Support "The Clubroom" at NY Theater Festival!

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WE NEED YOU!

Support a young playwright and many early-career artists at the outset of their careers as they prepare to head their new piece THE CLUBROOM at the New York Theater Festival! Scroll down to read more about the play, our mission, our team, and to learn about our fantastic donation prizes. Whether $5 or $50, anything helps!

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The first workshop of THE CLUBROOM, directed by Alex Oleksy

Actors (from left to right): Kota Horiuchi, Celine Cheung, Katsuto Sakogashira

May 1975: In the basement of a university, three students struggle to keep their club afloat in the wake of riots, protests, and injustice.

Originally conceived on the campus of the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center's National Theater Institute, playwright Aly Tu has been invited to stage her thought-provoking script at the New York Theater Festival Tu's work explores the intersections of Asian identities on a predominantly white college campus amidst the rise of hate crimes against Asian communities.

Aly Tu on “The Clubroom”: “I wanted to explore the differences in Asian identities in America, where we strive for the American Dream from varying perspectives and similar standpoints.”

Playwright of THE CLUBROOM, Aly Tu

ABOUT US & OUR MISSION:

Our goal is to raise $5,000 to cover:

· Food per diem

· Transportation

· Housing for those traveling & supplies including playbills

With extra support, we will be able to offer a stipend to our early-career team to be able to support their incredible work.

The New York Theater Festival’s SummerFest is only the first step in our team’s vision for “The Clubroom”. In supporting our artists in materializing Tu’s visionary script, we hope to create a sustainable production that can move on to larger festivals. We believe this script offers an audience the opportunity for introspection, connection, and exploration of ourselves as well as our society.

Aly Tu on Director, Jack Clark: “Jack’s ability to conceptualize and unearth the text while honoring its original intentions has been a treasure.”

DONATION PRIZES:

$200: VIP PACKAGE

Get two, free, front-row tickets to the production, have lunch with the playwright, and receive a signed poster, playbill, and director’s note.

$100: LUNCH WITH THE PLAYWRIGHT

Grab a bite with playwright, Aly Tu, to learn more about her vision, hear her thoughts on the production, and to offer your insight. This will be a free lunch at Good Enough to Eat on the Upper East Side. (Signed Playbill + Poster included)

$50: A SIGNED POSTER, PLAYBILL, & A PERSONALIZED DIRECTOR’S NOTE

Receive a playbill signed by our production team that includes a personalized note from our director, Jack Clark, as well as a signed large poster.

$25: A SIGNED PLAYBILL

Receive a playbill signed by our team.

The first workshop of THE CLUBROOM, directed by Alex Oleksy

Actors (from left to right): Celine Cheung & Kota Horiuchi

MEET OUR TEAM (alphabetical order):

DYLAN MICHAEL BOWDEN (Producer/Actor): Dylan (he/him) is an actor/director based in New England. He is the Program Representative for the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center where he travels across the country to offer workshops in the Droznin Technique, auditioning, and musical theater. He graduated, magna cum laude, as a Presidential Scholar from Rhode Island College and studied at the National Theater Institute. He is also a former fellow of the Kennedy Center’s Institute of Theatre Journalism and Advocacy. Recent credits include: NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 & INDECENT (Wilbury Theatre Group); WORKING!, THE LARAMIE PROJECT, THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA (Rhode Island College). More at: www.dylanmichaelbowden.com | @dylanmichaelbowden

JACK CLARK (Director): Jack (he/him) is a director, writer, and actor from Westchester, NY. He has studied at the National Theater Institute as well as the Yale Actor's Conservatory. He knows where the silverware drawer is in any home he might walk into. He has been blessed with close friends and artists who make the work feel like play.

KOTARO HORIUCHI (Actor): Kota Horiuchi (they/he) is a singer-songwriter and actor, currently finishing their MFA degree at Rose Bruford College in partnership with the National Theatre Institute. They cannot thank the cast, design team and Aly enough for creating a piece that showcases the Asian American experience in such a gripping, powerful way. Kota’s debut album “Acorn” will be out this summer, so stay tuned!

ELISE MARTIN (Costume Designer): Elise (she/her) is from McMinnville, Oregon and has a degree in Theatre Arts and Psychology from Linfield University. She recently graduated from the National Theater Institute as part of their Fall 2021 class. She was recently taken part in the Blackbox New Play Festival with Gallery Players and The Chain One Act Festival with The Chain Theater. New to New York, she is thrilled to be designing the fun and funky costumes for The Clubroom.

DARYN RUSSELL (Property Manager): Daryn (they/she) is a theater artist from Lexington, Kentucky. They are a proud alum of the National Theater Institute and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. They make props, they act, they stage manage, and sometimes they even mime (but you didn’t hear that from them).

KATSUTO SAKOGASHIRA (Actor): Katsuto (he/him) is an actor and playwright from Kumamoto, Japan. He studied Biology and Theater at Albright College with a minor in Music. Katsuto is also an alum of NTI Fall ‘21 and NTI Spring Advanced Playwright ‘22. Katsuto is currently attending Brown University/Trinity Rep for his MFA in Acting. He is also a Miranda Family Fellow.

ALY TU (Playwright/Actor): Aly (she/her) is a recent summa cum laude graduate of Albright College with a Theatre B.A. and training from the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Theatre Institute. Recent credits include: Much Ado About Nothing (Saratoga Shakespeare Co); The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, Iphigenia and Other Daughters, Romeo and Juliet, The Importance of Being Earnest, C'mon America or Hindsight is 20/20 (Albright College Theatre); The Wheel of Fire, The Burn, Much Ado About Nothing, A Night of One Acts, Heathers the Musical, Sensitive Guys, Middletown, Cinderella! Cinderella!, Twelfth Night (HCC); Kill Move Paradise, E2, Souvenir, Things that are Round (Rep Stage). More at: www.alytuart.wixsite.com