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IRL + CYBERTANK: Writopia Lab Worldwide Plays Festival 2023: "Bravery MakeBelieve & Language"
Jun
10
to Jun 11

IRL + CYBERTANK: Writopia Lab Worldwide Plays Festival 2023: "Bravery MakeBelieve & Language"

Writopia Lab Worldwide Plays Festival 2023: "Bravery MakeBelieve & Language"

June 10 at 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM & 4:00 PM

June 11 at 12:00 PM & 2:00 PM

Now in our 14th year of the Writopia Lab Worldwide Plays Festival, our playwrights -- ages 8 -18 -- conjured who plays prompted only by a smattering of props and costumes--some blue plates, some russian dolls, some aluminum foil. Over the weekend of our festival of 31 staged readings, you'll laugh, you'll cry, your imagination will be cracked wide open with the power of the voices of this most startling and soulful generation of playwrights.

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[RESCHEDULED] Lime Fest: Short Works
Sep
7
7:00 PM19:00

[RESCHEDULED] Lime Fest: Short Works

LIME FEST: Short Works

Two short works. One cool show.

michaela & you: an indefinite draft and exquisite corpse
A Short Film
Devised by Michaela Escarcega + Eliana Theolodiges-Rodriguez
Directed by Michaela Escarcega

SILENT BEAT
Choreographed and Performed by Denisa Musilova

Silent Beat is an exploration of taking and losing control. From the authenticity of speaking about personal trauma to removing the voice, the work oscillates between a documentary and a performance.

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The Apartment Plays
Sep
3
7:00 PM19:00

The Apartment Plays

Join Playdate Theatre’s Live Studio Audience for taping of The Apartment Plays, three original comedic micro-plays all written based on the same set design and all performed in front of a projected set.

This show includes jokes about death, robbery, murder, and demons. The Apartment Plays runs under an hour.

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[postponed] Lime Fest: Short Works
Aug
22
6:00 PM18:00

[postponed] Lime Fest: Short Works

  • Broadway, between 35th and 36th Street (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

LIME FEST: Short Works

Two short works. One cool outdoor show.

TRIBUTE DANCE FOR LAUREL
by Eliana Theologides-Rodriguez and Katie Walenta
Directed by Michaela Escarcega

Join us for a tribute performance in honor of Laurel.

SILENT BEAT
Choreographed and Performed by Denisa Musilova

Silent Beat is an exploration of taking and losing control. From the authenticity of speaking about personal trauma to removing the voice, the work oscillates between a documentary and a performance.

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The Bechdel Group - Our Famous Friend & Songbird
Nov
18
6:00 PM18:00

The Bechdel Group - Our Famous Friend & Songbird

The Bechdel Group’s Workshop Series is a series of readings and discussions around new work in progress. We invite all actors, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, and theatre lovers to join us for a festive, friendly, informal community evening of discussion around new work.

Series event: Our Famous Friend, by Kaitlin Mackenzie & Songbird, by Rachel Luann Strayer

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The Bechdel Group - Tvilah (or Arriving Where She Left) & Carm
Oct
21
6:00 PM18:00

The Bechdel Group - Tvilah (or Arriving Where She Left) & Carm

The Bechdel Group’s Workshop Series is a series of readings and discussions around new work in progress. We invite all actors, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, and theatre lovers to join us for a festive, friendly, informal community evening of discussion around new work.

Tvilah (or Arriving Where She Left), by Bailey Jordan Garcia
“When she has disappeared, seven of the most important people in her life gather at Bethesda to try to bring her back.”
Carm, by Erica Mann
“When fourteen-year-old Iris receives a scholarship to the prestigious Karnstein Academy, she discovers that her education will still come at a price.”

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Fast and Furious: Rosalind's Funeral
Aug
6
7:00 PM19:00

Fast and Furious: Rosalind's Funeral

Tickets
$5

With the future of our nation hanging in the balance and revolution in the air, the need to respond to what is happening in our world RIGHT NOW is more urgent than ever. The Fast and the Furious is a call to arms for artists across all disciplines to make new work about news items and current events that have happened in the week prior.

This evening of performances created in just seven days will be the boldest, most contemporary, fastest and most furious artistic answers to the world we live in today.

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Fast and Furious 28: Raging Hot American Summer
Jul
9
7:00 PM19:00

Fast and Furious 28: Raging Hot American Summer

Tickets
$5

With the future of our nation hanging in the balance and revolution in the air, the need to respond to what is happening in our world RIGHT NOW is more urgent than ever. The Fast and the Furious is a call to arms for artists across all disciplines to make new work about news items and current events that have happened in the week prior.

This evening of performances created in just seven days will be the boldest, most contemporary, fastest and most furious artistic answers to the world we live in today.

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Here Lies Cappy
Apr
28
3:00 PM15:00

Here Lies Cappy

TICKETS
$10
Written by Anya Richkind
Directed by Jenna Rossman
Produced by Alex Cadena

There is a bag of letters from Barbara that nobody has opened for many years. Mom has the bag. Somewhere in that bag is Barbara's suicide note. Letter by letter, Mom and Twig learn about Twig's grandmother Barbara, who left us when Mom was two years old. Meanwhile, Dad is building a deck and someone named Benny moves in next to Twig.

Content/trigger warning: This play heavily concerns suicide and suicidal ideation.

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Just The Two Of Us
Apr
14
7:00 PM19:00

Just The Two Of Us

"Just The Two Of Us" is a festival of five, short, two-person plays which explore love, sex, and relationships through the lenses of five brilliant up and coming playwrights. Join us for an evening of deep dives into dating apps, dating exes, feeling downhearted, first love, truth, lies, and lottery tickets.

Produced by Isabel Monk Cade and James Zebooker
Directed by James Zebooker
Written by Matt Surges, James Zebooker, Niki Hatzidis, Isabel Monk Cade, and Reed Arnold
Technical Direction by Stefania Schramm
Featuring Cameron Bisca, Chablis Quarterman, Mariah Lotz, Dmitry Kraine, Cynthia Nesbit, Ben Maters, Isabel Monk Cade, Matt Surges, Iris Beaumier, Reed Arnold

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