Month: February 2012

John Ronan writes-

Hi Joey,

We are announcing the NYC premiere of The Yeats Game, which had its world premiere in Gloucester, back in ’07.  With a much re-written script and a fine cast, the comedy opens Feb. 29 for a month’s run.  A pr sheet is attached.
This is a wonderful production, and we have sponsorship help from the American Irish Historical Society, the W.B. Yeats Society of New York, and many others.  Kathy Richter, who has worked both with Abingdon and Atlantic and other theaters, directs.  I hope you can catch the show and let others know about it. 
All the best,

John

(New York – January 3, 2012) – American Storyboard presents The Yeats Game, a farce of improbable darkness written by John J. Ronan.  Kathy Richter directs a cast of four including Toby Wherry, Susan Stout, Jennifer Silverstein and Lucius Wall. Performances for The Yeats Game will be held at The Producers’ Club, 358 West 44th Street in NYC for twenty-four performances beginning Wednesday, February 29 to Sunday, March 25, 2012.
The Yeats Game is a farce about middle-age choices and their ridiculous consequences.  At a funeral, as two frisky couples contemplate a friend’s fatal, love-nest heart attack, they flash back to their own recent snowed-in weekend at a mountain cabin.  There, a board game designed for age-hating Boomers leads to tangled romance as the old friends explore love, lust, marriage and mischief.  Just as guilt prompts confession, and all things point to reform, maturity and reluctant virtue, the play’s close tells us that virtue is a weak motivator, immaturity has its advantages – and that the corpse is perhaps not so dead. 
A comical, brainy look at the pre-geezer years, The Yeats Game was inspired by the poet’s famous line: “Only

two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious mood – sex and the dead.”  The Yeats Game, which played to standing room only audiences at Boston Playwrights Theatre, is a booze-, Viagra-, dice-driven romp.

The Yeats Game is produced by American Storyboard.  Director: Kathy Richter; Playwright: John J. Ronan; Sound Designer: Timothy Dahl; Production Stage Manager: Keri Taylor; Assistant Stage Manager: Kristin Dwyer; Publicist: Paul Siebold/Off Off PR.

The Yeats Game plays for twenty-four performances from Wednesday, February 29 to Sunday, March 25, 2012, with performances Wednesdays & Thursdays at 7:30pm, Saturdays & Sundays at 8pm, and matinee performances on Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm.

Tickets are $30 and can be purchased online at http://www.smarttix.com or by calling 212-868-4444.  For more information, please visit www.theyeatsgame.org

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Kent Bowker at the Metz Gallery

The Metz gallery at the Sawyer Free Library will be showing the figurative Essex paintings of Kent Bowker through the month of Feburary.  As described by the artist, ‘I have tried to  catch the essence of the Essex river tidal basin , the great drumlins, and the untidy elegance of the seaside shacks and houses that crowd the Conomo Point, and the sense of tide continually changing the aspect and color of the marsh.  I do not pretend to recreate the landscape or ordinary realism.’

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SeaPort Vet $50 Super Bowl raffle

Hi Joey,

Thanks again for the kind words during your last podcast. We love what we do and we’re glad it shows! Hey, just for fun, we threw together a last minute raffle to create a bit of Super Bowl buzz – as if there wasn’t enough already! If you could find space on the blog to help get the word out that would be great. If not, no worries; we know you’ve got a ton of other local stuff to cover.

Here’s the link: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=360827480613370&set=a.237460429616743.73324.225768857452567&type=1&theater

Cheers!  Ray

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The Great Northern Loon, Great Northern Diver, or Common Loon (Gavia immer), is a large member of the loon, or diver, family of birds. The species is known as the Common Loon in North America and the Great Northern Diver in Eurasia; its current name is a compromise proposed by the International Ornithological Committee.

Loon Fun Facts (thanks Kathy):

• The bones of most birds are hollow and light, but loons have solid bones.
• The extra weight helps them dive as deep as 250 feet to search for food. They can stay underwater for up to five minutes.
• Because their bodies are heavy relative to their wing size, loons need a 100- to 600-foot “runway” in order to take off from a lake.
• Loons can fly more than 75 miles per hour.
• The red in the loon’s eye helps it to see under water.
• Scientists think loons can live for 30 years or more

E.J. Lefavour

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