Discover the latest reading from the ON HER SHOULDERS program by New Perspectives Theatre Company, introducing plays by women from the past to contemporary audiences. The upcoming feature is DIDO: The Tragic Queen of Carthage.
The Theater Project will present Kaleidoscope Kabaret, its annual showcase of new work, July 28-30. Audiences are invited to see a variety of short plays by members of the company's Playwrights Workshop whose work has been performed in Canada, Great Britain, New York and around the US.
udiences are invited to see a variety of new work from authors whose plays have been performed in Canada, Great Britain, New York and around the US. This year’s event also includes four plays by high school playwrights, winners of The Theater Project’s 2021 Young Playwrights Competition.
On Her Shoulders will present a virtual reading of El Conde Partinuplés (c. 1640) by Ana Caro, translated by Hardley Eardman, and directed by Lynn Marie Macy, via NPTC's YouTube Channel: NewPerspectivesTC. Melody Brooks provides dramaturgy via The Play in Context, which situates the script in its historical time and place.
On Her Shoulders will present a virtual reading of Gabriel (1839) by George Sand via NPTC's YouTube Channel: NewPerspectivesTC.
The Theater Project will present Kaleidoscope Kabaret, an evening of short plays from its Playwrights Workshop This annual showcase of new work will be offered this year on Zoom, Friday and Saturday November 20 and 21 at 7:30 PM.
Actors Reading with Kids -- ARK -- was piloted by The Theater Project and the Union Public Library on the premise that acting and teaching have much in common, and that, as skilled, trained readers, actors could coach children in developing confidence and excitement for the vital exercise of reading aloud.
The Theater Project is hosting its first virtual event: a reading of Vile Things in Dark Corners at 2 PM, Saturday, April 18. Registration is required for this live event, which will be hosted on the Zoom teleconferencing platform.
On Her Shoulders is pleased to present a staged reading of Sappho of Lesbos by Estelle Anna Lewis, directed by Lynn Marie Macy on Wednesday, January 22, 2020. Doors open at 6:45pm for a 7:00pm start with The Play in Context by Emily Rainbow Davis, who situates the script in its historical time and place, followed by the reading and a post-performance Q&A with refreshments. Admission is by Donation ($10 suggested). The performance is at New Perspectives Studio, 458 West 37 Street @10th Avenue. R.S.V.P. to OnHerShouldersReservations@gmail.com.
Comedy and drama are on the table with the turkey this Thanksgiving, when Kaleidoscope Kabaret, an annual program of short plays by the members of The Theater Project's Playwrights Workshop comes to Union Center, November 23 and 24. Two of the plays in the program are about the joys and woes of the approaching holidays.
On Her Shoulders will present a staged reading of Fatal Friendship by Catherine Trotter, directed by Melody Brooks on Friday, November 8, 2019. Doors open at 6:45pm for a 7:00pm start with The Play in Context by Lynn Marie Macy, who situates the script in its historical time and place, followed by the reading and a post-performance Q&A with refreshments. Admission is by Donation ($10 suggested). The performance is at New Perspectives Studio, 458 West 37 Street @10th Avenue. R.S.V.P. to OnHerShouldersReservations@gmail.com.
Cosmic Orchid announces this season's cycle of their signature production: The Voire Dire Project 4.0: The Photography Cycle. Four plays created with inspiration from 4 photographic images is running at the Medicine Show Theatre, 549 W. 52nd Street, Floor 3rd, with a full curation of the photographers' art work.
On Her Shoulders is pleased to present staged readings with music of two plays by the earliest known female dramatists, directed by Lynn Marie Macy on Thursday, January 17, 2019. Doors open at 6:45pm for a 7:00pm start with The Play in Context by Melody Brooks, who situates the scripts in their historical time and place, followed by the readings and a post-performance Q&A with refreshments. Teresa Lotz is Music Consultant. Admission is by Donation ($10 suggested). The performance is at New Perspectives Studio, 458 W. 37 St. @10th Avenue. R.S.V.P. to OnHerShouldersReservations@gmail.com.
Writers need inspiration; since the annual showcase of new work from Theater Project's Playwrights Workshop is being performed at Unity Bank, the authors chose to write about money, or the lack thereof, to create LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK, an evening of short comedies. This is the latest of a series of POP UP Theater events designed to bring entertainment to Union and foot traffic to the Union's Downtown Center, hosted by Unity Bank, in a cleverly converted annex at its Stuyvesant Avenue branch.
THEATER 2020, Brooklyn Heights' NY multi-award winning theater company is pleased to announce a Gala Event! Join us at Theater 2020 to Celebrate 200 years of #JaneAusten's novel 'Northanger Abbey' first published in 1818! Please come to a Fundraising Party and Reading of Lynn Marie Macy's adaptation 'Northanger Abbey, A Romantic Gothic Comedy,' performed by a dynamic professional cast of world class actors in a beautiful Victorian Ballroom on Saturday, October 27th!
New Perspectives Theatre Company (NPTC) is pleased to announce Resistance is Futile, our 10th Annual Women's Work Short Play Festival, running Monday, August 6 to Saturday, August 11, 2018. The Festival performs in two programs on an alternating schedule of 4:00pm and 8:00pm, with a combined program on August 11th at 2pm and 5pm. All performances are at NPTC Studio, 458 West 37th Street (at 10th Avenue.)
At 7:30 PM, Friday, June 1, The Theater Project will honor Fatimah Raymond, Director of Economic Development and Union Township's Center Business District, at a preshow wine and cheese reception open to all ticket holders.
KALEIDOSCOPE KABARET, an annual presentation of short plays written by The Theater Project's member playwrights, is being hosted in Union Center by Unity Bank, in a cleverly converted annex at its Union branch. This is the latest of a series of POP UP Theater events designed to bring entertainment to Union and foot traffic to the Downtown Center.
THEATER 2020, Brooklyn Heights' professional theater company is pleased to announce their upcoming production of Shakespeare's MACBETH, set amidst the witchcraft and sorcery of the South Pacific. Directed and adapted my IT Award nominee David Fuller, and running 10 indoor & 2 outdoor performances in Brooklyn Heights, Thursday, May 25nd through Sunday, June 18th, 2017. Press is invited beginning Friday, May 26th.
The NEW JERSEY ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL (#1MPF) returns to for its seventh year, beginning a new and exciting partnership with Mile Square Theatre. The marathon evening of one-minute plays by over 30 of New Jersey's established and emerging playwrights and directors plays three performances only, Saturday, June 24th at 8pm, and Sunday, June 25th at 3pm & 7pm, 1400 Clinton St, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tickets, priced at $20, are currently available at www.milesquaretheatre.org
Lynn Marie Macy has written 1 shows including Intrigue and Love (Adaptation).
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