by Anthony Fusco After the recovery of a brutal attack in a gay bar Corey realizes his love for Bryan may be worth saving. The couple must cope with the past issues of love, infidelity, sexual orientation, and a dark secret Corey must confess about his past. …
PRODUCTIONS 2019 SPRING/SUMMER FESTIVAL
Featuring all shows at the New York Theater Festival in New York 2019. Listing of all plays, musicals and other productions on stage during the 2019 festival season.
THE BLOCKERS
by Julie Hays DELIA, 40, is a “Blocker”, one of those rare New Yorkers with a cheap apartment who never leave their block. When Delia is faced with a life altering decision, her life becomes intertwined with the other Blockers on her block in unexpected …
1ST SIN, 2ND CLASS, 3RD WORLD
.: Musical Festival :. by Wendy Arimah A choreopoem inspired by words of Audre Lorde, Angela Davis and bell hooks and music by Erykah Badu. This piece is enhanced with stylized movement and a cappella songs responding to the philosophies of Aristotle, …
THE MAN GOES WOO
by Kathryn Anne Marie This play explores what it would look like if people treated each other in person the way they do online. One girl, Leah, sits at a table in an alleged coffee shop and goes through myriad dates, seeming to meet in person, but actually …
THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERBUNNY (EPISODE 5)
by Michael MacKenzie Wills A rabbit with super powers learns that a former librarian is planning to steal every book in New York City because he believes that knowledge should be controlled. He also has a plan to stop the digital downloading and scanning of …
THE ONLY COFFEE SHOP IN THE CITY
by Ellis Stump After a melodramatic post-college breakup, writer Carrie leaves one city for another to navigate the Kubler-Ross Model (DABDA), from Denial through Acceptance. She and an ensemble of initial strangers explore maturity, independence, mental …
AUSSIE SONG
.: Musical Festival :. by Frances Key This Musical explores the true life story of Teddy Trager growing up in the 1930s in Australia and the close bond she shared with her father. When she immigrates to the USA during WWII, she brings along with her a …
ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS
by Darren Lamb The eldest and one of the most respected members of the U.S. Senate is accused of drugging and raping his legislative aide. Sept. 26, 2019 @ 9pm Sept. 27, 2019 @ 6:30pm Sept. 29, 2019 @ …
A GLORIOUS VISION
by Oliver Lehne A Glorious Vision is an imaginative riff on the life of a historical figure, Wally Neuzil, who was the Austrian Painter Egon Schiele's main model and life partner. The play spans six years; we see her at different moments with people, real and …
PTA
by Paul Levine Donna loves Peggy. Sharon loves Peggy. Ellen loves Peggy. Peggy loves prom. Moms of an elite private school gather to dish gossip, revelations, and tasty baked goods. Sept. 26, 2019 @ 6:15pm Sept. 27, 2019 @ 4pm - …
BED
by Paula Cajiao When a man walks into his apartment, he encounters his wife having an affair. we are not sure if he's dreaming or awake? Sept. 26, 2019 @ 6:15pm Sept. 27, 2019 @ 4pm - Fri. Sept. 29, 2019 @ …
PRETTY WHITE GIRL
by Angela Church Two women on the spectrum of politics inside a snow globe filled with gray mud. Only one leaves. Sept. 26, 2019 @ 6:15pm Sept. 27, 2019 @ 4pm - Fri. Sept. 29, 2019 @ 9pm All Shows at …
PRIME REAL ESTATE
by J. Joseph Cox A married couple, Arthur and Helen, go to the cemetery to put flowers on the graves of her loved ones. When Arthur discovers Helen has already purchased a plot for herself next to her late first husband, his insecurities go into …
TO CATCH A FALLING STAR
by Joe Monico Gabby Star, host of the popular daytime talk show Gabbing with Gabby Star struggles to increase her ratings and finally earn her parents' approval. But with the cancellation of her show hanging in the balance, Gabby will go to extreme lengths to …
DAUGHTER OF SOCIETY
.: Musical Festival :. by Marjorie Frank The story — told through song — is of a woman who hears the voices of her Self through her lived experiences, her Unconscious, her Fantasy, and her Man as she creates a path to reclaim her life. Sept. 24, 2019 @ …
AM I BLUE?
by DeShawn Jenkins After a Violent encounter with his bully over his sexuality, Vince meets his Fabulous Fairy God-father, Melvin who schools him on the “ways of the gays” and grants him 3 wishes. One of which is to give the world “GayDar” (a vision to see …
UNENTITLED
by Charles White Class discrimination, wealth and color issues are exposed in this play when a recently downsized striver of humble origins attempts to sell the summer SAG Harbor homestead (without permission) owned by his wife's family for …
OGYGIA
by Morgan Smith This Play is a modern queer retelling of the Greek myth of Calypso set in an inpatient psych ward. This play tackles issues of mental illness, queer relationships, and finding your identity through an evocative combination of prose-poetry and …
HUMAN PARADOX
by JP Sclafani In the near future, a war is waging between Earth and an alien federation of planets. Two Earth force soldiers are faced with a dilemma of ideology when faced with the truth by an alien ambassador they meet unexpectedly. Sept. …
WHAT COMES NEXT!?
by Lawrence Dandridge What Comes Next follows Marie, a middle aged house wife, in her attic as she comes to a crippling decision to divorse her childhood sweetheart. After 3 of her past selves show up to walk her through their relationship together, we …
DRAGONS IN THE CREASE
by Joseph Vitale At a small junior college in Putnam County, NY, a poetry professor (Evelyn Whitehead) asks a student with a severe stutter not to speak in class but, instead, to write his questions down. Although seen by the professor as a way not to disrupt …
REALLY REALLY
by Paul Downs Colaizzo This play explores the aftermath of a college party after two students have a sexual interaction and no one can agree whether or not it was consensual. In the chaos that follows it becomes clear that truth is not so important as …
SILENT MOVIE DREAMS
by Megan Jeannette Smith Natalie is wandering through life, unsure of her future and looking for someone to cling to." Her friendship with Andrew seems to be the most stable one in her life but even that is shaken when Natalie finds herself pregnant by her secret …
WRITER’S BLOCK
by Gregory Davis With a deadline approaching, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald have both been sent to a cabin by their mentor, Gertrude Stein. After a snow storm leaves them trapped in, the writers rivalry threatens to prevent them from completing …