The 2023 Living Art Event
The Ossining Arts Council (OAC) and Westchester Collaborative Theater (WCT) will present The 2023 Living Art Event (LAE), a theater-in-the-round event showcasing OAC artworks and six original WCT one-act plays inspired by selected works, weekends from May 12 -21 at the WCT black box performance space in downtown Ossining.
OAC member docents will take the audience through a special gallery tour created within the black box performance space of WCT. As docents pause intermittently, the artworks will spring to life in the form of plays written by local playwrights. Actors were selected from WCT members. The artworks were originally on exhibit at the Ossining Public Library in June of 2022.
Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm plus matinees on Saturdays at 2 pm and Sundays at 3 pm. A talk-back is scheduled for Sunday, May 14 following the performance. WCT is located at 23 Water St., Ossining, NY.
General admission tickets to LAE are $25; $20 for seniors/students. Discounted tickets are also available for OAC/WCT members. Advance online purchase is strongly recommended: https://wct-oac-present-living-art-event.eventbrite.com
The plays are:
Battle of the Wolves, written and directed by Carol Mark of Ridgefield, CT - Tasked with taking her mother’s ashes ‘home’ to the reservation, Dani decides to invite her estranged grandmother. When her grandmother refuses to go, Dani comes to understand that sometimes the biggest obstacle we face in life is ourself.
Into the Violet, written by Tara Meddaugh of Harrison, directed by Missy Flower of Ossining. When two fairies find themselves trapped in a jar, they must struggle through hope and despair to create the escape they desperately need.
Vanity Scam by Loretta Oleck of Ossining, directed by Lin Snider of Tarrytown. Victims of vanity, two con artists involved in a farcical scam get caught in their own web of deceit.
Moments of Lucidity, written by Evelyn Mertens of Briarcliff Manor, directed by Lori Myers of Nanuet. When a mind turns to fog, can a touch of magic and a smidgen of luck offer a desperate couple some hope?
Fever Dream by Elsa Rubenstein was one of the artworks from the Ossining Arts Council that inspired the playwrights.
Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On written and directed by Linda Bidwell Delaney of Yorktown Heights. To sleep -- perchance to dream, perchance to solve a problem, or perchance to dodge a nightmare.
There’s a Storm Coming by Misha Templar Sinclair of White Plains, directed by Samuel Harps of Irvington. Sometimes it takes a mysterious figure in the distance to bring us closer to ourselves.
The artists whose paintings inspired the plays are: Louise Belevich, Teresa Hougnon, Laya Joseph, Betsy Kates, and Elsa Rubenstein.
For more information, go to: www.wctheater.org or www.ossiningartscouncil.org.
