Review: MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET Delights at Penguin Rep Theatre
by Bruce Apar - Jun 13, 2025
In the confident and craftsmanlike hands of Mr. Dudzick and director Joe Brancato, the audience is treated to a breezy look at familial relations that is smartly informed by the writer’s abiding sense of balance between lighthearted banter and matters of faith, ambition, tolerance and family secrets that surface and hit home with the force of a torpedo, shattering a lifetime of misbegotten beliefs.
Review: MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET at Penguin Rep
by Peter Danish - Jun 13, 2025
Tom Dudzick’s 'Miracle on South Division Street' arrives in Stony Point for a heartfelt revival, reaffirming its timeless charm—a blend of humor, family dynamics, and subtle spiritual warmth.
Casting Complete For Penguin's Season Opener
by Stephi Wild - May 16, 2025
Penguin Rep Theatre announced that casting is complete for Miracle on South Division Street, which officially kicks off the company's 48th season in Stony Point, New York.
Review: CENTENNIAL CASTING at Penguin Rep Theatre
by Bruce Apar - Jul 3, 2024
Mike Labbadia creates a larger-than-life Vincent whose slow burns, emotional outbursts, and comically hapless attempts at romance reminded me of Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden in seminal sitcom The Honeymooners. I mentioned the Gleason comparison to Mr. Labbadia after his performance. What I didn’t realize at that moment is that in the script, which I read later, the character breakdown for Vincent invokes “Ralph Kramden” and an authors’ note in the script references “The Honeymooners.”
Working Theater Names Laura Carbonell Monarque Producing Artistic Director
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 21, 2021
Drama Desk and AUDELCO award-winning off-Broadway company Working Theater has named Laura Carbonell Monarque to serve as Producing Artistic Director in advance of the company's 37th season. Monarque will succeed co-Artistic Directors Tamilla Woodard, recently named Chair of Acting at Yale School of Drama, and Mark Plesent, who led the Company for 27 years until his passing in February.
Artilliers to Present ARTAUD ARTAUD by Matthew Minnicino
by Nora Dominick - Aug 18, 2015
'Artaud Artaud' is a new play by Matthew Minnicino that uses the life story of Antonin Artaud to probe the fetishizing of Importance and the innocent desire to be free. The play will receive its world-premiere production at The Dream Up Festival at Theater for the New City September 1, 7, 12, 13, and 15.