In the Works: Experimentation and Play
We invite you to join us for 5 works-in progress.
Some of these plays are brand new.
In fact, they’re being written right now.
A few are in later stages of development but the artists
wanted to experiment with a few things to see how they fly.
But all these writers are standing out on the ledge
to tell new stories in new ways.
- Lonely Leela
by Rehana Mirza
directed by Meiyin Wang
with puppets by Spica Wobbe
with Jackie Chung, Sanjit De Silva, Jon Hoche, Kyle Knauf, Angela Lin, Debargo Sanyal and Nitya Vidyasagar
on Tuesday, June 8th at 8pmLeela’s boyfriend has disappeared. So she goes into the Internet to find him. An Alice in Wonderland type adventure where malicious codes and white knight bloggers meet in a shifting world of everything’s at your fingertips but you can’t quite find what you’re looking for…
- Lyme Park: An Austonian Play of an Indian Nature
by Nandita Shenoy
directed by Michael Babin
dance consultant: Ricki G. Ravitts
with Cindy Cheung, Jennifer Graves, Jeffrey C. Hawkins, Nandita Shenoy, and Paco Tolson
on Thursday, June 10th at 7pmKavita loves Jane Austen so much that she drags her pregnant best friend on a Pride & Prejudice tour of England in hopes of escaping romantic disappointments at home. But where fantasy ends and reality begins is where Kavita finds herself facing her worst fears about love, identity, and finding Mr. Darcy.
- Sharksucker
by Dustin Chinn
directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel
with Jackie Chung, William Jackson Harper, Jennifer Ikeda, Bobby Moreno, Matt Park and Jon Norman Schneider
on Monday, June 14th at 7pmWill and Lio have a comedy team that you’ve never heard of, though not for lack of trying. When the city’s big festival approaches, the group’s egos and questionable tastes threaten to make this show their last … as well as their funniest. A love letter to sketch with a side of platonic failure.
- Subterranea
by Jon Hoche & Paco Tolson
directed by Robert Ross Parker
with Cindy Cheung, Jackie Chung, Jon Hoche, Erica Swindell, and Paco Tolson
***NEW DATE on Wednesday, June 16th at 8pmSubterranea is the story of two long lost brothers thrust together by fate who must make their way to the center of the Earth in order to fight Nazis. A video, puppetry and improvisation play.
- Happy
by Sung Rno
directed by Andy Pang
with Deborah S. Craig, Carla Harting, Sue Jean Kim, Paul Juhn, Christopher Larkin, Alfredo Narciso, Steve Park and Michael Potts
on Monday, June 21st at 7pmWhat happens when Leo Park, an antidepressant sales rep, starts feeling a bit moody himself? He descends into the blinking lights of the happiness machine, where he confronts anxiety, pills, and the eye of the euphoria storm himself: Doctor Happy.
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DANY STUDIOS
305 W. 38th
(between 8th and 9th)Reserve tickets here.
Readings are free and open to the public.In the Works: Experimentation and Play is presented in part with support from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts and NYSCA.
- Happy
- Subterranea
- Sharksucker
- Lyme Park: An Austonian Play of an Indian Nature