Michael LoPorto News

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) starts their ninth season of independent theatre with THE EMPIRE NEVER ENDED this Thursday, August 22 at 8pm downstairs at Von Bar on 3 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012. Admission is free for the show, which features two new works written by Stephen Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto, and includes a live performance by acoustic-Riot Grrl-pop-punk duo Dolltits.

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) brings their original plays and themed performances back to lower Manhattan for their ninth year of independent theatre. The first of these, THE EMPIRE NEVER ENDED, stages two new works written by Stephen Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto set in Ancient Rome. The show starts at 8pm on Thursday, August 22, and features the music of the acoustic-Riot Grrl-pop-punk duo Dolltits. Admission is free, just head downstairs at Von Bar on 3 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012.

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) concludes their eighth season of indie theatre with the final installment of WELCOME TO THE APOCALYPSE SURVIVORS CLUB on Thursday, May 23, at 8pm downstairs at Von Bar on 3 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012. Written by Stephen Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto, WELCOME TO THE APOCALYPSE SURVIVORS CLUB is season long collection of short plays about alien encounters and an apocalypse that never arrived. Admission is free with a $5 suggested donation.

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) continue their spring season with the second installment of WELCOME TO THE APOCALYPSE SURVIVORS CLUB on Thursday, March 28, at 8pm downstairs at Von Bar on 3 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012. Written by Stephen Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto, WELCOME TO THE APOCALYPSE SURVIVORS CLUB is a season long collection of short plays about alien encounters and an apocalypse that never arrived. Admission is free with a $5 suggested donation.

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) announced their cast for their first installment of WELCOME TO THE APOCALYPSE SURVIVORS CLUB to be staged on Thursday, February 21, at 8pm downstairs at Von Bar on 3 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012. The series of short performances, written by Stephen Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto, centers on a group of people whose apocalyptic expectations didn't pan out. Admission is free.

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) and BrooklynONE (bkONE) Productions team to present THE KRAMPUS from playwright Stephen Gracia. A group of friends bond at a bar on Christmas Eve and share their childhood fears of the Krampus, a real figure from Norse mythology who was a demonic companion to Santa Claus. Directed by Michael LoPorto, who founded D3C with Gracia, the darkly funny show features original music in the form of bawdy holiday carols. The show starts at 8:00pm on Tuesday, December 18 at St. John's Lutheran Chruch, 81 Christopher Street, New York, NY 10014. There is a $5 suggested donation.

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) will present A CHRISTMAS BESTIARY on Thursday, November 29, at 8pm downstairs at Von Bar on 3 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012. Admission is free, with a $5 suggested donation to Transgender Law Center. Acoustic Riot Grrrl Punk band Dolltits will perform. The series of short performances, written by Stephen Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto, find characters at different crossroad points within their lives and feature a variety of mythical holiday monsters.

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) will present STARRY CHASTE IN THEIR COLOSSAL CORRUPTION to usher in their eighth year producing independent theatre in lower Manhattan. The series of short performances, written by Stephen Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto, finds inspiration in the turn-of-the-century vaudeville scene.

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) brings their seventh season of indie theater to a close by staging plays that confront institutional injustices. Written by Stephen Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto, the show at the group's new venue of Von Bar starts at 7:30 PM on Thursday, May 24 at 3 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012. Admission is free with a $5 suggested donation, and features a live musical performance from Brooklyn musician (and D3C mainstay) Tommy Lombardozzi.

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) lost their home of nearly 7 years last month when Mr. Dennehy's in Greenwich Village closed their doors. The group has decided to take their monthly readings on tour for the rest of their seventh season of indie theatre, landing at NoHo at Von Bar for their performance on Thursday, April 19. The show starts at 7:30PM on 3 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012. Admission is free with a $5 suggested donation.

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) has restructured their performance this week to honor the imminent closing of Mr. Dennehy's, the Greenwich Village pub that allowed for the formation of the group nearly seven years ago. D3C co-founders Stephen Gracia and Michael LoPorto have retitled the show 'One Last Round At Mr. Dennehy's.'

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) presents "How Invisible We Are To Each Other" as the second installment of A WELL STARING AT THE SKY on Thursday, March 22.  A WELL STARING AT THE SKY consists of a series of short performances, written by Stephen Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto, that form the second half of D3C's seventh season of independent theatre in Greenwich Village.

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) presents "How Invisible We Are To Each Other" as the second installment of A WELL STARING AT THE SKY on Thursday, March 22.  A WELL STARING AT THE SKY consists of a series of short performances, written by Stephen Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto, that form the second half of D3C's seventh season of independent theatre in Greenwich Village.

Dialogue with Three Chords present A WELL STARING AT THE SKY on 2/22 Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) presents A WELL STARING AT THE SKY for their spring season of indie theatre in Greenwich Village. The series of short performances are written by Stephen Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto, and form the second half of D3C's seventh season.

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) have announced they will present A WELL STARING AT THE SKY for their spring season. The series of short performances, written by Stephen Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto, will form the second half of D3C's seventh season of independent theatre in Greenwich Village. The first installment starts at 8pm on Thursday, February 22, downstairs at Mr. Dennehy's on 63 Carmine Street, New York, NY 10014. Admission is free with a $5 suggested donation.

Stable Cable Lab Co. will present LiveWire Holiday Edition: #MERRYAF, a holiday-themed festival of new short plays, on Monday, December 11th at IRT Theater (154 Christopher Street #3B, NYC, 10014).

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) continues their seventh season of indie theatre in Greenwich Village with 'The Politics Of Crossing An Arbitrary Boundary Into A Fictional Place Or The Nation Of Nambia's Metaphysical System Is Increasingly Self-Sufficient,' written by Stephen Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto.

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) continues their seventh season of indie theatre in Greenwich Village with 'The Politics Of Crossing An Arbitrary Boundary Into A Fictional Place Or The Nation Of Nambia's Metaphysical System Is Increasingly Self-Sufficient,' written by Stephen Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto.