Thespis 2012

“I have been honored to be a participant in the NYTheater Festival, performing in my show Kennedy/Reagan. I have been pleased with the professionalism shown by the management who has been completely prepared and shown me great hospitality. I have been astounded by the high caliber of audience …

“The NYTheater Festival was one of the best experiences of my life. The festival taught me a lot about the business of theater and myself as a person. Being able to showcase a play that I co-wrote with Ed Frias was a dream come true. Being apart of the NT Theater Thespis Festival scene in New York …

“I had the opportunity to work with Cabrini Repertory Theater last week, and while the venue is beautiful and the neighborhood charming – all of that pales in comparison to the absolute delight it was working with the theater itself. I have never had a production go so smoothly and with so little …

“A playwright at the beginning of his career is bound to find it difficult to find a place where he can put up a play. The NYTheater Festival offer a unique venue for newer works to find their legs, and to test themselves in the public arena. Festivals like NYTheater Festival are essential to making …

“I have worked in a variety of NYC festivals and I have never worked with a more accommodating venue than this Festival. The management made my cast and crew feel instantaneously comfortable. As artists we were given the support we needed to put on a well polished production. I would highly …

“NYTheater Festival was an amazing opportunity for my cast and creative team to showcase our work at the professional level. As young artists, it can be difficult to find affordable space and supportive people to sponsor us as we work towards polishing our aesthetic. The management was an invaluable …

“NYTheater Festival is the first Theatre Festival I have ever performed in – I came to New York from England two years ago, and recently graduated school from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. The entire process here has been so enjoyable, I never really thought of NYTF as a competition, more …

“New material is never easy to handle, most people can’t roll with the punches. I don’t think a lot of people understand the challenges of putting up anything original. The work doubles and the environment is so intense, there are so many wrongs and so little right moves, we learn to navigate and …

“I want to thank the people of the festival for hosting us as part of the NYTheater Festival. It was truly a memorable and totally delightful experience for all of us: the beautiful theater space in which we performed, your warm hospitality, the lovely neighborhood around the theater and the perfect …

“It was a great privilege to be accepted as part of the NYTheatre Festival. I thoroughly enjoyed the journey of fine tuning my solo performance of Love Without Law with the continuous, positive support of Robert. The Theatre is like a hidden gem waiting to be revealed, a place were true artists can …