Empress Mei Li
Empress Mei Li Lotus Blossom Watch Party and Talkback
Written and Directed by Christine Toy Johnson
Moderated by Reggie Lee
Lotus Blossom
Virtual Productions
Directed by Olivier and Tony Award winner John Caird
December 4, 2020-January 3, 2021
Estella Scrooge
Starring Academy Award Winner JK Simmons, Tony Award Winners Lena Hall, James Monroe Iglehart, Nathan Lane, Jessie Mueller, Cynthia Nixon & more!
The stream is free and donations will be accepted for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Every dollar donated will help those across the country affected by HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 and other critical illnesses receive healthy meals, lifesaving medication, emergency financial assistance, housing, counseling and more. The donations also support and champion organizations focused on social justice and anti-racism.
Elegies for angels, punks and raging queens
Virtual Festival of Short Plays
Abingdon Theatre Company continues its mission in creating opportunities for all voices to be heard. With this in mind, the company will produce a Fall Festival of Short Plays, a two-week virtual festival shedding light on stories by people of color. A diverse panel of judges, theatre professionals who are Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC), will select 6 new short pieces created and performed by people of color. At the conclusion of the Festival, the panel will select a winner who will receive a stipend to be used to support further exploration of their piece and will be invited to become an “Artist-in-Residence.” The Abingdon Theatre Company has committed to producing the winning piece as part of their “Around the Table” free reading series. Through the outreach, online readings, and finally the staged reading of the winning piece, the hope is to engage around 1,500 people of color and to create a more diverse environment at the Abingdon.
ATC Radio
Introducing ATC Radio! We are so excited to be bringing something brand new to Abingdon. We know that people are really missing going to live theatre so we are constantly thinking of new ways to bring theatre to you. You can’t see theatre at the moment but with ATC Radio, you can hear it! ATC Radio will bring you wonderful productions that have been recorded and turned into radio plays so you can listen to great theatre anywhere! We are also delighted to be able to provide this to our patrons free of charge!
Through our #IWILL campaign we want to bring our patrons, colleagues, friends and family together, in hope for the future. We will be sharing ‘I Will’ statements from performers, writers, producers and many more creatives in our ongoing mission to inspire all artists and prove once and for all that NYC is not dead.
#Iwill
HOLLYWOOD SOAPBOX: Checking in with Abingdon Theatre Company during the COVID-19 Pandemic