APAP 2017 Showcases – New York, NY
County of Kings
Friday, January 6, 2017 – 9:05pm
New York Hilton Midtown, Regent Parlor, 2nd Floor, 1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019
County of Kings is a tough, yet poignant biographical account of a good kid growing up in an unforgiving environment. Lemon, whose parents met at a methadone clinic and died from AIDS, served two prison terms before he was 21 and won a Tony Award before he turned 30. Weaving hard-edged drama with urban poetry, County of Kings is a coming-of-age story with profound honesty, compassion and humor.
Performance is approximately 15 minutes long.
Black Boy
Friday, January 6, 2017 – 10:05pm
New York Hilton Midtown, Regent Parlor, 2nd Floor, 1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019
Black Boy is a powerful account of one young man’s journey from innocence to experience as a black youth living in the Jim Crow South. It is both the unashamed confession of a proud non-conformist and a profound indictment-a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering.
Performance is approximately 15 minutes long.
Letters Home
Friday, January 6, 2017 – 11:05pm
New York Hilton Midtown, Regent Parlor, 2nd Floor, 1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019
Letters Home puts the wars in Afghanistan & Iraq front and center by bringing to life actual letters written by soldiers serving in the Middle East. The play without politicizing gives audiences a powerful portrait of the military experience in our ongoing wars and reveals the humanity that lies within the war as seen through the eyes of the men and women fighting it.
Performance is approximately 15 minutes long.
Frindle
Saturday, January 7, 2017 – 9:10am
New World Stages, Avenue Q Theatre, 340 W 50th St (btwn 8th & 9th Aves), New York, NY 10019
Nicholas Allen has plenty of ideas. In Mrs. Granger’s language arts class, he has his best idea: to create his own word…FRINDLE! Before long Nick’s word creates a buzz, and a power struggle erupts with the strict Mrs. Granger. Will the word “Frindle” win? Based on the award winning best-seller by Andrew Clements this is a quirky, imaginative tale about creative thought and the power of words.
Performance is approximately 15 minutes long.
Timbalooloo
Sunday, January 8, 2017 – 11:30am
New York Hilton Midtown, New York Suite, 4th Floor, 1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019
Together with his friends “Clara Net” & “Big Mama Tuba”, Etkin has toured the world spreading joy and building a musical bridge between cultures! Featured on a GRAMMY Award Winning compilation. “Ebullient” – NY Times. New Album 2017! Performed at Newport Jazz Fest Family Day, Central Park SummerStage, Skirball Center LA, Wolf Trap, UNESCO’s International Jazz Day Paris & more.
Performance is approximately 15 minutes long.
The Chipper Experience! Where COMEDY & MAGIC Collide!
Sunday, January 8, 2017 – 8:40pm
New York Hilton Midtown, Morgan Suite, 2nd Floor, 1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019
Two-Time “Comedy Magician of the Year!”, Chipper Lowell, presents his unique blend of high-energy comedy & magic that has received rave reviews, including TV appearances on The Tonight Show, Masters Of Illusion, and The Disney Channel. Audiences 9 to 99 love Chipper’s edgy yet totally clean stand-up & rapid-fire ad-libs, combined with his original & visual magic. “Hilarious!” sez The L.A. Times.
Performance is approximately 15 minutes long.
Argus
Monday, January 9, 2017 – 4:00pm & 6:30pm
Lincoln Center, Clark Studio Theater, 165 West 65th Street, New York, NY 10023
Step into this whimsical wonderland where table tops grow grass and water bottles become the depths of the ocean. Using household objects and the performers’ hands, Argus transcends from the simple to the sublime. This quietly touching piece highlights the beauty of an impossible life; one that is full of playfulness, joy and laughter. Argus expands the imaginations of adults and children alike.
Performance is approximately 45 minutes long.