*by Caytha Jentis * TUESDAY June 7 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY June 11 @ 9 PM WEEKDAY June 10 @ 4:00 PM Set in modern-day Brooklyn, this story follows the lives of several people who are struggling in their own ways with life, relationships, work, and… sex. Some of them are desperate for it, while …
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STRAIGHT FORWARD
* ‘by Billy Aberle and Chris Sabol * MONDAY June 6 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY June 10 @ 9 PM SUNDAY June 12 @ 3:30 PM Based on a true story from an article that went viral in 2014, the story follows two otherwise straight men, Mike and Garrett, roommates, who fall for one another while one provides …
THE SUPER’S NOT IN
* by Kenneth L Kneese * MONDAY June 6 @ 9 PM WEDNESDAY June 8 @ 9 PM SATURDAY June 11 @ 6:45 PM David Fellow, successful artist, escapes he thinks, to work a real job for the first time as a doorman. However, he cannot escape his inner turmoil and the set becomes his mental state creatively. …
TILLY BIRDBONES
* by Leah Plante-Wiener * THURSDAY June 2 @ 4 PM SATURDAY June 4 @ 6:45 PM SUNDAY June 5 @ 8:30 PM An adult fairytale about grief, isolation, motherhood, and autonomy, Tilly Birdbones tells the story of a family's final year with its youngest daughter, as recounted by the tutor who bore …
SAN
* by David Gosz and Leo Fotos * THURSDAY June 2 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY June 4 @ 9 PM SUNDAY June 5 @ 6 PM In this new musical extravaganza, Mardi Gras meets Manhattan with San: a re-telling of the stories of esteemed Mardi Gras designer San Nicholas. This spectacle follows San from his …
A NEW SONG AND DANCE
* by Michael Verre * WEDNESDAY June 1, 2022 @ 4 PM FRIDAY June 3, 2022 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY June 5, 2022 @ 3:30 PM Set in NYC 2019, “A New Song and Dance” is “Singin’ in the Rain” meets “Once” with the quick wit and humorous dialogue of your favorite sit-com. THIS SHOW IS 90 MINUTES …
BOANN AND THE WELL OF WISDOM
* by John Kearns * WEDNESDAY June 1 @ 6:30 PM FRIDAY June 3 @ 4 PM SUNDAY June 5 @ 1 PM “Boann and the Well of Wisdom" is a poetic two-character drama based on the myth of Boann (the Irish goddess of poetry). The young, spirited Boann and her father, Nechtan, run the White Cow pub atop a …
THE FOURTH ALAAFIN OF OYO
* by Taiwo Aloba * MONDAY May 30, 2022 @ 9 PM WEDNESDAY June 1, 2022 @ 9 PM SATURDAY June 4, 2022 @ 2:15 PM A classic tale of tragic decisions in Oyo, an ancient Yoruba city of Western Nigeria. Based on a century’s old Nigerian Folklore, the play concerns the Yoruba deity, SANGO, who …
THE CHELSEA HOTEL
* by Timothy Doherty * MONDAY May 30 @ 4 PM FRIDAY June 3 @ 9 PM SATURDAY June 4 @ 12 PM The action takes place inside a ramshackle room at the historic Chelsea Hotel in the fall of 1993, rented by aspiring young writer Terrence. Infamous guests from the past appear and disappear through the …
HOMEMADE DYNAMITE
* by Roman D'Ambrosio * MONDAY May 30 @ 6:30 PM THURSDAY June 2 @ 9 PM SUTURDAY June 4 @ 4:30 PM At the reopening party of a popular sorority, six college students test their limits as they look for meaning in their campus reality. With intense drugs, sex, violence, and religious fervor, the …
BLUE & GOLD
* by Vince Goodman * THURSDAY May 26, 2022 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY May 28, 2022 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY May 29, 2022 @ 8:30 PM In 1977, a wayward teenager runs away from home to track down her missing father in New York City. THIS SHOW IS 20 MINUTES LONG PURCHASE TICKETS » Bio. Vince Goodman was …
DREAMS AND CHOICES
* by Craig S. Perkins * THURSDAY May 26 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY May 28 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY May 29 @ 6 PM Three friends deal with adultery and fragility of love THIS PLAY IS 50 MINUTES LONG PURCHASE TICKETS » Bio. BFA Creative writing University of Nebraska HB Studio playwrighting and …
THE WATER CLEAR
* by Zach Wobensmith * THURSDAY May 26, 2022 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY May 28, 2022 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY May 29, 2022 @ 8:30 PM A meeting between two men to discuss the sale of a rare book takes an unexpected plunge into the darkness of the human soul. THIS SHOW IS 20 MINUTES LONG PURCHASE TICKETS …
THE CLEAN OUT
* by Amie s. Nemeth * THURSDAY May 26 @ 9 PM SATURDAY May 28 @ 12 PM SUNDAY May 29 @ 8:30 PM A brother and sister clean out their deceased parents' apartment and discover a family secret which at first divides them and then helps to heal them. THIS PLAY IS 10 MINUTES LONG PURCHASE TICKETS …
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT… AND ALL THE SHORTCOMINGS THEREAFTER
* by Rhys Washington * THURSDAY May 26 @ 9 PM SATURDAY May 28 @ 12 PM SUNDAY May 29 @ 8:30 PM Three actors discuss the power of their names and identities in a green room of a film festival. THIS PLAY IS 10 MINUTES LONG PURCHASE TICKETS » Bio. Rhys Washington is a writer and actor who …
VICE & VIRTUE
* by Kodi Lynn Milburn * THURSDAY May 26 @ 9 PM SATURDAY May 28 @ 12 PM SUNDAY May 29 @ 8:30 PM Vice & Virtue asks: are Diambra and Isabella fighting because they love Fabio, or each other? A reimagining of the nearly fatal duel between these 1550’s Italian noblewomen, this short play …
PEAK AND PIT
* by Caroline Game * THURSDAY May 26 @ 9 PM SATURDAY May 28 @ 12 PM SUNDAY May 29 @ 8:30 PM The journey is interminable and the trail is unyielding - Evelyn contemplates how long she can continue her hike. THIS PLAY IS 10 MINUTES PURCHASE TICKETS » Bio. Caroline Game is a Musical Theatre …
AT LEAST HE DIDN’T DIE WITH ANTLERS ON HIS HEAD!
* by Tommy LeVrier * WEDNESDAY May 25 @ 4 PM FRIDAY May 27 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY May 29 @ 1 PM Travis, a teen, skips school for the first day of hunting season. He sees something there he cannot believe. He must tell someone and heads to the local cafe. It is so good he feels it will win over the …
HEARTS, STARS & RAINBOWS
* by James Busam * WEDNESDAY May 25 @ 4 PM FRIDAY May 27 @ 6:30 SUNDAY May 29 @ 1 PM In Hearts, Stars, and Rainbows, Busam takes the audience on a musical and emotional journey in his quest to find beauty among life’s greatest pains. THIS PLAY IS 40 MINUTES LONG PURCHASE TICKETS » Bio. I …
THE IDEALIST
* by Aya Bogod * TUESDAY May 24 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY May 27 @ 4 PM SATURDAY May 28 @ 6:45 PM THE IDEALIST presents a unique take, a slightly twisted one, to the long debated question - is man good or evil by nature. The main character in the play, will fight to prove us wrong, to prove that man …
AN EMPTY MUSEUM
* by Elisabetta Bracer-Berrie * TUESDAY May 24 @ 9 PM WEDNESDAY May 25 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY May 28 @ 4:30 PM The portrait of a young woman lays in the house of her artist, who neglects her and showcases her to his peers without acknowledging her as his art. A new artist comes in, and begins …
MASTER OF TIME
* by Muhammed Can Yasar * TUESDAY May 24 @ 9 PM WEDNESDAY May 25 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY May 28 @ 4:30 PM I can bring tears to your eyes, raise the dead, and make you smile. Tell me, what am I? I form in an instant, last a lifetime, and sometimes I am forgotten. Can you tell me what am I? I am …
ULYSSES MISSA
* by Sarah Hough * MONDAY May 23, 2022 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY May 27, 2022 @ 9 PM SUNDAY May 29, 2022 @ 3:30 PM Based on the Catholic Mass because of Catholicism’s relevance to Ireland, Joyce, and literature, Ulysses Missa is a subversive ritual for all who want to pay reverence to one of the …
THESE AND THOSE
* by Ruth Geye * MONDAY May 23, 2022 @ 9 PM WEDNDESDAY May 25, 2022 @ 9 PM SATURDAY May 28, 2022 @ 9 PM Six college students pile into a small basement apartment for Shabbat lunch, but they can’t keep the outside world from showing up uninvited. THIS PLAY IS 85 MINUTES LONG PURCHASE TICKETS …