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RTW presents Oriki Omi Oddara
Award Winning & Exciting
Afro-Cuban Dance Company
at Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Theatre w 46th St New York City
March, 2007
Senator Hillary Clinton
greets RTW Artistic Associates
Rick Montalvo, left, and
Hank Wagner, right, at reception
in New York City
 Students at PS752Q
Join in an Indian Pow Wow
and Dance to the Beat
of Native American
Drums & Chants
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Original Theatre from INC Showcase Productions
For the twenty-one years prior to 2003, InCollaboration, Inc. (INC) had been providing award-winning, quality theater to young audiences in our schools, libraries and communities. With few props and minimal staging, INC has always concentrated on character and story and, in the tradition of true theater, engaged our audiences in the show, to the delight of young and older alike. The offerings described below are offered in this tradition.
INC is pleased to announce the resumption, after a three-year hiatus imposed by budgetary cuts and production losses, of its presentation of live theatre pieces for young audiences, beginning with the 2006-2007 season. Contact your INC Associate to see what's currently available and when. Telephone us at 718-391-0354 or e-mail us at theinbox@readers.org. The current season starts in November.
While these plans will of course include our renowned and award winning original musical theatre productions, we will also be featuring the presentation of more serious, straight dramatic pieces, using mostly one actor; these one-act pieces will feature the giants of history and some less well-known heroes and heroines of our own and times past, in a biographical moment or moments from history, theirs and ours; all part of INC's History, Civics and Social Studies Series.
The following are only a few of those to be included among the many diverse series of biographical moments-from-history that we plan to present:
 | In "Twilight of the Khemet" Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, loses Caesar, finds Antony, calls her Council to War, loses the war to Rome, and dies of a snakebite, all in Alexandria, circa 36 to 30 B.C.;
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| "Father Franklin" - a bittersweet look at the tragic relationship between Founding Father Benjamin Franklin and his estranged son after "the 'Eagle' has flown", Philadelphia circa 1778;
| "Dear John": Intelligent, outspoken and opinionated, Abigail Adams, in Boston, sends more than one "Dear John" letter to her husband, future president John Adams, in Philadelphia 1774-1776;
| Martin Luther King, Jr., "Crossing Over: from Washington to Memphis"; follows the celebrated civil rights leader and activist for change, from having a "Dream" to standing "on the Mountaintop" c1963-1968;
| "Jumpin Jack Flash", recalls the fight of the century between the then great reigning Black heavyweight boxing champ, Jack Johnson, and his opponent, Jim Jeffries, the so-called "Great White Hope", and Johnson's epic battles with the U.S. Federal Government circa 1910-1913;
| "Wanna Buy a Bridge?" Engineering genius John Augustus Roebling has a bridge to sell to the Cities of Brooklyn and New York; before that happens though, he must face down and win over a very strong, skeptical and maybe, just a bit jealous political opponent, New York's own redoubtable John McKeen;
| In "Her Heart's a' Fire", fugitive slave, early activist, and later Civil War spy for the Union, Harriet Tubman, builds and runs the Underground Railroad circa 1850-1860;
| In "E Pluribus Unum" labor leader and social change activist Cesar Chavez rises to the top, starts a movement, unites a people, forms a union and changes history in the California grape and lettuce fields, circa 1970; |
| and many, many others in an ongoing series. |
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Some of the more recent INC Showcase Productions include:
"The Music of Poetry/The Poetry of Music" – 2 Actors, Performance Running Time: 45 Minutes.
A poetry professor and a street musician find common ground exploring different musical styles from rock to pop to rap and in the process discover the poetry in music and the music in poetry. With a boombox, a rainstick, a guitar and the spoken word, students discover that poetry is not just some old stuff that they have to learn about in school, but something wonderful that surrounds them in their everyday lives. The show has recently been revised to include a musical enactment of the all-time audience favorite, the "Little Red Hen", a performance not to be missed. NEW SHOW IN PRE-PRODUCTION
 “Animal Tails: Stories from Around the World” – 3 Actors, Running Time: 45 Minutes
Animal Tails: Stories from Around the World draws its inspiration from world folktales, making the wonder of literature come alive through the magic of theatre. Animal Tails incorporates audience participation to share the message that reading is both fun and important. The show, like many of Readers Theatre’s workshops, is modular in nature and each tale has a lesson to tell. The show is always topical and fresh as new tales are periodically adapted for presentation to new audiences. Teacher’s Study Guide available. NEW VERSION IN PRE-PRODUCTION
“Talk That Talk – Stories from the African-American Tradition” - 3 Actors Time: 45 Minutes.Dr. Doolittle’s pets have nothing on this group when it comes to talkin’ that talk or walkin’ that walk! You’ve never met a more likable snake, or chatted up a smarter frog then you’ll meet here. Talk That Talk introduces students to folktales passed down and told in the African-American oral tradition. Interpreted for the stage, these stories will spark an interest in learning more about Black history and about folklorists such as Julius Lester and Zora Neale Hurston. NEW VERSION IN PRE-PRODUCTION
"The Bard – An Introduction to Shakespeare and His World” – 4 Actors Time: 45 Minutes.
Learn about the life and times of Shakespeare, within the context of his plays at the time that he wrote them. Includes excerpts from "Macbeth", "The Tempest", "Romeo and Juliet", Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Hamlet". Comedy, drama, farce, and fantasy…it's all here, along with 37 quotations that we all know so well, ...or do we? Scenes from his plays interpolated with scenes from his life. Provides a wonderful way for students to first meet or to learn more about Shakespeare, the man and the playwright. Has an audience interactive component to involve and inspire more research and reading by students. Suitable for grades 6 –12. NOT CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION
“She Started It!” - 3 Actors, Performance Running Time: 45 minutes
Two students, usually very good friends, get into a heated argument and need some help resolving the real issues between them. Specifically designed for smaller groups, this gritty performance piece, using a basic, four-step method, takes students in conflict on a realistic journey from controversy, to calm, to resolution, showing students how to resolve daily issues and problems through better, not louder, communication. Suitable for grades 6 -12. NOT CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION
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