Listen "AMT AFTER DARK - Christine Cirker Interview 09.2025"
Episode Synopsis
AMT AFTER DARK with JOANIE & PETE, A podcast with Joan Pelzer and Pete Dorton talking to creative folks about their journey. You never know where the conversation will go...it's AFTER DARK AFTER ALL!!Produced by Alex GarrettThis episode: Listen to Joanie and Pete talk with CHRISTINE CIRKER about life, New York City, and Lost and Found play. Christine Cirker (Director) (she/her) is an Off-Broadway director and producer, focusing primarily on new work. She has been a part of the development of LOST AND FOUND since AMT’s reading in 2023. Her NYC directing credits include works presented by United Solo, Urban Stages, Emerging Artists Theatre, AMT Theater, Lucille Lortel, Pulse Ensemble, Neighborhood Playhouse and others. A member of The Barrow Group (TBG) artistic community for 20+ years, notable TBG productions include Co-Director of Lost…Found by K. Lorrel Manning (in NYC and Edinburgh Festival), Awake by K. Lorrel Manning (AssociateDirector/Dramaturg), Perp by Lyle Kessler (Assistant Director). With Lee Brock, she is Producing Director for F.A.B.Women@tbg (TBG’s women’s development group) where she has directed and produced since 2010. Beyond NYC, she directed The Half-Life of Marie Curie, By The Way Meet Vera Stark and The Cake (Naples Players, FL). Selected NY producing credits include: Triptych (The Barrow Group), Chasing Happy and Strings Attached (Pulse Theatre), Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet (The Curtain/Jersey City), Letters to Sala by Arlene Hutton. In the independent film world, Christine is Co-Producer for the documentary feature UnBroken (Netflix) and for the short film, The Red Shoe (currently in the festivals). She is a member of NY Women In Film & TV (NYWIFT) and former Executive Vice-President of the League of Professional Theatre Women and graduate of University of Michigan. Associate Member, SSDC. 🎭🎼Melissa Chamberlain and Thank You Thank You Productions presentLOST AND FOUNDa new play by Angelica Gorgato premiere Off-Broadway at AMT Theater this Falldirected by Christine CirkerLOST AND FOUND takes place in a laundromat in Brooklyn, New York on August 14th, 2003 during one of the largest blackouts in US history. With no electricity coming back anytime soon, two strangers stick together during a time of darkness and uncertainty. They pass time drinking, playing games, and folding laundry which ultimately leads them to form a connection and reveal their own secrets and pasts, discovering they have more in common than they think. This play shows us what grief can do in the aftermath of loss and the powerful connections we create when showing up for one another.📲 https://www.lostandfoundplay.comThe CASTAngelica Gorga (FOUND)Ivàn Marcel (LOST)Nelly Saviñon (NEIGHBOR)The CREATIVE TEAM:is Pauline Walsh (set design), Ryan Randazzo (lighting design), E.B. McKinney (costume and props design), and Kimberly S. O’ Loughlin (sound design). The production stage manager is Annie Beller.AMT AFTER DARK with JOANIE & PETE, A podcast with Joan Pelzer and Pete Dorton talking to creative folks about their journey. You never know where the conversation will go...it's AFTER DARK AFTER [email protected] Media: @AMTtheater45 https://www.amttheater.org📲
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