Before and after HERE - noshing and boozing

If you're coming to see RASH in the next couple of weeks at the HERE Arts Center in Soho I thought you might like to have a few recommendations of where to meet friends before and after the show. Remember that the entrance to HERE Arts Center is on Dominick St (between 6th Avenue and Varick st), one block south of Spring st.  The closest train is C/E to Spring St.

Restaurants:
Cafe Noir - Spanish tapas, good for drinks and food, Cafe Noir
32 Grand St, (bet. Ave of the Americas & Thompson St)

Félix Restaurant - French bistro (probably quite crowded on weekends), Felix
340 West Broadway (Grande St)

Lucky Strike, French, Lucky Strike
59 Grand St (bet. W. B'way & Wooster St)

Novocento, Argentinean steakhouse, Novecentro
343 W. Broadway (bet. Broome & Grand Sts)

Bars
Ear Inn - Good for drinks, casual, Ear Inn
326 Spring Street between Greenwich and Washington St

Red Bench - Casual and moderately hip place for drinks
107 Sullivan St (bet. Prince & Spring Sts)

Blue ribbon Downing Street Bar, small and open late, Blue Ribbon
34 Downing St (bet. Bedford & Varick Sts)

Thom bar, inside Thompson Hotel - Posh place for drinks, Thompson Hotels
60 Thomson St, 2nd Fl (bet. Broome & Spring)

Grande bar - Another posh place for drinks, Soho Grand
Soho Grand Hotel, 310 W.Broadway, 2nd Floor (bet. Canal & Grand Sts)

Another sneak preview pic of today's tech reherasal at HERE

Sneak preview pics from today's tech rehearsal at HERE Arts Center

Venue prep for RASH at HERE Arts Center

Yesterday we spent 8 hours with all the other productions preparing our venue - the Dorothy B Williams performance space - at the HERE Arts Center for the New York International Fringe Festival that opens this week.  It was no surprise to me that I'm quite hopeless at climbing ladders and hanging lights but fortunately Taylor our stage manager and board operator was on hand with her tools!  I would have happily skipped the day and just turned up for tech rehearsal, but it has give me a newfound admiration for all that goes into preparing a theatre space - I had no idea.  Here's a photo of Taylor in action! 

(UN)Natural Disaster at the NY Fringe

Check out (UN)Natural Disaster at Fringe NYC

Terror Super Highway at the NY Fringe

Check out this show at Fringe NY

RASH opens in one week

RASH opens one week today!  And we're in full swing, well kind of!  That is, in between our full time jobs, families and other commitments.  The logistics and tech side of things are pretty time consuming.  We had a set back this week when we discovered our key prop - a comfortable armchair - didn't pass the flameproofing requirements.  I'll spare you the details!  But we found a lighting designer - yay for Mike Inwood. We've designed the PlayBill - yay for Antony!.  I've got my new costume. We've improved the blog and got the show working on my laptop - yay for Mari! We began distributing postcards and doing some online marketing. Now we just have to sell out. Oh yeah, and I have to perform too!  We can't wait to hear what you think of the show.  Share your comments if you've already seen it.