CLARISSA HOFFMANN and ALEXANDER A. WU at AWoW's MAY SHOWCASE at THE CELL THEATRE

Clarissa Hoffmann
Clarissa Hoffmann

Two and a half years ago, actress Clarissa Hoffmann moved to NYC to study at the Stella Adler Studio. Since graduation she’s been involved in a feature film with Oscar nominated actresses Renee Taylor and Lainie Kazan, several theatre productions, a web series and a number of short films.

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You can meet Clarissa and watch her perform with Justin Phillips at Artists Without Walls Showcase at The Cell, Tuesday, 5/24  in a comedic “New York City, pursue you dream” piece: What happens when a 19th century German immigrant meets a 21st century NYC casting director?

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After her first experience at a recent AWoW Showcase, Clarissa said, “I love the concept of Artists Without Walls. The performers were so brilliant! I can’t wait to perform.”

 

Alexander A. Wu
Alexander A. Wu

Alexander A. Wu, AWoW’s newest member, is as comfortable performing the American Songbook as he is performing classical music. He has given numerous concerts, master classes and workshops on both coasts and he has recently performed in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, David Rubenstein Atrium, Spiegeltent Festival at Bard College and Meet the Artists at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater.

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Alex has also appeared on the international stage as both a soloist with orchestras, and a chamber player that includes St. Martin in the Fields Church (London) and Academia di Chigiana (Siena).

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Alex also recently joined the elite roster of Yamaha Performing Artists; from classical and jazz pianists Abbey Simon, Hank Jones, and Dr. John to pop artists Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, Alicia Keys, and Norah Jones.

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The Cell Theatre is located at 338 W23rd St, NYC. The doors and bar open at 6:45 and the performances begin at 7:30.

 

GREAT LINEUP for ARTISTS WITHOUT WALLS' SHOWCASE at THE CELL, JUNE 24, 7PM

Come be part of the Artists Without Walls’ Showcase, Tuesday, June 24, 7pm at The Cell Theatre, 338 W 23rd St. NYC. Here’s what’s planned:

 

Dan Yurkofsky
Dan Yurkofsky
The songs of singer, songwriter, and composer Dan Yurkofsky bring together elements from a number of musical genres including folk-rock, musical theater,  and classical minimalism.His new CD, Hoverhill is his first full-length collection of  songs.  Although originally from New York, many of the songs are inspired by life in Santa Fe, New Mexico  where he lived for several years.   Other inspirations for the songs include a cross-county road trip, and a residency at the Ucross Foundation, an artist’s retreat in eastern Wyoming. Dan will be joined by two of the musicians who play on Hoverhill: Matt Turk (guitar) and Noah Hoffeld (cello).

    

 

Ashley Bell
Ashley Bell

Ashley Bell has been performing from an early age, starting at age 9 as a member of the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus and making her Off-Broadway debut at 16 in the world premiere of the musical The Golden Touch.  Ashley has since performed as a soloist in the United States, Italy, Spain, France and Russia.  Recent performances have included Beauty in Giannini’s Beauty and the Beast, Mimi in La Bohème and Katrina in Legend of Sleepy Hollow with Di Capo Opera and the soprano soloist in the Italian Cultural Institute and the Basilica of St. Patrick Old Cathedral’s. Next month she will sing Donna Anna in Don Giovanni in the Narni Festival in Italy with the Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma

 

Lyndon Achee
Lyndon Achee

Lyndon Achee is a percussionist, keyboardist and composer. Lyndon is an active performer in New York, he has recorded and performed with Nile Rodgers’ R.T. G. Productions, Anthony Braxton, Eric Leeds’ Paisely Park release, David Pleasant, Jay Hoggard, Arnie Lawrence, Winston Grennan, and at the Lincoln Center Summer Concert Series, with the Village Drums of Freedom. He recently composed and performed a score for Derek Walcott’s play “On the Blue Nile” at the Juilliard School. He is currently Musical Director of Village Drums of Freedom, Calendula, a New York-based World Music and Jazz Band. 

 

 

Allie Yurkofsky
Allison Fichtelberg

 

Allison Fichtelberg is a digital poet who has been performing her manifesto, THE GREAT OSCILLATION, in Washington Square Park since its conception in October. Allie will be reading from her epic poem Scroll, her coming of age as a digital artist.  “It will be free, multimedia smart phone literature” Allie, said, “because imagine what a world it’d be if everybody playing “Candy Crush” suddenly started reading poetry.”

 

 

 

Martina Fiserova
Martina Fiserova

 

Singer/songwriter Martina Fiserova, from Prague, Czech Republic, is in NYC to finish up a record of original songs. She released a jazz album Clearing Fields in 2012 and published a poetry book (in Czech) called Martezie in 2013.                

 

 

 

Honor Molloy
Honor Molloy

 

Author/actress Honor Molloy will be reading “What’s Taken” from her book Smarty Girl: Dublin Savage. “What’s Taken” is a brief section that was dropped from Smarty Girl – Dublin Savage. It’s an expressionistic piece about getting trapped in a family obsession for decades.  As Honor says, “I’m sure that people can relate to the family obsession part.” 

 

 

Jenai Huff
Jenai Huff

 

 

 

Singer/songwriter Jenai Huff with her soulful voice and beaming smile will be joined in performance by critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and native born New Yorker, Eugene Ruffolo.    

Eugene Ruffolo
Eugene Ruffolo

 

 

 

 

 

 

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two sing together on Jenai’s recordings and now are performing together live.

 

 

 

 

Kathleen Bennett Bastis
Kathleen Bennett Bastis

 

Kathleen Bennett Bastis is a visual/mixed media artist who works with reclaimed materials. Of her writing she said,  “I write for myself without the intention of ever sharing what I write.  It’s just a way of expressing and exploring what is on my mind or what I have experienced.” This will be the first time Kathleen has read any of her writing before an audience – it was her “white card challenge” to herself – so she’s hoping the audience finds her piece amusing and worth the listen.

 


Yvonne Cassidy
Yvonne Cassidy

Yvonne Cassidy was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland and moved to New York in 2011. Yvonne is the author of three novels: The Other Boy, What Might Have Been Me and How Many Letters Are In Goodbye? which was released earlier this month. In addition to writing, Yvonne works at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, the largest and longest running emergency food program in New York, where she teaches creative writing to homeless soup kitchen guests. 

 

 

 

ARTISTS WITHOUT WALLS' MEMBERS "ON THE TOWN" WEEK of 4/20/14


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Join Angela Alaimo O’Donnell, along with a group of contemporary poets, for a poetry reading and book launch of a new anthology of poems, St. Peter’s B-List : Contemporary Poems Inspired by the Saints, published by Ave Maria Press.    This event, sponsored by The Curran Center for American Catholic Studies, will begin on Thursday, April 24th at 6PM in the Atrium at Fordham’s Lincoln Center Campus (2nd floor Plaza Level of Lowenstein) located at 60th St. and Columbus Avenue in NYC.

 

 

Deni Bonet
Deni Bonet

Fiddler Deni Bonet will be performing with Michael Brunnoc @ Woodhaven House, 63-98 Woodhaven Boulevard, Rego Park, NY 11374 (United States) – Map   718-8945400 10:30 PM for 2 sets with a 4 piece band.

 

 

 

 

“Artists Without Walls’ Multicultural Showcase at the New York Irish Center,” Saturday night, April 26 at 7:30pm. Come hear Jack O’Connell, Koro Koroye, Niamh Hyland, Annette Homann, Antoinette Montague, Michael Brunnock and John Duddy. 1040 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, Queens. Tickets $22. Artists Without Walls’members $15. 

 

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