tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7948226123193880172024-03-13T01:40:17.288-04:00Toni SchlesingerToni Schlesinger is a NYC-based playwright, theater designer, performer, fiction writer, episodic, journalist, former columnist for The Village Voice (Shelter column) - New York Observer - author Five Flights Up (Princeton Architectural Press) toni@tonischlesinger.comToni Schlesingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879295659435248926noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-26207371494720930822016-01-31T11:46:00.001-05:002016-01-31T12:33:18.593-05:00Toni Schlesinger's <i>The Fifth Woman</i>, Metropolitan Playhouse, NYC, January 2016<br />
Performed by Benjamin Russell*, Tess Frazer*, Brian Poteat*/Michael Hardart*<br />
Concept/Writing/Direction/Design: Toni Schlesinger<br />
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Toni Schlesingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879295659435248926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-76764624247300947802013-11-12T12:40:00.000-05:002014-02-15T14:55:54.540-05:00Dixon Place PresentsThe World Premiere ofToni Schlesinger's The Mystery of Pearl StreetFebruary 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A three-person play, set in the mysterious Blue Room --- playwright, performer, and journalist Toni Schlesinger pursues the unsolved real-life story of two artists who disappeared in 1997 from their 19th century loft near the East River on one of the oldest streets in Manhattan.<br />
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The double mystery, is a wildly visual, psychological, and philosophical exploration of terror, romance, police procedure, money, real estate, and the city's history, from the ruthless colonists and clipper ships to the booms on Wall Street. Pearl Street is finally a story of love and loss, loss that no one saw coming--the oldest story in the book--and the Valentine dinner when one could not have known what a large and horrific turn life could take.<br />
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Writer/Designer/Dixon Place Artist’s Resident & Commissioned Artist: <b>Toni Schlesinger</b></div>
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Director: <b>Will Detlefsen</b></div>
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Performers: <b>Toni Schlesinger,</b> <b>Heather Thiry, </b> & <b>Carl Fengler</b></div>
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Set: <b>Mary Griswold</b></div>
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Original Music: <b>Nicholas Pavkovic</b></div>
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Assistant Producers: <b>Richard Tan</b> & <b>Harrison Kaufman</b></div>
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Assistant Director: <b>Elias Duncan</b><br />
Photographer: <b>Jim Moore</b><br />
Lighting Designer: <b>Rob Lariviere</b></div>
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Co-graphic Designer: <b>You-Young Kim</b></div>
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<b>Toni Schlesinger</b> (<b>Writer, Designer, Performer, Dixon Place Artist Resident & Commissioned Artist)</b> is a New York City-based playwright, theater designer, fiction writer, and journalist. She has written, designed, and often performed in more of her original 25 stage works at theaters including Dixon Place, St. Ann’s Warehouse, HERE, The Metropolitan Playhouse, and more. She was the creator of the weekly, award-winning “Shelter” column that ran for eight years in the <i>Village Voice</i>, a columnist for the <i>New York</i> <i>Observer</i>, and a longtime reporter for the <i>Chicago Reader</i> and more. Her journalism has also been published in <i>The New York Times</i> and <i>Slate’s Double X. </i>Her book, <i>Five Flights Up</i>, a collection of her <i>Voice</i> columns, was published by Princeton Architectural Press and praised by actor/director Tom Hanks in <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> as a “must read.” She is the creator of the graphic serial, <i>Kansas O’Flaherty: Secret Agent,</i> with drawings by <i>The New Yorker</i> magazine artist Tom Bachtell. www.tonischlesinger.com<br />
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<b>Heather Thiry</b> <b>(Performer) </b>is a New York City-based actress and dancer originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan. She has a BFA in drama from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied at the Stella Adler Studio, the Experimental Theatre Wing, and RADA in London. She has worked as a member of the Bats, the resident acting company at The Flea Theatre, and has performed in productions at The Brick, Columbia Stages, and Manhattan Repertory Theatre </div>
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<b>Carl Fengler (Performer) </b>is a native of Burlington, Vermont and has performed numerous lead roles in independent films that have found success in film festivals including <i>Jeremiah Chase in Quantum Wave</i> at Slam Dance. Among Carl’s Off Broadway performances, Carl originated the role of Leon, the romantic lead from the play <i>Rite of Return</i> at Theater for the New City and played Stanley in a production of <i>Richard III</i> for Shakespeare in the Parking Lot. Recent New York City roles include originating the role of Seth in <i>Divorce First Class</i> at The Gallery Players as well as playing <i>Mark in The Shadow Box </i>in a special Tisch, NYU production directed by Kenneth Noel Mitchell. Favorite regional theater roles include Andrew Rally in <i>I Hate Hamlet</i> at NJ Castle Shakespeare Repertory. Carl graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA in Acting from University of Connecticut and earned a Masters in Counseling Psychology from Fordham University.<br />
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<b>Mary Griswold</b> <b>(Set)</b>, a longtime collaborator with Toni Schlesinger, was most recently the puppet builder of Schlesinger’s <i>The Woman Who Lives By The Sea</i> (2012) at Dixon Place. She has been the principal set designer and scenic artist for the Eastman Opera Theater in Rochester for 30 some productions since 1995. Her first professional credit was the Organic Theater Company’s premiere of David Mamet’s <i>Sexual Perversity in Chicago </i>followed by<i> </i><span class="s2">productions at the Goodman Theater (<i>She Always Said Pablo</i>), the Kennedy Center, and more.</span></div>
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<b>Nicholas Pavkovic (Original Music),</b> a longtime collaborator with Toni Schlesinger, is a prolific composer for film, scored more than two dozen narrative features and shorts, and was named a Sundance Composers Lab fellow (2008). In the same year his <i>Concertino for Piano and Percussion</i> received the grand prize in the Percussive Arts Society composition competition. After receiving a degree in mathematics at the University of Chicago, he completed his graduate studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he now teaches musicianship and music theory. His chamber opera, <i>Sredni Vashtar, </i>premiered in 2010, and his orchestral composition, <i>Angelus Novus,</i> received the Conservatory's James Highsmith Award in 2011. Pavkovic is General Manager of the concert series “Curious Flights” and Executive Director of the Ross McKee Foundation for the Musical Arts. <span class="s3">www.pavkovic.com</span></div>
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<b>Richard Tan (Assistant Producer)</b> is an actor and an assistant director for narrative and documentary features in New York. He was born in Singapore, raised in London, and graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. He holds a Master's degree in Film and Psychology from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. </div>
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<b>Harrison Kaufman (Assistant Producer)</b> is currently an undergraduate in the B. F. A. Drama program at New York University, studying in the Playwrights Horizons Theater School. Previously, he studied Theater and Performance Studies, as well as Playwriting, at The University of Chicago. There, he wrote and performed as a member of the 27<sup>th</sup> Generation of Off-Off Campus, the university’s renowned sketch and improv comedy troupe. He also wrote/devised for readings, festivals, and even a translation of a French Mozart-based musical entitled “Mozart: L’Opera Rock.” Primarily an actor, he was just involved in a web series <i>Plan B</i>, as one of the leading protagonists: Tom. As a writer, <i>Fable, </i>composed by Christopher Anselmo, has been produced as a staged reading at Northwestern University, and The Actors Training Center in Wilmette, IL, and will be done as a full production here in NYC in July. His short play <i>Feelin’ Good</i> will be produced by Tisch New Theatre in the Spring. Harrison is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America.</div>
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<span class="s2"><b>Carolyn Cutillo (Stage Manager)</b> </span>is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Primarily an actor, she has written, directed, and stage managed at Playwrights Horizons Theater School, and continued studying acting at the Experimental Theater Wing and Stonestreet Screen Acting Studio. Currently she is the Company Manager of Boxed Wine Productions, which she founded over three years ago. Carolyn last stage managed director Will Detlefsen's <i>The Birthday Party</i>; and produced her company's pageant, <i>Jolly The Christmas Walrus.</i> Recent performance credits include <i>Safe</i> at last summer's Edinburgh Fringe Festival and at 59E59; <i>100 Saints You Should Know</i>; <i>Matt & Ben; Dog Sees God; </i>and numerous original plays and films with BWP. She can be seen on YouTube in web series <i>AnnieCam </i>as fictional video blogger Annie Price. <span class="s4">www.carolyncutillo.com</span><br />
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<b><br />Elias Duncan (Assistant Director) </b>is an acting and writing student at the Tisch School of Arts at New York University. He produces, writes, and performs works of Neo-Futurism and Theater of the Oppressed. He is zealous about experimental theater and performance art. He believes that new creative works like <i>Pearl Street</i> are pushing boundaries through exploring the capabilities of theatrical expression. <span class="s5"></span></div>
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<b>Dylan Golden</b> <b>(Mystery) </b>works for film director Darren Aronofsky at Protozoa Pictures. Mr. Golden is a graduate of the New York University Gallatin School where he wrote his thesis on “Authoring Mystery.” </div>
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<b>Dave Kehr</b> <b>(Magic)</b> is the Adjunct Curator of Film at the Museum of Modern Art, a long time film columnist for the <i>New York Times</i>, <i>Film Comment</i>, the <i>Chicago Reader</i>, and many more publications and the author of <i>When Movies Mattered</i> (University of Chicago Press).</div>
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<b>Lawrence Gulotta (Real Estate, Loft Movement, Urban Planning)</b> is a Project Manager at the New York State Affordable Housing Corporation, a former New York City Loft Board member, and a contributor to <i>Dissent</i> magazine.</div>
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<b>Juan Diaz (Spanish Dialect & South American Culture), </b>born and raised in Colombia<b>,</b> is a New York-based photographer, DJ, architectural studies student, and Apple Genius.</div>
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<b>Jeffrey D. Kidder (Reproductive Biology), </b>Director of Education at the Black Rock Forest Consortium in Cornwall, New York, was formerly assistant professor at the Rutgers University Newark campus and at the University of Colorado’s Boulder campus and <span class="s2">executive director of the not-for-profit Science Discovery in Boulder. </span>He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University.</div>
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<b>Linda Nelson (Visual & Marketing)</b> is a communications professional, known for integrated marketing campaigns, awarded a regional TELLY for an industrial video, and a consultant on matters of taste and visual aesthetic. Additionally she secured a national grant to develop community gardens in Tucson, Arizona.</div>
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<b>Zara Golden (Investigative & Marketing)</b> is a freelance writer and editor in New York who <span class="s3">has contributed to <i>the Huffington Post, BlackBook, Village Voice, VH1</i> and the <i>FADER</i>. </span>She graduated from NYU’s Gallatin School. </div>
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Tickets on sale now for Sat. Sept 15, 7:30 pm — Toni Schlesinger's <i>The Mystery of Oyster Street</i> - a full-length performance of detection about a mystery within a mystery --- a murder, a love affair, and several vanishings from New York’s oldest street inspired by Toni’s years of researching the real-life 1997 disappearance of two artists from their NYC Pearl Street loft though all names, characters, places, and incidents in this play are the product of Toni’s imagination and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Written & Designed by Toni Schlesinger.
Co-Directed by Toni Schlesinger & Jeremy Bloom.
Starring Drew Hildebrand and Esme Von Hoffman.
Set pieces by Mary Griswold. Mystery consultant: Dylan Golden.
Tickets: <a href="https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/916826" target="_blank">https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/916826</a> or OvationTix customer service toll-free:<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=794822612319388017" style="color: #1155cc;">866-811-4111</a>.
($12 in advance, $15 at door-$10 student & senior); Lower East Side NYC, 161A Chrystie Street between Rivington & Delancey,<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=794822612319388017" style="color: #1155cc;">212.219.0736</a> F train to Second Avenue, 6 to Spring, & more
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The Dixon Place Lounge, in the air conditioned, renovated Dixon Place is open before, during, and after the show. (6 pm-midnight) Proceeds directly support Dixon Place’s artists and mission. You can bring drinks in and drink during the show.
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Toni awarded Dixon Place Artist-In-Residency “for exceptional artists” to develop her 90-minute play <i>Five Flights Up </i></h1>
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<br />The October-December Dixon Place residency will be followed by a run of <i>Five Flights Up</i> (working title) in February 2014. Above: Raniah Day as the Reporter interviewing <i>The Woman Who Lives By The Sea</i>. This special workshop preview of a scene from <i>Five Flights Up</i> was presented by Dixon Place on May 2, 2012 and funded by The Jim Henson Foundation and The Puffin Foundation.<br />
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<br /> Toni’s fiction just published in <i>Significant Objects</i> anthology (Fantagraphics Books)</h1>
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Toni’s fiction, “4-Tile” and the stories of Neil LaBute, William Gibson, Ed Park, Jenny Davidson, Luc Sante, Ben Greenman, and many more were just published in a very unusual book, about surprising responses to the challenge of manufacturing significance. Editors: Joshua Glenn & Rob Walker...<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Significant-Objects-Jason-Grote/dp/1606995251" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.
com/Significant-Objects-Jason-Grote/dp/1606995251</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-89370873658779423802012-08-01T09:43:00.000-04:002013-11-12T13:01:54.400-05:00<div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0.5em 0px 1.5em; padding-bottom: 1.5em;">
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<b style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em;">"<a href="http://www.salon.com/2008/01/22/oflaherty_10/singleton/">Kansas O'Flaherty ...Secret Agent</a>" @ <a href="http://www.salon.com/comics/oflaherty/2007/11/13/oflaherty/" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Salon.com</a> </b><i style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em;">By Toni Schlesinger & drawings By Tom Bachtell</i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. <i style="line-height: normal;">Lobster Village</i> (graphic novel), Shotopress.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.6em;">. </span><i style="line-height: 1.6em;">The Letters Of Manuel da Pombal To His Mother Concerning His Recent Sea Voyage</i><span style="line-height: 1.6em;"> (fiction).</span><br />
. <i>Toni Schlesinger of 1897 Vienna</i>, a memoir.<br />
. <i>Je Ne Peux Pas Etre Un Flaneur</i>, an essay.<br />
. <i>Miniature Blues</i>, an essay.<br />
. <i>The Orgy of Dialogue</i>, an essay.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 85%;">With performers, co-theater artists, & designers: Cory Antiel, Raniah Day, Hal Eagar, Mary Griswold, Drew Hildebrand, Chris Maresca, Yoko Myoi, Nicholas Pavkovic, Meghan Maureen Williams, Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, & more.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 85%;">Not so long ago, Toni Schlesinger visited the homes of New Yorkers to find out how they live and survive. Tonight the exploration is more meta-mythological-archetypical as the Reporter meets "The Woman Who Lives By The Sea," a tall, pre-Raphaelite with Chekovian longing and no ears, her romantic octopus, and Philosopher Fish who never stop thinking, in a creaky house on the Island of the Alone.</span></div>
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A Puppet Playlist “Beach Boys” night — a presentation of Sinking Ship Productions and The Tank, a brilliant group. (Founders and curators and producers: Josh Luxenberg, Jon Levin, Brendan Yi-Fu Tay) There are a number of acts in the evening with many musicians, singers, puppeteers. Toni’s piece is:</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.sinkingshipproductions.com/"><span style="font-family: inherit;">www.sinkingshipproductions.com</span></a><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Toni Schlesingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879295659435248926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-82903845418875490912011-12-27T12:15:00.005-05:002011-12-27T12:32:33.081-05:00Jim Henson Foundation grant awarded for stage adaptation of Five Flights Up<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHKpRqudW1RLIGDTE4rpBbvkziSbwjc1Epg5PfkTkfCPmHcymoL1_khBQEhBzETChM8r2LOIbQ4hVcKaV3wPYkXI0xR91Mww3vSqyODzdTdmXc3-FHw9rkXNkiY4Jije4cfdfvfbOFHVr/s1600/two_hands.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHKpRqudW1RLIGDTE4rpBbvkziSbwjc1Epg5PfkTkfCPmHcymoL1_khBQEhBzETChM8r2LOIbQ4hVcKaV3wPYkXI0xR91Mww3vSqyODzdTdmXc3-FHw9rkXNkiY4Jije4cfdfvfbOFHVr/s200/two_hands.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690860986783891730" /></a><br /> The Jim Henson Foundation just awarded a grant to Toni for her concept, writing, and design of a five-act, large scale puppet work for the stage, a fictional adaptation of her book <i>Five Flights Up (</i>Princeton Architectural Press<i>)</i>, the collection of her award-winning columns from the <i>Village Voice </i>about how people live and survive in the city. <div> Act I, "The Woman Who Lives By The Sea," will be developed to present in Spring 2012. Dates, times, place, actors, puppeteers TBA. The full length work including "The Richest Man In The World," "The Many," "Mr. and Mrs. Kalabash," and "The Man With The Knife In The Wall," will be presented in 2013-2014.</div>Toni Schlesingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879295659435248926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-46906838865499881132011-03-07T17:24:00.003-05:002011-03-07T17:26:45.549-05:00Toni's new essay in HiLo series on comic artist Jack Kirby<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:ArialMT"><a href="http://hilobrow.com/2011/03/07/kirb-your-enthusiasm-22/"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#0015C1">http://hilobrow.com/2011/03/07/kirb-your-enthusiasm-22/</span></a></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Toni Schlesingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879295659435248926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-31619711403281533132011-02-17T09:45:00.004-05:002011-02-17T09:51:32.026-05:00Toni's New York Times cruise ship stories & a Pearl Street story<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">http://mrbellersneighborhood.com/2011/02/the-whip-and-the-bonnet<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/travel/13allure.html?hp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/travel/13allure.html?hp</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/travel/13Captain.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/travel/13Captain.html</span></a></p> <!--EndFragment-->Toni Schlesingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879295659435248926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-4701485817098310102010-09-24T22:17:00.006-04:002011-12-27T12:07:28.485-05:00Toni's forthcoming writing: essays, fiction, and non-fiction:. "Mystery," an essay, <i>The Word</i>, edited by Molly McQuade, Sarabande Books.<div>. "4-Tile," a short story, <i>Significant Objects</i>, Fantagraphics Books (2012).</div><div>. <i> Lobster Village</i> (graphic novel), Shotopress.</div><div>. <i>The Mystery of Oyster Street</i> (fiction).</div><div>. <i>The Letters Of Manuel de Pombal To His Mother Concerning His Recent Sea Voyage</i>, (fiction).</div>Toni Schlesingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879295659435248926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-3819760839438030442010-04-21T11:16:00.017-04:002010-08-14T17:03:26.913-04:00"The Palace" by Toni Schlesinger, June 4 & 5, 2010, St. Ann's Warehouse<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-xFSngZSTdbcKcncZx98zSZgWaNnYCmJjgmca1NzEcABNUjjGmPDUf2828VNukKM6U_Ly4RycBK2vaF4ZLqjFo1UIhKAFPrN8cwGmfp2-JVfOo-t0CsRqArESawo4sQh77yw4I5Dbx9A/s1600/willa+final+photo+for+blog.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br />
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<div><div><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Palace</span></b></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> by Toni Schlesinger</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Friday, June 4 & Saturday, June 5, 2010, </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">St. Ann's Warehouse, 10 pm</span></b></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The epic story of a grand and aging, miniature movie palace as she fights for survival through the Moorish years, the noir years, the porn years, and the Straub and Huillet years. One day, before real estate developers try to destroy her, a mysterious film about love is left in the lobby and, not only is everyone moved, but life changes.</span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Performed by Toni Schlesinger, Chris Maresca, Esme von Hoffman, & Bobby Brower with special appearances by George Blecher, Erin Orr, & Chris Green . Builder: Chris Maresca . Graphic consultant: Nicholas Pavkovic --- - presented by the Great Small Works Toy Theater Festival, St. Ann's Warehouse, 38 Water Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NYC - For tickets: www.stannswarehouse.org -- Box office: 718-254-8779, 866-811-4111</span></div></div></div></div>Toni Schlesingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879295659435248926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-24325904986141221072010-01-26T22:24:00.027-05:002012-04-09T15:00:45.616-04:00Appearances, Original Plays, Performances, NYC<span><div style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. Toni reads new work,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">New York Society Library, Nov 9,</span></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2010, Tuesday, 6 pm, Members Room, 53 E. 79th, 212-288-6900 x244</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. "The Palace," </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">by Toni Schlesinger,</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> St. Ann's Warehouse, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">NYC, 2010</span></span></div></span></span></span></div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. Toni emcees Writers Night — New York Society Library — </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">March 18, 2010<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. Toni performs</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> as a "Player"</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> in Tino Sehgal's piece </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">at the</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Guggenheim Museum</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> — January 30 –March 10, 2010<br /></span><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">“When The World Broke In Two” </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">by Toni Schlesinger, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Metropolitan Playhouse,</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> NYC, January 2010<br /><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Other Original Plays Written, Designed, and Performed by Toni </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Full-length:</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />“The Long, Slow Death of Lila Remy,” St. Ann's and HERE, NYC<br /></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Series:</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />“The Toni Schlesinger Show,” St. Ann's Warehouse, NYC 2007<br /></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Short Plays & Monologues:</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br />“James Bond's Old Girl Friends” (published in Smith & Krauss’ </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Best Monologues For Women</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">), performed at La Mama, Ohio Theater, West Bank Cafe --- NYC<br />“Fallen Branches,” The Great House, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 2007<br />“The Biggest Play In The World,” St. Ann's Warehouse, NYC, 2004<br />“Lobster Village,” HERE, NYC<br />“Professor Simone,” Galapagos, NYC<br />“The Mysterious Disappearance of Lawrence Castle,” The Kitchen, St. Ann's, PS 122, BRIC, Don't Tell Mama, Los Kabyitos -- NYC<br />“The Spaceship Glue Is Mine,” West Bank Cabaret, NYC<br />“Two High-Heeled Ice Skates In Conversation,” The Culture Project, West Bank Caberet --- NYC<br />“Cocktails In Mombasa,” La Mama, NYC<br />“Shifty As Smoke,” Ohio Theater, NYC<br />“She Buys Her Perfume In Ensenada,” The Vineyard<br />“Hot Caviar,” La Mama, NYC<br />“Hasta La Vista,” La Mama, NYC<br />“A Post-Conscious Film Noir,” West Bank Cabaret, NYC<br />“Jeb and Sandy Shoulders,” The Culture Project, NYC<br />“The Strange Matter of Marcie Glenn,” HERE, NYC<br />“Margaret's Song,” Harold Clurman, West Bank Cabaret, NYC<br />“The Sophisticates,” La Mama, Harold Clurman, NYC<br />“Mrs. Sophisticate Gets A Letter,” West Bank Cabaret, NYC</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Forthcoming Plays:</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Paradise, New Jersey"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"The Palace -- Parts I & II"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Willa Cather"</span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"The French Detective"</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Royal Licorice Works"<br /></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">“The Ticking Clock”<br />“Mary Colter and The Grand Canyon”</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-44570145998593864602009-11-20T11:21:00.003-05:002010-03-13T10:03:38.415-05:00"The Good Earth"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelve099bMNYIkxnz7WKYwuxCCpsvm_gQQiPbt-wGcy5gLu4pZdzosFcwRrC5TMviVAQ4ijmzTu6OipyWEAIGb0FP0QvLeseh3YY03cUPAu6PynYUYRXg_GkvGh7E-USBDWA22HQkAkmXS/s1600/IMG_8438.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgelve099bMNYIkxnz7WKYwuxCCpsvm_gQQiPbt-wGcy5gLu4pZdzosFcwRrC5TMviVAQ4ijmzTu6OipyWEAIGb0FP0QvLeseh3YY03cUPAu6PynYUYRXg_GkvGh7E-USBDWA22HQkAkmXS/s200/IMG_8438.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406222570900233506" /></a><br />Toni's series on Slate's DoubleX.com...the season's finale!<br />http://www.doublex.com/content/house-calls-good-earth<br />http://www.doublex.com/section/life/house-calls-intimate-portraits-economic-survivorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-2791284900427146612009-11-13T11:03:00.003-05:002010-03-13T10:03:59.958-05:00In The Belly Of The Pig<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAwbSuRFNDc5DqvAU0pjHU8ulmTgvGoni9R5oJarSO5m3K92e81z8skBPaTOrUZuVjeDYFz9AYNH56E80ISYe1R4f-wJVg7Ky_m8aUXveG_rviBPtvt8p5laXALSnEXN8IjHsICGOeetq/s1600-h/DSC_0827.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAwbSuRFNDc5DqvAU0pjHU8ulmTgvGoni9R5oJarSO5m3K92e81z8skBPaTOrUZuVjeDYFz9AYNH56E80ISYe1R4f-wJVg7Ky_m8aUXveG_rviBPtvt8p5laXALSnEXN8IjHsICGOeetq/s200/DSC_0827.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403619970141576274" /></a><br />Today, Toni on Slate's DoubleX.com...http://www.doublex.com/content/house-calls-belly-pig-album<br />http://www.doublex.com/section/life/house-calls-intimate-portraits-economic-survivorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-73098984759896028732009-11-06T08:27:00.003-05:002010-03-13T10:04:48.602-05:00"After the Storm"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HZSagpP4fCQSUSIK7F9H3u-isN_dcWAd0ecsTdPcAtPfhzt17a8jVH2K6up5GRZvDKgIQfBk4_jaZFs9oPLg9arfxTzuTpe4GVykj5Cy6o8naLMoLnP0dCQZf5mOQkZJCoWuoOGtPx0X/s1600-h/IMG_0574.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HZSagpP4fCQSUSIK7F9H3u-isN_dcWAd0ecsTdPcAtPfhzt17a8jVH2K6up5GRZvDKgIQfBk4_jaZFs9oPLg9arfxTzuTpe4GVykj5Cy6o8naLMoLnP0dCQZf5mOQkZJCoWuoOGtPx0X/s200/IMG_0574.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403619116033857794" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">Toni's new story & photos on Slate's DoubleX</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.doublex.com/content/house-calls-after-storm-album">http://www.doublex.com/content/house-calls-after-storm-album</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.doublex.com/section/life/house-calls-intimate-portraits-economic-survivors">http://www.doublex.com/section/life/house-calls-intimate-portraits-economic-survivors</a><o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-77721287221385799652009-11-02T10:52:00.003-05:002010-03-13T10:05:04.696-05:00The New HungryToni's new episode on Slate's DoubleX<div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.doublex.com/content/hungry-call-jacksons">http://www.doublex.com/content/hungry-call-jacksons</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.doublex.com/content/hungry-call-jacksons"></a><a href="http://www.doublex.com/section/life/house-calls-intimate-portraits-economic-survivors">http://www.doublex.com/section/life/house-calls-intimate-portraits-economic-survivors</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-1382133591748302152009-10-23T11:02:00.005-04:002010-03-13T10:05:25.990-05:00The Goose Laid Them<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0FJCmi2DEBFFnhd4oBugFXza9zv28GMnylEdnK1Q4SPNxeGGk0KQlDPp9KQEw6JTBjIOMq8i3ByYgJgzGfhWmr8CEkemA7I5cXu4AroFDZzwmdMiSHhKEk26PtwlFssxVU4IlCTvec4d/s1600-h/_IGP5218.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0FJCmi2DEBFFnhd4oBugFXza9zv28GMnylEdnK1Q4SPNxeGGk0KQlDPp9KQEw6JTBjIOMq8i3ByYgJgzGfhWmr8CEkemA7I5cXu4AroFDZzwmdMiSHhKEk26PtwlFssxVU4IlCTvec4d/s200/_IGP5218.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403621694018314098" /></a><br />Another episode in Toni's series on Slate's DoubleX.com<br /><div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.doublex.com/section/life/house-calls-intimate-portraits-economic-survivors">http://www.doublex.com/section/life/house-calls-intimate-portraits-economic-survivors</a><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-24459957660790613202009-10-16T11:52:00.004-04:002010-03-13T10:05:58.821-05:00The Painted Lampshade<div>Today in Toni's new weekly series on Slate's DoubleX.com</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.doublex.com/content/house-calls-painted-lampshade-album">http://www.doublex.com/content/house-calls-painted-lampshade-album</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-35523535411425604172009-10-09T04:25:00.004-04:002010-03-13T10:06:22.457-05:00House CallsToni Schlesinger’s new weekly series, “House Calls: Intimate Portraits of Economic Survivors,” begins today on Slate’s Double X.com.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.doublex.com/section/life/house-calls-intimate-portraits-economic-survivors">http://www.doublex.com/section/life/house-calls-intimate-portraits-economic-survivors</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.doublex.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/large-image/091009-housecallsA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" src="http://www.doublex.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/large-image/091009-housecallsA.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-4333292968282923632009-09-13T16:29:00.011-04:002011-05-25T17:30:16.022-04:00<a href="http://dir.salon.com/topics/kansas_oflaherty/"><img align="left" alt="Kansas O\" border="0" flaherty="" height="50" secret="" src="http://images.salon.com/comics/oflaherty/2008/01/29/oflaherty/lc.gif" vspace="3" width="50" /></a><b>"Kansas O'Flaherty ...<br />
Secret Agent" @ <a href="http://dir.salon.com/topics/kansas_oflaherty/">Salon.com</a><br />
</b><i>By Toni Schlesinger & drawings By Tom Bachtell</i><br />
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</b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794822612319388017.post-35261115158960398022009-08-26T05:15:00.005-04:002010-03-13T10:06:42.371-05:00Significant Object Story<span style="font-size:x-small;">“I have something for you,” she says.
“For me?” he asks.
“For you!” she says. “Wait, waiter, I’ll have a pale gold drink.”
“For you?” asked the waiter.
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