The New York Theater Festival 2023 Spring/Summer Festival Awards Ceremony NOMINEES IN GREEN WINNERS IN RED FALL/WINTER THEATER FESTIVAL 2023 BEST PRODUCTION WINNER $3,500 PARADISE – by Michael David Stoddard. NOMINEES: I’M HAPPY FOR YOU – by Jacob …
PRODUCTIONS 2023 FALL/WINTER FESTIVAL
Productions 2023 Fall/Winter Festival
Featuring all shows at the Fall/Winter Theater Festival in New York 2023. Listing of all plays, musicals and other productions on stage during the 2023 festival season.
THE SQUEAL
* by Jake Tammara * * * * THURSDAY December 14, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 16, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 17, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb The Squeal follows the journey of Leo and Maria, an immigrant couple from Mexico pursuing a better life in the United States. Leo works at …
FRUIT
* by Ella Talerico * * * * THURSDAY December 14, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 16, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 17, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Alma is a soul struggling to understand and cope with the evil inside of herself, and the evil surrounding her. An abstract, poetic, and …
PS306
* by Josh Romeo * * * * MONDAY December 11, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY December 13, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 16, 2023 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb Seven students are in a college psychology class. On the day of the final, instead of a blue book exam they are posed with a challenge. The …
SISTAH SISTAH OH MY SISTAH
* by Carmen Davis Hall * * * * THURSDAY December 14, 2023 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY December 16, 2023 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY December 17, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb Modern day for colored girls. A depiction of colored women . Written from my personal life, but every woman can see her in the story. …
WELCOME TO CHAOS
* by Dean Tyler K * * * * WEDNESDAY December 13, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY December 15, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY December 17, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb A writer and podcaster comes home from a party. A few drinks in, we watch as they continue to drink and spiral as they take us through their …
MINSTREL
* by Jabari Elzie * * * * WEDNESDAY December 13, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY December 15, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY December 17, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Minstrel, a skit-based play rooted in satire observes how common-day black media is told from the white person's perspective. Inspired by the …
OUR HOUSE
* by Julia Wosiak * * * * TUESDAY December 12, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY December 13, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY December 16, 2023 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb After her cancer diagnosis, Grace invites her children back to their family home, to decide which one of them deserves to inherit the …
THE LIMITS OF ADMIRATION
* Barry Jay Kaplan * * * * TUESDAY December 12, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY December 15, 2023 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY December 16, 2023 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb With an undercurrent of triangulation & the rhythm & dialogue of a brisk comedy, THE LIMITS OF ADMIRATION asks if friendship can stand …
DOROTHY DANDRIDGE! THE MUSICAL
* Conceived by N’Kenge, Book and Lyrics by Trey Ellis, Music and Lyrics by Shelton Becton * * * * MONDAY DECEMBER 11, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY December 15, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY December 17, 2023 @ 3:30 PM * * * Directed by Tamara Tunie, Dorothy Dandridge! The Musical is a joyous, …
THE H WORD
* by Kerry Jules * * * * THURSDAY December 7, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 9, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 10, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb The H Word, is a play where the audience is placed directly in the center of what is known as "the final seven minutes” of brain activity, prior …
TO THE FAIREST
* by Miles Messier and Showpeople Theatre Collective * * * * THURSDAY December 7, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 9, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 10, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Most of us will have a vague idea of what the Trojan War was, but how did it all start? Our …
WHISPERS
* by Tony Barone * * * * THURSDAY December 7, 2023 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY December 9, 2023 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY December 10, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb A comedy about a struggling theater owner attempting to recruit a famous retired Broadway star to a gala to save his theater. When he visits her, …
THE CREATIVES CIRCLE
* by Amy Lynn Parmar * * * * WEDNESDAY December 6, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY December 8, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY December 10, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Being a creative living in NYC isn't always the American Dream it's made out to be. Four friends working in creative fields share how they …
IN CONVERSATION OF LOVE
* by Kamiah Vickers * * * * WEDNESDAY December 6, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY December 8, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY December 10, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb In Conversation of Love is a one act that discusses the good and evils of "thee Love herself" Imani, who recently just got out of a toxic …
BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN
* by Collin Hendley * * * * TUESDAY December 5, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY December 6, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY December 9, 2023 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb The play follows the life and legacy of Bobbie O’Quinn, a woman from a decrepit little town with lofty dreams for herself. The piece is told …
MAGUIRES IN MINERAL BLUFF
* Faye J. Taylor * * * * TUESDAY December 5, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY December 8, 2023 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY December 9, 2023 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb Three sisters and their spouses reunite with their strained relationships for a family weekend to settle their family estate, uncover familial …
THE PAUSE
* by Alex Story * * * * MONDAY December 4, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY December 6, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 9, 2023 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb Three New York couples secretly get together during lockdown for what ends up being a revealing dinner party. THIS SHOW IS 70 MINUTES …
THE IMPURE SEASON
* by Dan Brown * * * * THURSDAY November 30, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 2, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 3, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb The play is a series of three short scenes taking place at a park bench. The theme of the entire play is how the reality of human nature robs out …
ORIENTATION DAY – A CORPORATE SATIRE
* by William Dobbins * * * * THURSDAY November 30, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 2, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 3, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb A wry satire of Corporate Orientation Seminars, for the unwitting audience of "new employees" of a company that no one would want to work for …
MEALTIME
* by Michael Chabler * * * * THURSDAY November 30, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 2, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 3, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Two co-workers share a meal after the nuclear apocalypse. THIS SHOW IS 10 MINUTES LONG THIS SHORT PLAY WILL BE PERFORMED …
AN OFFER YOU CAN’T REFUSE
* by Monica Cancian * * * * THURSDAY November 30, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 2, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 3, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb An adaptation of The Decameron Day 8 Story 8. Four neighbors who are best friends. Ali finds out that Ian is having intercourse with his …
SCENE STUDY
* by Aimee Reiss * * * * THURSDAY November 30, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 2, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 3, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Two acting students get together to rehearse a scene for their acting class, but not all is as it seems. THIS SHOW IS 8 MINUTES …
PAVED ROADS
* by Derek J Chariton * * * * WEDNESDAY November 29, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY December 1, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY December 3, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb An existential dialogue about what it means to have meaning. THIS SHOW IS 30 MINUTES LONG THIS ONE ACT PLAY WILL BE PERFORMED WITH …