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AN UNNECESSARY STAIN ON SILENCE

* by Chandler Burns * * * * TUESDAY JuL. 23, 2024 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY JuL. 24, 2024 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY JuL. 27, 2024 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb An Unnecessary Stain on Silence experiments with the concepts of reality and perception. 4 characters plunge into trying to find out where they exist …

THE VOTE

* by Neville Grusd * * * * TUESDAY Jul. 23, 2024 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY Jul. 24, 2024 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY Jul. 27, 2024 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb A church executive board must vote whether or not to fire the Pastor. The meeting is heated but then the stakes escalate. THIS SHOW IS 20 MINUTES …

A SHAVE AND A CUT

  * by Andi Kolodny * * * * TUESDAY Jul. 23, 2024 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY Jul. 24, 2024 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY Jul. 27, 2024 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb Sparks fly during a conversation between a hairdresser and her long standing client. THIS SHOW IS 10 MINUTES LONG THIS IS A SHORT PLAY THAT …

WHO KNOWS WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING THESE DAYS

* by Peyton Strong and Katia Rozenberg  * * * * WEDNESDAY Jul. 24, 2024 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY Jul. 26, 2024 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY Jul. 28, 2024 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Ava moved to New York City with the expectation that everything was going to happen exactly as she had imagined it. Instead, Ava’s …

A TOKEN TO LIVE

* by Dominique Nadeau * * * * THURSDAY Jul. 18, 2024 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY Jul. 20, 2024 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY Jul. 21, 2024 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Robbery gone wrong? Or terribly right? THIS IS A 10 MINUTES SHORT PLAY THAT WILL BE PERFORMED WITH OTHER SHORT PLAYS WITHIN A 90 MINUTE TIME …

WIRED EMOTTIONS

WIRED EMOTIONS

* by Harrison Lee * * * * WEDNESDAY July 10, 2024 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY Jul. 12, 2024 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY Jul. 14, 2024 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb "Wired Emotions" is a groundbreaking AI-powered musical that explores the impact of technology, mental health, and loneliness in a commercialized world. …

THE BEST ROCK/JAZZ/SOUL MUSIC WITH MARCELLO PELLITTERI’S MP3 WITH VANA GIERIG AND SEAN CONLY FOLLOWED BY 3 HOURS OF DJ DANCE

    * Marcello Pellitteri's mp3 with Vana Gierig and Sean Conly. * * *   SATURDAY APRIL 22, @ 6:00 PM * * * THE EVENT  Join us for 1 hour of the best rock/ jazz / soul/music with Marcello Pellitteri's mp3 with Vana Gierig and Sean Conlyand + 3 hours of dancing at …

*** WINNERS AND NOMINEES OF THE FALL/WINTER FESTIVAL 2023 ***

The New York Theater Festival 2023 Spring/Summer Festival Awards Ceremony NOMINEES IN GREEN WINNERS IN RED FALL/WINTER  THEATER FESTIVAL  2023 BEST PRODUCTION WINNER  $3,500  PARADISE  – by  Michael David Stoddard.   NOMINEES: I’M HAPPY FOR YOU – by Jacob …

THE SQUEAL

* by Jake Tammara * * * * THURSDAY December 14, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 16, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 17, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb The Squeal follows the journey of Leo and Maria, an immigrant couple from Mexico pursuing a better life in the United States. Leo works at …

FRUIT

* by Ella Talerico * * * * THURSDAY December 14, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 16, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 17, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Alma is a soul struggling to understand and cope with the evil inside of herself, and the evil surrounding her. An abstract, poetic, and …

PS306

* by Josh Romeo * * * * MONDAY December 11, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY December 13, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 16, 2023 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb Seven students are in a college psychology class. On the day of the final, instead of a blue book exam they are posed with a challenge. The …

SISTAH SISTAH OH MY SISTAH

* by Carmen Davis Hall * * * * THURSDAY December 14, 2023 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY December 16,  2023 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY December 17, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb Modern day for colored girls. A depiction of colored women . Written from my personal life, but every woman can see her in the story. …

WELCOME TO CHAOS

* by Dean Tyler K * * * * WEDNESDAY December 13, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY December 15, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY December 17, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb A writer and podcaster comes home from a party. A few drinks in, we watch as they continue to drink and spiral as they take us through their …

MINSTREL

* by Jabari Elzie * * * * WEDNESDAY December 13, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY December 15, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY December 17, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Minstrel, a skit-based play rooted in satire observes how common-day black media is told from the white person's perspective. Inspired by the …

OUR HOUSE

*  by Julia Wosiak * * * * TUESDAY December 12, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY December 13, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY December 16, 2023 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb After her cancer diagnosis, Grace invites her children back to their family home, to decide which one of them deserves to inherit the …

THE LIMITS OF ADMIRATION

* Barry Jay Kaplan * * * * TUESDAY December 12, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY December 15, 2023 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY December 16, 2023 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb With an undercurrent of triangulation & the rhythm & dialogue of a brisk comedy, THE LIMITS OF ADMIRATION asks if friendship can stand …

DOROTHY DANDRIDGE! THE MUSICAL

* Conceived by N’Kenge, Book and Lyrics by Trey Ellis, Music and Lyrics by Shelton Becton * * * * MONDAY DECEMBER 11, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY December 15, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY December 17, 2023 @ 3:30 PM * * * Directed by Tamara Tunie, Dorothy Dandridge! The Musical is a joyous, …

THE H WORD

* by Kerry Jules * * * * THURSDAY December 7, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 9, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 10, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb The H Word, is a play where the audience is placed directly in the center of what is known as "the final seven minutes” of brain activity, prior …

TO THE FAIREST

* by Miles Messier and Showpeople Theatre Collective * * * * THURSDAY December 7, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 9, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 10, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Most of us will have a vague idea of what the Trojan War was, but how did it all start? Our …

WHISPERS

* by Tony Barone * * * * THURSDAY December 7, 2023 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY December 9,  2023 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY December 10, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb A comedy about a struggling theater owner attempting to recruit a famous retired Broadway star to a gala to save his theater. When he visits her, …

THE CREATIVES CIRCLE

* by Amy Lynn Parmar * * * * WEDNESDAY December 6, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY December 8, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY December 10, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Being a creative living in NYC isn't always the American Dream it's made out to be. Four friends working in creative fields share how they …

IN CONVERSATION OF LOVE

* by Kamiah Vickers * * * * WEDNESDAY December 6, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY December 8, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY December 10, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb In Conversation of Love is a one act that discusses the good and evils of "thee Love herself" Imani, who recently just got out of a toxic …

BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN

*  by Collin Hendley * * * * TUESDAY December 5, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY December 6, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY December 9, 2023 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb The play follows the life and legacy of Bobbie O’Quinn, a woman from a decrepit little town with lofty dreams for herself. The piece is told …

MAGUIRES IN MINERAL BLUFF

* Faye J. Taylor * * * * TUESDAY December 5, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY December 8, 2023 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY December 9, 2023 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb Three sisters and their spouses reunite with their strained relationships for a family weekend to settle their family estate, uncover familial …

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