Supplemental Programming
We've always enabled our audiences to immerse themselves in a body of work.
At The Pershing Square Signature Center, we take that idea even further by introducing a number of supplemental programs which will allow more intimate and direct access to a playwright’s vision and process. Just as the layout of The Center encourages a dialogue between different plays and audiences, our supplemental programs invite theatregoers to go deeper into the world of a play, and the world of the artists behind it. Learn about a work’s inspiration, ask questions of its creators, and deepen your understanding of the artistic process and the role of a theatre artist at The Center and beyond.
Talkback Series
For Medieval Play: May 23, June 14, June 19
For My Children! My Africa!: May 9, May 15, May 29
For Title and Deed: May 16, May 22, May 31
Backstage Pass
For Medieval Play: June 12
For Title and Deed: May 23
For My Children! My Africa!: May 30
Page to Stage
May 10th at 6:00 pm at The Alice Griffin Jewelbox Theatre
Join Residency Five Playwright Will Eno as he discusses Title and Deed with director Judy Hegarty Lovett. Title and Deed is a provocative new work by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Horton Foote Prize winner Will Eno, whom The New York Times called “a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation.” In association with Gare St Lazare Players Irelend. Featuring Conor Lovett.
Free! No reservations required.
Signature Theatre Book Club Meeting
May 21st at 7:30pm at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre Lobby
Our second selection is A Nearly Normal Life by Charles Mee. Charles Mee’s memoir is an extraordinary account of his growing up as a teenager with polio as well as an incisive exploration of 1950s America’s limited idea of “normal.”
Join our online book club on Goodreads.com.
Industry Talks
May 31st from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at The Alice Griffin Jewelbox Theatre Lobby
Join Signature Theatre’s Literary Director Christie Evangelisto and Literary Associate Kirsten Bowen as they moderate a conversation about the process of working with playwrights and the challenges facing Off-Broadway theater companies today. Other panelists include: Adam Greenfield (Playwrights Horizons), Annie MacRae (Manhattan Theatre Club), Liz Frankel (The Public), Carrie Hughes (McCarter Theatre).
Free! No reservations required.
Talkback Series brought to you by American Express.
supplemental program DESCRIPTIONS:
- Talkback Series: A post-show Q&A session with the cast and creative team of a production.
- Backstage Pass: A pre-show behind-the-scenes discussion with one of the show’s designers.
- Page to Stage: A moderated conversation between the playwright and director
- Signature Cinema: A screening series of movies related to Signature playwrights and productions. More information coming soon!
- The World of the Play: A pre-show discussion on a topic or theme related to one of our productions with a team of experts from the field
- The Art of Collaboration: A talk between one of our Playwrights-in-Residence and their closest artistic collaborators
IMAGE: Zachary Quinto in Angels in America by Tony Kushner. Photo by Joan Marcus.