Chinese Theatre Works

Chinese Theatre Works

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Chinese Theatre Works is a non-profit theatre company whose mission is to preserve and promote the traditional Chinese performing arts (including opera, shadow theatre, puppetry, dance and music); to create new works that bridge Eastern and Western aesthetics and forms; and to foster understanding and appreciation of Chinese culture in audiences, students, artists and educators around the globe.

*Stephen Kaplin Wins Henry Hewes Award* *CTW's Co-Artistic Director Wins Design Honor*
	We are proud to announce that Chinese Theatre Works' Co-Artistic & Technical Director, Stephen Kaplin, was awarded a 2006 Henry Hewes Award for Notable Effects by the American Theatre Wing. He won the award, one of the highest honors in U.S. theatrical design, for his work designing and constructing the puppets for Ping Chong's acclaimed 2005 show Cathay: Three Tales of China. Cathay was a unique collaboration between artists in New York, Seattle and Xian, China; working on the show gave Stpehen the opportunity to work closely with and learn from traditional Chinese puppeteers in Xian as they developed the piece. The Hewes awards, originally the Maharam Awards, were established in 1964 as the first design awards allowing Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows to compete equally. Stephen joins Ping Chong, Peter Schumann, Julie Taymor, Theodora Skipitares, Paul Zaloom, and many other longtime friends and colleagues among the noted artists who have recieved Hewes Awards.

*CTW Honored in China!*
	At the First International Shadow Play Art Festival in Tangshan, China, Chinese Theatre Works - the only company from the U.S. invited - won four awards. Our new production, Three Women, Many Plays, won Best Writing and Direction; our two storytellers, Co-Artistic Director Stephen Kaplin and Director Emerita Jo Humphrey, won Best Narration; and the company was honored for Excellence in Performance and Best Short Plays for both Three Women and Tiger Tales, our other contribution to the festival.

Upcoming Public Performances
More Upcoming Performances in Private Venues
Production _____________	Venue ______________________________	Date & Time _____________
Little Red Riding Hood: The Chinese Opera tickets info _____________	The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10028-0198 ______________________________	February 5, 2011 7:00 pm _____________
Excerpt from Little Red Riding Hood: The Chinese Opera tickets info _____________	The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10028-0198 ______________________________	February 5, 2011 3:00 pm _____________
Peking Opera: Monkey King Steals Heavenly Peaches _____________	Bronx Library Center 310 East Kingsbridge Road Bronx, NY 10458 ______________________________	October 9, 2010 2:30 pm _____________
Hao Bang Ya, Tigers! _____________	Bronx Zoo 2300 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10460 ______________________________	August 22, 2010 2:00 pm _____________
Traditional Dance From India and China _____________	Bronx Zoo 2300 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10460 ______________________________	August 22, 2010 1:30 pm _____________
Hao Bang Ya, Tigers! _____________	Bronx Zoo 2300 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10460 ______________________________	August 22, 2010 11:30 am _____________
Traditional Dance From India and China _____________	Bronx Zoo 2300 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10460 ______________________________	August 22, 2010 11:00 am _____________
Hao Bang Ya, Tigers! _____________	Bronx Zoo 2300 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10460 ______________________________	August 21, 2010 2:00 pm _____________
Traditional Dance From India and China _____________	Bronx Zoo 2300 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10460 ______________________________	August 21, 2010 1:30 pm _____________
Hao Band Ya, Tigers! _____________	Bronx Zoo 2300 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10460 ______________________________	August 21, 2010 11:30 am _____________
Traditional Dance From India and China _____________	Bronx Zoo 2300 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10460 ______________________________	August 21, 2010 11:00 am _____________
Hao Bang Ya, Tigers! _____________	Queens Library - Woodside Library 54-22 Skillman Avenue Woodside, NY 11377 ______________________________	July 10, 2010 1:30 pm _____________
Hao Bang Ya, Tigers! _____________	Queens Library - Flushing Library 41-17 Main Street Flushing, NY 11355 ______________________________	July 17, 2010 2:30 pm _____________
Hao Bang Ya, Tigers! _____________	Queens Library - Woodside Library 54-22 Skillman Avenue Woodside, NY 11377 ______________________________	July 10, 2010 1:30 pm _____________
Hao Bang Ya, Tigers! _____________	Queens Library - Elmhurst Library 8601 Broadway Flushing, NY 11373-5820 ______________________________	June 26, 2010 2:30 pm _____________
Chinese Opera, Music and Face Changing _____________	Confucius Institute at the Pace University ______________________________	June 11, 2010 Time: TBD _____________
Hao Bang Ya, Tigers! _____________	Battery City Park Branch 175 North End Avenue (at Murray Street) New York, NY 10282 ______________________________	June 1, 2010 Time: TBD _____________
Tiger Tales _____________	Confucius Institute at the Pace University ______________________________	May 19, 2010 Time: 7:00 pm _____________
Chinese Opera, Music and Face-Changing _____________	Schermerhorn and Avery Plazas Weatherhead East Asian Institute Columbia University ______________________________	April 30, 2010 5:00 pm _____________
Tiger Tales _____________	Delaware Art Museum 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19806 ______________________________	Feburary 14, 2010 1:30 pm & 2:30 pm _____________
Peking Opera: Monkey King Steals Heavenly Peaches _____________	Asia Society 725 Park Ave (at 70th St.) ______________________________	Feburary 6, 2010 2:30 pm _____________
Tiger Tales _____________	Philadelphia Museum of Art 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19130 ______________________________	January 31, 2010 11:30am & 1:30pm _____________
Chinese Music, Dance and Acrobat _____________	American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY, 10024-5192 ______________________________	January 17, 2010 _____________
Family Day: Face Painting _____________	American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY, 10024-5192 ______________________________	January 16, 2010 _____________

Chinese Theatre Works
34-23 Steinway Street, #241
Long Island City, NY 11101

(718) 457-1627
Chinese.theatre.works@gmail.com

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