Metropolitan Playhouse

A prodigal son returns from the battlefields of WWI, apparently a hero of the Great War, and charms his way into the hearts of his brother's son, wife, and ward, as well as most of the small town they now call home.

But old habits die hard.

A poignant play about the search for heroes, the value of reputation, and the nature of honor and sacrifice.

Arts.Theatre

In A Thousand Deaths, by Jack London, adapted to the stage by Anthony P. Pennino, Joshua believes he has found a cure for death. He needs to test his theory, though, and uses Henry as his guinea pig...over and over and over again.
A Core Creative Production

NB: This performance is part of a "double bill," and is presented along with GOLD COAST, by Stages on the Sound.

Arts.Theatre

Wharton's first novella about the poor, the immigrant, and the disenfranchised: a tale of surreal vulnerability for women on their own at the end of the nineteenth century.

Arts.Literary

In 1903, on Brooklyn's Coney Island, Thomas Edison electrocuted an elephant. Moreover, he filmed it, for all to witness. Based on historic accounts: the life and death of Topsy, the Circus elephant who, after much abuse, retaliated against those who harmed her, and who was ultimately executed for her actionsthen made the subject of Edison's film Electrocuting an Elephant.
A new play by David Koteles

Arts.Theatre

A fantastical coming-of-age adventure that mixes found interviews and virtuosic juggling with the friendship of two very different teenagers in the spirit of America's best loved storyteller for children.
A new play by Gabrielle Sinclair, Thom Wall, and Ric Walker
Produced by The Adventure Collective

Arts.Theatre

A new play by David Koteles
March 1801: You are cordially invited to join Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and Thomas Jefferson's daughters for an afternoon of tea and pleasantries at the newly-opened President's House. All slaves must be left at the door. My First Lady seeks to explore how a tea party becomes a battle of race, class, gender and the American Dream

From JAJ Productions

Arts.Theatre

The Parchment Copy: A new play by Dan Evans
July 4, 1776: the Declaration of Independence proclaimed the birth of our new nation. August 2, 1776 : the Continental Congress reconvened to actually sign the great document. On the eve of the signing, at Benjamin Franklin's home in Philadelphia, eight leading Patriots are drawn together in these perilous times that try men's souls.

From Shore to Shore: A One Woman Show by LuLu LoLo
A one-person performance of a farcical melodrama portraying the ghostly laments of Aaron Burr and his daughter, Theodosia Burr Alston, as they haunt the shorelines of Battery Park and South Carolina. Burr, remembered as the man who killed Alexander Hamilton, was also a visionary who advocated the rights of women.

LuLu LoLo Productions!

Arts.Theatre

A new play by Vladimir Zelevinsky.
1787, Massachusetts. Farmers, returning from the Revolutionary War, find their homes in foreclosure. The farmers decide to protest and begin what will be known as Shays' Rebellion. After a disastrous attempt to take the Springfield arsenal, the surviving rebels are pursued through the blizzard by a superior force of state regulars. Three rebels are cornered in an abandoned farmhouse and have less than an hour to decide how their futures will unfold

Arts.Theatre

A semi-autobiographical, multi-character, solo show by 6’6” writer/performer (and former professional power forward) Brandt Johnson, "Give and Go is a" “…high-spirited one-man cavalcade of characters...(nytheatre.com)," which tells the story of an ambitious and eager Billy Tyler, whose love of basketball and dogged discipline earn him positions on high school and college teams — yet fail to get him a spot in the NBA. When he applies the same grit to Wall Street, the rewards are immediate, but the love is gone. Leaving a lucrative career in investment banking, he returns to bank shots and finds himself on a European tour playing against the Harlem Globetrotters, losing every game. But it is there he discovers that true success is not about winning; it’s about loving the game you play.

First presented at FringeNYC 2007, "Give and Go" is newly re-written and freshly conceived. NYTheatre.com praised, "Johnson shows fantastic range with his many characters without losing entertaining similarities....As today’s sports pages increasingly fill with ugly personal sagas...Billy’s story restores regard for the athlete, as he demonstrates integrity and a willingness to learn lessons in his search for identity. Oh, and he has a sense of humor."

Metropolitan Playhouse embarks on a Twainathon -- its second an annual festival of performances inspired by an American author. Twainathon includes musicals and monologues; dance performances and full length plays; as well as adaptations and biographies. Additionally, each evening of the festival will lead off with a reading or recital of one of Twain's works. The shows are divided into seven different programs (or "Riverboats"), each consisting of one to three presentations. Click here to access a complete schedule with show summaries.

One-man, one-hour adapation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick.

First presented in 2003 in New York, this production uses Melville's language to bring audiences on the adventure of the whaling ship Pequod. Inhabiting each of Melville's indelible characters, Moore brings young Ishmael, the mysterious cannibal Quee-Queg, and the indomitable Captain Ahab to life.

Eight new plays about the sub-cultures that have shaped East Village History
Comedies and dramas inspired by neighborhoods within the neighborhood.

CHRONICLES Consists of two separate evenings of works:

Series A: 1st Generation (4 stories of the Prime Movers)
Series B: 2nd Generation (4 stories of the Next)