Joe Salvatore

Deerfield High School Theatre to be the First High School To Perform MAKING GAY HISTORY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 27, 2020

Deerfield High School Theatre in Deerfield, Illinois, has announced that they will be the first high school in the world to produce Making Gay History: Before Stonewall, created by Joe Salvatore, adapted from Eric Marcus's Making Gay History. The production will feature performers from the advanced acting classes and designers from the technical theatre design class.

Art And Activism Masterclass COVID MONOLOGUES Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 16, 2020

Covid Monologues is hosting a virtual masterclass on research-based theater playwriting techniques and methodology in partnership with NYU Faculty.

NYU Steinhardt's Educational Theatre Will Stage MAKING GAY HISTORY: BEFORE STONEWALL Based on the Popular Podcast
by Stephi Wild - Feb 21, 2020

Last year marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riotsa?"those six pivotal days of unrest that dramatically accelerated the fight for LGBTQ+ civil rights. But LGBTQ+ activism was alive long before that galvanizing moment in New York City.

OF A CERTAIN AGE to Examine the Lives of Aging Actors Through Reversed Casting
by Julie Musbach - Feb 20, 2018

Could experiencing the lives of aging performing artists through young actors cause people to rethink their beliefs about aging and disrupt implicit biases? Of a Certain Age-a verbatim performance comprised of eight students portraying 16 performing artists and professionals over the age of 65-will explore this concept through performances at the Provincetown Playhouse from Friday, February 23 to Sunday, March 4.

Gender-Reversed Debate Play HER OPPONENT to Close Off-Broadway This Month
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2017

Prismal Productions has announced that HER OPPONENT, a new event that re-stages verbatim excerpts from three of 2016's deeply contentious presidential debates (replicating the actual text, gestures, and movements of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with gender-reversed casting) will end its run in Times Square at The Theater Center, 1627 Broadway, on May 24.

MSNBC Calls Off Broadway's Political Experiment HER OPPONENT 'Absolutely Fascinating'; Previews Continue at The Theater Center
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 5, 2017

HER OPPONENT, the dynamic new experiment that re-stages verbatim excerpts from three of 2016's deeply contentious presidential debates (replicating the actual text, gestures, and movements of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with gender-reversed casting) is garnering rave reviews, with the first coming from MSNBC's Political Writer and Television Host Steve Kornacki, calling it 'absolutely Fascinating.' 

Gender-Reversed Presidential Debates to Hit the Stage in HER OPPONENT Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - Mar 16, 2017

Prismal Productions has announced that HER OPPONENT, a dynamic new event that re-stages verbatim excerpts from three of 2016's deeply contentious presidential debates (replicating the actual text, gestures, and movements of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with gender-reversed casting) is headed Off Broadway, for an open ended run in the Jerry Orbach Theatre at The Theater Center, 1627 Broadway, in Times Square.

HER OPPONENT Reframes 2016 Presidential Debates with Gender-Reversed Casting at NYU
by BWW News Desk - Jan 24, 2017

Could experiencing what the two U.S. presidential candidates said and how they said it during the three 2016 presidential debates -- but with the genders inverted -- cause people to revisit their own personal biases and develop insights or a different perspective?

FULL CITY+ Announces Run at Manhattanville Coffee
by Ashlee Latimer - Oct 11, 2016

An immersive, intimate theatrical comedy opens in Harlem this Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. Full City+, a site-specific experiential show, will take over Manhattanville Coffee for six, consecutive Fridays. Spectators become patrons in a coffee shop populated by an eclectic staff, first dates, long-distance meltdowns, and the next great American something. The show was conceived, written, and directed by Keith R. Huff and Joe Salvatore, and features actors Marissa Feinberg, Sarah Misch, John Noel, Andy Wagner, and Karl O'Brian Williams.

San Diego Musical Theatre Announces Development of Two Site-Specific New Works
by Rebecca Russo - Jul 20, 2016

In addition to planning an Off-Broadway series at the Horton Grand Theatre, SDMT is cultivating two, site-specific works; LAST NIGHT IN TOWN - a new musical based on the discography of Ben Folds, and HALL PASS - an immersive musical set and performed in a high school. Both musicals were featured in New York University's Forum on Site-Specific Performance in 2015. LAST NIGHT IN TOWN has another San Diego connection: one of the show's creators, Amy Cordileone, grew up in San Diego and worked locally for many years before moving to New York City.

3-Legged Dog to Present PLAY/DATE, Begin. 6/18
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 2, 2014

3-Legged Dog has announced the premiere of PLAY/DATE, an immersive theatrical experience that plays out on social media and in live performance, featuring one act plays by seventeen different playwrights including Greg Kotis (Urinetown), Clay Mcleod Chapman (The Pumpkin Pie Show), Chad Beckim (And Miles to Go). Conceived by Blake McCarty, directed by 3LD Creative Director Michael Counts, PLAY/DATE begins preview performances Wednesday, June 18 for a limited open-ended engagement.

NYU Steinhardt to Present TOWARDS THE FEAR, 4/10-13
by Tyler Peterson - Apr 3, 2014

The monologues are derived from participants who range in age from 19-62, encompassing a wide array of ethnic, economic and social backgrounds. They hail from as far away as Washington State and as close by as Brooklyn.