The American Theatre of Actors brings you A REPERTORY OF ONE-ACT WORKS: 
INTERNATIONAL & TOPICAL at the Sargent Theatre
EUGENE O’NEILL at the Beckmann Theatre
American Theatre of Actors
314 W. 54th Street, New York City

Anomalous Co. in association with the American Theatre of Actors present: Bounds & Stiffler at the Sargent Theatre, 314 W. 54th Street, New York City; Dec 17 – 20 (Wednesday – Saturday @ 8:00 p.m.) TICKETS

Bounds
A New York premiere by award-winning Italian playwright, Tino Caspanello
Directed by Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva
Five women stand at the shore of an unknown coast…. Two are migrants, two are guards, one is both. In liminal space, they wait.
While waiting, they reenact familiar games of childhood — and the power games of adults. 
Written in Italy in 2012, Bounds evokes Europe’s 2011 migrant crisis and the many waves of crisis since, in which hundreds of thousands of migrants have fled hotspots of the Middle East and Africa by boat, headed for Europe’s southernmost islands, including Greece’s Lesbos, and the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa. Thousands upon thousands died in the crossing —others reached Europe only to be pushed back into the sea – others have not yet escaped the limbo of migrant camps.

As the U.S. slides further into the brutal migrant policies of the Trump administration, with kidnappings and rendition, foreign concentration camps, militarization of cities, mass roundups and deportations — Bounds is a parable for our own present moment.

In the words of playwright Tino Caspanello, “Bounds is a story about cages, violence, dreams, a story that reflects the actual living time that flows under our skin, a time that stands apart from the rules, obligations and prejudices that keep us from looking in the eyes of our neighbors.” 

Stiffler
A United States premiere by award-winning, Kosovan playwright, Dorunting Basha.
A woman arrives at the hospital. She has a knife in her back. No one notices. 
She arrives at the police station. She has a knife in her back. No one notices.
She arrives at the morgue. She has a knife in her back. No one notices.

A searing work of absurdist-macabre, Stiffler takes a hard look at femicide, sex work, and systemic neglect of women. As the Epstein revelations and the Pelicot trial lay bare a culture that repeatedly exploits and abandons women, Stiffler lands with fierce, stark relevance—and a clear cry for justice.

THE FOLLOWING PRESENTED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE AMERICAN THEATRE OF ACTORS:

A Wife for a Life  & Recklessness at the Beckmann Theatre, 314 W. 54th Street, New York City
Dec 17 – 20 (Wednesday – Saturday @ 8:00 p.m.; Sunday at 3:00 p.m.)   TICKETS
Written by Eugene O’Neill
Two early plays by the famed American playwright, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. 
Directed by John DeBenedetto

A Wife for a Life, set in Arizona, involves two men mining for gold who discover a surprising bond between them.

Recklessness: A woman tries to escape her loveless marriage to a wealthy businessman by having an affair with their chauffeur which leads to devastating consequences.

Cast (IN REPERTORY)
Jonathan Beebe (SLOAN in A Wife for a Life; FRED in Recklessness)
Travis Bergmann (JACK in A Wife for a Life; ARTHUR in Recklessness)
Paul Maurizio (PETE in A Wife for a Life; BUTLER in Recklessness)
Emmy Potter (JEAN in Recklessness)
Natasha Sahs (MILDRED in Recklessness)

American Theatre of Actors, Inc. (ATA) was founded in 1976 by James Jennings to promote the development of new playwrights, directors and actors, and to provide them a creative atmosphere in which to work. The plays are dramas, comedies, and hybrids, dealing with the social and ethical problems of contemporary society. 12,000 actors have worked at ATA including Dennis Quaid, Bruce Willis, Dan Lauria, Chazz Palminteri, Danny Aielo, David Morse, Edie Falco and Kathryn Hahn. Our productions are sometimes grouped as ‘festivals,’ such as a Playwrights Festival or a Directors Festival. In 2016 we began an initiative to feature women in theatre as directors and playwrights, today this is our WIT! (Women in Theatre) program.