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In-Progress New Play Reading Series

March 14, 2010 at 7:30pm

The Underneath

by Susan Soon He Stanton
Directed by Ron Megee
Featuring Keenan Manuel Ramos, Andi Meyer,
Vi Tran, Nancy Marcy and Ron Simonian

An enigmatic S.O.S from his estranged brother Jem brings Col back home to Hawaii, only to find that Jem is missing... and in mortal danger. In the shadows of downtown Honolulu, against a seedy landscape they don’t show on postcards, Col tries to make sense of his brother’s disappearance. He gathers clues from a beautiful stranger living in his mother’s house, a homeless man who knows too much, and the fading memories of his own guilty conscience. But with every discovery, the truth seems farther away. The Underneath is all at once a modern thriller, a poetic new take on film noir, and the mystery of a man who goes to paradise--but winds up in Hell.
 

 No tickets or reservations required. Seating on a first come, first served basis. A donation is requested at the door.

 

Susan Soon He Stanton’s plays have been produced or developed by The Flea, Joe’s Pub, Kennedy Center, Ontario's Kitchener Festival, Kumu Kahua, Honolulu Theater for Youth, London's Institute of Contemporary Art, InkWell, Miles Memorial Playhouse and New Sounds Theatre.  Yale School of Drama and Cabaret productions include Art of Preservation, Cygnus, and The Underneath.  In 2009, Kumu Kahua Theatre produced two of her plays in rep, Whatever Happened to John Boy Kihano? and a remount of Art of Preservation.  The Underneath was workshopped at the Kennedy Center in 2009.  Her play, The Navigators, a commission from the Honolulu Theatre for Youth, will be produced in 2010.  She has a feature-film development grant and best screenplay award from the Sloan Foundation for her full-length screenplay, Rosalind’s Helix, and a commission from Red Sky Films.  In 2003, she became the Literary Manager of New Sounds Theatre.  New Sounds commissioned her to write Edible Restaurant, a food-based musical with Australian composer Greta Gertler, performed at Joe’s Pub in 2008.  She is a regular contributor for Audrey Magazine.  Susan has a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Dramatic Writing and an MFA in playwriting from the Yale School of Drama.  She is from Honolulu, Hawaii.

 

Remaining reading dates this season:

 

April 11, 2010 at 7:30pm

May 16, 2010 at 7:30pm

 

Read what the Press is saying about In-Progress...

 

Kansas City Star--Posted on Wed. Sept. 30, 2009
Unicorn Theatre offers reading of Seth Rozin’s ‘Two Jews Walk Into a War’

(May require registration)

By ROBERT TRUSSELL

 

Kansas City Star--Posted on Sat. Feb. 7, 2009
‘Boom’ the latest in the Unicorn’s play reading series

(May require registration)

By ROBERT TRUSSELL

 

Kansas City Star--Posted on Sat. March 8, 2008
Staged readings coming up

(May require registration)

 

Kansas City Star--Posted on Thurs., Jan. 17, 2008
Reading 'Water'

(May require registration)

 

Kansas City Star--Posted on Thurs., Jan. 3, 2008
Unicorn opens reading series Sunday

(May require registration)

By ROBERT TRUSSELL 

Theatre Rentals

The theatre and lobby spaces are available for your meetings and receptions. Rental prices begin at $350.00. To ask about available dates and times, simply call Jason Kralicek at 816-531-7529, ext 13, or e-mail him at jkralicek@unicorntheatre.org.

 

Interpreted Performances

Unicorn Theatre offers special sign interpreted performances, making our upcoming productions accessible to the hearing impaired.

 

Interpreted Performance Dates

2009-2010 Date TBA

 

Often entertainment is out of reach for people who are hearing impaired. The challenges of communication can create exclusion and the inability to participate in the Arts. Starting this season, the Unicorn has integrated the language of the spoken word with the visual language of sign into a theatrical experience for everyone.

Auditions

2010-2011 SEASON AUDITIONS

Unicorn Theatre and The Coterie Theatre will hold combined auditions for professional adult actors - Equity and non-Equity - for their respective 2010-2011 seasons.  Audition slots may be made for May 1, 2, or 3 at the Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main Street.

Auditions are by appointment only. Actors will be asked to perform two contrasting contemporary monologues (no Shakespeare), two minutes each; no musical material or classical material. Actors must bring two head shots and two resumes.

To schedule an appointment, call Annette starting April 15 at (816) 474-4241 between 10am and 4pm Monday through Friday.

The Coterie season is: 

• The Exhibition: Scenes from the Life of the Elephant Man (casting complete) directed by Jeff Church
• Sorority House of the Dead directed by Ron Megee
• Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day directed by Missy Koonce and Daniel Doss
• Bridge to Terabithia directed by Jeff Church
• The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza (tour using UMKC MFA students) directed by Meghann Henry
• Ben Franklin's Apprentice directed by Kyle Hatley
• The Wiz   (new theatre for young audiences version) directed by Jeff Church and Anthony Edwards  

The Unicorn season will be listed here after March 21st.

 

Unicorn Theatre also accepts unsolicited headshots and resumes year-round to keep on file. Both Equity and non-Equity actors who wish to submit information, may do so:

Unicorn Theatre
Attn: Cynthia Levin, Producing Artistic Director
3828 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64111

 

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