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HistorySince 2009, PCTC has produced fourteen Main Stage
productions, seven new works series, 18 staged readings (including John Guare's original work, More Stars Than There Are In Heaven), four Tennessee Williams festivals, a World Premiere of a Tennessee Williams play, and several NYC premieres. PCTC has won and been nominated for twenty-one theatre awards. Over 25,000 patrons have attended PCTC productions in NYC, Boston, and New Orleans with producing partners Bridge Repertory Theater and Southern Rep. At the same time, PCTC has continued and expanded its efforts to give back to the community through the Little Creatures Act Out camps for underserved youth, free readings and tickets for seniors (Creatures Serving Seniors), and an annual Red Cross blood drive (since 2014, with producing partner American Candy). Beginning in March 2019, PCTC will launch a pilot drama program with Harvey Milk High School for at-risk LGBTQ youth. PRODUCTION HISTORY 2009 Closer, by Patrick Marber (main stage) Directed by Eric Tucker The Gene Frankel Theatre, NYC 2010 Six x Tenn (six one-acts), by Tennessee Williams (main stage) Directed by Eric Tucker, Patricia Duran, and Ron Lebow The Red Room, NYC Creatures Features (five original one-acts) The Red Room, NYC The Libertine, by Stephen Jeffreys (main stage) Directed by Eric Tucker The Kirk/Theatre Row NYC OOBR (Off-Off-Broadway Review) Nominee, Best production, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Design, Best Costumes 2011 Page 2 Stage New Works Festival (five original one-acts) The Tank, NYC 2012 Love Song, by John Kolvenbach (main stage) (New York City Premiere) Directed by Kenny Wade Marshall Access Theatre, NYC Page 2 Stage II (five original one-acts) Access Theatre, NYC 2013-14 The Libertine, by Stephen Jeffreys (main stage) (Boston Premiere) Directed by Eric Tucker The Calderwood Pavilion, Boston, MA Co-production with Bridge Repertory Theater of Boston Winner, IRNE Award (Independent Reviewers of New England), Best Production Winner, IRNE Award, Best Director Nominee, IRNE Award, Best Actor Nominee, IRNE Award, Best Actress Winner, BCA (Boston Critics Association), Best Production Nominee, BCA, Best Director Nominee, BCA, Best Actor Nominee, BCA, Best Costumes Nominee, Elliot Norton Award, Best Production Nominee, Elliot Norton Award, Best Actor Nominee, Broadway World-Boston, Best Actor Page 2 Stage III (five original one-acts) The Red Room, NYC Charlotte the Destroyer, by Megan O’Leary (main stage) (NYC Premiere) Directed by Janet Bobcean The Kraine Theatre, NYC 2014-15 The Forgetting Curve, by Vanda (main stage) (World Premiere) Directed Kimberly Loren Eaton The Calderwood Pavilion, Boston, MA, Co-production with Bridge Repertory Theater of Boston Nominated, IRNE Award, Best Production Design Page 2 Stage IV: Love and Politics (six original one-acts) Access Theatre, NYC Hunter/Gathers, by Pete Sinn Nachtrieb (main stage) (NYC Premiere) Directed by Eric Tucker The Duo Multicultural Arts Center, NYC 2015-16 More Stars Than There Are In Heaven, by John Guare (New England Premiere) Directed by Cosmin Chivu The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival, Provincetown, MA Nominee, Broadway World Boston, Best Production TW 1982: The Recluse and His Guest, by Tennessee Williams (World Premiere) The Remarkable Rooming House of Mme Lemond, by Tennessee Williams (NYC Premiere) Directed by Cosmin Chivu Walker Space NYC Nominated, Drama League Award, Best Production Nominated, Drama League Award, Best Actress 2016-17 Lady Monday, by David Alan Thornton (staged reading) Directed by Scott Davis TACT, NYC One Flea Spare, by Naomi Wallace (main stage) (20th Anniversary production) Directed by Caitlin McLeod The Sheen Center, NYC Mrs. Packard, by Emily Mann (main stage) Directed by Emily Ranii The Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, co-production with Bridge Repertory Theater of Boston Winner, IRNE Award, Best Actress Nominee, IRNE Award, Best Director 2017-18 The Two-Character Play, by Tennessee Williams (main stage) Directed by Austin Pendleton The Duo Multicultural Arts Center, NYC Five Plays by Five Women: Unit 19, by Tegan McLeod Composition of a Woman, by Maren Lavelle Kafka in Paradise, by Inez Hedges Four Old Broads, by Leslie Kimbell Veritas, by Betty Shamieh The Two-Character Play, by Tennessee Williams (main stage) Directed by Austin Pendleton Loyola University, New Orleans, LA Co-production with Southern Rep 2018-19 The Reality Plays: 4 Views of Millennium (main stage) Original works by four millennial writers The Soto-Velez Center, NYC Composition of a Woman, by Maren Lavelle (staged reading) Fata Morgana, by David Alan Thornton (staged reading) Shadow Child, by Myra Slotnik (staged reading) The Followers, by William Johnson (staged reading) Winner, The First Annual Dr. R.J. Rodriguez Emerging Playwrights’ Contest 2019-20 TBD |
PeopleBOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Ivy Zelanka, President
Entrepreneur Hisako Ando, Secretary VP of Design + Merchandising, Komar Kids LLC Joseph W. Rodriguez, Treasurer (ex officio) Producing Artistic Director, Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company Janet Bobcean Scenic Designer + Stage Director / Associate Professor at Northeastern University Melissa Gabay Segal Entrepreneur STAFF.
Joseph W. Rodriguez
Producing Artistic Director Megan O'Leary Associate Artistic Director Kenny Wade Marshall Creative Director of Youth Theatre COMPANY MEMBERS.
Rutanya Alda
Ford Austin Emily Dahlke Annabelle Capper Scott Davis Eric Doss James Foster, Jr. Hollie Harper Gretchen Knapp Sarah Koestner Alexandra Petrullo Thom Pinto Doug Plaut Jennylind Stecker Remy Souchon David Alan Thornton Eric Tucker ABOVE.
Company Member Eric Tucker at rehearsal for PCTC's 2015 Mainstage production of Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's Hunter Gatherers. |
Cover Photo | Brooks Reeves, Troy Barboza, Daniel Duque-Estrada + Joseph W. Rodriguez in The Libertine | Photo Credit, Marc J. Franklin