a work in progress:
MEMORIES OF
NEW PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATRE
NOTE: Color picture are by Richard L. Haight or Ken Bloom (unless they're kind of fuzzy, then they are scans of snapshops I took.) All B&W pix are by Doc Dougherty unless noted. The photo galleries will increase over time - for now, what's listed at the left is as far as I have gotten in my random journeys through files of pix and boxes and box and boxes and boxes of slides. Here are just a few ... (otherwise click on tabs to the left for many more photographs)
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Mark Stein's THE AMSTERDAM AVENUE THEATRE PRESENTS DIRECT FROM DEATH ROW THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS - pictured (l to r) are Ron Canada, Jerome HugginsBenjamin Wright Michael Mack. Joseph E. Kelliebrew and Walt Lockman - set Russell Metheny,
lighting by Greg Basdavanos, costumes by Peter J. Zakutansky
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Ernie Joselovitz' drama JESSE'S LAND was directed by James C. Nicola and featured (l to r) Alessandro Cima, Cary Anne Spear, Robert Sloane and Barbara Rappaport - set by Russell Metheny, costumes by Mary Ann Powell and lightening by Richard Moore - E. Lloyd Rose was dramaturg (okay, not the best of slide scans - I will try to find a better pic in the future)
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T. J. Camp, III's one-act drama SHARK featured (front l to r) William J. Willmore and Martin Petersilia (2nd row l to r) Walter Cedric Harris, Gregory Ford, Jim Brady and Chip Stites - directed by George C. Holets - set by Jay Stephens, lights by Judy Holets and costumes by Ellen Hare
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Deborah Proyor's BURRHEAD directed by Jim Nicola and E. Lloyd Rose
(left) Lynnie Raybuck and Marcia Gay Harden (right) T. G. Finkbinder and Marcia Gay Harden - set by Russell Metheny, lighting by Lewis Folden, costumes by Mary Ann Powell
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(L to R) Ernie Joselovitz, E. Lloyd Rose, Me and Mark Stein -
literally standing on Church Street in the Spring of 1979
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T. J. Camp, III's one-act drama, THE RETURN OF CAPT. D. B. AMATUCCI
this revival offered in our second season was directed by me and featured (l to r) Jim Brady, Walter Cedric Harris, Patrick Fisher, Robert Paolino and Chip Stites - Judy Holets did the lightening, I did the set and the costumes were by committee
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(L) Tanis Roach as one of the Pixies and (R) A. David Johnson, Tanis and Fred Shiffman as the trio of Pixies in Tim Grundmann's sci-fi adventure musical OUT TO LUNCH (directed by Ken Bloom, costumes by Richard Dwight McGee, Wig by Nicholas Polycroni, Set by Kit Grover and Lighting by Thom Tomlinson)
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TIM GRUNDMANN
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(L) John Healey, Jr. as Sparky Doubleton and Dana Vance as Binky McCoy encounter the pixies and (R) David, Tanis and Fred as the Trio during the opening number of OUT TO LUNCH (directed by Ken Bloom, costumes by Richard Dwight McGee, Wig by Nicholas Polycroni, Set by Kit Grover and Lighting by Thom Tomlinson)
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The NIGHTMARE!! folks (front L to R) A. David Johnson, Tim Grundmann, Debby Cerutti, Barbara Rappaport and standing (L to R) J. Fred Shiffman, Tanis Roach, Ken Bloom (in straight jacket) Chris Kaufmann and Gus Hathaway
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Bloom (L) and Grundmann (R)
in the lavishly appointed offices of NPT
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Playwright MARK STEIN (the one with the beard) and PINNACLE cast
(seated - in purple dress) Dana Vance (on desk) GiGi Yellen (standing L to R) Clint Vriezler, Barbara Rappaport, Jim Brady, Mark Stein, Mickey Nucker
[Mark's comedy PINNACLE ran from Oct. to Nov., 1977]