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SHOWS BY DATE 2019 FALL/WINTER FESTIVAL

All plays, one act performances & musicals appearing in the New York Fall/Winter Theater Festival in the 2019 performance season. 2019 shows listed by Date.

  • Lies love

    LIES & LOVE

    by Sam Sommer    During Tech Week of a new play written by Mr. Peter Duncan, a love triangle blooms between seniors Mandy Carter, Mitch Nelson and Dave Miller. When Mitch tells a lie, it gets way out of hand and dangerous. This leads to themes of feeling alone, friendship, secrets and, ultimately, love. Through …

    Abominable Fancy

    ABOMINABLE FANCY

     by Stephen Bracco     Fancy’s a rich drunk living in Manhattan. Today’s her 30th birthday, and this year, like every year, her birthday wish comes true. Last year she turned her therapist into a human liver, for when hers fails. This year, Fancy uses her magic to move her father’s identity into her fiancé’s body, …

    Madame Komondor final final

    MADAME KOMONDOR WILL SEE YOU NOW…

       by Krista Komondor        “Treat yourself to a one night stand with love,   romance, and Men’s Health Sexpert Madame   Komondor! Madame will whip you into   hysterics and leave you begging for more.”           January 2, 2018 @ 9pm       January 3, 2019 @ …

    Treehouse of dreams final

    TREEHOUSE OF DREAMS

     by Max Berry      Six months after best friends Winston and Scout sleep together on prom night, they are forced to return to their small Ohio town to mourn the death of their third best friend (and Scout’s boyfriend), Mark. Still unable to come clean about their relationship, Scout and Winston struggle with unresolved …

    Call Me Queen

    CALL ME QUEEN THE STAGE PLAY

     by Cyrene Renee     This play allows for the beloved characters of the novel to come alive. Allowing readers to have an in depth view in the novel’s history and those new to the plot an insightful introduction to the story.     January 4, 2019 @ 6:15pm   January 5, 2019 @ 1pm – …

    Post coitus confession

    POST COITUS CONFESSIONS

       by Isabel Monk Cade         Sex is a…complicated thing. “Post Coitus   Confessions” is a one act play in the shape   of monologues and short scenes. In it, we   see a group of individuals say the intimate,   hilarious, and embarrassing things to their   partners that we all wish …

    Aftershocks

    AFTERSHOCKS

     by Rori Nogee      Can a cracked foundation ever heal? A woman with a troubled past and a history of casual relationships falls for the one man she cannot touch, due to his own childhood trauma. Together, they attempt to heal from the lingering effects of their early wounds, but in pushing the boundaries of their comfort zones, …

    Good friday

    GOOD FRIDAY: AN APOCALYPTIC TRAGEDY

       by Remson DeJoseph         Good Friday takes place in an America in ruins   after a devastating bombing. 200 years after   this attack, a town by a lake begins to thrive   and flourish by devoting their lives to God and   Jesus. By crucifying at least one sinner to God …

    Our Son

    OUR SON

       by Serge Kushnier         Noah King has just been convicted of murdering   his younger brother, Brady, and is sentenced   to life in prison. Their parents, Janice and Miles,   fight to prove Noah’s innocence while also   fighting to keep their marriage alive.           January 8, …

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    GIUNTINI IS BACK TO EVE

    by Delfi Giuntini  A young woman who is facing a romantic breakup struggles with identity issues. Evelia feels like she lost her soul’s essence and that pain transformed her, becoming a stranger to herself. She discovers that, to heal, she needs to let go of the past ]and embrace a new version of ‘Eve’.   …

    Swee tPea

    SWEET PEA

       by Gloria Mendez         Lily is a 22 year old woman living in New   York City, who has had short luck creating   lasting intimacy with her romantic partners   due to her sexual fixation with flowers. The   play opens with Lilys confession of her fetish   to her current …

    TIME TO LEAVE

    TIME TO LEAVE

       by Joe Bulvid         Nick has dedicated his entire life to his   career. It all unravels in his tense, explosive   meeting at Corporate Headquarters.         January 10, 2019 @ 6:15pm       January 11, 2019 @ 6:15pm       January 13, 2019 @ 8:30pm  …

    The tragedy

    THE TRAGEDY OF THE ELECTION OF THE CITRUS KING

    by Deb Victoroff    This play  is a dialogue written in the Elizabethan style to be delivered by a contemplative Citizen who despairs at the election of the Tyrant Donald Trump. As the Citizen speaks for us all who struggle to understand his rise to power, and to find a direction forward, a Trump supporter (the …

    Retail

    RETAIL

     by Dan DuPraw     You got the job! Join Matt (your new manager) for your first day of training at The Wet Tee, a fast fashion women’s clothing store at a mall in the mid-west where you’ll learn proper fitting room etiquette, how to deal with shop lifters, and the most efficient way to …

    5 mimetic minutes

    FIVE MIMETIC MINUTES ON LOVE

     by Riley Austin Scott     Five minutes. Five movements. The relationship between two lovers is explored in five one-minute-long scenes.       January 10, 2019 @ 6:15pm   January 11, 2019 @ 6:15pm   January 13, 2019 @ 8:30pm  All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   To purchase tickets https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3745458  

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    RETREAT

       by Irina Lambert         This is a short comedy play about a strung   out millennial, Mia, who sets off on a train   ride to a meditation retreat. While on the   journey she is pulled into an unwanted   dialogue with the most   unlikely conversationalist.       …

    You think you know BKLYN

    YOU THINK YOU KNOW BKLYN

       by Allison Eikerenkoetter         John Cabrera and Jimmy-Sam James recall   their lives and the lessons they learned, with   and without their fathers, in the rough   and tumble Brooklyn of the 1970s.         January 10, 2019 @ 9pm       January 12, 2019 @ 1pm – …

    Taboo

    TABOO

       by Emma Mueller          A new play about everything taboo: sexuality,   periods, masturbation, sexism, sexual assault,   and mental health. Rules? Nope. How it’s   supposed to be? No way. Laugh and learn   as four college students challenge stereotypes   and define female sexuality in a way that sex   …

    Alien vs Musical

    ALIEN VS. MUSICAL

    .: Musical Festival :.  Book by Steve Troop and Erik Przytulski Music and Lyrics by Erik Przytulski      In a world where musical theatre characters live in harmony, an alien egg appears, hatches, and grows into the most destructive alien in cinematic history. Its purpose: To kill everyone in The Land of Musicals. Convictions are …

    Nursery Rhymes final final

    NURSERY RHYMES

     by Jan Ewing For months, 30-somethings Irene and Chip Mangus have argued about having a late child. She wants one, he doesn’t. Looking for help, Irene invites Frank and Marge Stevens to an arm-twisting party. Marge gave birth at 38. Her son is now 12, so Irene expects support. But, Chip is prepared, Marge is …

    Great Expectations

    GREAT EXPECTATIONS

     by Catherine Bush       Seeking to recreate himself as a gentleman, Mr. Philip Pirrup (or Pip as his friends call him) propels himself through a whirlwind of adventures and unforgettable characters. Estella, Joe, Biddy, Miss Havisham, Magwich, et al appear as never before seen in this fast paced, engrossing new theatrical production of literatures most …

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    A THERAPY SESSION WITH MYSELF

     by Anthony J. Piccione       During the summer before his last year of college, Alex Grayson receives a mysterious visit from himself, a human incarnation of his inner consciousness. As they interact, he is forced to reflect on the darkest and most painful memories of his adolescence, and ponder whether or not he can overcome …

    The Withering Rose

    THE WITHERING ROSE

     by Walter Jones        This play is about mental illness inside a family and friend structure. It portrays the assent of Rose, a successful Wall Street accountant and her descent into a world of paranoia, delusions, and seclusion she inhabits inside her dark basement.       January 17, 2019 @ 6:15pm   January 18, …

    No Soap

    NO SOAP

     by George Ruthauser        After learning they are grand prize winners of a super lottery, New York City office co-workers soon discover dividing and claiming a quarter of a billion dollars isn’t as neat and clean as they thought it would be.       January 17, 2019 @ 6:15pm   January 18, 2019 @ …

    Clouds like waves

    CLOUDS LIKE WAVES

       by Megan Furniss    This play is an illusive look at life, love, loss and relationships, in no particular order, and drawing no conclusions. It is a play about plays, about mothers and children, dating and colour blindness. It is a play about car accidents, reality TV, sick children, death, birds, and bicycles. Sometimes. …

    At the gallery

    AT THE GALLERY

     by Madeline Dennis-Yates       A sculptor’s creative block produces a piece so powerfully inscrutable that it brings years of tension between two friends to a head on their visit to a gallery.       January 17, 2019 @ 9pm   January 19, 2019 @ 1pm – Sat.   January 20, 2019 @ 6pm – Sun. …

    Our Last Night on Earth final

    OUR LAST NIGHT ON EARTH

     by Stacie Dugan Vourakis        A modern Gothic tale of love, loss, and murder set against the moving target of lingering racism in the American South. Five people spend a night together as they await the execution of the two men who ruined their lives, each exposing an ugliness more malignant than the act that …

    Whats left of the harringtons

    WHAT’S LEFT OF THE HARRINGTONS

     by Thom Henke        One year after the unexpected death of their parents, three siblings return to their childhood home to prepare the property to be sold. With fast-paced comedic dialogue, Whats Left of the Harringtons explores the balance of nostalgia, practicality, sentiment, and materialism.     January 21, 2019 @ 9pm   January 23, …

    SPARKY final

    SPARKY

    .: Musical Festival :.    Book and Lyrics by Jack McManus   Music by Jack Levinson            The heartwarming and true life story of   Charles M. Schulz, creator of the   famous comic strip Peanuts.                  January 22, 2019 @ 6:15pm     …

    The voive of Broadway final

    THE VOICE OF BROADWAY: THE STRANGE DEATH OF DOROTHY KILLGALLEN

     by George Strum        She was the greatest woman reporter of her time; a Broadway columnist who could make or break a career with a word; a radio and television personality known to millions for her broadcasts. She was Dorothy Kilgallen, fascinating subject of this play. To this day her baffling death in 1965 remains …

    Limes

    LIMES

     by Sam Flynn        Two close friends Nora and Danielle cut and discuss different fruits. However, below the surface there appears to be something sinisterly cynical about their strange fruit ritual.       January 24, 2019 @ 6:15pm   January 25, 2019 @ 6:15pm    January 27, 2019 @ 8:30pm    All Shows at …

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    YOU, TOO

     by Monica Giordano        If you like women, and you like to see women pretending to be men who are definitely not pretending to mansplain feminism, this is honestly the play for you. If you don’t like women,please don’t come. It could go either way if you like the band U2… so, with or without you, really. …

    Fast ugly and fucked up

    FAST, UGLY, AND FUCKED UP

     by Daniel Rylee Bush        Two lifelong best friends: Clifford and Reggie, both live in a world that seems to refuse to let them succeed. After Clifford is tripped by a bitter rival in the final track race of his high school career, they meet up in the place where their friendship first started, using …

    The registry

    THE REGISTRY

       by Kate McMorran            When Kaitlin announces that she is planning   a huge wedding, her sister Sarah has little   patience once she realizes that Kaitlin plans   to get married to herself. As Kaitlin insists   on protesting traditional marriage, the sisters’   argument takes the concept of   self …

    Such good guy

    SUCH A GOOD GUY

     by Aurora De Lucia            W                 January 24, 2019 @ 6:15pm   January 25, 2019 @ 6:15pm    January 27, 2019 @ 8:30pm    All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater     To purchase tickets https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3818106  

    Death Wish final

    DEATH WISH

    by Fernando Segall        A young man commits suicide and is faced with an nontraditional version of Death.     January 24, 2019 @ 6:15pm   January 25, 2019 @ 6:15pm    January 27, 2019 @ 8:30pm    All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   To purchase tickets https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3818115  

    I AM

    I AM

     by Stacy Lynn Gould          What if you could meet the physical manifestation of your inner demons? What would they look like? What would they say? And would you listen? This play has been compared to Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice in its writing style and Pan’s Labyrinth/Alice in Wonderland in its aesthetic. It dives into the …

    For now

    FOR NOW

     by Jack Patrick Harding         A play that deals with intimacy, fear, and change. Samuel, while interviewing for grad school, encounters a woman who makes him remember and relive the romance, beauty, and trauma of his past. In doing so, she renews his excitement, but also his fear. This play follows Samuel’s struggle with the …

    Young Sherlock

    A YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE: THE CAPER AT CHRISTMAS

     by Dane Forgione and Christine Conway       We’ve heard the many legends and stories of Sherlock Holmes, the man, but now witness a story of Sherlock Holmes as a brilliant young boy. Join Sherlock and his best friend and confidant, John Watson, as they race against the clock to find a stolen artifact from their school …

    Im Gonna Marr You Tobey Maguire

    I’M GONNA MARRY YOU TOBEY MAGUIRE

    by Samantha Hurley         While waiting in line to get Tobey Maguire’s autograph at the local mall, Shelby the 14 year old president of the Tobey Maguire fan club, fantasizes about abducting the actor and marrying him in her basement.         January 31, 2019 @ 6:15pm   February 1, …

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    TRAIN TRAFFIC

     by Kalei Tischler         This play tells the story of every woman’s worst nightmare on her commute home. When does innocent banter and first-sight infatuation become dangerous? What happens when one comes to that realization too late?         January 31, 2019 @ 6:15pm   February 1, 2019 @ 6:15pm    February 3, …

    Colour my World

    COLOUR MY WORLD

     by Melinda Buckley      Love doesn’t hide. It stays and fights. It goes the distance, that’s why love is so strong. So it can carry you all the way home. Nancy desperately wants to get back to her husband and her two boys. But the damn bus is not coming.     January 31, 2019 @ …

    Gone Fishing final

    GONE FISHING

       by Anthony DiFranco            The weary Professor must resolve a quarrel   in his Creative Writing class. Pepin claims   that Estella plagiarized his short story, Estella   claims he’s a loony Teacher’s Pet. The   Professor sees a good plot in this dispute, and   encourages them to write something together …

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    A MIST UPON THE WINDOW

     by Nick Rafello      Charlie struggles with his outlandish mother, Virginia, as he learns she was a pot-smoking hippie that lived in the back of a VW Van with her first husband. All this while he deals with her early onset dementia.   January 31, 2019 @ 6:15pm   February 1, 2019 @ 6:15pm    February 3, …

    Stay With Me

    STAY WITH ME

     by Lora Danley        At the mental hospital where they both reside, Randy and Charlotte discuss the future of their relationship.       January 31, 2019 @ 6:15pm   February 1, 2019 @ 6:15pm    February 3, 2019 @ 8:30pm   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater   To purchase tickets https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3819924

    Crested Butte

    CRESTED BUTTE

     by Giovanni Provenzano         Crested Butte is a real town in Colorado. It is an old mining town, about a thousand people, picturesque mountains, beautiful homes, very simple, nights of incredible skies full of stars. It is also a town thriving on cannabis, and alcohol. Crested Butte is a comedy based on my experience as …

    Heninurs

    HENINURS

       by Lucie Alloucie             “Hen and Urs are sisters. Hen and Urs live   in a house. Hen and Urs live in a house with   their mother who cannot speak and their   father who they have never seen. Today is   a special day. Join sisters Hen …

    Teach me how to die

    TEACH ME HOW TO DIE

     by Lisa Monde        Six anonymous participants, five men and a woman, join the masterclass in suicide notes writing hosted by Professor Scott Mirrormord. One of them completes his draft of the suicide note and leaves the studio, we hear a gunshot… throughout the course the students figure out what message they wish to leave …

    Attractions

    ATTRACTIONS

     by Sanam Erfani        The play centers around the life of Eva, a New York-based cancer doctor who has a tragic reaction when she finds out her estranged father has passed away. The terror of the events that follow the death of her father eventually lead Eva to experience a breakthrough in her life.     …

    The alligator play

    THE ALLIGATOR PLAY; OR SOMETHING IS HORRIBLY WRONG AT TREASURE CHEST FARMS

     by Sam French        Something is horribly wrong at Treasure Chest Farms: economy beach lodging and alligator sanctuary. And Cara, the teenage daughter of the owner, knows it. She enlists the help of her only friend, Bembe, to get to the bottom of it. But are they prepared to discover the truth about the ancient …

    aniima mundii

    ANIIMA MUNDII

    .: Musical Festival :.  by ODie Mers        “What animal scares you? Join us, a collective of 12 artists, actors, and musicians, as we embody the animals we are afraid of, stage our attempt at understanding them, and celebrate our connections to the nonhuman, “natural” world. We will learn their dance while it is still …

    Reflections off the Water

    REFLECTIONS OFF THE WATER

     by Jordan Louis Fischerand Jeffrey Mathews        As Henry begins to chronicle his days via a diary, we get a glimpse into the life of a man struggling with overcoming something. Although we don’t know what, we can connect with his journey. Henry’s personal growth is continuously countered though by the ongoing presence of his …

    Milkweed

    MILKWEED

     by Nic Rockwood        Terry and Gerald are lovers and have fled to a remote cabin in the woods in order to survive a dystopian world as society decays around them. The arrival of a mysterious girl and her baby challenges them to remember who they are even in desperate times.         …

    An evening with eva final

    AN EVENING WITH EVA

     by J.P Sclafani        Eva Braun, sits alone in the concrete sitting room in the bunker of Adolf Hitler’s in Berlin, while armies clash above ground for control of the city and the end of the war. Newly wed to Adolf Hitler, Eva explains to the audience how her life led up to this point. …

    jeffstory

    JEFF’S STORY

     by Liam Broadhurst        This is Jeff. Jeff is sad, but this is simply par for the course, for Jeff, that is. Jeff has always been like this. Join The Chorus as they bring you the story of Jeff! Whatever he decides it to be, that is.         February 7, 2019 @ …

    Fitzwilliam

    FITZWILLIAM PRESENTS “OPERATIC TRAGEDY”

    .: Musical Festival :. by Andrew James Ostrow        The show is a queer gothic celebrity take on Pride and Prejudice, with references both literary and pop cultural. Have you ever loved someone so much you gave them your soul because they did not have one of their own? Fitzwilliam is well known as the …

    BFF

    B.F.F.

     by Zoe Nelms        Alice, the loneliest woman in the world, puts up an ad for a roommate and ends up finding Lola, the best friend she’s been dreaming of. They’re inseparable, until Alice finds out that her roommate is a vigilante serial killer. Alice is forced to choose between becoming an accomplice to murder …

    The Movement

    THE MOVEMENT – AN A CAPPELLA MUSICAL

    .: Musical Festival :.  by Kathy D. Harrison The Movement – An A Capella Musical     The Movement is an historical A Cappella Musical that chronicles the Children’s March of 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama. Through narrative monologues , original a cappella music that is reflective of the protest songs of the movement; this theatrical piece …

    Remembrance

    REMEMBRANCE

     by Mimi Robinson Cousins Bree and Mia see each other for the first time since Mia’s father passed away. The two struggle to connect as the use of social media exploits and cheapens their private moment.   February 28, 2019 @ 6:15pm   March 1, 2019 @ 6:15pm   March 3, 2019 @ 8:30pm    …

    Betty Bogie

    BETTY & BOGIE

     by Daniela V. Cervetti        Canines Buckley and Delilah lead gloriously eccentric lives when their human, Diana, is out. They gossip, pontificate on pop culture, and engage passers-by in audacious conversation. When Delilah recounts her latest nightmare to Buckley, insecurities are revealed and bonds are strengthened. “When will Diana find a love like ours?”, they …

    it had to be you

    IT HAD TO BE YOU

         by Clinton Schreck           Trevor and Norah have recently broken up,   but have to spend 1 last night together. As   the night progresses their failed   relationship is explored                 February 14, 2019 @ 6:15pm       February 15, 2019 @ 6:15pm …

    8 ducklings

    EIGHT DUCKLINGS

     by Ellen McMahon        It’s a reflection on my past year while I’m on a plane to go on exchange to Japan the summer after my Junior year in high school.     February 14, 2019 @ 6:15pm   February 15, 2019 @ 6:15pm   February 17, 2019 @ 8:30pm    All Shows at the …

    Sis Amiss

    SIS. AMISS

     by Brianna Gagne      An utterly disoriented Sis. Joan Stallings finds herself entering the mission field for the third time after two previous failed attempts. We learn about her past misadventures through the characters she encountered while out in the field. Her faith is faltering and doesn’t know if she can find the courage to do …

    Kiss and goodby final

    KISS AND GOODBYE

    by Dinanda Klaassen        Sometimes all that’s left to be said are all the things you wished you’d never have to say”       February 14, 2019 @ 6:15pm   February 15, 2019 @ 6:15pm   February 17, 2019 @ 8:30pm  All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater To purchase tickets https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3899155 …

    The Diary of an afro Goddess

    THE DIARY OF AN AFRO GODDESS

    by Cherie Danielle        Isis- Afro Goddess. Beautiful black woman with a large sparkling afro. She is a diva-like southern woman with a New York roughness to her. She can be charming, deep, funny, and even scary when needed. She transforms into other characters as she tells the story of her complex life.     …

    Since you left me

    SINCE SHE LEFT ME

     by Tatiana Sophia Eriksen        Todd goes to find his old girlfriend, Abigail, to give her a birthday present from the year that she left him. When words left unspoken are said and truth is revealed of how Abigail left him, Todd must face his own truth as well.       February 18, 2019 …

    purple hyacinth

    PURPLE HYACINTH

     by Juan Carlos Salgado        Ian is a 22-year-old young man who is a loving and caring person who lets his emotions get the best of him.       February 18, 2019 @ 6:15pm   February 22, 2019 @ 9pm   Feb. 24, 2019 @ 3:30pm – Sun.   All Shows at the Hudson …

    Personal Eyez

    PERSONAL EYEZ

       by Sean Welch             A thrill or kill? Sean’s fervent for a lush story   for his production company. Zoey’s penchant   for risk attracts her to Sean. Will they split   fantasy and reality in Sin City? Or, create a   union in perpetuity? Must I say, “Oh My!”   Or, …

    Six ways till Sunday

    SIX WAYS UNTIL SUNDAY

       by Malcolm Boyd          Simple Stated:  A difficult explanation of   how easy relationships AREN’T.                 February 18, 2019 @ 6:15pm       February 22, 2019 @ 9pm       February 24, 2019 @ 3:30pm – Sun.     All Shows at the Hudson …

    Limited Engagement

    LIMITED ENGAGEMENT – A COMEDY ABOUT DEATH

       by Brien Somers            Broadway Director Tommy Abbott is brilliant,   successful, beloved- manipulative, arrogant   and dying. Mark: Tommy’s Agent and Brother.   Linda: a successful actress is Mark’s wife,   client AND Tommy’s Ex-Wife. Harry: an up   and coming actor, Mark’s client and Tommy’s   lover.  Knowing he has …

    BROKEN HANDS

    BROKEN HANDS

     by Jackson Knight Pierce        Based in the Wizarding World of J.K. Rowling, “Broken Hands” details the adventures of the young Wand-maker, Garrick Ollivander. Trust is tested, legacies are forged, and history is made. The choices made in these pages will determine the future of the Wizarding World forever.     February 19, 2019 @ …

    Will

    WILL

     by Dana Brooke        Her mother is declining. Her sister is missing. Her movers are overcharging. But she’s got it all under control. Or does she? In times of desperation, how far will sheer conviction take us? Can desire alone conjure up everything we need to survive? A story about life, love, and maybe a …

    Mr Green

    MR. GREEN

     by Angelo Parra        In a doctor’s waiting room, an elderly African-American man, awaiting a life-saving kidney transplant, battles his frustration and powerlessness as he confronts his mortality.       February 21, 2019 @ 6:15pm   February 22, 2019 @ 6:15pm   February 24, 2019 @ 8:30pm      All Shows at …

    Now Go and Smile

    NOW GO AND SMITE

       by Gary M Holman           This play  is a dark comedy centered around   a struggling writer(Constantine) finding God,   or at least, a woman claiming to be god in his   bedroom. Unfortunately God, has come to   inform him the he will soon die and she   has come …

    Quee Kismet

    QUEER KISMET

     by Ashleigh Olander       Three LGBTQIA+ couples, all college-aged females, in a series of meet-cutes. Takes place in a café called Kismet Koffee in Greenwich Village NYC. Springtime, present day.     February 21, 2019 @ 6:15pm   February 22, 2019 @ 6:15pm   February 24, 2019 @ 8:30pm    All Shows at …

    The archives

    THE ARCHIVES

     by Kate DaRocha       The play is an exploration of the not too distant future. The government controls the  creation of story lines and inhibits the possibility for new stories to emerge. This has been allowed to happen under the guise that the arts are more highly prized than ever.   February 21, 2019 …

    Ice Water

    ICE WATER

       by Lara Kirschbaum           Maxime and Jack are longtime friends. Jack   is a photographer and Maxime a Journalist.   They are working on a project together.   Maxime hopes if they finish this project   she will finally be a recognized, successful   journalist. Jack has something   else in …

    The Death of

    THE DEATH OF…

       by Ken Sandberg            “My dad can beat up your dad!”  There is   a reason it is one of the earliest schoolyard   taunts.  If our parents are our first heroes,   what can we learn about Superman by looking   at our dads?  What can we learn about our …

    it is what it is

    IT IS WHAT IT IS

       by Karen Lichtman            How the hell did I become a widow at 41.   I have never even been married. I went to   Hebrew school in Massapequa for eight years.   I wasn’t supposed to navigate the love of my   life’s cremation…with his evangelical minister   brother…in …

    G dash D Poster

    G DASH D

    by Glenn Cutler   A middle aged man facing a mid life crisis meets God head on. A modern day, light hearted comedy. Benjamin Schwartz, a non-religious man, reaches out to G-d for help (in Judaism, God is spelled without the o, hence the plays title G dash D). Facing middle age, Benjamin has reached …

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    THE SILENCER

     by Howard Zuckerman        Following his wife’s death at the hands of a negligent cell-phone-speaking driver, a man takes the law into his own hands by killing rude phone users.   February 26, 2019 @ 6:15pm   March 2, 2019 @ 8:30pm March 3, 2019 @ 1pm – Sun.   All Shows at the …

    The sandstorm

    THE SANDSTORM

     by Leonard D Goodisman         This powerful, tragic love story takes place in the most cultured society of its time, Islamic Baghdad, 1100 CE. The brilliant, beautiful daughter of a loving, tolerant, family, has three suitors. Two are childhood friends, the third a passionate, rising religious leader. His anti- intellectual movement will …

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    CLOSE YOUR EYES

     by Nick DeSimone        Charlie and John are neighbors in a New York City subsidized building for the arts.  Charlie, who seems to be on edge, is trying to get John to meditate and John wants no part of it.  Then certain things are revealed about both men.     February 28, 2019 …

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    THE CASE OF THE VENGEFUL SOCKS

     by Howard Lipson   A grieving widow arrives with her lawyer to her husband’s former employer, a coal mine owner, to cash in her shares for much needed money. The owner is confronted with the suspicious death of the husband by the widow, her lawyer and a sock monkey, removed from a Target shopping bag.     …

    The Drive

    THE DRIVE

     by Tracy James   The play is about three women in their rental car in Ireland and their journey driving to  the pub which unbeknown to them becomes the adventure of a lifetime, complete with a rogue GPS, narrow roads and wandering sheep.     February 28, 2019 @ 6:15pm   March 1, 2019 @ 6:15pm  …

    Two In A Bag

    TWO IN A BAG

     by Barbara Bennion   An enchanting night under the stars…a sleeping bag for two…a blossoming romance…what could possibly go wrong? February 28, 2019 @ 6:15pm March 1, 2019 @ 6:15pm  March 3, 2019 @ 8:30pm All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater To purchase tickets https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3906010

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    COOKIE CUTTER CHRISTMAS

         by Karin Crighton   Francis lost his mother Caroline very young and has never been able to let her go; every Christmas he revisits the last conversation they shared. He has to say goodbye in order to move on and share his future with his new love Selena.   February 28, 2019 @ …

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    YUYA

     by Kiyo Kamisawa   Yuya is a modern adaptation of a Japanese traditional Noh drama. It is a play about a woman named Yuya who seeks to reunite with her mother while she suffers from male oppression in two lifetimes: one in ancient Japan, and another in modern America.     February 28, 2019 @ …

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    Thirty

      by J.B.Heaps        “Boxing’s crusty beat reporters gather for a major heavyweight fight. Jokes are told and long simmering feuds reignited in this inside look at the sweet science.”     February 28, 2019 @ 9pm   March 2, 2019 @ 1pm – Sat.   March 3, 2019 @ 6pm – Sun.   All …

    Georgia OKeeffe Paints Paradise

    GEORGIA O’KEEFFE PAINTS PARADISE

    .: Musical Festival :. by Thomas Dunn   This musical is an hour-long chamber musical based on a trip Georgia O’Keeffe made to Hawaii just before WWII.  The famed painter was invited to the islands by the Dole Pineapple Company.  The goal of their commission was to have O’Keeffe do for the pineapple what she …

    After The war is over

    AFTER THE WAR IS OVER WE GO HOME

     by Alison Fortune   While stationed overseas, Giles and Lionel debate their perfect crimes. Back home, they consider what those crimes cost..     March 4, 2019 @ 9pm   March 6, 2019 @ 9pm    March 9, 2019 @ 6pm – Sat.   All Shows at the Hudson Guild Theater To purchase tickets https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3906152  

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    RECIPE FOR A WITCH HUNT

     by Covi Loveridge Brannan     In Cold War-era American suburbia, Barbara Baker knocks on the door of her neighbor’s house late at night. She is answered by Alice, a single, working mother from Hungary, who is new to the neighborhood.       March 4, 2019 @ 9pm   March 6, 2019 @ 9pm    …

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    KELLY (1955)

    by Blake Allen        Full of Cold War induced fear, Kelly [1955] is a thriller inspired by true event. When an unknown man visits the matriarch-run, Harrison family farm at dusk, a war ensues – not only a battle of bullets, but one of societal duties and emotional bravery in which the press and police …

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    THE LAST WORDS OF ADAM HOFSTETTER

       by Emilly Ben Ami         Over the course of one fateful evening, Adam struggles with an inconvenient and ironic case of writers block while trying to complete his own suicide letter. Luckily, his parents and girlfriend come to help him complete the task. An unexpected comedy with an optimistic take on a difficult subject. …

    In the woods where the man work

    IN THE WOODS WHERE THE MEN WORK

       by Sarah Finn         A group of businessmen awake in a forest for the trial none of them saw coming. Will there be justice? Rebellion? Revolution? Can the world be saved from its end? An absurd and surrealist investigation of “business as usual” practices in the face of global destruction, In the woods where …

    Second Chances

    SECOND CHANCES

     by Angelica Gorga  A horrific attack has taken place and Man walks the streets of New York City in hopes of borrowing a phone to make an important call. However, he may find more than what he is looking for by just a knock on a door. March 7, 2019 @ 6:15pm March 8, 2019 …

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    CASPER, THE NOT-SO-FRIENDLY GHOST

    by Domenic Servidio        Casper is all grown up and in a pinch when the couple inhabiting his haunted home hires a hack of a medium to get him out. What starts as a seance quickly turns into an all out fright-fest in this madcap comedy starring everybody’s favorite ghost!     March 7, 2019 …

    The pregnancy test

    THE PREGNANCY TEST

    by Lucia Gomez-Robledo        When Adriana, a 28 year old freelance illustrator suspects she might be pregnant, she’s not handing it well. Luckily for her she has Alex, her Corporate-America lawyer best friend to come to the rescue. But as we soon learn, not all is well on both ends and decisions have to be …

    On Being Cohen

    ON BEING: COHEN

      by Cohen Kraus        Doctor Cohen asks How does Religion and the Gender Binary affect how we see ourselves in the word? Doctor Cohen enters REM sleep. Cohen travels to Tel Aviv in their dream. Cohen dreams they meet Cohinm. Doctor Cohens relationship with Cohinm leads to navigation of how gender plays into Judaism, body image, and …

    In the war

    IN THE WAR

    .: Musical Festival :.  by Kotoba Dan        The story of an ordinary Japanese woman who survived WW2, based on true events from the lives of the playwright’s grandparents. When 76 year-old Hisako’s granddaughter asks her about her experience during the war, Hisako reminisces about her 20s, set to the beautiful music of her youth. …

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    EMPTY FRAMES

    .: Musical Festival :.   Music and Lyrics by Kit Goldstein Grant, Book by Samuel Books Negin        28 years after the multi-million dollar art theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, a senior security guard meets a man who looks rather familiar. He soon learns that the man – the subject of one of the …

    Sessions

    SESSIONS

      by William LoCasto        Jessica, a psychiatrist, and Sean, her lover and former patient, engage in a back-and-forth, cat-and-mouse game to gain power and control of each other. Meanwhile, phone conversations between Jessica and Mark, her potential new patient, threaten to destroy the already more-than-delicate balance.     March 7, 2019 @ 9pm   …

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    AN EVENING ABOUT WHAT GETS YOU THROUGH THE DAY

    AN EVENING ABOUT WHAT GETS YOU THROUGH THE DAY Performed By SUZANNA BOWLING KEA CHAN CHARLIE ROMO ROBERT WILLIAMS   March 11, 2019 @ 7pm Hudson Guild Theater 441 West 26th Street (Between Ninth & Tenth Avenues) New York, New York   To purchase tickets https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4104358     Program of the night   OPENING NUMBER …

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