonati)  with: Teri Black, Jerry Vermilye, Joan Valentina, Martha Lopez Gilpin, Richard Litt, Donna Lee Michaels.

June 14, 2001: Watch Out for Freud! An Evening of Two Therapeutic One-Act Comedies at The New York Public Library, Science, Industry and Business Library: Suppressed Desires by Susan Glaspell (Directed by Gina Bonati) and Simply Me by Wendy Aron (Directed by Jennifer Ippensen) with: Martha Lopez Gilpin, Richard Litt, Donna Lee Michaels, Teri Black, Jerry Vermilye, Joan Valentina.

April 18-29, 2001: Over The Top and Off The Wall, A Program of Three One-Act Comedies – A Full Production at the Sanford Meisner Theatre: Quitters by Wendy Aron & Naomi In The Living Room by Christopher Durang (Directed by Kim T. Sharp) and The Murder of Joyce Carol Oates by Thomas Jackson (Directed by Joe Benenati) with: Teri Black, Lesley Brooks, Michael Edmund, Michael Gilpin, Martha Lopez Gilpin, Donna Lee Michaels, Roberta Platt, Joan Valentina, Jerry Valentina, Michael Edmund, Wendy Scott, Carol Sirugo.

November 18, 2000: Delicious Comedy Reading Series at The New York Public Library, Yorkville Branch: Simply Me by Wendy Aron, (Directed by Herb Foster Quebec) and American Standard by Kevin Barry (Directed by Joe Benenati) with: Leslie Brooks, Louis Paul Solomon, Joan Valentina, Nina Dova, Jerry Verminlye

September 25, 2000: Staged Readings of Two Athletic Comedies at The New York Public Library, Epiphany Branch Library: Him by Kevin Barry (Directed by Dunston McCormick) and Talkin’ Baseball by Mitch Coleman (Directed by George Cavey) with Michael Gilpin, Richard Litt, Martha Lopez Gilpin, Michael Manning, Lou Solomon, Larry Swanson, Teri Black, Lynne-Marie Brown, Roberta Platt, Wendy Scott.

May 16, 2000: Annual Benefit, You Are What You Eat, An Evening About Food, 2000 CAST Award to Fully Committed, presented to Mark Setlock by Asam Rappoport; Reading of The Ice Cream Wars by Mike Folie at Dillon’s Restaurant And Bar.

April 7, 2000: In conjunction with A Festival of Science for Convocation Week Celebrating CUNY’s New Graduate Center Campus at the Martin E. Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center Campus: The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco, Directed by Kim T. Sharp, with: Larry Swanson, Joan Valentina, Elizabeth York.

February 11, 2000: To Love Or Not To Love! Staged Readings of Romantic Scenes from Three Shakespearean Comedies at The New York Public Library, Yorkville Branch: Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming Of The Shrew, A Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, Directed by Leo Boylan, Kim T. Sharp, Ken Stuart, with: Teri Black, Martha Lopez Gilpin, Michael Gilpin, Elisa London, Donna Lee Michaels, Lou Solomon, Ken Stuart, Jerry Vermilye.