All plays, one act performances & musicals appearing in the New York Fall/Winter Theater Festival in the 2023 performance season. 2023 shows listed by Name.
*** WINNERS AND NOMINEES OF THE FALL/WINTER FESTIVAL 2023 ***
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 Goodman WHISPERS – by Tony Barone BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN – by Collin Hendley THE H WORD …
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A PART OF IT
* by Peyton Strong * * * * THURSDAY November 16, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 18, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY November 19, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb While returning to her hometown for the holidays, Charlotte is forced to confront not only her past, but her conflicting feelings about her …
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ALL OF HER FRIENDS
* by Sofia Carianna * * * * THURSDAY October 19, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY October 21, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY October 22, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb In this hotel bar, gold-digging is an art and a way of life. Jacob and his friends make their money by wooing wealthy, …
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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 …
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ATTENTION CREW MEMBERS
* by Kathryn (KC) Connors * * * * THURSDAY November 9, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 11, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY November 12, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Two cruise ship workers, Fiona, and Peter, maintain a text message relationship from the shutdown of ships to restart. Fiona’s mind makes …
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BANANAWOOD
* by Paula Lima * * * * THURSDAY October 12, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY October 14, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY October 15, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb In a world where bananas can only be bananas, Cady Nana dreams about becoming a Hollywood Star. Her impossible dream suddenly becomes possible when …
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BOILING POINT
* by Pierce Bunch * * * * MONDAY November 20, 2023 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY November 25, 2023 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY November 26, 2023 @ 3:30 PM * * * Blurb Old wounds fester and new bonds form as 17 year-old Christian leaves New York City to work on a tobacco farm in Southern …
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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 …
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BRUNCH ON 81ST
* by Katherine Hunter * * * * THURSDAY October 12, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY October 14, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY October 15, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Think Love Actually but with New York’s shittier singles. Dirty looks will cast, new romances found, hearts broken, and old flames rekindled at New …
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CHUTZPAH
* by Jed Levinson * * * * TUESDAY November 7, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY November 8, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY November 11, 2023 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb As Clay is in the final month of preparing for his Bar Mitzvah, his focus becomes directed elsewhere when he joins the “Pro …
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CONFIRMED
* by Nicholas Bompart * * * * WEDNESDAY October 11, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY October 13, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY October 15, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Harry commits a crime against his brother James’s son Teddy, repeating the childhood tragedy which befell him. A roller coaster family drama unravels with …
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DANSE MACABRE OR THE DANSE OF TWO LOVERS ABOUT TO DIE
* by Paula Olavarria * * * * THURSDAY November 16, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 18, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY November 19, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb “Comedy” or whatever you want to call it about two lovers in one apartment. Both of them want to kill themselves but …
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DESPERATE DIGITAL DATING DIARY: A TITI TALK
* by Jenny L. Saldaña * * * * WEDNESDAY October 25, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY October 27, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY October 29, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Giving in to the cultural pressures of needing a man, your favorite single aunt goes looking for love on all the wrong …
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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, …
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EARTH TO VENUS
* by Rachel Collignon * * * * MONDAY November 13, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY November 15, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 18, 2023 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb At Venus Villas, a women-only mental health clinic, a documentary project arises unexpectedly, initially creating a transformative sense of community and trust among …
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EDGAR AND MARIE
* by Juliet Wolfe * * * * MONDAY November 20, 2023 @ 9:00 PM FRIDAY November 24, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY November 25, 2023 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb As Edgar Degas sketches Marie van Goethem–the inspiration for his only exhibited sculpture, The Little Dancer of 14 Years–they banter and challenge each …
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FOR THEO
* by Robert Klein-Fischetti * * * * WEDNESDAY October 18, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY October 20, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY October 22, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Roald Dahl, acclaimed children’s author, has writers’ block. His anxieties over being able to provide for his family culminate in the conception of …
![Frank Kafka Presents](https://newyorktheaterfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Frank-Kafka-150x150.jpeg)
FRANZ KAFKA PRESENTS
* by James Harvey * * * * TUESDAY October 17, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY October 20, 2023 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY October 21, 2023 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb A contemporary American family is thrust into the “Kafka Zone,” where they confront horrifying bodily transformations, the unforgiving tide of cancel culture, …
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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, …
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GAYSL
* by Ben Batchelder * * * * MONDAY November 20, 2023 @ 9:00 PM FRIDAY November 24, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY November 25, 2023 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb Victor’s mom is Deaf and proud. And terrifying. Victor is about to come out to her, and introduce his boyfriend, when his brother …
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GENDER REVEAL MASSACRE
* by Tom Carrozza and Alex Bernstein * * * * TUESDAY November 28, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY November 29, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY December 2, 2023 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb 2 Men. 20 Characters. 1 Stage. THIS SHOW IS 80 MINUTES LONG PURCHASE TICKETS » Bio. Tom Carrozza is a …
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HI, MY NAME IS…
* by Katy White * * * * WEDNESDAY November 8, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY November 10, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY November 12, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb “Hi, My Name Is….” is an anthropomorphic exploration of the internal self-talk we all do, and what it means to be truly ourselves, when …
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HOYT ST
* by Francesca Bolam * * * * TUESDAY October 10, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY October 13, 2023 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY October 14, 2023 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb When writer Melissa is given an opportunity by an old producer friend, she realizes that the unraveling of her romantic relationship with …
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HUMANITY DENIED
* by Alberta Handelman, Libretto, Daniel Halbstein, Music * * * * TUESDAY October 17, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY October 18, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY October 21, 2023 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb In songs angry, playful, proud, sad, and profound, HUMANITY DENIED explores the roots of fear and hatred. The sympathizers of a …
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I’M HAPPY FOR YOU
* by Jacob Goodman * * * * THURSDAY October 26, 2023 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY October 28, 2023 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY October 29, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb Bella, Casey and Alara are princesses and best friends. Well not really. They’re paid to be princesses at a very well-known amusement park. …
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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 …
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IN TOO DEEP
* by Kristina Libby * * * * TUESDAY November 21, 2023 @ 9:00 PM FRIDAY November 24, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY November 26, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb An unexpected encounter with a baby whale forces Glenn Lyddon to reckon with her own life choices. THIS SHOW IS 12 MINUTES …
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INCELS AND OTHER MYTHS
* by Ally Sass * * * * THURSDAY November 9, 2023 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY November 11, 2023 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY November 12, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb Incels and Other Myths follows a mother and son’s epic journey into the online realms of gender, power and mythology. Elaine grows concerned when …
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LAST RITES
* by S. E. Wiseman * * * * THURSDAY October 19, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY October 21, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY October 22, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Facing death doesn’t come easy. A man on death row meets a first-time chaplain in this two-hander about revenge, redemption, and …
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LEGACY ADMISSIONS
* by Michael Gormley * * * * WEDNESDAY October 18, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY October 20, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY October 22, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Sam Mortimer is a Brown University student/only legitimate child of the devil who has failed so many courses that the only way her …
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LEGEND OF BASS REEVES
* by David D. Wright * * * * THURSDAY November 9, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 11, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY November 12, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb The play is about a Black US Deputy Marshal, Bass Reeves, who disguises himself to apprehend two brothers, who are wanted …
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LOOK HOW FAR YOU’VE COME
* by Ziyan Yang * * * * THURSDAY November 16, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 18, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY November 19, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb A normal day like every day of a restaurant in Chinatown, three characters of two generations are talking and doing the most basic …
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LOVE ….FATALLY
* by William M Whelan * * * * THURSDAY October 19, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY October 21, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY October 22, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Two employees at a psychiatric ward come into conflict after allegations are made that someone at the hospital has been having inappropriate relations …
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LUCY AND LUCY
* by Tiffany R. Adams * * * * THURSDAY October 19, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY October 21, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY October 22, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb While visiting a lingerie shop for the first time, Lucy Jones gets insight on who she is from an unlikely friend, beginning …
![Maddie](https://newyorktheaterfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Maddie-150x150.jpg)
MADDIE
* by Stephen Keeling, Shaun McKenna and Steven Dexter * * * * WEDNESDAY November 22, 2023 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY November 25, 2023 @ 4:30 PM SUNDAY November 26, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Nick and Jan Cheyney have recently moved into a dilapidated attic apartment in downtown New York City. Beneath …
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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 traumas, and flex …
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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 …
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MICHAEL
* by Laura Paganello * * * * WEDNESDAY November 8, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY November 10, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY November 12, @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Diane, a beautiful sex worker in her mid-20’s, contacts a co-worker, Rebecca, to try to find a regular client who she hasn’t heard from …
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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 style of …
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MUSICAL CHAIRS
* by Steve Fogelman * * * * THURSDAY October 12, 2023 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY October 14, 2023 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY October 15, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb Musical theater enthusiast Nadine Lovett desperately tries to keep her marriage as the dream she envisioned, while fellow-enthusiast and husband Tory, needs to …
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OLD FOX’S JUSTICE
* by Tahiana Larissa and Marco Augusto Ferreira * * * * MONDAY November 13, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY November 17, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY November 19, 2023 @ 3:30 PM * * * Blurb A DEA agent is found dead in mysterious circumstances in Paraguay. To protect his wife, a retiring prosecutor tries to …
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ONCE MORE
* by CJ Pinheiro * * * * MONDAY November 6, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY November 10, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY November 12, 2023 @ 3:30 PM * * * Blurb After suffering the loss of their “true love”, Kasey, Lover must process the grief of losing their love and themselves as those around …
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ORBITING ESMERALDA
* by Michael Swiskay * * * * MONDAY November 27, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY November 29, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 2, 2023 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb The world’s richest man’s new business entails an artist’s fake suicide at an auction of his painting as the eminent art curator who …
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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 …
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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 …
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PARADISE
* by Michael David Stoddard * * * * WEDNESDAY November 15, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY November 17, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY November 19, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb A young newlywed couple arrives at Paradise Cove Resort in Cancun to celebrate their honeymoon. Sara and John have eloped, and John’s …
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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 …
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PRETTY THING
* by Chelyn Cousar * * * * THURSDAY October 12, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY October 14, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY October 15, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb A young woman still dealing with the effects of PTSD from a previous relationship receives a package from a new love interest but doesn’t …
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PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER
* by Maeve Kelley Baker * * * * TUESDAY November 21, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY November 24, 2023 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY November 25, 2023 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb A Princess, Anneliese, and a pauper, Erika, cross paths and realize they look identical. When Anneliese gets captured Erika fills in …
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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 …
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REDEMPTION
* by Joyce Jacobs * * * * THURSDAY November 9, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 11, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY November 12, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb The main characters are the Protagonist and Antagonist. The inciting moments build because Damon is in a hurry and to his surprise things …
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REPLACED!
* by Jessica Lauricello * * * * MONDAY October 9, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY October 11, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY October 14, 2023 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb A young woman returns to her suburban hometown to find that the people in it have been replaced by aliens and must decide whether …
![Same](https://newyorktheaterfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Same--150x150.jpg)
SAME
* by Alex Eilen * * * * MONDAY October 16, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY October 20, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY October 22, 2023 @ 3:30 PM * * * Blurb Friends on the verge of adulthood attempt to deal with their impending reality and with each other as their problems grow up, too. …
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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 …
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SCOTCH & A SNOWSTORM
* by Andrew Medeiros * * * * WEDNESDAY November 22, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 25, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY November 26, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb This one act play takes a hard look at two moral dilemmas based on modern day societal norms with the underlying theme as …
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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 …
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SIT FOR ME
* by Ariella Carmell * * * * TUESDAY November 21, 2023 @ 9:00 PM FRIDAY November 24, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY November 26, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb Ten years after the abrupt end of their arrangement, a billionaire art collector makes an unusual request of the sex worker he’s never …
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Soirée At Walter Benjamin’s
* by Henry Sussman * * * * MONDAY October 23, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY October 27, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY October 29, 2023 @ 3:30 PM * * * Blurb The renowned German-Jewish writer received urgent entreaties to leave Europe, from famous playwright Bertolt Brecht, the philosopher Theodor Adorno, and Gershom Scholem, scholar …
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SUBTITLES
* by Heather McDonald * * * * MONDAY November 20, 2023 @ 9:00 PM FRIDAY November 24, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY November 25, 2023 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb A woman’s inner thoughts get the better of her. THIS SHOW IS 7 MINUTES LONG THIS SHORT PLAY WILL BE PERFORMED …
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SUPERMARKET 86
* by Mia Pelosi * * * * TUESDAY October 10, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY October 11, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY October 14, 2023 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb Around 9pm, four girls and a cashier get stuck in a supermarket overnight due to a snowstorm. Three of the girls know each other, …
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THE COLLECTOR
* by Jeff Burkes * * * * WEDNESDAY November 15, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY November 17, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY November 19, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Cormac is a Collector who likes to “play with his food before he eats”. He encounters Philip, the bar owner, to collect what’s …
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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 …
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THE ELEVATOR
* by Ciera Miller * * * * THURSDAY October 19, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY October 21, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY October 22, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb A friendship gone south, a confined space and a real eccentric hat. Can a broken elevator mend a broken friendship? Who’s to say… …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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THE OTHER SIDE STORY
* by Angel Vazquez * * * * WEDNESDAY October 25, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY October 27, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY October 29, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb An amazing one-man musical comedy show about the history of Puerto Rican people coming to US from 1862 on. Once he enters that …
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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 …
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THE SIX STAGES OF A BREAKUP
* by Anais Gralpois * * * * WEDNESDAY October 11, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY October 13, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY October 15, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb The Six Stages of a Breakup takes you on a hilarious journey to deeper explore what it is about breakups that make us …
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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 …
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THE WOODLANDS
* by SaraBeth Samuels * * * * MONDAY November 27, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY December 1, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY December 3, 2023 @ 3:30 PM * * * Blurb The Woodlands is a physical manifestation of what it feels like to be more connected to others, yourself, and nature. In the play, …
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THE WRITE OFF
* by Devin Lee * * * * TUESDAY November 21, 2023 @ 9:00 PM FRIDAY November 24, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY November 26, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb For the past six years, a successful novelist has been writing a series about an aspiring actress who spirals into drug abuse and …
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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 …
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VISIONS OF ETERNITY
* by Fernando Mercado * * * * TUESDAY November 28, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY December 1, 2023 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY December 2, 2023 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb Matias spends his life in a web of unknown. In two worlds that consistently collide. When faced with a lost love, how will …
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WAITING AT THE GLORY HOLE
* by Jake Moses * * * * TUESDAY October 24, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY October 25, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY October 28, 2023 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb A nonlinear exploration of gay hookup culture, which bring directly into question: the isolation inherent to it, the intergenerational trauma that feeds it, …
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WATCHING YOU
* by Joe Symon * * * * THURSDAY October 26, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY October 28, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY October 29, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Meet BEN GOLD. An exasperated piano bar performer, taking requests from drunk patrons. As a last resort, he begins live-streaming his …
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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 …
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WHEN WAJCHA MEETS PACHAMAMA
* by Claudio Carvalhaes * * * * MONDAY October 23, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY October 25, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY October 28, 2023 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb This play wrestles with the future of our planet. The idea was to create a play that could expose climate disasters in a …
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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 …
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YOU, MIMI & ME
* by Isabel Criado Barrios * * * * THURSDAY November 16, 2023 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY November 18, 2023 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY November 19, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb “You, Mimi & Me” is an emerging love story about three queer young adults in New York City exploring the boundaries between friendship …
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ZIG ZAG
* by Dahlia Ross * * * * THURSDAY November 16, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 18, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY November 19, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Oh no, I bet I know where your records went. In your arm. JACK Hey, you got me there. Everyone comes to Sounds for …