~ Exciting News About Richard Gustin ~ Playwright, Actor, Director, Producer, Teacher, Workshop Leader ~
BEING SEEN by Richard Gustin at The New York International Fringe Festival
~ World Premiere ~
Voted a FringeNYC Audience Favorite!
BEING SEEN played to sold-out houses!
August 17 - 22, 2015
Starring Broadway Actor
William Youmans
and Allison Minick
FringeFAVE Added Performance
SUN August 30 @ 4:00
Directed by Mindy Cooper
Venue #12: 64 East 4th Street
~ World Premiere ~
Voted a FringeNYC Audience Favorite!
BEING SEEN played to sold-out houses!
August 17 - 22, 2015
Starring Broadway Actor
William Youmans
and Allison Minick
FringeFAVE Added Performance
SUN August 30 @ 4:00
Directed by Mindy Cooper
Venue #12: 64 East 4th Street
BEING SEEN A HIT IN NY!!!
“Being Seen is a twisted comedy made for the theater person. . .the script Gustin has written is wickedly smart. The dialogue is snappy, the conversations are genius. . . every beat has a purpose. The storytelling is sharp and precise.”
~ Theatre in The Now
“The most nonstop laughs at FringeNYC this year were provided by a show about theatre. . . exhilarating theatre, brilliantly scripted by Richard Gustin. . .simultaneously comedic and thought-provoking. . . Being Seen was the very last show I saw at the festival (the 65th, not counting the productions I left mid-stream...), and I couldn't have asked for a better way to bid adieu to this year's FringeNYC. If you're a producer, fund this wonderfully layered comedy about achieving dreams, which absolutely merits a long commercial life beyond the fest.”
~ HyReviews.com
“Richard Gustin takes us into the audition room for a hilarious look at the artistry of acting, directing and what happens behind the scenes. . . We receive a very lively glimpse into what an actor will do to land the part, to prove themselves, to gain crucial approval from a director. . .truly engaging. . .the performance of both Minick and Youmans is wonderful.”
~ StageBuddy.com
“Being Seen is a twisted comedy made for the theater person. . .the script Gustin has written is wickedly smart. The dialogue is snappy, the conversations are genius. . . every beat has a purpose. The storytelling is sharp and precise.”
~ Theatre in The Now
“The most nonstop laughs at FringeNYC this year were provided by a show about theatre. . . exhilarating theatre, brilliantly scripted by Richard Gustin. . .simultaneously comedic and thought-provoking. . . Being Seen was the very last show I saw at the festival (the 65th, not counting the productions I left mid-stream...), and I couldn't have asked for a better way to bid adieu to this year's FringeNYC. If you're a producer, fund this wonderfully layered comedy about achieving dreams, which absolutely merits a long commercial life beyond the fest.”
~ HyReviews.com
“Richard Gustin takes us into the audition room for a hilarious look at the artistry of acting, directing and what happens behind the scenes. . . We receive a very lively glimpse into what an actor will do to land the part, to prove themselves, to gain crucial approval from a director. . .truly engaging. . .the performance of both Minick and Youmans is wonderful.”
~ StageBuddy.com
Allison Minick and William Youmans in BEING SEEN FringeNYC ~ Photos Matt Dunivan
BROADWAY WORLD
William Youmans to Star in Richard Gustin's New Play BEING SEEN at FringeNYC This August
July 13 4:37 PM2015
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👤by BWW News Desk
BEING SEEN, a new play written by Richard Gustin, starring Broadway's William Youmans, will make its world premiere at The New York International Fringe Festival/Fringe NYC. BEING SEEN will be performed at Venue #12/The Underground (64 East 4th Street). Directed by Mindy Cooperand featuring Allison Minick, this dark comedy revolves around a young actress and her experience in working with a brilliant and cryptic director. BEING SEEN will play five performances -- August 17th at 9PM, August 18th at 5PM, August 19th at 7PM, August 21st at 2:45 PM and August 22nd at 7PM . Tickets are $18 and can be purchased at www.FringeNYC.org. For mobile tickets, visit fringeonthefly.com.
BEING SEEN is a dark comedy about an actress who is given the opportunity to work with a highly acclaimed director. Wits and instincts collide as she hopes to be seen and understood by the person she's only dreamed of working with.
Costumes are designed by Tristan Raines. Marc Eardley is the stage manager.
WILLIAM YOUMANS is a long-time performer in the New York theatre scene. He appeared in the original Broadway casts of Wicked, Pirate Queen, Farnsworth Invention, The Little Foxes, Titanic, Big River, Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme, Hands On A Hardbody , Finian's Rainbow (2009 revival), and Billy Elliott. Off-Broadway he has performed in Giant, Flux and Henry V at the Public; Orphan of the Zhao at Lincoln Center, Tony Kushner's Brundibar/Giraffe at New Victory, Horton Foote's Widow Claire at Circle in the Square, Miracle Brothers at the Vineyard, 12345 at Manhattan Theatre Club, Coraline at Manhattan Class Company, Julie Taymor's Midsummer Night's Dream, at Theatre for a New Audience and Paint Your Wagon for Encores! On film, he can be seen in Birdman, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Mrs. Soffel, Compromising Positions, Nadine, and Fresh Horses.
ALLISON MINICK's NYC theatre credits include: Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (Classic Stage Company Young Company), Iphigenia in Iphigenia at Aulis (Miller Theatre) and Lucille in Brief Hours & Weeks (Gene Frankel Theatre). She also appeared as Cleopatra in The Fall of Antony (RADA, London) and Nina in 20 Ninas (an adaptation of the Seagull) (Center REP) and on film in Anonymous (Green Brother Films), Ashes and The Audition.
MINDY COOPER has directed (Soul Doctor, Music In The Night- A Tribute To Jerome Kern, Broadway By The Year 1937 and 1972) choreographed (Dracula, The Musical, 50 Shades, The Musical Parody, Wrong Mountain, Titanic, Five Course Love) and performed (Chicago, Titanic, Beauty And The Beast, Song & Dance, Tenderloin), on Broadway, Off-Broadway and television. She has directed new works American Monkey, The Thing About Time (Capitol Rep), The Gospel, According to Tammy Faye, Mars/ Venus Live (National Tour), Still Will Be Heard (commissioned by Peak Performances) and Deployed (NYMF). Her extensive regional work as a Director has won 10 Bay Area Theater Critics Awards.
RICHARD GUSTIN, a playwright and actor, has written Surviving The Cycle, A Sparrow Falls, Leviathan and Crucifiction. He has performed in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets and Blanco! at The Great Lakes Theatre Festival. Translations, What Every Woman Knows, The Three Sisters, Anthony and Cleopatra, The Royal Family, Loose Ends, Picnic and Macbeth at Kansas City Repertory Theater.
The show site is www.beingseentheplay.com or follow on Twitter: @beingseenplay.
Photo Credit: Matthew Dunivan
William Youmans to Star in Richard Gustin's New Play BEING SEEN at FringeNYC This August
July 13 4:37 PM2015
Print ArticleEmail Link
👤by BWW News Desk
BEING SEEN, a new play written by Richard Gustin, starring Broadway's William Youmans, will make its world premiere at The New York International Fringe Festival/Fringe NYC. BEING SEEN will be performed at Venue #12/The Underground (64 East 4th Street). Directed by Mindy Cooperand featuring Allison Minick, this dark comedy revolves around a young actress and her experience in working with a brilliant and cryptic director. BEING SEEN will play five performances -- August 17th at 9PM, August 18th at 5PM, August 19th at 7PM, August 21st at 2:45 PM and August 22nd at 7PM . Tickets are $18 and can be purchased at www.FringeNYC.org. For mobile tickets, visit fringeonthefly.com.
BEING SEEN is a dark comedy about an actress who is given the opportunity to work with a highly acclaimed director. Wits and instincts collide as she hopes to be seen and understood by the person she's only dreamed of working with.
Costumes are designed by Tristan Raines. Marc Eardley is the stage manager.
WILLIAM YOUMANS is a long-time performer in the New York theatre scene. He appeared in the original Broadway casts of Wicked, Pirate Queen, Farnsworth Invention, The Little Foxes, Titanic, Big River, Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme, Hands On A Hardbody , Finian's Rainbow (2009 revival), and Billy Elliott. Off-Broadway he has performed in Giant, Flux and Henry V at the Public; Orphan of the Zhao at Lincoln Center, Tony Kushner's Brundibar/Giraffe at New Victory, Horton Foote's Widow Claire at Circle in the Square, Miracle Brothers at the Vineyard, 12345 at Manhattan Theatre Club, Coraline at Manhattan Class Company, Julie Taymor's Midsummer Night's Dream, at Theatre for a New Audience and Paint Your Wagon for Encores! On film, he can be seen in Birdman, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Mrs. Soffel, Compromising Positions, Nadine, and Fresh Horses.
ALLISON MINICK's NYC theatre credits include: Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (Classic Stage Company Young Company), Iphigenia in Iphigenia at Aulis (Miller Theatre) and Lucille in Brief Hours & Weeks (Gene Frankel Theatre). She also appeared as Cleopatra in The Fall of Antony (RADA, London) and Nina in 20 Ninas (an adaptation of the Seagull) (Center REP) and on film in Anonymous (Green Brother Films), Ashes and The Audition.
MINDY COOPER has directed (Soul Doctor, Music In The Night- A Tribute To Jerome Kern, Broadway By The Year 1937 and 1972) choreographed (Dracula, The Musical, 50 Shades, The Musical Parody, Wrong Mountain, Titanic, Five Course Love) and performed (Chicago, Titanic, Beauty And The Beast, Song & Dance, Tenderloin), on Broadway, Off-Broadway and television. She has directed new works American Monkey, The Thing About Time (Capitol Rep), The Gospel, According to Tammy Faye, Mars/ Venus Live (National Tour), Still Will Be Heard (commissioned by Peak Performances) and Deployed (NYMF). Her extensive regional work as a Director has won 10 Bay Area Theater Critics Awards.
RICHARD GUSTIN, a playwright and actor, has written Surviving The Cycle, A Sparrow Falls, Leviathan and Crucifiction. He has performed in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets and Blanco! at The Great Lakes Theatre Festival. Translations, What Every Woman Knows, The Three Sisters, Anthony and Cleopatra, The Royal Family, Loose Ends, Picnic and Macbeth at Kansas City Repertory Theater.
The show site is www.beingseentheplay.com or follow on Twitter: @beingseenplay.
Photo Credit: Matthew Dunivan
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MAKE A NEW YORK WORLD PREMIERE HAPPEN
GET COOL STUFF!
Spot Light Level
$25 -> Signed Actor Photo
Prompter Level
$50 -> Personalized Actor Voice Mail Greeting
Director Level
$100 -> Q. & A. With Playwright, Richard Gustin
Producer Level
$250 -> BEING SEEN Script Signed by the Author
(AND BE A PART OF HISTORY)
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RICHARD GUSTIN ~ Playwright, Actor, Director, Teacher, Producer
Check out my cool Ensemble Building exercise that I developed and presented at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) National Conference in NYC.
It worked in NY with a host of actors, teachers and professional artists and will work for YOU too!
Contact me and let's talk about bringing me to your theatre/orginization to workshop your students/employees, so that they are more powerful, happier and productive!
Just click on the link below! Then contact me for more!
www.theplayersjournal.org/archive/from-conception-to-performance/
Friendly Reminder: My Ensemble Building exercise is under copyright, so you need my permission to use it,
or print it, or in any way disseminate it, ok?
Contact me at: richard.gustin@uwc.edu
Thanks!
Check out my cool Ensemble Building exercise that I developed and presented at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) National Conference in NYC.
It worked in NY with a host of actors, teachers and professional artists and will work for YOU too!
Contact me and let's talk about bringing me to your theatre/orginization to workshop your students/employees, so that they are more powerful, happier and productive!
Just click on the link below! Then contact me for more!
www.theplayersjournal.org/archive/from-conception-to-performance/
Friendly Reminder: My Ensemble Building exercise is under copyright, so you need my permission to use it,
or print it, or in any way disseminate it, ok?
Contact me at: richard.gustin@uwc.edu
Thanks!
Photo Credit: Ethan York ~ OrigoPhotography.com
RICHARD GUSTIN DIRECTS HIS NEW WORK ~ SURVIVING THE CYCLE ~
~ IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HELEN BADER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK ~
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - February 2014
Surviving The Cycle is my new play that deals in a very accessible and realistic way with ~ IPV (Intimate Partner Violence)
A social issue with which we are all too familiar
Would you like to see a script sample? Contact me!
~ Appropriate for mature audiences (strong language and situations) ~
The show has excellent female and male roles that your actors can really sink their teeth into!
Expandable company ~ 5 to 25 actors
Humorous, powerful and transformational for your community.
Let's help raise awareness about domestic and intimate partner violence to change our communities for the better!
Together.
A social issue with which we are all too familiar
Would you like to see a script sample? Contact me!
~ Appropriate for mature audiences (strong language and situations) ~
The show has excellent female and male roles that your actors can really sink their teeth into!
Expandable company ~ 5 to 25 actors
Humorous, powerful and transformational for your community.
Let's help raise awareness about domestic and intimate partner violence to change our communities for the better!
Together.