Week 1: September 14 – 18

Decoding the Tablecloth
Wed. 9/14 @ 7pm, Sat 9/17 @ 7pm, Sun 9/18 @ 4pm
Rehearse: Tuesday 9/13 4-8pm, Wed. 9/14 2-6pm
Written and performed by Gabriela Kohen
Directed by Connie Grappo
Conceived by Gabriela Kohen and Connie Grappo
An award winner at the 2004 New York International Fringe
Festival, this autobiographical solo show by Gabriela Kohen looks
at the experiences of an immigrant girl growing up Jewish and
Latina in New York. Kohen movingly plays twenty plus characters from pre-Holocaust Poland to Argentina, to disco 70's Brooklyn.
New York Magazine calls it "A loving yet unflinching family portrait... Astonishing subtlety of gesture, expression and accent...
A winner of a one-woman-show!" (60 Minutes)

The Fanmaker's Inquisition
Thurs. 9/15 @ 9pm
Fri. 9/16 @ 7pm
Rehearse: Wed. 9/14 10-2pm, Thurs. 9/15 2-6pm
Adapted by Anushka Carter and Andy Paris
From the novel by Rikki Ducornet Directed by Andy Paris
Assistant Director- Eve Hartmann
Cast: Jessica Almasy, Anushka Carter, George Demas, Joseph
Kamal, John McAdams, Yusef Miller, Maude Mitchell
In a land overthrown by extremists, a fan-maker is forced to defend
her craft, her friendship with the Marquis de Sade and her love affair
with Olympe de Gouges: a woman known first for her subversive
nature, and also as the object of unrequited love of a powerful
politico, who may hold the cards that could seal her lover's fate.
(100 Minutes)

Nayana's Passing
Thurs. 9/15 @ 7pm
Fri. 9/16 @ 9pm
Sat. 9/17 @ 3pm
Rehearse: Tues. 9/13 8pm-12am, Wed 9pm-12am
by Tanwi Nandini Islam
A butch Bangladeshi waiter named Nayana is murdered in Queens.
Three women are strangely connected by her death. In (after) life
and dream, they explore the life of this woman who left her mark –
in the form of a lost poem. Nayana’s truth will save one of their lives.
(60 Minutes)

My Year of Porn
Sat. 9/17 @ 9pm
Sun. 9/18 @ 2pm
Rehearse: Fri 9/16 2-6pm, Sat 9/18 10am-2pm
Written and Performed by Cole Kazdin
Produced by Maura Kelly
My Year of Porn by Cole Kazdin is a one-woman comedy about a journalist's eye-opening adventures, the year she produces a
documentary on the porn industry. Through storytelling and character monologues, she travels to porn sets, backseats of trucks and a bizarre swingers club in downtown LA. It's Heart of Darkness. Only instead
of the Congo, it's Porno. (60 Minutes)

Week 2: September 19 – 24

If You Take One Elf Off The Shelf
Mon. 9/19 @ 7pm
Tues 9/20 @ 7pm (staged reading – pay what you can)
Rehearse: Mon 9/19 10am-6pm
By Francesca Sanders
Directed by Jocelyn Sawyer
If You Take One Elf Off The Shelf by Francesca Sanders is a play
that... wait a minute, is it a play or a novel or real life? That's the
question everyone seems to be asking Danika. But who holds the
answer? Is it Elsa, the temptress? Or Samson, the giant elf? Or must Danika pull out her "little stick" before all can be revealed? Watch
out! Thematic symbolism and theatrical tricks abound in this wild
play... or novel... or real life. The decision is up to you.
(90 Minutes)

Where’s My Cue & FISH
Wed. 9/21 @ 7pm, Sat. 9/24 @ 9pm
Where's My Cue
Rehearse: Sun 9/19 6-8pm, Mon 9/22 9-11pm
by Suzanne Dottino
directed by David Winitsky
An absurdist romp through mid-life crises with one Husband,
one Wife, one polar bear and a dump-truck size prescription of
Prozac. (25 Minutes)

FISH
Rehearse: Sun 9/19 8-10pm, Tues 9/21 9-11pm
Written and directed by Bryce Weinert
Produced and designed by Andrew Haas
Cast: Brianna Weinert
Stage Manager: Mark Mason
“A fish. She called me a fish. I have no idea what she meant."
Eric is left befuddled and bewildered when his girlfriend calls him
"a fish" and storms out of their apartment. This nonsensical insult
turns into the pivotal, make-or-break issue of their relationship.
(30 Minutes)

Show Ho
Wed. 9/21 @ 9pm
Thurs. 9/22 @ 7pm
Fri 9/23 @ 9pm
Rehearse: Tues. 9/20 2-6pm, Wed. 9/21 2-6pm
Written and performed by Sara Moore

Seens From The Unexpectedness of Love
Thurs. 9/22 @ 9pm
Fri. 9/23 @ 7pm
Sun. 9/25 @ 6pm
Rehearse: Wed. 9/21 10-2pm, Thurs 9/22 2-6pm
by Pamela S. Booker Directed by Anita Gonzalez
Using masks, mime, and choral call and response, this play
explores the masking/unmasking that we submit to in relationships.
In the aftermath of a 10year partnership, former lovers discover
"there is always longing," as they recall how they loved in an era
when personal and legislated politics threatened their survival.
(60 Minutes)

Like Decorations in a Cemetery
Sat. 9/24 @ 3pm
Sun. 9/25 @ 4pm
Mon. 9/26 @ 7pm
Rehearse: Fri 9/23 2-6pm
Sat 9/24 10-2pm
Written and performed by Laylage Courie

LIKE DECORATIONS IN A CEMETERY by Laylage Courie
is a "chamber work for voice and debris" using Wallace Stevens'
poem of the same name. At an eccentric tea party, toys, broken plates,
and miniature tea equipage accompany an extraordinary mixture of speech, song, and sound before 'decorating' a table-top grave."
(75 Minutes)

Premises for Sale
Sat. 9/24 @ 7pm
Sun. 9/25 @ 2pm
Mon. 9/26 @ 9pm
Rehearse: Tues 9/21 10-2pm
Fri. 9/23 2-6pm
Written and performed by Lisa Biggs
Directed by Alycia Smith-Howard
Video by Tanisha Brady Christie
Music composition by Grant Matthew Smith This solo theatre/dance
work by Lisa Biggs is a heart-felt and hilarious examination of the
politics of American citizenship today as told through the eyes of a growing black girl. (80 Minutes)

Week 3: September 24 – October 2

Pressing Beyond in Between
Tues. 9/27 @ 7pm
Wed. 9/28 @ 9pm
Rehearse: Mon 9/26 10am-2pm
Tues 9/27 2-6pm
Written and performed by Soha Al-Jurf
A Palestinian-American playwright and performer's exploration of
social, political, and personal boundaries. This autobiographical solo performance piece examines the challenges of defining personal
identity within the context of gender, religion, and nationality.
(60 Minutes)

Seen by the Dog
Tues. 9/27 @ 9pm
Wed. 9/28 @ 7pm
Rehearse: Sun 9/25 7-10pm
Mon 9/26 2-6pm by Andrea Moon
Directed by Brooke Brod
In a space that is part dream, part shifting sands of a Zoroastrian
village in Iran and part American city, Ruby tries to find a way to
mourn the death of her husband. SEEN BY THE DOG explores the tension between religious orthodoxy and authentic faith. (60 Minutes)

The Territory
Thurs. 9/29 @ 7pm
Fri. 9/30 @ 9pm
Sun. 10/2 @ 2pm
Rehearse: Wed. 9/28 10-2pm, Thurs 9/29 2-6pm
By Tanya Krohn
Directed & Composed by Dean Parker
Cast: Simon MacLean, Jennifer Lee Mitchell, Toby M. Lawless,
Sandie Luna
THE TERRITORY by Tanya Krohn is the surreal fable of a
salesman who tries to sell home security to the wife of a soldier serving
in Iraq. The play is a funny, dramatic and eerie look at how we
search for safety and meaning in the face of chaos and senselessness.
(50 Minutes)

Any Distance Home
Thurs. 9/29 @ 9pm
Fri. 9/30 @ 7pm
Sun. 10/2 @ 3:30pm
Rehearse: Tues 9/27 10am-2pm
Wed 9/28 2-6pm
Choreographed by Melissa Riker/The Kinesis Project
An evening of dances choreographed by Melissa Riker/The Kinesis Project - Including the premiere of MY STEPS TOWARDS YOU,
a dynamic and haunting work combining dance and martial arts,
inspired by the final moments of the Odyssey. Also in the evening: Her(Text in a Box), In the Lady’s Words and Standing Room.
Riker’s choreography is “sometimes comically acrobatic, sometimes gracefully classical.” “... visually arresting...” (The New York Times)
and “inventive and athletic” (Off-off Broadway). (60 Minutes)

The Moron's Don't Have to Laugh
Sat. 10/1 @ 2pm & 9pm
Sun. 10/2 @ 7pm
Rehearse: Sat 10/1 10am-1pm
Created and performed by CLUNK: Beau Johnson, Virginia Killian,
and Steve Lund Using clown theatre and improvisation, the three
fools of Chicago's CLUNK bring to life the stories of Russian
absurdist Daniil Kharms. "They deliver a humbled human experience
to their audience that does not smack of need or shame. The effect is
by turns funny, disgusting, bleak, and pathetic."
--Adrian Danzig, 500 Clown. (75 Minutes)

Not a Dream & Cemetery of Lips
Sat 10/1 @7pm
Sun 10/2 @ 5pm
Not a Dream Rehearse: Friday 9/30 2-6pm
Conceived & Directed by Regina Robbins with text by Charlotte,
Anne & Emily Brontë.
Cast: Emily Beatty, Jane Elias, Alison Saltz, Robert Weinstein
Victorian authoresses Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë spend
a "typical" evening at home with their troubled brother Branwell
and their own turbulent thoughts. Poetry and fantasy come together
in this portrait of a great literary family coping with isolation,
addiction, and the specter of death. (15 Minutes)

Cemetery of Lips Rehearse
Thurs 9/29 10-2pm
Sat 10/1 3:30-6pm by Nancy Ancowitz
Directed by: Barbara Rubin
Starring: Jaye Austin Williams
Cemetary of Lips is the story of a woman who thought she had
nothing to say. Fearless in its message, the play combines thrillingly
poetic riffs, deliciously surreal rants, and a powerhouse performance
with percussive rhythms and violin. Expect a wild ride.
Bring your lips. Bring your chap stick. (40 Minutes)

Week 4: October 3 – 9

Parable
Mon. 10/3 @ 7pm
Tues 10/4 @ 7pm (staged reading – pay what you can)
Rehearse: Sun 10/2 10-1pm
Mon 10/3 10-6pm by Monica Raymond
PARABLE is a darkly comic, magic realist full-length about two
families in the Middle East, both of whom have keys to the same
house, and what happens when they try to live in it together. Two families, two peoples, one house--a grapevine, blood, hot pepper.
“... something story-like, something fantastic. The absolute
opposite of war.” (120 Minutes)

The Water Principle
Wed. 10/5 @ 7pm,
Thurs. 10/6 @ 9pm
Rehearse: Tues 10/4 10-2pm
Wed 10/5 2-6pm
By Eliza Anderson
Directed by Shoshanna Gold.
THE WATER PRINCIPLE is Eliza Anderson's tragic-comic fable
of exploitation and survival. Addie lives a fiercely independent life on a plot of deserted land coveted by her neighbor, a self-proclaimed
"man of action". Their battle of wills is laced with vicious wit and profound pathos as it speaks to this perilous moment in the life of our planet and our city. (90 Minutes)

Sangre
Wed. 10/5 @ 9pm
Thurs. 10/6 @ 7pm
Fri. 10/7 @ 9pm
Rehearse: Tues 10/4 2-6pm
Wed 10/5 10-2pm
By Joseph Van Harken
Directed by Cynthia Dillon
Photojournalist Esteban struggles with his career and his relationships
with his fiance and mother. Traveling between New York and Puerto Rico, experiences with Santeria rituals and surreal imaginings lead him
to a supernatural confrontation with his maternal grandmother. Will
her spirit and power force him to finally exorcise his demons?
(75 Minutes)

Becoming Natasha
Fri. 10/7 @ 7pm
Sat. 10/8 @ 2pm
Rehearse: Fri 10/7 2-6pm
Inspired by “The Natasha’s” by Victor Malarek
Co-Created by Stacey Cervellino and Anna Klein
Directed by Nancy S. Chu and Anna Klein
Play adapted and Compiled by: Anna Klein
Videographer: Susan Pavlin
In collaboration with the Creative Playwrighting
Workshop June 22-July30, 2005
Creative Playwriting Workshop Collaborators: Portia Adney*,
Nina Adriana*, Stacey Cervellino*, Nancy S. Chu, Ilyana Kadushin*,
Anna Klein, Nurit Monacelli*, Michelle Maxson*, Susan Pavlin Becoming Natasha, a collaborative mulit-media production, inspired
by the book The Natashas, follows the stories of 6 trafficked women
and their capacity to survive at any cost. Becoming Natasha asks and explores the question: “When does human sexuality and the quest to
fulfill erotic fantasy turn into something ugly?” (45 Minutes)

Once & Eve Descending
Sat 10/8 @ 7pm
Sun 10/9 @ 2pm Once
Rehearse: Thurs 10/6 2-6pm
Sat 10/8 10am-1pm
Written, directed, and composed by Misa Ogasawara
Music Arranged by: Hiro Iida
Cast: Mayumi Asada, Akiko Furukawa, Jason Ignacio,
Motoki Kobayashi Misa Ogasawara, SABA, Yosuke Takahashi
Once is a story of one human’s quest for the meaning of love,
performed by one singer and six dancers. When one Human’s heart is destroyed by terror, he loses all connection to others. But Nature treats
him kindly, revealing that once he was every thing and every person.
Only when he understands his bond with all life can he know love.
(30 Minutes)

Eve Descending
Rehearse: Tues 10/4 9pm-12am, Sat 10/8 3pm-6pm
Conceived and directed by Abena Koomson
Stage Manager-Keith Oncale Lighting Design- Gregory Tippit
Produced by Actors Stock Company
NYC Cast: Jessica Elizabeth, Deborah Goffe, Sabrina Hayeem-Ladani, Hanna Honeycutt-Kivioja, Marty McConnell, Maria Nieves, Melanie Stroh, Rich Villar, Stephanie Williams Eve Descending is a journey through the stories of women in the Bible. Each woman comes to life through poetry, dance, and song to speak where the scriptures have
been silent. (60 Minutes)