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…
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Greetings from Frigid New York at Horse Trade!
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
Playmaking: An Interview with Crystal Skillman
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
The Red Room
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
A letter from Bathtub Jen
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
LESBIAN LOVE OCTAGON goes GO-GO to help fund June 2013 run!
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
R.I.P. Red Room
By Clay McLeod Chapman, reposted with permission from here The Red Room is dead, long live the Red Room… I did a lot of stupid things in the Red Room. It’s a bit jaw-dropping to look back and reflect on all the half-assed stunts me and my cohorts pulled off in front of a live, … Continue reading
Opening Doors
By Erez Ziv, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Horse Trade I tend to believe, if you are open to it good work and incredible talent can come from anywhere. What we have to ensure as theater professionals is that we are indeed open to it at all times and actively be looking for it in … Continue reading
Why this show?
We asked our 2013 HT Encores – why this show? See their responses (and click the links to get tickets to their shows!) below. RadioTheatre’s King Kong Dan Bianchi says “Because, out of our repertoire, our NYC agents and a Broadway producer requested it. Slash Coleman’s The Neon Man and Me Slash says “My grandfather was a … Continue reading
Farewell to TOLD
Posted by Ben Lillie of Story Collider When I started doing what we call “storytelling,” there were only a few places to do it. It’s a particular kind of storytelling: One person in front of an audience, telling at true story for 5-10 minutes. Not quite theater, not quite stand-up comedy, definitely not the “picture book … Continue reading