{"id":6632,"date":"2025-03-24T15:57:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T20:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/?page_id=6632"},"modified":"2025-04-14T13:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T18:00:39","slug":"project-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/?page_id=6632","title":{"rendered":"Project Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In July 2024 Don Frantz and Viktoriya Nemchenko, leading actress of the state theater in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, announced a short play festival, <\/span>\u201cUncovered Scenes – from Ukraine\u201d<\/b> produced by Town Square Productions with participation from New York\u2019s Ensemble Studio Theater, Vinnytsia Mykola Sadovsky Music and Drama Theater and New York City\u2019s Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On March 27, 2025, commemorating UNESCO\u2019s 62nd annual World Theater Day, the festival will premiere a 100-minute staged reading of 8 new short plays hosted by the Ukrainian Institute of America.\u00a0 The 8 plays are representative of the 30 original plays written by 30 writers from United States, Canada and Hungary, who have been partnered with a Ukrainian resident for online interviews. \u00a0 Based on their conversations the writers\u2019 goal was to contribute to the theme, \u201cUncovered Scenes – from Ukraine\u201d and provide a statement about those struggling with the consequences of war.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During her visit to New York, Ms. Nemchenko requested the writers to, \u2018Please show your audience what is happening here.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 When asked about the goals of the project, Mr Frantz said, \u201cOur first goal was already accomplished when the writers call Ukraine.\u00a0 Our residents feel like someone over here cares about them. The writers\u2019 eyes are opened.\u00a0 Now we bring the names and personalities of our Ukrainian friends to the stage which conveys truths that headline news cannot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The titles alone convey the challenging environment: \u201cDance of the Warrior\u201d, \u201cMother Tongue\u201d, \u201cPower\u201d, \u201cThe Understudy\u201d, \u201cStaying\u201d, \u201cThe Shot\u201d, and \u201cA Parting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The March 27<\/span>th<\/span> staged reading will focus on the written script, without set, lights or costumes and directed by <\/span>Ray Roderick, Tom Costello, and Rebecca Holderness<\/span>. \u00a0 All 30 plays will be provided to the Vinnytsia Theater for consideration of a Ukrainian presentation.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All production costs and stipends for director, actors, production staff and the six selected writers are funded by Town Square Productions.\u00a0 Donations for additional support to the artists may be made though the Ukrainian Institute of America.<\/span><\/p>\n

Updates will be posted on https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/ukraine\/<\/p>\n

For more information or inquiry write: Ukraine@TownSquareProd.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In July 2024 Don Frantz and Viktoriya Nemchenko, leading actress of the state theater in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, announced a short play festival, \u201cUncovered Scenes – from Ukraine\u201d produced by Town Square Productions with participation from New York\u2019s Ensemble Studio Theater, Vinnytsia Mykola Sadovsky Music and Drama Theater and New York City\u2019s Ukrainian Institute of America […]Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6632","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6632"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6659,"href":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6632\/revisions\/6659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}