CHRISTOPHER CARTMILL: News

Church of the Transfiguration's "A Little Midday Music" concert series presents Mozart's little 1786 "Singspiel" The Impresario (Der Schauspieldirectkor), with playwright Christopher Cartmill's exciting new adaptation for three performers of Stephanie the Younger's libretto.  This high-spirited one-act jest at the problems of an opera manager's life features sopranos Nancy Loesch and Lynn Norris, tenor Jim Russell and organist Dr. Claudia Dumschat.  Tuesday, May 17th at 12:30pm, One East 29th Street, NYC 10016.  Subways: 1/9, N/R/W, or 6 to 28th Street.  Music Office: 212.684.4174.  www.ilttlechurch.org.

The children of the Church of the Heavenly Rest in NYC at 90th and 5th Avenue perform the stage adapation of Christopher Cartmill's verse telling of SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Quake at the sight f the fiercesome dragon, cheer for the hero and heroine.

Mother's Day, May 8th during the service, 10:45am.

Chaucer's bawdy stories, "The Miller's Tale" and "The Merchant's Tale" have been fused with "The Wife of Bath's Prologue"

with Suzanne Toren, Ken Bolden, Jonathan Cook, Brian Hotaling, John-Charles Kelly, Johanna Parker, Duane Noch, Andrew Oswald, Karen Kumm, Adam McLaughlin and Leonard Wolf
with pianist Flip DeBlasio

Mr. Cartmill assisted by Virginia Lowery

at The Cooper Union's Hewitt Auditorium (41 Cooper Square, between 7th and 6th Streets)

And informal reading of the screenplay of LA CHASSE with
Christine Marie Brown, Julie Evan Smith and Michael Milligan

Christopher Cartmill appears in a free reading of Barbara Hammond's play BEYOND THE PALE, a story set in an old house in County Down in Northern Ireland.
7pm at The Paradise Theatre
64 East 4th Street (Bowery/2nd Avenue)

From the producers of the recent Broadway production of LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, the up-coming Broadway bound STEEL MAGNOLIAS and the critically acclaimed documentary PAPERCLIPS comes the first annual Winter Festival.
January 10th thru 16th at the Producers' Club Two (616 Ninth Avenue, between 43rd and 44th).

Christopher Cartmill's play LA CHASSE will finish the festival on Sunday, January 16th at 5:30pm - in a new staged reading with the talents of Julie Evan Smith, Michael Milligan and Christine Marie Brown.

Also experience the rest of the Fest. Including:

Monday and Tuesday (the 10th and 11th) at 7:30pm - the comedy and insight of Elizabeth Warner, Cynthia Adler, Jane Gennaro, Marge Royce and More.

Wednesday (12th) at 7:30pm - a reading of Barbara Hammond's play NORMAN AND BEATRICE: A MARRIAGE IN TWO ACTS. On that night Ms. Hammond will be presented with one of the Festival Awards. The reading is followed by a short set by Elizabeth Warner and then (at 10pm) the wonderful music of Arielle.

Thursday thru Saturday (13th-15th)
at 7:30pm - Courtney Fine's one-woman show ME 2. Followed at 10pm on Saturday by Arielle.

Sunday (16th) at 5:30pm - LA CHASSE.

The readings are free. The tix for
individual events is $20. Better yet buy a festival pass for $40.

Do not miss this opportunity.
For more information go to www.ergoentertainment.com

A Staged Reading of a new play by Christopher Cartmill . . . . . THE ROBBERS OF MADDERBLOOM . . . . 7:30pm December 7th at THE DRAMA BOOKSHOP, 250 West 40th Street (between 7th & 8th) New York City.

Christopher Cartmill directs Gian-Carlo Menotti's opera AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS at Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, New Jersey. Sunday, December 5th at 2pm.