{"id":224387,"date":"2026-05-08T10:09:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/224387\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:09:54","slug":"theatre-east-presents-an-ordinary-afternoon-in-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/224387\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre East Presents An Ordinary Afternoon In 1974"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198789 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/OrdinaryAfternoonPoster-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  \/>Theatre East is proud to announce the U.S. premiere of An Ordinary Afternoon in 1974 by Obie and GLAAD Award winner, Daniel MacIvor (In On It, Never Swim Alone). The play, under the direction of Judson Jones (Eye of God, Canaan Unremembered, The Soldier Dreams) will run April 29 through May 23, with an official opening night on May 1, at Theatre East\u2019s Court Square Theater (44-02 23rd Street, Long Island City, NY).<\/p>\n<p>What begins as an ordinary afternoon quickly becomes a story that refuses to stay quiet. Bold, irreverent, and full of joy, the play follows two longtime friends and neighbors, Joan played by Carla Briscoe (Blue Caprice, A Little Help, Breaking the News) and Elizabeth played by Holly Cinnamon (Marvel\u2019s Daredevil, A House of Dynamite, Hocus Pocus 2, Succession) as they revisit their shared past. An Ordinary Afternoon in 1974 is a vibrant celebration of women claiming their space, their voices, and their extraordinary power.<\/p>\n<p>Theatre East is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to producing new works of social relevance and fostering dialogue through simple, powerful storytelling. For more information, visit www.theatreeast.org.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be purchased at www.theatreeast.org.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-198777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Carla-Briscoe-Headshot-2025-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-198781\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DanielMaclvorHeadshot-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"  \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-198785\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Holly-Cinnamon-Headshot-2022-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Theatre East is proud to announce the U.S. premiere of An Ordinary Afternoon in 1974 by Obie and GLAAD Award winner, Daniel MacIvor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Theatre East is proud to announce the U.S. premiere of An Ordinary Afternoon in 1974 by Obie and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-224387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}