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EAT YOUR HEART OUT

* by Riya Braunstein * THURSDAY January 8, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY January 10, 2026 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY January 11, 2026 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Three couples – one on the verge of breaking up, another in a one-sided toxic relationship, and another that’s perfectly content – spend their night …

SELF HATE

* by Daniel Antonino * THURSDAY January 8, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY January 10, 2026 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY January 11, 2026 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb In a cramped New York apartment, two struggling actors battle ring lights, auditions, and each other as they attempt to tape their way into a …

HYSTERIA!

* by Victoria Baroody * * * * THURSDAY January 8, 2026 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY January 10, 2026 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY January 11, 2026 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb Early 1940s, A florist and his wife, Mary, live with her mentally ill mother and desperately want to start a family. Between modern medicine …

WELCOME TO THE WATERFALL

* by Deborah A. Picone  * * * * TUESDAY January 6, 2026 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY January 7, 2026 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY January 10, 2026 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb A glamorous literary couple, a struggling actress with a secret, her ex-boyfriend who harbors literary dreams—all in a Hamptons house. What …

AHEAD OF THEIR TIME

* by Jameson White * * * * TUESDAY January 6 , 2026 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY January 9, 2026 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY January 10, 2026 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb “Ahead of Their Time” is the (mostly) true story of four generations of women and their struggles with marriage, immigration, survival, and …

BHAI BHAI BHAI

*  by Veer Arya * * * * MONDAY January 5, 2026 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY January 7 , 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY January 10, 2026 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb Bhai bhai bhai traces the aftermath of Mohan’s death through the fractured lives of his widow and three sons: the dutiful heir, the black sheep, and …

QUEER BAIT

* by Connor Wentworth * * * * MONDAY January 5, 2026 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY January 9, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY January 11, 2026 @ 3:30 PM * * * Blurb Through moments of intimacy, erasure, betrayal, and aching want, Saylor reckons with love that harmed, friendship that disappeared, and a body that …

SEVERANCE PLAN

* by Damien Booker * THURSDAY December 18, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 20, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 21, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb A man finds himself in a downward spiral… literally. he does his best to make lemonade. THIS SHOW IS 15 MINUTES LONG THIS IS A SHORT PRODUCTION …

A BLACK CHRISTMAS CAROL

* by Tajmal Walker * THURSDAY December 18, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 20, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 21, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb This is an African American adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, written and directed by T. Walker. A Black Scrooge is a …

DUMBPHONE

*by Tal Shashoua * THURSDAY December 18, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 20, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 21, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Kat faces an internal crisis when her husband, Robert, decides to switch from a smartphone to a flip phone. Always an opponent of invasive technology …

VERMIN

* by Peter Carellini * THURSDAY December 18, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 20, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 21, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb What if WAITING FOR GODOT starred two mice puppets, and took place at the Staten Island ferry terminal? VERMIN is a story in which our two thickly …

FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF DARKNESS

* by Levi Wise-Kenneth Catoe Jr. * * * * THURSDAY December 18, 2025 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY December 20, 2025 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY December 21, 2025 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb During a cosmic tornado, three young men from a Midwestern trailer park crash into the center of the sun. Faced with …

FACES

* by Elliott McVeigh * WEDNESDAY December 17, 2025 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY December 19, 2025 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY December 21, 2025 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Black comedy/drama about a dysfunctional clown family and a son who “unmasks” troubles behind the makeup. Themes include depression, teenage angst, …

THE ITCH

* by Leya Adler * Directed by Amy Sellars and Starring Bill Barry & Amy Boardman WEDNESDAY December 17, 2025 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY December 19, 2025 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY December 21, 2025 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb A man visits a woman in what appears to be a therapists office for an …

THE GRAY HOUSE

* by Tina Nayebhabib * WEDNESDAY December 17, 2025 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY December 19, 2025 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY December 21, 2025 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb The Gray House is a poetic allegory about a young woman awakening in a colorless world ruled by fear. Through surreal imagery, protest, and the …

AWAY

* by Cecilia Wisky * TUESDAY December 16, 2025 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY December 17, 2025 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY December 20, 2025 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb Between 4 am and 4:15 am, 5 women that are on the train station for different reasons, tell their intricated love stories. Their desires, fears and …

ODD JOBS & NUTJOBS

                * by Randy Schein *                             Directed by Theresa Della Valle   TUESDAY December 16, 2025 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY December 17, 2025 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY December 20, 2025 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb An enthusiastic young actor begins his career hoping to land a …

STIFF COMPETITION

* by Amy Losi* TUESDAY December 16, 2025 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY December 17, 2025 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY December 20, 2025 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb In this comedy, four women dressed in black enter Bonasera Funeral Home and pay their respects to Paulie, the deceased. They take their seats and …

MISS FAIRFIELD COUNTY: THE PAGEANT: THE MUSICAL

* by Matthew Meade * * * * TUESDAY December 16, 2025 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY December 19, 2025 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY December 20, 2025 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb A small-town pageant with big-time secrets. When a cast of eccentric contestants takes the stage for the title of Miss Fairfield County, …

DOWN ONCE MORE

* by Asim Ali Naqvi & Marlon Wallace * * * * MONDAY December 15, 2025 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY December 19, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY December 21, 2025 @ 3:30 PM * * * Blurb Rohan is being pursued by a former client. As desire starts to take a haunting turn, they begin to wonder if what follows …

THE EIGHT FACES OF ELLIE MORRISON

* by Sam Beeson* THURSDAY December 11, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 13, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 14, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Bound by a contract he never agreed to, a young MMA fighter is forced into the cage, battling not just his opponent, but the haunting legacy of his late …

UNSPOKEN TENSION

* by Marc D. Johnson, Jr. * THURSDAY December 11, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 13, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 14, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb "Unspoken Tension” is, essentially, my attempt at highlighting subtext and body language between characters. I want the reader/audience to …

A NON-CRISES IN FAITH

* by Chaim Yehuda Samuels * THURSDAY December 11, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 13, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 14, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb A Jewish orthodox student wrestles with his absolute apathy for his faith. THIS SHOW IS 10 MINUTES LONG THIS IS A SHORT PRODUCTION THAT …

ANDAL CHARITHRAM

* by Pooranee Thanjavur Ramesh * THURSDAY December 11, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 13, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 14, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Andal, also known as Godhai, Nachiyar, and Godhadevi, was the only female Alvar among the twelve Hindu poet-saints of South India, who …

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