Frances McDormand, Lili Taylor and More Set for Elevator Repair Service Benefit
Elevator Repair Service will present its spring benefit May 3 at the New York Society for Ethical Culture in Manhattan.
Frances McDormand, Lili Taylor, Fred Armisen, Frankie Faison and ERS company members Vin Knight, Jim Fletcher, April Matthis and Susie Sokol will read from loved, banned and mythologized American fiction.
The readings will be accompanied by a live sound score by ERS. Paul Muldoon curates, and Oskar Eustis hosts.
by Edgar Allan Poe
The evening will begin at 6:30 PM with a cocktail reception followed by the 8 PM performance.
The event will benefit the development of ERS' new piece, The Sun Also Rises, based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway.
New York Society for Ethical Culture is located in Manhattan at 2 West 64th Street. For tickets or more information visit www.elevator.org.
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Elevator Repair Service, a theatre ensemble, was founded by director John Collins and a group of actors in 1991.
It was a great night. And I did my best to convince Frankie Faison to read all of Moby Dick on tape. The one chapter he read was phenomenal.
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just had a great time recording a spot with Frankie Faison (The Wire, Coming to America) (via ) - now that's TIGHT!
just had a great time recording a spot with Frankie Faison (The Wire, Coming to America)
Frankie Faison (The Wire's Ervin Burrell) to read from Moby-Dick at 5/3 NYC theater benefit