"It was lovely to meet you and get to work with you tonight,
thanks so much for bringing Nana's character to life! "
Jenny Crakes, Playwright October 14, 2024 The Playground Experiment
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"Thank you for your excellent performance in my last play!"
Playwright Alan Magill
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"I want to thank you for the beautiful performance you gave in my Zoom Play two weeks ago.
It is so helpful to see you bring my character to life
It makes me want to write more and more!"
Playwright Alan Magill
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Teri appeared in the film "Dirty" as Grandma Jo
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| Post Performance Talkback with Playwright John Wolfson, Guest Speaker Ben Wetzler and Founding Artistic Director Teri Black |
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January 19, 2024
Staged Reading of "The Half-Life Of Marie Curie" by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Kim T.Sharp
with Teri Black* ( Hertha Aryton) and Anne Pasquale* ( Marie Curie)
Performed for the Regional Conference of Undergraduate Women in Physics @ City College
* Member of Actors' Equity Association
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"So glad I went to the staged reading of The Half Life of Marie Curie at City College.
Teri did a fantastic job of bringing the character of Heather Ayrton to life. Great performance!"
Paul Chaikin January 19, 2024
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"Bravo. Bravo. Bravo.
You hit all of the right notes.
I know you wanted more, but you presented more with less."
Alan Magill, Playwright
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| Teri Black & Gloria Phillips in "The Letters" by Nalsey Tinberg |
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Teri Black & Gloria Phillips in "The Letters" by Nalsey Tinberg @
BREAK A LEG PRODUCTIONS ANNUAL ONE ACT SLAM
Saturday, September 17 @The Unity Center 213 West 58th Street
A British Professor's widow confronts her husband's former graduate student about the love letters between them.
This was one of the eight one act plays that had a "Standing Room Only" attendance!
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"Thank you for your excellent work in my play reading this week. It is always good to work with you.
Looking forward to the next time we work together."
Playwright Alan Magill
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"Thank you for the excellent work you did on two of my short plays.
It is always a pleasure to work with you.
Looking forward to working with you again."
Alan Magill, Playwright June 2, 2022
Dear Teri,
If I ever get around to writing a play, I know now who’ll submit it to!
Thank you very much for your role in directing the Saturday event.
“Synchronicity” was a joy to all of us at the APC.
In the near future, it will be a joy to many more.
Dr. Frank Braio, Analytical Psychology Club of New York VP April 2022
Let me say again that I cannot thank you, Teri, and Break A Leg Productions enough for that wonderful reading from my play "Synchronicity". It gave me a great deal of confidence and inspiration.
Dr. Arthur I. Miller, Playwright April 2022
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"My friend and I had a great time at the performance. Teri Black was brilliant!"
"I am looking forward to more performances from her"
Dr.Cristina Abreu-Suzuki
Teri Black played Hertha Ayrton and Susan Richard as Marie Curie
in "Half Life", the play by Lauren Gunderson
was Sunday April 10th for the American Physical Society
at the April 2022 meeting @ The Marriott Marquis Hotel in NYC.
This performance was Directed by Kim T.Sharp and was sponsored by the American Physical Society.
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Winter 2022
Great job! You really brought Edwina to life. Made her human with all her warts.
Playwright Alan Magill
Fall 2021
Bravo for your excellent performance.
You brought Rose to life and made me even care about her a little, despite what she was doing.
It is always a pleasure to work with you. You are a true professional.
Playwright Alan Magill
Thank you for the excellent work you did in the JFK play.
Playwright Alan Magill
Thank you for your excellent performance in the Lighthouse play! You brought your character to life!
Playwright Alan Magill
Teri, Thanks for the brilliant read!
Playwright Laurie Tenner
Thank you for the excellent job you did as Jessica yesterday in "Mining the Moon." You hit all of the right notes and brought the character to life. Hope we get to work together again.
All the best.
Playwright Alan Magill
June 2021
Just watched the Rehab Thru Arts video.
Loved it. What a great idea. You were terrific.
Arlene Kayatt
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Teri recently appeared in 3 ZOOM Play Readings.
"Jungle Red" by Laurel Lockhart for The Playground Experiment AND
"Waiting To See The Doctor-Eight Years" and "The Upside Of Downsizing" both by Alan Magill
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"Just watched the Rehab Thru Arts video. Loved it. What a great idea. Teri, You were terrific!"
Arlene Kayatt
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Click above for Teri in Break A Leg's video of Dinner Talk May 2021
"Very cute, friendly and fun to watch especially Teri -- a delight" - Gilda Spielberg
"Teri, your Dinner Talk video is great!" - Yvette and Walter Plotch
"Thank you Teri for your performance and putting up Dinner Talk" - Playwright Marc Weiner
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Feedback on Teri's interview with Lauren Gunderson:
Hi Teri!
Great job, I really liked this! Fun!
: ) Timothy Paul Jobe
Dear Teri,
LOVED it. You were great and Lauren Gunderson was an excellent guest.
CONGRATS.
Arlene K.
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As seen in Our Town Share Gratitude December 2020
Teri Black
Founder/Artistic Director of BAL - Break A Leg Productions
On February 22, before COVID hit, we had a sold-out smash hit performance of the play “This Senseless Killing” by John Wolfson at the Theatre Lab on West 36th Street. Then came the lockdown and all our projects had to be postponed. BAL swung into immediate action by changing our performance mode and making modifications to our operation.Thankfully, our switch from live to virtual sparked, energized extended and inspired our creativity!
BAL’s Literary Committee is meeting more frequently and having more table reads of new plays via Zoom. In September, we produced our first and very successful video, “Sneak Peek,” comprised of parts of several plays of our upcoming annual SLAM one act play competition. In December, BAL launched a news series: “Break A Leg Briefings,” taped conversations with personalities from the theater world and beyond. Our first guest was the award winning playwright Lauren Gunderson. Lauren was the most produced American playwright in 2017 and 2019. Upcoming and also new in February 2021 is BAL’s “5X5 Love Festival” of short romantic comedies. To celebrate Valentine’s Day, they will be shown throughout the month of February, streamed on BAL’s website and via social media.
We are so grateful that BAL has not only survived but thrived!
Here is the entire Our Town Share Gratitude 2020
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| Break A Leg Productions Featured in Our Town June 21, 2020 |
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October 29, 2020
Teri's acting goes beyond the theater as she works with med students as a Stanardized Patient and with law students in Mediation Simulations.
Most recently in October 2020 for NYU Law School:
Hi Teri,
This is a belated but genuine thank you for participating in our NYU mediation simulations last Wednesday night. The energy and acting ability you brought to the roles is always fun to watch, and the experience for the students, who are learning to be facilitative mediators, is challenging but terrific.
Thanks again and be well
Ray.
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| Light Up the Sky Nov 17, 2018 |
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| Teri with Brian Richardson in W=S March 28,2018 @ Alchemcial Theatre Lab |
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| Teri and the Cast of The Madwoman of Chaillot 9/27/17 |
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| Teri in the lead role of Countess Aurelia, |
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September 27 & 28 @ the cell NYC Teri as Countess Aurelia, the Madwoman of Chaillot:"You were the center of the action and you carried off the role with strength and ease, well done."
Kim T.Sharp, Director
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| No, No Nobel at IBM August 2016 |
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| No, No Nobel |
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Teri reprised the role of Maggie in a staged reading of
"Have You Ever Been to Ireland?"
Saturday July 16 at the 115th Street Library NYC
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Feedback from Teri's acting performance at the New York Public Library on Saturday March 12, 2016
Hello! Just few words to thank you for the terrific work Saturday. It was such a pleasure to work with you. People and the writer told me how much they enjoyed the piece.
I hope that we will work again in the future.
Best,
Gloria Zelaya
Director
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Teri appeared in
A BAL premiere reading THE BROTHER
By John Hancock and Dorothy Tristan
Directed by Elowyn Castle
based on the book by New York Times Reporter Sam Roberts
Monday, September 28 at 6:30 p.m.
The Unity Center of New York City
213 West 58th Street (7th/Broadway), Manhattan
Mr. Roberts will participate in a talk back immediately following the performance
Feedback on The Brother:
"Teri, you and the cast were terrific! I really enjoyed the play!" Soran Lee
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| Teri Black in "Retirement Plan" with Break A Leg Productions June 2015 at Episcopal Actors Guild |
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"Loved what you did on Friday, you went for the subtext and that's the way to go with this play. Hopefully, we'll work together again sometime. Thanks Teri. " Joel Greenhouse, playwright , "Goodbye, Already!" , staged January 2015 and November 2014
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Full Production of
Farm Hall presented by artistic director Teri Black's
Break A Leg Productions
played to sold out crowds
Midtown International Theater Festival
mid July, 2014
MidtownFestival.org
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Click here to see Teri in "Eventually Yours" that was staged on May 1, 2013
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Actor Teri Black has worked in Theater, Film (see Filmography), Television, Soaps, Voiceovers,etc.
She has performed with Woody Allen, Rodney Dangerfield and other greats!
In February 2013, Teri wrapped "A Wake Up Call" playing Renee Ralph.
Teri also does "Medical Acting" and is a Standardized Patient for NYU,Cornell/Weill and Touro Medical Schools. She is a proud member of SAG, AFTRA, Actors' Equity, NYWIFT (NYWomen in Film and Television) and the Drama League. In 1995, she founded BREAK A LEG PRODUCTIONS, a not for profit theater company. In her spare time,Teri works as a liaison for The NYC Commission On The United Nations.
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I wanted to thank you for your talent and professionalism. Triboro Pictures were very pleased with Bloodlines, especially the cast. And I happily forwarded contact info for the cast to their team. It was a lot of work playing multiple characters and at such short notice--you were so natural, grounded & distinctly different--I would imagine you would be wonderful in comedy. Danielle, director
You were a great narrator -- clear, crisp and articulate. Thanks
By the way, I've never told you how real and natural your acting is which is why Adam and I have kept you close to us all along. And you're a true professional and a good team member. Thank you.
Barbara Masry, playwright, film maker "A Wake Up Call", screen writer, member of Women in Film and Television
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