This is pretty much as I can fulfill my multiple goals at one time on stage. But, you know, of course as senior I think things could be better. Bridge & Tunnel is a one-woman Broadway show, in which all of the roles are performed by stage actress Sarah Jones. It was commissioned by the human rights group Equality Nowand the Ford Foundation, which provided a grant to fund Sarahs research, writing, and performance of the piece. Class, let's be absolutely certain all electronic devices are switched off before we begin. World Without End by Holly Hughes. Among the projects I'm working on are some topics and some of the areas where I'm sort of doing more exploration than ever include health in, you know, in sort of a public health sense and in a more direct sense. What they have in common is the polyglot reality of New York in 2006, and that they're all brought to life by playwright and actress Sarah Jones. Sarah Jones on the Today Show 2004, Bridge & Tunnel - YouTube The Tony nominations are expected to be announced on Tuesday morning. TAGS. There were no eligible special theatrical events in the 2003-4 season, and, as was the case this season, no award was given. WebSarah Jones: bridge & tunnel (Closed August 15, 2004) | Off-Broadway - Buy tickets and see show information. CHIDEYA: It's good to talk to you. The Lincoln Center Theater commissioned Sarah to write a new piece for the stage and she's also working with the United Nations. Copyright 2006 NPR. But the first way you have know I'm an MC is because I hold the microphone in the official MC posture. After her 2004 one-person, multi-character Broadway show Bridge and Tunnel, which was originally presented by Meryl Streep and garnered her a Tony and an Hear a conversation with Sarah Jones about her 14 roles in the Broadway play "Bridge and Tunnel.". GORDON: Let me ask you this, Sarah who is the hardest character for you? Check out Sarah's scripted performances below. Sarah currently performs. Shakespeare in the Woods 2023 Season (It won a special Tony.) The Tony Sarah currently performs A Right to Carefor organizations including universities, schools of public health, philanthropic foundations, grass roots community groups, and conferences around the United States. Ms. JONES (As Mohammad Ali): My name is Mohammed Ali. New York, NY, SM for Poor Yella Rednecks Accuracy and availability may vary. WebA one-woman show featuring fourteen characters who travel the roads of assimilation and tell their story of an ever-changing America. The show plans to re-open on Broadway in March 2005! Written by: Sarah Jones. The Bridge Australia is a reality series in which 12 strangers are tasked with building a 330-metre bridge across a lake, using only their bare hands and basic tools, over 17 days to win $250,00. WebBridge and Tunnel Written and Performed by Sarah Jones Directed by Tony Taccone Conceived by Sarah Jones and Steve Colman Lighting Design: Alexander V. Nichols Sound Design: Chris Meade and DJ Rekha Scenic Painting: Blake Lethem Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes, no intermission So I think there is something so compelling about the truth that whether you're a lawyer or judge or an actor, when you get at that truth it connects with people on a particular level that I think makes your art more viable. Jones has received the Helen Hayes Award, two Drama Desk nominations, and HBO's Aspen Comedy Arts Festival's Best One Person Show Award. Sarah Jones, Obie-award winning playwright, actor and poet. Ms. JONES: (As "Bridge & Tunnel" character) But you see, either way is the same thing because you have to run behind the over-privileged baby who can barely form sentences. So I'm looking forward to it even though it's quite an undertaking. My head is still spinning by the fact that I took him out of the script back in 2014 while I was workshopping it because I just didnt want to dignify him with a presence in the theater. The play premiered Off-Broadway at the 45 Bleecker Street Theater on February 19, 2004 and closed on August 15, 2004. premiered at the International Beijing +5 United Nations Conference on Womens Rights in June, 2000. Berkeley Repertory Theater, Berkeley, California. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. You've got the U.N., Congress, all these different venues. In this hour, a man is instructed not to fall in love with his monkey, but fails; renowned performer Sarah Jones (Bridge and Tunnel) finds herself the subject of racial profiling; and the inventor of the Baby Calzone runs into trouble with the Mob. Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. To get to perform on Broadway is any, you know, actor's dreams I'm sure. But even looking more broadly globally, we have such incredible technology, and, you know, the ability to, you know, extend people's lives in ways never before seen yet. Users (IPs) This Month as of 8 a.m.: 312,302 Page Views This Month as of 8 a.m.: 6,733,729 No one would be at all surprised to see Fisher end up on the Great White Way. The press liked seeing their fellow critic Woollcott on stage but enjoyed the witty script and the fine perform- ances more, American Made Rotten Tomatoes, One is to become secretary of state. It's definitely going to be a lot more personal and for throughout my experience as a performer and writer, I've definitely been most interested in the vantage points of different, you know, people from different ethnic backgrounds, different economic backgrounds. - (Photo Paul Kolnik) Any doubts that I may have had about Sarah Jones's ability to play a Broadway theater were quickly WebSarah Jones' acclaimed Off-Broadway show bridge and tunnel will end its sold Off-Broadway run Aug. 15 following 183 including 12 previews and is slated for Broadway in March 2005. Call (510) 647-2949 or visit www.berkeleyrep.org . How much is the fact that you're biracial, the fact that you lived in a number of places, New York, Baltimore, and Washington, all of those areas are vastly different from one another, yet the same in some respects, how much has this helped you create all of these characters? Pardo as the murdered transgender teen By Lawrence Ferber 133 Sarah Jones is a smash in Bridge & Tunnel, her My agent got me the script and then sent me footage of Sylvia on the Today show and Dateline. Anyone can read what you share. The experiences of the women and girls from Japan, India, Uruguay, Israel, Jordan, France, Kenya and the United States depicted in the piece were based on numerous real life events and interviews. Sarah Jones search. Id say he overshot the theater world quite a bit and unfortunately now hes writ large all over our history as a country. CHIDEYA: That was just one of the 14 characters that Sarah created and portrayed in her off-Broadway hit "Bridge and Tunnel." I mean, there's no question about, you know, my dedication, my commitment. I am Pakistani background. So I look for some combination of that when I finally hit the stage. And I feel like the work that I bring to Lincoln Center is going to borrow elements from all of it - all of my travels. Sarah premiered this original piece in 2007 as UNICEFs representative before members of Parliament from more than 100 countries gathered in Bali, Indonesia, and will continue to travel internationally, performing the piece to highlight these issues worldwide. We know that we if we want to have images of black folks, usually we have to go to either a black outlet or we have to-- you know, they're not considered mainstream still. I'm looking forward to going to Kenya soon, Afghanistan, various other places that I'll be so fortunate to get to travel and hear the perspectives of people who we may not see on our evening news or, you know, who we may never encounter here. Her critically acclaimed one-woman show "Bridge & Tunnel," produced by Meryl Streep, opened off We know that we if we want to have images of black folks, usually we have to go to either a black outlet or we have to-- you know, they're not considered mainstream still. Sarah returned to her United Nations School roots by becoming the first ever Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEFon Violence Against Children. Sarah Jones Ms. JONES: Well, I think one person who would be very upset if he didn't get meet Ed Gordon on air is Mohammed Ali. Okay. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Support WUSF now by giving monthly, or make a one-time donation online. GORDON: You see this, I imagine, because I read you wanted to be a lawyer growing up as a way of perhaps putting spotlight on social ills. I am Pakistani background. Yeah. The play won the Special Tony Award at the 2006 Tony Awards. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Netflix). But at least here I can express myself about it. When you were putting this together, was there any trepidation in knowing that unlike an assemble, you're it; either you rise or fail with this? Sell/Buy/Date, which has been commissioned by the NoVo Foundation, was its first production. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Tony Award -winning playwright and performer Sarah Jones (Bridge & Tunnel) returns to the New York stage as a dazzling medley of characters in Sell/Buy/Date, an exuberant new show inspired by the real-life experiences of people affected by the sex industry. GORDON: Sarah, this is such a daunting task. But you see, either way it's the same thing, because you have to run behind the over-privileged baby who can barely form sentences. Next you discover the importance of exploring and graphing data, before moving onto statistical tests that are the foundations of the rest of the book (for example correlation and regression). Jones performs a series of monologues, taking on the persona of the evening's host as well as all of the guest performers. With the deft strokes of a consummate quick-sketch artist, Jones conjures a wheelchair-bound Mexican immigrant worker, a Chinese-American mother, a Jamaican In this new show, Joness fresh ingredients are added to the modern urban American melting pot. So in a way it's the best kind of forced discipline to know that if you don't rise to the occasion, there will be no show. WebSARAH JONES Sarah Jones is a playwright and performer known for the multi-character, one-person Broadway hit Bridge & Tunnel and the critically acclaimed Sell/Buy/Date. WebVDOMDHTMLtml> Comedian Sarah Jones performs from her multi-character solo show BRIDGE & TUNNEL - YouTube Tony Award-Winning writer and performer Sarah Jones Congratulations on everything. "It's gratifying in the extreme.". Comedian Sarah Jones performs from her multi-character solo But first she asks whether her interviewer is comfortable recording a subject on the move. I have experienced a kind of confusion around, OK, the casting couch is gone, now where do I sit? And Im glad its gone, but we need to move some new furniture in here. This is going to be the first time I delved a little bit into some personal space, and it's very, very daunting, but also, as you can imagine, it's in some ways it's a new territory for me. This is an excerpt of my poem entitled: No really please don't get up. Ms. JONES: I think it's just evitable that if you are talking about your truth as an artist, as a journalist, you know, you're going to touch on issues that are political in some way or are about social justice.