OYL is back in New York after a hugely successful summer residency in northern Greece and we cannot wait to see you and share our latest discoveries as we enter our 2011/2012 season!
We spent the summer months refining our programming, training, rehearsing, further developing our commissioning initiative, and working with the incredible students in our 2011 Apprentice Program.
"I never expected to leave the OYL Apprentice program feeling so overwhelmed with personal and artistic growth. OYL has helped me re-believe in myself and what I love to do. It has been a long a time since I performed that I truly felt like I was making a difference in people's lives." – Amy Lynne Berger, NYU
Pictured here is the 2011 OYL Apprentice Company.
Find out more about work that OYL is developing in 2012 via our blog and Facebook pages. Click below:
Ring in 2011: Get a taste of what we have in store for you in 2011.
Come and give us your feedback on a reading of Danny Mitarotondo’s new work,
commissioned by the One Year Lease Ensemble. & Celebrate 2010:
Join us to celebrate OYL’s incredible accomplishments in 2010.
Following the reading and discussion, enjoy some drinks and holiday cheer.
When, Where and How to RSVP:
Date: Monday, December 20th
Time: 7pm till 11pm
Location: Teatro Circulo, 64 East 4th Street
RSVP:ianthe@oneyearlease.org
Fuddy Meers
October 11, 2010
OYL is thrilled to invite you to a FREE public reading of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Fuddy Meers by our 2011 acting ensemble followed by a chance to meet our new actors and catch up with those you know already!
Save the date: Monday October 11th at 7:30PM!
Location:
Playwrights Horizons
North Studio
416 West 42nd Street, NYC(btw 9th &10th Av)
Fuddy Meers is a deliciously dark comedy about an amnesiac named Claire, who is about to experience a day unlike any she’s ever lived (not that she can remember them!).
One of the many scripts we read during our Papingo residency this summer, Fuddy Meers appealed to all of our theatrical sensibilities: strong ensemble nature, a little dark and twisted, a dash of warped realism, and funny as hell. The script doesn’t exactly fit with the company’s mission (making new productions inspired by ancient myths)…but we had so much fun with the piece that we thought – why not use it to showcase our ensemble?
We are cooking up two amazing projects for Spring 2011 but why wait so long to see the OYL ensemble at work? Come on out! It is free and there will be refreshments!
Come and see:
Sarah-Jane Casey as Claire: “a generally sunny woman with amnesia”
Bjorn Dupaty as Richard: “a chatty, friendly, sometimes nervous, man”
Danny Bernardy as Kenny: “a troubled teen”
Nick Flint as Limping Man: “a lisping, limping, half-blind, half-deaf man with secrets”
Sameerah Luqmaan-Harrisas Gertie: “a clear-headed lady who's had a stroke and can't speak properly”
Babis Gousias as Millet:“an odd man with a puppet”
AND
Featuring a special guest appearance from:
Gioia Marchese of Company XIV as Heidi: “a tough woman in uniform”
Christina Bennett Lind joins cast of All My Children
May 21, 2010
We are proud to announce that Christina Lind is off to play Bianca on the hit soap opera, All My Children. We wish her the best of luck and look forward to having her back on stage with us in the future!
We are beyond excited to welcome Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris into our acting ensemble!
Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris’ recent Off-Broadway credits include the critically acclaimed The Emperor Jones (Irish Repertory Theatre/Soho Playhouse) and ReEntry (Urban Stages). Other New York Credits: Haunted (Abingdon Theatre), Come Back to Me (Cherry Lane Theatre), Bodywork (78th St. Theatre Lab), Fefu and Her Friends (The Culture Project), Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Adriana in Comedy of Errors (Curious Frog Theatre), Jaques in As You Like It (Hip to Hip Theatre). Regional: ReEntry (Two River Theatre Co), Equus (Asolo Repertory Theatre), Doubt (Asolo Repertory Theatre/Cape May Stage), The Constant Wife (Asolo Repertory Theatre). Television: The Good
Wife. Film: Medium Hot, The Bitter End.
The Tender Mercies
March 19, 2010
Click HERE to get tickets for The Tender Mercies! We look forward to seeing you back at Teatro Circulo in April
OYL Benefit
January 22, 2010
Celebrate 10 Years of One Year Lease!
When: Saturday, February 6, 8pm–12am
Where: Teatro Circulo, 64 East 4th Street (between 2nd Avenue and the Bowery)
Why: Because we are turning the theater into a dance party extravaganza!
We are proud to announce that Teaser Cow, written by Clay McLeod Chapman and featuring the OYL acting ensemble will run at Teatro Circulo in New York City from January 14th through February 4th 2010. Mark your calendars and come see what happens when you cross the ancient myth of the minotaur with Fast Food Nation.
From April 9 - May 1, 2010 OYL is thrilled to be producing the US Premiere of Sladjana Vujovic's critically acclaimed The Tender Mercies.
For OYL, 2011 will be a year of international collaborations. We have commissioned Montenegrin playwright Sladjana Vujovic to create a script inspired by the epic story of Gilgamesh. From Ancient Sumeria to New York, by way of the Balkans, this enticing take on Gilgamesh will premiere March 11 through April 2, 2011.
We have commissioned acclaimed Australian playwright Daniel Keene to create a new work inspired by the myth of Thyestes. We’ve never looked forward to a bloody cannibalistic feast more. This sure-to-be-thrilling play, tentatively entitled The Murder Room, will run at Teatro Circulo from June 3, 2011 and run until June 25, 2011.
Mardi Gras Masquerade
February 24, 2009
Tuesday, February 24 - 8pm to 12am @ Persona Salon, 40 West 39th Street, 4th Floor
Food, Drinks, Entertainment!
Featuring live music from Kagero and Project (Greg Patillo - beatboxing flautist, Peter Seymour - bassist, Eric Stephenson - cellist)
Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door. To purchase tickets please click here.
Our thanks to the following kind sponsors of Mardi Gras Masquerade:
OYL ensemble member Christina Lind was featured in The New York Times! Check out the article about Hudson Stages and their production of Mary’s Wedding:
Ever wondered which was worse? A man-eating minotaur or tainted beef? If so, you are in luck! Acclaimed playwright Clay McLeod Chapman will help you weigh in on these and other burning questions with his new play, Teaser Cow, based on the myth of the minotaur and being developed with OYL.
Please join us for a reading of Teaser Cow on January 28th at 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson Street (@ Canal Street), 7:00pm; 10$ ticket
Directions: Train A/C/E: Exit at Canal Street (front of trains headed uptown/back of trains headed downtown). Walk west on Canal to Hudson. Make a left on Hudson. 92YTribeca will be a block down on your left.
One Year Lease is back!
August 15, 2008
One Year Lease is back! The artistic team just got back from Papingo, Greece. We spent a month building the 2008–2009 season and we are extra excited to announce our upcoming shows, including Eugene Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano and Clay McLeod Chapman’s brand new Teaser Cow.
Back at the New York office, the OYL staff is busy preparing for an unbelievable gala event in February, filled with touches from our time in Greece, as well as plenty of gifts, grub, and good times.
Our September wine tasting is coming too, to tantalize you for what’s to come… Take a look around our new and improved website for all the details on OYL.
