#Writers Guild of Astoria

[originalseandavis]

Exploring Ric's Open Mic & Poets on the Pier with Jennifer Nightingale | KMUN River Writers

[broomsticks]

@venom0usbarbie i love love love your insight and all the perspectives you bring to chats and betaing and just everything. your DEDICATION is flabbergasting (HOW long was that writer’s guild workshop?!?! and the write-a-thon stats?? and the entire feat that was running a server gift exchange solo???). your art is gorgeous and your writing is beautiful and — have said before, will say again, talking with you always reminds me that the world is So Very Big in the very best way.

wow. wow wow wow. Riddle's Koldovo Circus • 7k, T. this ficccccc. i love how you got the prompts astoria, dolohov, bellatrix, dean, seamus, dark, and high fantasy and crafted a whole entire epic circus au dark fantasy out of it, complete with worldbuilding and maps.

sdfkhsdlkfj: métamorphoses • astoria-centric gen • 5k, M. astoria and her blood curse!!! such a brilliant character from which to explore these family feels. i love the ending. <3

what a delightfully feelsy story: Water & Earth (series) • fleurinny • 3k, E. such a good rooted-in-canon-but-canon-divergent AU that just had me in such conflicted feelings the whole way through.

very accurate title for the first fic of yours i read: a deadly obsession • pansy/harry • 3k, M. it’s me, hi, i’m obsessed with your writing!

decadent, depraved and delightful: Shades of Gold (series) • tom/ginny • 8k, M. you excel at writing this luxuriously descriptive body horror. i hope you have as much fun writing these things as i do reading them!

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for an explanation of why i just wrote you a whole ~thing~, check out this post & the ‘mutuals march’ tag below!

[dedemontgomery]

[hellgateacademy]

Hellgate Academy | Ep. 101 - First Rites - Pilot [HD] | YouTube

Warren Wood is working through a few issues. And he just found out that he's a demon. That might complicate a few things.

Hellgate Academy is an urban fantasy dark comedy webseries about a young man from Astoria, New York who learns after years of living as a human, that he is actually a Demon. We follow his story as he struggles through his Tempter training at Hellgate Academy. The series takes inspiration from the fantasy stories of writers like C.S. Lewis (The Screwtape Letters), Dante (The Divine Comedy), Milton (Paradise Lost), the Book of Revelations, and the “seven deadly sins."

When a slacker New York post-grad discovers he is a Demon, he must struggle through his training to tempt a mortal soul. Everyone battles their personal demons… but some demons aren’t very good at the job.

Connect with Hellgate Academy Online: http://www.HellgateAcademy.com

http://facebook.com/HellgateAcademy/ http://twitter.com/HellgateAcademy http://youtube.com/hellgateacademy http://hellgateacademy.tumblr.com/ http://instagram.com/HellgateAcademy

CREATED & WRITTEN BY Kane Prestenback

DIRECTED & SHOT BY Chris Fitz

Series Regulars Kane Prestenback as Warren Wood Kristin Parker as Kalli Steven Patterson as Kamin Tappe

Featuring Lukas Poost as Coffee Man Molly Mermelstein as The Hellgate Channel Narrator

Also featuring... Kyle James Johnson, Casey LaVres, Katelyn Sabet, & Brian Carson

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Kane Prestenback

SUPERVISING PRODUCER Molly Mermelstein

FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / LOCATION SOUND ENGINEER Jason Michael Miller

SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / PRACTICAL EFFECTS SPECIALIST Brian Carson

VISUAL EFFECTS BY IFITFITZ Productions

EDITOR Chris Fitz

MAKE-UP/HAIR/ART DIRECTION Molly Mermelstein, Jason Michael Miller

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Candace Michelle, Brian Carson

WARDROBE PROVIDED BY Express, Inc. & Hennes & Mauritz AB

SPECIAL THANKS John Sowle, Jessica Munro, Adrienne Lovette, Lauren Sowa, Kyle Prestenback, Cara Parmigiani, Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill, NY, Related Management, Karlene Johnson-Clarke, Hudson Market Chelsea, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, The City of New York Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting, Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and all of our Indiegogo backers!

http://youtube.com/HellgateAcademy

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APAC Presents The Insiders: Musicals from the Quarantine

POSTED MAY 11, 2020 BY JONAH

[From Astoria Performing Arts Center]

Astoria Performing Arts Center in association with Teresa Lotz presents The Insiders Musicals from the Quarantine Six original musicals responding to the COVID-19 crisis.

Astoria Performing Arts Center (Dev Bondarin, Artistic Director), in association with Teresa Lotz, presents six new musical shorts written in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Featuring the work of fifteen writers, five directors, and sixteen actors, the contributing artists joined the project in the early days of the crisis in the spirit of developing new work without being in the same room to do so.

Quarantine. Crisis. Connection. Hope. There are many stories to tell right now and with The Insiders, these writers have created six in response to the current situation. From the expressionistic to the satirical, to the reality of family members trying to communicate, each film tells a story based in the here and now while we experience this unprecedented moment of pain in the world together.

The six short musicals will launch online starting May 22nd. Viewing will be free of charge, but there is a suggested donation of $10 which will benefit Astoria Performing Arts Center and Indie Theater Fund (www.indietheaterfund.org/donate). More info can be found at www.apacny.org. The Insiders is written by Krista Knight, Derek Hassler & Ryan Kerr, Rachel Kunstadt, Briana Harris & Teresa Lotz, Charles Inniss & Christopher Inniss, Marcus Scott, Blake Allen & Marc Chan, Annette Storckman, Naomi Matlow & Andi Lee Carter, Claire Tran & Blake Allen. The Insiders is directed by Dev Bondarin, Emily Brown, Daniella Caggiano, Kristin Rose Kelly, Justin Schwartz. The Artistic Producer is Teresa Lotz and the cast includes Dana Aber, Bailey Carlson, Ariel Leigh Cohen, Leana Rae Concepcion, Kristina Dizon, Ellis Gage, Staci Jo Johnson, Bee Michael, Michael Orlandi, Jason Pintar, Erin Solér, William Spinnato, Sara States, Tais Szilagi, Jeff Williams, Ariel Seidman-Wright.

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Astoria Performing Arts Center, Inc. (APAC), is a not-for-profit organization that was founded in 2001 to bring high quality theater to Astoria, Queens and New York City, and to support local youth and senior citizens. On its mainstage, APAC produces revivals and premieres of plays and musicals, and also develops new works through readings and workshops. To date, APAC has received 67 New York Innovative Theatre Award nominations and 17 wins (including Outstanding Musical Production for Merrily We Roll Along, Allegro, Children of Eden, and Raisin), as well as an Off-Off Broadway Theatre Review Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical (Is There Life After High School?) and two AUDELCO “Viv” Awards (including one for Outstanding Revival of a Musical for Caroline, or Change.) APAC was also the recipient of the 2012 Caffe Cino Fellowship Award from the New York Innovative Theater Award Foundation. APAC offers free annual community programs, including a summer performance camp for children ages 8-13, an afterschool playwriting program, and performance programs for Queens residents ages 60 and over. These programs deepen ties with the community, and develop new audiences for theater. Diverse programming and consistent quality attracts a loyal and growing audience that reflects the diversity of Western Queens and draws from the other boroughs and beyond. www.apacny.org / @APACNY / @apacgram

Teresa Lotz (she/they) is an award-winning playwright and composer-lyricist. Her work includes She Calls Me Firefly (2019 New York Innovative Theater Award Winner), Akira & The Merpeople with Claire Tran (Polyphone Festival), Red Emma & the Mad Monk (NY Times Critic’s Pick, 6 NYIT Nominations, Ars Nova ANT Fest) created by Alexis Roblan and Katie Lindsay, ThreeTimesFast with Naomi Matlow (Florida Festival of New Musicals, O’Neill Theater Festival Semi-Finalist, New York Film Academy), The Awakening with Sarah Rebell (O’Neill Theater Festival Semi-Finalist, MTF Developmental Series at Playwright’s Horizons). Teresa was a 2020 Jonathan Larson Grant finalist and is an alumni of New Perspectives Theater Company’s Women’s Work Lab. Dramatist’s Guild. ASCAP. Music Composition, BM, Bowling Green State University. Musical Theatre Writing, MFA, New York University. TeresaLotz.com

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Stew and Edmonia, stricken with poverty and hopelessly addicted to huffing paint thinner, inhabit “…the shittiest apartment you’ve ever seen.” Stew, the more delusional of the two, confuses his obsessive ambition to be a filmmaker with the talent necessary to achieve that goal �� talent he undoubtedly lacks. Despite her protests, Edmonia is unable to sway Stew toward a more realistic job that could propel them out of financial strife. Upward mobility seems to be a grim impossibility…

…Until the phone rings.

A mysterious client eager to commission a film project spurs Stew’s excitement. Stew blindly agrees, pursuing the opportunity without regard for the client’s peculiar behavior. But when the bizarre nature of the client’s project is finally revealed, Stew and Edmonia are forced to weigh their morals against their dreams, deciding how far they are willing to descend in order to break out of poverty and into the film industry.

This play was simultaneously the byproduct of and cure for our playwright’s post-undergraduate, career-oriented apprehensions. It was conceived and exists as an emotional conduit, surging with the remnant charge of anxious energy exercised during a period defined by uncertainty. Now, after a year of writing, our newly assembled team of passionate theater creators is excited to share this play with the New York City theatre community. Staged Readings are a vital first step in the development of new plays, and their feedback will prove invaluable as we move forward.

Additionally, we hope to spark interest in a realized production by inviting potential producers to our reading. 

  Nik Walker* (Stew) – Nik Walker is a theater artist, Tarantino fanatic, Marvel/DC nerd and professional collector of insanely talented frienenmies. Currently appearing nightly in that Hamilton skit on Broadway, Nik’s also been seen in Motown the Musical, Peter and the Starcatcher, as well as fighting with a meat cleaver at the Old Globe, battling pink robots at La Jolla Playhouse and swigging whiskey at the Denver Center. 

A playwright, his pieces Whiskeyland! and Uncle Jackie are in development with Richard H Blake and Michael Balderrama of Last Call Theatricals. Nik lives in Astoria with his savior-of-a-wife Sarah and their cat Ferris.

http://nikwalkersworld.com/

Madeleine James* (Edmonia) – Madeleine James is from San Francisco, California and will be returning to her home state if/when it secedes from the Union. Selected NY Theater: The Catherine Wheel (Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Playwrights Horizons), Hamlet (Hudson Guild Theater), The Dead Hooker Play (NY International Fringe), Kernel of Sanity (Abrons Arts Center/New Federal Theater), Julius Caesar (Hudson Shakespeare Company). Regional Theater: Period of Adjustment (TheatreSquared). Film/Television: This Castle Keep (NYFF 2016), Regretting Fish (Cadillac Films), Indigo (La Mancha Films), “Rescue Me” (FX). She has trained at NYU, AADA and RADA. She is a proficient ukulele player, a sub-par but earnest motorcyclist, and has appeared in more crime reenactment series than she’d ever have believed possible.

http://madeleinejames.com/

Robert Turano* (Arny) – Robert Turano played Louis in the Tony Award winning Broadway revival of A View From The Bridge with Scarlett Johansson and Liev Schreiber.  He was recently cast in a recurring role in the new Netflix series, Seven Seconds.  Other television credits include recurring roles on Law And Order, Rescue Me and The Guiding Light as well as guest starring roles on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Mysteries Of Laura, Blue Bloods, Elementary, Person Of Interest, Law And Order SVU, Unforgettable and more.  Recent film credits include the award winning Theresa Is A Mother as well as The Drop with James Gandolfini and Tom Hardy. Other starring film roles include Federal Hill, Outside Providence, Brooklyn Rules, The Tavern and One Way Out.

http://www.bobturano.com/

Matthew Van Gessel (Sitcom Jesus / Shouting Spokesperson / Young Man) – Matthew Van Gessel is a New York based actor and graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He has recently appeared as Jene in Miss Julie presented through SECCA, Melchior in Springs Awakening though AlphaNYC, Robert in Planet Heart at the Signature Theater, and Arturo Ui in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui presented by Lyra Theater Company. Matthew is also a director having most recently directed Romeo and Juliet at the Brick Theater as part of their “Bard in the Theater” festival.  

http://matthewvangessel.com/

Darcie Siciliano* (Sitcom Wife / Catheter Spokesperson) – Darcie was the recipient of the 2016 Indie Series Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy for her web series He’s With Me.  More information about her great work can be found on her website: 

http://darciesiciliano.com/wp/

*Appearing courtesy of Actor’s Equity Association.

    Alex Rafala (Writer/Producer) – Alex is an Actor, Writer, and Director based in New York City. In 2015, Alex received a B.A. in Drama and a Minor in Film Studies from the University of Virginia. To further supplement his acting training, he spent one summer studying at Michael Howard Studios.

Alex’s first short film, Farewell Old Stringy, screened as an Official Selection at five film festivals. While at the University of Virginia, he developed several short plays in local festivals and school sponsored staged readings. Additionally, in 2015, Alex’s unproduced feature screenplay, The King, was selected as a Semi-Finalist in the Shore Scripts Screenwriting Competition and a Finalist in the Virginia Screenwriting Competition. 

Recent New York acting credits include: Soldiers and Other LivingThings (Hudson Guild Theater – directed by our very own Joe Ricci!), Chuck in Act 2 of Target Margin Theater’s production of The Iceman Cometh Lab (HERE), and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui presented by Lyra Theater Company.

http://www.alexrafala.com/

Joe Ricci (Director) – Over the course of his directing career, Joe has enjoyed working on a wide range of types of theatre from a solo, multi-media piece like Elizabeth Van Meter’s Thao’s Library, which played in multiple theaters across the country, to a small black box production of I Love You, You’re Perfect Now Change to writing and directing a celebrity filled, one-night only extravaganza like Broadway Blows Back, the Hurricane Sandy benefit at the Gershwin Theater hosted by Patrick Wilson with David Hyde Pierce, Mario Cantone, Chris Sieber and WCBS anchor Dana Tyler, among others.

Heralded as “an actor’s director,” Joe strives to create a safe, collaborative environment that allows everyone involved to take risks and discover their best work. An actor and playwright himself, Joe feels most at home when developing new works, helping actors and playwrights navigate the unexplored terrain of a new play. 

http://www.joericci.net/

Jeffrey Thelin (Graphic Designer) – Jeffrey Thelin is a multidisciplinary designer in the DC area. He applies his principles of minimalism and boldness to every area of his work, whether shooting portraits, creating a logo, designing a chair, or completing one of his graphic designs for his design a day project. Check out more of Jeffrey’s work here:  

https://www.instagram.com/teyleen

(Percentages rounded to the nearest decimal)

– 27% designated for Rehearsal and Performance Space Rental Fees.  – 54% designated for Cast, Crew, and Artist Compensation (including the actors, director, stage manager, and graphic designer). – 5% designated for Reward Manufacturing Costs and Shipping Fees. – 9% Contingency – 5% Kickstarter Fee 

Thankfully, we have access to a large printer for all of our printing needs (scripts, programs, etc)! There was no need to budget in printing costs!

As described above, any patrons donating $50 or more will receive an 11×17 “Snake Eyes” poster print designed by Jeffrey Thelin! Your choice of four designs, each inspired by a character from the play.

   Email us at snakeeyesnewplay@gmail.com

Visit our Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/SnakeEyesPlay/

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