Michael LoPorto News

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) wrap their fourth year of punk rock basement theatre with a performance where D3C co-founders Stephen Gracia and Michael LoPorto again team with alma-mater Brooklyn College to present 'Gunshot. Silence. (An Evening of Noir Plays).' The performance is a collection new plays of Joe Orton influenced Noir that mix absurdity, heartbreak, and bloody mayhem. This partnership with Brooklyn College's BFA Acting program pairs undergrads with D3C's seasoned collective actors. The performance will feature live music from Tommy Lombardozzi. Admission is free, with a $3 suggested donation. The show starts at 8pm on May 21 at Dennehy's on 63 Carmine Street, New York, NY 10014. 

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) wrap their fourth year of punk rock basement theatre with a performance where D3C co-founders Stephen Gracia and Michael LoPorto again team with alma-mater Brooklyn College to present 'Gunshot. Silence. (An Evening of Noir Plays)." The performance is a collection new plays of Joe Orton influenced Noir that mix absurdity, heartbreak, and bloody mayhem. This partnership with Brooklyn College's BFA Acting program pairs undergrads with D3C's seasoned collective actors. The performance will feature live music from Tommy Lombardozzi. Admission is free, with a $3 suggested donation. The show starts at 8pm on May 21 at Dennehy's on 63 Carmine Street, New York, NY 10014. 

Year four of Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) continues as D3C co-founders Stephen Gracia and Michael LoPorto again team with alma-mater Brooklyn College to present 'The Way Out is the Only Way.'

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) continues their fourth year of programming as D3C co-founders Stephen Gracia and Michael LoPorto team with alma-mater Brooklyn College to present 'The Way Out is the Only Way.' The performance features four new plays from Gracia which celebrate the pagan heart of spring with surprisingly tender stories of rebirth, first love, and the number 23. LoPorto will direct the shorts, and D3C's continuing partnership with Brooklyn College's BFA Acting program pairs undergrads with D3C's seasoned collective actors. Last month's spring season opening show was filled to capacity and saw all donations go towards the BFA actors' showcase.

Year four of Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) continues as D3C co-founders Stephen Gracia and Michael LoPorto again team with alma-mater Brooklyn College to present 'The Way Out is the Only Way.'

Greenwich Village mainstay Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) teams with Brooklyn College, the alma-mater of D3C co-founders Stephen Gracia and Michael LoPorto, to present their spring season opening performance: 'Loved To The Point Of Madness.'

Greenwich Village mainstay Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) teams with Brooklyn College, the alma-mater of D3C co-founders Stephen Gracia and Michael LoPorto, to present their spring season opening performance: "Loved To The Point Of Madness."

Greenwich Village mainstay Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) teams with Brooklyn College, the alma-mater of D3C co-founders Stephen Gracia and Michael LoPorto, to present their spring season opening performance: "Loved To The Point Of Madness."

Stable Cable Lab Co. has announced the cast and plays for the second annual LiveWire: An Evening of New Short Plays at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 West 42nd Street, NYC on Sunday, January 25. Doors will open at 5:30pm for food and drinks and the performance will begin at 7pm. The evening will feature five world premieres of ten-minute plays by Nat Cassidy, Breanna Foister, Stephen Gracia, Collin McConnell, and Christopher Gabriel Nuñez, and will take you from the 1960s through the 2000s, with live music by YouTube sensation, Taylor Fererra. Dressing up in attire from your favorite decade is encouraged (but not required) and tickets can be purchased for $15 at www.livewire2014.brownpapertickets.com, with a $20 food and drink minimum.

Barefoot Theatre Company will present the first play-Adam Szymkowicz's WHERE YOU CAN'T FOLLOW in its bareNaked Reading Series NYC at the Westbeth Community Room (55 Bethune St.) in New York City January 6th at 8:00 pm.

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) presents a staged reading of 'The Krampus' from playwright Stephen Gracia and director Michael LoPorto at Lovecraft Bar, voted 'Best New Bar' by The Village Voice.

Barefoot Theatre Company will present its bareNaked Reading Series NYC at the Westbeth Community Room (55 Bethune St.) in New York City January through June 2015.

Greenwich Village mainstay Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) continues their fourth year of staging original plays by teaming with Stable Cable Lab Co. to present 'Theatre of Hauntology,' 'a night of ghosts, bad dreams, and the enduring terror of history,' according to D3C playwright Stephen Gracia. The night will feature three original plays, live music from Tommy Lombardozzi, a spooky tale from storyteller Rose Bonczek and a raffle with spooky prizes. The show is tonight, October 23 at 8pm at Mr. Dennehy's on 63 Carmine Street.

Greenwich Village mainstay Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) continues their fourth year of staging original plays by teaming with Stable Cable Lab Co. to present 'Theatre of Hauntology,' 'a night of ghosts, bad dreams, and the enduring terror of history,' according to D3C playwright Stephen Gracia. The night will feature original plays, live music from Tommy Lombardozzi, and a spooky tale from storyteller Rose Bonczek. The show is on Thursday, October 23 at 8pm at Mr. Dennehy's on 63 Carmine Street. Admission is free, with a $3 suggested donation.

Greenwich Village mainstay Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) continues their fourth year of staging original plays by teaming with Stable Cable Lab Co. to present 'Theatre of Hauntology,' "a night of ghosts, bad dreams, and the enduring terror of history," according to D3C playwright Stephen Gracia. The night will feature three original plays, live music from Tommy Lombardozzi, a spooky tale from storyteller Rose Bonczek and a raffle with spooky prizes. The show is on Thursday, October 23 at 8pm at Mr. Dennehy's on 63 Carmine Street.

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) continues their fourth year of staging original plays in Greenwich Village with two new plays from their archives of unproduced plays written for earlier seasons. 'These are the plays that didn't fit,' explains playwright Stephen Gracia, This month's offerings are: 'The Two Swords Doctrine' and 'The Monster with 21 Faces,' both written by Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto. The show is tonight, September 25 at 8pm at Mr. Dennehy's on 63 Carmine Street. Admission is free, with a $3 suggested donation.

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) continues their fourth year of staging original plays in Greenwich Village with two new plays from their archives of unproduced plays written for earlier seasons. "These are the plays that didn't fit," explains playwright Stephen Gracia, This month's offerings are: 'The Two Swords Doctrine' and 'The Monster with 21 Faces," both written by Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto. The show is on today, September 25 at 8pm at Mr. Dennehy's on 63 Carmine Street. Admission is free, with a $3 suggested donation.