Jessica Schechter

When theaters shut down during COVID, the effects of social isolation have been acutely felt by senior citizens and those who are housebound. In response, 24/6: A Jewish Theater Company has commissioned a diverse group of 16 playwrights to write 10 minute plays to be performed over the telephone one-on-one by individual volunteers to individual senior citizens and others who are housebound and don't have easy access to the internet.

Voting is now open for the 2021 first ever, by popular demand, BroadwayWorld Off/Off-Off Broadway Awards - celebrating theatre all across NYC!

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade in association with Infinite Variety Productions will present Beyond the Etchings, a historical piece about the Vietnam War written by Vietnam Veteran Bob Staranowicz in collaboration with playwrights Ashley Adelman, Kelly Teaford, and Kelly Jones.

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade in association with Infinite Variety Productions will present Beyond the Etchings, a historical piece about the Vietnam War written by Vietnam Veteran Bob Staranowicz in collaboration with playwrights Ashley Adelman, Kelly Teaford, and Kelly Jones.

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade in association with Infinite Variety Productions will present a special Memorial Day performance of Beyond the Etchings, directed by Jessica Schechter, on Monday, May 29 at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery) at 8pm.

What do people really need to survive? Money? People? Cigars? How is it that there's so much garbage in America and no one is taking responsibility for it? What's the strangest thing you've ever seen, and whose baseball cap was burning when you saw it?

What do people really need to survive? Money? People? Cigars? How is it that there's so much garbage in America and no one is taking responsibility for it? What's the strangest thing you've ever seen, and whose baseball cap was burning when you saw it?

MEND THE ENVELOPE by Jason Lasky, directed by Jessica Schechter; starring Nicholas Calhoun and Brittany Belinski, performs Thurs 11/12, 8:30pm; Sat 11/14, 4:30pm; Sun 11/15, 3:00pm at the Jewel Box Theater, 312 W. 36th Street, NYC.