Martin McDonagh’s unsettling black comedy masterpiece of governmental oppression of a writer is given an exhilarating revival by a Queens-based troupe.
POTUS
The all-female political satire about a murdered President is uproariously revived in Woodside, Queens, with a dynamic cast and a snappy presentation.
Deadclass, Ohio
A beguiling and striking performance piece featuring a talking bear, old family photographs and Holocaust overtones; it’s vividly performed and presented.
Exiles
James Joyce’s only play is a jaunty examination of free love among two Irish couples in 1912; a sparkling cast perform in this scintillating revival.
Dynamic Duos
An aging, unsuccessful male rock singer is audited by the IRS, and a young woman crosses the U.S. border illegally, in these exceptional one-act plays.
Dakar 2000
An amiable memory play about a young U.S. Peace Corps worker losing his innocence to an older, female State Department official amidst foreign intrigue.
Curse of the Starving Class
Christian Slater, Calista Flockhart and a mesmerizing sheep, appear in this rousing revival of Sam Shepard’s 1977 dysfunctional family saga.
The Barbarians
A wild, neo futuristic performance piece satirizing the past and present U.S. political scene; the dynamic cast spouts swirling, comic dialogue.
My Man Kono
Charlie Chaplin’s relationship with his Japanese immigrant chauffeur is the spine of this engaging, historical fantasia that is charmingly performed.
Beckett Briefs
F. Murray Abraham dazzles in Krapp’s Last Tape; a trio of magnetic actors also perform Not I and Play, in this entrancing triple bill by the Nobel laureate.