Celebrating classic plays and the new works they inspire, Resonance Ensemble (Eric Parness, Artistic Director; Rachel Reiner, Managing Director) is proud to announce this season’s cast for both productions. The Cyrano de Bergerac cast includes: Tony Nominee Gabriel Barre (Starmites) to star as Cyrano who will be joined by Bridget Saracino (Mother of the Maid)…
Hello, Readers, Little Victories: Rules for Imperfect Living by Jason Gay (one of our November picks) is a sweet little book that reminds the reader that life is not perfect, but that does not mean it is not beautiful. The chapters in Little Victories are organized by subject. Jason Gay wrote a few paragraphs on…
Welcome to the first ever Write Teacher(s) Gift Guide! Here you’ll find a carefully curated list of 12 products/services/experiences that I believe would make the perfect gift for that artistic soul in your life! And, let’s remember, above all else – let’s move into 2016 with the Gift of Love. Learning. And compassion for one…
Bryce Pinkham, Tony-nominated star of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, and Lucas Caleb Rooney (The Country Girl) will co-host Zara Aina’s star-studded 3rd Annual Big Ol’ Fancy Pants Benefit on Monday, December 21, 2015. The organization, founded by Mr. Pinkham and Mr. Rooney, helps at-risk children in Madagascar expand their capacity for achievement…
This past week I visited an old haunt for me up the river from us city folk. Ossining, NY is a lovely town on the Hudson River. I visit the town a few times a year when I support Rehabilitation for the Arts’ program at Sing Sing and when I shut myself off from the world…
Hello Beautiful People, ALI STROKER. Learn that name now. Her zest for life is palpable. Her talent and outlook will inspire the darkest of souls. She is a rock star, literally and figuratively – and I was beyond honored that she took the time to chat with me for our Actors and Actresses Q&A series…
Hello Beautiful People, I’m pleased to introduce you to the next teaching artist in our Ask A Teach series, Justin Cimino. Justin Cimino received his BFA in Drama from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and has trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He is an actor in NYC and has…
“[F]or it is good to be children sometimes and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself.” I saved my favorite Christmas novel for the last day of books. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is perhaps one of the most recognizable Christmas stories in the Western World. Although I…
Hello Friends! Day 11 of The 12 Days of Books brings us another holiday suspense novel by mother-daughter team Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark. In Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea, readers meet Alvirah and Willy Meehan again (a reoccurring couple in the novels produced by the mother-daughter team). This Christmas, they…
Hello Readers, Welcome to Day Ten of The 12 Days of Books! An army of grumpy elves, two small Christmas angels, one invisible reindeer with a marzipan addiction and a whole lot of Christmas magic, that’s what you can expect from Cornelia Funke’s When Santa Fell to Earth. A magical Christmas story for children, this…