All plays, one act performances & musicals appearing in the New York Fall/Winter Theater Festival in the 2018 performance season. 2018 shows listed by Name.
‘MEN OF GOD: THINGS WE DON’T SAY’
by CB Murray February 15, 2018 @ 9pm February 17, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. February 18, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. The play is an intimate conversation between two dear old friends and colleagues in ministry. As they ride the train together …
A DAY ON VENUS
by Aaron Cooper February 27, 2018 @ 6:15pm March 3, 2018 @ 8:30pm March 4, 2018 @ 1pm – Sun. A young, black photographer moves to Seattle to paint the home of a white divorcee, Lydia. When the job first begins, it seems like …
A POOR PLAYER
by Kush Dhungana January 11, 2018 @ 9pm January 12, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 14, 2018 @ 8:30pm Eager to catch her big break, Kelsie navigates through the tough business that is the acting industry, grappling with professional and personal conflicts. All Shows at …
A SINKING STAR
by Alison Lowenstein January 25, 2018 @ 9pm January 26, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 28, 2018 @ 8:30pm Can a simple request unravel a marriage? A young couple is challenged when a husband asks his wife to partake in a thrill seeking adventure. As …
AFTER HOURS
.: Musical Festival :. by Rebecca Kane February 1, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 2, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 4, 2018 @ 8:30pm After Hours is about to make their big break by making a song with the marginally more popular band, ‘The Intimates.’ Then the lyricist …
AN UNDERCOVER AGENDA
by Sung Hyun Yoon January 25, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 27, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. January 28, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. When a Manhattan drug crisis erupts, three young undercover cops are assigned to the case. Fast forward a few months and they …
ANY OTHER DAY
by Danielle Ferrier February 22, 2018 @ 9pm February 23, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 25, 2018 @ 8:30pm All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/ To Purchase tickets go to …
BIRD AND BEAR
by Khadijah Danielian January 23, 2018 @ 9pm January 24, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 27, 2018 @ 6pm – Sat. Kate and Miles, both born on the same day in the same hospital, have been best friends literally since birth. From childhood to adulthood, …
BORDERLINE
by Anna Stewart and Josh Coleman.” January 11, 2018 @ 9pm January 12, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 14, 2018 @ 8:30pm Borderline is about the relationship between a woman (Drew, who works in special events and was recently promoted to a manager position) and a …
BRIDE OF THE GULF
by J.M. Meyer February 27, 2018 @ 9pm February 28, 2018 @ 6:15pm March 3, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sat. Set amid the violence that engulfed southern Iraq after the British withdrawal of 2007, a sharp-witted, modern Iraqi woman goes in search of …
BRIGHT IS THE RING OF WORDS
by Zack Aretakis January 30, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 3, 2018 @ 8:30pm February 4, 2018 @ 1pm – Sun. The play follows the story of Jack Austin: a narcissistic, self-deprecating musical genius. It shows a day in his life as a student in …
CHEAP HUGS
by Annick Lefebvre February 8, 2018 @ 9pm February 9, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 11, 2018 @ 8:30pm Two separate women experience a sudden awakening while dealing with the aftermath of a suicide. In the midst of grief, both find themselves at a …
CHEKHOV, SHMEKHOV… THE MUSICAL
.: Musical Festival :. Book and Lyrics by Allan Yashin Music by Norman Zamcheck February 8, 2018 @ 9pm February 9, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 11, 2018 @ 8:30pm Professor Gruber attempts to …
COLD PORRIDGE
by Emily Dinova January 4, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 5, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 7, 2018 @ 8:30pm Crescent Rock Manor, an island in the Pacific Northwest. Formally a mental institution for the criminally insane, it is now the grandiose estate of a wealthy family …
COME AND TAKE IT
by Annie R. Such February 1, 2018 @ 9pm February 3, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. February 4, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. The Bailey Brothers stand in the middle of the Texas heat in a Mexican Stand-Off. As they’re faced with their own …
COMMITTED
.: Musical Festival :. by Tricia Brouk Music and Lyrics by Andrew David Sotomayor February 6, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 10, 2018 @ 8:30pm February 11, 2018 @ 1pm – Sun. In 1989 at an Upper East Side psychiatric ward, five …
COUNTLESS VOICES
by Awilda Bravo February 22, 2018 @ 9pm February 23, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 25, 2018 @ 8:30pm It’s September 11, 2001 and four souls (a homeless man, a male Holocaust survivor, a female secretary and a Latino boy) describe their experiences prior to …
DEAD MEAT
by Paige Zubel January 9, 2018 @ 9pm January 10, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 13, 2018 @ 6pm – Sat. It’s the end of the world. A once-promising medication goes awry, mutating 51% of the worlds population into shells of human beings, with only …
DOG GIRL
by Megan Pinto February 1, 2018 @ 9pm February 3, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. February 4, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. Each night, Dog Girl stares at the world through a window in her cell. Tonight her favorite Guard Boy has come to …
EENY MEANY
by Jeremiah Clay Neal February 22, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 24, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. February 25, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. This is a play about three young siblings struggling to get along amidst a difficult change in their lives. Eeny, …
EMERSON LOSES HER “MIAND”
by Laura Winters January 8, 2018 @ 9pm January 10, 2018 @ 9pm January 13, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sat. A Jew, a Catholic, a Southern Baptist, two Muslims, and two Agnostics climb on board a pedal trolley to kick off celebrating Emerson Greene’s engagement …
END OF APRIL
by Cayla Alice Berejikian February 22, 2018 @ 9pm February 23, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 25, 2018 @ 8:30pm Katie lives in a small town with her brother and her alcoholic mother who is unemployed and resentful towards her children since the death of …
FALLING OUT: A MUSICAL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER LOVE ENDS
by Josee Weigand Falling Out: A Musical About What Happens After Love Ends March 8, 2018 @ 9pm March 10, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. March 11, 2018 @ 8:30pm After moving to a new city and hearing heartbreaking news, a conflicted young …
FAMILY DYNAMICS
by Irwin Nayman February 12, 2018 @ 9pm February 14, 2018 @ 9pm February 17, 2018 @ 6pm – Sat. The play follows NANCY, a recent widow, who is pressured into moving in with her daughter MICHELLE and MICHELLE’s family.In addition to mourning …
FATHER DEMO SQUARE
by Steven Russo February 15, 2018 @ 9pm February 17, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. February 18, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. This play explores a seemingly trivial conversation between two waiters on a park bench in the West Village. Marcello, eager to go meet …
FOSTERED
by Seth Leighton Hale & Josh Stern March 1, 2018 @ 6:15pm March 2, 2018 @ 6:15pm March 4, 2018 @ 8:30pm Samuel and Xavier are siblings dealing with alcoholism and mental trauma after their parents die in a car accident, leaving them …
FOUND A NEW MUSICAL
by Samantha Rosenblatt January 16, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 20, 2018 @ 8:30pm January 21, 2018 @ 1pm – Sun. FOUND, A New Musical explores the challenges faced by four eighth grade students, coming from different walks of life, brought together by one unique …
GAMMA DELTA NASTY
by Cait Kiley January 29, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 2, 2018 @ 9pm February 4, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sun. “The ladies of Gamma Delta Nasty—the Afterlife’s most exclusive sorority of ‘nasty women’— are having their weekly executive council meeting. When they learn of …
I LIKED YOU 5 MINUTES AGO
by Melanie Coffey January 11, 2018 @ 9pm January 12, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 14, 2018 @ 8:30pm A man and a young woman are in the middle of an affair when he divulges information that is both frightening for her to hear and completely …
IN PARK
by Taylor Hatch January 18, 2018 @ 9pm January 20, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. January 21, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. A Major League Baseball pitcher and a recent college dropout meet by chance in a Walmart parking lot and discover a singular …
INTRUDER
.: Musical Festival :. by Mark Sickman January 15, 2018 @ 9pm January 17, 2018 @ 9pm January 20, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sat. The scene is the studio of Newell Chancellor, a revered composer for musical theatre. Newell and his assistant, Michelle, are working …
KINDNESS & CRUELTY: WILLA CATHER IN JAFFREY
by Tom Dunn Lyrics and Music by William Ogmundson February 20, 2018 @ 9pm February 21, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 24, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sat. Famed NYC writer Willa Cather has been coming to NH for 15 years …
KNIGHTS OF THE SQUARE TABLE
by Stephen D’Anna January 25, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 27, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. January 28, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. A comedy about a bunch of dysfunctional Knights led by an equally challenged King Arthur who holds court at the Square Table. …
LAURA
by Laura Oberbeck February 8, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 10, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. February 11, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. LAURA is an experimental and theatrical comedy show that consists of elaborate jokes and stories based on my life. The piece …
LIVING WITH OLIVIA CADENCE DONOVAN
by Allison Shea Reed January 4, 2018 @ 9pm January 6, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sat. January 7, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. “Emily has been living with Olivia her whole life. Olivia is her best friend and roommate, her protector and her downfall. …
LOVE
by Alex Freeman January 11, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 13, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. January 14, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. “Love tells the on-again off-again love story of Scott and Claire. 45 minutes before Claire leaves for the church on her wedding day, …
LOVE, POETRY, AND OTHER MISSED CONNECTIONS
by Dani Alicia February 15, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 16, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 18, 2018 @ 8:30pm It is a play that highlights the importance of spreading love in a chaotic world through a series of hilarious mishaps. A retiring Cupid has …
MARLENE
by Willard Manus starring Cindy Marinangel February 19, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 23, 2018 @ 9pm February 25, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sun. “Marlene” tells a true story. In May, 1960, Dietrich returned to Germany to perform on stage …
MARTIN’S T.R.U.T.H.
by Victor Vauban Junior January 18, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 19, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 21, 2018 @ 8:30pm Human beings are in constant pursue of happiness, acceptance, guidance, and above all, love. It couldn’t be different for Martin, a young who never …
METAL HEARTS
by DaMond Patrick Taylor February 13, 2018 @ 9pm February 14, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 17, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sat. Set during an unforgiving winter storm in 1994 New York City, two love lovelorn loners; a struggling screenwriter and a would-be prostitute, …
MIKE AND MINDY’S CRAZY KARAOKE
.: Musical Festival :. by Mark Corallo Mike and Mind’s Crazy Karaoke March 6, 2018 @ 6:15pm March 10, 2018 @ 8:30pm March 11, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. Mike and Mindy have dreams of becoming a musical sensation. Every Friday, the couple hosts a karaoke …
MIRRORED DELUSIONS
by Jennifer Roberts January 25, 2018 @ 9pm January 26, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 28, 2018 @ 8:30pm Two New York City women’s relationship hangs in the balance as this heart wrenching coming out story threatens the life and mental stability of one distressed …
MIXED DOUBLES
by Matt Sanders and Ariel Aliza Sanders January 25, 2018 @ 9pm January 26, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 28, 2018 @ 8:30pm It’s a comedy of errors at the hippest new restaurant in town. Newlyweds Addie and Harry are getting together with …
OBSESSION
by Ezgi Acur February 1, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 2, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 4, 2018 @ 8:30pm The play is about a babysitter who is obsessed with the baby she is taking care of and takes it to the extreme. She stays with …
ORISTE
by S.D. Vourakis January 3, 2018 @ 9pm January 5, 2018 @ 9pm January 7, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sun. Eleni, the American daughter of Greek immigrants with a passion for fashion and a dream to create a whole fulfilling American life for herself, is …
OUR LAST TEN MINUTES
by Cait Lang February 8, 2018 @ 9pm February 9, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 11, 2018 @ 8:30pm Imagine waking up one morning next to someone from your past, the only one to ever fully understand you. Especially when you don’t understand yourself. …
PAPO’S VARIETY STORE ” THE SALSAPERA”
by Ken Bravo February 5, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 9, 2018 @ 9pm February 11, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sun. A day in the life of a block in the Lower East Side in the Summer of 1976. An example of how time can …
PHOTOLUMINESCENCE
by Nadia Levin February 8, 2018 @ 9pm February 9, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 11, 2018 @ 8:30pm It’s probably the apocalypse. Tricia and Claire have arranged a ride. But getting out of the apartment proves more difficult than anticipated. All Shows …
PIZZA & WHINE
by Raffaela Capp, Veronica Kelly and Maria Capp February 12, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 16, 2018 @ 9pm February 18, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sun. A loss reunites four cousins to share one crazy night over Pizza and Whine. On the …
RELATIVELY CONSCIOUS
by Jon-Marc McDonald presented by Richard E. Waits February 6, 2018 @ 9pm February 7, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 10, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sat. On Sunday, a man will be brutally murdered in Jasper, Texas. By Monday, the entire world …
REVELATIONS
by – Ben Hatt January 16, 2018 @ 9pm January 17, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 20, 2018 @ 6pm – Sat. 10 years after Rose (now 23) was disfellowshipped and shunned from the faith of a rural religious sect, she comes back to confront …
SAND IN A MEMPHIS GLASS; OR, THE GRACE OF A GOOD WOMAN
by Brandon Thomas DiSabatino January 18, 2018 @ 9pm January 20, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. January 21, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. Set In a trailer park in the post-industrial Mid-West, three young women and a blind oracle wait for an asteroid to possibly …
SECRETS OF GREEN-WOOD
by Sarah Krasnow March 5, 2018 @ 6:15pm March 7, 2018 @ 9pm March 10, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sat. Cynthia goes to Green-Wood Cemetery to see an installation, “Here Lie the Secrets of the Green-Wood Cemetery.” The piece, by French artist Sophie Calle, …
STRANGE ANIMALS AND PLASTIC FIGURES
by Kory Majansky February 13, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 17, 2018 @ 8:30pm February 18, 2018 @ 1pm – Sun. A physical representation of ‘collaborative process’ brought to life by a group of people and an anthropomorphic coat rack. An experiment set in …
TAKEN FOR GRANTED
by Nicole Gray March 5, 2018 @ 6:15pm March 7, 2018 @ 9pm March 10, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sat. A play about three young women who are reunited after four years when Nina’s mother passes away. They all reveal how their lives …
TEA TIME
by Kate McLeod February 1, 2018 @ 9pm February 3, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. February 4, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. Harry is desperately trying to hold things together as a frenzy overtakes his group worn-out actors. Script improvisations. Why not? Relations between …
TERMINAL 5
by Emily Pinkos February 26, 2018 @ 6:15pm March 2, 2018 @ 9pm March 4, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sun. This is the story of two girls on the verge of adulthood, living in a shared hospital room; one loud and sarcastic, the other …
THE CAVE
by Sarah Shulman March 6, 2018 @ 9pm March 7, 2018 @ 6:15pm March 10, 2018 @ 6pm – Sat. In a world in which beings accept what they view as their reality without question, Sotee miraculously has broken free from the world of …
THE CHAOTIC GOD
by Andrea Garcia January 11, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 13, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. January 14, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. In a post apocalyptic world where there are mysterious dangers; a young woman, who remains anonymous throughout the narrative, deals with the …
THE DATE
by Robert Lee Gordon February 8, 2018 @ 9pm February 9, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 11, 2018 @ 8:30pm On her way to her mother’s thanksgiving party, Elaine sees her estranged father on the street and confronts him about all the missing years. …
THE ELEVENTH HOUR
by David Seamon January 22, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 26, 2018 @ 9pm January 28, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sun. It’s the end of the world in New Jersey. A burnout basement band rocker and his ex, a rising star astrophysicist, may have the …
THE FITTING
by Dave Stishan January 25, 2018 @ 9pm January 26, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 28, 2018 @ 8:30pm A man is being fitted for a brand new suit when the tailor starts to become increasingly nosey about the life of the customer. It isn’t …
THE HOUND, THE HARE, AND THE HALLWAY
by Andy Dispensa February 5, 2018 @ 9pm February 7, 2018 @ 9pm February 10, 2018 @ 6pm – Sat. A dark romantic drama set almost entirely in a New York City apartment hallway. Marisa Rogers, living on her own for the first time, …
THE JACKPOT
by Anthony Barone February 20, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 24, 2018 @ 8:30pm February 25, 2018 @ 1pm – Sun. A former Vegas dancer (Rose) meets a washed up Elvis impersonator (Rocky) on the Brooklyn Bridge. They’re considering jumping but go for Chinese …
THE KING
by Sarah Alice Shull January 18, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 19, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 21, 2018 @ 8:30pm Set in a forest, follows the non-linear story of Mara, a girl whose past is foggy and shrouded in mysterious hate. It shows her father, …
THE LAST SESSION
by Holly Provance February 22, 2018 @ 9pm February 23, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 25, 2018 @ 8:30pm A young woman has her final session with her therapist before being released from a stay at a psychiatric hospital. As they play chess, Emily and …
THE LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF THEODORE VAUGHN
by Emily Simon February 27, 2018 @ 6:15pm March 3, 2018 @ 8:30pm March 4, 2018 @ 1pm – Sun. Following the unexpected death of their estranged father, three hapless siblings meet to settle the will. A quick comedy of a dysfunctional family, every …
THE SHOWER PRINCIPLE
by Ariel Mitchell March 8, 2018 @ 9pm March 10, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. March 11, 2018 @ 8:30pm The Shower Principle is a one woman led experiment into motherhood. Taking place over the six weeks of her maternity leave from an …
THE SUICIDE JOURNALS
by Veronique LaShell MacRae February 8, 2018 @ 6:15pm February 10, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. February 11, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. A man who struggles with his identity in a religion that coins homosexuality as sin, a scholar challenged by the …
THE TRIAL OF FAITH
by Miriam Canfield January 2, 2018 @ 9pm January 3, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 6, 2018 @ 6pm – Sat. “One man followed her into battle. One she crowned king. Another put her to death. In the span of just two short years, Joan of …
THE VERITAS TIMES
by Ryan Marcone January 9, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 13, 2018 @ 8:30pm January 14, 2018 @ 1pm – Sun. Making decisions for everybody is stressful enough, but when tragedy strikes close to home, the young men and women who make up the Student Council …
THE WORLD’S MOST BORING MURDER
by Fernando Segall March 6, 2018 @ 9pm March 7, 2018 @ 6:15pm March 10, 2018 @ 6pm – Sat. A quiet and small town turns into chaos when it’s first murder happens. Now, the town’s inexperienced inspector must find the killer with the …
THIS SIDE OF BRIGHTNESS
by Gabe Flores and Taryn Alexander January 2, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 6, 2018 @ 8:30pm January 7, 2018 @ 1pm – Sun. Blake is a down and out actor in New York City until he meets Ava, the one who might finally be his …
UNDERGROUND
by Del Marie Rosa February 22, 2018 @ 6:16pm February 24, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. February 25, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. A sweet love story between two completely different people. Annie acts tough as nails and pretends nothing bothers her; Damien …
UNSPOKEN CONVERSATIONS
by Christina Cruz January 29, 2018 @ 9pm January 31, 2018 @ 9pm February 3, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sat. At twenty-years-old, Frida Uhl believes she knows all the answers to her life and future. A progressive thinker and budding writer, Frida hopes to …
WAITING FOR DAVE FRANCO
by Erin McMillen March 1, 2018 @ 6:15pm March 2, 2018 @ 6:15pm March 4, 2018 @ 8:30pm The Urban Outfitters Musical tells the story of 6 miserable Urban Outfitters employees under the impression that James Franco is on his way into the store …
WAITING FOR THE G
by Alex Krasser January 15, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 19, 2018 @ 9pm January 21, 2018 @ 3:30pm – Sun. Trey and Quint are on their way to an important job interview and waiting for a train that may or may not show up. …
WE CAN BE QUEEROS
by Raechel Segal January 11, 2018 @ 9pm January 12, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 14, 2018 @ 8:30pm Who’s Kabo, and what happened to the queers? Have no fear: Lisa is here to reclaim the all-queer café. But what happens when hetero-normative society tries …
WHAT I LEFT BEHIND
by Anthony J. Piccione January 25, 2018 @ 9pm January 26, 2018 @ 6:15pm January 28, 2018 @ 8:30pm As a result of severe depression brought on by relentless bullying at the hands of his classmates, a young high school student shocks everyone …
WHEN THE DOORBELL RINGS
by Krista Piccotti February 1, 2018 @ 9pm February 3, 2018 @ 1pm – Sat. February 4, 2018 @ 6pm – Sun. Cadence, a young girl suffering from severe anxiety, depression, and agoraphobia, nervously gets ready to go on a date with a man …