CONTENTS:
OFFICIAL CLUB EVENTS
• June 21 - Oberlin Alumni Picnic in Central Park
• June 25 - Happy Hour in Flatiron District
• May 4 - Sept 21 - AMAM Painting at The Jewish Museum
UPCOMING
?. July 13 - 6th Annual Oberlin Afternoon at Tanglewoodwith the Boston Symphony Orchestra
?. July 13 - 6th Annual Oberlin Afternoon at Tanglewoodwith the Boston Symphony Orchestra
OTHER ALUMNI EVENTS
?. June 6 - Film by Dave Herman premiers at Brooklyn Intl' Film Fest
?. June 7 - Oberlin Professor Roger Copeland in Panel Discussion about Susan Sontag
?. June 20, July 11, 18, Aug 15, 29 - Oberlin Alums perform at the Rubin Museum
?. June 25 - Inter-college Alumni Networking Event
UPCOMING
?. June 6 - Film by Dave Herman premiers at Brooklyn Intl' Film Fest
?. June 7 - Oberlin Professor Roger Copeland in Panel Discussion about Susan Sontag
?. June 20, July 11, 18, Aug 15, 29 - Oberlin Alums perform at the Rubin Museum
?. June 25 - Inter-college Alumni Networking Event
UPCOMING
?. July 16-Aug 2 - Patricia Comstack '98 performs in Shakespearean fairy tale for adults
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
?. Babysitter needed on the Upper East Side
?. Current Student needs summer housing
ALUMNI CLUB EVENTS IN THE CITY THIS MONTH:
June 21 Oberlin Alumni Summer Picnic in Central Park
Join us for the Oberlin Club of New York City Summer Picnic Central Park - The Great Hill Oval Saturday, June 21, 2008 from Noon - 3:00 p.m. Join your fellow Obies for our annual "BYO" (Bring Your Own) Summer Picnic as we return to Central Park! This is a great chance to see old friends, meet current students and introduce yourself to incoming first year students and their parents! It will be a great time.
ALL are welcome - bring your spouse/partner, friends and children!
The 2008 Annual NYC Summer Picnic is coordinated by Mathila McGee-Tubb '07.
Look for people in Oberlin gear! Please RSVP to the Alumni Office no later than Thursday, June 19th at http://www.alumni.oberlin.edu/eventregistration or calling 800-693-3167. Be sure to include your email address so that you can be contacted in case of cancellation due to inclement weather. Bring: Frisbees, non-amplified musical instruments and your own picnic! DIRECTIONS: Closest subways: 1 train to 103rd and Broadway, B or C train to 103rd and Central Park West . Closest buses: M4 or M7 to 110th and Frederick Douglass/Central Park West, M10 to 104th and Central Park West, M96 to 96th and Central Park West. The Great Hill is a hilltop meadow surrounded by American Elm and English Elms. With picnic tables on its northern rim it is circled by a three quarter mile oval enjoyed by runners who reside in the area. The Great Hill was originally designed as a high elevation, the third highest in the Park, where visitors could enjoy an unobstructed view of the Hudson River and the Palisades. It was also a carriage concourse where the affluent could mingle with others of their class. Time of course changed all of this, even the view. With tall buildings and increased foliage baring the once magnificent site of the river in the distance the Great Hill needs no excuse for its being. T hough unfamiliar to most Park visitors due to its location in an obscure part of the northwestern quadrant of the Park the residents of the area and occasional visitors from beyond its community perimeter find it a wonderful place to enjoy a picnic, have a quiet jog or even sunbathe or read on the untrammeled grass of the hilltop meadow. Find a park map at: http://www.centralpark.com
June 25 - Happy Hour in Flatiron District
Dusk Lounge ( 147 W. 24th St. bet 6th & 7th ) is expecting us on Wednesday, June 25th. I've spoken with the manager, and it doesn't get too crowded on weeknights. Just in case, though, they are going to reserve a little area for us. I've also checked the place out in person, and it has a low key feel.
They'll have $5 Cosmos, $4 well drinks and $4 bottles of Budweiser until 9.
Come join your fellow alums for a mid-week summer chance to blow off steam!
May 4 - Sept 21 AMAM Painting at The Jewish Museum
Oberlin's Allen Memorial Art Museum's Barnett Newman painting, "Onement IV," is included in the exhibition "Action/Abstraction: Pollock, DeKooning, and American Art, 1940-1976" at The Jewish Museum in New York City.
The exhibition is on view from May 4 - September 21, 2008.
Newman's 1949 vertical-zip painting was acquired by the Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM), Oberlin College in 1969. For a full discussion of the painting, visit the AMAM's website at: http://www.oberlin.edu/amam/Index_Nosadel la.htm For a link to the exhibition at The Jewish Museum, visit: http://www.jewishmuseum.org
UPCOMING
JULY 13 - Save the Date! THE OBERLIN CLUB OF WESTERN NEW ENGLAND INVITES YOU TO OUR 6th ANNUAL AFTERNOON AT TANGLEWOOD
with the Boston Symphony Orchestra Sunday, July 13, 2008 1:00 p.m. Wine & Cheese Reception 2:30 p.m. - Concert,
Tanglewood Koussevitzky Music Shed Lenox, MA http://www.tanglewood.org
James Levine, conductor Peter Serkin, piano HAYDN - Symphony No. 104, London J.S. BACH - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor SCHUBERT - Symphony No. 4, Tragic MOZART - Concert Rondo in D, K.382 It's our 6th Annual Tanglewood soiree! Bring a picnic lunch and join Obies from all around New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania! We always have a wonderful turnout and this is a great chance to call your friends and plan a mini Oberlin reunion! As always, we hope to feature a "special guest" or two from Oberlin to update us on campus life!
Order reserved Section 14 ($45/each) or Section 18 shed tickets ($17/each) from the Oberlin Alumni Office well ahead, as this event usually sells out quickly: http://www.alumni.oberlin.edu/eventregistration
You may also buy lawn tickets from the box office when you arrive. Even if you are buying lawn tickets or have season tickets, please let Oberlin know that you are coming, so that we may plan accurately for the reception. Call us at 800-693-3167 or email alumni@oberlin.edu .
We'll again precede the 2:30 p.m. concert with a 1:00 p.m. Wine & Cheese Reception for all attending Obies, so you can meet and talk with classmates from 'way back and wherever.
As usual, look for the Oberlin College banner/table under the large tree to the left, just inside the main entrance. If you get there early, please help us by "staking out" our Oberlin spot for us!
OTHER ALUMNI RELATED EVENTS IN THE CITY:
June 6 Film by Dave Herman premiers at Brooklyn Intl' Film Fest
Able Danger, will be opening the Brooklyn International Film Festival on May 30th at 8pm at the Brooklyn Lyceum.
Able Danger was shot in Victorian Flatbush, Brooklyn. It is a 9/11 conspiracy theory femme fatale driven noir thriller, where a Brooklyn 9/11 truther and owner of falls into a noir pastiche. The film was written and directed by Dave Herman OC '90. Who is using a feature film director 'nom de plume' of Paul Krik.
It's the opening act at the festival. Check it out;
http://brooklynfilmfestival.org/showtimes/friday.asp
You are cordially invited to attend. Please, 1. buy a ticket online (cause knockwood it will sell out fast like it did at Rotterdam and will be hard to get tix) 2. come to the opening ceremony at 7:30 and stay for the movie at 8pm and the after-movie party at 10pm. The price of admission ($25) is steep for a movie because it includes all the Stella you can drink and food at the party. 3. Feel free to forward to everyone in your address book, especially if Harvey Weinstein is in there.
It will play again at the festival on June 6th
ABLE DANGER in Brooklyn showtime: 8:00 pm | Friday May 30 | Brooklyn Lyceum showtime: 8:00 pm | Friday June 6 | Brooklyn Lyceum
Hope to see you there.
-- Paul Krik
http://www.abledangerthemovie.com/
June 7 Oberlin Professor Roger Copeland in Panel Discussion about Susan Sontag
On Sat. June 7th, I'm part of a panel discussion in Manhattan about the legacy of Susan Sontag. (Sontag's writings are at the center of my Oberlin course "Concept of the Avant-Garde" which I've taught here for 30 years; and hundreds of N.Y. area alumni have taken that course.)
Here are the details about the event: http://www.philoctetes.org/Calendar/susan_sontag_public_intellectual_polymath_provocatrice/
Yours,
Roger Copeland Professor of Theater and Dance
June 20, July 11, 18, Aug 15, 29 Oberlin Alums perform at the Rubin Museum
Dear Fellow Obies, I am overjoyed to inform you of some upcoming events at the Rubin Museum of Art in which members of the Oberlin community will be highlighted. I feel strongly that this is another wonderful opportunity to reach out to the larger Oberlin community in New York City and neighboring regions, and inform them of these exciting offerings with the hope that RMA can be a community space for us Obies to share our love of music, art and drink specials! Throughout the summer members of the Oberlin Conservatory will be the spotlight of our Harlem in the Himalayas series, including the following events: - June 20 - The Billy Hart Academy Featuring Theo Croker (This performance is part of the JVC Jazz Festival) - July 11 - The Theo Croker Quartet featuring Wycliffe Gordon - July 18 - The Jimmy Cobb Quartet Featuring Theo Croker - Aug. 15 - The Theo Croker Quartet featuring Benny Powell and Winard Harper - Aug. 29 - The Theo Croker Quartet featuring Marcus Belgrave We are incredibly excited about this wonderful showcase and with proper outreach I am sure that the Oberlin community in New York and neighboring regions will come out for it. In addition, another exciting collaboration is happening on June 11th as David Orr, Oberlin’s Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies will be participating in CONVERSATIONS ON CONSCIOUSNESS with Bokara Legendre at 6:30pm. Bokara Legendre has participated in numerous talks at the RMA in the past and David and her personality will surely make for a lively and interesting program. I think the Oberlin community will be enthused about these events and I would love to speak with you in greater detail about how to get the word out. If we wanted to reserve some tables in the museum’s café for the Oberlin community on one or more of these evenings, we could do this free of cost and might be a nice way for individuals to get together and have a space to convene. As you know, on Friday nights the café turns into the K2 lounge and we have drink specials and food offerings that are really quite good. In addition, members of the museum receive a 10% discount on all food and shop items, and if members purchase 6 or more tickets at the same time to any combination of events they receive a 25% discount. This seams like a viable option for the Oberlin community being that there are so many event offerings upcoming. Do let me know your thoughts on this and I look forward to discussing how we can combine forces to get out the word to our alumni and student population in New York and the vicinity. Warm regards, Asha Kaufman Manager, Guide Program Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th Street New York, NY 10011 (212)620-5000 ext. 354 Akaufman@rmanyc.org www.rmanyc.org
June 25 Inter-college Alumni Networking Event
The Simon Graduate School of Business In conjunction with our Direct Admission Partner schools* Cordially invite you to attend a networking reception and panel discussion “Current Issues in an Uncertain Market” Hosted by Vincent Pacilio, class of 1987 Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation One Wall Street, 49th Floor - (Entrance is on 80 Broadway) For more information visit: www.simon.rochseter.edu/nyc-reception.aspx Space is limited - Reservations required Please R.S.V.P. (intentions to attend only) by Wednesday, June 18th to julie.sadwick@simon.rochester.edu or (585) 275-3533 *Allegheny, Alma, Bard, Barnard, Bates, Bucknell, Colby, College of Wooster, Dickinson, Elmira, Hamilton, Hartwick, Hobart & William Smith, Knox, Lafayette, Lewis & Clark, Oberlin, Queens/CUNY, Reed, Ripon, Spelman, St. Lawrence, SUNY Brockport, SUNY Geneseo, Univ. Evansville, Univ. of Rochester, and Ursinus
UPCOMING
July 16-Aug 2 From Patricia Comstack '98
PRINCE TREVOR AMONGST THE ELEPHANTS
a Big, Epic, Naked, Ridiculous Shakespearean Fairy Tale for Adults
When King Kartoffelpuffen gives the kingdom to his son Tater and marries off his other kids for peace, Prince Trevor trades places with his servant Grumbelino to escape his fate with Queen Bluebella and her harem of eunuchs. Seeking his true love, Toby the stable boy, Trevor meets warriors, muses, and the elusive Elephants of Style.
Award-winning play by Duncan Pflaster **
FEATURING: Eric C. Bailey*, Ben Beckley, Patricia Comstock (OC '98), Jon Crefeld, Keith Patrick Dunn*, Carlos Rafael Fernandez, Paula Galloway, Clara Barton Green, Kevaughn Harvey, Kelly Nichols, Jonathan Weirich, Jess Cassidy White
WARNING: Contains crude profanity, full-frontal nudity, and iambic pentameter, and is therefore unsuitable for children.
Wed July 16 @ 9:00 <== FREE BEER on opening night! Sat July 19 @ 6:15 Tue July 22 @ 6:30 Fri July 25 @ 9:30 Mon July 28 @ 8:30 Sat August 2 @ 9:30 Midtown International Theater Festival June Havoc Theater: 312 W 36th St, 1st Flr $18 | 90 minutes | TicketCentral.com Duncan is a long-time member of the playwriting workshop led by Elana Gartner Golden (OC '98, ElanaGartner.com). He's one of my favorite playwrights! I was Titania in his "Thyme of the Season" ("Midsummer" sequel) and I'm SUPER-CHARGED to get to play with another of his hilarious, clever, and insightful scripts! (OC alumnus Rich Orloff is good like that, too. Get your giggle on at RichOrloff.com!) -- Tricia (OC '98) PatriciaComstock.com PS - I play a Grace and "Dymphna -- a slut"!! OMG! Equity-Approved Showcase * Member, Actors Equity ** Won "Best New Play" Spotlight On Award, and was nominated for "Best Reading" and "Best Supporting Actor - Jess Cassidy White." GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS Baby Sitter Needed from Andrea Frisch, '83 Babysitter needed for a 17 month old. Upper East Side, Manhattan. Spanish-speaking ideal but not required. Please email belmont83@aol.com or call (212) 879-8317. Andrea, OC '83 Current Student Needs Summer Housing My name is jamie shorey and I'm currently finishing up my sophomore year here at Oberlin. I have an internship in NYC lined up for the summer with Warp Records, except recently my housing has fallen through. Due to the poor timing of the housing situation, as I'm currently in the midst of finals, I haven't had the most time to properly search for alternatives in New York asides from Craigslist or friends. I can pay rent if needed. So if you happen to know of anything, or if you happen to have any advice I'd love to hear back. Also, I'd be more than happy to answer any questions or talk in general. Thank you. sincerely, jamie James.Shorey@oberlin.edu
?. Babysitter needed on the Upper East Side
?. Current Student needs summer housing
ALUMNI CLUB EVENTS IN THE CITY THIS MONTH:
June 21 Oberlin Alumni Summer Picnic in Central Park
Join us for the Oberlin Club of New York City Summer Picnic Central Park - The Great Hill Oval Saturday, June 21, 2008 from Noon - 3:00 p.m. Join your fellow Obies for our annual "BYO" (Bring Your Own) Summer Picnic as we return to Central Park! This is a great chance to see old friends, meet current students and introduce yourself to incoming first year students and their parents! It will be a great time.
ALL are welcome - bring your spouse/partner, friends and children!
The 2008 Annual NYC Summer Picnic is coordinated by Mathila McGee-Tubb '07.
Look for people in Oberlin gear! Please RSVP to the Alumni Office no later than Thursday, June 19th at http://www.alumni.oberlin.edu/eventregistration or calling 800-693-3167. Be sure to include your email address so that you can be contacted in case of cancellation due to inclement weather. Bring: Frisbees, non-amplified musical instruments and your own picnic! DIRECTIONS: Closest subways: 1 train to 103rd and Broadway, B or C train to 103rd and Central Park West . Closest buses: M4 or M7 to 110th and Frederick Douglass/Central Park West, M10 to 104th and Central Park West, M96 to 96th and Central Park West. The Great Hill is a hilltop meadow surrounded by American Elm and English Elms. With picnic tables on its northern rim it is circled by a three quarter mile oval enjoyed by runners who reside in the area. The Great Hill was originally designed as a high elevation, the third highest in the Park, where visitors could enjoy an unobstructed view of the Hudson River and the Palisades. It was also a carriage concourse where the affluent could mingle with others of their class. Time of course changed all of this, even the view. With tall buildings and increased foliage baring the once magnificent site of the river in the distance the Great Hill needs no excuse for its being. T hough unfamiliar to most Park visitors due to its location in an obscure part of the northwestern quadrant of the Park the residents of the area and occasional visitors from beyond its community perimeter find it a wonderful place to enjoy a picnic, have a quiet jog or even sunbathe or read on the untrammeled grass of the hilltop meadow. Find a park map at: http://www.centralpark.com
June 25 - Happy Hour in Flatiron District
Dusk Lounge ( 147 W. 24th St. bet 6th & 7th ) is expecting us on Wednesday, June 25th. I've spoken with the manager, and it doesn't get too crowded on weeknights. Just in case, though, they are going to reserve a little area for us. I've also checked the place out in person, and it has a low key feel.
They'll have $5 Cosmos, $4 well drinks and $4 bottles of Budweiser until 9.
Come join your fellow alums for a mid-week summer chance to blow off steam!
May 4 - Sept 21 AMAM Painting at The Jewish Museum
Oberlin's Allen Memorial Art Museum's Barnett Newman painting, "Onement IV," is included in the exhibition "Action/Abstraction: Pollock, DeKooning, and American Art, 1940-1976" at The Jewish Museum in New York City.
The exhibition is on view from May 4 - September 21, 2008.
Newman's 1949 vertical-zip painting was acquired by the Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM), Oberlin College in 1969. For a full discussion of the painting, visit the AMAM's website at: http://www.oberlin.edu/amam/Index_Nosadel la.htm For a link to the exhibition at The Jewish Museum, visit: http://www.jewishmuseum.org
UPCOMING
JULY 13 - Save the Date! THE OBERLIN CLUB OF WESTERN NEW ENGLAND INVITES YOU TO OUR 6th ANNUAL AFTERNOON AT TANGLEWOOD
with the Boston Symphony Orchestra Sunday, July 13, 2008 1:00 p.m. Wine & Cheese Reception 2:30 p.m. - Concert,
Tanglewood Koussevitzky Music Shed Lenox, MA http://www.tanglewood.org
James Levine, conductor Peter Serkin, piano HAYDN - Symphony No. 104, London J.S. BACH - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor SCHUBERT - Symphony No. 4, Tragic MOZART - Concert Rondo in D, K.382 It's our 6th Annual Tanglewood soiree! Bring a picnic lunch and join Obies from all around New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania! We always have a wonderful turnout and this is a great chance to call your friends and plan a mini Oberlin reunion! As always, we hope to feature a "special guest" or two from Oberlin to update us on campus life!
Order reserved Section 14 ($45/each) or Section 18 shed tickets ($17/each) from the Oberlin Alumni Office well ahead, as this event usually sells out quickly: http://www.alumni.oberlin.edu/eventregistration
You may also buy lawn tickets from the box office when you arrive. Even if you are buying lawn tickets or have season tickets, please let Oberlin know that you are coming, so that we may plan accurately for the reception. Call us at 800-693-3167 or email alumni@oberlin.edu .
We'll again precede the 2:30 p.m. concert with a 1:00 p.m. Wine & Cheese Reception for all attending Obies, so you can meet and talk with classmates from 'way back and wherever.
As usual, look for the Oberlin College banner/table under the large tree to the left, just inside the main entrance. If you get there early, please help us by "staking out" our Oberlin spot for us!
OTHER ALUMNI RELATED EVENTS IN THE CITY:
June 6 Film by Dave Herman premiers at Brooklyn Intl' Film Fest
Able Danger, will be opening the Brooklyn International Film Festival on May 30th at 8pm at the Brooklyn Lyceum.
Able Danger was shot in Victorian Flatbush, Brooklyn. It is a 9/11 conspiracy theory femme fatale driven noir thriller, where a Brooklyn 9/11 truther and owner of falls into a noir pastiche. The film was written and directed by Dave Herman OC '90. Who is using a feature film director 'nom de plume' of Paul Krik.
It's the opening act at the festival. Check it out;
http://brooklynfilmfestival.org/showtimes/friday.asp
You are cordially invited to attend. Please, 1. buy a ticket online (cause knockwood it will sell out fast like it did at Rotterdam and will be hard to get tix) 2. come to the opening ceremony at 7:30 and stay for the movie at 8pm and the after-movie party at 10pm. The price of admission ($25) is steep for a movie because it includes all the Stella you can drink and food at the party. 3. Feel free to forward to everyone in your address book, especially if Harvey Weinstein is in there.
It will play again at the festival on June 6th
ABLE DANGER in Brooklyn showtime: 8:00 pm | Friday May 30 | Brooklyn Lyceum showtime: 8:00 pm | Friday June 6 | Brooklyn Lyceum
Hope to see you there.
-- Paul Krik
June 7 Oberlin Professor Roger Copeland in Panel Discussion about Susan Sontag
On Sat. June 7th, I'm part of a panel discussion in Manhattan about the legacy of Susan Sontag. (Sontag's writings are at the center of my Oberlin course "Concept of the Avant-Garde" which I've taught here for 30 years; and hundreds of N.Y. area alumni have taken that course.)
Here are the details about the event: http://www.philoctetes.org/Calendar/susan_sontag_public_intellectual_polymath_provocatrice/
Yours,
Roger Copeland Professor of Theater and Dance
June 20, July 11, 18, Aug 15, 29 Oberlin Alums perform at the Rubin Museum
Dear Fellow Obies, I am overjoyed to inform you of some upcoming events at the Rubin Museum of Art in which members of the Oberlin community will be highlighted. I feel strongly that this is another wonderful opportunity to reach out to the larger Oberlin community in New York City and neighboring regions, and inform them of these exciting offerings with the hope that RMA can be a community space for us Obies to share our love of music, art and drink specials! Throughout the summer members of the Oberlin Conservatory will be the spotlight of our Harlem in the Himalayas series, including the following events: - June 20 - The Billy Hart Academy Featuring Theo Croker (This performance is part of the JVC Jazz Festival) - July 11 - The Theo Croker Quartet featuring Wycliffe Gordon - July 18 - The Jimmy Cobb Quartet Featuring Theo Croker - Aug. 15 - The Theo Croker Quartet featuring Benny Powell and Winard Harper - Aug. 29 - The Theo Croker Quartet featuring Marcus Belgrave We are incredibly excited about this wonderful showcase and with proper outreach I am sure that the Oberlin community in New York and neighboring regions will come out for it. In addition, another exciting collaboration is happening on June 11th as David Orr, Oberlin’s Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies will be participating in CONVERSATIONS ON CONSCIOUSNESS with Bokara Legendre at 6:30pm. Bokara Legendre has participated in numerous talks at the RMA in the past and David and her personality will surely make for a lively and interesting program. I think the Oberlin community will be enthused about these events and I would love to speak with you in greater detail about how to get the word out. If we wanted to reserve some tables in the museum’s café for the Oberlin community on one or more of these evenings, we could do this free of cost and might be a nice way for individuals to get together and have a space to convene. As you know, on Friday nights the café turns into the K2 lounge and we have drink specials and food offerings that are really quite good. In addition, members of the museum receive a 10% discount on all food and shop items, and if members purchase 6 or more tickets at the same time to any combination of events they receive a 25% discount. This seams like a viable option for the Oberlin community being that there are so many event offerings upcoming. Do let me know your thoughts on this and I look forward to discussing how we can combine forces to get out the word to our alumni and student population in New York and the vicinity. Warm regards, Asha Kaufman Manager, Guide Program Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th Street New York, NY 10011 (212)620-5000 ext. 354 Akaufman@rmanyc.org www.rmanyc.org
June 25 Inter-college Alumni Networking Event
The Simon Graduate School of Business In conjunction with our Direct Admission Partner schools* Cordially invite you to attend a networking reception and panel discussion “Current Issues in an Uncertain Market” Hosted by Vincent Pacilio, class of 1987 Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation One Wall Street, 49th Floor - (Entrance is on 80 Broadway) For more information visit: www.simon.rochseter.edu/nyc-reception.aspx Space is limited - Reservations required Please R.S.V.P. (intentions to attend only) by Wednesday, June 18th to julie.sadwick@simon.rochester.edu or (585) 275-3533 *Allegheny, Alma, Bard, Barnard, Bates, Bucknell, Colby, College of Wooster, Dickinson, Elmira, Hamilton, Hartwick, Hobart & William Smith, Knox, Lafayette, Lewis & Clark, Oberlin, Queens/CUNY, Reed, Ripon, Spelman, St. Lawrence, SUNY Brockport, SUNY Geneseo, Univ. Evansville, Univ. of Rochester, and Ursinus
UPCOMING
July 16-Aug 2 From Patricia Comstack '98
PRINCE TREVOR AMONGST THE ELEPHANTS
a Big, Epic, Naked, Ridiculous Shakespearean Fairy Tale for Adults
When King Kartoffelpuffen gives the kingdom to his son Tater and marries off his other kids for peace, Prince Trevor trades places with his servant Grumbelino to escape his fate with Queen Bluebella and her harem of eunuchs. Seeking his true love, Toby the stable boy, Trevor meets warriors, muses, and the elusive Elephants of Style.
Award-winning play by Duncan Pflaster **
FEATURING: Eric C. Bailey*, Ben Beckley, Patricia Comstock (OC '98), Jon Crefeld, Keith Patrick Dunn*, Carlos Rafael Fernandez, Paula Galloway, Clara Barton Green, Kevaughn Harvey, Kelly Nichols, Jonathan Weirich, Jess Cassidy White
WARNING: Contains crude profanity, full-frontal nudity, and iambic pentameter, and is therefore unsuitable for children.
Wed July 16 @ 9:00 <== FREE BEER on opening night! Sat July 19 @ 6:15 Tue July 22 @ 6:30 Fri July 25 @ 9:30 Mon July 28 @ 8:30 Sat August 2 @ 9:30 Midtown International Theater Festival June Havoc Theater: 312 W 36th St, 1st Flr $18 | 90 minutes | TicketCentral.com Duncan is a long-time member of the playwriting workshop led by Elana Gartner Golden (OC '98, ElanaGartner.com). He's one of my favorite playwrights! I was Titania in his "Thyme of the Season" ("Midsummer" sequel) and I'm SUPER-CHARGED to get to play with another of his hilarious, clever, and insightful scripts! (OC alumnus Rich Orloff is good like that, too. Get your giggle on at RichOrloff.com!) -- Tricia (OC '98) PatriciaComstock.com PS - I play a Grace and "Dymphna -- a slut"!! OMG! Equity-Approved Showcase * Member, Actors Equity ** Won "Best New Play" Spotlight On Award, and was nominated for "Best Reading" and "Best Supporting Actor - Jess Cassidy White." GENERAL ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS Baby Sitter Needed from Andrea Frisch, '83 Babysitter needed for a 17 month old. Upper East Side, Manhattan. Spanish-speaking ideal but not required. Please email belmont83@aol.com or call (212) 879-8317. Andrea, OC '83 Current Student Needs Summer Housing My name is jamie shorey and I'm currently finishing up my sophomore year here at Oberlin. I have an internship in NYC lined up for the summer with Warp Records, except recently my housing has fallen through. Due to the poor timing of the housing situation, as I'm currently in the midst of finals, I haven't had the most time to properly search for alternatives in New York asides from Craigslist or friends. I can pay rent if needed. So if you happen to know of anything, or if you happen to have any advice I'd love to hear back. Also, I'd be more than happy to answer any questions or talk in general. Thank you. sincerely, jamie James.Shorey@oberlin.edu
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