Jane Gibson News

Winners of the 2012 FringeNYC Overall Excellence Awards, as selected by an independent panel of 40 theater professionals, are as follows.

The Bushwick Starr and Van Cougar are set to present the world premiere of Gonna See a Movie Called Gunga Din.

The Bushwick Starr and Van Cougar present the world premiere of Gonna See a Movie Called Gunga Din. This new play draws from intimate, real-life interviews with United States veterans set against a vivid collage of physical movement culled from classic American war films. Van Cougar, a homegrown company of The Bushwick Starr, presents Gonna See a Movie Called Gunga Din to examine the distance between cinematic depictions of American soldiers and the reality of service men and women.

The Bushwick Starr and Van Cougar are set to present the world premiere of Gonna See a Movie Called Gunga Din.

The Bushwick Starr and Van Cougar present the world premiere of Gonna See a Movie Called Gunga Din. This new play draws from intimate, real-life interviews with United States veterans set against a vivid collage of physical movement culled from classic American war films. Van Cougar, a homegrown company of The Bushwick Starr, presents Gonna See a Movie Called Gunga Din to examine the distance between cinematic depictions of American soldiers and the reality of service men and women.

The Bushwick Starr and Van Cougar are set to present the world premiere of Gonna See a Movie Called Gunga Din.

The Bushwick Starr and Van Cougar are set to present the world premiere of Gonna See a Movie Called Gunga Din.This new play draws from intimate, real-life interviews with United States veterans set against a vivid collage of physical movement culled from classic American war films. Van Cougar, a homegrown company of The Bushwick Starr, presents Gonna See a Movie Called Gunga Din to examine the distance between cinematic depictions of American soldiers and the reality of service men and women from the last century to current day.

The world premiere of The Tenant, which will be performed free of charge at West-Park Presbyterian Church on the northeast corner of 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue (entrance on 86th Street), begins performances Wednesday, August 10 at 8pm, and opens Wednesday, August 24 at 8pm. Conceived and produced by Woodshed Collective (Teddy Bergman, Gabriel Hainer Evansohn, Stephen Squibb, Artistic Directors), The Tenant is written by Bekah Brunstetter, Sarah Burgess, Paul Cohen, Dylan Dawson, Steven Levenson, and Tommy Smith with production dramaturgy by Stephen Squibb. The Tenant is directed by Teddy Bergman and Stephen Brackett and plays through Saturday, September 17.

The world premiere of The Tenant, which will be performed free of charge at West-Park Presbyterian Church on the northeast corner of 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue (entrance on 86th Street), begins performances Wednesday, August 10 at 8pm, and opens Wednesday, August 24 at 8pm. Conceived and produced by Woodshed Collective (Teddy Bergman, Gabriel Hainer Evansohn, Stephen Squibb, Artistic Directors), The Tenant is written by Bekah Brunstetter, Sarah Burgess, Paul Cohen, Dylan Dawson, Steven Levenson, and Tommy Smith with production dramaturgy by Stephen Squibb. The Tenant is directed by Teddy Bergman and Stephen Brackett and plays through Saturday, September 17.

Reggie Watts and Tommy Smith's RADIO PLAY, now in performances at Performance Space 122, will close at May 29, 2011. Modeled after radio programs of yesteryear, RADIO PLAY gathers a group of actors, musicians and sound-effects artists to create a surreal sonic entertainment. Songs, stories and soundscapes collide in a comedic mash-up of non-temporal quasi-political pop-cultural tropes.

Performance Space 122 presents the WORLD PREMIERE of RADIO PLAY by Reggie Watts & Tommy Smith for the final time on Sunday, May 22, 2011

IRT 3B Development Series presents American Centaur: WHEN RICHARD ORDERED THE SUN TO SET and K5

IRT 3B Development Series presents American Centaur: WHEN RICHARD ORDERED THE SUN TO SET and K5

Due to popular demand, Reggie Watts and Tommy Smith's RADIO PLAY, now in performances at Performance Space 122 is extending an additional week through May 29, 2011.

IRT 3B Development Series presents American Centaur: WHEN RICHARD ORDERED THE SUN TO SET and K5

Performance Space 122 presents the WORLD PREMIERE of RADIO PLAY by Reggie Watts & Tommy Smith Friday, May 6 - Sunday, May 22, 2011

Performance Space 122 presents the WORLD PREMIERE of RADIO PLAY by Reggie Watts & Tommy Smith Friday, May 6 - Sunday, May 22, 2011

Performance Space 122 presents the WORLD PREMIERE of RADIO PLAY by Reggie Watts & Tommy Smith Friday, May 6 - Sunday, May 22, 2011

Performance Space 122 presents the WORLD PREMIERE of RADIO PLAY by Reggie Watts & Tommy Smith Friday, May 6 - Sunday, May 22, 2011

Performance Space 122 presents the WORLD PREMIERE of RADIO PLAY by Reggie Watts & Tommy Smith Friday, May 6 - Sunday, May 22, 2011