Christine Stoddard News

With the roster still building, Theater for the New City has currently scheduled over 200 performing arts organizations, independent artists, poets, puppeteers and film makers for its 29th annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, which will be mounted May 24 to 26 in and around Theater for the New City.

Playwright Rob Noyes will bring his play ALL THAT STANDS IN THE WAY to the Secret Theatre's Queens Short Play Festival. Learn more about the play here!

Playwright Rob Noyes believes that Orwell that ends well in ALL THAT STANDS IN THE WAY part of the Secret Theatre's Queens Short Play Festival.

Get all the details about the cast and creative team of Mi Abuela, Queen Of Nightmares, the highly anticipated world premiere at The Tank theatre. Don't miss this limited engagement.

You Are Not Alone unites improvisers and artists that battle depression and mental illness in their day-to-day lives. Improvisers create scenes inspired by stories, poetry, and essays written about personal experiences and show that sometimes laughter really is the best medicine.

The Tank has announced their Fall 2023 Core Productions for their 20th Anniversary season.

Rogue Theater Festival is back making waves for emerging playwrights in its fifth annual theater festival. Its hybrid theater festival was born out of necessity in 2020, but now it’s here to stay.

With the roster still building, Theater for the New City has currently scheduled over 200 performing arts organizations, independent artists, poets, puppeteers and film makers for its 28th annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, which will be mounted May 26 to 28 in and around Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave. (at E. 10th Street). Admission is free but donations will be gratefully accepted.

Christine Stoddard's award-winning stage play Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares has been published as a standalone book by AlienBuddha Press. Mi Abuela,

Art Bitch (created and performed by Christine Stoddard) is a self-obsessed victim and anti-hero of the contemporary art world. Grant proposals? MFA programs? Hot girl gallery opening IG Lives? She's a ho for them all! In a sex-positive way.

Quail Tales is an absurd and magical comedy extravaganza for the digital age! Created by Christine Stoddard, the show is now residence at The Players Theatre in Manhattan, with dates scheduled throughout the rest of 2023. The next show will take place on April 21. Here's the cast:

Director/playwright/actress Christine Stoddard recently kicked off Season 2 of her podcast Badass Lady-Folk by interviewing playwright Meagan J. Meehan and actor Abigail Gabor in the first two episodes. The podcast features incredible women and non-binary femmes 'kicking buns big and small' in New York City and beyond.

Quail Tales is a new fairy tale extravaganza for the digital age! On February 11, 2023, join us at The Players Theatre in New York City for a night of absurd and magical comedy plays by Christine Stoddard and performed by the rambunctious Quail Bell Crew.

Poet Voice Sucks, a funny poetry series featuring humorous poetry performed by writers, comedians, and actors, returns for its fourth edition at the Broadway Comedy Club on December 18th.

Quail Bell Productions presents a variety show full of delicious, stupendous & funny ha-ha acts! Hosted by Christine Stoddard & Jess Appel at the Broadway Comedy Club at 6 p.m. on Dec. 11, 2022.

Y'all ready for some yarns? Hosted by Christine Stoddard, Quail Bell Productions presents a night of Southern storytellers and comedians spilling and ragging on their experiences in New York City-and more! 'It's Fall, Y'all: Funny Stories & Standup From Southerners in NYC' will take place at the Greenwich Village Comedy Club on November 14th at 7 p.m.

New York City theatre goers received a spooky treat last weekend with the opening of the Players Theatre Boo! Short Play Festival. Each weekend for three weeks, a new selection of 15 minute original plays premieres to the haunting delight of audiences.

A filmed version of Christine Stoddard's award-winning play 'Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares' is now available for streaming on Vimeo On Demand.

An excerpt of the movement from Christine Stoddard's play 'Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares,' as devised by movement director Fiamma Piacentini for the Gene Frankel Theatre run directed by the playwright, will be presented at the 2022 Chashama Fest in Pine Plains, New York on October 1st.

Poet Voice Sucks is a comedic funny poetry series co-hosted and co-produced by Christine Stoddard and Jess Appel at the Broadway Comedy Club in New York City for Quail Bell Press & Productions. The next event will take place on September 25th.