PTP/NYC 2015 Season

Scenes From An Execution deals with the eternally fractious and complex relationship between the artist and the state. Galactia, a 15th century Venetian painter, is commissioned by the State of Venice to portray the Battle of Lepanto, a naval battle described as “the greatest triumph of Venetian history.” However, her 1,000 square feet of canvas contains quite a different interpretation. Thus the battle over truth, freedom and responsibility is engaged.

GALACTIA, a Painter​ ​- ​​Jan Maxwell*
CARPETA, a Painter​​​​ – David Barlow*
URGENTINO, The Doge of Venice​​ – Alex Draper*
SUFFICI, An Admiral​​​​ – Bill Army*
RIVERA, A Critic​​​​​ – Pamela J. Gray*
OSTENSIBILE, A Cardinal &​​​ PRODO, A Veteran​​​​​ -Steven Dykes
THE SKETCHBOOK – Meghan Leathers
SUPPORTA, Daughter of Galactia​​ – Lana Meyer
DEMENTIA, Daughter of Galactia​​ – Melissa MacDonald
SORDO, a Painter​ & PASTACCIO, a Prosecutor &​​​ MAN IN NEXT CELL​​​​ – Adam Ludwig*
GAOLER & LASAGNA, a Painter​​​​ – Jonathan Tindle​*
THREE SAILORS​​​ – Jonathan Tindle, Kean Haunt, Nicholas Hemerling

Director: Richard Romagnoli
Stage Manager: Eric Conner Marlin*
Assistant Stage Manager: Sarah Haber*
Assistants to the Stage Manager: Akhila Khanna
Lighting: Mark Evancho
Set: Hallie Zieselman
Costumes: Mira Veikley; original costumes by Jule Emerson
Sound: Cormac Bluestone

* member, Actors Equity Association

“…it shows Barker’s poetic talent at its most disciplined and has the feel of a contemporary classic….it’s a measure of Barker’s subtlety that he shows how even the most transgressive art can be co-opted by the state.”

– The Guardian

The story of Judith is one of the great tales of female heroism and sexuality that has inspired artists in nearly every generation. In Barker’s telling, the fatal encounter between Judith and Holofernes becomes a complex duel of seduction and deception and a compelling study of intense desire and the sometimes terrifying nature of love.

JUDITH, a widow of Israel​​​ – Pamela J. Gray*
HOLOFERNES, a General of Assyria​ – ​Alex Draper*
THE SERVANT, an Ideologist​​​ – Patricia Buckley*

Director: Richard Romagnoli
Stage Manager: Evangeline Rose Whitlock*
Assistant Stage Manager: Julia Nichols*
Assistant to the Stage Manager: Sally Seitz
Lighting: Mark Evancho
Set: Hallie Zieselman
Costumes: Mira Veikley
Sound: Cormac Bluestone

* member, Actors Equity Association

“…a short, sharp and compelling literary composition based on the biblical Book of Judith. It stunningly chronicles the final hour in Judith’s plot to destroy the threat to the Jewish Land by taking the head, and heart, of the opposition’s leading general.”

—Fringe Report

A haunting play with seriously subversive intent – misogyny, torture and songs. In a village in 17th century England three women are threatened with death for the practice of witchcraft. Vinegar Tom is a cabaret about hanging witches, with no witches.

ALICE​ ​- Tara Giordano*
JACK​ ​- Bill Army*
MARGERY​​​ ​- Kathleen Wise*
ELLEN​ ​- Lucy Faust*
JOAN​ – ​Nesba Crenshaw*
SUSAN​​ – Chelsea Melone
BETTY​​ – Caitlyn Meagher
MAN and DOCTOR and BELLRINGER and PACKER​ – Steven Dykes
GOODY​ – Patricia Buckley*

THE SINGERS: Caitlin Duffy, Joelle Mendoza-Etchart, Liana Barron

Director: Cheryl Faraone
Stage Manager: Evangeline Rose Whitlock*
Assistant Stage Manager: Julia Nichols*
Assistant to the Stage Manager: Nicholas Warren
Musical Director: Carol Christensen
Lighting: Mark Evancho
Set: Hallie Zieselman
Costumes: Annie Ulrich
Sound: Aubrey Dube

* member, Actors Equity Association

“Caryl Churchill set out to write a play about witches that did not have any witches in it, a play ” about poverty, humiliation and prejudice.” The result is provocative theater.”

—NY Times