Trav S.D. News

Piper McKenzie presents the world premiere of Trav S.D.'s Willy Nilly: A Musical Exploitation of the Most Far-Out Cult Murders of the Psychedelic Era in the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival August, 2009 marked the 40th anniversary of the Tate-Labianca Murders, committed by the psychedelic hippie cult commonly known as the Manson Family as well as Piper McKenzie's World Premiere of Trav S.D.'s rock musical Willy Nilly: A Musical Exploitation of the Most Far Out Cult Murders of the Psychedelic Era at the New York International Fringe Festival. After a wave of publicity (Manson Family member Squeaky Fromme was paroled on the day the show opened), praise (Michael Musto in the Village Voice called the show 'a tastily eccentric 'psychedelic-atessen'), and sold-out performances, the FringeNYC Encore Series has chosen the show as one of this year's extensions.

Piper McKenzie presents the world premiere of Trav S.D.'s WILLY NILLY: A Musical Exploitation of the Most Far-Out Cult Murders of the Psychedelic Era in the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival

Piper McKenzie presents the world premiere of Trav S.D.?s Willy Nilly, a Musical Exploitation of the Most Far Out Cult Murders of the Psychedelic Era in the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival.

Piper McKenzie presents the world premiere of Trav S.D.'s WILLY NILLY: A Musical Exploitation of the Most Far-Out Cult Murders of the Psychedelic Era in the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival

Piper McKenzie presents the world premiere of Trav S.D.'s Willy Nilly, a Musical Exploitation of the Most Far Out Cult Murders of the Psychedelic Era in the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival.

Piper McKenzie presents the world premiere of Trav S.D.?s Willy Nilly, a Musical Exploitation of the Most Far Out Cult Murders of the Psychedelic Era in the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival.

Piper McKenzie presents the world premiere of Trav S.D.'s WILLY NILLY: A Musical Exploitation of the Most Far-Out Cult Murders of the Psychedelic Era in the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival

Theater in Brooklyn: Past, Present and Future A Panel Discussion at the Brooklyn Public Library's Dweck Center in conjunction with the Theatre Museum Exhibition Brooklyn Sees Stars Saturday, May 16, 4pm

Melvillapalooza Metropolitan's Fourth Annual Living Literature Festival presents Ten New Works Inspired by Herman Melville January 12 - 25, 2009

Melvillapalooza Metropolitan's Fourth Annual Living Literature Festival presents Ten New Works Inspired by Herman Melville January 12 - 25, 2009

The Brick Theater and Third Lows Productions continue Season Two of their innovative theater series Penny Dreadful on Saturday, December 13 at 11:00 PM and Sunday, December 14 at 2:00 PM with the premiere of Penny Dreadful Episode 9: The Terrible Tale of the Black Dragon. Audiences can still join in on the story by either reading the detailed plot summaries or downloading videos of all the past episodes, available on the Third Lows Productions official website www.thirdlows.com/pennydreadful.

The mundane becomes sinister for six people in a darker, deadly, nearly decimated New York City, ten years hence. Boyfriends bicker - and one of them might be sick. A young girl gets ready for school - chaperoned by her mother's bodyguard. A patient consults her doctor - who offers what kind of procedure exactly? Trapped in a hospital elevator, the characters collide almost comically and splinter apart quite tragically, grappling with the severity and confusion of life at the end. As the world falls apart, the ties that bind break, unleashing questions long avoided, resentments long ignored, and confrontations long postponed.

Theater for the New City 'New City, New Blood' Readings Series presents 'At the End' by Billy Finnegan and directed by Nela Wagman on Monday, April 28, 7:30pm.