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Off-Broadway theatre company Potomac Theatre Project reflects "the nightmares and hoaxes by which we live." The company, which is operated in association with Middlebury College, was founded in 1987 by the artistic triumvirate of Cheryl Faraone, Jim Petosa and Richard Romagnoli. PTP is an outgrowth of The New York Theatre Studio, an Off-Off Broadway company founded by Richard Romagnoli and Cheryl Faraone which produced in Manhattan from 1977-1985. During its 20 seasons (1987-2006) in Washington, D.C. and Maryland, the company produced 75 main stage productions along with numerous new play readings and late night experimental productions.
In the summer of 2007, Potomac Theatre Project (now PTP/NYC) returned to New York, continuing to redefine political theatre for the 21st century with an annual month-long repertory season encompassing full productions, readings and a variety of ancillary events.
In its 23 seasons, the voices of PTP’s writers have addressed the necessity and difficulty of art, pornography, AIDS, homelessness, censorship, totalitarianism, apartheid and gender wars, always in passionate, deeply human terms.
PTP’s association with Middlebury is the only such collaboration in the country between a professional theatre company and an undergraduate liberal arts college.
For inquires please email us at info@potomactheatrecompany.org
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Renowned for political theatre and one of the foremost companies producing the plays of British playwright Howard Barker, PTP/NYC has been asked to participate in this year's Barker world-wide salute 21 for 21.
The PTP/NYC’s contribution to this event will be an October 26 presentation of Judith, a Parting from the Body, inspired by Artemsia Gentileschi's JUDITH BEHEADING HOLOFERNES. The brief play revolves around the Biblical story of Judith, the legendary heroine who decapitated the invading general Holofernes.
The actors are Jan Maxwell, Alex Draper and Stephanie Janssen. The director is Richard Romagnoli. Limited seating. By invitation only
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On April 27, 2009, the Drama Desk nominees for the 2008-09 season were announced; PTP is delighted to report that among the nominees for Best Leading Actress is Jan Maxwell, Galactia in our 2008 production of Scenes From An Execution. |
