What if you had done something not necessarily evil, but very disturbing? Enough to make you an outcast in society? Hot Steams explores the lives of two imprisoned men who are mentally brilliant but socially inept. We first meet The Man Awake (played by Zach Wegner), who has been in his cell awhile, as he writes in ... Read The Full Article...
Duncan Pflaster is proving quite the prolific comedic playwright in recent years, with upwards of thirteen works written and produced, several of them award winners, not to mention numerous skits and sketches for various venues. Even then, he freely admits that one of his most recent works, The Taint of Equality or, I ... Read The Full Article...
Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall, or maybe something even more ephemeral? Like a shadow? Bubby’s Shadow by Andrew Rothkin is a ghost story, but one where the living haunt those that have already passed on. It starts, like many ghost stories, on a dark and stormy night. There is a ... Read The Full Article...
Here’s a one-woman performance piece authored by Canadian playwright, Daniel MacIvor, which has been knocking about since the mid-80s. It’s not difficult to see why, as a dramatic work, See Bob Run is attractive for many smaller production companies: it deploys just one performer, is immediately emotionally and linguistically accessible, requires no real props, ... Read The Full Article...
It’s almost impossible to imagine that someone could use Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho as source material for a play and both do the original theme justice while simultaneously create something completely new that doesn’t just ape the original. And yet Ashley Jacobson’s The American Play does just that – not only gives a ... Read The Full Article...
Scene/Unseen Benefiting: Brooklyn/NY Public Library Produced by Antonio Miniño’s Fab Marquee Productions in association with MidNite’s cHild Productions Written and Performed by Riti Sachdeva Directed by Antonio Miniño “Through song, dance, poetry and food, a captive woman known as “Z” explores the connections between addiction and violence as she delves into a state of mental ... Read The Full Article...
Okay now, stay with me: Jamie used to be with Eric until Eric realized they were basically incompatible, though Jamie doesn’t understand why. Caleb, unattached, takes up with Jamie, though he feels basically incompatible with everyone. Jamie suspects Caleb is cheating and answers an ad on line seeking a massage while pretending to be ... Read The Full Article...
Coyote On A Fence Benefiting: CEDARS Produced by The In-Pulse Group Written by Bruce Graham Directed by Diánna Martin Two men convicted of murder await execution in the state of Texas: one a member of the Aryan nation and the other a champion for inmates’ rights. One is considered a monster and the other an ... Read The Full Article...
Acts of Love is a five act play, each act self contained and delivering a message of a type of love – be it romantic, familial, waning or budding. Each of the five short plays illuminates love in the form of friendship, tentative romance, sibling tension or internal monologue. Everyone is here: the human ... Read The Full Article...
About fifteen minutes into Duncan Pflaster‘s play, The Empress of Sex, currently showing as part of the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, a dramatic crisis point is reached. A character, Pistos, has confessed to being in love with one of his paramours, Neara. In accord with the rules of the community of which he is a ... Read The Full Article...
In The Wilderness written by John Kearns is a multi-layered play highlighting the struggles of the students and faculty of St. Philomena’s High School as they try to make their way through their own wilderness of the South Bronx in 1987. It is powered by two strong themes: the myth of Sisyphus (rolling his boulder up the ... Read The Full Article...
Strap in folks, and get ready for Pageant Princess, The Musical – a live-action version of that reality show train wreak, Toddlers & Tiaras – only this show is set to music and the girls on the runway are a little taller than knee-high. But fans of the controversial reality show which runs on ... Read The Full Article...