Joan Schenkar

The American Theatre Wing and The Village Voice announce that Tony Award-nominated and three-time Obie-winning actress Kathleen Chalfant will receive a special Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 63rd Annual Obie Awards.

The Actors Studio Drama School 2017 Repertory Season opened Week 3 of its seven-week series of exciting and challenging theatre with Doubt, A Parable by John Patrick Shanley and The Lodger by Joan Schenkar. Scroll down for photos of the actors in action!

Theatre of NOTE continues its 2015 season with the World Premiere of ENTROPY by Bill Robens and directed by Christopher William Johnson.

Theatre of NOTE continues its 2015 season with the World Premiere of ENTROPY by Bill Robens and directed by Christopher William Johnson.

Barnes & Noble Bookstore Upper Westside located at 2280 B'WAY AT 82 Street in New York City is presenting free events on December 7 and 9 at 7pm.

The Talented Miss Highsmith:The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith. Playwright Joan Schenkar talks about a writer whose characters living closeted sexual lives in fiction mirrored her real life.

Barnes & Noble Bookstore Upper Westside located at 2280 B'WAY AT 82 Street in New York City is presenting free events on December 7 and 9 at 7pm.

Barnes & Noble Bookstore Upper Westside located at 2280 B'WAY AT 82 Street in New York City is presenting free events on December 7 and 9 at 7pm.

The Talented Miss Highsmith:The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith. Playwright Joan Schenkar talks about a writer whose characters living closeted sexual lives in fiction mirrored her real life.

ECSTASY covers the lives of four blue-collar friends living in 1979 London and the drunken frustration in their lives, namely that of Jean, who struggles to escape the confines of her life and the people in it. While ECSTASY speaks to a very specific time and place, the socio-economic despairs and frustrations facing each character make the story universal and timeless; especially on the eve of our own financial crisis.

ECSTASY covers the lives of four blue-collar friends living in 1979 London and the drunken frustration in their lives, namely that of Jean, who struggles to escape the confines of her life and the people in it. While ECSTASY speaks to a very specific time and place, the socio-economic despairs and frustrations facing each character make the story universal and timeless; especially on the eve of our own financial crisis.