works by Drama School students
The School of Drama will present the first annual Carlotta Festival of New Plays May 5-14 at the New Theater in Holcombe T. Green Jr. Hall, 1156 Chapel St.
The series, which features plays by current students at the School of Drama, is named after Carlotta Monterey, widow of Eugene O'Neill and a patron of the School of Drama's Playwriting Department and Library. It was Monterey who chose Yale University Press as the publisher of "Long Day's Journey into Night." It is written on the copyright page of the first paperback edition that the proceeds from the publication would to go to support playwriting at Yale University.
The inaugural plays, which will be presented in rotating repertory, are:
"Layla and Majnun," written by Nastaran Ahmadi; directed by May Adrales. Both American and Iranian, Layla finds herself, in the weeks after 9/11, trapped in an apartment in Los Angeles, alone with her father, who can't or won't speak. She must confront a changed America, which has been until now the only country she called home. In the struggle to identify a heritage she has never truly known, she remembers her namesake, the heroine of a legendary Persian tale of star-crossed love. Showtimes are 8 p.m. on May 6, 9 and 12, and 2 p.m. on May 14.
"In the Red & Brown Water," written by Tarell Alvin McCraney; directed by Anna G. Jones. Suffused with the rhythms of southern Louisiana, "In the Red & Brown Water" sets to Yoruban Oya myth in the heart of an African-American community in San Pére. Oya, a young dreamer, is as fast as the wind; the story follows her as she grows into a tumultuous adulthood under the watchful eye of her community, which is tight-knit but never tight-lipped. Music and dance interweave in this tale based in the cultures and families of the present-day American Gulf. Showtimes are 8 p.m. on May 5 and 11, and 2 p.m. on May 9 and 13.
"The Lacy Project," written by Alena Smith; directed by Susanna Gellert. This work presents a dark portrait of a generation adrift in a sea of images, raised in a culture of excess and unable to grow up. Every year on her birthday, Lacy's mother takes her photograph; the collection has made them both famous. On the eve of her 22nd birthday, Lacy awaits the arrival of her mother in her New York City apartment, which becomes the locus of a confrontation between image and reality, sex and friendship, self-indulgence and responsibility. Showtimes are 8 p.m. on May 7, 10 and 13, and 2 p.m. on May 11.
Tickets are $18 for all performances; $12 for students. Tickets can be purchased by phone at (203) 432-1234 or in person at the Yale Repertory Theatre box office, 1120 Chapel St. (at York). More information is available at www.yale.edu/drama.
The Carlotta Festival of New Plays is made possible by the Carlotta M. and Eugene O'Neill Fund.
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