Friday, June 3, 2016
Name: Matthew CohnHometown: New York CityEducation: Dartmouth CollegeFavorite Credits: Harry Horner in The Country Wife—the show on which I met Meg MacCary, who pulled me into Seen/By Ever…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:18PMLet's just get it out of the way now. Kiss It, Make It Better by Erika Phoebus, produced by Theatre 4the People, is a tale of two acts. Act I is the example of brilliant writing and storytel…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:23PMName: Ryan DuncanHometown: Originally: Lawrence, MA; Grew up in and moved to NYC from: Woodbridge, VAEducation: George Mason University (degree in foreign language), and Universidad de Salam…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:04AMThursday, June 2, 2016
Did you know that elephants have exceptional memory and never forget a face? It’s true. So how does this fact serve as an overarching metaphor in Jackob G. Hofmann’s A Persistent Memory?…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:03PMName: Jason TsengHometown: Potomac, MDEducation: University of RichmondFavorite Credits: This is my first produced play, so I guess... this one?Why theater?: Theater asks us to be present an…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:45PMWednesday, June 1, 2016
Name: Robin GoldfinHometown: Philadelphia, PA.Education: BA/English: Temple University. MFA/Dramatic Writing: New York UniversityFavorite Credits: I danced for 5 years with Lauri…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:22PMTuesday, May 31, 2016
Name: David L. CarsonHometown: Kokomo, INEducation: Masters - Michigan State Univ.Favorite Credits: As Director: Mother/Son By Jeffrey Solomon (Original Production); The Ethics Of Rav Hymie …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:16PMby Michael BlockIn the high heat of the spring at the Access Theater's Black Box comes something that sounds really cool. It's Flux Theatre Ensemble's production of Jason Tseng's Rizing. It'…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:13PMMonday, May 30, 2016
Name: Emily HartfordHometown: Middleborough, MAEducation: BFA Theatre Arts Performance, Hofstra UniversityFavorite Credits: Directing: Mother of Exiles in Flux Theatre Ensemble’s Breathe F…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:45PMBy Michael BlockThrough a blurry neon haze of the 80s comes a gritty drama that has taken over a decade to make its New York debut. Written by Octavio Solis and presented by Boundless Theatr…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:54PMSunday, May 29, 2016
Name: Antonio Minino.Hometown: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.Education: Universidad Pedro Henriquez Urena, Universidad APEC, Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, Michael Howard Studios, Lar…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:57AMSaturday, May 28, 2016
By Michael BlockHow do you put on a show if you continually stop the show with number after number? Ask Sutton Lee Seymour. Making her triumphant debut at the Laurie Beechman Theater, Sutton…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:26PMFriday, May 27, 2016
By Kaila M. StokesIt is always a thrill to see a show that takes history and messes with it. The “what if” question is one of the reasons that theater so addicting. Harry and the Thief, …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:58PMBy Michael BlockReligion is one of those topics that is personally comforting but when discussed out loud in a group, it becomes a hot button topic. No matter the context, someone is going t…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:45PMThursday, May 26, 2016
Name: Victoria VanceHometown: Canton, OhioEducation: Various Theatre schools outside the U.S. Ohio University School Of Theatre BFASelect Credits: Unbroken Circle (St. Luke Theatre), Engagin…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:55AMTuesday, May 24, 2016
Give a queen a stage, a pianist with a wealth of showtunes in his fingers, and a crowd of boozy patrons the power to request songs and you get Jinkx Sings Everything, an evening of unplanned…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:22PMName: Danny SharronHometown: Ft. Lauderdale, FloridaEducation: University of Florida (BA Theater; BS Marketing)Favorite Credits: I thought about this question a lot, and I have to say that i…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:09PMMonday, May 23, 2016
Name: Drew LedbetterHometown: LaFayette, GA (30 miles south of Chattanooga, TN)Education: UC Berkeley, Brown/Trinity MFASelect Credits: A lot of Shakespeare. I play Romeo on the iPad educati…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:45PMYou've got one night only for Rule of 7x7: A May One Show Stand on May 26th at 9:30pm at The Tank. To get you ready, here is another edition of The Rulers!The RulersName: Will ArberyHometown…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:45PMSaturday, May 21, 2016
Name: Vanessa ShealyHometown: Oklahoma City, OKEducation: I got my MFA in Theater Performance from the University of Georgia, and a BA in theater from Oklahoma Baptist University.Favorite Cr…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:09PMFriday, May 20, 2016
Name: Nathan LeighHometown: Newton, MAEducation: UConnFavorite Credits: The Convert (Central Square Theatre, 2016), Mother Hicks (Emerson College, 2015), Sealand The Musical (#Serials@TheFle…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:37PMName: Sven RatzkeHometown: Berlin and Amsterdam
Education: Learning by doing, and watching and working with the greats like Nina Hagen, Hanna Schugulla, Joey Arias, The Tiger Lillies and …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:37PMThe joke set up is simple. A guy walks into a bar. But the punchline, that's where things get interesting and the ingenuity of the writing comes in. In Half Moon Bay by Dan Moyer, a drunken …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:24PMThursday, May 19, 2016
Name: Ami BrabsonHometown: Cleveland, OhioEducation: M.F.A. , NYU / TISCH Graduate School of ActingSelect Credits: Frequently appeared as Mary Pembleton in Homicide: Life on the Streets. Oth…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:55AMWednesday, May 18, 2016
Name: Erika PhoebusHometown: Glen Burnie, MDEducation: University of Colorado, BoulderFavorite Credits: I workshopped this new musical in college called Knock Out by Raechel Sherwood. It was…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 06:27PMRevenge makes a man go mad. Just ask Hamlet. Or The Revenger’s Tragedy's Vindici. The Revenger's Tragedy by Thomas Middleton is a Jacobean classic appropriately about one man's mission of …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 06:27PMName: Jessica FreyHometown: Lexington, KYEducation: NYU, Tisch, Atlantic Acting SchoolSelect Credits: Bedlam's Sense & Sensibility; Clown Bar, and Giant Killer Slugs with Pipeline Theatr…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:38PMTuesday, May 17, 2016
There's something amazing about adapting Thomas Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy. When a concept works, it can be brilliant. The overall theme in the original text is so universal that lif…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 06:54PMby Michael BlockWhen you can silence a cabaret crowd, you know you're a winner. And Latrice Royale is a winner. Bringing hope and inspiration, Here's to Life is not what you're expecting but…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:45PMby Kaila M. StokesIn a small theater at the top of the 8th floor in a doorman building in the heart of Times Square, is The Tank. This non-profit home for the arts is where many emerging art…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:38PMName: María-Cristina FustéHometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico (currently lives in Sunnyside, NY)Education: MFA in Design for Stage and Film from NYU Tisch School of the ArtsFavorite Credits: M…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:38PM 
