Around The Block / Al Doblar La Esquina
Presents
"Semicontinuous"
Written By: Carlos Jerome
Directed By: Ivette Dumeng
Produced By:
Veronica Caicedo
Carlos Jerome
Starring:
John Maria Gutierrez
Pedro Saint Morillo
Marc Reign
Iris Ruberte
Deanna Tarraza
Maria Luisa Portuondo Vila
Stage Manager
Charles C. Casano
This project is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement, a re-grant program(s) supported by:
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Howard Gilman Foundation
Our program is also made possible with the help of
Charles
Schwab
For More
Information: info@aroundtheblock.org
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Development History
- This play began in 2006 with C. Jerome's ten-minute play, Semicontinuous, with many of the same elements as what is now the full-length play. Around The Block did a couple of staged readings of it in branches of the New York Public Library.
- During 2018-2019 he expanded the original 10-minute play into the full-length Semicontinuous getting feedback and suggestions at Times Square Playwrights.
- In May 2019 Ivette Dumeng directed a staged reading of the play at Actors Studio Playwrights/Directors Unit.
- Jerome's ten-minute play, Counting Pedestals, based on scene 2 of Semicontinuous, was produced by Metropolitan Playhouse (NYC) as part of its East Village Chronicles, June 13-23 2019, and at Santa Cruz Actors Theatre in January – February 2020 as part of its 8 Tens @ 8 program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM_ID8I7mJw. It was a finalist in the Negro Ensemble Company's 2020 Ten Minute Play competition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SfB4UMl4uQ&t=11s. It was published in The Best 10-Minute Plays, 2021 (Smith & Kraus).
- His ten-minute play, Cada Loco, based on scene 5 of Semicontinuous, was chosen for the Mid-America Theatre Conference (Chicago): the 10-Minute Play Competition focused on character. In August 2020 it was selected and performed for the Orange County (NY) 10-Minute Play Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIYeBSfFIdo&t=22s It was published in the 2021-2022 Journal of the Pirandello Society of America.
