Past Productions.

A reading of…

The Gin Baby
by Sarah Shaefer
directed by Daniel Talbott

A young alcoholic woman commits herself to a psych ward in one final act of trying to learn how to commit to herself. Will she make it out alive? A black comedy.

Featuring:
Amelia – Lesley Shires*
Ellen – Anna O’Donaghue*
Dr. Ty – Amelia Campbell*
Precious – Shyko Amos*
Betsey – Amelia Pedlow*
Dave – Dean Imperial
Bartender/Director – Richard O’Brien
Stage Directions: Briana Packen

Casting by Jack Doulin, CSA

Tuesday, February 26
7pm
At the new Theaterlab space: 357 West 36th Street, in the gallery
FREE (donations accepted)
Beverages will be served for a suggested donation.

*member of Actors Equity Association

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PUSSYFEST is two evenings of staged, script-in-hand presentations of monologues custom-written for 41 amazeballs female-bodied/identifying performers, as well as a fundraiser for our production of Sarah Shaefer’s The Gin Baby. All these pieces deal, in one way or another, with the body.

February 9:

David Lawson writes for Becky Byers
Sarah Shaefer writes for Hanna Cheek
Maya Macdonald writes for Louiza Collins
Zoe Geltman writes for Susan Ferrara
Alexis Clements writes for Kim Gainer
Jona Tarlin writes for Zoe Geltman
Cecilia Copeland writes for Ana Grosse
Yeauxlanda Kay writes for Lauren Hennessy
Libby Emmons writes for Homa Hynes
Daniel Talbott writes for Sarah E. Jacobs
Zack Calhoon writes for Sheila Joon
James Comtois writes for Jocelyn Kuritsky
Louise Schwarz writes for Catherine LeFrere
Jenny Lane writes for Laura Ramadei
August Schulenburg writes for Elizabeth Seldin
Mariah MacCarthy writes for Chet Siegel
J. Julian Christopher writes for Diana Stahl
Nat Cassidy writes for Sarah Todes
Kari Bentley-Quinn writes for Anna Van Valin
Cynthia Flowers writes for Miranda Wilson

Directed by Nic Grelli, Leta Tremblay, Nicole A. Watson, and Jordana Williams
Music by Diana Oh Is GOING ROGUE and Reema Zaman

February 10:

Kim Davies writes for Lindsey Austen
Elizabeth Seldin writes for Virginia Baeta
Rob Askins writes for Dana Berger
Mac Rogers writes for Becca Blackwell
J. Stephen Brantley writes for Leah Dietrich
Josh Conkel writes for Yeauxlanda Kay
Marisel Polanco writes for Sarah Lemp
Leah Nanako Winkler writes for Parker Leventer
Brandon Marianne Lee writes for Joey Liao
Susan Ferrara writes for Sevrin Anne Mason
Christine J. Schmidt writes for Sarah Matteucci
Judith Leora writes for Allyson Morgan
Lucy Gillespie writes for Romy Nordlinger
Diana Stahl writes for Diana Oh
Nicole Pandolfo writes for Briana Packen
Fernanda Coppel writes for Stacey Raymond
Tatiana Suarez-Pico writes for Emily Rupp
Micheline Auger writes for Sarah Shaefer
Emily Bohannon writes for Samantha Soule
Daniel McCoy writes for Alexis Thomason
Ruben Carbajal writes for Kristen Vaughan

Directed by Heather Cohn, Sherri Kronfeld, Kyle Metzger, and Christina Roussos
Music by Jody Christopherson and the Vagina Choir

All performances at:

Joria Studios.
260 West 36th Street, 3rd floor.
February 9 & 10, 8pm

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Magic Trick
By Mariah MacCarthy
Directed by Christina Roussos
Starring Kim Gainer*, Nic Grelli*, and Diana Oh

Bana: Beautiful, paraplegic, missing. Eric: her (ex?) boyfriend, looking for her. Clara: That burlesque dancer they almost took home. Bana’s donning pasties, Eric’s losing his sh*t, and Clara gets naked and won’t leave. A love story with burlesque.

Presented as part of the New York International Fringe Festival at HERE Arts Center (145 6th Avenue) on the following dates:
SAT 8/18 @ NOON
SUN 8/19 @ 3:00
TUE 8/21 @ 4:00
THUR 8/23 @ 8:00
SAT 8/25 @ 7:00

Stage Kitten: Lindsey Austen
Burlesque Guru: Jonny Porkpie
Set/Props Design: Tim McMath
Light Design: Lois Catanzaro
Sound Design: Gerry Marletta
Costume Design: Orli Nativ
Photography: Kacey Stamats
Production Manager/ACR: Tzipora Kaplan
Stage Manager: Cliff Moller

*member of Actors’ Equity Association
Photo by Kacey Stamats
Video by Mariah MacCarthy

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PUSSYFEST
A fundraiser for Mariah MacCarthy’s Magic Trick in the New York International Fringe Festival
Monologues About the Body. For Women.

June 8 & 17, 2012 8pm
Joria Productions
260 West 36th Street, 3rd floor

June 8 playwrights:

Brian Bauman
Vera Berlyavsky
Eboni Booth
Exquisite Corpse
Vanessa David
Libby Emmons
Susan Ferrara
Kate Foster
Ashley Jacobson
Callie Kimball
David Lawson
Claytie Mason
Richard Patterson
Lisa Reinke
August Schulenberg
Elizabeth Seldin
Sarah Shaefer
Crystal Skillman
Stephen Spotswood

June 8 directors:

Brian Gillespie
Joan Kane
Sydney Rainville-Thomson
Christina Roussos

June 17 playwrights:

Kari Bentley-Quinn
Brooke Berman
J. Stephen Brantley
James Comtois
Cecilia Copeland
Libby Emmons
Zoe Geltman
Stuart Green
Lisa Huberman
Daniel John Kelley
Brandon Marianne Lee
David Loehr
Nicole Pandolfo
Richard Patterson
Jerry Polner
Christine J. Schmidt
Sarah Shaefer
Stephanie Swirsky
Jona Tarlin

June 17 directors:

Matt Dickson
Sara Lyons
Elana McKelahan
Aliza Shane

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Our debut production:

THE FOREPLAY PLAY
A new play by Mariah MacCarthy
Directed by Leta Tremblay

A straight couple comes to a lesbian couple’s apartment for dinner, drinks, and a foursome. Things do not go as planned.