Playmaking: An Interview with Crystal Skillman By Suzanne Dottino — Go deeper! Stay in the present! Everything is possible! These are just a few of the Crystal Skillman-isms that go through my mind these days when I write plays. I met Crystal Skillman at the Samuel French Institute where she teaches playwriting. As a teacher … Continue reading
There have some been some serious changes to my life since September, and all of them are pretty groovy. First and foremost, I am no longer serving refills of Diet Coke with lemon. Awww, yeah, moving on up! Management changed, along with the demeanor of the establishment, and I threw in my apron. However, I…
Well, it’s certainly been some time! Welcome back to our WordPress, where we are eager to share with you our exciting theatre adventures in The Kraine and Under St. Marks, and what shenanigans our staff have gotten themselves into this time. Frigid New York at Horse Trade is also pleased to announce that we are … Continue reading
Before it closes its doors – here’s a look back at the Red Room. For more Red Room: check out nytheatre’s podcast HERE Continue reading
By Dr ML Godin In order to avoid any embarrassing portrayals of blind people, I decided to make the three sighted actors who are playing blind people actually blind. No, I am not asking them to pull an Oedipus and put out their eyes, but I am making them wear spectacles through which they … Continue reading
Una Aya Osato is exHOTic other. One of my favorite burlesque performers with such an awesome name. Coincidentally it’s also the name of her new solo show that I’m directing, exHOTic other. There are many reasons why I love this performer and really if you break it down they are the same reasons folks should come … Continue reading
Greetings from Istanbul! Ivan and I are doing a little sightseeing and drug smuggling to raise funds for our imminent return to NYC in a few weeks. If all goes well, we’ll get ourselves human-trafficked back to the states and have a day or two of indentured servitude before escaping, picking up his accordion from … Continue reading
by D’yan Forest Hi Everybody! I’m very excited about my new solo show, My Pussy Is Purrin’ Again, which will be premiering at the 2013 Frigid Festival. Last year my solo show, I Married A Nun, had a great run at The Frigid and received amazing reviews! I then went on to perform it at … Continue reading
Lesbian Love Octagon runs June 5th – 29th in NYC. We need your help to make this happen! CLICK to go to our Indiegogo campaign Lesbian Love Octagon: a musical comedy about dyke drama Book and Lyrics by Kim Kressal Music and Additional Lyrics by Will Larche Our Herstory For over ten years Will and I have … Continue reading
By Ed Malin The play Generic Magic Realism is a bit of a joke that turned into a serious political and scientific quest. One day I was thinking about how much I like the novels of Gabriel Garcia Márquez and others who use “magical” circumstances and characters to make a point about either the beauty … Continue reading
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