~ Richard Gustin ~
Playwright, Actor, Director, Deviser, Producer
Marcus Wells (BLAKE)
JORDAN
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Bianca Foscht
Molly Kauffman (JORDAN Understudy)
Roslyn Mizgorski (JORDAN Understudy)
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Angelika Giatras (BLAKE Understudy)
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SOMEONE LIKE ME IS A LA HIT! "Revelatory. . .a brilliantly written conversation full of nuance. . .very realistic observations about love and partnership and expectations. . .Marcus Wells plays the stranger and the performance is a cunning mix of stalker and sanity. . .his edginess works brilliantly. . .electric performances. . .the actors were phenomenal, the direction deft and subtle. . .thoughtful and thought-provoking. . .Bravo!!!
~Samantha Simmonds-Ronceros
NoHoArts - LA
SOMEONE LIKE ME @ Art of Acting Studio - Hollywood - 1017 N Orange Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90038
OCT.10-27 (TH,FRI,SAT @ 7:30 & SUN @ 6:30
$25 TIXS: https://bit.ly/46rK807
Synopsis: Jordan is on the edge with her fiancé, when a stranger enters their world and turns it upside down. Blake leads them into an increasingly pointed debate about the tides of culture, love, and Jordan's own looming commitment. SOMEONE LIKE ME is a biting, socially awkward comedy about the intimate places a total stranger can unexpectedly take us.
~Samantha Simmonds-Ronceros
NoHoArts - LA
SOMEONE LIKE ME @ Art of Acting Studio - Hollywood - 1017 N Orange Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90038
OCT.10-27 (TH,FRI,SAT @ 7:30 & SUN @ 6:30
$25 TIXS: https://bit.ly/46rK807
Synopsis: Jordan is on the edge with her fiancé, when a stranger enters their world and turns it upside down. Blake leads them into an increasingly pointed debate about the tides of culture, love, and Jordan's own looming commitment. SOMEONE LIKE ME is a biting, socially awkward comedy about the intimate places a total stranger can unexpectedly take us.
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CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BEING SEEN - JOSEPH JEFFERSON AWARD WINNING BEST ACTOR (KELLY ANNE CLARK) 2023
Kelly Anne Clark
Will Clinger
Kelly Anne Clark
Will Clinger
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CHICAGO – JEFF Award Winning Play BEING SEEN '23
Kelly Anne Clark - Equity Best Actor in Short Run Play CHOOSE CHICAGO'S "10 HOT SHOWS" JUNE 2023 “FAN FAVORITE” OF THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL, BEING SEEN, CHICAGO STARRING WILL CLINGER AND KELLY ANNE CLARK, FOR A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT, JUNE 14 - JULY 2, 2023 AT THE DEN THEATRE The Chicago Premiere of Being Seen, Written and Directed by Richard Gustin, Enjoyed a Sold Out Run during its New York Premiere CHICAGO REVIEWS 2023 “90 minutes of pure magic in theatre.” “Ms. Clark owns the stage” “Amazing performance” “Will Clinger and Kelly Anne Clark bring some magic to the stage” “A MUST SEE!” ~ Al Bresloff “Around The Town Chicago” “It's a timely piece, especially relevant in our current era of gig workers, toxic politicians, and cancel culture. This delightfully insidious production brings abuse of power to light with equal parts horror and hilarity.” ~ Bonnie Kenaz-Mara - ChillLiveShows "This show is a must-see . . .It all leads to hysterical outbursts from the crowd. This show is a must-see for anyone because, as crazy as the audition process is, there's a real-life truth to it. . .I loved the intimate setting of the theater and how it allowed me to feel like I was a part of the production.” ~ Anthony Martorina – Chicago Star “For those who love theater, “Being Seen” is a delicious window into the heart of the actors’ world . . .excellent performances . . .this show at the Den Theatre offers 90 minutes of tension and humor that at its best moments reminded me of Tom Stoppard, with notes of Pinter. ~ Bill Esler – Buzz Center Chicago “There are two excellent reasons to recommend this production: Will Clinger and Kelly Anne Clark. Actually, Clark is so good that she counts double.” ~ Kerry Reid – Chicago’s Reader “This deeply resonant play is about how, in every sense of the word, that basic human desire is denied, disregarded, degraded, derided, and rendered an utterly absurd fantasy by the arrogant and unfeeling forces that surround us and that express interest in us only as a source of money for whatever often-spurious enterprise or object they are attempting to sell us. . .Clark recounts this bitter experience [as an understudy] in an extended monologue that is as impressive in its own way as one of the most legendary moments in Chicago theatre history, Laurie Metcalf’s equally brilliant and piteous monologue in Lanford Wilson’s great play, “Balm in Gilead.” Being Seen is worth, well, being seen for Clark’s amazingly skillful, energetic and disturbing portrayal alone. . . [in] this marvel of a play. . . this powerful little play is his [Gustin’s] entirely successful way of transcending and turning into a memorable piece of art some disappointing experiences of his own.” ~ Michael Antman – Theatre in Chicago Chicago Production Photos: Mike Martin Photography NEW YORK REVIEWS “Being Seen is a twisted comedy. . .wickedly smart. . .the conversations are genius. . .never a dull moment. . .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.” Hy Bender - Hy Reviews Theatre people tend to be compassionate, open-minded, and socially conscious. They’re also completely nuts. That’s the hilarity on which Richard Gustin's Being Seen is built. . . Minick and Youmans are hilarious together. Minick captures the desperation that motivates actors to go along with any stupid request that a pretentious director puts in front of them. And Youmans, quite the veteran of the Broadway stage, is brilliant as the eccentric auteur, constantly contradicting himself within the same sentence, then acting as though confusion is inevitable and, in fact, the only reasonable response to this farce that we all call life. Watching these two play off of each other is a treat. ~ Ken Kaissar Theatre is Easy FRINGENYC Voted “Fan Favorite” (one of 12 out of 186 productions so honored) at the New York International Fringe Festival, Being Seen, written and directed by Richard Gustin and starring Will Clinger and Kelly Anne Clark makes its Chicago premiere, June 14 - July 2, 2023 in the Crosby Theatre at The Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. The preview date is Wednesday, June 14 at 8 p.m. with press opening Thursday, June 15 at 8 p.m. The regular performance schedule is Wednesdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets for Being Seen are $35 with $20 tickets available to seniors, industry and students. Tickets on sale now and may be purchased @ bit.ly/BeingSeen-Chicago or through the box office by calling 773.697.3830 or by visiting www.TheDenTheatre.com. Outlandishly captivating, this tour de force comedy by Richard Gustin looks at launching a “fresh start”. An actor answers the audition notice from a highly acclaimed director and finds herself steering through the uncharted waters of his artistic process. This fast-paced comedy asks the question: “What would you do for a dream?” The original production at the New York International Fringe Festival starred Broadway actor William Youmans and Allison Minick and premiered at the 2015 New York International Fringe Festival to critical and audience acclaim. Being Seen’s creative team includes Richard Gustin (director), Lydia Goble LaGue (stage manager), Guy Wicke (male understudy), Gabrielle Johnsen (female understudy), Gabe Gorsline (lighting designer), Rachel Lambert (costume designer), Max McNeal Martin (social media designer). |
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Want to hear a new musical and aid in its development? Of course you do! Join us on Zoom for the premiere public reading of KIRBY by Richard Gustin SAT AUG.20 @ 2:00 (Central). I've translated the heartwarming novel Kirby's Dilemma by Iris Iglarsh to the stage. Composer: Greg Becker (Nashville). Greg Becker has composed for Carrie Underwood and Rascal Flatts and many others. So grateful to Ubiquitous Players and the acting company of Wendye Clarendon, Chris Goode, Jillie Simon, Tony Dobrowolski, Max McNeal Martin, Chris Prentice, Cody Pariset, Jessica Rivera, David Elliott and Connie Kuntz. DM me for the link. KIRBY has met an untimely death and is searching for his mother in the afterlife.
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My new two-hander play FLAT WORLD is having its first public reading via Zoom on SAT JULY 16 @ 2:00 (Central) by the wonderful Ubiquitous Players company. Your feedback would be invaluable to help improve the work. The cast includes James Leo Ryan as BUCKLEY and Max McNeal Martin as ARTIE with Susan Gosdick reading stage directions. Please DM me for the link to the reading. Thanks for your support!
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DRAMATIST GUILD OF AMERICA - END OF PLAY PARTICIPANT
Excited to have my new work Flat World read by Dramatists Guild of America End of Play™ (May 11 @ 1:00-3:00 Eastern) in collaboration with 24 Hour Plays. End of Play is an annual initiative, created by the Dramatists Guild, to incentivize the completion of new plays, scores or songs over the period of one month. On May 9th-13th, DG and The 24 Hour Plays are collaborating to produce fifty closed table reads of these new drafts. This is a volunteer opportunity to assist playwrights from all around the country in hearing their new work read aloud for the first time.
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PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP
I'm offering a 4-week online playwriting workshop! You can join us from anywhere in the world!
When: Tuesdays from 6:30-8:30pm (CST)
Dates: March 29, April 5, April 12 & April 19, 2022 during my artist-in-residence at Write On, Door County.
Cost: $80 class fee. Scholarships available. Click Events and Scholarships on drop down menu.
No matter what your writing background may be — just starting out, frustrated genius, or working wordsmith — this is the workshop for you. Throughout the month we will explore the development of character, scene work, monologue, and ensemble building. Check out the link below and consider joining us. I look forward to working with you!
Click on this link for more info and registration:
http://bit.do/PlaywrightsStudio-RichardGustin
Richard Gustin is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and Actors’ Equity Association.
I'm offering a 4-week online playwriting workshop! You can join us from anywhere in the world!
When: Tuesdays from 6:30-8:30pm (CST)
Dates: March 29, April 5, April 12 & April 19, 2022 during my artist-in-residence at Write On, Door County.
Cost: $80 class fee. Scholarships available. Click Events and Scholarships on drop down menu.
No matter what your writing background may be — just starting out, frustrated genius, or working wordsmith — this is the workshop for you. Throughout the month we will explore the development of character, scene work, monologue, and ensemble building. Check out the link below and consider joining us. I look forward to working with you!
Click on this link for more info and registration:
http://bit.do/PlaywrightsStudio-RichardGustin
Richard Gustin is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and Actors’ Equity Association.
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So proud to be on the same bill with this amazing line-up of writers and actors!
UBIQUITOUS PLAYERS (UBIs) presents a unique online event:
MONOLOGIA - A compendium of monologues written by UBIs and performed by UBIs!
23 playwrights - 23 monologues - 23 actors
Saturday March 27 @ 2:00 pm CST
Produced by Richard Gustin
Contributing Playwrights
William Missouri Downs, Wendy Barrie-Wilson, Lisa Dillman, Joshua Fardon, Alex Bennett, Susan Gosdick, James Leo Ryan,
Hope Hommersand, Laura Scruggs, Belinda Bremner, Kevin Theis, John S. Green, Gary Houston, Joe Edward Metcalfe, Richard Gustin,
Karla Rennhofer, Tony Dobrowolski, Molly Burns, Jodi Kingsley, Bill O’Connor, Joyce Porter, Richard Lyons Conlon, Matty Robinson
Acting Company
Jodi Kingsley, Dakotah Brown, Elliot Mitchell, David Scott Crawford, Adrianne Cury, Jessica Rivera, Kevin Theis, Wendye Clarendon,
Max Martin, Wendy Barrie-Wilson, Suzy Brack, Bill O’Connor, Joyce Porter, Marilyn Sundin, Kelly-Anne Clark, Gary Houston, Jack Hickey, Molly Burns, Atlie Gilbert, Connie Foster, Susan Gosdick, James Leo Ryan, Tony Dobrowolski
UBIQUITOUS PLAYERS (UBIs) presents a unique online event:
MONOLOGIA - A compendium of monologues written by UBIs and performed by UBIs!
23 playwrights - 23 monologues - 23 actors
Saturday March 27 @ 2:00 pm CST
Produced by Richard Gustin
Contributing Playwrights
William Missouri Downs, Wendy Barrie-Wilson, Lisa Dillman, Joshua Fardon, Alex Bennett, Susan Gosdick, James Leo Ryan,
Hope Hommersand, Laura Scruggs, Belinda Bremner, Kevin Theis, John S. Green, Gary Houston, Joe Edward Metcalfe, Richard Gustin,
Karla Rennhofer, Tony Dobrowolski, Molly Burns, Jodi Kingsley, Bill O’Connor, Joyce Porter, Richard Lyons Conlon, Matty Robinson
Acting Company
Jodi Kingsley, Dakotah Brown, Elliot Mitchell, David Scott Crawford, Adrianne Cury, Jessica Rivera, Kevin Theis, Wendye Clarendon,
Max Martin, Wendy Barrie-Wilson, Suzy Brack, Bill O’Connor, Joyce Porter, Marilyn Sundin, Kelly-Anne Clark, Gary Houston, Jack Hickey, Molly Burns, Atlie Gilbert, Connie Foster, Susan Gosdick, James Leo Ryan, Tony Dobrowolski
Honored to have my work "The Philosopher" selected by Black and Brown Theatre of Detroit - All the Web's a Stage Monologue Series. Join us Saturday January 9th, 2021 at 6:00pm (EST) airing on the Anton Art Center Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/AntonArtCenter
https://www.facebook.com/AntonArtCenter
Join us for the Zoom Reading of my new play MERCY by Richard Gustin. Saturday DEC 12, 2020 2:00 pm (CST). (Link Below) Acting Company: Kevin Theis, Adrianne Cury, David Elliott, James Leo Ryan and Jessica Rivera. Stage Directions: Joe Metcalf. ~Synopsis: Top surgeon Dr. Kimberly Landry is suing Mercy Hospital for salary discrimination. Kim’s ex, Daniel, vows to be an ally, but good intentions only go so far. Nurse Randy and Hospital Aide Chante are caught in the crossfire between the Haves and the Have-Nots in this powerful drama. WARNING: Triggers of Sexual Abuse. Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83188453731...
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83188453731...
Join us for the premiere reading of my new comedy SWITCH with the phenom cast of Matthew Fahey, Atlie Gilbert and Max McNeal Martin! SAT OCT.31, 2020 @ 2:00 (CST) Ubiquitous Players. ~Jordan finds herself caught between fiancé Erick and world-renowned art dealer Taras. Who will she choose and at what price? Please make plans to join us! Theatre continues to be made and enjoyed on the big screen! Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81395421214?pwd=RmR0dEo2dmlSdklyNlNnYlJaRTdkUT09
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Being Seen by Richard Gustin
Starring Mark Robbins and Ashley Pankow
August 27 - September 13, 2020
The Black Box Theatre - Kansas City, MO
Postponed due to COVID-19
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Chicago Dramatists invites you to the online reading of Richard Gustin's new play, "A Sparrow Falls" on Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 2:00pm (CST), presented by the Ubiquitous Players. This is Chicago Dramatists' first fundraising event for the launch of the Lydia R. Diamond New Play Award, which will support new African American playwrights.
Talk-back with the writer and cast will follow the reading.
Admission is free. Donations are suggested.
ZOOM LINK
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89588650317?pwd=LzVFM254Qkc1c3dMYzJTRm91NGJ4dz09
DONATION LINK
https://chicagodramatists.z2systems.com/np/clients/chicagodramatists/donation.jsp?campaign=11
ABOUT THE PLAY:
The People Who Are There are in search of shores with a better view, but when offered a golden ticket will they abandon their traditions and forget their past?
ABOUT THE EVENT:
In an expression of solidarity with Black Lives Matter, Ubiquitous Players offers "A Sparrow Falls" by Richard Gustin. The international scope of social justice and call for equality of "A Sparrow Falls" makes the work a sound selection to support the Lydia R. Diamond New Play Award at Chicago Dramatists. Ubiquitous is thrilled to have gathered an eighteen member acting company for the project.
ABOUT THE UBIQUITOUS PLAYERS:
Ubiquitous Players started as a response to COVID-19. Our aim was to read plays to keep our "juices flowing." As it has evolved we have 5 playwrights in the group, so we alternate one "new" play with one "classic" play. We've grown, through friends of friends and folks who have heard about the group. As a group, the opportunity to read is our primary directive.
THE CAST:
Tony Dobrowolski
David Scott-Crawford
Rick Grubbs
Susan Gosdick
Wendye Clarendon
Kristie Berger
Matt Fahey
Adrianne Cury
Atlie Gilbert
Anne Wrider
Bill O'Connor
Jack Hickey
Diane Dorsey
James Leo Ryan
Kelly Anne-Clark
Glenna Gustin
Max Martin
Jessie Rivera
BEING SEEN by Richard Gustin at The New York International Fringe Festival
Voted a FringeNYC Audience Favorite!
BEING SEEN was a sell-out! Thank you!
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
Voted a FringeNYC Audience Favorite!
BEING SEEN was a sell-out! Thank you!
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, his plays include Surviving The Cycle, A Sparrow Falls, Leviathan, Everyman (Original Adaptation) Someone Like Me and new works in progress - Mercy 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 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, his plays include Surviving The Cycle, A Sparrow Falls, Leviathan, Everyman (Original Adaptation) Someone Like Me and new works in progress - Mercy 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 on Twitter: @beingseenplay.
Photo Credit: Matthew Dunivan
RICHARD GUSTIN ~ Playwright, Actor, Director, Deviser, Producer
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 deals in a very accessible way with IPV (Intimate Partner Violence)
A social issue with which we are all too familiar.
Would you like a script sample? Contact me: [email protected]
~ Appropriate for mature audiences (strong language and situations) ~
The show has excellent roles for all genders.
Expandable company ~ 5 to 25 actors
Humorous, powerful and transformational for your community.
Let's help raise awareness about intimate partner violence to change our communities for the better!
Together.
A social issue with which we are all too familiar.
Would you like a script sample? Contact me: [email protected]
~ Appropriate for mature audiences (strong language and situations) ~
The show has excellent roles for all genders.
Expandable company ~ 5 to 25 actors
Humorous, powerful and transformational for your community.
Let's help raise awareness about intimate partner violence to change our communities for the better!
Together.