Andrea Balis

SIX CHARACTERS - a new puppet and multi-media work created by the renowned writer-director Theodora Skipitares, and inspired by Luigi Pirandello's classic play SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR - will be given its world premiere production this spring, presented by La MaMa in association with Skysaver Productions at theEllen Stewart Theatre (66 E. 4 St.), with performances now to April 16. Press opening is April 3. SIX CHARACTERS is directed, designed and adapted by Theodora Skipitares and marks a milestone as the 25th play she's created in 30 years on stage. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below!

SIX CHARACTERS - a new puppet and multi-media work created by the renowned writer-director Theodora Skipitares, and inspired by Luigi Pirandello's classic play SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR - will be given its world premiere production this spring, presented by La MaMa in association with Skysaver Productions at the Ellen Stewart Theatre (66 E. 4 St.), with performances March 31 to April 16.  Press opening is April 3.  SIX CHARACTERS is directed, designed and adapted by Theodora Skipitares and marks a milestone as the 25th play she's created in 30 years on stage.

In Ionesco's absurdist masterpiece, 'The Chairs,' an elderly couple set out chairs for an audience to listen to a world-changing pronouncement from an orator who turns out to be a deaf-mute. Puppet theater maestro Theodora Skipitares wondered what would happen if the chairs themselves were world-changers. Her newest work, 'The Chairs,' presented by La MaMa E.T.C. May 22 to June 8, is a response to Ionesco, but that's where the similarity ends. Skipitares' chairs are incarnations of people like Malala, Stephen Hawking and Nelson Mandela and their messages are, well, not absurd.

The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College presents WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD!, an automythography written and performed by Meghan Duffy, on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at 7pm at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 899 Tenth Avenue, NYC. Tickets are $15 (CUNY students FREE) and are available at Ticket Central, 212-279-4200, www.ticketcentral.com.

The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College presents WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD!, an automythography written and performed by Meghan Duffy, on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at 7pm at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 899 Tenth Avenue, NYC.

The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College presents WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD!, an automythography written and performed by Meghan Duffy, on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at 7pm at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 899 Tenth Avenue, NYC. Tickets are $15 (CUNY students FREE) and are available at Ticket Central, 212-279-4200, www.ticketcentral.com.

The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College presents WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD!, an automythography written and performed by Meghan Duffy, on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at 7pm at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 899 Tenth Avenue, NYC.