The Co-Op Theatre East believes in the power of art to foster a dialogue for social change. We provide an entertaining performance forum in which to ask evocative, challenging questions of artists and audiences on our way to creating collaborative answers.
Thanks to everyone who came to the first installment of COTE Tales reading series on Sunday, January 18 at the marvelous Kaffe 1668 - see below for photos of our talented cast!
The next installment COTE Tales, with the theme of “All’s Fair in Love & War,” will also be at Kaffe 1668, 275 Greenwich Street in Tribeca - date and time to be announced soon!
11 months ago
Hello, Friends!
Co-Op Theatre East invites you to the inaugural production of COTE Tales, our new monthly play reading series, taking place this Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 7:00 pm. at Kaffe 1668, 275 Greenwich Street (directions via HopStop) in Tribeca, Manhattan!
Come enjoy brand new plays from today’s playwrights (as well as tasty coffee & pastries!) at a delightful Swedish coffeehouse, and stay to chat with the artists and your fellow theatre-lovers! January’s installment of COTE Tales will feature three short plays examining the effects of transitions on families, loved ones, and enemies in both times of war and peace.
Presented will be:
- Undertaking by Rob Florence: two brothers argue over the rights of burial while confronting their own buried sibling rivalries;
- To The Death of My Own Family by David Meth: a young Afghan woman must come to terms with a trip home that changed the shape of her family forever; and,
- Was by Jami Brandli: examining the blood ties between soldiers on opposite sides of the fighting line.
Performing will be:
Sheira Feuerstein, Henning Fischer, Robert A. K. Gonyo, James Edward Shippy, and Stewart Villilo.
See you there!
Co-Op Theatre East
11 months ago