"Three Wishes" Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Representative: Michael Martinez
212-712-7362

Director Charles Beckwith helms "Three Wishes" in Curan Repertory's Notes Festival

Fashion photographer and filmmaker turns to directing for the stage with an amuse-bouche-style introduction.

New York, NY – (March 3, 2008) Charles Beckwith directs "Three Wishes," part of The Curan Repertory Company's Notes From The Underground Festival. The tight one-act written by Robert Caisley will be performed along with other selections March 11, 12, 14, and 15 at the Payan Theater at Roy Arias Theatre Center. The play features actors Shawthel Stephenson, Hugo Salazar, Jr, and Robert Keiley. In "Three Wishes," a young writer strung out to wit's end is cursed with strange visitors in the middle of the night. Showtimes are at 8pm, tickets: $15, call (212) 479-0821

Charles Beckwith (www.charlesbeckwith.com) is a commercial artist with experience across radio, television, dramatic feature filmmaking, documentary filmmaking, fashion photography, and fiction writing. His documentaries have featured a wide variety of subjects, including everything from womens' surfing on the East Coast (East Coast Wahine Surf Championships), following multinational corporations into India (Re:Solve Mumbai), to a film about the lifespan of a film festival (Cucalorus at 10). In 2001-2002 Charles produced a popular college comedy/variety television series called Uncommon Variety on UNC Wilmington Television, for which he wrote and directed over half the comedy sketches in the series. "I Like Fog," his first solo gallery show, featured two dozen photographs which hung at Plan B in the East Village for several months in 2006. Film and photography clients include Herman Miller, Harvard University, UNC Wilmington, The Brand Experience Lab, Microsoft, Richard Saul Wurman, Urban Outfitters, The Design Management Institute, EUE/ScreenGems Studios, F!ND Magazine, Talent In Motion Magazine, Go NYC Magazine, 11211 Magazine, Fashion Wire Press, Supreme Model Management, Women Model Management, and One Model Management, among others. Charles has a BFA in Creative Writing and is in the process of completing an MFA. He currently works as an editorial photographer in the fashion industry and is producing a new photography-focused talk radio series called Light and Gravity. He has enjoyed working on "Three Wishes" and hopes to continue directing for the stage with more ambitious projects in the future.

Press reservations or interview inquiries with Charles Beckwith: Please call Michael Martinez , 212-712-7362.

The Notes From The Underground Festival is the annual festival devoted to original one-act plays. The festival showcases new short works by emerging writers and directors. For more information please go to: www.curan.org

The Plays:

Boston by Charles Evered

Dog and Human by Ellen Kouisto

famous - small "f" by Robert Mattson

The Greatest in the Whole Wide World by David Kosh
MEL ( and God) by Ted Williams

Sleep Baby Sleep by Scott Saffer
and

Three Wishes by Robert Caisley

Location:
The Payan Theater
at Roy Arias Theatre Center
300 West 43rd St. Suite 506
between 8th and 9th Ave.
phone: 212-957-8358

Subway: A,C,E to 42nd St-Port Authority