Event
A Staged Reading of The Master Forger
The Rosendale Theatre Collective is proud to present the New York premiere staged reading of The Master Forger: The True Story of the World's Greatest Art Forger, by David Wiener on Sunday, June 13 at 3 PM. This play is based on the book Van Meegeren: Master Forger by Lord John Kilbracken. This reading is directed by Susan Einhorn and features David Little as Han Van Meegeren with a cast that includes Jason Downs, Sophia Raab Downs, Brian Smiar, Michael Frohnhoefer, Carl Welden and Adam LeFevre. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.
The Master Forger is the true story of the world's greatest art forger, Han van Meegeren. In 1945, in the shattered city of Amsterdam, van Meegeren, an obscure art dealer, is arrested for selling a priceless Vermeer to the Nazis and charged with treason. But the investigation takes a bizarre turn when he claims the Vermeer in question is his own forgery. The authorities challenge him to prove his ridiculous claim or face the gallows. The master forger must create his greatest fake or die.
Playwright David Wiener's plays have been produced in London, India, Canada, and the United States and have been published three times in the Smith & Kraus Best Plays one act anthology series. He is the theater arts consultant for the Akwatia Communications Center project in Ghana, Africa and is the writer for the San Diego Shakespeare Society. In 2006 and 2009, he won Best Play at the New York City 15 Minute Play Festival. The 2009 winner, Feeding Time at the Human House, was directed by Susan Einhorn. He has written cover, feature, and interview articles for performing arts magazines. In 2007, he completed a lliterary Internship with La Jolla Playhouse and went on to work as that theater's dramaturgy associate during the 2007-08 season.
Director Susan Einhorn has directed over 70 productions of dramas, comedies, musicals, and operas, in genres ranging from contemporary to classical, but considers her specialty to be nurturing and developing new work, of which she has done over 35 premiere productions. Her new musical, Uncle Jed's Barbershop, produced in the New York Music Theater Festival, received the Director's Choice Award. She is a professor of theater at Queens College, City University of New York, where she has headed the acting program for 28 years. She served on the executive board of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society for 13 years. She has been a Tony, Lortel, and Callaway Award voter, voting on all new productions both on and off- Broadway for 18 years. She is the recipient of many awards, among them the SDCS Award for Extraordinary Service, the President's Award for Innovative Teaching (twice), the Villager Award for Outstanding Ensemble work, and a National Endowment for the Arts grant.
Actor David Little is a veteran performer on Broadway, off-Broadway, and at major regional theaters across the country. He has made several feature and independent films such as Running Wild, King of the Gypsies, Claire Dolan, and The Bet, among others, and just finished shooting a new feature, The Occupant. He has played many featured roles on television in shows such as Law & Order (17 episodes), Ed, Swift Justice, Guiding Light, Lipstick Jungle, The Sopranos, and Damages. He has had a home in High Falls, New York for 28 years.
All the members of this production are generously donating the proceeds from this performance to the Rosendale Theatre Collective (RTC). The mission of the RTC is to preserve the Rosendale Theatre, an historic Main Street anchor business crucial to the economic stability of downtown Rosendale and the cultural life of Rosendale and Ulster County through a multi-disciplinary approach of arts and education programming. The RTC has nonprofit 501(c)(3) status and is in the process of purchasing the theater from the Cacchio family, which has owned it for 62 years.
Advance tickets for The Master Forger can be purchased at www.rosendaletheatre.org/upcoming_events.html or at the Big Cheese and Vision of Tibet on Main Street in Rosendale. The Rosendale Theatre is located at 408 Main Street in Rosendale, New York.
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LocationThe Rosendale Theatre
408 Main Street
Rosendale, NY 12472
United States
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