September 2011
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NEW HAVEN REGISTER: ORANGE ALERT →
HARTFORD COURANT: STEPHEN GIRASUOLO MOVES BEYOND... →
NY1: YOUR WEEKEND STARTS NOW | ORANGE ALERT →
INTERVIEW
By Robert L. Danforth
Playwright Stephen Girasuolo Talks With Robert L. Danforth About Making Pizza Pies At Salvatore’s on 9/11, Art Conveying The Human Experience, and What Ever Happened To “ …only in New York.”
“That is part of the beauty of literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone....
WatchPlaywright Stephen Girasuolo
NY TIMES: GROUND ZERO NOW →
Architectural and engineer Design plans are comprehensively explained through 3D model representations and digital video which describe the artistic inspiration and aesthetic layout of Ground Zero now.
The innovative design plans illustrate all the new added features at Ground Zero such as the Commemorative Fountains and Tree Installation, Pavilion Museums including PATH and MTA service.
PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO: CHRIS ANDERSON OF THE NEW...
Blog Note: The photograph below is one of a portfolio series entitled ‘Ten Years Later’ which Chris Anderson has developed for The New Yorker.
Bushra Naji looks out the window of her office building, in midtown. She was a teacher in her native Iraq, but fled with her family in 2006, first to Syria and then to New York. Finding the city overwhelming, they moved to Idaho, but they...
QUOTE: BOBBY FUNARO | ACTOR | ORANGE ALERT
“There are few playwrights who can capture the present as Stephen Girasuolo does. It’s like how a skilled craftsmen fits a great wooden ship inside a small clear bottle. One says to himself in wonderment and admiration, “How did that artist do that?”
-Bobby Funaro
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PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO: CHRIS ANDERSON OF THE NEW...
Blog Note: The photograph below is one of a portfolio series entitled ‘Ten Years Later’ which Chris Anderson has developed for The New Yorker.
A decade after the 9/11 attacks, a construction worker peers through a fence at Ground Zero No. 1 World Trade Center, a new office tower, is expected to be finished by 2013. The completed site will include five office buildings, a museum, and a...
QUOTE: PJ SOSKO | ACTOR | ORANGE ALERT
“Ya know it’s funny…we as actors are supposed to have tricks in our bag to bring our characters to life, but in certain cases the role just fits. And the most important thing is to not overcomplicate the experience and just get the hell out of the way of where the playwrights words and actions lead you.
That’s the case with Pete….
I’ve had the opportunity to...
NY TIMES: PORTRAITS OF GRIEF →
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QUOTE: JIMMIE JAMES | ACTOR | ORANGE ALERT
“I believe his “essence” hit me one morning during the rehearsal process after I woke up from sleeping, I heard the word, Dignity…it all came together in that word..The motives behind his conflicts became so clear. The importance of his own honor and his willingness to do whatever it took to keep that from ever being taken away became so evident.”
Jimmie James as...
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WHO WILL THINK OF THE TREES | THE OBSERVER
A week after 9/11, Bram Gunther, the head of forestry for the Parks Department, was dispatched to Ground Zero to survey the ecological effects of the attack. What he found resembled a volcanic blast zone: an ashen, smoking moonscape of dust and debris. Amid the rubble, he and his co-worker, Michael Browne, discovered a burnt, decapitated Callery Pear tree “sort of soldered in between the cracks...
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“You spend a long time on a floor… you get to know it. Even though...”
– -Al
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QUOTE: LESLIE SILVA - DIRECTOR/ORANGE ALERT
“The piece requires nothing but the deepest truth. Discovering that truth is challenging and somewhat harrowing. We are extremely fortunate with this cast as their integrity as artists is evident and cannot be denied.”
-Leslie Silva
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“We’re now just a block away from the World Trade Center and the closer we...”
– Rehema Ellis / NBC News
September 11, 2001 7:47pm
Practically in tandem with Jim Axelrod did Rehema Ellis use the term “Ground Zero” in her news report on September 11.
QUOTE: NINA PHUONG HA - PRODUCER ORANGE ALERT
ORANGE ALERT is about bringing people together and reaching a wide audience. ORANGE ALERT is about providing a story for each person to relate to. And ORANGE ALERT is about connecting people to Ground Zero.
-NINA PHUONG HA
August 2011
17 posts
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TICKETS: ALGONQUIN SEAPORT THEATRE HOSTS ORANGE... →
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NEVER FORGOTTEN: RIDE FOR FALLEN 9/11 VICTIMS
Brotherhood Ride honors fallen 9/11 Heroes
“NEVER FORGET”
Cyclists leave Naples, Fla., for their 1,600-mile ride to New York to honor the fallen heroes of 9-11 and their families. The 40 cyclists and their support staff of 15 will be on the road for 22 days, arriving at Ground Zero on Sept. 11. They’ll stop in Sumter on Monday night, where the community will welcome them...
“Less than four miles behind me is where the Twin Towers stood this morning. But...”
– — Jim Axelrod/CBS News
September 11, 2001 7:47pm
The term “Ground Zero” was first used by News Journalist Jim Axelrod to describe the devastating remains of the World Trade Center.
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LEST WE FORGET: VICTIMS OF SEPT. 11 →
The 2009 published list by the New York Daily News naming each of the nearly 3000 victims who perished due to the attacks on Sept.11, 2001.