Productions
Ben Franklin: An Ingenious Life
Founding Father, inventor, scientist, epicurean, and a contributor of numerous civic institutions: these are just a few hats worn by Benjamin Franklin. Join him at his home in Philadelphia as he recounts his remarkable life in his final years.
Burning Leaves
A gay actor moves from New York for a fresh start as a drama teacher in a Midwest high school, and discovers that starting fresh may be harder than anticipated.
Queer Quips
Introducing a poetry slam, featuring quotes from your favorite Queer authors, set in a disco club. What's not to love?
Alice in Wonderland
A dreamy summer day. Alice reads by the river with her sister. A White Rabbit in a waistcoat runs by, checking his watch and claiming to be late. Alice follows him down the rabbit hole, and falls into a timeless adventure through Wonderland. How will she make it back? Will everything be as it once was?
Party Talk
Two party guests, one conversation. We've all been there - how will this one turn out?
Stripping Lord Byron
In 1824, after Lord Byron’s death, five of his closest friends gather to decide the fate of Lord Byron’s memoirs. They decide whether to publish the manuscript or not. Is it suitable for public consumption? If they publish the memoirs, lives might be ruined. What are the damning secrets his friends need to protect?
When The Sun Goes Down
When will the sun go down? The sunset signifies the end of the work day. It signifies rest. It signifies cooling off. When will the sun go down for the African diaspora in America? The question is rhetorical and I wish I knew, because if I did, I would write about it and tell you all. All I can do is try to imagine what it will be like and hope that it'll come soon.
A Selection of Sonnets
To kick off Season 3, we will be presenting A SELECTION OF SONNETS; our way of honoring the amazing William Shakespeare! Join Dunya J. Karam, Alexandra Kopko, Benjamin Mandell, Patrick Pizzolorusso, and Anna Stefanic as they bring you a dramatic reading of some of Shakespeare's famous sonnets!
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol is a play about a mean spirited and selfish old man, Ebenezer Scrooge, who hates Christmas. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by three spirits who help him learn the true meaning of Christmas.
Family Secrets Drama
On The Table
On The Table is a new play by Diana Arnold, directed by Dunya J. Karam
On The Table is a blend of film, theater, and the dining experience. Breaking the fourth wall, Diana Arnold carries us with her from table to table during a busy night at work in the service industry.
She gracefully guides the audience through hilarious customer interactions, personal anecdotes, and poignant moments by sharing with us her two decades of experience at the city’s best restaurants. We are reminded of why we go out to eat, what we are really craving, and how connection with others is what matters most.
On the Table offers a voice to the seldom-heard, often overlooked waitress. With so many of us feeling the loss of restaurants this year, this film is an ode to a night out for dinner.
Dracula
Dracula revolves around the theme of good versus evil. Count Dracula is the epitome of evil and the men in the Crew of Light are inherently good.
Listen to the terrifying tale of the first ever vampire!
Scary Stories to Hear in the Dark (Part 1 and 2)
For the first installation of Scary Stories to Hear in the Dark, we bring you The Pale Man performed by Dana Watkins, The Voice in the Night performed by Anna Stefanic, and The Striding Place performed by Anna Mae Gordon.
Apro"Poe" of Nothing
Standby For Places kicks off the start of Spooky Season (October) with a collection of short horror stories by Edgar Allan Poe.
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus is a scholar living in Wittenberg, Germany. Feeling that he has reached the ends of all traditional studies, he decides to pursue magic, and has his servant Wagner bring him Valdes and Cornelius, two men who can teach him how to perform magic incantations.
Big Love
What do you get when you mix fifty brides, fifty grooms and an Italian country manor? Blood and murder, naturally. Charles Mee, the playwright, drew inspiration for Big Love from The Suppliants by Aeschylus -- AKA the "original" western play -- creating a modernized tale of sisterhood, obligation, gender norms and LOVE that sticks to your ribs.
Shakespearean Support Group
What happens to the leftover characters after the “end of play”? When we close the books, who is left to survive after the story? In Shakespearean Support Group, we follow some of our favorite side characters from some of Shakespeare’s most famous works as they learn how to make sense of their traumas and survive outside of their stories.
Tartuffe
First performed in 1664, Tartuffe, Molière’s most famous comedy, was banned for its depiction of an outwardly pious individual who at their core are deceitful, manipulative, and entirely self-serving. Tartuffe (or as he is often referred to, “The Imposter,” or “The Hypocrite,”), impresses the war veteran Orgon with his “deep and heartfelt prayer” in church, and is taken in as a spiritual cleanse to his household. Tartuffe cast his spell over Orgon and his mother, Madame Pernelle, much to the dismay of the rest of their family. Orgon’s fealty to Tartuffe puts his livelihood at risk – his daughter Mariane’s marriage, his wife Elmire’s trust, and the very land on which they live.
Vista Grande
by Derek Liakos. Directed by Graydon Gund
In a remote town in the New Mexico desert, a man and his estranged adult daughter reunite for the first time, thirty-five years after he abandoned his family.
The Little Shop of Horrors
Director Eric Sciotto adapts the original 1960's cult classic The Little Shop of Horrors into a brilliant radio play about a group of people living on Skid Row and going about their daily lives until they meet the presence of a strange and unusual plant.
A Room Full Of Bitches
A New Play by Jae W. B., directed by Mika Kauffman
V and her man are going through some hard times. You see, ever since she found out that he stepped out of their relationship and had some unanticipated consequences, things have not been the same. Good thing her crew is there to ki and help her through it!
Talent Is Sexy
Cal and Noah meet on a dating app. Cal and Noah have a coffee date. Cal and Noah hit it off. Cal wishes Noah wasn't an actor.
Talent is Sexy is a tender comedy about the sacrifices we make for love and art.
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac, a romantic, swaggering soldier-poet, is in love with his brilliant and beautiful cousin Roxane-- without her knowing. He remains silent due to his large nose, which he feels dooms him to a loveless life. When Christian, a beautiful but shy new cadet, catches Roxane's eye, Cyrano offers to ghostwrite Christian's love letters, convinced that he cannot compete with Christian's good looks. When tragedy strikes, Cyrano is forced to choose between Roxane's imagined happiness and the truth.
Pride Round Table
We sat down with some of the writers, directors, and actors for 2021's Pride Month to discuss what Pride Month means to them, ways to improve and be more inclusive, and what everyone's favorite LGBTQ+ musical and play are.
Leurana
In the aftermath of their children’s murders, Jean and Leurana struggle to navigate their life together. While Jean seeks to find redemption, Leurana resists his forgiveness. As their relationship crumbles, they are plagued by visions of their dead children and are forced to confront the ever-present question: Can they forgive one another?
The Substitute
by Leodis
Max and her classmates have a new substitute, Corbin, who happens to be an expert in the specific study of "exclusionary studies." However, there is a catch...he's a black man teaching a class of white supremacists.
Woes of Just Another White Girl
by Dunya J. Karam
Lenna heads over to her friend Jack's new apartment for what she thought would be a birthday celebration, but as it turns out, Jack had a change of plans.
TAATA
TAATA written and performed by Barbara Matovu.
TAATA is an excerpt from a one woman show that explores a father-daughter dynamic during the final chapter of her father's life.
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is a comedy about a brother and sister pair that are shipwrecked off the coast of Illyria and are separated. Viola, the sister, must assume the identity of a man to earn a living in the home of Duke Orsino, who is in love with the Lady Olivia.
The Court of Khan
by Edward Precht
Marco Polo and the Kublai Khan have a bromance built on imaginary cities. Kubi has been sending his pal and captive, Po, to traverse the world and bring back stories of the vast reaches of his empire for 17 years. Po, on the other hand, is itching to branch out on his own… who wins out?
Miss Julie
by August Strindberg
Miss Julie is drawn to a senior servant, a valet named Jean, who is well-traveled and well-read. The action takes place in the kitchen of Miss Julie's father's manor, where Jean's fiancée, a servant named Christine, cooks and sometimes sleeps while Jean and Miss Julie talk.
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedic play by William Shakespeare about misunderstandings, love and deception. When the soldiers arrive at Leonato’s home, Claudio quickly falls in love with Hero. Meanwhile, Benedick and Beatrice resume the war of witty insults that they have carried on with each other in the past.
Power In Poetry
In celebration of Black History Month, Power in Poetry is an episode dedicated to black poets.
Confessions of a N**gah In Distress
by Ramon Guzman
Tre and Ronnie are roommates and best friends. After a drunken/stoned night of partying at the apartment Tre is awoken and met by the Grim Reaper (who is of course Jamaican) and has to confront some wrong doings in an attempt to save his soul.
Black and Blue
by Samuel Harps
It is early June, 2020, and Covid-19 is running rampant and the Black Lives Matters movement is picking up steam. Jonah is an African-American Police officer with the NYPD. He and his wife Reena navigate through safety, identity, and balancing between two worlds with their new baby at home.
The monahlogues
by Monah Yancy
This menagerie of monologues written by Monah Yancy chronicles various points of view about the Black/African-American experience in America.
Deeper Alexandria
George and Martha are two artificial intelligences, both with a job to do and access to an infinite wealth of knowledge, but no frame of reference for the human condition to contextualize it. Through trial, error, and conversation, they approximate their own version of humanity. Deeper Alexandria is a play about AI, language, duty, identity, a window, and a bird.
Leonce and Lena
When Prince Leonce of Popo is told by his father that he will be married and become king he flees to Italy. Meanwhile Princess Lena of Pipi is told she has been promised in marriage to a prince and runs away. When Leonce and Lena end up at the same roadside inn and fall in love, will they find out who the other really is? Do the royal pair have free will or is it all down to fate?
A Christmas Carol
Join us this holiday season for an audio story adaptation of this Christmas classic. Ebeneezer Scrooge has spent his life with only one concern: himself. With the help of three otherworldly spirits and a cast of colorful characters, Scrooge reflects on his past and makes amends for the future
An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband is a four-act play by Oscar Wilde that revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour.
Woyzeck
Woyzeck is the tragic tale of a military barber named Woyzeck, who stabs to death his beloved common-law wife, Marie, for her infidelity.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Two young men have taken to bending the truth in order to put some excitement into their lives. Jack Worthing has invented a brother, Earnest, whom he uses as an excuse to leave his dull life behind to visit his best friend's cousin, Gwendolyn Fairfax. Algernon Montcrieff decides to take the name Earnest when visiting Worthing's young and beautiful ward, Cecily Cardew. Things start to go awry when they end up together in the country and their deceptions are discovered.
Cast & Creatives