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Three Short Plays by edward allAn baker
If you are unfamiliar with this master’s work, then you are in for a treat. Edward Allan Baker provides the meat an actor loves to sink their teeth into with Three Short Plays. Check out our review!
Kind Stranger…
Kind Stranger was both a tribute and an invitation: a chance to see Tennessee Williams not as an untouchable legend but as a man who lived, loved, and wrote with uncompromising truth. Check out our review written by Malini!
UNSEX’d
From the raucous and rebellious minds of Daniel Judes and Jay Whitehead comes UNSEX’d—a gleefully irreverent, gorgeously crafted, and intellectually nimble play that struts into the limelight not merely as a clever footnote to Shakespearean lore, but as a bold and blazingly contemporary reclamation of the Bard’s legacy.
Kafka for Beginners
Julian Henry Lowenfeld’s Kafka for Beginners is no mere play, but a fevered cry from the belly of an empire rotten with its own myth-making. Here, power has calcified into ritual, and truth is a currency long outlawed.
The Boy from Bantay
In this richly woven solo performance, Jeremy Rafal charts a journey not merely across geography—from the sun-drenched provinces of the Philippines to the electrifying sprawl of New York City—but across identity, ambition, and the resilience of the human spirit. Here’s our review of The Boy from Bantay!
Tempestuous
“As a lover of Shakespeare’s The Tempest since I first read it in high school, I would have never guessed it could be retold in a secluded lake-side cabin in Appalachia. Even more than that, I would have never expected it to be a musical,” writes our reviewer Niranjani Reddi. Check it out!
Who We Become: One Act Plays By Lanford Wilson
Who We Become, in presenting a triptych of Lanford Wilson’s lesser-known one-acts, offers a rare and invigorating immersion into the quieter corners of his oeuvre—an invitation not merely to revisit a master’s voice, but to re-encounter it with fresh ears attuned to its emotional intricacy, formal daring, and ever-relevant human truths.
Okay, bye!
What unfolds in Ok, bye! is not simply a performance, but a living, breathing act of radical truth-telling, carved with humor and heartbreak from the everyday ruins of rejection. Here’s our review written by Tony Marinelli.
Peter Doyle’s Incredible Head
Peter Doyle has a disembodied head in his apartment. He doesn’t know where it came from. He doesn’t know when it arrived. It is there, and very much alive. The head doesn’t know where it came from either. Check out our review of Peter Doye's Incredible Head.
The Adventures of Pussy Jones
What would result if AI wrote a play? Well, this is the result of a playwright imagining AI’s writing skills. Gab Cody presents The Adventures of Pussy Jones. Check out our review!
Ocean in a Teacup
Ocean in a Teacup is a fascinating true story, as part of the inaugural Next Step Festival. Our reviewer Nicole left still wanting to know how the main character made it to NYC where he would eventually encounter the author and become his mentor.
The Popess
Writer/ Performer Elena Mazzon finds a great range of emotions in The Popess, drawing upon Renaissance artistry and commedia dell'arte clown work. Read our review by Marcina Zaccaria.
The Phantom of the Opera’s Friend
As part of the 2025 NYC Fringe Festival, The Phantom of the Opera’s Friend is a one-man show directed by Catalina Beltrán, in which Michel captivates the audience for a full 60 minutes without a single pause. Check out our review, written by Bianca Lopez.
Quacks and Whacks
Turning your suffering into art may not be new, but it is the rare soul who turns it into comedy, with puppets. As part of the NYC Fringe Festival, Quacks and Whacks by Amanda and Terry Miller does not disappoint. Read our review by Nicole Jesson.
Bad Muslim
The comparison to Hasan Minhaj and Mike Birbiglia? Not just valid — earned. Azhar Bande-Ali knows how to thread painful truths with laugh-out-loud humor, and he does it with a quiet confidence that demands your attention. He’s not flashy — he’s intentional. You lean in, and he hits you with something honest, hilarious, and wholly human. Catch Bad Muslim as part of the 2025 NYC Fringe Festival.
JAWS: The Musical
This comic-send up of Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster film, JAWS is a hoot. Check it out as part of the 2025 NYC Fringe Festival. Read our review by Nicole Jesson.
bent through glass
Bent through Glass is a play that should come with a trigger warning. Within the intimate setting of Under St Marks, Alex Koltchak shares an emotionally raw account of a family devastated by loss and the many faces of grief that follow. Read our review written by Brian Connor.
Sadec 1965: A Love Story
Flora Le splices time sequences, traveling between lands in Sade 1965: A Love Story. Piecing recollections of a conversation with her friend in Montreal, she thinks back to her teen years seeking unavailable men, using drugs, experiencing an HIV scare, and then finally, choosing to set her sights on college. By age 31, wanderlust combines with the necessity to visit her father's homeland in Vietnam.
90 Years of Songs and Scandals and Foreign Affairs
This spritely nonagenarian, D’yan Forest, is still owning the stage. She holds the Guinness World Record for Oldest Female Comedian in the World. But taking the title meant losing a friend. If 90 Years of Songs and Scandals and Foreign Affairs is any indication, D’yan will not be relinquishing the title anytime soon. Check out our review written by Nicole Jesson.
Meet the Review Team
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A proud SAG-AFTRA & AEA member, Nicole has worked for The Huntington Theatre, Delvena Theatre, Gloucester Stage Company and Wellesley Summer Theatre as well as producing and directing with Catbox Cabaret and le black Kat theatre. A graduate of the Actor Studio Drama School and Emerson College, she is the author of the children's book Iggy the Snake. Her new short play The Other Woman debuts in Boston Autumn 2025.
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Tony Marinelli is an actor, playwright, director, arts administrator, and now critic. He received his B.A. and almost finished an MFA from Brooklyn College in the golden era when Benito Ortolani, Howard Becknell, Rebecca Cunningham, Gordon Rogoff, Marge Linney, Bill Prosser, Sam Leiter, Elinor Renfield, and Glenn Loney numbered amongst his esteemed professors. His plays I find myself here, Be That Guy (A Cat and Two Men), and …and then I meowed have been produced by Ryan Repertory Company, one of Brooklyn’s few resident theatre companies.
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Amanda Montoni is a professional hat-wearer. One of those hats is, yes, you guessed it, Writer. She has had her short stories, poetry, and children's books published by multiple companies. Her plays have premiered both on stage and in podcast form. Her poetry collection, Thoughts While Singing, was the creative spark for her podcast, The Sweet Madness Podcast, where she interviews fellow theater lovers, poets, and writers as well as any other guests that bring sweetness to the world. Theatre has always been her lifeline, so when she jumped from Actor/Choreogrpaher/Director to Reviewer, she could not have been more thrilled to see her worlds come together.
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Niranjani Reddi (she/they) is a playwright, actor, and producer based in NYC . Previous credits include: Shiv's Project (Priyanka), Seeking Fair and Lovely : Rishtas and Rasas at The Tank (Playwright and Producer), Alley Between the Houses (Zera), While We Wait (Grace), Whippoorwill Calls (Director). She’s extremely passionate about all things related to Indian and Indian-American representation within the Western performing arts space. She works to center these stories in her own work, whether it’s in plays she’s written, or projects she’s acted in. She’s incredibly excited to continue building a community of artists based in and around NYC, who are interested in engaging with the same kind of work she is.
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Marcina Zaccaria has written and edited profiles for Howl Round, based at Emerson College, and has held temporary positions at Conde Nast and Rodale Publishing. Marcina is the Theatre and Opera Editor at The Theatre Times, and her clips can be found online. She has covered theatrical productions for The Brooklyn Rail and TheaterPizzazz.com. She currently enjoys handling editing and layout for Bio Books for professionals at a NY based non-profit organization, and previously worked at EdLab at Columbia University, editing articles for Teachers College Record and the New Learning Times.
As a Dramatist, Marcina Zaccaria has written Village, My Home, performed at the Dream Up Festival at Theater for the New City. Marcina's One Act play, All About Image, was performed at the Broadway Bound Festival on Theatre Row. She has read applications and coordinated rehearsal space for the LIT Space Grant Residency Program and participated at the Catwalk Artist Residency where she wrote The Incalculable Present. A member of the League Of Professional Theatre Women, she was the Co-Chair of Julia's Reading Room where she enjoyed a virtual reading of her play, Love, the TV, and Me.
Marcina Zaccaria received her undergraduate degree from Tisch School of the Arts, and holds an MFA from Columbia University.
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Award-winning multidisciplinary theatre professional with a distinguished reputation for crafting groundbreaking performances. Renowned for her work on stage, innovative movement direction, and international experience, she is dedicated to creating transformative art that captivates audiences and fosters cultural enrichment.