Sharon Fogarty Performance Theatre

Sharon Fogarty Performance Theatre

Cast from Aug. 2003.

"How to See in the Dark"

Cast of "Putnam" - May, 2002.

Promotional poster Dec., 1999.

RECENT PRODUCTIONS

HOW TO SEE IN THE DARK
a new one-act written and directed by
Sharon J. Fogarty

"How to See in the Dark"

Starring Steve Deighan*, Catherine Rogers and Matthew Porter
At Manhattan Theatre Source
December 2003, An AEA Approved Showcase

Disguised as a lecture on brain anatomy, How to See in the Dark tells
the story of Professor Lake whose allusions and distractions reveal his
love for a troubled victim, his guilt for not being able to save her,
his criminal record and finally his own recovery.

Cast features Steve Deighan* as Professor Lake and his frequent co-star
playwright/actress Catherine Rogers who starred in Fogarty's acclaimed
Sep'-ul-kur. Also featured is Matthew Porter, the hilarious overeating
Gracious from Fogarty's The Overdevelopment of Scott.

THE OVERDEVELOPMENT OF SCOTT
a sci~fi anti~musical comedy by
Sharon J. Fogarty

Sharon J. Fogarty, author/director of Bride of Frankenstein ~ an experiment in intimacy and heaven, brings The Overdevelopment of Scott to OOBRs Midtown International Theatre Festival. This science fiction anti- (non-traditional) musical comedy takes place is New York City, 2103 AD. Based on a true story, two technician/lovers long to retire from their genetics research laboratory by attempting to quicken the stage of "overdevelopment" (point of euthanization) in their human test subjects.

Cast includes As the World Turns Steve Deighan* as the evil Technician 1, Testosterone Kills Timothy P. Daly as the endearingly subordinate Technician 2, and Sharon J. Fogarty* as the computer voice. Test subjects are performed by Jason Grossman (Funny Sheesh, Its a Wonderful One Man Show Life) as Freddie - raised by television, Broadway performer Elizabeth Mozer* as Rita bred for studies in cosmetics and hygiene products, and a collection of off-beat musical performers including Susie Thiel (Tammy bred to be a good listener), Danielle Montezinos (Esther for sexual addiction), Donna Heffernan (Virginia tobacco studies), Matthew Porter (Gracious eating disorders), Sanjay Kaul (Tito for studies in violence) and finally Charles Moran (Scott bred for studies in kindness and affection). Book, music, lyrics and choreography are by Fogarty, piano accompaniment is provided by Doug Silver, Kenny Davidsen and Ron Anteroinen. Lighting is by Jonathan Fuchs.

The Overdevelopment of Scott was previously produced by Dixon Place and at the NY Dance Center. Fogartys additional directing credits include Pink Steel: Get Thee Behind Me Gaytan, The Wise Sophia, Its a Wonderful One Man Show Life and two currently running shows, How to Be a Groom and The Art of You.

THE OVERDEVELOPMENT OF SCOTT
Written & Directed by Sharon Fogarty

Seven genetically altered human test subjects struggle to survive their abusive and neglectful environment. Starring Steve Deighan*, Jason Alan Griffin*, Jason Grossman, Elizabeth Mozer*, Anna Hayman, Sanjay Kaul, Matthew Porter, Donna Heffernan, Danielle Montezinos.

July-August 2003 at Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex

Part of Midtown Theatre Festival

SEP'·UL·KUR
Written and Directed by Sharon Fogarty

September 2002 at Manhattan Theatre Source
Part of ESTROGENIUS 2002

PUTNAM
Written and directed by Sharon Fogarty
May - June, 2002 at The Actors Playground, NY Dance Center

"Would you rather be famous? Or an artist?"
You get to keep your middle name...

Featuring:
Al Quagliata, Bobbi Owens, Jason Alan Griffin*, Jason Grossman, Jenni Frost, Karen Christie-Ward, Linda Kobylinski, Sharon Fogarty, Heather De Sisto
*Member AEA

Estrogenious Festival & SFDT presented
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN: AN EXPERIMENT IN INTIMACY
a dance theatre musical comedy by Sharon Fogarty

September 2001
At Manhattan Theatre Source
Book, Music and Lyrics by Sharon Fogarty
Directed by Andrew Frank, Lighting by David Alan Comstock
With: Bruce Agte, Sharon Fogarty, Jason Grossman, Jason Howard*, Fran Kirmser, Ivory McCay*, Timothy Joseph Ryan*, Renée Torrière and Laura Walzcak
* Members Actors' Equity

Based on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein (and almost every other Frankenstein movie ever made) this humorous work features a tight a cappella chorus and powerful dances that convey Frankenstein's newborn creature's experience as she struggles to become the perfect daughter/lover for her creator.

The cast features Jason Grossman (Funny... Sheesh, It's a Wonderful 1-man-show Life) as the paranoid Dr. Frankenstein, Renée Torrière (Downtown Vocals, Funny... Sheesh) as the bitchy Miriam Frankenstein, Jason Howard* (recently Feste in Twelfth Night) as the loveable gravedigger and Timothy Joseph Ryan* (Fogarty's "Next to Nothing") as the gregarious Doctor Walton.

Sharon Fogarty co-produces this work with Manhattan Theatre Source as part of their annual Estrogenius Festival, Honorary Chair Mercedes Rhul. Fogarty received her bachelor's in Dance from SUNY Brockport and has performed with Anna Sokolow, Meredith Monk, Ping Chong, Doug Elkins and the Imago Mask Theatre Ensemble. Her repertory includes 60+ ballets, hundreds of songs and 22 full length dance theatre plays.

An Actors' Equity Approved Showcase, Bride of Frankenstein ~ an experiment in intimacy was previously performed in 1992 at the Mulberry Street Theatre (with Fogarty and Agte as the original monsters), and again in 1997.

The New York International Fringe Festival & SFDT presented
NEXT TO NOTHING
A play by Sharon Fogarty
Directed by Andrew Frank
Lighting Design by David Alan Comstock
~ The Present Company Theatorium ~ August, 2001

Summary: A mental patient who cannot speak struggles to convey her condition to an equally unstable psychiatrist.

This one-act play with dance and music features four women from St. Mary's Psychiatric Hospital in New York City. Characters suffering form schizophrenia claim the silent Daphne (Elizabeth Mozer), as their leader, proposing that she can control their thoughts and communicate with them telepathically. On the surface, however, Daphne appears the weakest, most innocent and least functioning. The audience discovers along with Dr. Heron (Timothy Joseph Ryan), the true relationship of Daphne and her fellow inmates.

Cast: Timothy Joseph Ryan*, Elizabeth Mozer*, Tiffany Card, Sharon Fogarty, Mary Stillwaggon* and Jason Grossman.

LIST OF PRODUCED WORKS:

2003 - How to See in the Dark, a one-act play with music. Book, music, lyrics by Sharon J. Fogarty. Directed by Sharon Fogarty. Produced by Sharon Fogarty Performance Theatre/Making Light Productions, Funny... Sheesh and Manhattan Theatre Source.

2001, 2002, 2003 - The Overdevelopment of Scott, a sci-fi musical comedy. Book, music, lyrics by Sharon Fogarty. Directed by Sharon Fogarty. Produced by Sharon Fogarty Performance Theatre and Dixon Place February, 2001. Produced by SFPT and NY Dance Center November, 2002. Lighting design by David Alan Comstock. Directed by S. Fogarty. Seven genetically engineered human test subjects struggle to escape an abusive and neglectful lab environment. An Equity Approved Showcase starring Sam Riegel, John Hartmann, Jason Grossman, Monica Russell, Elizabeth Mozer, Sanjay Kaul, Karen Christie Ward, Robyn Hussa and Charles Moran (2001). An AEA Approved Showcase starring Jason Alan Griffen, Steve Deighan, Mathew Porter, Donna Heffernan, Anna Hayman, Danielle Montezinos, J. Grossman, E. Mozer, S. Kaul, C. Moran (2002).

2000, 2001 - Next to Nothing, a dance-theatre play produced by Sharon Fogarty Performance Theatre (SFPT) and Manhattan Theatre Source. Produced by SFPT and International Fringe Festival August 2001. Directed by Andrew Frank, starring Timothy Joseph Ryan, Natalie Agee, Tiffany Card, Elizabeth Mozer, Mary Stillwaggon, Melissa Riker, Sheila Callaghan. Music, text, lyrics and choreography by Sharon Fogarty, lighting Design by David Alan Comstock. Description: A mental patient who cannot speak struggles to relay her condition to her equally unstable psychiatrist.

2000 - 'heaven', dance-theatre play, produced in January 2000 by SFPT at the Greenwich Street Theatre, starring Sharon Fogarty, Rory Gregg DeSoto and Jason Grossman. Also produced in August 2000 by the New York International Fringe Festival. Lighting and technical design by David Alan Comstock. Script, Music, Lyrics, Choreography by Sharon Fogarty. Description: A burnt out choreographer dies and goes to heaven where she is granted everything she could ever possibly need or want to create her work, yet she only manages to create more excuses to not do what she loves.

1999 - Feminine Monsters Throughout History, dance-theatre play, produced by SFDT at Synchronicity Space, starring Katie Workum, Leigh Garrett, Jennifer Tarrazi-Scully. Script, Music, Lyrics, Choreography by Sharon Fogarty. Description: A dance docu-drama that examines strong and creative women.

1998, 2001 - Bride of Frankenstein ~ an experiment in intimacy, dance-theatre play, produced by Synchronicity Space and SFPT, starring Rachel Kramer, Bruce Agte, Renée Torrière, Jason Grossman and Timothy Joseph Ryan. Script, Lyrics/Music, Choreography by Sharon Fogarty. Produced by SFPT and Manhattan Theatre Source September, 2001, starring Sharon Fogarty, Jason Howard, Fran Kirmser, Ivory McCay, Laura Walczack. Description: An abusive scientist creates the perfect daughter/lover/caretaker whose talents and abilities succeed in destroying her creator.

1997 - BACH Remedies ~ hysterical essays on depression, dance-theatre play, produced by the Greenwich Street Theatre, Hallwalls Theatre (Buffalo, NY) and SFPT, starring Natalie Agee, Lee Michael Buckman, Patrick Tarpey, Rory Gregg DeSoto and Sharon Fogarty. Script and Choreography by Sharon Fogarty. Music by J.S. Bach. Description: humorous autobiographical account of Ms. Fogarty's creative process under the influence of depression and anti-depressants.

1996 - True Love Stories, one-woman show, produced by Sharon Fogarty Performance Theatre and Synchronicity Space, NYC. Written and performed by S. Fogarty. Description: Autobiographical short story dances.

1995 - Alice The Later Years. Produced by SFPT and Context Theatre. Starring Danielle Claro, Lynn Neuman, Sherry Greenspan, Theodora Fogarty and Rory Gregg DeSoto. Music, Script, Choreography by Sharon Fogarty. Description: Lewis Carroll's Alice as an adult survives through brothels, convents and drug addiction.

1993 - On The Ark. Produced by SFPT and the Merce Cunningham Theatre. Starring Bruce Agte, Sharon Fogarty, Danielle Claro. Music, Script, Choreography by S. Fogarty. Additional choreography by Patrick Garreth Mitchell. Music arranged and accompanied by Nana Simopoulos. Description: Noah's story, after discovering that everyone on board is a homosexual and refuses to reproduce.

1992 - Making Light. Produced by SFPT and Nikolais/Lewis ChoreoSpace. Collection of short dance-theatre pieces and songs by S. Fogarty, including Underground Voices, Single Parent and Yes, Virginia.

1990 - Dances For a Small Planet. Produced by SFPT and Tada! Theatre. Dance repertory, songs and sketches including The Wedding, The Spaceks, Small Planet and LOVE.

1989 - Three Choreographers Named Fogarty. Produced by SFPT at Ethnic Folk Arts Center. Shared program of S. Fogarty, Rose Mari Fogarty and Theodora Fogarty. Dance repertory and songs included Glass, Bust and Call Me.

1988 - New Works in Old Shoes. Produced by SFPT at Eden's Expressway. Collection of dances, songs and sketches including Still Life, A Very Special Person and Yes, Virginia.

1986 - Poor Jayne and her Rich Life. Produced by SFPT at RAPP Arts Center. Repertory including On Moods and Medication, Solitairiste and Pick a Face.

THE OVERDEVELOPMENT OF SCOTTa sci~fi anti~musical comedy bySharon J. Fogarty

THE OVERDEVELOPMENT OF SCOTT
a sci~fi anti~musical comedy by
Sharon J. Fogarty