Company:

Barefoot Theatre

Written by:

Israel Horovitz

Directed by:

Robert Bruce McIntosh

Famous the world over, the often bizarre and ultimately heart-warming story of Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and the others needs no detailing here. Mr. Horovitz's adaptation follows the Dickens original scrupulously but, in bringing it to life on the stage, adds elements of inventiveness and brilliant theatricality which enhance and strength its timeless virtues. The end result is a theatre piece of unique eloquence, which will delight audiences of all ages, and draw forth the best efforts of all engaged in its presentation.

Company:

The Fire This Time Festival

Written by:

Pia Wilson

Is there post black black theatre? If so, what are the stories? Amid the diffusion of the term post black black in American society and art, seven up-and-coming playwrights of African descent including Deborah Asiimwe, Radha Blank, Kelley Girod, Katori Hall, Derek Lee McPhatter, Germono Toussaint, and Pia Wilson have come together to answer these questions. The Fire This Time Festival showcases new short plays as a special Black History Month offering at the Horse Trade Theater. The Festival explores the diverse possibilities of contemporary American drama and challenging new directions for 21st century black theatre.

Company:

Dysfunctional Theatre Company

Directed by:

Justin Plowman

A VOLUMINOUS EVENING OF BREVITY is an evening of short plays both comic and tragic dating to the beginning of the 20th Century. Dysfunctional Theatre Classics’ mission is to produce underperformed scripts from the previous centuries or to give a new take on classic plays of past centuries. All of these works are still considered Dysfunctional; the idea is to encourage the audience to perceive them in a new light and to realize that dysfunction isn’t a product of 21st or even 20th century life; it’s a product of the human condition.

Company:

the Subjective Theatre Company

Written by:

Jesse Cameron Alick Lucile Scott Julia Holleman

Directed by:

Steven Gillenwater

Music by:

Lucas Cantor

In a cold prison cell ... a hedge fund manager and his wife...

Company:

Wreckio Ensemble

Written by:

Karly Maurer

Directed by:

Kim Kressal

The government is bailing out theater. But, if you want a slice of Uncle Sam’s pie you have to make a musical! Can a group of indie artists receive the funding? Watch this absurd comedy about how far people are willing to go to cash in on the opportunity of a lifetime.

Company:

Wreckio Ensemble

Directed by:

Christopher Bamonte

BASED ON A TRUE STORY is a performance series created by Wreckio Ensemble solely through letters, journal entries, and emails submitted by our audience. THE SEX EDITION is all about sex!

Company:

Bastard Keith

This holiday season, you'll be assaulted by Yuletide imagery and mawkish sentiment. Don't you want a show that kicks ass, takes names and tastes a little more, well, Jew-y? On December 27th, the swingingest MC in burlesque will defend the civilized world, and its myriad menorahs, in the super-spectacular holiday special to end them all: Bastard Keith Saves Chanukah.

Written by:

James McManus

Directed by:

Jordan Young

In the impoverished world of ex-Steel town Donora, PA three brothers make a blood oath to escape by any means necessary. A story as gritty and moving as the place it depicts, Blood Potato explores how hope, family, and unrequited love are twisted by the crystal meth hurricane sweeping through small town America.

Company:

amuse collective

Written by:

Natalie Underwood

Directed by:

JP Schuffman

When precocious, fourteen year old Cassie -Natalie Underwood- begins an affair with her youth minister Will, she cannot fathom the complexities of their unique, decade-long relationship. And when she meets Allan -Joe Yoga-, a writer from New York who wants to help Cassie escape her parents' oppressive home, she finds that both Allan's affections and support come at a cost. Now Cassie must choose between her past and her future as she is forced to confront questions of personal truth, responsibility and acceptance.

Company:

The Fire This Time Festival

Written by:

Deborah Asiimwe

Directed by:

Christopher Burris

Is there post black black theatre? If so, what are the stories? Amid the diffusion of the term post black black in American society and art, seven up-and-coming playwrights of African descent including Deborah Asiimwe, Radha Blank, Kelley Girod, Katori Hall, Derek Lee McPhatter, Germono Toussaint, and Pia Wilson have come together to answer these questions. The Fire This Time Festival showcases new short plays as a special Black History Month offering at the Horse Trade Theater. The Festival explores the diverse possibilities of contemporary American drama and challenging new directions for 21st century black theatre.

CACTUS is a unique physically devised solo show that is both irresistible love story and carnival of boundless imaginings, a hilarious search for love in the most unlikely of places.

Company:

The Fire This Time Festival

Written by:

Derek Lee McPhatter

Directed by:

Rhonney Greene

Is there post black black theatre? If so, what are the stories? Amid the diffusion of the term post black black, in American society and art, seven up-and-coming playwrights of African descent including Deborah Asiimwe, Radha Blank, Kelley Girod, Katori Hall, Derek Lee McPhatter, Germono Toussaint, and Pia Wilson have come together to answer these questions. The Fire This Time Festival showcases new short plays as a special Black History Month offering at the Horse Trade Theater. The Festival explores the diverse possibilities of contemporary American drama and challenging new directions for 21st century black theatre.

Company:

Rising Sun Performance Company

Written by:

Rebecca Jane Stokes John Patrick Bray Stacey Lane Tom Misuraca Mark Harvey Levine

Directed by:

Akia Kelly Hawkins Tiffany Hogan Tim Butterfield Tim Chaffee

Encounters - in a non-lucid state - is Rising Sun Performance Companys 4th Annual One Act Series, 5 plays that explore how a short encounter can leave a lasting impression. Founding Artistic Director, Akia has selected the work of 5 up and coming playwrights as part of their Aspire to Inspire Series, one of RSPs many programs created to support the work of emerging and established NYC theatre artists. All of the pieces feature the critically acclaimed Rising Sun Ensemble and Guest Artists.

Written by:

Liz Wasser

Directed by:

Amanda Thompson

A young actress, frustrated with the static state of her life and career, drives from her house on Long Island until she can't drive anymore. At the beach, the Three Fates of ancient mythology, androgynous and fabulous, wash onto the shore like Venus on the foam. Taking her under their collective breast, they lead the girl on a journey of storytelling, self-discovery and showtunes.

Burlesque bandleader Fisherman has a problem--he's been marooned on a tiny desert island for 7 years, with only his memories of Coney Island to keep him company! Fortunately for the audience, Fisherman's vivid imagination brings all his most lovely dancers to glorious life, performing their most exotic, savage and untamed stripteases to the live music of Fisherman's Xylophonic Orchestra! Featuring Miss Coney Island GiGi La Femme, Ekaterina and many more surprises, this original show is funny, sexy, and will make you question the value of Civilization!

Company:

RadioTheatre

Critically-acclaimed, award-winning RADIOTHEATRE brings you Mary Shelley’s masterpiece, FRANKENSTEIN, adapted for the stage with a great cast of story tellers, an original orchestral score and a plethora of sound effects! All that is required is your imagination!

Company:

RadioTheatre

From the critically-acclaimed, award-winning performance group, that brought you KING KONG, WAR OF THE WORLDS, DRACULA, THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE TIME MACHINE and more comes Mary Shelley’s masterpiece adapted for the stage with a great cast of story tellers, an original orchestral score and a plethora of sound effects! All that is required is your imagination!

Company:

Clay McLeod Chapman

Written by:

Clay McLeod Chapman

Directed by:

OLIVER BUTLER

Bound and blindfolded in a war-torn country, two hostages take refuge in music, memory and each other in this new indie-rock musical.

Company:

Pinchbottom Burlesque

When Nasty Canasta takes charge of the Holiday Pageant, she decides to celebrate with nudity, using burlesque stars for sexy tributes to the season. But the grinch like, but legally distinct, Pinch, Jonny Porkpie, wants to keep Xmas clean and pure as the virgin snow, and so dresses up like a Burlesque Santa and sets out to kidnap each and every performer in Nasty's show.

Company:

Rising Sun Performance Company

Written by:

Dan Rosen

Directed by:

Akia

Music by:

Christopher Bowen

Would you play God if you could? A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering for their political beliefs in the pursuit of changing the world for good. After a dinner party goes wrong and a guest ends up unexpectedly slain after a violent political debate, a group of roommates decide that this can be their way of changing the world and making a difference... one unreasonable conservative at a time.

Company:

The Management

Written by:

Joshua Conkel

Directed by:

Isaac Butler

MilkMilkLemonade is a play about gay children, a parasitic twin, an antagonistic grandmother, a depressed chicken, and our growing bodies. Bring the kids!Note: not appropriate for actual children.

Company:

The BE Company

Cow, a 14 year old tap prodigy, has had his life uprooted.

Written by:

Andrew Bauer

Directed by:

Eleonore Dyl

Playing Cricket is an academic comedy with a twist.

Company:

The Fire This Time Festival

Written by:

Kelley Nicole Girod

Directed by:

Michael Rau

Is there post black black theatre? If so, what are the stories? Amid the diffusion of the term post black black, in American society and art, seven up-and-coming playwrights of African descent including Deborah Asiimwe, Radha Blank, Kelley Girod, Katori Hall, Derek Lee McPhatter, Germono Toussaint, and Pia Wilson have come together to answer these questions. The Fire This Time Festival showcases new short plays as a special Black History Month offering at the Horse Trade Theater. The Festival explores the diverse possibilities of contemporary American drama and challenging new directions for 21st century black theatre.

Company:

No Tea Productions

Directed by:

Jeremy Mather

POPPYCOCK is a contemporary farce about the various ways we lie to people in order to prevent them from discovering how much we've been lying to ourselves.

Directed by:

Heidi Grumelot

An adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost With original music by Dan Beeman of Helmet Directed by Heidi Grumelot in collaboration with Jaq Bessell

Company:

Tanya O'Debra

Directed by:

Peter Cook

Music by:

Andrew Mauriello

Radio Star, written and performed by Tanya O’Debra with original music by Andrew Mauriello, is a 1940’s radio detective spoof.

Red Bastard is a Dangerous Seductive Comedy Monster! After 5-star reviews and sold out shows across North America and Europe, America’s premiere bouffon unleashes a pompous theatrical master class in this critically-acclaimed Bouffon show. His mission: to charm, disarm, shock and seduce. His target: you.

Company:

GiGi La Femme Wasabassco Burlesque

Brought to you by the Power Couple of Burlesque, GiGi La Femme and Doc Wasabassco, is a cutting edge burlesque show with a sinfully dirty twist. This unique and extra-sultry night features the sexiest, most notorious performers in New York City, as you've never seen them before! Revealed promises you more bang for your buck than any show in town. What surprises will the girls have in store for us this month? Come find out and experience an evening of salacious striptease and skin, where the climax of each number leaves everything...Revealed. This special edition showcase will feature delectable performances by: Miss Coney Island 2010 GIGI La Femme, The Intoxicating Anita Cookie, The Five Alarm Fire of Burlesque, Gal Friday, The Borg Queen of Burlesque Kobyashi Maru, The Alabaster Beauty Ruby Valentine and The Tantalizing Sapphire Jones! Hosted by the charming and inebriated Bastard Keith and his Sensational Stage Kitten Sidekick, Your Gibson Geisha Girl Fantasy, Madame Rosebud!

Company:

The Fire This Time Festival

Written by:

Radha Blank

Directed by:

Nicole A. Watson

Is there post black black theatre? If so, what are the stories? Amid the diffusion of the term post black black, in American society and art, seven up-and-coming playwrights of African descent including Deborah Asiimwe, Radha Blank, Kelley Girod, Katori Hall, Derek Lee McPhatter, Germono Toussaint, and Pia Wilson have come together to answer these questions. The Fire This Time Festival showcases new short plays as a special Black History Month offering at the Horse Trade Theater. The Festival explores the diverse possibilities of contemporary American drama and challenging new directions for 21st century black theatre.

Company:

Grayce Productions

Written by:

Todd Michael

Directed by:

Walter Hoffman

RIGHT CROSS RHAPSODY is an affectionate parody of 1930’s-style films, which combines elements of Hollywood boxing melodramas such as Golden Boy and City for Conquest while adding a soupcon of backstage musicals. With riotous jokes, quips, double-entendres this movie parody is bound to please audiences of all ages.

Company:

amuse collective

a muse collective and Horse Trade Theater Group present a series of individually driven diversions. Sunday nights at UNDER St. Marks there will be Ramblings, Scratchings and Travelers while Sexy will always come Back and Acid Trips appear. Buckle up for the Ride, things will happen, sometimes shocking, sometimes amusing, but always entertaining.

Company:

The Management

Written by:

Joe Tracz

Directed by:

Meg Sturiano

Clones robots and teenage time travelers search for connection at a dance party aboard a satellite So what if its purpose is to celebrate an exploding star For the kids in this sci-fi dance party spectacle this is going to be the BEST NIGHT EVER

Company:

RadioTheatre

Directed by:

Dan Bianchi

Celebrate Edgar Allan Poe's Bicentennial 1809-2009 with the critically acclaimed, award winning Radiotheatre in a unique event as they perform live, on stage, a year long presentation of seventeen major works by the grand master of American horror!

Company:

RadioTheatre

A Radiotheatre Production

Company:

the Subjective Theatre Company

Directed by:

Jeffrey Whitted

Can love come in a pill? Is decreased romantic satisfaction a chemical imbalance that can be solved with a prescription, or is it a personal failing?

Company:

Casino O'Fortune Cookie Productions

Ghost, Dirty Dancing, Roadhouse, Point Break, To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar, Next of Kin, Red Dawn, truly, one of the great cinematic legacies. This year we lost a legend, a man who combined ass kicking and classically trained dance in such a way that, when a luxurious mullet and tight jeans were added, possibly with the combination of a song like, say, Unchained Melody, an entire generation lost control of their bodily functions. That man is Patrick Swayze. And on December 29th, Casino O’Fortune Cookie Productions will show their love for the hunkiest man to ever play a bar bouncer with a degree in philosophy that wasn’t afraid to cry, or rip a dude’s throat out. And don’t think we’ve forgotten about She’s Like the Wind either! It’s Swayze For You! Starring your hosts Anita Cookie, Clams Casino and Neil O’Fortune, and Figgy, Gal Friday, and Ruby Valentine! You'll have the time of your life!

Company:

Dysfunctional Theatre Company

Santa's reindeer gather at their private North Pole watering hole, and as the booze flows, the scandal grows. Alternately hilarious and disturbing, nothing is held sacred as the reindeer expose all of Santa's and their own indiscretions. Screaming, crying and way too much eggnog. Isn't that what Christmas is all about?

Company:

The Fire This Time Festival

Written by:

Germono Toussaint

Directed by:

Andre Lancaster

Is there post black black theatre? If so, what are the stories? Amid the diffusion of the term post black black, in American society and art, seven up-and-coming playwrights of African descent including Deborah Asiimwe, Radha Blank, Kelley Girod, Katori Hall, Derek Lee McPhatter, Germono Toussaint, and Pia Wilson have come together to answer these questions. The Fire This Time Festival showcases new short plays as a special Black History Month offering at the Horse Trade Theater. The Festival explores the diverse possibilities of contemporary American drama and challenging new directions for 21st century black theatre.

Company:

The Fire This Time Festival

Written by:

Katori Hall

Directed by:

Martin Damien Wilkins

Is there post black black theatre? If so, what are the stories? Amid the diffusion of the term post black black in American society and art, seven up-and-coming playwrights of African descent including Deborah Asiimwe, Radha Blank, Kelley Girod, Katori Hall, Derek Lee McPhatter, Germono Toussaint, and Pia Wilson have come together to answer these questions. The Fire This Time Festival showcases new short plays as a special Black History Month offering at the Horse Trade Theater. The Festival explores the diverse possibilities of contemporary American drama and challenging new directions for 21st century black theatre.

The Cody Rivers Show creates kinetic and unpredictable comedy theatre that has amazed audiences and defied description for the past five years.

Written by:

Stephen Aubrey

Directed by:

Jess Chayes

Franklin Elijah White is traveling across the country on an increasingly quixotic and personal journey. Aided only by a slide projector and assorted meteorological equipment, he has a simple message: The weather is going to kill us all. Every single one of us.

Written by:

Joshua Conkel Paul David Young Tom Diriwachter Chris Kipiniak Pia Wilson Kelley Nicole Girod Suzanne Dottino

Directed by:

Christopher Diercksen Heidi Grumelot Mary Beth Michael Rau Patrick Benton Randi Rivera Tim Brownell

The Drafts Fest is the collaborative effort of seven playwrights, seven directors, and ten multifaceted actors. Playwrights receive randomly compiled cast lists and create stories tailored to The Drafts and their invited Guests based on this year’s theme, Pre-Existing Condition.

Company:

RadioTheatre

WHO OR WHAT IS HAUNTING 85 EAST 4th STREET? Do you know that the building at 85 East 4th Street is considered to be one of the most haunted spots in all of NYC? Its terrible past includes murders, suicides, exorcisms and lots of spirits that refuse to stay buried.

Company:

Clay McLeod Chapman

Now entering its second decade of critically acclaimed performances, this season’s edition of The Pumpkin Pie Show explores the bond formed between three women in the wake of a high school tragedy.

Company:

Clay McLeod Chapman

This edition of The Pumpkin Pie Show explores the bond formed between three women in the wake of a high school tragedy.

Company:

The Assembly Production

Directed by:

Jess Chayes

On the cusp of a revolution, Chekhov's everyday heroines struggle to find meaning amidst the tempest of fractured memories, uncertain hopes, and thwarted vitality. The Assembly's Three Sisters combines live music and visceral performances to create a powerful communal experience in an intimate space.

Company:

DM Theatrics

Two Gentlemen of Lebowski is an extraordinary new work from filmmaker playwright Adam Bertocci which reimagines the cult classic motion picture as a Shakespearian farce, creating an amazing new work from the heightened language and surreal comic landscape of its inspirations.