SHOWS BY DATE 2015 SPRING/SUMMER FESTIVAL

    16671     by Frank Canino     August 28, 2015 @ 8:45 – Thursday   August 29, 2015 @ 6:45 – Friday   August  31, 2015 @ 9:30 – Sunday       About the play: May, 1941, Auschwitz: Newly arrived Kaziu Wisniewski, a Franciscan brother, works as a secretary in the Commandant’s office.   Kaziu establishes  a close friendship both with him and with Roman, an Ukrainian guard.    But the intimacy between these three men spirals out of control and leads to an inevitable tragedy.   To reserve tickets please send an email to thespistheaterfestival@gmail.com Write the name of the show you wish to see +  your name + the date  $20 Cash at the door

  Find the Golden Bird     by Larry R. Yates   and     Emily Rose Simons   July 14, 2015 @ 6:15pm   July 18, 2015 @ 8:30pm   July 19, 2015 @ 1pm Sun.   August 2, 2015 @ 8:30pm   Find the Golden Bird is a new musical fantasy from an old folk tale.  Can a cowardly prince love a clever vixen?  Can the two save the bird and Norway?                 All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   https://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/       To purchase tickets   https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1640584    

  Tell Tale     by Tyler Milliron   July 14, 2015 @ 9pm     July 15, 2015 @ 6:15pm     July 18, 2015 @ 6pm Sat.     September 29 @ 3:30pm     ‘Tell Tale’, a modern adaptation of Poe’s thrilling short story, “The Tell Tale Heart”. Hear the story of Manny, a male nurse, as he attempts to explain his innocence in the murder of his own patient. Can you trust the perspective of a killer? Or is not everything what it seems?  www.telltalemusical.com     All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/       To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1640584    

      Lily, Casually   by Morgan Edwards   July 28, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 1, 2015 @ 8:30pm   August 2, 2015 @ 1pm Sun.   September 29, 2015 @ 8:30pm     Lily White lives in the modern age, where romance is the façade of loneliness. When a rape attempt leads to an epiphany and desperation leads to a murder spree, Lily White becomes a savior, monster and cure for the solitary man. A musical thriller as comedic as it is tragic, Lily, Casually drags faith, virtue, and love into question.       All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   https://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1654461  

  The Bipartisan   by Joey Rasmus   August 6, 2015 @ 9pm   August 8, 2015 @ 1pm Sat.   August 9, 2015 @ 6pm Sun.   A musical comedy so silly it has been likened to actual congress;  The Bipartisan follows Independent Congressman Evan Williams’ fight against partisan divisions in Washington.  Will Williams successfully spread his compromising ideals or will traditional values lay waste to his dreams and dignity?  From the minds of Comedian Joseph Rasmus and Composer John Murrell.     All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1658854  

  Red Roses and   Domestic Acid   by Pilar Quarzel   August 17, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 21, 2015 @ 9pm   August 23, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sun.   Rosa , raped by her husbands cousin , is convinced into committing suicide by her husband himself. When she fails he tries to strangle her and the whole matter ends in Court, but…A true case of grotesque domestic violence of the late ’70 Italy , in a multimedia satirical show with music and pantomime by cosmopolitan author Pilar Quarzell, fresh from Rome.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1668051    

  That Was Then   by Arnold S. Wolfe   August 31, 2015 @ 6:15pm   September 4, 2015 @ 9pm   September 6, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sun.   Artie & some of his college mates discover “Soul” in the mid-1960s.  But wanting to play it full-time might not only cost him his girl, Sandy:  Playing full-time means dropping out & risking the Vietnam draft.  Can Artie have his band & Sandy, too?  Will he & his bandmates drop out for their Music?  Will they even die for it?   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1697010

    Discovering Magenta   Lyrics by James Corey Kaufman   Music by Michael Bitterman   September 1, 2015 @ 6:15pm   September 5, 2015 @ 8:30pm   September 6, 2015 @ 1pm Sun.     Discovering Magenta is a new psychological musical about happiness amidst tragedy. Henry, a mental health worker, struggles to help Katrina cope with a past that is threatening to destroy her present. But he must also wrestle with his own emotional issues. They both search for specks of goodness hidden in life — as they try to discover magenta.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/       To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1697182

  The Moyles Musical   By Alexander Miskin    Bryan O’Malley, and Dylan Kahn     September 10, 2015 @ 9pm   September 12, 2015 @ 1pm Sat.   September 13, 2015 @ 6pm Sun.   The Moyles Musical is a glimpse into the life of an escaped circus   certified freaky funk band called The Moyles. The band consists of   Meow Meow , Dr. Kahn, and Al . They are trying to make   it in a strange chaotic world full   of drugs, women, freaks, fame, and funk.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1701834  

  Dances of Life – and Death   By E. Thomalen   September 10, 2015 @ 6:15pm   September 11, 2015 @ 6:15pm   September 13, 2015 @ 8:30pm  Dances of Life and Death Dances of Life – and Death is a fusion work of verse, music, and dance. It tells the story after E. A. Poe of a Prince who tries to isolate himself and his court from the plague by withdrawing into his walled estates, hoping Death will not find him.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://newyorktheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1701843

    Brush Strokes    By Stephen Chinlund     and   Jim Semmelman   September 14, 2015 @ 9pm   September 16, 2015 @ 9pm   September 19, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sat.   September 28 @ 8:30pm     BRUSH STROKES reveals the journeys  of Virginia and Eric who find new love late in their lives; brought together by their passion for art, yet challenged by seemingly irreconcilable differences. Compromise may be  key to their romance, but will it be enough and at what cost?  BRUSH STROKES is certain to have a durable  impact long after the last note is sung.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://newyorktheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1707956  

  Welcome To The Hard Luck Cafe   By Karin Ringheim   September 15 @ 6:15pm   September 19 @ 8:30pm   September 20 @ 1pm Sun.   September 29 @ 1pm     Welcome to The Hard Luck Café, a soulful contemporary new musical set in a Cafe where the coffee is strong and the beat is hot. Joe and Mimi serve their customers laughter, support, and tough-love. Will Cynthia’s job keep her on the journey to reinvention? Or will she be derailed by the anger of her teen-aged daughter Katie?   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets     http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1732976  

21.: Musical Festival :. Cassiopeia     by  Madalyn  Pedone     September 21, 2015 @ 6:15pm   September 25, 2015 @ 9pm   September 27, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sun.   Mademoiselle is about to marry a man she’s never met in a place she’s never heard of. She gathers directions and clues from dream-like characters and past-life memories until she finally faces her groom.  Does she recognize him? “Cassiopeia” utilizes text, song, movement, and the French language to tell a peculiar story of fate.       All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   https://newyorktheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1827285  

  The Cloak Of Horus     by  Mike Mariano   September 24, 2015 @ 9pm   September 26, 2015 @ 1pm Sat.   September 27, 2015 @ 6pm Sun.   In an Egyptian tomb, a royal Captain seals himself alive in order to protect the Cloak of Horus—a relic of the True King of Egypt! But the Queen has buried herself as well, ready to die with her husband. Can the Queen and Captain survive traps, exile, ancient curses,   an Invader—and each other?   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1827312    

And Young Men Die by  William Holland September 22, 2015 @ 9pm   September 26, 2015 @ 6pm Sat.   September 27, 2015 @ 1pm Sun.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://newyorktheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1827287  

  Mend The Envelope     by  Jason Lasky     September 21, 2015 @ 9pm   September 22, 2015 @ 6:15pm   September 26, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sat.   Henry and Joanie had it all: respect, success, and family, and in one fiery instant, everything was torn away.  Join them, one year later, as they take a spiritual and revelatory journey through grief, heartache, tradition, and, hopefully, love.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/       To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1827281    

    A Promise To Your Mother     by Jared Kelner   September 17, 2015 @ 6:15pm   September 18, 2015 @ 6:15pm   September 20, 2015 @ 8:30pm Malcolm made national news when a vengeance-filled father of a girl Malcolm was accused of raping, crashed his car into Malcolm’s, killing Malcolm and his wife. The tragedy sparks a series of revelations that will forever entwine the lives of Malcolm’s 14 year-old daughter, his twin brother, a  young mother with a haunting past and her 15 year-old derelict son.     All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   https://newyorktheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1635337      

    F$cking for Love   By Milo Shucavage   September 17, 2015 @ 9pm   September 19, 2015 @1pm Sat.   September 20, 2015 @ 6pm Sun.   A 14-year-old runaway is looking for love and protection, and finds it with a pimp. He manipulates her with promises of a “white picket fence” future, but when he brings home a new girl to join their “family,” her fantasy begins to crumble. F$cking for Love takes a firm look at the real world problem of underage prostitution. All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1733145 

    Can I Help you   By D.A.G. Burgos   September 15, 2015 @ 9pm   September 16, 2015 @ 6:15pm   September 19, 2015 @ 6pm Sat.   A man gets on an elevator with his wife, her friend and his two mistress. On the way down the elevator crashes, killing them. They then find themselves in a room with a person who calls himself, The Waiter. The Waiter’s job, to make sure everyone is comfortable before their spirits move on.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://newyorktheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1740030  

    Olivia’s Roses   By Joanne De Simone   September 14, 2015 @ 6:15pm   September 18, 2015 @ 9pm   September 20, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sun.     At the close of WWII, three brothers return, and any hope of a peaceful future is shattered, as life in their home-sweet-home house becomes a battlefield of bitterness, jealousy, secrets and rage     All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1714191  

  The Second Sun     By James Patrick Nelson     September 8, 2015 @ 6:15pm   September 12, 2015 @ 8:30pm   September 13, 2015 @ 1pm Sun.     “Love is worth surviving for. Two strangers meet at midnight in a run-down empty bar. Their night together has all the makings of a classic romance. But Max has a secret up his sleeve, a shocking revelation that binds them together forever, as they teach each other how to hope, in the face of incomparable grief. Inspired by true events.”   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/       To purchase tickets   https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1701828  

  Dora Maar   by  Michele Farbman   September 8, 2015 @ 9pm   September 9, 2015 @ 6:15pm   September 12, 2015 @ 6pm Sat.     In Paris, 1935, Pablo Picasso began a passionate affair with young photographer, Dora Maar. As Picasso began to integrate her photographic techniques into his painting, a new phase of Cubism began. Meanwhile, his muse began to give up her art. All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1863345      

  You Just Don’t Get It – Do You?      By Anthony Inneo   September 7, 2015 @ 6:15pm   September 11, 2015 @ 9pm   September 13, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sun.     Americans are still reeling from the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression and have watched their homes and retirement accounts vanish.  It is 2008.  Five ordinary Senior Citizens decide they want real answers, so they kidnap the CEO of a TARP-funded bank and hold him accountable for his actions.   Either he tells them the truth and apologizes, or…   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1701807  

Night Moths on the Wing     By Kimberly Kalaja   September 7, 2015 @ 9pm   September 9, 2015 @ 9pm   September 12, 2015 @ 3:30pm    We all recognize the monsters in stories, but could you spot one in real life? Face-to-face with captured terrorist “General” Maylor, the National Army’s chief interrogator Michael Shaw believes he has. So why is Maylor still alive? Night Moths on the Wing explores the ethics of war.  Can men on opposite sides of history strike a bargain in time?    All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/       To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1701715

  After Zero   by Frank Cossa   September 3, 2015 @ 6:15pm   September 4, 2015 @ 6:15pm   September 6, 2015 @ 8:30pm   In the jingle-jangle aughts a teenager (Ariel) who lost her mother   (Jenna) in the WTC attack forms an unlikely bond with Jenna’s former   lover (Nick) to the chagrin of her father (Paul); time and space are fluid; past and present, even death and life seem negotiable, depending on the perfection of Zero, and the possibility of an Angel.     All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://newyorktheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1697187

  Forty Nine Years   by Jeffrey L. Hollman   September 3, 2015 @ 9pm   September 5, 2015 @ 1pm Sat.   September 6, 2015 @ 6pm Sun.     Abandoned by a wife more dedicated to career than home, Sam remains the steadfast, albeit reluctant, father of Robbie who battles him over the years about the rules, their careers, and the women in their lives. Circumstances bring them back together where roles reverse, and Robbie becomes the reluctant but willing caretaker   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater     http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/       To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1697185

  Petty Cash   by Mary Ryzuk   August 31, 2015 @ 9pm   September 2, 2015 @ 9pm   September 5, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sat.     The play deals with a dangerous symbiotic relationship between a very wealthy woman and her younger lover. Coming home from a three month vacation that did not go well, the relationship, appears to be on the cusp of disengagement. Instead, it culminates into a serious confrontation regarding what people would or would not do for money. The evening disintegrates into a matter of life and death.  All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/       To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1697007  

    The Deacon   by Anne Johnson   August 27, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 28, 2015 @ 6:15PM   August 30, 2015 @ 8:30pm    Ron Cleveland is a well respected deacon in the church, a successful  attorney and wonderful husband and father. His life is turned upside down when he surprisingly learns of his wife April infidelity. He cries tears like no man can imagine. He gives men’s tears a new meaning. (hurt, pain, disappointment, suicide).   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://newyorktheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1701713

  Mourning Has Broken   by Pab Sungenis   August 27, 2015 @ 9pm   August 29, 2015 @ 1pm Sat.   August 30, 2015 @ 6pm Sun.   A dark comedy from the creator of The New Adventures of Queen Victoria and the author of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Columbine. Six friends reunite at three funerals. As they try to keep their spirits up and their circle together, they find out more about each other (and themselves) than they ever wanted to know.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1692405

  Young Benjamin Banneker   by Juan Villegas   August 25, 2015 @ 9pm   August 26, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 29, 2015 @ 6pm Sat.   Benjamin Banneker, “the first African American man of Science”, achieved notoriety as an astronomer and mathematician, who constructed a wooden clock,   published reputable Almanacs, and assisted in surveying Washington D.C. The play highlights two days in the life of 13 year old Benjamin who, although born free in 1731, must always be wary, even when honesty compels him to act.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1692377      

  Horseshoes     by Mike Sockol   August 25, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 29, 2015 @ 8:30pm   August 30, 2015 @ 1pm Sun.     No one said it would be easy for Adam on the eve of his family’s annual horseshoe tournament.  His brother is dead, his father is losing his mind, and his wife seems to prefer yoga to him.  Worse of all, how will he get rid of two cases of celery-flavored beer?   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1692397  

  100 Aker Wood   by Theodore Wolf   August 24, 2015 @ 9pm   August 26, 2015 @ 9pm   August 29, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sat.     When Christopher Robin runs away from freshman year of college and into the Hundred Acre Wood, he finds things aren’t exactly how he remembered them: Piglet’s a shut-in, Owl’s a twat, and Pooh’s, well, still his very best friend. Some things never change, but there’s definitely something amiss in the Wood, and Christopher Robin is in for a rude awakening… All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://newyorktheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1673587  

The Danaid   by Thomas Michael Quinn   August 20, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 21, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 23, 2015 @ 8:30pm   September 29, 2015 @ 6pm     Joan and Claire are sisters that have shared a secret for more than thirty years, a child that was given up for adoption. One sister wants to protect the life she has carefully crafted the other believes they owe this child an explanation. When Sarah arrives it throws both of their lives into a tailspin neither may ever recover from. All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets     http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1673387  

  The Summerhouse   by Harry Neyens   August 20, 2015 @ 9pm   August 22, 2015 @ 1pm Sat.   August 23, 2015 @ 6pm Sun.   August 28, 2015 @ 6:15 pm     On a Hamptons estate, in a garden folly, Adrian seeks sanctuary from a world beyond his control. All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1673378    

    Arbuckle Syndrome by  Larry Phillips   August 18, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 22, 2015 @ 8:30pm   August 23, 2015 @ 1pm Sun.   August 30, 2015 @ 8:30pm September 28, 2015 @ 6pm     Troy wants more: more fun, more love, more life. He just has no idea how to go about getting “more.”“Arbuckle Syndrome” is the story of a man with severe social anxiety struggling to get outside his head and into the world.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://newyorktheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1668328  

  The Swordsman’s Lady   by Alex John Gilbey   August 17, 2015 @ 9pm   August 19, 2015 @ 9pm   August 22, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sat.     In the turmoil of London in the 1790s, Marianne becomes the unwilling target of a debauched aristocrat. Saved by the intervention of the enigmatic swordsman Henry Tessier, she quickly falls in love with her savior. But Henry has secrets of his own – and soon Marianne must learn to fight for herself and those she loves.    All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1667988    

  Parking Lot 63   by Carol W. Berman   August 13, 2015 @ 9pm   August 15, 2015 @ 1pm Sat.   August 16, 2015 @ 6pm Sun.   It’s 1963. Sara, 13, is growing up in an atmosphere of huge changes in the world.  Immediately, Sara has to deal with a pervert father, an abandoning big brother, and an abusive mother.  Sara learns how to save herself during this turmoil and she even rescues a sexual slave from her father’s parking lot   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1664070    

  The Yogi G Spot   by Geoffrey Paul Gordon     August 11, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 15, 2015 @ 8:30pm   August 16, 2015 @ 1pm Sun.   Yogi G, founder of the Kahmic Yoga cult, disappeared from public view after performing in Amsterdam in 2011. NBC called him “So funny!” WPIX said he was “Hysterical!” But what became of him? Once famous for teaching the meaning of life, he is back at last to teach the meaning of love, in The Yogi G Spot.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1664011    

  Mary Howling, Queen   of the Crazy Ones   by Brian P. Vadimsky   August 11, 2015 @ 9pm   August 12, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 15, 2015 @ 6 Sat.   To a child the school bully is a monster     those who overcome their monster     become a hero to all     Mary Howling Queen of the Crazy Ones   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1663964    

    Now, Then, Later   by Maddie Grubbs   August 10, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 14, 2015 @ 9pm   August 16, 2015 @ 3:30 Sunday   August 22, 2015 @ 6pm Saturday     Now, Then, Later tells the moving story of five students as they mature into adults and learn what it means to forgive, in the aftermath of a brutal accident. Straining to keep their friendships alive with the weight of such a terrible tragedy on their shoulders, we see these young adults grow and change, each in their own different way.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1663913    

    Deliver me   by Sam Ciavarella   August 10, 2015 @ 9pm   August 12, 2015 @ 9pm   August 15, 2015 @ 3:30 Sat.     “Sometimes to let yourself heal,   you have to answer the door.”   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1658902    

  Heretics   by Richard Zinober   August 6, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 7, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 9, 2015 @ 8:30.   Lisa, a member of a new religious group, is being held by two deprogrammers hired by her family.   As they try to get her to reveal the secrets of the group and to persuade her to leave it, the session becomes a psychological battle between Lisa and Mel, the head deprogrammer, who has some disturbing secrets of his own.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1658890    

    Crossing Verrazano   by Anthony Fusco   August 4, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 8, 2015 @ 8:30pm   August 9, 2015 @ 1pm Sun.     In October 2010, 3 young men from LA visited NYC for a weekend of fun to celebrate their friend Casey Campbell’s 25th birthday. Their first stop was the legendary Stonewall Bar in Greenwich Village NYC, where they met two new friends that turned their lives around. What really happened that night? A drama based on a true event.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://newyorktheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1658824    

  Serendipity   by Lynn-Steven Johanson   August 4, 2015 @ 9pm   August 5, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 8, 2015 @ 6pm Sab.   A hospital waiting room may be a strange place to find romance. James has agreed to donate an organ to his twin brother while Gisele is there about breast augmentation surgery. As they wait to be called in for their respective appointments, the two strike up a conversation and find they are mutually attracted to one another.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1658558  

  In Case Of Emergency     by Adrienne Schaffler   August 3, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 7, 2015 @ 9pm   August 9, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sun.   Three men need to escape their lives and end up doing so in a nearly incomprehensible way. Each finds himself inexplicably transported to an alternate universe, stuck with only one another, left in a pseudo-purgatory to work out their issues with the world at large. Can they escape this parallel universe, and more importantly— do they want to?   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1658556    

  Forgetting Dick and Jane   by Jake Kevrick   August 3, 2015 @ 9pm   August 5, 2015 @ 9pm   August 8, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sat.   Two of the most popular children’s book characters are trapped in the remains their storybook world. A world that feeds off the power of memory. With nothing but their own memories left, they must fight to survive the battle where losing means their biggest fears come true: being forgotten.     All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   https://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1751873  

    The Unbreaking Sound of Breaking by Michael Feder July 30, 2015 @ 6:15pm   July 31, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 2, 2015 @ 8:30pm Sun.     All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1654486    

  Welcome to Paradise   by Julie Marino   July 28, 2015 @ 9pm   July 29, 2015 @ 6:15pm   August 1, 2015 @ 6pm Sat.   St. Sebastian is a sleepy Caribbean island that caters to “bland suburban honeymooners” and adults whose wild party days are well behind them. But unexpected and life-changing encounters can happen, even in this unlikeliest of places. When a friendship of convenience deepens into something more, it defies time and convention, and challenges comfortable assumptions about age, love and acceptance.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1654451    

    Out At Third     by Joe Simonelli     July 27, 2015 @ 6:15pm   July 31, 2015 @ 9pm   August 2, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sun.     A disillusioned, unemployed advertising executive slowly descends   into depression spurring a visit from his brother and estranged   daughter as family bonds and obligations are explored in this   gripping drama. Adult language and content in a departure   form Joe Simonelli’s usual comedic plays.      All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/   To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1654405    

  Objects In The Mirror   by Tom Parks   July 27, 2015 @ 9pm   July 29, 2015 @ 9pm   August 1, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sat.   This rambunctious love letter to the theatre offers a dramatic mix of laughter, tears and deception as an amateur playwright loses control of the stage to his characters, who neglect his dialogue and directions and insist on their own. Even worse are the real people from the playwright’s life who intrude with their own hot mess of memories.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/   To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1654371    

    Bottom of the Fifth   by Dianna Tucker Baritot   July 23, 2015 @ 6:15pm   July 24, 2015 @ 6:15pm   July 26, 2015 @ 8:30pm Sun.   In this new one-act play (written by Dianna Tucker Baritot, directed by Michael Hagins) you will join Howard and Myrtle, a pair of dyed-in-the-wool Mets fans, as their love for baseball and for one another spans fifty years of heartbreaking fandom for New York’s favorite underdogs.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://newyorktheaterfestival.com/the-theater/   To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1649336    

  It’s All Relative!   by Kimberly “Q”   July 23, 2015 @ 9pm   July 25, 2015 @ 1pm Sat.   July 26, 2015 @ 6pm Sun.     Seniors/alcohol, children/lovers, friends/reality. How did planning a birthday surprise wind up bringing past and present calamities to the forefront? Enter into the world of,  It’s All  Relative. A story that confirms that life and lives can and do change in the blink of             an eye. Come  experience this fun-loving, relatively real afternoon.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/       To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1644711  

  The Prince Of Rikers Island     by Mike Meadors   July 21, 2015 @ 6:15pm   July 25, 2015 @ 8:30pm   July 26, 2015 @ 1pm Sun.   Jonathan Zeleznik, an Oscar-Nominated actor, has been sentenced by the court to direct a production of HAMLET with a small group of inmates at Rikers Island Correctional Facility. After witnessing the heinous nature of the Warden’s behavioral conduct policies, Zeleznik is compelled to fight alongside his new friends. A fight which could earn him a permanent place behind bars.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1644699    

    Not with Haste   by Stephen Dobbins     July 21, 2015 @ 9pm   July 22, 2015 @ 6:15pm   July 25, 2015 @ 6pm Sat.     All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1644114  

    Garrett, The Blue Giraffe     by Coni Koepfinger   July 20, 2015 @ 6:15pm   July 24, 2015 @ 9pm     July 26, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sun.   https://www.facebook.com/groups/science.adviser/937339599651906/     Garrett the Blue Giraffe is tender tale of self-discovery that explores the very essence of being alive. Like all us, when Garrett comes to realize her true purpose in life, she learns how to evolve and break free from the imaginary boundaries that restrain the ever growing passion within her.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1643392    

    Screams And Love     by Lucille Shames   July 20, 2015 @ 9pm   July 22, 2015 @ 9pm    July 25, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sat.     Screams and Love is a lively story of hectic relationships. Winnie’s life is empty, and she is going nowhere in life. She thinks a British guy is the key to making things better, but is he really as great as she thinks he is? Meanwhile, her brother deals with skeletons in the closet. All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/   To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1642677    

  Taconic Parkway   by Sudipta Bhawmik   July 16, 2015 @ 6:15pm   July 17, 2015 @ 6:15pm    July 19, 2015 @ 8:30pm Sun.   A visiting Indian actor, a wannabe filmmaker and a beautiful woman battle their demons on the fringes of the Taconic Parkway.  The unsuspecting visitor falls into a dark vortex of suspicion and animosity that was carefully camouflaged by the opulence and the veneer of apparent happiness of an affluent immigrant Indian family.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/   To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1640636  

  Ugly is a Hard Pill   by Andrea J. Fulton   July 16, 2015 @ 9pm   July 18, 2015 @ 1pm Sat.   July 19, 2015 @ 6pm Sun.   Keef AND Lena are “on the down low”, and their love lives are scandalous!  However, what happens in the bedroom proves to be the least of their concerns in this audacious comedy.  Timely messages pack powerful punches and inspire conversations on current and critical topics including sexuality, food choices, gay marriage, karma, respect and responsibility.  Strong language & adult content.    All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   https://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1640604  

  Very Good  American Love Story     by  Amanda Scherker   July 13, 2015 @ 6:15pm     July 17, 2015 @ 9pm     July 19, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sun.   Rose, a disillusioned college writing major, meets Shaikh,  an Indian man who moved to America to pursue his dream  of writing a great American love story. They strike up an email   correspondence that quickly turns dark and bizarre.   As their lives merge, Rose wonders: Can honest art  come from dishonesty? Are the critics always right?        All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/   To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1635478  

  Brother Sou     by Victor Vauban   July 13, 2015 @ 9pm   July 15, 2015 @ 9pm   July 18, 2015 @ 3:30pm Sat.   A man is on a grueling journey to find his long lost family in America after twenty-two years living abroad. In hopes of reestablishing the relationship with the remaining members of his broken family, he finds himself on a path of loss and self-questioning while looking for answers he never imagined he would have to face in the new America. Transgenderism.     All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   http://newyorktheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1635478  

    Sweet Texas Reckoning  by  Traci Godfrey September 24, 2015 @ 6:15pm   September 25, 2015 @ 6:15pm   September 27, 2015 @ 8:30pm    Award Winning actresses, Jane Summerhays and Michelle Hurd,   Stage, TV, and Film veteran Anne Richardson,   and Onion Regular Robb Pruitt,   in Sweet TexasReckoning.   A new play about Love, Family, and coming home to Sealy.     “Makes you want more”…”Great Writing”    Centre Stage   “(A) fascinating interplay (of themes)   within a vivid Texan ambiance…and humorous, too!”    Len Berkman, Dramaturg NYS&F All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater http://thespisnytheaterfestival.com/the-theater/     To purchase tickets   http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1863350    

* Belle Wesel * * * * THURSDAY June 5, 2025 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY June 7, 2025 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY June 8, 2025 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb The play deals with misconceptions between old friends. It starts out as one thing then makes a sharp turn into something else, surprising one of the characters and illuminating the other. THIS SHOW IS 20 MINUTES LONG THIS IS A SHORT PRODUCTION THAT WILL BE PERFORMED ALONGSIDE OTHER SHORT PRODUCTIONS WITHIN A 90-MINUTE TIME SPAN  THIS IS A SHORT PLAY THAT WILL BE PERFORMED WITH OTHER SHORT PLAYS WITHIN A 90 MINUTE TIME SPAN PURCHASE TICKETS » Bio. Belle Wesel lives in Brooklyn, NY. She has a BA in Performing Arts from VA Tech and an MFA in Acting and Directing from UNC-G. Belle has been a Stage Actor, a Theatre Director, a Photo Retoucher, a Professional Gift Wrapper, an Office Manager, and had countless other jobs to keep body and soul together. Ah, a life in the arts. In her spare time, she is also a Woman, Wife and Mother. All Shows at the HUDON GUILD THEATER »