The Drilling Company is a New York based theatrical home for professional actors, playwrights, directors and other practitioners bringing obscure pieces to recognition in the community through developing, discovering or re-imagining its pieces.[1] It can be categorized as Off-Off-Broadway.[2] Under the producing artistic direction of Hamilton Clancy, the company has produced Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, Bryant Park Shakespeare and the Off Broadway original production of "The Norwegians".[3][4] The Drilling Company was founded in 1999 by Hamilton Clancy, Lizabeth Allen and Ross Stoner. It is located in Manhattan. In the summer of 2014 the Drilling Company provided a free performance of Hamlet in Bryant Park.[5]
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot
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Shakespeare in the Parking Lot offers free summer Shakespeare productions in New York City. It utilizes a parking lot venue that makes classical theatre accessible to both theatre patrons and urban passersby.[6] Audiences often bring blankets, lawns chairs and picnic baskets, although others may simply drop in after hearing actors shouting in verse. It was originally produced by Expanded Arts under the direction of Jennifer Spahr through her retirement in 2000.[7] From 2001 to 2005, The Drilling Company began co-producing the productions with an organization formed by Leonard McKenzie, Ludlow Ten.[8] In 2006, the tradition continued under the sole production of The Drilling Company. The parking lot productions began in 1995 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan with a production of Midsummer-Night's Dream in a municipal parking lot on the corner of Ludlow and Broome Street.[citation needed] After losing the space in 2014, the company began a search for a new venue.[9] They eventually moved to another space three blocks from the original space in the parking lot behind Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, 114 Norfolk located on the east side of Norfolk Street between Delancey and Rivington Streets.[10]
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edit- ^ "Drilling Company". 19 May 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ Jaworowski, Ken (6 August 2014). "Perfidy Afoot in a Doomed Parking Lot". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ Gates, Anita (19 March 2013). "Hit Men and Hurt Lovers Meet Minnesota Nice". The New York Times.
- ^ Faires, Rosalind (23 October 2015). "C. Denby Swanson's The Norwegians". Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ Collins-Hughes, Laura (28 May 2014). "Hanging in a Park With Danish Royalty". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ Quijano, Elaine (18 August 2013). "Shakespeare in the Parking Lot". cbsnews. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ Kennedy, Mark. "'Richard III' Performance Takes Shakespeare To A New York City Parking Lot". Huffington Post. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "Broadway, regional and discount theater tickets | News, reviews, and more".
- ^ Catton, Pia (9 July 2014). "Shakespeare in the Parking Lot Is Losing Its Parking Lot". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Catton, Pia (8 July 2015). "Shakespeare in the Parking Lot Finds a New Spot". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8 December 2015.