OFF-OFF-BROADWAY THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 476

On May 2nd, The 52nd Street Project held their annual benefit, LAUGHING MATTERS, Kids' Stand-up, Adults Deliver at the Edison Ballroom in New York.

The Habitat presents HARRY & THE THIEF, written by Sigrid Gilmer and directed by Katie Lindsay, running May 19 - June 4 at the Robert Moss Theater.

Pregones Theater and Puerto Rican Traveling Theater announce performances of their original musical play THE DESIRE OF THE ASTRONAUT, final installment in the riveting saga of Esteban Only, deep space mission veteran and the last Puerto Rican deployed to outer space.

Exploring the power and importance of storytelling, SNOW (a new play written by pop culture phenomenon Forever Deadward creator Ashley Griffin) follows three disparate storylines that all revolve around the fairy tale Snow White.

Juliet Echo Productions and Voyage Theater Company is proud to announce that TEXT#LOVE LOVE#TEXT, will have its world premiere TUESDAYS in MAY (MAY 3rd, 10th, 17th, & 24th-7:30pm) at the Celebration of Whimsy Theater (aka C.

Annoyance Theater NY will present 'Orphan Action League' for a 4-week run, starting on May 11.

Life Jacket Theatre Company presents GOREY: THE SECRET LIVES OF EDWARD GOREY, a new play exploring the life of Tony Award-winning artist, author, and designer Edward Gorey.

The second company completing their residency is Blessed Unrest, presenting the world premiere of Body: Anatomies of Being, conceived and directed by Jessica Burr, written by Matt Opatrny, created and choreographed by the Blessed Unrest ensemble, running now through May 21, 2016.

Red Shark Productions presents WINE AND SPIRITS, a new comedy by Thomas Ott directed by Mel Williams at The Playroom Theater (151 W.

The 13th Street Repertory Theater premiered the controversial new play written and directed by Jacqueline Wade, BLACK PANTHER WOMEN, in April.

Red Caravan, a new collective of curious, kind of nerdy theater artists, launches with the world premiere RUBBERMATCH, written by Paz Pardo and directed by Andrew Willis-Woodward.

Juliet Echo Productions and Voyage Theater Company is proud to announce that TEXT#LOVE LOVE#TEXT, will have its world premiere TUESDAYS in MAY (MAY 3rd, 10th, 17th, & 24th-7:30pm) at the Celebration of Whimsy Theater (aka C.

Life Jacket Theatre Company presents GOREY: THE SECRET LIVES OF EDWARD GOREY, a new play exploring the life of Tony Award-winning artist, author, and designer Edward Gorey.

The second company completing their residency is Blessed Unrest, presenting the world premiere of Body: Anatomies of Being, conceived and directed by Jessica Burr, written by Matt Opatrny, created and choreographed by the Blessed Unrest ensemble, running April 30 - May 21, 2016.

This American Blonde Actress and Mississippi Mud Productions announce the world premiere of CHARLIE AND SHARON, a fantastical tragical comical haunting, in NYC June 2 running through June 19.

Five-time Obie Award-winning theater company Clubbed Thumb has announced initial casting for SUMMERWORKS, its annual series of new plays.

Target Margin Theater presents The ICEMAN Lab, a radical new reimaging of The Iceman Cometh, with four diverse theater artists each tackling a separate act of the play.

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) continues their Spring season with OUR WRECKAGE IS THE TAIL OF A FALLING STAR, the fifth installment in their year-long, serialized play THE MAJOR ARCANA or THE FOOL'S JOURNEY.

The Skeleton Rep announces its first production of 2016, WATCHAMACALLIT: A PLAY ABOUT JESUS running from tonight, April 28th, through May 8th at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City.

As part of its 2015-2016 Producing Season, HERE presents the Artistic Director production, IDIOT, conceived by writer Robert Lyons (Text) and HERE Artistic Director Kristin Marting (Director, Choreographer), adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot.

The Harbor Lights Theater Company (Harbor Lights), Staten Island's only professional Equity Theater Company, led by Founders and Artistic Directors Tamara Jenkins and Jay Montgomery, is pleased to announce the return of last spring's successful Broadway Shines on Harbor Lights with this year's produ

MAYBE THIS IS IT! -- a new comedy written and performed by Steve Bakunas, a self-described Road Scholar -- will be presented for four performances only May 23 to 26 at TBG Theatre (312 W.

BRIC is pleased to present the world premiere of The Messiah Complex, a new play written by Nia Witherspoon and visionary director Charlotte Brathwaite with choreography by Ni'Ja Whitson and dramaturgy by Cherrie Moraga.

Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST) and Page Seventy-Three Productions (Page 73) present KENTUCKY, written by Leah Nanako Winkler, and directed by Morgan Gould.

BritBits 9, Mind The Gap Theatre's ongoing series of short plays by, for or about the British returns to Videograf's private video studio in Chelsea for two performances that will be simultaneously live streamed on the web.