Rodney Hakim - Acting

I'm appearing in a wonderful series of one-act plays by Howard Barker, The Possibilities. I'm in two scenes, one with more subtle humor, and the other with a bunch of zany physical comedy. It's a lot of fun, and we have a great cast and crew. Get your tickets today!

Collective Productions in association with
Inner Circle Theater Company

presents The New York City Premiere of

The Possibilities
a play by Howard Barker

directed by
Albert Aeed

with
Michael Benjamin, Jeremy Brena*, Marilyn Duryea, Lori Feiler
Ramesh Ganeshram, Rodney Hakim, Charles Hendricks*
Angus Hepburn*, Malina Linkas*, Alison Ostergaard
Maureen Mooney*, Carly Robins, Fred Rueck
Molly Rydzel, John Stagnari, Reema Zaman

Obadiah Savage - set design
Brad L. Scoggins - costume design
Chris Cotone - lighting design
Jewels Eubanks - sound design
Tracy Bersley - movement director
Dan Zisson - fight director
Tatiana Gelfand - production stage manager

September 27 - October 13, 2007

Thursday, Sept. 27 at 8PM
Friday, Sept. 28 at 8 PM
Saturday, Sept. 29 at 2:30 PM
Saturday, September 29 at 8 PM
Sunday, September 30 at 2:30 PM
Monday, October 1 at 8 PM

Thursday, October 4 at 8PM
Friday, October 5 at 8PM
Saturday, October 6 at 2:30 PM
Saturday, October 6 at 8PM
Sunday, October 7 at 2:30 PM
Monday, October 8 at 8PM

Thursday, October 11 at 8PM
Friday, October 12 at 8 PM
Saturday, October 13 at 2:30 PM
Saturday, October 13 at 8 PM

The American Theatre of Actors
Sargent Theatre
314 West 54th Street
Between 8th & 9th Avenues

Tickets: $18 at SmartTix.com or 212.868.4444

*Appears Courtesy of Actors' Equity Association
An Equity Approved Showcase

The greatest living playwright you've never heard of.
--The Boston Globe

It's with a huge sigh of relief that one watches a Howard Barker play - not because the notoriously prickly author coddles his audience, but because the writing is so spectacularly top-notch. The Brit bullyboy, always boasting about gobsmacking bourgeois complacency, actually turns out beautifully made work. As fast as he rejects our pleas for entertainment, he satisfies them time after time.
-- TimeOut New York

I'm appearing in the following staged readings with the Instant Shakespeare company this summer:

Macbeth
Monday, August 20 @ 6pm
New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Branch, 6th Floor
455 Fifth Ave (at 40th St)
Featuring Rodney Hakim as Ross & Lenox
Playmaster: Kenneth Wayne
FREE!!!

Measure for Measure
Monday, July 23 @ 6pm
New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Branch, 6th Floor
455 Fifth Ave (at 40th St)
Featuring Rodney Hakim as Duke Vincentio
Playmaster: Virginia Hammer
FREE!!!

The Tempest
Monday, July 9 @ 6pm
New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Branch, 6th Floor
455 Fifth Ave (at 40th St)
Featuring Rodney Hakim as Stephano & Alonzo
Playmaster: Paul Sugarman
FREE!!!

Henry VI, part 2
Saturday, June 2 @ 1pm
New York Public Library, Muhlenberg Branch, 3rd Floor
23rd Street (at 7th Avenue)
Featuring Rodney Hakim as King Henry
Playmaster: Rob Gaines
FREE!!!

This is a well written independent feature film that recently finished shooting around NYC, chronicling an urban New York City teenager's struggles at home, at school, and in finding his way. I play the role of the English teacher, Mr. Cummings. Look for more news on this project soon.

After taking part in the text construction and performances of the work-in-progress incarnations of "Operation Ajax," I am now appearing in and assistant directing the fully realized stage version of the play. This is a project that Noel Salzman and the Butane Group have been working on for over two years, and this is the culmination of that process. The text deals with the coup in Iran in the 1950's, in which the U.S. subverted Iran's democratically elected government and overthrew the popular leader, Mohammed Mossadegh. It's challenging material, and very enlightening about the tensions our country has had with Iran over the last several decades. Here is the plug:

After two years of dramaturgical construction and development, you are invited to attend the fully realized stage version of

OPERATION AJAX
(a game of skill and chance)

Constructed from no less than 25 text sources--James Bond, the History Channel, Gore Vidal, contemporary Iranian poetry, Kathy Acker, reality TV shows--the piece tells the story of the CIA's 1953 coup overthrowing Iran's first, and so far only, democratically-elected government. Placed in a casino context, the densely-layered text explores how the addiction to risk and gambling has become a potent metaphor for U.S. foreign policy.

Directed by Noel Salzman

February 14th - March 10th, 2007
Wednesday through Saturday nights @ 8:15pm

The Where Eagles Dare Theatre
347 West 36th Street, 13th Floor, Studio Blackbird

Featuring:
- CIA Senior Officer Kermit "Kim" Roosevelt, Jr. = Jay Smith
- Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini = Gavin Starr Kendall
- US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles = Albert Aeed
- Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi = Nicholas Warren-Gray
- British UN Representative Sir Gladwyn Jebb = Kelly Markus
- Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh = Dorothy Abrahams
- Dissident Iranian Writer and Poet Reza Baraheni = Rodney Hakim

Text Construction by Noel Salzman and Tamara Schmidt
with Rodney Hakim, Meghan Frank, Armistead Johnson, Mireya Lucio

info@thebutanegroup.org
www.thebutanegroup.org