***UPCOMING IMPROV PERFORMANCES w/ THE NAT TURNER REVUE directed by RICHARD JACKSON***
Upcoming show: RICHMOND, VIRGINIA: July 11th. Location: TBA Congratulations Nat Turner Revue!!! We kicked some butts in Chicago's Snubfest and took home the grand prize and title of LAST SNOB STANDING!! (We don't know what that means either but we're still happy). We'll keep ya posted on future show dates in Chicago!
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: JUNE 25TH & 26TH
The Nat Turner Revue is going to take the Chicago Comedy lines by storm as they duke it out with other pretty awesome improv/sketch troupes at the annual SNUBFEST!
Location: Chemically Imbalanced Theater (1420 W Irving Park Road, Chicago IL)
NYC:
June 6th, 13th, and 20th Catch Helen and her international award-winning improv troupe, the NAT TURNER REVUE
in "LOVE IS ONLY A SIX-PACK AWAY" on Saturday at 8PM at The Bridge Theatre at Shetler Studios -- June 6th, 13th, and 20th. $7 Admission.
LOCATION: 244 W. 54th Street (between Broadway and 8th Ave.), 12th Floor, NYC
NYC: June 8th, 9P @ Pine Tree Lodge @ 326 E. 35th st (2nd ave)!!!! FREE!!!! Come out for some fun and other cool comedians!
BOSTON: June 19th, March 27th & April 17th
8:00P at Improv Jones at the Arsenal Center for the Arts at 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA 02472
11:30P at Improv Boston at 1253 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139
April 29th-May 2nd
Helen Tong will be performing in the play Paper Angels written by Genny Lim, and directed by Victoria Linchong at the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA).
Details:
Direct Arts, Inc., the Museum of Chinese in America and the Performance Project @ University Settlement co-present:
Paper Angels
Set in 1915, this award-winning play written by Genny Lim and directed by Victoria Linchong explores America’s historic ambivalence towards immigration through the tale of a group of Chinese detainees on Angel Island, the Ellis Island of the West Coast. Featuring archival footage of Angel Island, a traditional Chinese music ensemble, and Obie Award winner Jojo Gonzalez as a long-time Californian caught in the net of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Dates: Wednesday, April 29 through Friday, May 1 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, May 2 at 3 p.m.
Location: The Performance Project @ University Settlement, 184 Eldridge Street (at Rivington Street)
Tickets: $20; $15 for students/seniors; $5 for children 12 and under.
To purchase tickets, please call 212.453.4532 or email project.audience@gmail.com.
COME TO THE PAPER ANGELS BENEFIT GALA ON MARCH 27TH!!!
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 6-9PM
Come celebrate the holidays at the Take Two Wrap Party and watch Helen Tong perform in the staged reading of Genny Lim's Paper Angels! Free!
Location:
Jimmy's No. 43
Downstairs at 43 East 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue
6:00 Happy Hour Mixer Theater artists, filmmakers and social activists unite!
6:30 Two great intercultural short films that were part of Take Two - PROOF OF BIRTH by Jose Luis Orbegozo SANGAM by Prashant Bhargava Check them out if you missed their first Take Two screening!
7:40 Trailer with two clips from ALMOST HOME: TAIWAN 228 TO 2008 Directed by Victoria Linchong Promo screening of Direct Arts' first film production will be followed by a rousing discussion on the recent human rights abuses in Taiwan that resulted in the arrest of 40 students this past weekend.
8:00 PAPER ANGELS by Genny Lim - Sneak preview of three scenes from our first full production, coming to a theater new YOU in the spring! As usual, we have an amazing cast, with Ako Dachs,Robert Fitzsimmons, Victoria Linchong, Jon Norman Schneider, Helen Tong and Obie Award winner Jojo Gonzalez as Chin Gung, a long time Californ' caught in the net of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
small town. BIG STARS...October 31 - November 01, 2008 Directed by Alexander Pilon, Helen Tong and Darrell Gould star in the comically controversial Canadian short film, "Intermission", about an innocent man whose world is turned upside down when he discovers the shocking truth about his girlfriend's loyalities. Screened at the Small Town Film Festival at the Kiwanis Theatre in Chatham, Ontario, come out to watch a variety of hits at this unique and fun film festival.
Helen Tong will be performing live...
Saturday, October 25th at 1:30P at the Sage Theater , 711 7th Ave., NYC
...As CELESTE in a hilarious short play " The Dot" directed by Mercedes Ilarraza about the ups and downs and not always welcomed monthly visitor of a women's life at every age. Tickets must be purchased online at Vagina Festival!
Monday & Tuesday at 8P, October 20th & 21st, 2008 at
Catch Helen Tong in "Overheard In New York" produced by Imminent Films Productions, on August 6-9th, 2008 at the San Francisco International Festival of Short Films! "Overheard In New York" is a short film comprised of re-enactments of real things said by real New Yorkers overheard by other New Yorkers. We love our New Yorkers. www.overheardinnewyork.com
Click here to watch "Overheard in New York" on YouTube!
You are invited to watch Helen Tong and her improv comrades perform Improv in Toronto at The Second City!
On Sunday, July 6th, 2:00P.M., Helen and her Second City-trained comrades will be performing a 1 hour 15 minute improv show filled with hilarious high-jinks and laughter at Toronto's Second City Mainstage Theatre! Always funny, always fresh. Please be sure to show up 15 minutes prior to the start of show. Complimentary admission. No reservations required.
This event can also be found on Facebook.
Watch the future star comedians of tomorrow perform at The Second City in Toronto!
Date: Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Location: (Map)
The Second City Mainstage Theatre
51 Mercer Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5V 9G9
See you there!
Come watch the screening of Helen Tong's short film, "PUNCH THAT TICKET" produced by Team DePippo on Wednesday, June 25th, 9P.M. at the Landmark's Sunshine Cinema on 143 E. Houston Street, New York, NY!
Entered into the 48 Hour Film Project competition (48hourfilm.com/newyork/) each team must create a short film within 48 Hours following a set of rules and guidelines which are then screened and then judged for top prize! You, the audience will even get to vote, so come on out! Enjoy a great night of short films at this art house theatre - anything and everything can happen!
Notes: Tickets can be purchased at the door half an hour before the first screening. Tickets will sell out, so be sure to get yours early!
Helen Tong is a New York-based actor whose versatile performances have shone on stages from Off-Broadway to The Second City, and in screen performances from Prime-time television to Award-winning films.