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Quick Links:
The Accidental Patriot
Donate!
Antonio Fava's performance & masterclass
Pirates, Patriots, Patricides
Listen to Jon Stancato talk about adapting film for the theatre on NYtheatrecast
Stolen Chair interviews Kevin Lapin (Floating Brothel) on the blog
Calendar:
March 17-May 17: Spring fundraising drive
April 25-May 17: The Accidental Patriot runs in NYC
April 26: Commedia dell'Arte Masterclass with Antonio Fava
April 27: Antonio Fava's Pulcinella's War
April 29-May 14: Pirates, Patriots, Patricides
The Company:
| Artistic Directors |
| Kiran Rikhye |
| Jon Stancato |
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| Members |
| David Bengali |
| Aviva Meyer |
| Cameron J. Oro |
| Emily Otto |
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| Associates |
| Sam Dingman |
| Layna Fisher |
| Alexia Vernon |
| Liza Wade White |
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| Board of Directors |
| Caroline Barnard |
| Kiran Rikhye |
| Rachel Rosenblatt |
| Jon Stancato |
| Katherine Walley |
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April 25 - May 17:
Thurs-Sat @ 8pm
Sun, April 27 & May 11: @2pm
The Milagro Theater
@ the CSV Cultural Center:
"The incubator of the arts in NYC"
107 Suffolk Street (Map)
No Wheelchair Access
 Use coupon code MLIST for $14 tix
(Valid until May 11)
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The Accidental Patriot is the third installment of Stolen Chair's CineTheatre Tetralogy, an original 1930s-style swashbuckler (as Sophocles might have written it if he’d been under contract to Warner Brothers), set against the tumultuous backdrop of the American Revolution. This mash-up of Greek tragedy and Errol Flynn-era pirate films features both rapier duels and rapier wit as it satirizes heroism, patriotism, altruism, and all of the other flimsy –isms that move us to action.
"After seeing Commedia dell'Artemisia and Kinderspiel, I'm ready to go wherever Stolen Chair Theatre is willing to take me -- in this case, that's to the high seas of the American Revolution, and -- keeping with their CineTheater Tetrology of adapting film styles to the theater, one a year for four years -- as a 1930s swashbuckler. Tragedies, sea shanties, and drinking songs; shiver me timbers, folks, I'm going overboard."
-Aaron Riccio, kül: What Sounds Cool
 
Photos by Carrie Leonard, 2008
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Tax season getting you down?
With a cast of eighteen, live music, and even a high seas naval battle, The Accidental Patriot is the largest scale project we’ve ever conceived. It is also at least twice as expensive as our entire 5th season, in large part because we finally have the resources to begin paying our artistic collaborators for their work.
Box office income contributes only 1/4 of our operating budget. Though support from the city and the state allows us to dream bigger, we still depend upon your support to transform our dreams into reality. Your tax-deductible donation of $200 can dress our eponymous tragic hero in full costume, and $500 buys swords for him and his crew. $1,000 (less than $3 per day if you set-up recurring donations) rents the Milagro Theater for our entire opening weekend. Even your donation of $10 buys us a full hour of rehearsal space!
We hope you’ll consider offering your support for one of NYC’s most innovative independent theatre companies and donate today!
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| Study with the Maestro and then catch his act!
| Introduction to Commedia
Maestro Antonio Fava will introduce participants to the traditional artform of Commedia dell'Arte and teach: use and meaning of the mask, fixed typologies and characters including Old People, Lovers, Zanni, and Captains, and the functions, gestures and behaviors of each. As a Grand Finale for the workshop, all students will participate in a presentation of an improvised Commedia scenario.
April 26th, 2008
10:30am-5:30pm (w/ a lunch break)
The Milagro Theater
@ the CSV Cultural Center
107 Suffolk Street (Map)
$150 (Enrolled by April 20th)
$175 (Enrolled ater April 20th)
Register now!!! | Pulcinella's War: The Life, Death And Resurrection Of Pulcinella
A one-night stand with one of the world's greatest performers of Commedia dell'Arte
April 27th, 2008
8pm
The Milagro Theater
@ the CSV Cultural Center
107 Suffolk Street (Map)
$15
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| "You know, Jon, I think I used the full title of your play as an audition monologue once..."
From Film to Stage (Episode #209): Trav S.D. hosts a discussion with 3 directors who are creating plays based on film: Jon Stancato ("The Accidental Patriot"--swashbuckler), Ian W. Hill ("The Magnificent Ambersons"), and Jeff Lewonczyk ("Babylon Babylon"--DeMille-style epic).
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Pirates, Patriots, Patricides
Evenings of short works inspired by ancient Greece, the American Revolution, and...Pirates!
To celebrate the opening of The Accidental Patriot, Stolen Chair presents several evenings of short works of theatre inspired by our play's themes and styles.
April 29th:
soundpaintingSOPHOCLES
The Adventures of Blackie Nobeard
Audience of Two
April 30th:
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Dunmore Bad and Good
Additional performers to be announced
May 6th:
Dunmore Bad and Good
Virtue in Virginia
The Maestrosities
May 7:
The Lunar Adventure of Dar and Matey, Estuary Pirates, Episode 2: Danger in 1/6 Gravity!
The Cutthroat andthe Englishboy The Adventures of Blackie Nobeard
May 14:
Virtue in Virginia
The Lunar Adventure of Dar and Matey, Estuary Pirates, Episode 2: Danger in 1/6 Gravity!
Additional performers to be announced
Find out more and buy tickets now.
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