.....................A Mysterious Way. -. Emily -. .Song of the Bow
PAST PROJECTS
.....................Refuge of Lies ..-...The Actor ..-...Flight...- ..Deadheading Roses. -..Miguel Manara
IN DEVELOPMENT
.....................Forgiving Typhoid Mary .- The Khrusty Brothers. .|...SUPPORT US ..| ..ABOUT US...
by Oscar Milosz
Produced by
The Blackfriar's Repertory Theatre
Directed by Steve Day
Depression, Sorrow, Guilt, Despair, these are the things Don Miguel Manara struggled with in his life after he lost the thrill of wooing women. It is that struggle lies at the heart of this lyric play, a battle between a man and his past, a man and his own darkness. Based on the life of the historical Don Juan and written in one evening by the popular French poet the play asks: How does one handle overwhelming catastrophes? And, how does one deal with a past that cannot change?
Mounted at the St. Vincent's Ferrer Cathedral on Lexington and 65th St.
Jon Fields, Composer
Jon Fields currently works as a professional composer for Film, Radio, and Television at David Horowitz Music Associates. He turned pro at the age of sixteen and played guitar with artists such as Glen Branca, the Michael Gordon Philharmonic, and Philip Glass. He is a graduate of Yale and the Mannes College of Music.
Tom Poarch, Actor
Thomas is a former Peace Corps English teacher (Africa); cowboy line dancer/DJ; magazine research editor; and Notary Public. Some TV credits include: As The World Turns; All My Children; and Central Park West. Some theater credits include: Best Little Whorehouse in TX (Governor) - Natl. tour; Urban Cowboy (Marshall) - Broadway reading; musical workshop of Benjamin Strouse's Whatever Man (Lucius Odium); The Awesome 80's Prom (Principal Snelgrove); Victor/Victoria - 1st NYC revival (King Marchan), and the underground hit, Take This Show and Shove It!, which he starred in and co-wrote with Broadway writer/director Phil Oesterman. Film credits: many short films and recently, the independent feature, The Ones You Love (Gary), and the mysterious government agent, Nathan Pierce, for AT&T's The Hacking Chronicles. He is a graduate of New York's Upright Citizens Brigade improvisational theater and is a current cast member of the National Comedy Theater - NYC. www.tpoarch.com
Girolama -
Esmé von Hoffman graduated recently from Yale, where she studied acting. Her New York credits include Girolama in Miguel Manara with the Blackfriars Repertory Theatre and Emily in a staged reading of Emily by Chris Cragin with the Manhattan Theater Oracles. In Boston, her credits include Ophelia in Hamlet and Olivia in Twelfth Night. At Yale, she played Rebecca in Pinter's Ashes to Ashes, Irina in Three Sisters, Anna Christie in O'Neill's Anna Christie, and Mary Byrne in Synge's The Tinker's Wedding. She is currently in rehearsals for Masterpiece and Singing Liberty, a new musical, at The Producer's Club in Manhattan.
Depression, Sorrow, Guilt, Despair, these are the things Don Miguel Manara struggled with in his life after he lost the thrill of wooing women. It is this struggle that lies at the heart of our play. It is a battle that each human faces—a battle with our own past—a battle with darkness. How does one handle an overwhelming catastrophe? How do we deal with a past that cannot change?
