The StoryThe Storyhttp://sleepertheplay.com/the-story/2012-04-05T22:59:06ZSquarespaceAdditional Dates!http://sleepertheplay.com/the-story/2012/4/5/additional-dates.html[Your Name Here]2012-04-05T22:58:04Z2012-04-05T22:58:04ZDid you miss out? Additional dates have been added to our performance schedual:

April 11, 12, 13th

6:30 pm

Come!

]]>EXTENDEDhttp://sleepertheplay.com/the-story/2012/4/5/extended.html[Your Name Here]2012-04-05T13:29:29Z2012-04-05T13:29:29Z"Sleeper" has been extended into next week: stay tuned to find out the dates!

]]>OPENING NIGHThttp://sleepertheplay.com/the-story/2012/4/3/opening-night.html[Your Name Here]2012-04-03T12:07:54Z2012-04-03T12:07:54ZCome one, come all!!!  We have asked them to add additional seating so YOU can be sure to join us! Meet Adam and Isabelle and grab a spot on this cross-country quest! TONIGHT AT 9:

 

]]>Press Releasehttp://sleepertheplay.com/the-story/2012/3/31/press-release.html[Your Name Here]2012-03-31T14:59:32Z2012-03-31T14:59:32ZFor Immediate Release: March 31, 2012

Contact: Christina Roman @571-437-5809 Roman.ChristinaA@gmail.com

 

Manhattan Repertory Theater presents the world premier of SLEEPER by Stephanie Bramson  - a drama directed by Leal Vona

 

(New York, NY) Manhattan Repertory Theater, a longstanding establishment for upcoming playwrights, is hosting the world premier of “Sleeper” by Stephanie Bramson on April 3rd and 4th. Leal Vona directs this actor-driven drama starring Rocco Chierichella and Christina Roman.

 

“Sleeper” traces the cross-country quest of an unlikely trucker and a hitchhiker as they travel across country. Adam is a midwestern artist who never left home before finally hitchhiking out of North Dakota in search of the woman he loves. Naturally, the only ride he can catch is with the feisty and uprooted trucker Isabelle in search of anything except a home. With so much time together in the cab of an interstate truck, there is no telling what could happen between two polarizing characters.

 

The audience is granted unique voyeurism: not only do they bear witness to the conversation from the first awkward greetings, but they are also granted glimpses into the past of the occupants of the cab. Bramson’s play traces the ways in which experience can define a person and their perspective.  The humanity is the focus of the production with simple and effective staging by Vona: a few chairs and simple lighting bring the rich tapestry of the road to life and highlight the developing relationship between Adam and Isabelle. 

 

Sleeper was written nearly four years ago and has been in a state of constant revision since the first staged reading: also featuring Christina Roman as Isabelle. In the saturated world of New York theater it is a refreshing return to the origins of black box theater: simple and adventurous theater focused on the craft and characters.  The cast and crew have developed a beautiful storytelling experience in less than three weeks. This is the first fully realized production of the play and the first NYC production by Bramson.  It will be performed April 3rd and 4th at 9pm at Manhattan Repertory Theater located at 303 W 42nd St # 3. Tickets are $20. More information is available online at SLEEPERtheplay.com

 

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]]>Did we mention we have t shirts?http://sleepertheplay.com/the-story/2012/3/27/did-we-mention-we-have-t-shirts.html[Your Name Here]2012-03-27T23:26:41Z2012-03-27T23:26:41ZBecause we do....

Click here to purchase the official SLEEPER wear. (no - not sleep-wear. Sleeper wear)

]]>How?http://sleepertheplay.com/the-story/2012/3/25/how.html[Your Name Here]2012-03-26T01:23:03Z2012-03-26T01:23:03Z
"What happens when a desperate hitchhiker catches a ride with a tough lady trucker on the run? How can a man who has never left home connect with a woman who has never been back?"
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]]>Facebook event active!http://sleepertheplay.com/the-story/2012/3/23/facebook-event-active.html[Your Name Here]2012-03-23T23:00:00Z2012-03-23T23:00:00ZDo you have a facebook? Been hoping for a way to tell al of your friends about this awesome new play ... the facebook event is now active! Click below and be one of the first to invite your friends : )

Join the facebook event! Invite friends : )Don't forget - joining the event will not reserve your seat.  You must email MRTreserve@gmail.com

]]>Applied theoryhttp://sleepertheplay.com/the-story/2012/3/22/applied-theory.html[Your Name Here]2012-03-22T15:23:17Z2012-03-22T15:23:17ZThis seems to resonate with the show:

]]>Some cut lineshttp://sleepertheplay.com/the-story/2012/3/20/some-cut-lines.html[Your Name Here]2012-03-20T05:15:00Z2012-03-20T05:15:00ZAs we move forward in rehearsal, we are saddly letting some favorite lines go to make way for a better performance. Since we don't want you to miss any of the fun, we included some of the lines we bid farewell to below:

"Of restless nights in one night cheap hotels, and sawdust restaurants with oyster shells. Streets that follow like a..."

What the hell are you going on about?

You've never read Prufrock?...T.S. Eliot. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. I can't believe you've never read it.

I'm a trucker.

Read the entirety of the poem here - it inspired Adam. It may inspire you.

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