John DeSotelle

WHISKEY & SODA Will Come to Studio 27, White Rock Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 20, 2026

Ben Randall's comedy WHISKEY & SODA imagines a 1979 encounter between Margaret Thatcher and John Lennon at the White House. Directed by Hugo Trebels, the production stars Clare McKervey and Matthew McGoldrick.

NO EXIT to Open at The NuBox for Limited Run in October
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 2, 2026

Nuance Theatre Co. will present Jean-Paul Sartre's psychological drama at The NuBox in Manhattan, featuring Elliot Gagne, Karen M. Hoffman, Chanel Karimkhani, and Natalie Streiter under the direction of John DeSotelle.

Theater Resources Unlimited to Present TRU Audition Conference ACT26
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 8, 2026

Theater Resources Unlimited's ACT26 series will continue with actor workshops and panel discussions, leading to auditions on May 2-3 before up to 40 theater companies, producers, agents, and casting directors. Registration closes April 22.

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For Ghost Light Theatre Company's HORSE GIRLS
by Stephi Wild - Mar 20, 2026

Go inside the rehearsal room for Ghost Light Theatre Company's first production of the 2026 season, Horse Girls, written by Jenny Rachel Weiner and directed by Keeley Dunn Heagerty.

Lady Macbeth and Ophelia Reimagined in Amalgamation Theatre Collective's DAUGHTERS, WIVES, MOTHERS
by Gillian Blum - Feb 15, 2026

Amalgamation Theatre Collective makes its New York City debut with a production of Daughters, Wives, Mothers, written by and starring Madeline Burk and Shira Holtz, and directed by Amanda Berkson.

Photos: Ghost Light Theatre Company's IF THE WORLD REALLY ENDS ON FRIDAY
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 4, 2025

Go inside the rehearsal room for Ghost Light Theatre Company's final production of the 2025 season, If the World Really Ends on Friday, written by Emilia Harrison Daniel and directed by Caitlin Mayernik. Check out the photos below.

Nuance Theatre Co. To Present TERROR IN THE WALLS An Immersive Edgar Allen Poe Experience
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 20, 2025

Nuance Theatre Co. presents Terror in the Walls, an immersive stage adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat and The Tell-Tale Heart, directed by John DeSotelle.

Ariel Dorfman's PURGATORIO Is Coming To The NuBox This Weekend
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 30, 2025

This week, recent Stanford grad and independent producer Sierra Michelle is bringing Ariel Dorfman's Purgatorio to New York City at the John Desotelle Acting Studio in The NuBox. Learn more!

Tennessee Williams One-Acts Hit The NuBox Stage In June
by A.A. Cristi - May 19, 2025

Two hauntingly beautiful one-acts arrive on The NuBox stage June 6 through June 28 produced by Nuance Theatre Co., under the direction of Artistic Director, John DeSotelle.

Theater Resources Unlimited Announces TRU Virtual Audition Conference 2025 On Zoom
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 20, 2025

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) in association with Write Act Repertory, will present The TRU Virtual Audition Conference for Theater 2025 (ACT25) on Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27, 2025 on Zoom from 11:30am to 6pm ET.

Samantha Roberts to Host 54 SINGS FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS at 54 Below This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 18, 2024

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, will present Samantha Roberts and more in '54 Sings Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons' on August 26th.

Alice Camarota & Thoeger Hansen Present 80th Anniversary Production Of Jean-Paul Sartre's NO EXIT
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 27, 2024

Celebrate the 80th anniversary of Jean-Paul Sartre's existential classic, NO EXIT, presented by Alice Camarota and Thoeger Hansen at The NuBox of the John DeSotelle Studio.

Staged Reading Of SECONDARY ED to Have NY Debut at NuBox Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 21, 2024

SECONDARY ED by Michael Towers will make its New York City debut at the NuBox Theatre.

Cast and Creative Team Set for Holiday Production of AS YOU LIKE IT at Shakespeare Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 9, 2023

Shakespeare Theatre Company has revealed the cast and creative team for the holiday production of As You Like It, playing in STC's Harman Hall DEC 2 – 31.

World Premiere of DIVING HORSES to Have Limited Engagement at Theatre 68 This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 19, 2022

Theatre 68 is presenting the World Premiere of Diving Horses, an original full-length play written by Vinnie Nardiello. Produced by Artistic Director Ronnie Marmo, directed by Kerri Murphy and co-directed by Mark Riccadonna, October 27-29 at John Desotelle Studio Nubox Theatre.

Stay True Theatre Company Presents TO LET GO AND FALL By Harrison David Rivers
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 7, 2022

This weekend at the Nu Box Theatre in Hell's Kitchen, Stay True Theatre company presents 'To Let Go and Fall,' by Harrison David Rivers.

Get Ready To Deep Dive Into The World Of PARASIGHT
by A.A. Cristi - May 20, 2022

Blue Pearl Theatrics presents “PARASIGHT”, a collection of provocative, new plays June 4th and 5th at The NuBox, 754 9th Avenue, 4th Floor, NYC 10019 in the heart of the Theater District.

BWW Review: The Haunted Tune of Nuance Theatre Co's CHAMBER MUSIC
by Kristen Morale - Sep 29, 2021

Within the attic of an insane asylum, in a time and place of little importance and for reasons unknown, eight women of history convene to discuss the business of their lives - shells of people who once embodied greatness, now pieced together by moments of nostalgia and hysteria. When all that was has been stripped away, these women are brought together to test their fate in the final act - that of survival. The absurdity of the world in which they live forces them to be as they always were, but spiral further and further down the rabbit hole of insanity - to simultaneously be and not to be.

BWW Review: Righting Expectations in Nuance Theatre Co.'s DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
by Kristen Morale - Dec 23, 2019

Directed by John DeSotelle, Nuance Theatre Co. brings John Patrick Shanley's DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA to the Nubox - an intimate blackbox theater in the heart of Hell's Kitchen where (in my experience) theatrical magic always happens. Presented as an Equity stage production, DeSotelle brings two incredibly talented actors to the stage for a limited two-week run.

Intimacy And Danger Explode On Stage In DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 5, 2019

A powerful story of two strangers (Roberta and Danny) a?" and their fateful meeting in a cheerless dive bar in the Bronx.  What begins as a distrustful and antagonistic conversation eventually unleashes an unlikely connection, as the two prod and wrangle through their animosity and loneliness as in an a?oeapache dancea?? (a violent dance for two), towards a painfully achieved exoneration, finding absolution in each other and hope of a future beyond hostility, overwhelming guilt and shame.