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ROBERT CUCCIOLI & TOM LYNCH as the doctor & his patient Mr. Smythe in My Favorite Indigents, by Carrie Robbins. Photo by Emily Hewitt
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ROBERT CUCCIOLI & MIMI TURQUE as Dr. Cuttler & his patient "Queen Elizabeth the 1st" in My Favorite Indigents, by Carrie Robbins. Photo by Emily Hewit
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ERIKA ROLFSRUD & TONY NAUMOVSKI as a doctor & her homeless patient in My Favorite Indigents, by Carrie Robbins. Photo by Emily Hewitt
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ROBERT CUCCIOLI & ERIKA ROLFSRUD & TOM LYNCH as the Anchorman in Severe Clear by Carrie Robbins. Photo by Emily Hewitt

18th April 2016
7pm Goddard Riverside, Bernie Wohl Center, 647 Columbus Avenue, New York, 10025

​Tony-nominated actor 
Robert Cuccioli will lead the cast of MAGICAL THINKING: My Favorite Indigents & Severe Clear by playwright/designer Carrie Robbins, directed by Paul Dobie(Associate or Assistant Director for B'way's Once, Cabaret, Wicked, Martin Short... Fame Becomes Me, Glengarry Glen Ross). The reading will take place on Monday, April 18, at 7pm at the Bernie Wohl Center.
Mr. Cuccioli played the title roles in both Jekyll & Hyde [for which he received the Tony nom., Drama Desk, & OCC Awards], and the fall 2015 season's Rothschild & Sons. He will be starring in this summer's new version of Paint Your Wagon in Seattle. Among his extensive roles, Mr. Cuccioli's work includes Les Miserables & Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. Off-Broadway: And The World Goes 'Round (OCC Award), The Rothschilds, Jacques Brel, Bikeman. Regional: Antony & Cleopatra, 1776 (Helen Hayes nom.), Lend Me A Tenor, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Sound Of Music, Amadeus, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Carnival, Othello, Hamlet, Lorenzzaccio (Helen Hayes Nom.), The School for Scandal, The Seafarer. Television: White Collar, Sliders, Baywatch, The Guiding Light. Film: Celebrity, The Stranger.www.robertcuccioli.com.
MAGICAL THINKING is comprised of 2 new 1-Acts:
My Favorite Indigents, based on true stories by R.D. Robbins, MD, is a valentine to the homeless of NYC and the doctors who provide the care for these anonymous and smelly "sheep."
Severe Clear. 8:45 a.m. on a brilliant cloudless day in NYC, a retired doctor bumps up against the immutable power of Denial when, in light of cataclysmic tragedy, he discovers his lifelong companions, Reason & Logic, are useless. His wife, denial firmly in place, remains optimistic.
Carrie Robbins's play "SAWBONES & THE DIAMOND EATER" (HERE Arts Center, NYC), directed by Tazewell Thompson, received six nominations from the NY Innovative Theatre Awards, the most nominations received by any show in 2014. Her "Le WEDDING DRESS" (Dir. PauL Dobie) was chosen from 500 scripts by NYNew Works Theatre Festival in 2015, and was one of 24 Semi-Finalists. In 2013, "SAWBONES" was chosen by The Actors Company Theatre (TACT-Wall St. Journal's 2012 "Company of the Year") for its NewTACTics New Plays Festival. For further informaiton, see www.daysofthegiants.com.
As a Designer, Robbins has spent years designing costumes on B'way & Off, here & abroad. In 2012 she received the TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work. In 2011 she became only the 2nd costume designer to be honored with a Monograph of her work (Amazon.com/ Drama-Bookshop/NYC). She has several Tony noms, 6 Drama Desk Awards, Maharam, Henry Hewes, L.A. Dramalogue, Audelco, Salmagundi Fine Arts, 3 Prague Quadrennial, among others.
Robbins is known for the strength and skill of her character drawing which may have presaged her interest in character writing. For more, go to www.carrierobbinsdesignageinc.com.
MAGICAL THINKING is the third offering in the monthly "New Works 2016 Series" presented by 29th Street Playwrights Collective in association with Goddard Riverside/Bernie Wohl Arts Center, 647 Columbus Avenue at 91st St. The FREE reading is open to the public. Refreshments served. Donations appreciated.
The 29th Street Playwrights Collective is dedicated to developing the voices of emerging, mature playwrights through weekly craft discussions and to fostering new work for the stage through public readings and workshop performances of members' works.
RSVP: Eventbrite.com [enter: "Magical Thinking"].
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ROBERT CUCCIOLI & ERIKA ROLFSRUD in Severe Clear, by Carrie Robbins. Photo by Emily Hewitt.
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ROBERT CUCCIOLI & ERIKA ROLFSRUD & KRISTIE DALE SANDERS in Severe Clear, by Carrie Robbins. Photo by Emily Hewitt
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  • Our Mission
  • New Works 2023
  • DONATE
  • Meet the Artists
    • Melissa Bell
    • Edgar Chisholm
    • Marthe Rachel Gold
    • Maxine Kern
    • Catherine Rogers
    • Michael Wells-Oakes
    • Emeritis Members >
      • Emma Goldman-Sherman
      • Paul Hufker
      • Gabrielle Maisels
      • Robin Rice
      • Julie Richardson
      • Carrie Robbins
      • David Sard
      • Matthew Wells
      • Suzanne Willett
  • New Works 2022
    • Global Excursions by Maxine Kern
    • Love Triangle: A Trilogy
  • New Works Series 2020/21
  • NEW WORKS SERIES 2019
  • NEW WORKS SERIES 2018
    • FUKT by Emma Goldman-Sherman
    • GLORIOUS DISASTER by Caroline Prugh
    • THE DIAMOND EATER by Carrie Robbins
    • EMBRACING THE UNDERTOAD by Robin Rice
    • LEAVE PHILADELPHIA, NEVER by Michael Wells-Oakes
    • TOM & TED GO TO THE RACES
  • New Works Series 2017
    • BARABBAS by Matthew Wells
    • THE DEATH AND LIFE OF DR. CUTTER by Carrie Robbins
    • LADY CAPULET by Melissa Bell
    • WHORTICULTURE by Emma Goldman-Sherman
    • MAN & WIFE by Emma Goldman-Sherman
    • SURVIVORS by James Masten
    • LUST & LIES by ROBIN RICE
    • BREATH TO BREATH by Michael Wells-Oakes & Max Balton
  • New Works Series 2016
    • QUEEN MAIR by Matthew Wells
    • LOVE, SEX, ANARCHY by Melissa Bell
    • MAGICAL THINKING by Carrie Robbins
    • SHADOWS by David Sard
    • BONGANI by Gabrielle Maisels
    • LIFE AND OTHER DISASTERS by Julie Richardson
    • A COLD DECEMBER by Michael Wells-Oakes
    • ABRAHAM'S DAUGHTERS by Emma Goldman-Sherman >
      • Stage one readings >
        • MAGICAL THINKING by Carrie Robbins
        • LIFE, & OTHER DISASTERS by Julie RIchardson
        • WHORTICULTURE by Emma Goldman-Sherman
  • Success Stories
  • Michael Warren Powell Memorial Reading
  • The UNaguration
  • Feisty Women Festival
  • Support New Work
    • Our Supporters
  • The Future Is Female Festival
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    • Freewriting Rules
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