The Daisy Collective is presenting An Evening of Lives Strung Together by One Line… “Are You Happy Now?”, a benefit evening of performances of new 10-minute plays by Jane Ann Valentine, Kristen Acimovic, Ellena Chmielewski, Mary Eden and Shamikah Christina Martinez, on Thursday, May 22 @ 8:30 pm and Friday, May 23 @ 8:00 pm at Studio Theatre at The Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street in New York. Tickets are $16 and can be purchased by clicking here. All proceeds will be donated to The Lower Eastside Girls Club.
Jane Ann Valentine
Jane Ann Valentine is an actor, filmmaker and playwright. Her first screenplay Portrait, which she directed and starred in, won the AAFilmLab’s Best Short Scriptwriting Contest. A co-creator of the first AAFilmLab’s 64-Hour Film Shootout Competition in 2004 (now “72-Hour ShootOut” in its 10th year), Jane recently wrote and performed her solo show Cancer: A Love Story at the TheaterLab and Actors Theater of America and was selected to read her prose alongside acclaimed writers at the Asian American Writers Workshop. She worked behind the camera as an Assistant Director, Associate Producer, Art Director, Script Supervisor, and Production Assistant in films that have screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, the Hamptons Film Festival, the Asian American International Film Festival, CineWomen NY, the ImaginAsian Network and the Independent Film Channel. She is thrilled to have been a member of the Labyrinth 2014 Winter Ensemble along with Daisy collaborators Shamikah, Mary, Jordan and Meg.
DIRECTIONS BY SUBWAY
The closest subway is the 1 train to Christopher Street.
From Christopher Street, walk three blocks south on Seventh Avenue to COMMERCE STREET (also called CHERRY LANE). Turn right onto Commerce Street and walk to the end of the block. The theater is on the left side.
Also nearby is the West 4th Street station (at Sixth Avenue), where the A, B, C, D, E, F, and M all make stops. Walk west along Bleecker Street to Seventh Avenue. At Seventh Avenue, continue west along COMMERCE STREET (also called CHERRY LANE), which is just south of Bleecker. The theater is at the end of the block, on the left side.
BY BUS
The M 20 bus stops at Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue.
From Christopher Street, walk three blocks south on Seventh Avenue to COMMERCE STREET (also called CHERRY LANE). Turn right onto Commerce Street and walk to the end of the street. The theater is on the left side.
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