Yvonne Hernandez presents
QUEER MONOLOGUES
stories of the LGBTQ
Written & Directed by Yvonne Hernandez
QUEER MONOLOGUES brings real life stories and readings of the LGBTQ to the stage. Come and enjoy an evening of entertaining, poignant and fun stories that will pull ast your heartstrings and will have you laughing and crying the night away.
CAST:
Dorian Alex Grey, Dujuana Neville, Gene Gardino, Ginger Kipps, Isaac Boorstin, Jody Doo, Julia Lomba, Kate Dogileva, Liliane Wolf, Mae Cutrona, Phoenix Ximenez, Samantha Algieri & Walter McDermott
FRI – JAN 8
SAT – JAN 9
Both performances at 8PM
JAN 8 – JAN 9, 2016
PAST PERFORMANCES AT THE ALCHEMICAL
2020
Mar 23rd–29th, 2020
Uncle Bob
R&R Productions presents
by Austin Pendleton
Uncle Bob is a seldom-produced controversial love story between an HIV-positive recluse and his homophobic nephew, Josh, who is desperate for his uncle's validation.
CAST: Roger Banks & Shenendoah Thompson
Written by venerable playwright and performer Austin Pendleton, Uncle Bob stars Roger Banks and Shenendoah Thompson. Thompson also directs this intense, surprising, smart and profound American play with themes of sexual identity, love and redemption.
Uncle Bob lives in New York as an uproariously articulate hermit, separated from the wife to whom he is devoted - and who is devoted to him. He is visited by his nephew, Josh, who is without a job, without a completed college education, and without any sense of a future, all of which he faces with a wit and nervy desperation that finds its only match in his Uncle Bob. Uncle Bob has AIDS, and Josh has hitched from the Midwest, uninvited (profoundly uninvited), to take care of him. A loving and funny, abrasive and profane face-off ensues.
CREATIVE:
Shenendoah Thompson: Director
Austin Pendleton: Playwright
UNCLE BOB plays March 23-29.
March 23-29 @ 8pm,
March 28 & 29 @ 3pm.
Mar 6th–23rd, 2020
The Summoning
Wild Ginger Project presents
by Charlotte Ahlin
Roommates and co-dependent best friends Morgan and Circe are longing to do something great with their lives. With nothing to lose, they devise a plan to summon a great ancient deity that will grant them extraordinary power. The spell only requires one thing: the blood of a virgin.
A slapstick comedy about female relationships, facing the future, and a brush with the other side - The Summoning is a spooky and surprising play that guarantees you'll have one hell of a night.
CAST:
Erica Knight*
Samantha Blain*
Mouna R'Miki
*Equity Approved Showcase.
These actors are appearing courtesy of Actor’s Equity Association.
The Summoning is a participant in the 2020 NY Innovative Theatre Awards. The IT Awards were organized to bring recognition to the great work being done in Off-Off-Broadway and help create a community base for the estimated 40,000 artists working in the Off-Off-Broadway venues. You can vote for The Summoning at www.nyitawards.com!
If you have any accessibility needs, or any other questions, please email the team at wildgingerproject@gmail.com.
CREATIVE:
Kat Yen: Director, Set Designer
Elissa Goetschius: Assistant Director
Rachel Oshrin: Stage Manager
Paige Felger: Associate Producer
Teryn Gray: Associate Producer
THE SUMMONING plays March 6-23.
Fridays & Saturdays @ 8pm,
Sundays & Mondays @ 7pm.
Tix $10-15
EARLY 2020 UNDER REPAIR
2019
Syrma
by Carolina de' Castiglioni
Carolina de' Castiglioni and Federica Borlenghi, two Italian multi-disciplinary artists, have joined forces to present Sýrma, a unique contemporary myth, inspired by greek mythology and Dante's Divine Comedy. Starring a multicultural cast, with actresses from six different countries.
CAST:
Carolina de' Castiglioni, Nadine Reumer, Ekin Naz Demirok,
Sofía Figueroa, Liana Sonenclar and Delfina Cano
CREATIVE:
Federica Borlenghi, Director
Carolina de' Castiglioni, Playwright
Sýrma, in greek, means 'string.' In Ancient Greece, the world was believed to be predetermined, which meant that free will did not exist. Three women, the Moire, are responsible for each individual's life, represented by a string. Sýrma is a short play set in this kind of universe, where everyone has the illusion of being a decision-maker, while in reality, they are unable to choose their destiny. Everyone, except for one young woman.
Dec 11th–13th, 2019
Face To Face Films presents
The Girl with the Red Hair
by Anthony M. Laura
The Girl with the Red Hair tells the story of Hayley Jones, a young woman admitted into a psychiatric facility who slowly begins to lose her grip on reality, as she struggles to find her own sanity.
Coming off a sold out one-night performance in July, it returns starting December 5th for a two-week run at The Alchemical.
This riveting production is written and directed by Anthony M. Laura, owner of Face to Face Films, an independent film & theater production company. Mr. Laura has worked heavily in film & theater for several years.
The play features a predominately female cast dealing with issues rarely spoken about, yet ones that many people face on an everyday basis such as mental illness, loneliness, abuse, institutionalization and sexuality in all forms.
The outstanding cast features Casey Hartnett returning in the lead role as Hayley Jones. She is joined by a stellar ensemble cast featuring Auberth Bercy, Priya Bond, Vivien Cardone,
Dixie Carroll, Alex Commito, Candy Dato, Margie Foley, Alexandra Rooney and Samantha Yestrebsky.
The creative team includes Anthony M. Laura (Playwright/Director), Sofia Licata (Stage Manager),
Rachel Epstein (Set Designer), Philip Lauto (Composer),
Leona Ross (Makeup) and Robert Massimi / Gimme Shelter Productions (Publicity).
Dec 5th–15th, 2019
THE GIRL WITH THE RED HAIR plays Dec 5-15.
Thursdays-Saturdays @ 7pm,
Saturdays @ 1pm
Sundays @ 3pm
Nov 21st, 2019
Dublin Rising
a new musical
by Krishna Alexandra & Lorien Patton
What does a freedom fighter look like?
What if she looks like a prostitute with a silver tongue
and a pistol in her garter?
Set in 1916 Dublin, during Ireland’s war of
independence, Dublin Rising is a musical drama
that tells the story of three patriotic Irish women —
a prostitute, a middle-class wife, and a teenage mother
— fighting for their country’s freedom while
waging personal battles for liberation on the
home front.
CAST:
Liam Abate (Douglas)
Krishna Alexandra (Nellie)
Stephano Andreotti (Eoghann)
Cristina Maria Castro (Brigid)
Michelle DellaFave* (Abbess/Aunt Caroline)
Nathan Yates Douglass* (Tim/Padraig Pearse)
Cara Ferro (Rose/Iris)
Chris Jumper* (Liam)
Kate Karen (Mollie)
Maddy Lyons (Saoirse)
Veronica Martell (Josephine)
Jacob Morrell* (Colin)
David Mikofsky (Captian Heath/Dr. Cassidy)
Sofia Bunting Newman* (Meaghann)
Joseph Peterson* (Patrick)
Alex Schecter (Stephen)
Kevin Mathew Taylor* (Aiden)
Christa Vrabel (Genevieve)
Alyssa Weathersby (Fionna/Sister Mary Thomas)
*These Actors are appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.
CREATIVE:
Krishna Alexandra, Director, Book, Music & Lyrics
Lórien Patton, Music & Lyrics
Annabelle Lee Revak, Music Director
Samwise Owen, Story Contributor, Dramaturg, Art Director
Hanna Edwards, Producer
Michael Cramer, Producer
Nov 7th–9th, 2019
Imagination Row
Makes Sense Theatrics presents
by Matthew Allan West
A One Act Play that explores five Imaginary Friends' lives, their perception of the human world and what being a caregiver truly means.
CAST:
Jules Forsberg-Lary as "Sprinkle"
Marilyn Wallace as "Luck"
Jake Banasiewicz as "Annabelle"
Lauren E. Butler as "Yaba-Daba"
Shanna Iglesias as "Flugel-Dupes"
CREATIVE:
Sarah Kennedy, Director
Matthew Allan West, Playwright
Angelica Vicens, Executive Producer
Wylan Ernst, Associate Producer
Stephen Campbell, Assistant Director
Owen Carten, Set Design
Jericha Potvin, Costume Design
Quinn Cunningham, Production Assistant
NoTime Productions presents
re-NOV-ate
a creative collective
This October, artists are gathering their original creative works to be a part of a weekend of community building art.
We will be hosting a curated collection of pieces at Alchemical Theatre Laboratory to share inspiration, spread awareness of current pressing social and political concerns, and give emerging and established artists a platform to share their thoughtful work in a fully produced showcase.
Proceeds will go towards communities and organizations that support environmental sustainability, and promote new art.
OCT 25th–27th, 2019
RE-NOV-ATE plays Oct 25-27.
Friday – Saturday @ 8pm,
Saturday @ 2pm.
Tix $10-15
Ab Ovo Company presents
Morning
by Simon Stephens
Morning is a dark, coming of age play written by acclaimed playwright Simon Stephens.
We don't want to tell you anything else.
Cast: Allison Boenig, Martin Ortiz, Zach Zamsky, Natalie Shinnick, Ben Swimmer, Christina Leonardi
Directed by: Christina Leonardi
Assistant Director: Maddie Perez Browning
Choreography by: Natalie Shinnick
Music by: Nico Huzella
Lighting Design: Scott Sweitzer
Set Design: Pete Adrian
Costume Design/Photography: Milan Sachs
Sept 19th–23rd, 2019
Yvonne Hernandez presents
Queer Monologues
collected stories
Queer Monologues & Short Plays Too is back!
QUEER MONOLOGUES plays Sep 13-15.
Friday & Saturday @ 7pm,
Sunday @ 4pm.
Tix $18
Sep 13th–15th, 2019
Ruthless Nightingale Theater Company presents
Sep 6th–8th, 2019
Light GreenMoss
by Molly Burdick
What do we choose to remember?
Do we cling to the good memories and bury the things that hurt us?
Caroline and Ronnie were happy together until something tears them apart. Eight months later, they both end up at their beach rental and are stuck there together for two weeks, but something is off.
This is a play about letting go and moving on. It is about digging up the shards of a broken past to sever the ropes that bind us to the memories we’ve constructed for ourselves.
Cast:
Nia Farrell (Caroline)
Dara Pohl Feldman (Ronnie)
CREATIVE:
Rebecca Rovezzi (Director)
Molly Burdick (Playwright)
Dara Pohl Feldman (Artistic Director)
Harley Winzenried (Dramaturg)
Emily Grill (Associate Director)
Domino Mannheim (Lighting Designer)
Torrence Browne (Associate Producer)
SMJ & Gaby Ferrell (Assistant Producers)
Sarah Biery (Stage Manager)
Leana Gardella (Intimacy Director)
Ash Zeitler (Sound Designer)
Theresa Miles (Costume Designer)
Candy 4 Breakfast presents
This is How You
Got Me Naked
It’s the “Dress to Get Laid” Party: Jackie is dressed as a sexy trash bag aka looking good, and ready to hit on her sexy male dancer friend so he will LOVE her so hard he can’t even feel his own body!! Is Jackie destined to be another tragic tale about the perils of hookup culture or will she be the GF of an actual DANCER who is hot? ;)
Development: Ohio University MFA Playwrights’ Workshop
Featuring: Kenzie Klem, Bruce McGlumphy,
Tim Peters, Kristin Yates
Directed by Ben Stockman
Lighting Designer: Moneé Stamp
Party Dresses: Elizabeth Krzyzanowski
Sound Designer: Megan Culley
Movement Consultant: Justin Perez
Producer: Frank Nicholas Poon
May 30th–Jun 2nd, 2019
plays May 30-Jun 2.
Thursday – Saturday @ 7:30pm,
Saturday & Sunday @ 2pm.
Running time is 90 minutes, with no intermission.
May 13th–Jun 7th, 2019
Salutations, I'm Creative Dave
by Creative Dave,
a.k.a. Jake Brasch
What happens when a robot attempts
to write a family drama?
Utter hilarity.
Salutations, I'm Creative Dave by Creative Dave
is a new play written from the wonky perspective of a jerry-rigged housekeeping robot. Part family drama, part screwball comedy, part existentialist meltdown, Creative Dave's play will make you laugh, cry, and reexamine your feelings about technology, human beings, and the creative spirit.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND JUST IN TIME FOR PRIDE MONTH!
ALL PROFIT FROM OUR EXTENSION GOES TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN, ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S FOREMOST LGBTQIA ORGANIZATIONS!
SALUTATIONS, I'M CREATIVE DAVE plays May 13-17
Monday-Friday @8pm.
and Jun 5-7
Wednesday-Friday @ 8pm.
115 minutes with a brief intermission
The raucous new comedy stars
Madeline Barr, Molly Collier *, Hudson Rhotenberry, Tomas Virgadula, and P. Tucker Worley *
*Appearing Courtesy of Actor's Equity Association
Written and Directed by Jake Brasch
Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Tyler Kion
Sound Design: Billy Winger
Lighting Design: P. Tucker Worley
Set Consultant: Lauren Barber
Costume Consultant: Lizzie Morgan
Development: Bailey Nassetta
Associate Producer: Lucy Livingston
FALL 2018 – SPRING 2019 UNDER REPAIR
2018
THE OPTIC TRILOGY
by Alfian Sa'at
[THREE STORIES, THREE FIRST ENCOUNTERS: A TOURIST AND A RENT BOY, A PHOTOGRAPHER AND HIS BLIND SUBJECT, A WOMAN AND HER INTERNET DATE. POEM AND MEDITATION, LYRIC AND PUNCHLINE, ALFIAN SA'AT'S MEDITATION ON METROPOLITAN LONELINESS PROBES INTO THE TANGLED WEB OF SINGAPOREAN (POST)MODERNITY AND LAYS BARE THE TRICKS OF MEMORY, LIGHT, AND CHANCE.]
MAN PLAYED BY: NISHAD MORE
WOMAN PLAYED BY: SIM YAN YING
DIRECTED BY: KAI SUNDERMANN
DRAMATURGY BY: RUTH TANG
LIGHTING DESIGN BY CATI KALINOWSKI
MAY 4 – 5, 2018
The Chameleon Fools Theatre Troupe presents
WHAT I.F.
a workshop production
The Chameleon Fools Theatre Troupe presents a pay-what-you-can workshop performance of What I.F., a modern retelling of the classic tales of Alice in Wonderland. Inspired from the original novels, this production sets out to answer the question, where do you turn when the whole world is mad? Told through text, music, movement, dance, and puppetry, this tale is certain to capture your childhood imagination.
This workshop is the first step in the journey of this beautiful piece. Admission is pay-what-you-can at the door and all payment will be put toward the artists' stipends and future productions.
Contributing artists:
Christina Ashby – Shelley Franklin – Kayla Prestel – Charlotte Vaughn Raines – Thomas David Burns Scully – Samantha E Turlington
APR 22, 2018
AN INCIDENT AT PENIEL
a play by Daniel Beller
Directed by Jennifer Tuttle
Dramaturge: Kathleen Potts
An Equity Approved Showcase
Featuring: Lynn Blackburn* – Atticus Cain* – Jim DiMunno* – Andrea Fleming – Joseph Hamel* – Andrew LeMieux – Peter Levine* – Katie Lugo – Herman Petras* – Jordan Schroeder – Jacqueline Sydney* – Lynne Taylor* – Erika Vetter – Maria Wolf*
Stage Managed by Rick V. Moreno*
*denotes Member of Actors' Equity Association
APR 12 – 14, 2018
Precariat Productions presents
THE SPARK | THE WALL | THE ESCAPE
three solo theater pieces
Precariat Productions presents excerpts from:
"Inside A Pocket, Behind A Wall" – written & performed by Raphael Eilenberg – a gripping, heartwarming and imaginative new theater experience. It explores the danger of indifference, the resilience of the oppressed, and the strength of human faith. Told with fierce, lighthearted, and diverse characterizations using traditional Balinese Masks, Inside a Pocket, Behind a Wall is an immediate, demanding and imaginative new theater experience.
"Skin Deep, Skin Tight" – written by Kymbali Craig & performed by Samuel Encarnación – examines how racism, the demise of the Civil Rights Movement, the conditions of economic inequality and the destruction of Hip Hop affects poor urban communities- primarily Black American Males. It’s an epic, poetic depiction of how the painful reality of racism tightly confines some Black and Latinos into spaces that leave them with little or no room to breathe.
"Empanada for a Dream" – written & performed by Juan Francisco Villa – a poignant and entertaining portrait of family and neighborhood – set against the secret that destroys it all. It’s a haunting tale about growing up by getting out. And coming back -- to one boy’s Lower East Side.
APR 8, 2018
INDEPENDENCE by Lee Blessing
a play
Lee Blessing’s INDEPENDENCE is an exciting women-led production that dives into the world of a mother, her three daughters, and all the misconnections that occur between them.
Co-Directed by: Tony Award and Drama Desk-nominated actress Elizabeth A. Davis, and Srđa Vasiljević (Bway: Deaf West’s Spring Awakening, Mothers & Sons).
Featuring: Susan Ferrara* as EVELYN, Erica Knight* as KESS, Teryn Gray as JO, and Paige Felger as SHERRY
Produced by Erica Knight, Teryn Gray, and Paige Felger. Associate Produced by Maggie Snyder.
Assistant Director: Chelsea Drumel
Production Stage Manager: Lizzy Emanuel*
Assistant Stage Manager: Myra Lamphier
Welcome to Independence, Iowa - the lifelong home of Evelyn Briggs, and generations' worth of familial misconnections. Evelyn's oldest daughter, Kess, a university professor, has long since decided to cut her family ties, but has come home at the sudden request of her sister; Jo, an incurable romantic, is unexpectedly pregnant and has become increasingly worried about Evelyn's mental health; while Sherry, salty-tongued and proudly amoral, wants only to finish high school so she can leave home for good. The sisters struggle to meet the expectations of their demanding mother, while the fight to pursue their individual aspirations for life and love test the bounds of family loyalty.
INDEPENDENCE is an Equity Approved Showcase.
*Denotes member of Actor’s Equity
MAR 16 – 26, 2018
Cantanti Project presents
EURIDICE BY CACCINI
Cantanti Project presents the oldest surviving opera, Euridice telling of the story of Orfeo, who journeys into the Underworld to find his beloved Euridice. Conducted by Dylan Sauerwald. Directed by Brittany Goodwin.
FEB 23 – 25, 2018
Random Access Music presents
SOLO EXPOSITIONS - violin/guitar/piano
a concert
Random Access Music is excited to announce this Solo Exhibitions concert. RAM Players Maya Bennardo (violin), Nadav Lev (guitar), and new to our roster, pianist Tristan McKay, perform virtuosic and poignant solo works. Nadav takes on David Fetherolf’s “Parar la Oreja” and Tristan Murail’s “Tellur,” Maya will deliver Guy Barash’s Talkback II and Kirsten Broberg’s “Opening”, and Tristan serves a new work, Three Preludes by Frances White and tackles Berio’s Sequenza IV. Performance at 3PM.
JAN 28, 2018
Schuyler Quinn presents
UNSATISFACTORY
a solo show
Unsatisfactory is actor/ producer Schuyler Quinn's first written attempt at a solo show. With a "colorful" school transcript in tow, and she embarks on the quest of college acceptance. With grades as horrific as hers and several violent incidents under her belt, the interview portion of her application process is her only hope of getting in.
Will she be able to charm her interviewer with tales of growing up in the New York City school system and make the case that getting kicked out of 5 schools was not, in fact, her fault?
Showtime 7:30PM, runs 75 minutes
JAN 24 – 26, 2018
Leg Up On Life presents
SPOKEN WORD GALA
Leg Up On Life presents an evening of choreography works set to spoken word and poetry.
Showtimes: 6:30p and 8:30p
Run time: 1 hour
Leg Up On Life... is an organization dedicated to bringing an inclusive and affordable platform to artists while raising money for causes that give back to our communities.
JAN 22, 2018
Roxy + Company presents
EMBODIED SPACES
a choreography festival
Join producer, curator, and choreographer Roxanne Gordon for the inaugural season of the festival, embodied spaces. Roxy + Company (Gordon and her collaborators, musicians Ethan Primason and Dexter Dine) are joined each evening by a different innovative emerging choreographer: Thomas Tyger Moore, Maddie Schimmel in collaboration with Sarah Allwine, Justin Faircloth, and Breeanah Tre'Chelle Breeden. embodied spaces celebrates the collaborative impulse and creative work that subverts assumptions.
Each evening’s show is anchored by Roxy + Company’s new work “Embody”, a duet that attempts to dismantle the illusion of female identity by subverting the assumptions made about the bodies that are presented. On Wednesday (Jan. 10) Thomas Tyger Moore performs “Memory Study II: Boots”, a solo inspired by the artist (a young, gay, black man) and his relationship with his father. On Thursday (Jan. 11), Maddie Schimmel performs a new solo, “Frame Face”, created in collaboration with ceramicist Sarah Allwine, that animates objects and bodies. On Friday (Jan. 12), Justin Faircloth performs “Headlo torsess”, a solo work that examines the ways we adhere and relate to the role of the Performer. On Saturday (Jan. 13), Bree Breeden’s new duet, “Zion”, investigates parallels within the structures of religion and technology.
JAN 10 – 13, 2018
2017
The Catastrophists present
MIDDLE CLASS ANXIETY
Four 19th century comedies that could have been written yesterday
The Catastrophists bring you four 19th century comedies that could have been written yesterday: "A Tragedian in Spite of Himself" by Anton Chekhov; "The Stronger" by August Strindberg; "Half Past Two" & "The Overpowered Person" by Arthur Schnitzler. Each in a new contemporary adaptation.
Click here for trailer!
DEC 11-13, 2017
The Joust Theatre Company presents
BOOK OF ESTHER
by Gina Stevensen
Within the confines of an Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, a new generation of women is pushing the boundaries. Esther grew up in a loving and religious family, but she is seventeen now and can feel a larger world outside her own. Will her questioning take her too far to come home?
The Joust Theatre Company is proud to present Gina Stevensen's Book of Esther, directed by Lauren Z. Adleman.
FEATURING:
Brooke Shilling (Esther)
Allie Wing (Avigail)
Meredith Jones (Mother)
Mark Singer (Tateh/Mr. Freundel)
Xandra Clark (Queen Esther/Activist)
Chris Ogren (Hipster)
Book of Esther marks the fourth and final installment of The Joust Theatre Company's Workshop Series 2017: An Examination of Identity. An Examination of Identity is a workshop series of four new plays that explore identity, belonging, and the responsibility we have to raise our unique voices amidst adversity. Previous installments are "q u e r e n c i a: an imagined autobiography about forbidden fruits" by Benjamin Benne, "Incorruptible: The Tragical Historie of Maximilien Robespierre" by Jacob Marx Rice, and "Naked: What Women and Their Bodies Represent to America" by Clinnesha Dillon Sibley.
The Joust Theatre Company is an artistic ensemble determined to produce relevant, sensitive, and fearless work that captivates audiences by capturing the spirit of facing challenges great and small. For more information, visit www.jousttheatre.org.