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The Block

First Preview: Apr 26, 2016
Opening Date: Apr 26, 2016
Closing Date: Jun 11, 2016
Running Time: 01:30
The Block

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Playing @
Urban Stages / 30th Street Theater
259 W 30th St, New York, NY 10001
Based on conversations and interviews over two years in the South Bronx and with members of CASA, a project of New Settlement Community Apartments, comes a play that will change the way you look at New York.

Dontrell's just come back from upstate, no, not like Upstate upstate, just with his girl, you know, quiet workin' man life. Now he's back on his block in the Boogie Down, the South Bronx, where he did his dirt years back, but he's not tryin' to be grimy no more. Nah man, he's trying to do good. But do you have any idea what that's really like?  

The Block is part of Working Theater’s Five Boroughs/One City Initiative
in which the Company commissioned 5 teams of writers and directors to create a piece of theater by collaborating with community members in neighborhoods in each of the five boroughs on NYC. 

written by Dan Hoyle
directed by Tamilla Woodard
developed with Tamilla Woodard and Maureen Towey


PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
MONDAY thru FRIDAY @ 7 PM
SATURDAY @ 2 & 8 PM
Off-Off BroadwayPlay - ComedyPerformance ArtPlay - Drama
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 13
Audience Advisory: THE BLOCK will perform in Brooklyn on June 13th and June 14th at Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center (1474 Gates Avenue), in Queens, June 16th and 17th at Local 3 IBEW Auditorium (158-11 Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Avenue); in the Bronx on June 18th and June 19th at the Pregones Theater (571 Walton Ave); and in Staten Island on June 21st and 23rd at Snug Harbour Cultural Center (10000 Richmond Terrace) in Staten Island.

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$23 - Students/Seniors/Union Members with ID

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Info

    Fully handicapped available including the restrooms.
  • Elevator/Escalator

    none
  • Curb Ramps

    none
  • Entrance

    Street level access.
  • Box Office

    The box office is wheelchair accessible.
  • Restroom

    Fully handicapped available including the restrooms.
  • Water Fountain

    none
  • Telephone

    none
  • Assisted Listening System

    none
  • Visual Assistance

    none
  • Folding Armrests

    none

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