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  • Turn Up The Volume Reading Series

    Seven Angels Theatre Play Reading Series for 2011-12

    Great plays are meant to do more than entertain. They create awareness and bring on dialogue. And since audiences are hungry to talk, Seven Angels Theatre is launching a new series of play readings to generate “an opportunity for conversation.” With an award-winning collection of plays with topical themes and interesting characters, not only will we give voice to some great works of dramatic literature—we’ll offer you the chance to get involved in a post reading discussion.

    Join us to watch, listen, and enjoy a dynamic reading by a cast of talented local actors. Immediately following the stage reading, everyone’s invited to participate in a post performance discussion; whether it’s a conversation or debate about the play’s themes, characters and point of view. The post performance discussion continues the “dialogue”….reaching beyond the footlights and extending to a conversation with our community.

    We think by turning up the volume—ours…yours…and the voice of the playwright—these resulting discussions between artists and audience will create a special connection; and help us all to gain a better understanding of ourselves, society, and the larger world.

    By inviting insightful talk… Seven Angels will be turning up the volume! Tickets are just $10.

    SEVEN ANGELS • TURN UP THE VOLUME!

    2011-12 TUTV! play reading and discussion series includes….

    Time Stands Still
    by Donald Margulies
    November 15

    Time Stands Still is a compelling, contemporary drama. It tells the story of James and Sarah, a foreign correspondent and a photojournalist who cover stories about the horrors of war. But when they are injured, they must figure out if they are able to live a normal, quiet life back in the U.S. The new play explores the relationship between two couples at a crucial juncture in their lives, when the desire to move forward clashes with the instinct to stay comfortably — or even uncomfortably — in place. The play also poses some interesting and tough questions for the audience to consider. For example, how can anyone photograph maimed children, even if it’s a journalist’s responsibility, rather than rush to their aid?

    The Cripple Of Inishmaan
    by Martin McDonagh
    March 6

    It’s 1934 on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland and word arrives that a Hollywood director is shooting a film on location. As ripples of excitement spread through the community, no one is more determined to audition than “Cripple” Billy who along the way tries to make sense of who he is. Hilarious, sad, eccentric, and at times deeply touching, McDonagh’s masterpiece is filled with a host of charming Irish characters and unexpected plot twists.

    Sideman
    by Warren Leight
    April 17

    An atmospheric and deeply personal memory play, Sideman is set in 1953 and travels through three decades. The story is told by Clifford, the only son of Gene, a talented but self-absorbed jazz trumpeter and his alcoholic wife Terry. As their marriage slowly dissolves, young Clifford is witness to it all. Alternating between their New York apartment and a smoke-filled music club, Clifford narrates the story of his broken family and the decline of jazz as popular entertainment at the dawn of the age of rock-and-roll.
    Winner of the 1999 Tony Award for Best Play, and Pulitzer Prize finalist.

    Turn Up The Volume!

  • About Mr. Wierzbicki

  • An Emmy Award winning producer, Mr. Wierzbicki is a television and theatre
    professional. His ongoing TV work includes writing and producing feature segments and documentary specials about the arts and their impact on society and culture, both locally and nationally. Now in his third season with All Things Connecticut for Connecticut Public Broadcasting, he produces and hosts the popular series, Spotlight On The Arts.
    He’s also been a contributing producer and reporter with CPTV since 1998 appearing on programs such as Connecticut Journal and Main Street. He’s interviewed and created feature stories about acclaimed arts professionals and organizations including: Arthur Miller, Horton Foote, Gene Wilder, Estelle Parsons, Donald Byrd, Paul Taylor Dance, Williamstown Theatre, Mark Lamos, Joanne Woodward, Richard Thomas—and numerous other performing and visual artists. Recent documentary specials airing on Connecticut’s PBS stations include Horton Foote: At Home In Hartford; a live interactive special about terrorism for young viewers, What’s Going On? Kids Speak Out On Terrorism; and Voices In Conflict, which earned him an Emmy Award. Ed’s essays, articles and reviews also appear in print and on the web, including American Theatre Magazine.

    Mr. Wierzbicki also works in the theatre with professional stints as a director and actor including New York International Fringe Festival, California Young People’s Theatre, San Jose Repertory Company, Illustrated Stage Company, Hartford Stage, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Capitol Classics Hartford, and Theatre Center Philadelphia. His directing efforts include stage productions of Big Love, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Tempest, Equus, Our Country’s Good—musicals such as Company, Gypsy, The Secret Garden, Into the Woods, and Cabaret—and young audience productions including Selkie, A Wrinkle In Time, Cyrano, and Korczak’s Children. Founder and Artistic Director of the New Zenith Theatre, a company he launched at Naugatuck Valley College in Waterbury Connecticut in 1998.