Marianne de Pury

Chef, a play by UK/Egyptian playwright Sabrina Mahfouz and winner of the 2014 Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival, made its U.S. premier at Upstream Theatre, opening the 2018-19 season. Linda Kennedy starred in this one-woman show, directed by renowned Swiss director Marianne de Pury.

Upstream Theater is excited to host renowned director Marianne de Pury who will stage the US premiere of the award-winning CHEF by UK/Egyptian playwright and poet Sabrina Mahfouz-the gripping story of how one woman went from being a haute-cuisine head chef to a convicted inmate running a prison kitchen. Leading us through her world of mouth-watering dishes and heart-breaking memories, Chef questions our attitudes to food,

French novelist and playwright Jean Genet came twice to the United States: the first time, illegally, in 1968, to attend the Democratic convention in Chicago; the second time two years later, for campus lectures accompanied by his new-found friends, the Black Panthers.

French novelist and playwright Jean Genet came twice to the United States: the first time, illegally, in 1968, to attend the Democratic convention in Chicago; the second time two years later, for campus lectures accompanied by his new-found friends, the Black Panthers.

Peculiar Works Project, the 2007 Village Voice OBIE Award-winning company for its production 'Off Stage: the West Village Fragments' will present the site-specific multi-venue companion piece to the West Village performance - 'OFF Stage: the East Village Fragments.'