Phoenix Festival Playbill 2025 (1) - Flipbook - Page 21
In 1993 Marquette invited Mr. Libowitz and Mr. Clancy to organically explore the
transcripts with him as they presented the world-premiere of the play in the fall of
1993. After playing at Shadowland in the summer of 1993, the play returned to the
Ulster Performing Arts Center, the now defunct Key West Play Festival and the Mint
Theatre in New York City.
The play is based on the real HUAC testimony of Larry Parks.
The role of James Hester is a composite of all the testimony of Congressmen.
The Drilling Company Theatre
Since 1999, The Drilling Company has been bringing together diverse audiences,
developing plays and playwrights of social conscience and offering FREE Shakespeare to thousands of New Yorkers from every walk of life for 27 years!. Their
now 30-year old Shakespeare in the Parking Lot has become a grassroots institution
on the Lower East Side, known throughout the world. Lakeplay, The Norwegians,
Gabriel: A Polemic, Home of The Great Pecan, Reservoir, Over the Line, and Mutant
Sex Party, Herself are a few of the many TDC world premieres. Having inaugurated
the Bryant Park Shakespeare program with HAMLET in 2014, TDC has presented
ten full productions in Bryant Park, bringing a new summer tradition to New York
City. Go to www.drillingcompany.org to learn more and “drop a ducat in the bucket!"
Special Thanks
Additional thanks and gratitude: Leigh Hansen, Remedy MassageNYC, Jackie
Christy and Access Theatre, while they closed in January they were a location
where we rehearsed for almost 7 years and they are missed. Karen Lichtblau
who reaches out every summer to spread the word in the community, Tom
Clancy and Cathleen Clancy, Nora Kelsall, Sayada & Alan Rothschild, Ken and
Debbie Baron, and all of the Drilling Company players who make our community
a reality. And always, our eternal thanks to the community of the The Drilling
Company which has grown over the past 27 years, richly inspired by Mr.
Marquette himself.
No thanks would be adequate without commending Craig Smith and Elise Stone
for their singular, incredible effort to continue presenting innovative, new work by
theatre professionals in NYC
