A 1960’s closeted gay movie star and psychosexual conflicts in a Shanghai brothel during W.W. II are in this program of compelling one-act plays.
Author: Darryl Reilly
Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey
The eccentric cult writer and artist’s life is explored in this fascinating play with three actors portraying him, as well as the use of animation, film and puppets.
Long Day’s Journey into Night
A starry well-chosen cast powerfully enacts this perfectly staged beautiful revival of the lengthy classic American play about a troubled family.
Beckett Trilogy: Not I /Footfalls/ Rockaby
Irish actress Lisa Dwan is spellbinding in this striking presentation of three enigmatic short works by the legendary 20th century playwright.
Locusts Have No King
Two squabbling gay couples get together for dinner and it is revealed that they are all Catholic priests in this puzzling but compelling allegory.
A Man and His Prostate
Ed Asner wonderfully plays an elderly American who ends up in an Italian hospital after he falls ill while sightseeing in this hilarious one-man play.
China Doll
Al Pacino’s eternal charisma is really the only reason to endure this painfully dull and negligible new play by David Mamet about a beleaguered tycoon.
Pylade
Sex with a watermelon, more sex, cool costumes, and terrific staging are striking elements of this dynamic but uneven presentation of a Greek myth.
Death of the Persian Prince
An Iranian woman’s romance with a US ex-Marine in NYC is the subject of this powerful and suspenseful political drama that is strongly performed.
Sex of the Baby
The complications of an affluent NYC gay male couple’s child surrogacy plans are explored in this bold and surprising contemporary comedic drama.