Sextant Productions

Sextant Productions We are no more. Theatre is never above the mêlée.

It helps us find a path when the turbulence is greatest and the source of light seems furthest away.
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​Theatre that takes the measure of our times
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Sextant is theatre with lift, allowing us to rise above the tumult and find our way, though the source of light may seem mysterious and distant.
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Sextant gains its sight through a double mirror that allows us to see the world as it is and tap into u

niversal themes that remain constant in human experience. This is a theatre that rediscovers lost plays, harnesses the power of undiscovered talent, combines a sense of grounding with a feeling of wonder, and moves us (deeper into the world and our understanding of our lives).
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The values that drive our work
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Sextant is driven by core values that emphasize creativity, community, talent development, and sound business management. We strive to be:
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• A creative home where artists can do their best work in a supportive environment
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• A center of community where people can engage with performers and each other in dialogue and exchange ideas
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• An incubator and developer of new talent that helps aspiring and emerging artists get the support and training they need to establish careers in the arts
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• An educational resource that promotes lifelong learning through audience participation in mainstage and touring productions
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• A place of diversity and inclusion where people can work across boundaries to come to new understandings
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• An accessible avenue to compelling theatrical productions at affordable prices that engages patrons of all ages, cultural backgrounds, economic groups, and physical ability
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• An engine of innovation across all aspects of the organization
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• A fiscally responsible, well-managed arts organization that recognizes the importance of financial health and stability in fulfilling our mission

TALK ABOUT THE PASSION by Graham Farrow—a stellar reading on October 24 at The Players featured Jenny Sterlin, Joscelyne...
10/25/2019

TALK ABOUT THE PASSION by Graham Farrow—a stellar reading on October 24 at The Players featured Jenny Sterlin, Joscelyne Wilmouth and Tony Castellanos. Watch for upcoming notices as we present more staged readings in our Making Waves series.

Sometimes passion necessitates a change of partners!Tony Castellanos now joins Joscelyne Wilmouth in TALK ABOUT THE PASS...
10/17/2019

Sometimes passion necessitates a change of partners!
Tony Castellanos now joins Joscelyne Wilmouth in TALK ABOUT THE PASSION. This thrilling play by Graham Farrow has been produced all over the world, but this will be its introduction to a New York audience. Directed by Jenny Sterlin.
October 24, 7pm, at The Players, 16 Gramercy Park South.
This event is by invitation only. Please reserve seats by writing to [email protected]
Dress code is business casual. No t-shirts or sneakers. Collared shirts, gentlemen.

Jenny Sterlin talks about the passion of play production.Sextant is thrilled to be collaborating with actor and director...
10/15/2019

Jenny Sterlin talks about the passion of play production.
Sextant is thrilled to be collaborating with actor and director Jenny Sterlin (and her company DoubleDeckerProductions) on TALK ABOUT THE PASSION.
OCTOBER 24, 7pm, at THE PLAYERS, 16 Gramercy Park South.

Talk about the Passion by the British playwright Graham Farrow is a challenging one to direct for a staged reading...and I like a challenge. It has only two characters­—Mr Carroway and Evelyn Ayles; it requires a lot of physicality; and it is about a serial killer and one of his victims. The story that unfolds is horrific and poignant and could happen anywhere in the world, so we have moved it from England to New York. The two characters both have guilt regarding past actions...and who doesn’t? I am grateful to have good actors who are willing to work hard to make the words portray the sense of the play...a play about loss, arrogance, greed, guilt and revenge. Oh, it is all there in one hour!
—Jenny Sterlin, Artistic Director, DoubleDeckerProductions

This event is by invitation only. Please reserve seats by writing to [email protected]
Dress code is business casual. No t-shirts or sneakers. Collared shirts, gentlemen.

Always ready to tell a story, Michael Collins will help push this one to its thrilling conclusion. Michael will be the N...
10/14/2019

Always ready to tell a story, Michael Collins will help push this one to its thrilling conclusion. Michael will be the Narrator in Graham Farrow's TALK ABOUT THE PASSION.
October 24, 7pm, at The Players, 16 Gramercy Park South.
This event is by invitation only. Please reserve seats by writing to [email protected]
Dress code is business casual. No t-shirts or sneakers. Collared shirts, gentlemen.

TALK ABOUT THE PASSION. Talk? They will manipulate and argue and rage and attack.Veteran actor and director, Jenny Sterl...
10/10/2019

TALK ABOUT THE PASSION.
Talk? They will manipulate and argue and rage and attack.
Veteran actor and director, Jenny Sterlin, directs this staged reading of Talk About the Passion by Graham Farrow--an award-winning thriller about revenge and accountability. A crazed father, tortured by the murder of his son, menaces a media executive who profits from his grief. Starring Joscelyne Wilmouth and Matthew Dealy.
October 24, 7pm, at The Players, 16 Gramercy Park South.
This event is by invitation only.
Please RSVP to [email protected]
Dress code is business casual. No t-shirts or sneakers. Collared shirts, gentlemen!

You'll want to hold your seats for this shocking heart stopper. October 24 at The Players. Book now.With Joscelyne Wilmo...
10/08/2019

You'll want to hold your seats for this shocking heart stopper.
October 24 at The Players. Book now.
With Joscelyne Wilmouth and Matthew Joseph Dealy.

Feast your eyes on these sumptuous stills from THE POTEMKIN PLAY, courtesy of Rachelle White Photography.
08/22/2019

Feast your eyes on these sumptuous stills from THE POTEMKIN PLAY, courtesy of Rachelle White Photography.

NATHAN TYULUTKI is our Stanislaw Poniatowski. Stanislaw is the well-meaning king of Poland, whose good intentions are c...
07/26/2019

NATHAN TYULUTKI is our Stanislaw Poniatowski. Stanislaw is the well-meaning king of Poland, whose good intentions are constantly hamstrung by Catherine's expansionist campaign. It also doesn't help his confidence much that the actor who plays him is married to the actor who plays Catherine, mixing business and pleasure(?).
Nathan is currently based in Los Angeles and is delighted to be making his Sextant Productions debut. Previously, Nathan did a reading of Dahn Hiuni’s Murmurs and Incantations at The Blank Theater’s Living Room Series in LA. Regional Highlights: To Kill a Mockingbird, Park Square; West Coast premiere of Daniel’s Husband, Sordid Lives, New Conservatory Theater Center. Selected Film/Television: The Baxters; In Ice Cold Blood; Bro!; Bounce Houses and Baseball Cards. BA in Theatre from the University of Minnesota; MA in Sociology from The New School.

Here you see the face behind the script. Seth Garben, the writer of The Potemkin Play, welcomes you with a smile as you ...
07/25/2019

Here you see the face behind the script. Seth Garben, the writer of The Potemkin Play, welcomes you with a smile as you embark on your journey to New Russia at . Tonight, yes, tonight, is the final performance of The Potemkin Play. If you haven’t had a chance to see it yet, clear your evening because you won’t want to miss it. Have you seen it already? Well, we promise that it only gets better the second time (or third time!). A play within a play…a metaphor within a metaphor. You’ll laugh, you’ll think, you’ll leave with chills, wanting to “RISE UP”. And you’ll have plenty to talk about with your history buff friends, and politically active peers. See you tonight!

Oh and check out that fantastic mug! Perfect for your morning кофе ☕

ISABELLA KNIGHT is The Director. The Director of the Theater of the Abyss has the thankless role of mounting a scandaliz...
07/25/2019

ISABELLA KNIGHT is The Director. The Director of the Theater of the Abyss has the thankless role of mounting a scandalizing play amidst ever-intensifying government crackdowns, technical difficulties, actor squabbles, and rewrites. And she does it all without a paycheck, too.
Isabella Knight recently appeared in DoubleDecker’s production of Gorky’s Meshahnye directed by Jenny Sterlin. For Sextant, she co-produced and performed in Kafka’s THE TRIAL at the Cherry Lane Studio. She won a Best Supporting Actress Award at a Milan Film Festival for her role as Aunt Shirley in the movie, Growing Up Fat and Albanian. Regional appearances at Hilton Head Arts Center, Franklin Stage and Cape May Stage. She began her theatre career in London at the Young Vic and the Polish Theatre (ZASP) and worked extensively with Andrew Visnevski’s Cherub Company, followed by repertory engagements and national tours. isabellaknight.com

So nice you could see it twice. Or thrice. Considering there are only 3 nights left to see The Potemkin Play. Tuesday, W...
07/23/2019

So nice you could see it twice. Or thrice. Considering there are only 3 nights left to see The Potemkin Play. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 8:30 pm! Grab a friend, a wine, an appetite for an uprising at NYC

Daniel Cabrera is our modern and relatable Joseph II of Austria. Logical and rational to a fault, Joseph prides himself ...
07/23/2019

Daniel Cabrera is our modern and relatable Joseph II of Austria. Logical and rational to a fault, Joseph prides himself on being the adult in the room wherever he goes. But his powers for explanation will be tested like never before on his trip to Potemkin's bizarro New Russia.
Daniel Cabrera is a New York City based actor. Daniel received his BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts graduate where he studied both at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. His most recent credits include Claudio in Barefoot Shakespeare and Company of Fools's production of Measure for Measure, Lysander in Santa Fe's Shakespreare in the Garden's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Malcolm in the No Name Collective's production of Macbeth.

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Theatre is never above the mêlée. It helps us find a path when the turbulence is greatest and the source of light seems furthest away. ​ ​Theatre that takes the measure of our times ​ Sextant is theatre with lift, allowing us to rise above the tumult and find our way, though the source of light may seem mysterious and distant. ​ Sextant gains its sight through a double mirror that allows us to see the world as it is and tap into universal themes that remain constant in human experience. This is a theatre that rediscovers lost plays, harnesses the power of undiscovered talent, combines a sense of grounding with a feeling of wonder, and moves us (deeper into the world and our understanding of our lives). ​ ​ The values that drive our work ​ Sextant is driven by core values that emphasize creativity, community, talent development, and sound business management. We strive to be: ​ • A creative home where artists can do their best work in a supportive environment ​ • A center of community where people can engage with performers and each other in dialogue and exchange ideas ​ • An incubator and developer of new talent that helps aspiring and emerging artists get the support and training they need to establish careers in the arts ​ • An educational resource that promotes lifelong learning through audience participation in mainstage and touring productions ​ • A place of diversity and inclusion where people can work across boundaries to come to new understandings ​ • An accessible avenue to compelling theatrical productions at affordable prices that engages patrons of all ages, cultural backgrounds, economic groups, and physical ability ​ • An engine of innovation across all aspects of the organization ​ • A fiscally responsible, well-managed arts organization that recognizes the importance of financial health and stability in fulfilling our mission

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