Archives 2019+
March 23, 90 minutes , AL SCHNUPP, inclusIVitY – the Ivy Bettini Story
-- Written in rhyme, as a series of poems/episodes, the play is a tribute to artist and activist Ms. Bottini, who co-founded the NYC Chapter of NOW. After coming out as a lesbian, Ivy was expelled from the organization by Betty Friedan. Ivy toured the country with a one-woman show, fought California Prop 6 (An effort to remove gay teachers form the classroom) and California Prop 64 (An effort to require all HIV+ individuals to be registered). She is full of sass, fire and humor. The play was produced in Central California and at the Emerald Theatre in Memphis.
Al Schnupp is a produced and published playwright. An art series by Mr. Schnupp resides permanently at the world-famous Actors Theatre of Louisville
March 9 --
40 minutes, JOHNNY CULVER
Johnny Culver is the managing director of New York’s Equity Library Theater, which presents a semi-annual festival of new short works by American writers, as well as rare plays and screenplays, in association with the New York Public Library. He has directed students of HB Studios, AADA and Circle in the Square Theater School. His plays have been performed in New York, Texas and Philadelphia. He has directed over fifty plays in the tri state area. www.equitylibrarytheater.info.
40 minutes, LARRY RINKEL, "Appreciations"
Larry Rinkel came to playwriting after teaching college English and then working as a technical writer, a career from which he is now retired. A lifelong devotee of art, theatre, film, and classical music, he has had work produced all over the United States, and his full-length “A Kreutzer Sonata,” about a talented Jewish piano student, was awarded Best Play at the Secret Theatre’s 2017 UNFringed Festival and will be seen again on Long Island later this year. His short play “Brian’s Poems” has been performed numerous times in New York City, and made semifinals at Secret Theatre’s last one-act festival. Other produced plays include adaptations from Chaucer and Dante, several LGBT romantic comedies, and a few 1-minute plays.
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February 24 --
30 minutes, GWEN BAER, BROWNSTONED -- The first 30 minutes of a full-length, dark, satirical comedy about the white, affluent, hipster parents who surrounded the author in Brownstone Brooklyn.
Gwen Baer is a writer based in New York City. She has had productions of her work with Village Playwrights, The Barrow Street Theater, WOW, and The Midtown International Theater Festival. Gwen has won a number of writing competitions, including, The Broad Humor Festival, The Austin Film Festival, and was a top finalist at The Warner Brothers Television Writers Workshop. When Gwen isn't busy writing hilarious and profoundly brilliant plays, you can usually find her sky diving, bungee jumping, contemplating the meaning of existence, or unearthing flaws in Einstein's Theory Of Relativity. She also enjoys railing about the Kardashians, Spectrum, Mitch McConnell, and many, many other things.
30 minutes, GEORGE BISTRANSIN, "The Alternative" -- Set in the future when parents know their child's sexual orientation before birth and can choose an alternative.
George Bistransin learned to write plays by translating and producing the comedies of the ancient Roman playwright T. M. Plautus. Among others, he produced The Menaechmi Twins, The Braggart Soldier and The Haunted House at Boston's 1400 seat vaudeville era Strand Theater. Since joining the Village Playwrights, he has had many short plays produced including "Stop Loss," "Marriage, the Gay Way," "Entrapment," "Insider Steal," "Dueling Drag Queens," "A.P. Sexology," "Sexual Harassment" and "Gaiety Valentine." His ten minute play "Gay Power!" was in Village Playwrights 2019 celebration of Gay Pride, Riot and Revolution. He lives in Dutchess County with 4 goats, 6 chickens, and countless ticks.
30 mins, JAMES SCRUGGS, monologue from A Voluptuary Life
James Scruggs who identifies as gay is a writer, performer, producer and arts administrator who usually creates large scale topical, theatrical, multi-media work focused on inequity or gender politics. February 2020 he received a development grant to write SEVERE CLEAR; about his relationship to 9/11. He was commissioned and created a site specific work MELT ! exploring an extremely left-leaning dystopian future for The High Line, shown in May of 2018. He was awarded a 2016 New Jersey state grant NJSCA Fellowship for artistic excellence. In 2016 he was awarded a Doris Duke/Andrew Mellon MAP Grant to create A Voluptuary Life; a piece about a black man of a certain age striving to find kindred folk on the historic continuum. He received another MAP Grant in 2015 and in 2016, a Creative Capital Grant, to create 3/Fifths, a piece exploring race and racism. It was a NY Times “One of 4 Must See Shows in May” and got “4 stars in Timeout NY”. He’s a consultant and Fieldwork facilitator for The Field, and a Program Facilitator for Creative Capital. James Scruggs has a BFA in Film from School of Visual Arts. www.jamesscruggs.com.
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February 10, 2020 -- Love Is Queer, staged reading of 10 minute plays to celebrate Valentine's Day at St. John's, 81 Christopher St., NYC.
The plays and playwrights are:
“Leap” by Elliot Keloff--1998. Pre-Grinder, pre-Scruff, pre-Growlr... Two gay men try to find love through the Village Voice Personals... if only they can get past each other's answering machines.Elliot Kreloff is a member of The Protagonists Union writing collective, and the Dramatists Guild. His one act play, LEAP, was chosen as a semi-finalist for the 2018 O’Neill Playwriting Conference. TWO BROKEN TAILLIGHTS was performed at The Landing Theatre in Houston, as part of its Redemption Series. UNDER MY SKIN and THE DOG DIED were featured in The Playwright’s the Thing, an evening of short play readings, produced by the Protagonists Union at The Barrow Group in NYC. LICENSE & REGISTRATION was selected for the 2018 Pittsburgh New Works Festival. Most recently, THE DOG DIED was selected for the Last Frontier Playwriting Conference in Valdez, Alaska. This past summer, he participated in the LaMama Umbria Playwright’s Retreat, with Lisa Kron, and studied with James Hindman at The Art Workshop International, in Assisi.
“Love is a Blue Jay (Beautiful and Mean)” by Merryn Johns--Reeling from her lesbian divorce, Jane tries to embrace life again through one of her favorite activities — bird watching. But nature has a couple of lessons for her. Merryn Johns is a journalist, magazine editor, and playwright based in New York City. By day she works as editor-in-chief of Curve magazine and as a digital news producer for a multinational news corporation. After hours her passion for playwriting takes over, and she is delighted that Village Playwrights have showcased her shorts After Carol, The Succulents, Oyster Season, and Night of Broken Glass. Merryn is originally from Sydney, Australia where she obtained a diploma in playwriting and a PhD in theater.
“Love Potion Tango” by Karen Howes--a film noir re-enactment of the 1963 song “Love Potion Number Nine” in which a love potion gets a down-on-his-luck-good-for-nothing-dancing-man into a heap of trouble.Karen Howes is a member of the Dramatist Guild and Antaeus Playwright’s lab in LA. Several of her plays have been produced, published, and have received multiple awards including The Maxum Mazumdor New Play Award, The Science Driven Play Award, and the Women's Playwright Initiative Award. She was nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, has an MFA in writing, teaches film and theatre history, and has created Devised theatre under a Kennedy Center grant. She is currently working on a commissioned musical about the women’s rights movement. You can see her work and bio on New Play Exchange and The Playwrights Center https://newplayexchange.org/users/3575/karen-howes
“Milk and Cookies” by William Mullin--A play about honesty in the age of gay marriage. William Mullin is a playwright, storyteller, and performer. He divides his time between New York City and Provincetown. He has performed stories on The Moth, Risk, and the Mosquito Story Slam, where he is a regular host. He has performed stand-up comedy all over New York City, including Caroline’s, and Gotham Comedy Club. He has written for numerous performers including actor Jane Lynch. William has trained at the William Esper Studio and performed at New York’s Upright Citizens Brigade, The Pit and the Royal National Theatre in London.
“Powder the Flush” by Olivia Elizabeth Hunt -- Legendary vocalist Billie Holiday calls legendary actress Tallulah Bankhead to meet in the Harlem stomping grounds of their wild youth, in an effort to convince her to go public with their long lost love affair.Olivia Hunt is a writer and actress from Downingtown, Pennsylvania- a questionable suburb of Philadelphia that offers, if nothing else, a lot of material. Olivia is an undergraduate student of Dramatic Writing at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she is also the director of Bechdel Test: NYU’s only all-female Sketch and Improv comedy group. She aims to write family and relationship driven narratives all of kinds for the screen and stage, and is thrilled to have her play presented at Love is Queer! Contact: oeh212@nyu.edu.
“Something about the Eyes” by John Barrow--A retired gay man in Ft. Lauderdale hires his first hustler. What develops is a surprise to both of them.
John Barrow's play Lillian Paula Carson, about Carson McCullers' surprise visit to Lillian Smith and Paula Snelling at their home in Georgia in 1953, was named winner of the 2017 Southern Playwrights Competition. Richard Nixon's Neighbors, a one-act comedy, was broadcast by Shoestring Radio Theatre in 2018 and will be performed Feb. 15-16 at Seat of Our Pants (SOOP) Theatre in Pelham, NY.
“Valentine Shrugged” by Wayne Paul Mattingly--A Valentine's Day Wedding: Two lost and empty members of the wedding party toast the hollow sounds of ice clinking in their celebratory glasses. And so is music made?Wayne Paul Mattingly is a multi-award-winning playwright whose work has been staged in various theatres nationally, incl. Valdez, Alaska & Kauai, Hawaii; as well as a few in London, England. Winner of The Tennessee Chapbook Prize; recipient of Can Serrat residencies in Barceleona, Spain; Disquiet Literary residency in Lisbon, Portugal; Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Fellowship in Taos, NM; and others. Founding member/dramaturg of Misfits Ensemble, L.A. & founding A.D. of Tiger’s Heart Players, NY. Multiple publications with Smith & Kraus “Best of..” series and Applause Theatre & Cinema books.. AEA. Dramatist Guild. Available work can be found @ NNPN. www.waynepaulmattingly.com
“Walls Like Curtains” by Emma Goldman-Sherman--Julie is always walking into walls. Now she's in love with Leah, hoping not to get hurt, hoping the walls she's always walking into might be soft this time, like curtains.
Emma Goldman-Sherman's plays have been produced on 5 continents and include Wombshot and Perfect Women (Jane Chambers Award, student division). 2 recent podcasts: https://www.theparsnipship.com/#listen-now and https://playingonair.org/new-releases/counting-in-shaab. Emma has an MFA from the University of Iowa and is the founder and resident dramaturg of the 29StPC where she runs the WriteNow Workshop. She is currently under commission by Experimental Bitch, and FUKT will be workshopped 3/27-4/5 with New Circle Theatre Co. Member: Dramatists Guild. Work available at newplayexchange.org
January 27
30 minutes MERVYN KAUFMAN, BROADWAY BUS
Mervyn Kaufman came late to playwriting. . .after saying, years ago, that he wanted to be a playwright. But when he came to NYC, he got diverted—into book and magazine publishing. And when that career ground down, in the heat of the recent recession, he decided it was time to pursue his dream. Writing plays is the most challenging and — ultimately—most satisfying thing he has ever tried to do.
30 minutes BILL LYNCH,WEDLOCKED
January 13, 2020 --
30 minutes, George Bistransin, "Bully Goats" -- Talking goats try match matchmaking.
George Bistransin learned to write plays by translating and producing the comedies of the ancient Roman playwright T. M. Plautus. Among others, he produced The Menaechmi Twins, The Braggart Soldier and The Haunted House at Boston's 1400 seat vaudeville era Strand Theater. Since joining the Village Playwrights, he has had many short plays produced including "Stop Loss," "Marriage, the Gay Way," "Entrapment," "Insider Steal," "Dueling Drag Queens," "A.P. Sexology" and "Sexual Harassment." His ten minute play "Gaiety Valentine" was in Village Playwrights 2019 celebration of Valentine's Day, Love Is Love. He lives in Dutchess County with 4 goats, 6 chickens, a ground-hog and countless ticks.
30 minutes, Bill Lynch
Bill Lynch is a late-age, early-stage playwright. He spent his first 65 years in Oregon, then retired and moved to New York City in 2015. During his first year in the city, he saw more than 45 plays. As a former actor with a lifelong love for writing, Bill decided in 2017 to take up playwriting. His first ten-minute play was included in the 2019 William Inge Festival and the Midwest Dramatists Conference. He has since drafted two full-length plays and one one-act.
30 minutes, Justin McDevitt
Justin McDevitt is a writer originally from Boston. His plays include HONEY FITZ (TNC Dream Up Festival 2019, Theatre at St. John's workshop 2019, Theater for the New City reading 2018), THE HAPPY (Cloudbusting Productions 2018), TELL ME HOW I DID (CP 2018), SUBMISSION (CP 2018, Theater for the New City reading 2017, Rapidfire Bootleg Theater 2015, Gallatin Theatre Troupe 2013), and THE TRUE MARTINI (Midwinter Madness Festival 2014). He wrote and directed the cabaret shows THREE TALL QUEENS (The Duplex Cabaret Theatre 2019) and WHAT ABOUT US: LIVING WITH LYMPHEDEMA (The Duplex Cabaret 2018-2019), benefiting the Lymphatic Education and Research Network. Justin is a graduate of New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study where he concentrated on the intersections of madness and depression in theater. He lives in New York City.
No meeting December 23
DECEMBER 9TH, 2019
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30 minutes, Johnny Culver
Johnny Culver is the managing director of New York’s Equity Library Theater, which presents a semi-annual festival of new short works by American writers, as well as rare plays and screenplays, in association with the New York Public Library. Johnny also is the managing director of the Woodside Players of Queens, He has directed students of HB Studios, AADA, Lenox House and Circle in the Square Theater School. His plays have been performed in New York, Texas and Philadelphia. He has directed over 50 plays in the tri state area. www.equitylibrarytheater.info.
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30 minutes, Nicholas Bompart
Nicholas Bompart is an actor, directer, writer, musician, poet, and instrumentalist from Forest Hills, New York. He began acting at the age of four, in the "Rising Stars" theater program in Queens, and has acted all the way into attaining a bachelor's degree in Theater Arts from Pace University. He has acted off-Broadway as singer, actor, and piano accompanist in "Love Is Love" at Theater Row Studios, "Operation Paperclip" and "Deus Ex Machina Short Circuit" at the Theater Eighty St. Marks, and as a stand out character actor in "Inspector Descending" and "Graveyard Shift" at The Secret Theater--in addition to appearing in numerous other productions. He is also an accomplished operatic Bass/Baritone, able to sing in multiple languages, and notably performed at Carnegie Hall in 2014.
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30 minutes, Michael Johnson
November 25, 2019 --
30 minutes, Bronwyn Rucker, "Julius' The Philosophers" -- celebration of some of the 'regulars' at Julius'
Bronwyn Rucker is a New York-based writer and performer. Her work includes original cabaret and one-woman shows, as well as plays documenting work with the homeless and disenfranchised populations. Her play Radon Daughters was recently directed by Jason Ellis in the Midtown Theatre Festival. Recent work includes Storage written with Matt Rydell, My Anita Riff and Julius’ The Philosophers. www.bronwynrucker.com
30 minutes, Nicholas Bompart
Nicholas Bompart is an actor, directer, writer, musician, poet, and instrumentalist from Forest Hills, New York. He began acting at the age of four, in the "Rising Stars" theater program in Queens, and has acted all the way into attaining a bachelor's degree in Theater Arts from Pace University. He has acted off-Broadway as singer, actor, and piano accompanist in "Love Is Love" at Theater Row Studios, "Operation Paperclip" and "Deus Ex Machina Short Circuit" at the Theater Eighty St. Marks, and as a stand out character actor in "Inspector Descending" and "Graveyard Shift" at The Secret Theater--in addition to appearing in numerous other productions. He is also an accomplished operatic Bass/Baritone, able to sing in multiple languages, and notably performed at Carnegie Hall in 2014.
30 minutes, Marcia Slatkin
October 31 -- The Village Playwrights celebrate Halloween from 7 to 9 pm at the LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St., NYC with Queer Scare VI, staged readings of 10 minute plays. $10 suggested donation. For reservations call 614-285-2515 or email villageplaywrights@gmail.com.
The plays and playwrights are
“Brian’s Poems” by Lawrence Rinkel -- What happens when you travel to Brazil in search of a rare book of poems by your deceased high school crush – only to learn from his ghost how he really felt about you?
Larry Rinkel came to playwriting after teaching college English and then working as a technical writer, a career from which he is now retired. A lifelong devotee of art, theatre, film, and classical music, he has had work produced all over the United States, and his full-length “A Kreutzer Sonata,” about a talented Jewish piano student, was awarded Best Play at the Secret Theatre’s 2017 UNFringed Festival and will be seen again on Long Island later this year. His short play “Brian’s Poems” has been performed numerous times in New York City, and made semifinals at Secret Theatre’s last one-act festival. Other produced plays include adaptations from Chaucer and Dante, several LGBT romantic comedies, and a few 1-minute plays.
“Spooky Beach” by Robert Monaco -- Ginny & Agatha, the two forever lost little girls of the dunes, haunt Spooky Beach on a moonlit night.Robert Monaco is a playwright, scenic designer, and theater instructor. As an associate designer and crafts-person Robert’s work has been seen on numerous regional and Broadway shows. Currently he is the resident set designer & technical director for the Theater Program at Kingsborough Community College; teaching carpentry, scene painting, properties and all of the related arts.
“Nandito” by Ross Hewitt -- On Halloween, the dead gay uncle of medical student Fernando pays him a surprising visit.Ross Hewitt is an associate member of the American Dramatists Guild. His full-length play, When October Goes, produced by the Ujima Theatre Company in Buffalo, NY, received an ArtVoice Artie Award nomination for Best New Play. His one-act play Booties was a part of the 13th Fresh Fruit Festival in New York. His jukebox musical, Rainbows and Ribbons, premiered at Don’t Tell Mama in New York in 2017. He is a founding member of the American Bard Theater Company.
“Different at Night” by Merryn Johns -- Against her better judgment Lauren agrees to meet with her glamorous ex, Vicki, for closure and one last drink. But things take a frightful turn.
Merryn Johns is a journalist, magazine editor, and playwright based in New York City. By day she works as editor-in-chief of Curve magazine and as a digital news producer for a multinational news corporation. After hours her passion for playwriting takes over, and she is delighted that Village Playwrights have showcased her shorts "After Carol," "The Succulents," "Oyster Season," and "Night of Broken Glass." Merryn is originally from Sydney, Australia where she obtained a diploma in playwriting and a PhD in theater.
“The Horror” by Judd Silverman -- Sooner or later, we are each confronted with our personal demons -- terrifying no matter what others think!
Judd Lear Silverman, a Brooklyn-based playwright and grant recipient from the Berrilla Kerr Foundation, is published by ArtAge, Samuel French, Focus Publications, Stage It! and Applause Theatre Books. His work has been seen around NYC, across the country, and in numerous global fringe festivals. He teaches Playwriting and English at Pace University in NYC.
“Batty and Catty” by Marjorie Conn -- A bat and a human fall in love in Central Park. Marjorie Conn (Actor/Playwright/Ventriloquist) made her acting debut with the late, greyt Ethyl Eichelberger as his leading man playing Aegisthus to his Klytemnestra with her lover, the late, incomparable Katy Dierlam as Electra. She was given an award by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force for her contributions to theatre in Provincetown, MA. Marjorie is most known for her portrayal of Lizzie Borden (ax murderess) and Lorena Hickok (Eleanor Roosevelt's lover). She founded the Provincetown Fringe Festival in 1994, which relocated to Asbury Park, NJ in 2007. Currently she is a full-time New Yorker living in Hell's Kitchen with a plethora of rescue animals. marjorieconn@gmail.com/617-512-6066
“Halloween 1981” by Rossi -- On Halloween morning, far to early for her, Rossi is coerced by her charismatic, flamboyant friend to embrace her true self.
Rossi has been a writer for The Daily News, The New York Post, Time Out New York and Mcsweeney's. She has been the food writer for Bust magazine since 1998, hosts her own hit radio show on WOMR and WFMR in Cape Cod called "Bite This," now in its fifteenth season, has been featured on "The Food Network" and "NPR” and has been a popular blogger for “The Huffington Post.” Rossi’s first memoir; The Raging Skillet/The True Life Story of Chef Rossi was published from the Feminist Press to rave reviews. It was adapted for the stage in 2017 and has been a smash hit in theaters nationwide ever since. She has written two full length plays; “Miss New Jersey” and “Queen of the Jews.” Her second memoir, “Queen of the Jews” is near completion.
October 28, 2019 --
DYLAN JAMES AMICH, EXCERPTS FROM A NIGHT TO LOOK BACK ONIn the spring after his public humiliation, Chuck's son Jeremy is refusing to go to Prom for fear of his classmates insults. When he is forced to attend, the whole family discovers the lengths they will go to resist appearing stupid.
Dylan James Amick is a Virginia native writer, director, and storyteller based out of New York. The middle child of five, Dylan's stories focus on loneliness, careerism, and the absurdity of existence. His work as the show runner and co-writer of The Grayscale Podcast has been recognized by The Audioverse Awards and The Rod Serling foundation for excellence in audio storytelling.
MARK NIMAR, "LUNCH LADY"
Lunch Lady is about a woman named Nina, a major donor development officer at a prestigious liberal arts college, who goes to lunch with a former student to raise money for the school. At the lunch, the two women get into an argument, and the former student unearths a dark secret from Nina’s past.
Mark Nimar is a New York-based actor, singer, and playwright. In New York, he has performed at the Bank Street Theatre in the musical Happy End, at the Danny Kaye Playhouse in the New York premiere of the opera il Postino, and at the Manhattan School of Music in the New York premiere of the opera A Taste of Damnation. Productions outside of New York include Animal Crackers at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and Carmen at Dante Hall Theatre in Atlantic City. He made his screen debut as Mason in the film Beneath Contempt, which was screened at the Slamdance Film Festival, IFFB, and at the Brooklyn Film Festival. Mark holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in voice from the Mannes College the New School for Music. His works are often featured at the Village Playwrights in New York City.
September 9, 2019 -- 30 minutes, Mark Nimar, "Russian Wedding"
Mark Nimar is a New York-based actor, singer, and playwright. In New York, he has performed at the Bank Street Theatre in the musical Happy End, at the Danny Kaye Playhouse in the New York premiere of the opera il Postino, and at the Manhattan School of Music in the New York premiere of the opera A Taste of Damnation. Productions outside of New York include Animal Crackers at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and Carmen at Dante Hall Theatre in Atlantic City. He made his screen debut as Mason in the film Beneath Contempt, which was screened at the Slamdance Film Festival, IFFB, and at the Brooklyn Film Festival. Mark holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in voice from the Mannes College the New School for Music. As a playwright, his work has been featured at the Village Playwrights in New York City. 30 minutes, Michael Johnson
60 minutes, Rossi, "Miss New Jersey" and "The Biker Chick"
Rossi, yes, she only has one name -– has been a writer for many publications, such as The Daily News, The New York Post, Time Out New York and Mcsweeney's to name a few. She has been the food writer of the "Eat Me" column for Bust magazine since 1998, hosts her own hit radio show on WOMR and WFMR in Cape Cod called "Bite This," now in its fifteenth season, has been featured on "The Food Network" and "NPR” and is a popular blogger for “The Huffington Post.” On November of 2015 Rossi’s first memoir; The Raging Skillet/The True Life Story of Chef Rossi was published from the Feminist Press to rave reviews.
From Kirkus: "A humorous and witty chronicle of a woman’s pulling-herself-up-by-her-bootstraps rise through the culinary ranks."
From Publisher’s Weekly: "With an insightful and irreverent voice, Rossi’s debut is well suited for foodies, feminists, and creative revolutionaries."
“The Raging Skillet” was adapted for the stage in 2017 and has been selling out audiences nationwide ever since. Rossi has just completed the screenplay for “The Raging Skillet”, two full length plays and her second memoir “Queen of the Jews” is near completion. Rossi’s motto is simple; "molds are a delicious thing to break!”
September 23, 2019
30 minutes, Michael Johnson, A continuation of scenes from his thoroughly enjoyed dialogues!
30 minutes, Nicholas Bompart, "Just Cause". Two Roman soldiers, Marcus and Titus, are having an affair while Julius Caesar and Marc Antony decide to cross the Rubicon.
Nicholas Bompart is an actor, directer, writer, musician, poet, and instrumentalist from Forest Hills, New York. He began acting at the age of four, in the "Rising Stars" theater program in Queens, and has acted all the way into attaining a bachelor's degree in Theater Arts from Pace University. He has acted off-Broadway as singer, actor, and piano accompanist in "Love Is Love" at Theater Row Studios, "Operation Paperclip" and "Deus Ex Machina Short Circuit" at the Theater Eighty St. Marks, and as a stand out character actor in "Inspector Descending" and "Graveyard Shift" at The Secret Theater-in addition to appearing in numerous other productions. He is also an accomplished operatic Bass/Baritone, able to sing in multiple languages, and notably performed at Carnegie Hall in 2014.
