All for One Theater

All For One Theater
Production Company
Industry Theater
Founder Michael Wolk
Key people
  • Nicholas Cotz (Producing Director)
  • Sydney Steele (Associate Producer)
Products Solo theater
Website www.afo.nyc

All For One Theater is a theater production company based in New York City. It exclusively produces solo shows.[1] Noteworthy performers whom AFO has produced include Tom Hewitt, Deb Margolin, Leslie Jordan, Annabelle Gurwitch, and Bill Bowers. Hewitt, Margolin, and Bowers are frequent collaborators with All For One.[2][3][4][5][6][7] All For One often runs its shows out of the historic Cherry Lane Theater.[8]

Mission

All For One is dedicated to producing and developing extraordinary solo theater, and to creating opportunities for solo artists to enjoy sustaining careers.

Since 2011, All For One Theater has presented over 50 acclaimed full-length solo plays off-Broadway. In 2016, AFO launched its touring initiative to bring productions to stages across America and around the world.[9]

History

In 2011, All For One (also known as AFO) was founded by producer Michael Wolk in 2011 as an annual solo theater festival. AFO presented the first of three annual festivals of solo theater that year, offering professional development workshops and providing free panels addressing concerns in the solo show community. The festivals presented a range of solo show artists, including work directed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, BD Wong, Colman Domingo, a world premiere by Deb Margolin, and the New York premiere of Leslie Jordan's Fruit Fly.

In 2014, AFO transitioned from producing an annual festival to producing a year-round season of local, national, and international solo theater. AFO's first full season featured four fully produced solo shows and SoloLab, a celebration of new work that featured reading and workshop performances from nine solo artists.

Since 2015, under Producing Director Nicholas Cotz, AFO focuses on producing shows in New York City, with the goal of touring each show and providing a sustaining income for its artists.

Programs

AFO is dedicated to fostering the next generation of solo artists through two play development programs: AFO Solo Collective (AFO|SoCo), a new play development series that nurtures the development of mid-career solo artists and their audiences through cross-disciplinary exchange, peer-driven workshops, and panel discussions;[10] and an 18-month Artist In Residence (AIR) program that develops a single new work, resulting in an off-Broadway production. The AIR program provides an artist with rehearsal space over 18 months, and stipends to be used for the services of a director, dramaturg, and/or designers to support the development of their work.[11] All For One also occasionally offers classes on particular aspects of solo work.[12]

Recent Productions

  • The Brobot Johnson Experience by Darian Dauchan
  • Squeamish by Aaron Mark
  • My Name is Gideon: I'm Probably Going to Die, Eventually by Gideon Irving
  • Tar Baby by Desiree Burch
  • The Boy Who Would Be Captain Hook by David Harrell
  • unFRAMED by Iyaba Ibo Mandingo
  • All Over the Map by Bill Bowers
  • Thao's Library by Elizabeth Van Meter
  • Cuckooed by Mark Thomas

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allforonetheater.org/
  2. ↑ http://pamij.tripod.com/
  3. ↑ http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/ANOTHER-MEDEA-Starring-Tom-Hewitt-to-Offer-Special-Discount-Perfomance-126-20150121
  4. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/21/theater/tom-hewitt-in-another-medea.html
  5. ↑ http://www.debmargolin.com/upcoming.html
  6. ↑ http://annabellegurwitch.com/blog2/events/
  7. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
  8. ↑ http://allforonetheater.org/show-archive/
  9. ↑ "allforone". allforone. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  10. ↑ "allforone". allforone. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  11. ↑ "allforone". allforone. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
  12. ↑ http://allforonetheater.org/classes-archive/
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