OUR MISSION
The Supporting Characters are a lower Westchester-based professional theatre company which is dedicated to the development of new theatrical works from initial collaborative lab sessions through public performance. Working with a core group of actors, directors, and writers, we provide a fertile artistic ground with freedom to fail, freedom to experiment, and freedom to bring bold original work to life in a process which recognizes that a play is not complete until it is seen by an audience. The group has presented numerous staged readings as well as full productions in NYC and Scarsdale since its inception just over two years ago.
Dobbs Ferry Public Library and
The Supporting Characters
presentCATO AT UTICA
&
MARK ANTONY ENTERTAINSby Robert Gulack
Playwright Robert Gulack presents a unique double-barrelled evening of tragedy and musical comedy from the far-flung provinces of the Roman Empire.
In the first play, Cato prepares to make his last stand against Julius Caesar in the African desert. What Cato doesn't know is that one of his chief lieutenants in the on-coming battle has already secretly switched to Caesar's side . . .
In the second play, two Athenian comedians have scored a huge success satirizing the Roman general, Mark Antony. The next day, however, Antony occupies Athens and sends word he would like to see them . . . .The plays feature music by Laurie Hochman, whose music has been performed by the Boston Pops, and two-time Emmy-award-winning composer Larry Hochman, who is fresh from arranging a concert performance by Sir Paul McCartney. Robert Gulack is a Yale Drama and Yale Law School alumnus whose work has been seen at the Source Theatre in Washington, DC and the Algonquin in NYC, and in readings at the Abingdon in NYC and 12 Miles West in NJ. The Supporting Characters produced his SIX HUSBANDS OF ELIZABETH THE QUEEN in summer 2008 in NYC.
The cast includes Bruce Barton*, Francis Callahan*, Ellie Foumbi, Cynthia Granville*, Andrew Hurley, Eric Johnston, Tim Kelly, Ric Siler, Anthony Valbiro*
Readings are presented under Equity Staged Reading guidelines for an invited audience. For more information or to be added to the guest list, call (914) 693-6614 or email the library at dobref@wlsmail.org or The Supporting Characters at info@thesupportingcharacters.com. You will not be turned away, but the library does request that you RSVP.
The Supporting Characters
are excited to begin our reading series
for the 2009-10 season.
We present new plays in development to you,
our audience, to ready them for production.Please join us on
Monday, November 30,
at the Dobbs Ferry Library at 7:30 pm.
Dobbs Ferry Public Library
55 Main Street
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
(914) 693-6614
www.dobbsferrylibrary.org
in the Community Room of the Dobbs Ferry Public Library
for
CATO AT UTICA
&
MARK ANTONY ENTERTAINS
by Robert Gulack
To be added to the guest list at the library,
call (914) 693-6614
or email the library
at dobref@wlsmail.org
For more information, e-mail us at:
info@thesupportingcharacters.comTo help
The Supporting Characters:
The Supporting Characters is supported by the Arts Alive program of the Westchester Arts Council, with funding from the Decentralization Program of the New York State Council on the Arts.
Copyright 2007-2009. The Supporting Characters. All rights reserved.
