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Love’s Concordia Bar
A bunch of former and present NYU Drama / TISCH students have banded together to create Love’s Concordia Bar. The plot revolves around a group of diverse characters who, over the course of one night in a small, dimly lit bar, explore themes of love, loss, and the complexity of human relationships. Read our review written by Nicole Jesson.
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.
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.
F***ed Up Fairytales
If there’s anything to take away from F***ed Up Fairytales, it’s this: themes and lessons are everywhere, whether you’re seeing a story come to life on stage, reading it on a page or living a (hopefully) slightly less grim version of them. Here’s our review written by Amanda Montoni.
Minotauromachy
Liadin Sinclair stages Joanna Wiley’s passion project Minotauromachy with bold, unflinching clarity. The play centers not on Picasso himself, but on the women who shaped and were shaped by him and his obsession with minotaurs. Here’s our review written by Malini Singh McDonald.
Anti-gone
Need More Work's Anti-Gone in the NYC Fringe Festival reimagines Sophocles' Antigone with a bold, ensemble-driven take. Compact, innovative, and accessible, this version of Antigone could easily find a home in schools or on tour. It’s rare to find a piece that both entertains and teaches, that honors the old while playing with the new—but this one does. And it does it well.
A Crucible: A Puritanical Celebration of Witches and Turkeys
Here’s what our reviewer, Nicole has to say: I take the Humorist Project’s A Crucible: A Puritanical Celebration of Witches and Turkeys very personally. I feel seen. Actually, I feel watched. This piece has 3 more performances in NYC’s Frigid Festival. Get to them or be left out in the cold!
Bright White Light
As you may be able to discern, Bright White Light is about walking into the light. Dylan Balsamo makes an absolutely charming Grim Reaper, who cannot for the life of himself figure out why he’s thought of as grim. Here’s our review!
Closed Doors
Closed Doors takes place in a stuck elevator. Tim Hayes’ script has all the makings of the perfect festival piece. No set. No scene changes. High drama, and a few laughs. Here’s our review, written by Nicole Jesson.
Home Rule
Home Rule (as part of the NYC Fringe Festival) is another beast altogether. In a classic horror motif, this show would make for a great low-budget horror short film. Wild and over the top, the future of Ireland is in the hands of a teen girl, a worried mom and a drunk parish priest. Check out our review!
Humpty Dumpty
Eric Bogosian and Ella Jane New's play, Humpty Dumpty, predates Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. Perhaps the only thing Humpty Dumpty didn’t foresee is the price of eggs. Check out our review by Nicole Jesson.
Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus
Writer and director Zoe Senese-Grossberg’s retelling of Mary Shelley’s Gothic classic Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus is a spectacle of a classic told in the most combustible, soul-clenching, and fuel-igniting way. Check out our review by Bianca Lopez.
Last Call
The actors’ performances are utterly stellar. Helen Schneider plays Leonard Bernstein, fresh in our minds from Bradley Cooper's Maestro, (I only hope he gets to see this.) who runs into Lucca Zuchner's Herbert Von Karajan unexpectedly in Vienna's famed Sacher Hotel one night in the late 80s. Check out our reviw of Last Call.
CAN YOU HEAR THE PIGEONS
Welcome to writer/director William Electric Black’s CAN YOU HEAR THE PIGEONS. Mr. Black takes us on an audacious reimagining of classic literature The Lord of the Flies in his stellar new play. Check out our review by Bianca Lopez.
POTUS OR Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
POTUS is a feminist piece that successfully ran on Broadway in 2022. City Gate Productions’ presentation doesn’t dare shy away from that. Check out our review by Amanda Montoni.
The Fundamentalist
Nothing is black or white, right or wrong. It’s a layered, tinted mess of gray, and our lives are spent searching through its tinted pages for the truth. Check out our review of The Fundamentalist, written by Amanda Montoni.
Lake George
Writer/director Daniel Blick is a voice to be celebrated in his exquisite underlying tones of hurt, betrayal, and cursed missed opportunities in his play, Lake George.
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.