| Leonard Melfi, a dramatist and poet,
spent his life giving the world plays. Plawrights create people, circumstances,
and stories that are sometimes better known than history. The playwright
is the leader of the craft that sails through our minds and our lives.
He is the captain of the other talents required to make the theatre fly
and live. Melfi devoted his life to creating a reality that was his own
and now be forever ours.
Thank you Leonard.
Tom O'Horgan
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The Leonard Melfi Memorial was May 5th, 2002 from 2:00 to 4:00
Program
| Nicky Paraiso |
Piano Prelude |
| Ellen Stewart |
Welcome |
| Barbara Eda Young |
excerpts from BIRDBATH |
| Kristin Gray and Michael Raye |
ANGEL by Jimi Hendrix |
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BEYOND THE REALM OF TIME by Michael Raye |
| Paul Foster |
On being a playwright |
| Deanna Deignan |
ON THE HARMFULNESS OF BEING SUSPICIOUS |
| Jeff Weiss |
A reading |
| Jan Quackenbush |
On being a plawright |
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| TIMES SQUARE |
(Moments & Monologues) |
| Jerry Cunliffe |
Butch Flagstone |
| Marilyn Roberts |
Bobo Society |
| Peter Craig |
Stephen Beams |
| Mari-Claire Charba |
Marigold Sobbing |
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| Leonid Hambro |
INTERMEZZO by Shumann |
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| Crystal Field |
A Reading |
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| H.M. Katoukas |
On being a playwright |
| Robert Heide |
REMINISCENCE and a piece by Edward Albee |
| Kristen Gray |
a piece by Rosemary Harris |
| John Gilman |
a piece by Terrnece McNally |
| Joanne Tedesco |
Anecdotes |
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| John Melfi |
Brother of Leonard Melfi |
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| The Harris Sisters: Jayne Anne, Eloise and Mary Lou |
TO MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE by Bob Dylan |
Thank you to Susan Weston for coordinating the tribute to Leonard.
Leonard Melfi Performance History at La MaMa Experimental
Theatre Club:
| DATE |
TITLE |
DETAILS |
| October 26, 1962 |
LAZY
BABY SUSAN |
directed by: Gino Ardito |
| August 25, 1965 |
PUSSIES
& ROOKIES |
directed by: Ralph Cook |
| March 9, 1966 |
BIRDBATH |
director: Tom O'Horgan
composer: Tom O'Horgan
Tom O' Horgan and the La MaMa and the La MaMa Troupe returned from
their long stay in Europe and now presented on the La MaMa Stage the
plays they presented in Europe including BIRDBATH Ted Mann then produced
these six plays at the Martinique Theatre. |
| January 18, 1967 |
NIAGRA
FALLS |
director: Kevin O'Connor |
| May 18, 1967 |
TIMES
SQUARE |
company: La MaMa Troupe
director: Tom O'Horgan
composer: Tom O'Horgan
presented with Sam Shepard's MELODRAMA PLAY |
| September 28, 1967 |
LUNCHTIME |
director: John Coe |
| December 6, 1967 |
JACK
AND JILL
& STIMULATION |
directors: Ed Setrakian & Ricardo Martinez
composers: David Walker & Christopher Allport |
| January 25, 1968 |
TIMES
SQUARE |
director: Tom O'Horgan
composer: Tom O'Horgan
The La MaMa Troupe returned from their last tour ('68) and presented
TIMES SQUARE as well as: FUTZ by Rochelle Owens, TOM PAINE (parts
I & II) by Paul Foster & MELODRAMA PLAY by Sam Shepard |
| April 11, 1968 |
HAVING
FUN IN THE BATHROOM |
director: Edward Setrakian
composer: Christopher Allport |
| April 20, 1969 |
RAVEN
ROCK |
director: Wesley Jensby
composer: Allan Kashkin |
| December 6, 1974 |
HORSE
OPERA |
director: Wilford Leach
composer: John Braden |
| October 8, 1981 |
BIRDBATH |
director: Tom O'Horgan
composer: Tom O'Horgan
BIRDBATH later moved to the Harold Clurman Theater |
Leonard Melfi performance history on Broadway:
| November 28 - January 11, 1969 |
MORNING , NOON, AND NIGHT |
written by Leonard Melfi |
| June 17, 1969 - August 12, 1969 |
OH! CALCUTTA! |
book by Leonard Melfi |
| September 24, 1976 - August 6, 1989 |
OH! CALCUTTA! |
contributions by Leonard Melfi |
| December 28, 1978 - December 31, 1978 |
TAXI TALES |
written by Leonard Melfi |
photo by: James D. Gossage
"We'll keep a crystal vase near our pink and blue pillows,
and after we wish and then after we kiss, we'll lower our faces to the
very brim, the very delicate edge of the crystal vase, and then we'll
let the syrup flow from our eyes into the gentle crystal vase. And every
Christmas and every Easter and every other holiday known to man, we'll
feed the syrup to our seventeen children, and they will remain children
forever. Their imaginations will be in full bloom forever...and they will
never die. Everything will be forever..."
-Leonard Melfi from TIMES SQUARE
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