COMING SOON TO GUILD HALLUnless otherwise noted, EAG events take place in Guild Hall, located on the second floor of The Little Church at 1 East 29th Street (between Madison and Fifth).
Doors open approximately 20 minutes before each event. 100% of proceeds from our events go directly to helping local performers in need. INFORMATION & RSVP: (212) 685-2927 or reservations@actorsguild.org |
the Barbour playwrights award 2019: quick silver theater company
March 14, 18, & 28 | 7:00PM | GUILD HALL
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EAG is proud to announce that the Barbour Playwrights Award will be back for its TWELFTH terrific year in March. This festival celebrating new work for the theatre will feature readings of three new plays by innovative emerging playwrights of color, plays nominated by this year’s partnering company, Quick Silver Theater Company.
The festival begins on Thursday, March 14 at 7pm with a reading of Black Doves by Reynaldo Piniella. Next, on Monday, March 18 at 7pm, is A Boy & His Bow by Kareem M. Lucas. Closing the festival on Thursday, March 28 at 7pm is BURNBABYBURN: AN AMERICAN DREAM by a.k. payne. One of these three playwright finalists will be awarded a prize of $500. Doors will open at approximately 6:40pm for each reading. Each reading will be followed by a brief talkback with the playwright, then a wine and cheese reception. Suggested: $20 General Admission/ $15 EAG Members and QSTC-affiliated artists RSVP: reservations@actorsguild.org | 212.685.2927 |
THE BARBOUR PLAYWRIGHTS AWARD: burnbabyburn: an american dream by a.k. payne
thursday, MARCH 28 | 7:00PM | GUILD HALL
BURNBABYBURN: AN AMERICAN DREAM is a play that follows Sky and Sky II, two Black American womxn of the same lineage, born in the second half of the 20th century; they both try to make sense of what it means to love while always moving in the wake of the transatlantic slave trade.
Suggested: $20/$15 EAG & QSTC
RSVP: reservations@actorsguild.org | 212.685.2927
broadway book club: The prince of west end avenue by Alan isler
monday, APRIL 1 | 2:30PM | GUILD HALL
In the Emma Lazarus retirement home in uptown Manhattan, the Jewish inmates embark on a chaotic, bitchy production of Hamlet.
Comedy and tragedy combine as our hero, Otto Korner, directs his quirky, libidinous fellow residents in the play and looks back over his adventures in Germany, Zurich, (where he met Lenin and inadvertently invented Dada), Auschwitz and America.
FREE - Open to anyone who has read the book
RSVP: karen@actorsguild.org
Comedy and tragedy combine as our hero, Otto Korner, directs his quirky, libidinous fellow residents in the play and looks back over his adventures in Germany, Zurich, (where he met Lenin and inadvertently invented Dada), Auschwitz and America.
FREE - Open to anyone who has read the book
RSVP: karen@actorsguild.org
YOGA MONDAYS WITH april evans
MONDAYs, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 | 1:00PM | GUILD HALL
Join us in Guild Hall for some soul-soothing yoga. April Evans will be dropping by each Monday at 1pm to help stretch and strengthen performers of all levels of mobility. This class is for everyone- you can even do it from a chair.
Each class will be limited to 12 people, so make sure you RSVP each week!
COST: $10
RSVP: reservations@actorsguild.org
BYO: Yoga mat (we have extras- let us know if you'd like to borrow one!)
Each class will be limited to 12 people, so make sure you RSVP each week!
COST: $10
RSVP: reservations@actorsguild.org
BYO: Yoga mat (we have extras- let us know if you'd like to borrow one!)
Volunteer wednesday
wednesday, APRIL 3 | 2:00PM | GUILD HALL
On this Volunteer Wednesday, we are putting together our annual slate mailing. We'll provide snacks if you provide company!
Sign up: karen@actorsguild.org
Sign up: karen@actorsguild.org
Dr. julia wonder and birdie the tissue fairy
monday, APRIL 8 | 7:00PM | GUILD HALL
Celebrity psychic Dr. Wonder and her loyal, if somewhat bewildered, sidekick Birdie, pull up to various salons and saloons, hotel conference rooms and auditoriums, and bus stops and auto repair shops around the nation to lecture, teach, and provide personal psychic predictions. Expect winning musical numbers and much interaction with the audience from this ongoing collaboration between Colleen O’Neill and Judith Greentree.
Suggested: $20/$15 EAG
RSVP by clicking here
Suggested: $20/$15 EAG
RSVP by clicking here
artist afternoon: the agony and ecstasy of being an actor
friday, april 12 | 2:00PM | GUILD HALL
Dr. Sanderson will give a brief presentation on psychological and emotional dilemmas of an acting career. She will discuss, among other theories, D. W. Winnicott’s theory of true and false self and Carl Jung’s theory of persona and shadow. She will then offer some practical tools for dealing with the peaks and valleys of actors’ experiences in their career. Discussion will follow, and improvisations depicting vignettes from everyday actors’ lives will be performed by attending actors.
Krystyna Sanderson, Psy.D., LP, is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York. She writes and lectures regularly on topics dealing with psychoanalysis in relation to arts, spirituality and social phenomenon. She is an avid theater-lover.
FREE! Space is limited. Registration is required.
RSVP by clicking here
Krystyna Sanderson, Psy.D., LP, is a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York. She writes and lectures regularly on topics dealing with psychoanalysis in relation to arts, spirituality and social phenomenon. She is an avid theater-lover.
FREE! Space is limited. Registration is required.
RSVP by clicking here
ACTORS NIGHT
TUESDAY, April 16 | 7:00PM | guild hall
Actors Night at EAG is a judgment-free zone, where you can work on monologues, scenes, commercial copy, cold readings, your own material- anything!- before a group of supportive and talented fellow artists. Whether or not you get constructive feedback is up to you.
Hosted by Peter Von Berg (The Americans, House of Cards)
Actors Night happens on the third Tuesday of each month and is open only to EAG members. (Not a member? Membership expired? Join online now at www.actorsguild.org/membership-in-eag.)
FREE - Open to EAG Members Only
No need to make reservations- just stop on by!
Hosted by Peter Von Berg (The Americans, House of Cards)
Actors Night happens on the third Tuesday of each month and is open only to EAG members. (Not a member? Membership expired? Join online now at www.actorsguild.org/membership-in-eag.)
FREE - Open to EAG Members Only
No need to make reservations- just stop on by!
VOLUNTEER WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY, may 1 | 2:00PM | GUILD HALL
The annual EAG Council elections are coming up, and we need help mailing out the ballots.
Drop by Guild Hall on Wednesday, April 3rd, for a visit and volunteering, chatting and charm, & coffee and cookies! Thank you!
Sign up: karen@actorsguild.org
Drop by Guild Hall on Wednesday, April 3rd, for a visit and volunteering, chatting and charm, & coffee and cookies! Thank you!
Sign up: karen@actorsguild.org
archives committee
saturday, june 15 | 12:00PM | GUILD HALL
The Archives Committee invites all Guild members to visit their meetings! View the exciting materials stored in Guild Hall, join in discussions of relevant theater history, and consider joining the Archives Committee as they continue sorting and organizing the extensive collection accumulated over the past 120+ years.
Info: reservations@actorsguild.org
Info: reservations@actorsguild.org