2007 - 2016
I Light Up My Life: The Mark Sam Celebrity Autobiography
Written and Performed by Mark Sam Rosenthal / Directed by Todd Parmley
FringeNYC, Greenwich Village
The world's first preemptive celebrity autobiography traces the rise to semi-obscurity from his continental origins in the second-grade class French play through an ill-fated onscreen dabbling in the world of adult entertainment to his not-quite-breakout off-Broadway triumph as a cross-dressing, time-traveling Blanche DuBois. Along the way, drugs are taken, delusions are grand, and our celebrity deals inappropriately with his bi-religious identity, 9/11, and a death from AIDS - although not his own.
Disenchanted: A New Musical
Written by Nikki M. Jenkins
Planet Connections Festivity NYC
The Truth is never Black and White. Once upon a time, in a faraway land called Manhattan, there lived a socialite named Mandi. Blonde, beautiful, and unbelievably rich, this paparazzi princess led a fairytale life. But alas….
The Day the Sky Turned Black
Written & Performed by Ali Kennedy-Scott / Directed by Adrian Barnes
FringeNYC, Greenwich Village
As fires sweep through the tinder dry country at speed, residents prepare for the usual summer bushfire season, unaware of the magnitude of the coming fires. By day's end, 173 people are dead, whole towns are decimated. By week's end, over a million acres of land are razed to the ground and arson is suspected.
To Protect the Poets
Written by John Doble / Directed by Olivia Harris
Roy Arias Studios, Midtown NYC
What happens when a detective and his potential witness fall deeply in love, and she learns that to protect women like herself, the man she loves commits an act that violates her deepest principles? When violence, revenge, justice, and passion collide, our need for love challenges the strength of our principles.
Us. Vs. Them
Written by Wesley Broulik / Directed by Michelle Seaton
Roy Arias Studios, Midtown NYC
A dark and witty new play about broken people surmounting their inner cracks and outer conflicts.
Are You There Zeus? It’s Me, Electra
Written and Directed by Aliza Shane
Planet Connections Festivity, NYC
Electra is angry, ruthless, and hell-bent on revenge. Too bad she’s only 16…
Benny
Written by Suzanne Bachner / Directed by Trish Minskoff
The June Havoc Theater, Midtown NYC
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kaleidoscopic theatrical portrait of Anna, a young woman who, after a diagnosis, a broken marriage and a lifetime of displacement, finds herself on a reluctant journey of self-discovery looking for a road to her birth parents and one that will bring her home.
Bird House
Written by Kate Marks / Directed by Heidi Handlesman
The Mint Theater / Theater 3, Theater District NYC
An impossible new play about growing up under seige, an army of puppets and a magical wind create two fantastical worlds.
Dear Harvey
Written by Patricia Loughrey / Presented by Diversionary Theater, San Diego
FringeNYC / Greenwich Village NYC
Drawn from over thirty interviews conducted by Patricia Loughrey, this tribute play recounts the achievements and vision of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to a major public office in the United States.
Like You Like It
Book & Lyrics by Sammy Buck / Music by Daniel S. Acquisto / Directed by Igor Goldin
The Gallery Players, Park Slope, Brooklyn
Nominated for six 2009 New York Innovative Theatre Awards. All the world's a mall in this 80’s style popular musical adaptation of Shakespeare's As You Like It. A totally awesome mix of Shakespeare and John Hughes, this romantic musical comedy enjoys its second chance at a first full New York production after being an audience favorite at NYMF in 2004.
Down Range
Written by Jeffrey Skinner / Directed by Trish Minskoff
Mint Theater, Theater 3, Midtown NYC
Two twenty-plus-year veterans return home after their convoy is hit by an IED in Iraq. Torn between family and the call of duty, their wars continue at home, opening old wounds of betrayal, fear, infidelity, and loneliness for them and their wives. In this touching, poetic, brutal and romantic commentary on current events, the veterans and their fractured families are forced into a surprising and bitter realism.
Faye Lane’s Beauty Shop Stories
Written & Performed by Faye Lane / Directed by MAC Award Winner Jay Rogers / Music by Keith Thompson, Larry Rosen & Carol Hall
Huron Club, Soho Playhouse NYC
A funny, inspiring and upbeat chronicle of Faye’s childhood in her mama's beauty shop in Texas told through poignant story and stirring song.
Give and Go: Learning from Losing to the Harlem Globetrotters
Written and Performed by Brandt Johnson / Directed by Ron Stetson
Metropolitan Playhouse, East Village NYC
"...high-spirited one-man cavalcade of characters..." (nytheatre.com). Leaving a lucrative career in investment banking, an ambitious and eager Billy Tyler returns to bank shots and finds himself on a European tour playing against the Harlem Globetrotters, losing every game. But it is there he discovers that true success is not about winning; it's about loving the game you play.
Love Incorporated
A New Musical by Marc Castle / Directed by Igor Goldin
Midtown International Theater Festival, NYC
With twists and turns right down to the very end, this fresh, fast-paced and fiercely-funny musical comedy takes a brand-new approach on a not-so classic love story.
Mendacity
Written and Directed by Lauren Rayner / Performed by Ali Kresch
Frigid Festival, The Kraine Theater NYC
This powerful performance art piece, takes you deep inside the mind of a splintering personality, wrought with self-loathing and denial over sexual assault. Join us in a rebellious journey of fragmented transcendence and the offering of hope.
Most Likely To …The Senior Superlative Musical
Written and Composed by Michael Tester / Directed by Abby Gail Gross
Midtown International Theater Festival, NYC
It’s the the Drama Queens vs. the Jocks, the Glee Club vs. the Goths in a Senior Superlative Showdown, presenting the true-to-life musings of high school students labeled "most likely to..." by classmates!
Pas-sage
Written by Wesley Broulik / Directed by Michelle Seaton
Roy Arias Studios, Midtown NYC
In Pas-sage, a companion piece to Us vs. Them, we find ourselves dropping in with Howard, a failed writer, and Miranda, a has-been who has crawled inside the bottle to hide.
Sex Ed
Written by Suzanne Bachner
Where Eagles Dare, Midtown NYC
It's 1984. Three innocent New York City sixth-graders and their private school educators explore the often hilarious and frequently frightening world of sexual education in the classroom and beyond. The classroom heats up as pictographic nudity abounds in this clever and poignant account of sexual stirrings.
Spitting in the Face of the Devil
Written and Performed by Bob Brader / Directed and Developed by Suzanne Bachner
FringeNYC, Greenwich Village
The sins of the father go on and on from son to son until someone chooses to end them. Little Bobby took a knife and nearly killed his father, the Bob Sr. nobody knew. Now his son reveals what only he knows. A daring, darkly funny, highly personal, absolutely true solo show in the vein of Spalding Gray and Mike Daisey.
Street Lights
Book, Music and Lyrics by Joe Drymala / Directed by Ryan J. Davis
New York Musical Festival, NYC
A new musical about a group of inner city teenagers who fight to save their high school music program from being shut down; in the process, they discover the power of music to unite their community and bring new hope to the residents of their troubled housing projects
The Tragedy of King Lear
Directed by Sidney Fortier
The Gallery Players, Park Slope, Brooklyn
Believed by many to be Shakespeare’s masterpiece and written as a political and social commentary on post-Elizabethan England, King Lear demonstrates what results when individuals let vanity and greed lead them to trespass the bounds of order and proportion, ignoring their natural responsibility to family, community and country
The House of Yes
Written by Wendy MacLeod / Directed by Brandt Reiter
Access Theater / Lower Manhattan
No one says "no" to Jackie-O ...and, as the Pascals re-unite for a hurricane-blown Thanksgiving on their Kennedy-adjacent D.C. estate, that becomes a problem of simply incestuous, decidedly hilarious -- and quite possibly murderous -- proportions.
To Protect the Poets
Written by John Doble / Directed by Olivia Harris
Roy Arias Studios, Midtown NYC
What happens when a detective and his potential witness fall deeply in love, and she learns that to protect women like herself, the man she loves commits an act that violates her deepest principles? When violence, revenge, justice, and passion collide, our need for love challenges the strength of our principles. .
Viewer Discretion Advised
Written by Ed Stevens / Directed by Cynthia Dillon
The Kraine Theater, East Village NYC
A seemingly casual encounter between strangers Norm and Bud slowly reveals a play for power and ruthless competition for Norm’s girlfriend Anne that is both humorous and frightening.
Yank! A WWII Love Story
Book & Lyrics by David Zellnik / Lyrics by Joseph Zellnik / Directed by Igor Goldin
The Gallery Players, Park Slope, Brooklyn
Starring Bobby Steggert, Jeffry Denman and Nancy Anderson, Yank! "tells the story of Stu, a scared Midwestern kid who gets drafted for World War II in 1943, and becomes a photographer for Yank Magazine, the journal 'for and by the servicemen.' Yank! has a score that pays homage to the 1940s and explores what it means to be a man, and what it is to fall in love and struggle.
Children Are Forever (All Sales Are Final!)
Written and Performed by Comedian and Solo Artist Julia Jackson /
Directed by Mary Guzman / Original Direction by W. Kamau Bell
United Solo Theater Festival, Theatre Row, NYC
A one act solo performance conceived and performed by comedian and solo artist Julia Jackson
Julia never bought a baby before. Okay, she’s adopting, but the agency sure makes her feel like she's buying a baby. Couples competing in the free market of love. Bad ovaries but good credit? Step right up! Did you know some kids are discounted? A black baby—which is what Julia and her wife are seeking—costs 1/2 of a white baby. Almost makes Julia and Amy want to run out and start a chapter of the Black Panthers….