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 Cocktail Chatter In addition to our regularly scheduled "Talkbacks" with the director and cast following every Sunday matinee, please join us for a series of discussions featuring guest speakers. All events are FREE and follow selected performances with the exception of our Barnes & Noble event. Sneak Peek at Barnes & Noble  A T.S. Eliot Cocktail: an evening of scenes and poetry Tuesday, March 2, 2010 Barnes & Noble 2289 Broadway (at 82nd Street) NYC 7:00 PM Join cast members of TACT/The Actors Company Theatre's 60th Anniversary revival of T.S. Eliot's classic comedy, THE COCKTAIL PARTY, for an insightful look at the life and work of one the world's most revered writers. Featuring scenes from the production paired with pieces of Eliot's poetry, the event will conclude with a Q&A with the company and director Scott Alan Evans. The cast includes Cynthia Harris, Simon Jones and Jack Koenig. The event is free and open to the public. Featuring director Scott Alan Evans and cast members of ‘The Cocktail Party’ including Cynthia Harris, Simon Jones and Jack Koenig. Barnes & Noble is located at 2289 Broadway New York, NY 10024 212-362-8835 (82nd & Broadway) @ 7:00PM |
| SURROUND EVENTS AT THE BECKETT THEATRE |
 The T.S. Eliot Poetry Jam Friday, March 19, 2010 BECKETT THEATRE/THEATRE ROW Immediately following the performance at 7:30pm From “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufock” to “The Waste Land” to “Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats,” T.S. Eliot wrote some of the world’s most-known poems. Featuring excerpts read by members of The Actors Company Theatre. Featuring company members of TACT/The Actors Company Theatre and Dr. Patrick Query, assistant professor of English at the United States Military Academy and member of the T.S. Eliot Society.  From the Drawing Room to the Psychiatrist’s Chair: Exploring T.S. Eliot’s “The Cocktail Party” Friday, March 26, 2010 BECKETT THEATRE/THEATRE ROW Immediately following the performance at 7:30pm The comic, drawing-room setting of “The Cocktail Party” masks the darker, serious themes of one of T.S. Eliot’s most critically acclaimed and popular works. Featuring analysis of the play’s psychological and religious themes of martyrdom, spirituality and human relations. Hosted by Dr. Matthew Bolton, academic dean of the English department at Loyola School in New York City, and member of the T.S. Eliot Society. Featuring Fr. John R. Sheehan of New York’s St. Malachy’s Church (the Actors’ Chapel) and noted New York psychotherapist David Braucher, PhD.  The Party Continues Friday, April 2, 2010 BECKETT THEATRE/THEATRE ROW Immediately following the performance at 7:30pm Members of the cast of the most recent Broadway production of “The Cocktail Party” reunite more than 40 years later to discuss the play with Scott Alan Evans, director of the TACT revival. Featuring Tony Award-winning actress Frances Sternhagen (“The Heiress,” “Julie and Julia,” “Sex and the City”) and Broadway veteran Patricia Conolly (“Is He Dead?,” “The Coast of Utopia,” “Enchanted April”). Hosted by Scott Alan Evans, TACT/The Actors Company Theatre Co-Artistic Director. Featuring Frances Sternhagen and Patricia Conolly. For tickets to THE COCKTAIL PARTY go to TICKET CENTRAL or click here:  These events are FREE with the purchase of a ticket to THE COCKTAIL PARTY. If you have already seen THE COCKTAIL PARTY and would like to attend one of these events, please call the TACT office at 212/645-8228 to make a reservation. Seating is limited and subject to availability. Programs and dates subject to change without notice. All speakers appearing subject to availability. For more information: www.tactnyc.org or call 212/645-8228 |