Okay, so if you know me, you know my life has revolved around theater since I was a kid. I know I send out a lot of invites to things that I’m doing. So much so, it’s probably very easy to delete because there will be another coming soon. Two things: One, I plan to slow things down some after the new year. Two, this is the first time a full length I wrote is getting a full production (We have previews and everything?!!). 

If you have seen any of my work in the past, you’ll want to see this. If you haven’t seen anything I’ve worked on, and have been meaning to, please make this play the one you catch. If you have always gotten my invites and told yourself, “I’ll never go see anything he’s involved in, but I wont tell him to stop sending me invites because I’m polite”, you still want to come see this show. If not for me, than for the work Jill DeArmon is doing with the cast, and what the cast is doing with her direction.

In a nutshell, I’m proud of this play, and what everyone who is working on it is accomplishing. Real proud. And not that evil biblical pride, I’m talking real peer admiration, blood! So throw on some bell bottoms and join us in the summer of ’77!

God speed humans. 
J. Anthony Roman

Blackouts
Written by J. Anthony Roman
Directed by Jill DeArmon 

1977 and 2003. Two blackouts. Two generations of artists. One Hell’s Kitchen apartment. Unwanted legacies from the past push the destiny of future generations. Where did it all go? And what will it look like when the lights come back on?

Featuring: Zachary Fletcher, Jamie Klassel*, Lisa Snyder, and Max Woertendyke*

Stage Manager: Shannon O’Neil
Assistant Stage Manager: Adriana Rivera
Set Design: Jennifer Price
Lighting Design: Joshua Rose
Sound Design: Shane Rettig
Costume Design: Hollie Nadel
Technical Direction: Raven Solano

Producers: Jennifer Conley Darling, Amanda Feldman, Lisa Snyder
Associate Producer: Derek W. Shore

For more info on the show, visit www.swandivestudio.com

Previews: October 7, 8 at 7pm
Opening Night & Art Show Extravaganza: October 9 at 8pm (Tickets $30)
Runs: October 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22 at 7pm October 10, 16, 17, 23, 24 at 8pm

All performances at:
Center Stage, NY
(48 W. 21st Street, 4th Floor)

Tickets: 
$18 General Admission
$15 Students / Senior (with ID)
Brown Paper Tickets 1-800-838-3006 
www.brownpapertickets.com

*=AEA

A Situation on the Moon: 3 Plays That Shine At Night by J. Anthony Roman will go up at Center Stage, NY on September 10th, 11th, and 12th at 8PM. These actors and directors have pulled this together in a very short time. Everyone is working really hard, so we would love a nice big audience to play in front of. Please come if you are available. Details below, and more info to come!

A Situation on the Moon: 3 Plays that shine at Night by J. Anthony Roman

September 10th, 11th, and 12th @ Center Stage, NY. 8pm!

Straight Men in the West Village

Directed by Deborah Wolfson

2 men speak about women and death, after hours, in a restaurant in the West Village.

Victorian Trade

Desperation plays itself out on a stoop in Flatbush Brooklyn

Last Chapter

Directed by Kristy Dodson

*This play in a companion piece to my novel Belated Apocalypse. Last Chapter takes place 6 years after the events in the novel, so… spoiler alert:

Michael and Gerald are both former drug dealers from Bushwick, NYC. Michael used his experiences to become a one hit wonder author. Gerald used his mental condition to stay out of prison. Now roommates, the situation in their apartment reach a breaking point.

All proceeds for this event go towards Center Stage, NY!

Center Stage, NY

48 West 21st Street, 4th Floor, Dial 401#

Between 5th and 6th Avenues

$10 at the door, cash only

Produced by Adriana Rivera, Adam Cohen, and J. Anthony Roman

Eat with caution...

Mikey’s Birthday: In which Mikey and Gerald visit Bedford Avenue, and things begin to unravel.

Plus more! Visit: http://backyartbrooklyn.blogspot.com/

649 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York (L to Lorimer or Grand)

August 29th, 2009
6:30-7:30pm
Performances Start @ 8:00pm.
Tent is up, so don’t be shook about the weather.

After 8 years of writing and re-writing, my full length Blackouts will be getting a full production starting October 6th, 2009!

Directed By Jill DeArmon

Staring Max Woertendyke, Jamie Klassel, Lisa Snyder, and Zachary Fletcher

Produced by Jennifer Conley Darling and Swandive Studios

Center Stage, NY- 48 West 21st Street, 4th Floor, Dial 401#

MORE INFO TO COME!

God Bless America.

Independence Day: In which Mikey and Gerald throw a party, and make an enemy of an old lady on their work block.