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"HIGH MAINTENANCE"
Nat was thrilled to make a quick and dirty cameo in the smash webseries High Maintenance:
NOW RUNNING:
Honey Fist
A Play By August Schulenburg
Set outside of Boston, Honey Fist follows a group of old friends gathering for an annual bender honoring Justin, a high school buddy who died too young. An old adversary who turned Hollywood shows up with a movie star on his arm and a Porsche for the person who shares the best story about Justin. After the story-telling ends in a fight, the friends kidnap the movie star girlfriend as payback, and her presence unearths a painful truth about how Justin really died.
Honey Fist runs in rep with Johnna Adams' Sans Merci.
Press:
"The cast does an amazing job and all give phenomenal performances.
Each one locks onto the truth of their character."
- Gina Femia, New York Theatre Review
"Joey [is] played with convincing rawness by Nat Cassidy."
- Jon Sobel, Stage Mage
"Cassidy [is] full of nervous energy and desperation."
- Wendy Caster, Show Showdown
"Well acted by a cast of six ... all of whom bring their characters to raw and vivid life ...
[A]s stirring a theatrical experience as any on offer right now."
- Martin Denton, NYTheatre
"The actors are all deeply honest and real ... Cassidy is full of a barely
suppressed overwhelming desire that finally gets to explode in later scenes."
- Duncan Pflaster, Broadway World
Honey Fist
By August Schulenburg
Directed by Kelly O’Donnell
Produced by Flux Theatre Ensemble
APRIL 30 - MAY 18, 2013
Starring:
Matt Archambault
Nat Cassidy*
Lori E. Parquet*
Anna Rahn*
Isaiah Tanenbaum
Chinaza Uche*
*AEA-approved Showcase
Where:
4th STREET THEATRE
83 East 4th Street
When:
Tues, April 30th @ 7:30pm
Wed, May 1st @ 7:30pm
Thurs, May 2nd @ 7:30pm
Sat, May 4th @ 7:30pm
Sun, May 5th @ 2:30pm
Thurs, May 9th @ 7:30pm
Fri, May 10th @ 7:30pm
Sat, May 11th @ 2:30pm
Sun, May12th @ 7:30pm
Tues, May 14th @ 7:30pm
Wed, May 15th @ 7:30pm
Sat, May 18th @ 2:30pm
Sat, May 18th @ 7:30pm
For tickets: www.fluxtheatre.org/rep
Honey Fist runs in rep with Johnna Adams' Sans Merci.
Press:
"The cast does an amazing job and all give phenomenal performances.
Each one locks onto the truth of their character."
- Gina Femia, New York Theatre Review
"Joey [is] played with convincing rawness by Nat Cassidy."
- Jon Sobel, Stage Mage
"Cassidy [is] full of nervous energy and desperation."
- Wendy Caster, Show Showdown
"Well acted by a cast of six ... all of whom bring their characters to raw and vivid life ...
[A]s stirring a theatrical experience as any on offer right now."
- Martin Denton, NYTheatre
"The actors are all deeply honest and real ... Cassidy is full of a barely
suppressed overwhelming desire that finally gets to explode in later scenes."
- Duncan Pflaster, Broadway World
Honey Fist
By August Schulenburg
Directed by Kelly O’Donnell
Produced by Flux Theatre Ensemble
APRIL 30 - MAY 18, 2013
Starring:
Matt Archambault
Nat Cassidy*
Lori E. Parquet*
Anna Rahn*
Isaiah Tanenbaum
Chinaza Uche*
*AEA-approved Showcase
Where:
4th STREET THEATRE
83 East 4th Street
When:
Tues, April 30th @ 7:30pm
Wed, May 1st @ 7:30pm
Thurs, May 2nd @ 7:30pm
Sat, May 4th @ 7:30pm
Sun, May 5th @ 2:30pm
Thurs, May 9th @ 7:30pm
Fri, May 10th @ 7:30pm
Sat, May 11th @ 2:30pm
Sun, May12th @ 7:30pm
Tues, May 14th @ 7:30pm
Wed, May 15th @ 7:30pm
Sat, May 18th @ 2:30pm
Sat, May 18th @ 7:30pm
For tickets: www.fluxtheatre.org/rep
UP NEXT:
OLD FAMILIAR FACES
A new play by Nat cassidy
premiering in the 2013 New York International Fringe Festival
Nat is exceedingly thrilled to announce the world premiere of one of his newest scripts as part of the 17th Annual New York International Fringe Festival.
An intertwining of the lives of Charles and Mary Lamb, the brother-sister team revered for their Tales from Shakespeare and plagued by a dangerous madness, and Lee and Oliver, two modern American actors whose difficult romance echoes that of another famous theatrical couple, Old Familiar Faces is a heartfelt examination of loss, love, insanity, and blank verse.
Produced by Tin Drum Productions
In association with FringeNYC, The Present Company
August 9 - 25, 2013
Check back here for more details as they come in!
An intertwining of the lives of Charles and Mary Lamb, the brother-sister team revered for their Tales from Shakespeare and plagued by a dangerous madness, and Lee and Oliver, two modern American actors whose difficult romance echoes that of another famous theatrical couple, Old Familiar Faces is a heartfelt examination of loss, love, insanity, and blank verse.
Produced by Tin Drum Productions
In association with FringeNYC, The Present Company
August 9 - 25, 2013
Check back here for more details as they come in!
Nat is also excited to be working on several new scripts (including a couple musicals) and gearing up for several film projects. More on those puppies as they develop.
A puppy. Developing.
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GENERIC MAGIC REALISM
Generic Magic Realism
A one-man play by Ed Malin
Directed by DeLisa White
Starring Nat Cassidy* (2011 NY Innovative Theatre Award winner for Outstanding Solo Performance)
*member, AEA
Thursday, February 21st, 6:00pm
Saturday, February 23rd, 9:30pm
Monday, February 25th, 7:35pm
Wednesday, February 27th, 10:45pm
Saturday, March 2nd, 1:35pm
EXTENDED FOR ONE MORE PERFORMANCE AS PART OF THE FRIGID HANGOVER SERIES!
Thursday, March 7th, 7:00pm
The Kraine Theatre
85 East 4th Street
What happens when the magical world of your average South American person is transplanted to a more northern, less magical, more real location? Join Octavio as he discovers poetry, satire, love, birds, chocolate, hippies and explosives on the way from the Andes to San Francisco during the fragrant 1960s.
Stage Manager: Lauren Arneson
Graphic Designer: Kristina Leath-Malin
Bird Liaison: Wise Old Max
Press:
"It's amazing what can be accomplished on stage with nothing but an extraordinary actor, a guitar, and a generic black box. ... Malin's script is hilarious and insightful and wise, and Cassidy, directed stylishly and intelligently by frequent collaborator DeLisa White, is by turns luminous and illuminating as the cheerful, life-embracing South American wanderer. ... Cassidy invests Octavio with a childlike sense of wonder that's downright infectious; even though this is a performance that's highly physical and often outsized, he maintains a splendid and delightful intimacy with the audience. ... He also brings the other inhabitants of Octavio's tale to vivid life with strongly realized voices and characterizations. White and Malin shrewdly let the words and the speaker make the magic promised by the title, unfettered and free, just as Octavio himself longs to be."
- Martin Denton, nytheatre.com
GOLDSBORO
A Flux Theatre Ensemble Food:Soul Reading Event
Goldsboro
Written by Nat Cassidy
Directed by August Schulenburg
A potluck dinner followed by a staged reading – admission is FREE
Featuring: Ryan Andes, Pete Boisvert, Tandy Cronyn, Neimah Djourabchi, Ken Glickfeld, Rachael Hip-Flores,Will Lowry, Brian Silliman, Isaiah Tanenbaum and Shaun B. Wilson
The Story: In this world of satellite maps and global positioning, sometimes the country can feel so small, so thoroughly defined and categorized. The age of Manifest Destiny and exploration, it seems, is over. However, as an ambitious reporter and scientist are about to find out, there are still places in this land that have yet to be put on any map. And there are still people perhaps best left in the dark…
January 30, 2013
Judson Memorial Church
“Choir Loft” Space
55 Washington Square South
Written by Nat Cassidy
Directed by August Schulenburg
A potluck dinner followed by a staged reading – admission is FREE
Featuring: Ryan Andes, Pete Boisvert, Tandy Cronyn, Neimah Djourabchi, Ken Glickfeld, Rachael Hip-Flores,Will Lowry, Brian Silliman, Isaiah Tanenbaum and Shaun B. Wilson
The Story: In this world of satellite maps and global positioning, sometimes the country can feel so small, so thoroughly defined and categorized. The age of Manifest Destiny and exploration, it seems, is over. However, as an ambitious reporter and scientist are about to find out, there are still places in this land that have yet to be put on any map. And there are still people perhaps best left in the dark…
January 30, 2013
Judson Memorial Church
“Choir Loft” Space
55 Washington Square South
CHARON
a short opera
The Washington National Opera, resident opera company at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., commissioned Nat to write the libretto for a 20-minute opera with music by composer Scott Perkins. Their piece, Charon, is a dark, haunting, yet occasionally comic examination of the life and livelihood of the ferryman on the River Styx, and was based on the short story fragment by Lord Dunsany. It had its world-premiere on November 19, 2012. You can check out this article in the Washington Post for more info on the American Opera Initiative, and head over to this website's Press section to read some of the fantastic response Charon received.
the Oklahoma premiere of Any Day Now
Nat was ridiculously thrilled to see his critically-acclaimed, award-winning kitchen-sink zombie drama make its beyond-New-York debut at the historic American Theatre Company's Tulsa home. For more information on this play, check out its page on this very website, here.
