Bruce A. Kraemer News

Joan Kane and Bruce A! Kraemer present Dramatic Voices, The Ego Actus Reading Series. Free readings of new plays at the Episcopal Actors Guild in NYC.

Theater for the New City, which has been Toby Armour's theatrical home since 1988, will present the world premiere run of Freedom Summer June 8 to 25. Joan Kane directs a cast of six.

AENY - Spanish Artists in New York (Artistic Director Ignacio García-Bustelo) presented the New York premiere of Alberto Conejero’s The Dark Stone, a pulsing story of difference and connection set against the turmoil of Spain’s Civil War (Through October 2 at Repertorio Español, 138 E 27th St; in English with Spanish subtitles). Photos of this stirring immersive production below.

We are living in a time of deliberate campaigns of voter suppression through a variety of means.  Coincidentally, or maybe not so coincidentally, we're living in a time when women's rights are increasingly under attack.  All of which makes it seem obligatory to revisit the life struggles of historic female activists and be inspired by their brave campaigns for fundamental rights. 

Spanish Artists in New York (Artistic Director Ignacio García-Bustelo) presents the New York premiere of Alberto Conejero's The Dark Stone, a pulsing story of difference and connection set against the turmoil of Spain's Civil War (September 23-October 2 at Repertorio Español, 138 E 27th St; in English with Spanish subtitles).

'Almost 13' by Joan Kane will be presented by Ego Actus in the East to Edinburgh Festival at 59e59 Theaters July 16, 26 and 30.

'Aunt Susan and Her Tennessee Waltz' by Toby Armour will be presented by Theater for the New City (TNC) April 28 to May 15.  The play dramatizes the leadership of Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt and Juno Frankie Pearce in the struggle to win the women's right to vote.

Ego Actus presents Almost 13 written and performed by Joan Kane, directed by Bruce A! Kraemer.

Gary Morgenstein's drama Saving Stan, a love story about passion friendship and suicide, will kick off the new Survival is Insufficient Zoom Theater reading series on Tuesday, October 6 at 7PM.

The award-winning international production company Ego Actus will premiere a new Zoom theater festival, SURVIVAL IS INSUFFICIENT, which will be presented live Tuesday nights at 7:30PM/ET beginning October 6.

Award-winning journalists Jack Rico (NBC News/Telemundo) and Mike Sargent (PBS NewsHour, WBAI Radio) will discuss prejudice and pop culture in America following the Sunday, March 29th, 3PM performance of the provocative new play A BLACK AND WHITE COOKIE, which tackles overcoming hate, finding faith and fighting back. The talk-back will be held at the award-winning Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue, where the play will run March 26-April 12.

Ego Actus Theatre Company today announced that it will present A BLACK AND WHITE COOKIE, a new play about racial harmony, written by Gary Morgenstein and directed by Joan Kane, March 26th through April 12th at Theater for the New City, 133 First Avenue.

There has never been a lack of extraordinary talent at United Solo. Year by year, audiences have witnessed some of the most amazing solo artists from all over the world share their talents and stories. Some of these artists have made a particularly incredible mark on the audience's hearts through their performances on the United Solo stage at Theatre Row on 42nd Street in Manhattan. Therefore, during the first two weeks of the 10th anniversary season of United Solo, nearly thirty award-winning performers will be gracing the stage once again in THE BEST OF category.

Sycorax, Cyber Queen of Qamara, written by Fengar Gael and produced by Ego Actus is now in its final week of performance at HERE. The critically acclaimed production is directed by Ego Actus Artistic Director Joan Kane and runs until November 18.

Ego Actus continues it's 2018 season with the World Premiere of Sycorax, Cyber Queen of Qamara, written by Fengar Gael. The production is directed by Ego Actus Artistic Director Joan Kane and runs from November 1 to 18 at HERE.

Ego Actus presents Give 'em Hell, Harry! J. Dolan Byrnes in a Joan Kane production of Samuel Gallu's rousing one-man show about the little president that could!

Ego Actus continues it's 2018 season with the World Premiere of Sycorax, Cyber Queen of Qamara, written by Fengar Gael. The production is directed by Ego Actus Artistic Director Joan Kane and runs from November 1 to 18 at HERE.

Ego Actus presents Give 'em Hell, Harry! J. Dolan Byrnes in a Joan Kane production of Samuel Gallu's rousing one-man show about the little president that could!

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.)

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces Adele's Way, part of The 2018 TRU Voices New Plays Reading Series on June 18, 2018 at 7pm at the Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam St., New York, NY.