Mentor Project
Mentor Project 2010
Cherry Lane's Obie Award-winning Mentor Project now enters its 12th season. Announcement Night was held on Monday, December 7th (at which Cherry Lane received the prestigious James Kirkwood Award in honor of Mentor Project's commitment to the next generation of theater artists). We are thrilled to announce this year's Fellows: Nate Rufus Edelman (mentored by Charles Fuller), Ruth McKee (mentored by David Henry Hwang), and Winter Miller (mentored by Craig Lucas).
TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE
Individual tickets: $18 / $10 (students), plus facility fee
Or buy a Mentor Project Membership (all three plays) for $45.
Call 212-989-2020 x21
Stray by Ruth McKee
March 16 - 27, 2010
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The Belle of Belfast by Nate Rufus Edelman
April 27 - May 8, 2010
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Paternity by Winter Miller
May 18 - 29, 2010
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*read more about the plays below.
**all performances are held in the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre, 38 Commerce Street.
THE PLAYS
Stray by Ruth McKee
Mentored by David Henry Hwang
Public Reading: February 22, 2010 (time TBD)*
Performances: March 16 - 27, 2010
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James and Rachel seem like the perfect parents: well-educated, successful, middle-class...white. But when their adopted son from Uganda is threatened with expulsion from school, they are confronted with the real challenges of parenting a traumatized child in suburban America. Ruth McKee's racially charged play underscores homogeny's fragile nature, and questions whose responsibility it is to care for the "strays" of the world.
The Belle of Belfast by Nate Rufus Edelman
Mentored by Charles Fuller
Public Reading: February 8, 2010 at 7pm*
Performances: April 27 - May 8, 2010
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Seventeen-year-old Anne Malloy is lost and angry after the tragic killing of her parents to a terrorist's bomb. Like many who suffered and survived during Ireland's "Troubles", she turns to the comforts of her local parish. However, her passion is not for the Church, but for her confessor and confidant Father Reilly, forcing both to re-evaluate where one finds solace and faith during a time of conflict. Nate Edelman's sharp dialogue and dark wit shines through this moral conundrum, and his skillful depiction of this war-torn city forces us to reconsider what is wrong and what is righteous.
Paternity by Winter Miller
Mentored by Craig Lucas
Public Reading: January 19, 2010*
Performances: May 18 - 29, 2010
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A woman wants to have a baby and she wants to do it alone (or, at least, in partnership with the local soccer team). A man challenges her decision to purposefully be a single mother - although it's worth pointing out - he is madly in love with her. So, where else to turn for advice but to those nearest - which in this comedic, shocking play, has unexpected consequences. Winter Miller's controlled chaos and sexy theatricality deconstructs the concept of marriage and begs the question...what makes a relationship work?
*Public readings are free and open to the public. To reserve a seat, call 212-989-2020 x21
