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The Puzzle: Marble's Festival of New Work

THE PUZZLE: Marble's Festival of New Work
Monday, June 25 - Saturday, June 30, 2012

The Puzzle is in its second year! We are currently looking for plays, musicals, and the spoken word that illuminate the human condition staying within Marble Collegiate Church’s positive, inclusive, and welcoming nature. Last year’s festival brought together over 100 participants from across the country, over 500 audience members, and proved to be an eclectic, yet interlocking, mosaic of creative people and expression for the Marble Community and New York City.
 
If you are interested in submitting a piece of creative work for this year’s festival, download the application HERE and send it with your proposed project. Submissions must be postmarked by Monday, March 5, 2012.
  
Brian Hampton, Associate Director: ARTS
Brian Hampton

Brian Hampton (Director of Arts Ministry and Producer of The Puzzle) grew up in the arts in schools and churches in numerous towns and cities of Virginia before moving to New York City in 1996 to pursue a career in theatre.  After a long string of “struggling actor” jobs, he joined the staff of Marble Collegiate Church in 2002 and is now the Director of the Arts Ministry and Children, Youth, and Families and the founding producer of The Puzzle: Marble’s Festival of New Work.  Brian received his BA in Theatre from Christopher Newport University, and his Masters in Playwriting from Spalding University in Louisville, KY.  Brian is a working actor, writer, and member of both the Actors Equity Association and the Dramatist Guild of America.  As an actor, Brian has performed in plays and musicals both regionally and Off-Broadway.  His plays Checking In and The Jungle Fun Room have been produced all over the country, and his Christmas plays, The Christmas Angel Auditions and Shepherd High both received their premieres here at Marble Collegiate Church.  Brian believes in the arts both ministering to the artist as well as the audience, and sees artistic expression is one of the most creative ways to illuminate the human condition and to illustrate one’s own personal faith and point of view. 

For more information or to be involved in the Arts Ministry at Marble Collegiate Church, please contact Brian at bhampton@marblechurch.org

Questions regarding The Puzzle: Marble’s Festival of New Work contact thepuzzle@marblechurch.org
  
Marya Spring Cordes
Marya Spring Cordes (Artistic Director of The Puzzle) has made a career of a blissful blend of performing, teaching, and directing. She is Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the second year of The Puzzle: Marble’s Festival of New Work. Her passion is new works and Marya has enjoyed workshop development/directing numerous new plays and musicals including Freidman and Yates’ Tenderly, Hartmann/Cummins’ Vanishing Point, Flowers/Vaughn’s KAINE, Chad Pentler’s Dark Eden, and Carolyn Kras’ Beneath. In Fall 2011, she happily joined the full-time faculty of Wright State University’s Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures in the capacity of Assistant Professor in Acting/Musical Theatre where she directed a production of Sarah Ruhl’s Dead Man’s Cell Phone in November. In summer 2011, Marya assisted cinematographer, Michael Stever, on the New Jersey shore location while shooting the film Checking In, screenplay by Brian Hampton. Marya has taught Acting and Movement for the Actor on the collegiate and high school levels for over a decade and is the founding Acting Instructor for Wright State University’s MAPP (Musical Theatre/Acting Preparatory Program for ages 12-18). Marya is a certified Alexander Technique teacher and is a teaching member with Alexander Technique International (ATI). She is an active member of Actor’s Equity Association (AEA) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA). She received her Masters of Fine Arts from the John Wells Directing Program in the School of Drama at Carnegie Mellon University.
  
Upcoming Events

THE PUZZLE: Marble's Festival of New Work
Monday, June 25 - Saturday, June 30, 2012

The Puzzle is in its second year! We are currently looking for plays, musicals, and the spoken word that illuminate the human condition staying within Marble Collegiate Church’s positive, inclusive, and welcoming nature. Last year’s festival brought together over 100 participants from across the country, over 500 audience members, and proved to be an eclectic, yet interlocking, mosaic of creative people and expression for the Marble Community and New York City.
 
If you are interested in submitting a piece of creative work for this year’s festival, download the application HERE and send it with your proposed project. Submissions must be postmarked by Monday, March 5, 2012.

For more details, and if you’d like to summit a piece of work, contact Brian Hampton.

The Puzzle: Marble’s Festival of New Work provides artists the opportunity to develop or showcase new work in keeping with Marble’s positive and inclusive message.

Brian Hampton (Director of ARTS Ministry at Marble), Producer Marya Spring Cordes, Artistic Director
  
 
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