Let’s face it, the thought of a dinner-party with strangers can be anxiety-inducing. But while dinner with strangers is exactly what you’re signing up for with 5 Senses Theatre‘s krāv experience, let go of any trepidation. You’re going to have a blast, … Continue reading →

It would be easy to say, “this play is important to your understanding of U.S. theatre history, and therefore you should see it”—but that sounds lame and boring. And Metropolitan Playhouse‘s production of the Federal Theater Project’s Living Newspaper Unit‘s … Continue reading →

Your ever-humble GSAS! producer is sound designing a great play that’s being produced as part of F*ckFest at The Brick in Williamsburg—and because I have editorial control over this here podcast, well, this is an episode about it. Even if … Continue reading →

Hearing the synopsis of Everyday Inferno‘s Punk as Fuck, with its references to angry young people and garage bands, it certainly sounds like a play for anyone who secretly longs for their glory days of playing music with friends in a … Continue reading →

Start creating a new work of theatre from a classic fairy tale, and you might find yourself taking a detour through the “back to the land” movement, and wind up with a movement play full of original music, lovely light projections, … Continue reading →

Producing independent theatre is a difficult game. So a play about producing theatre, where the title is slang for a sucker who puts a lot of money into a theatrical venture he doesn’t truly understand…it might hit a little too close … Continue reading →

How do you tell a tale about famous female pirates through the ages? Obviously, for starters, you’ve gotta do it on a boat. Not so obviously, you make the stories of high adventure come alive with creative & fun shadow … Continue reading →

Firebone Theatre wants to tell you a story. Weaving the tale of the Trung Sisters, who led the first national uprising of the Vietnamese against the Chinese in 40 A.D., and the modern history of Pham Thi Hue, who started the first support … Continue reading →

Like New York City itself, the East Village is one of those places that seems mythical to anyone who’s never been there—less a location, and more an idea shaped by popular media. It could be easy to forget that people actually live … Continue reading →

“What lives on…what’s left when someone is gone?” The kinds of things that remain can run the gamut—music boxes, stories, ephemera, bottles of booze, memories—but they can all mean something. And exploring that meaning is at the heart of August … Continue reading →