On Friday, November 6, 2026, the historic crossroads of downtown Manhattan becomes the launchpad for a major new forum of ideas, civic momentum, and cultural reinvention. Gathering at New Yo…
Adam Bradley’s Emotional Is This Thing On? Lights up the Chain The Philadelphia Fringe Festival treated audiences to Adam Bradley’s dynamic, raw one-person show in a sold-out run earlier…
Anne L. Thompson-Scretching’s The Fall from Grace Explores Paradise—and Innocence—Lost “I am coming, mortal… enjoy this strange light that illuminates your world. It cannot protect…
Before Hell’s Kitchen became synonymous with luxury high-rises, it housed St. Clare’s—a haven that was chronically underfunded, defiantly kindhearted, and open to anyone the rest of Ne…
The Laros Theatre Company’s My Ghosts Provides a Fine Haunt at The Manifestival It’s not easy to create when your inner critics are Christopher (Kit) Marlowe, Jack Wilson, and William Sh…
Director James Jennings has gifted American Theatre of Actors aficionados with another successful Shakespeare production at the John Cullum Theatre with this season’s Richard II. The text …
Joshua Crone’s Compelling Black Box Takes a Compassionate Look at Hurting and Healing After 9/11 “It’s not the kind of black box that tells you what happened before a crash,” Dante (…
Club 27: A One Woman Confessional Cabaret Triumphs at the Inaugural Manifestival A figure is slumped over a chair, apparently dozing. The room is filled with dazzling clothes, shoes, and acc…
Kevin Davis’ One in a Million Cabaret Electrifies at the MITF The Sargent Theatre at the American Theatre of Actors was the latest home of the cabaret consisting of highlights of Kevin “…
When E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India was published in 1924, it was hailed as a masterful, searing critique of the British Raj and the psychological chasm left by colonialism. Yet, beneat…
NEW YORK, NY — Fresh off a highly successful, critically buzzing industry presentation at New York’s Open Jar Studios, the powerhouse producing trio of Rain Pryor, Joel Eisenberg, and Ja…
Running July 15–19, 2026, at The American Theatre of Actors, the annual Playwrighting for Social Change Festival tackles reparations, mental health, and the heavy toll of staying quiet. NE…
Kate Gill’s Heartfelt and Socially Sharp Americaring Depicts a Family Failed by the System Annie (Quinn Davis) is a high schooler who has much more to deal with than homework. Her father M…
NEW YORK, NY — This August, the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival at the AMT Theater will transform Midtown Manhattan into a clandestine corner of New Orleans’ historic Seventh Ward. One N…
Richard Uhrlaub’s For the Record(s) Tells a Very Personal Story in Song It’s the mid-90s, and Joshua Greenman (Gabe DeRose) is on an emotional journey. His adoptive parents Eliana (Taylo…
How to Swallow a Volcano Looks at Trauma, Self-Abandonment, and the Therapist Who Sees It All Brooklyn-based writer/performer Anne McDermott’s solo show is a cautionary, soul-baring tale a…
“Are You Ready to Do Something Completely Brilliant?” – Nigel Gladstone It’s 2014, and Nigel (Oliver Callahan) is looking to turn past glories into future ones. His band Fur Pajamas …
Allie Avital and Alia Azamat Ashkenazi’s The Naked Woman Is a Gripping Tale of Devotion and Deception As New Year’s approaches, a family of Russian immigrants has come together at their …
National Latinx Playwriting Award winner and O’Neill finalist Desi Moreno-Penson has brought a side-splitting story of Pains, Strains, and Automobiles to La Mama. It begins with Joey (Wils…
The New York independent theatre landscape is bracing for a monumental summer renaissance. John Chatterton, a foundational trailblazer of the off-off-Broadway movement, has officially announ…
John Maddison Morton’s 1853 Farce A Desperate Game brings Old-School Wit to the ATA Mid-19th Century Playwright John Maddison Morton was a prolific creator—he is best known for the chaot…
NEW YORK, NY — The independent theater capital of the world is on the precipice of an unprecedented renaissance. Founder and Executive Producer John Chatterton, an iconic trailblazer in th…
Girl Interrupted, a World Deconstructed “Where’s the girl to save us all?” The walls that surround us are covered with torn book pages. A stuffed animal sits in the center of the stage…
NEW YORK, NY — This summer, the NYC theater circuit gains a provocative new heartbeat. Diamond Mesh Incorporated — Theatrical Productions is proud to announce the inaugural Diamond Mesh …
Little Bitches is a lively, authentic play about maturing teens that starts at 60mph, opening with a call-and-response chant of “Little Red Wagon” led by Gabriel Ryan-Kern and Sarah Brow…