Beast Event at NYTW

Although I didn't give Michael Weller's Beast the most amazing rave of all time in the New York Press, I want to bring this event at New York Theatre Workshop (press release below) to the attention of everyone.

NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP PRESENTS
A PRE-PERFORMANCE FILM AND CONVERSATION
IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PRODUCTION OF
BEAST
FEATURING DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER NINA BERMAN
AND PLAYWRIGHT MICHAEL WELLER

New York Theatre Workshop will host a pre-performance event showcasing the influence of documentary photographer Nina Berman’s work on the origin of Michael Weller’s play Beast on Friday, Oct. 10, at 6:30pm. A short film about Berman’s Purple Heart photograph collection—photos of soldiers injured in the Iraq War, some of which have been featured in The New York Times Magazine—will be shown, followed by a conversation with Berman and Weller, who serves as a mentor for the Iraqi War Veterans Writers Project. The event will take place in the 3rd Floor Rehearsal Studio at New York Theatre Workshop at 83 East 4th Street. This event is free and is being offered in conjunction with the Workshop’s production of Michael Weller’s play Beast, a fever dream in six scenes about two disfigured Iraq War veterans who go on a marauding adventure across America.

To reserve a seat for this event, email marketing@nytw.org. To purchase tickets for Beast, visit www.telecharge.com. For more information on Nina Berman and her photographs, visit www.ninaberman.com.

Nina Berman is a documentary photographer with a primary interest in political and social landscape. Her first monograph was “Purple Hearts—Back From Iraq” a collection of photographs and interviews with U. S. soldiers wounded in the war. The book was made into a documentary film of the same name. Her 2006 “Marine Wedding” portrait, which shows a disfigured marine with his young bride on their wedding day, is an iconic image of life during wartime. Berman is on the faculty of the International Center of Photography in New York City. She is the recipient of two World Press awards and numerous Pictures of the Year awards.

Michael Weller is widely known for his plays Moonchildren, Fishing, Loose Ends, Spoils of War and What the Night is For. His films include Hair, Ragtime and Lost Angels. Weller helped establish (and now serves as Supervising Mentor of) The Mentor Project of the Cherry Lane Theatre. Weller has won multiple awards including a Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award, an N.A.A.C.P. Outstanding Contribution Award and a Critics Outer Circle Award. He has also received an Academy Award nomination.

Beast plays through Sunday, October 12, at New York Theatre Workshop, 79 East 4th Street, between Second Avenue and Bowery. The regular performance schedule is Tuesday at 7:00pm, Wednesday through Friday at 8:00pm, Saturday at 3:00pm and 8:00pm, and Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:00pm. Tickets are $65 and may be purchased online at www.telecharge.com, 24 hours a day, seven days a week or by phoning Telecharge.com at (212) 239-6200. For exact dates and times of performance, call Telecharge.com. For more information about Beast, visit www.nytw.org.

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