The Lafayette Salon Series
SEASON
XV
2023
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TUE 21 FEB @ 19:00 (ET)
• CROWN MATRIMONIAL •
[MCMLXXIII]
by Royce Ryton
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Marlborough House, 1936-45. Focusing on the private family drama of Edward VIII and the Royal Family leading up to the abdication.
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Scheduled To Appear :
LAURA SAMETZ
STEWART WALKER
SHELLEY McPHERSON
JANE CORTNEY
MARTIN DOCHERTY
LESLIE MIDDLEBROOK
with, and curated by
MAC BRYDON
at The Players Club, Gramercy
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SAT 18 MAR @ NOON (ET)
• THE WINTER'S TALE • [MDCXI] by William Shakespeare
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King Leontes suspects his wife and his friend of betraying him. When he forces his friend to flee for his life, Leontes sets in motion a chain of events that lead to death, a ferocious bear, an infant left in the snow, young love, and a statue coming to life.
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Scheduled To Appear :
LILY ABEDIN
JESSICA ANGLESKHAN
MAC BRYDON
DEVIN BURNAM
JANE CORTNEY
ALFRED GINGOLD
DANIEL HARRAY
RANDY HOWK
TUG RICE
DOUG SINGER
CHRIS WHITE
with, and curated by
STEWART WALKER
at Swift Hibernian Lounge, NoHo
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TUE 25 APR @ 19:00 (ET)
• AN EVENING OF SHORTS •
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Scheduled To Appear :
curated by
JANE CORTNEY
at The Players Club, Gramercy
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MAY
• AND THEN THERE WERE NONE • [MCMXLIII] by Agatha Christie
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Eight disparate guests arrive at an isolated mansion located on an island off the coast of Devon. A gramophone recording accuses all ten people of past crimes that went unpunished by the law. Soon they start dying one at a time.
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Scheduled To Appear :
curated by
MAC BRYDON
at The Players Club, Gramercy
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JUNE
• TBA •
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Scheduled To Appear :
curated by
STEWART WALKER
at The Players Club, Gramercy
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JULY
• A NEW PLAY • [MMXXIII] by Robin Rice
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Scheduled To Appear :
curated by
JANE CORTNEY
at Swift Hibernian Lounge, NoHo
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Born out of a desire for camaraderie and the need to practice our craft, The Lafayette Salon Series (est. 2009) was founded by Stewart Walker (born in Frankfurt, Germany), Jane Cortney (London, England), and Mac Brydon (San Diego, California). The three, colleagues and friends, set out to create an event where plays and screenplays are performed once a month.
In 2021 the Salon was a recipient of the City Artist Corps Grant and produced readings by Eugene O’Neill, Duncan Pflaster and Luigi Jannuzzi from AUG-OCT at Swift Hibernian Lounge.
The Salon has hosted unrehearsed readings from over 150 writers, and has used the talents of over 315 professional actors.
Based in Greenwich Village, the Salon calls The Players Club (Gramercy) and Swift Hibernian Lounge (NoHo) home.
No. 224
by Noël Coward
— CAST —
JESSICA ANGLESKHAN
MAC BRYDON
ELOWYN CASTLE
KATHLEEN CHOE
JANE CORTNEY *
KATHERINE HINDRELET
STEWART WALKER
at The Players Club, Gramercy
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