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ABOUT PHOTOS |
Eric Sanders is a playwright and producer via his company The Thursday Problem. He is the creator and producer of the hit collection of horror plays, Dread Awakening, at the 45th Street Theatre, featuring Robert Funaro from HBO's "The Sopranos." He is also the creator and co-producer of the sold-out smash collection of short plays, f**kplays, at the Ohio Theatre and Galapagos Art Space, as well as the creator and co-producer of the standing room-only theatrical event, Dewey's Nightmare, which raised money for childhood literacy. He is the associate producer of the hit off-Broadway indie-rock musical, Hostage Song, written by Kyle Jarrow and Clay McLeod Chapman at the Kraine Theater. He co-created and associate-produced New York is Dead, a five-day theatre and art festival at the Ohio Theater presented by Working Man's Clothes and Soho Thinktank. On Broadway, he was the associate producer to Robert Ahrens on Xanadu, as well as the associate to the producer for four years on such productions as Glengarry Glen Ross with Alan Alda and Liev Schreiber, The Pajama Game with Harry Connick, Jr., Enchanted April with Molly Ringwald, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial with David Schwimmer, and many others. His plays include: It's a Dry Heat (dir. Isaac Butler), which recently received a reading at Playwrights Horizons presented by Studio 42 starring Constantine Maroulis, Gillian Jacobs and Isabel Keating; 1.1-1.7 (dir. Stephen Brackett) as part of f**kplays at the Ohio Theatre and Galapagos Art Space; Sleep Mask (dir. Amanda Charlton) as part of Dread Awakening at the 45th Street Theatre; The Hillside (dir. Daniel Kutner), which was recently read at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater starring Lucille Lortel-winner Christopher Denham; Ixomia (dir. Stephen Brackett), produced at the 2007 Crown Point Festival; Faint (dir. Eric Sanders), produced at the NYC Fringe Festival; Oceanside Parkway (dir. Steven Gillenwater), produced by Working Man's Clothes; Oblivia (dir. Pat Diamond), produced by Working Man's Clothes, Andhow! Theatre Company, and at the Sam French Festival 2007; Hollow Hallow (dir. Jake Witlen), produced at the Brick Theater; The Underground Ocean (dir. Matthew Hancock), produced by Vampire Cowboys; Fake Empire (dir. Heath Cullens), presented by Working Man's Clothes and Soho Thinktank at the Ohio Theatre; Candle Party/Knife Party (dir. Max Montel) at the Wings Theatre; Mangina (dir. Kerry Whigham) as part of Dewey’s Nightmare at the Gene Frankel Theatre; Lords Of Chaos (dir. Julie Rossman), produced by Working Man's Clothes; Skin Maps (dir. Ara Beal), produced by the Cardboard Box Collaborative; The Baby Gap (dir. Mike Batistick), produced by the adobe theatre company; and Clancy & Yyvonna, Relapsing Briefly, Dakota, and diet (dir. Eric Sanders) at the Williamstown Theatre Festival Workshop. Eric spent two summers at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, as a Directing Intern in 2002 and as a member of the Act One Company in 2001. He studied acting with legendary teacher Wynn Handman, as well as at the Stella Adler Conservatory at NYU. Eric was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and has lived in Long Island, Westchester, and New York City since he was five years old. Upcoming: The horror play The Wendigo (dir. Matthew Hancock) with Vagabond Theatre Ensemble in February, 2008; Heartless (dir. Pat Diamond).
CHRONOLOGY: Productions: New York is Dead: Co-creator and associate producer (with Working Man's Clothes and Soho Think Tank) of the five-day theatre and art festival at the Ohio Theatre in April, 2008, featuring new plays by Jesse Cameron Alick, Bekah Brunstetter, James Carmichael, Paul John DeSena, Libby Emmons, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, Eric Sanders, Justin Swain, Casey Wimpee, directed by Stephen Brackett, Heath Cullens, Jessica Fisch, Matthew Hancock, Erick Herrscher, Alexandra Hogue, David Marcus, Zoe Moore, Alexander Poe, and Jake Witlen. Hostage Song: Associate producer (with Kraine Theater Group) of Kyle Jarrow and Clay McLeod Chapman's groundbreaking new indie-rock musical at the Kraine Theater in April, 2008, directed by Oliver Butler. Dewey's Nightmare: The Library Play Challenge: Creator and producer of the standing room-only theatrical event to raise money for childhood literacy at the Gene Frankel Theatre in October, 2007, featuring new plays by Laura Eason, Kyle Jarrow, Alexander Poe, Eric Sanders, Rachel Shukert, Justin Swain, and Casey Wimpee, directed by Michelle Bossy, Amanda Charlton, Heath Cullens, Matthew Hancock, Daniel Kutner, Kerry Whigham, and Jake Witlen. fuckplays: Creator and co-producer (with Working Man's Clothes) of the sold-out smash collection of sexually-themed one-acts (4 NYIT Award nominations)at the Ohio Theatre and Galapagos Art Space in March-April, 2007, featuring new plays by Bekah Brunstetter, Justin Cooper, Joshua Hill, Kyle Jarrow, Wlliam Meny, Greg Romero, Eric Sanders, and Casey Wimpee, directed by Diana Basmajian, Stephen Brackett, Isaac Byrne, Thomas Caruso, Steven Gillenwater, Matthew Hancock, Julie Rossman, and Cole Wimpee. Dread Awakening: Creator and producer of the hit collection of horror plays at the 45th Street Theatre in April, 2006, featuring new plays by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Clay McLeod Chapman, Eric Sanders, and Justin Swain, directed by Arin Arbus, Amanda Charlton, Jessica Davis-Irons, and Pat Diamond. -- Plays: Candle Party/Knife Party at Working Man's Clothes' Binge Festival 2008 at the Wings Theater in August, 2008, directed by Max Montel. Fake Empire as part of New York is Dead at the Ohio Theatre in April, 2008, directed by Heath Cullens. The Hillside reading at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in March, 2008, featuring Christopher Denham and Colby Minifie, directed by Daniel Kutner (previous reading at Primary Stages featuring Frank Whaley and Alison Pill, directed by Jeremy Dobrish). It's a Dry Heat reading presented by Studio 42 at Playwrights Horizons in March, 2008, featuring Constantine Maroulis, Isabel Keating, and Gillian Jacobs, directed by Isaac Butler (previous reading at the 45th Street Theatre, directed by Jeremy Dobrish). Hollow Hallow at the Brick Theater's Baby Jesus One-Act Jubilee in December, 2007, directed by Jake Witlen. The Underground Ocean at Vampire Cowboys' Revamped 2007 at The Battle Ranch in November, 2007, directed by Matthew Hancock. Ixomia at the 2007 Crown Point Festival at the Abrons Art Center in November, 2007, directed by Stephen Brackett. Mangina as part of Dewey's Nightmare at the Gene Frankel Theatre in October, 2007, directed by Kerry Whigham. Skin Maps at the Cardboard Box Collaborative's Lock-In Festival at the Plays and Players Theatre in Philadelphia in September, 2007, directed by Ara Beal. Lords of Chaos, Pt. 1 at Working Man's Clothes' Binge Festival 2007 at Jimmy’s No. 43 in September, 2007, directed by Julie Rossman. The Wendigo reading at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in August, 2007, directed by Matthew Hancock. Heartless reading presented by Working Man's Clothes at the York Theatre in July, 2007, directed by Pat Diamond. Oblivia at the Sam French Festival 2007 at the American Theatre of Actors in June, 2007, at Andhow! Theatre Company's What's In a Theme? at the Connelly Theatre in June, 2007, and at Working Man's Clothes' Binge Festival 2006 at Jimmy's No. 43 in September, 2006, all directed by Pat Diamond. 1.1-1.7 as part of fuckplays at the Ohio Theatre and Galapagos Art Space in March-April, 2007, directed by Stephen Brackett. Oceanside Parkway presented by Working Man's Clothes at the American Place Theatre in May, 2006, directed by Steven Gillenwater. Sleep Mask as part of Dread Awakening at the 45th Street Theatre in April, 2006, directed by Amanda Charlton. Faint at the New York International Fringe Festival at Teatro La Tea in August, 2003, directed by Eric Sanders. The Baby Gap at adobe theatre company's 24-Hour Plays at the Ohio Theatre in January, 2003, directed by Mike Batistick. Clancy & Yvonna, Relapsing Briefly, and Dakota at the Williamstown Theatre Festival Workshop in summer, 2002, all directed by Eric Sanders. diet at the Williamstown Theatre Festival Workshop in summer, 2001, directed by Eric Sanders. |
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