Joan Kane News

SEO Blurb: Theater for the New City will present the world premiere of FLO, a new play by Toby Armour directed by Joan Kane. The magical realism comedy follows an Upper West Side widow who confronts a Faustian bargain with the devil.

A world premiere production of SHELTER IN PLACE, a new comedy by Henry Feldman, opened earlier this month to a sold-out house and is currently running in New York City through January 25. Check out photos of the show.

Shelter in Place, Henry Feldman’s new comedy, will receive its World Premiere this month at The Sgouros Theater in the East Village. Check out new photos of the cast.

A new comedy set against an approaching Gulf Coast hurricane will make its world premiere in the East Village this winter. Shelter in Place, written by Henry Feldman and directed by Joan Kane, begins a limited engagement January 8–25 at the Sgouros Theater.

Ego Actus Theatre Company will present Women’s Drama, a free reading series of six new plays by women playwrights, running October 6–November 10, 2025, at the Episcopal Actors’ Guild in New York City.

This Fall Ego Actus Theatre Company will bring six new plays to life in the Women's Drama Reading Series. Learn more here and see how to attend the upcoming readings!

Theater for the New City has currently scheduled over 200 performing arts organizations, independent artists, poets, puppeteers and film makers for its 30th annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts. Learn more!

Founding Artistic Director Akia Squitieri announced that Rising Sun Performance Company recently welcomed a new cohort of artists into their 2025 Resident Ensemble.

Following the Thursday, April 3 performance of 'Remembrance' by Patricia Goodson, a play about Alzheimer's disease that centers on caregivers, there will be a post-play discussion led by Jennifer Reeder.

Plays and movies about Alzheimer's Disease tend to focus on the patient. However 'Remembrance,' a new play by Patricia Goodson, centers on their caregivers. 

'Remembrance,' a new play by Patricia Goodson, centers on their caregivers. A product of Theater for the New City's Emerging Playwrights Program, the production will run this spring. Learn more.

Five Senior Citizen Las Vegas Drag Queens go to group therapy in the new play DIVA THERAPY, currently running at Theater for the New City.until Sunday, November 24. See photos from the show.

Toby Armour’s timely new play Meltdown is currently running at Theater for the New City (TNC) until October 27. See photos from the production.

The World Premiere of Toby Armour’s new play Meltdown opens on Thursday, October 10 at Theatre for the New City (TNC).See photos from inside rehearsal..

To delight its community and celebrate the creativity that comes with the season, Theater for the New City (TNC), 155 First Ave., will present its annual Village Halloween Costume Ball October 31. 

Ego Actus Theatre Company has announced the new play DIVA THERAPY by John Mark Lucas, running November 7-24 at Theater for the New City. Directed by Joan Kane, the comedy explores life as Las Vegas impersonators.

Toby Armour's new play MELTDOWN, directed by Joan Kane, will have its world premiere at Theater for the New City. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

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.

Theater for the New City (TNC), 155 First Ave., will present 'Susan B.' by Toby Armour, a bioplay on sufferagist Susan B. Anthony directed by Joan Kane, October 12 to 16. In conjunction with the play, League of Women Voters of New York will conduct voter registration in the theater lobby (each performance) and talkbacks on the midterm elections featuring representatives of the League (Friday at 8:00 PM and Saturday at 8:00 PM).