CRASH LANDING
November 13th @ 7PM, November 15th @ 7PM, November 16th @ 3PM
Written and performed by Joanna Pickering
Produced by Eric Krebs
Special invite to preview a development presentation of Crash Landing A one woman show.
Synopsis: A night of celebration turns into a nightmare when an engine fails on flight 872.
Joanna Pickering is an award-winning British playwright and actress whose plays have sold out black box theater in New York City, London, and Paris. Her plays are stocked at The Drama Book Shop and Books Are Magic in New York. Her solo shows, Crash Landing. Laughing In The Dark and Cease and Desist are comissioned to open from 2026. In 2025, Lara's Journey live-streamed to over 1 million viewers on social media from Theater 555, via Natalia Kholodenko in collabration for Ukrainina refugees—other collabroators included Gloria Gaynor, and Kathy Sledge. The play was then presented at the Off-Avignon Theatre Festival 2025 garnering a rave review. In 2023, Don't Harm the Animals premiered at Chain Theater. In 2022/23, Bad Victims sold out two runs (The Courtyard Theater, London), co-starring Pickering and Richard Emerson (West End's Chess), directed by Erica Gould (Neil LaBute, Theresa Rebeck). Other credits include Cat and Mouse (The Drama Book Store with Wonder Year's Dan Lauria), The Endgame (New Perspective Theater, New York and Big Funk, Paris), Beach Break (The Bridge Theater, New York), Misty and Rover (The Chain, New York), and the trilogy Truth, Lies and Deception (Pave D'Orsay Paris) starring Pickering in a lead-role. Sylvie and Sly was read by Caroline Aaron (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), directed by Lorca Peress (Multi-Stages) for The League of Professional Theater Women, and will be adapted for screen starring Emmy-nominated Ilene Kristen and Gary Aspen, directed by multi-Emmy winner Gary Donatelli (release June 30). As an actress, Joanna has won six independent Best Actress awards and outstanding performance awards, including at the NY International Women Festival, The Actors Awards, and L.A. Film Awards, and received Outstanding Performance for Diva (2023). She holds a BSc in Pure Mathematics, is a member of The Actors Studio PDU, The Actors Gym, The International Center of Women Playwrights, The League of Professional Theater Women, and SAG, and has collaborated with U.N. campaigns and gender rights initiatives. She is represented by 3 Arts Entertainment, MAA, and Talented in Paris. www.joannapickering.com | IG: @joannapickering
Eric Krebs is a Tony-award winning theater producer with a that career spans more than 50 years, in whic he has worked as a producer, a theater founder and operator, and a college professor. His producing organization, Eric Krebs Theatrical Management, was founded in 1979. In 1974 he founded the George Street Playhouse regional theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey, now in its 51st Season. He built and operated Off-Broadway’s John Houseman Theater Center and Douglas Fairbanks Theater for over 20 years. Most recently he renovated and became the operator of a 160 seat off-Broadway Theater, reopening it as Theater555, 555 West 42 Street in New York City. He hosts rentals at the theater in addition to producing his own projects. On Broadway he produced: Bill Maher: Victory Begins At Home (Tony nomination for Best Special Theatrical Event), Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party, It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues (nominated for 4 Tony Awards including Best Musical) and Electra with Zoe Wanamaker (nominated for 3 Tony Awards). Current and recent Off-Broadway productions include: Breakin'NYC, a Hip Hop and Break Dancing production, Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song, Just Another Day by Dan Lauria and featuring Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years) and Patty MacCormack (The Bad Seed)
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