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Matthew Freeman is a Brooklyn based playwright with a BFA from Emerson College. His plays include THE DEATH OF KING ARTHUR, REASONS FOR MOVING, THE GREAT ESCAPE, THE AMERICANS, THE WHITE SWALLOW, AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR, THE MOST WONDERFUL LOVE, WHEN IS A CLOCK, GLEE CLUB, THAT OLD SOFT SHOE and BRANDYWINE DISTILLERY FIRE. He served as Assistant Producer and Senior Writer for the live webcast from Times Square on New Year's Eve 2010-2012. As a freelance writer, he has contributed to Gamespy, Premiere, Complex Magazine, Maxim Online, and MTV Magazine. His plays have been published by Playscripts, Inc., New York Theatre Experience, and Samuel French.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Flashmobs for World Theater Day! March 27th! Get Involved!

Check this awesomesauce out.

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The New York City World Theatre Day Coalition will be producing a series of FLASH MOBS to celebrate World Theatre Day on Saturday, March 27th. A flash mob (or flashmob) is defined as a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual act for a brief time, and then quickly disperse.


There will be seven separate flash mobs from 11am - 5pm. We've designed the event like a "pub crawl" so performers can go from one mob scene to another. Performers are welcome to participate in all of them or only one or two.


Email us at info@nycwtd.com to get involved. Upon receipt of ones email, we will send out SECRET INSTRUCTIONS on when and where to report for each spectacle. We are trying to gather hundreds of people so forward this invitation to your theatre companies, your friends, and families, you do not need to be a theater artist to participate.


The descriptions of the flash mobs are as follows:


* The Message Reading
directed by Amanda Feldman
A poetic reading of the International Theatre Messages.

* Join Us In Song
directed by Kyle Ancowitz
Performed by the cast of Glee Club a Matt Freeman play currently being produced by Blue Coyote Theatre Company at the Access Theater, everyone will sing the chorus together with one united voice.

* All the World's a Stage
directed by Alex Mallory
A play on Shakespeare's famous phrase the mob will split up and encourage everyone to take part in a simple call and response.

* Zip Zap Zop
directed by Tom Wojtunik
We will storm a NYC park to play everyone's favorite theatre game, with a crowd this big; it should be quite a sight.

* [UNTITLED]
directed by Amanda Joshi
It's so awesome; we can't even describe it.

* Cheers to You
directed by Morgan Gould
Just what it sounds like, a thunderous round of applauds.

* The Kiss
directed by Isaac Byrne
We will recreate the famous photo of a nurse kissing a sailor times one hundred.


After the Flash Mobs there will be a Celebration and Networking Event from 5:00pm - 8:00pm at The Houndstooth Pub, located at SE corner of 37th Street & 8th Avenue.


For more information about World Theatre Day and the NYC World Theatre Day Coalition visit the website www.nycwtd.com.


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