Regular listeners know very well by now that I love to enjoy a drink while I’m at a show. But I don’t think I’ve been to a performance that integrates imbibing as well as this one.
In Potion: A Play in Three Cocktails, playwright Kiran Rikhye, director Jon Stancato, and the lovely troupe at Stolen Chair Theatre Company have not only created a show in a bar with booze readily available for consumption, but they grab a big swizzle stick and mix the cocktails into the drama. The very act of drinking the custom “potions” served throughout the play serves the narrative, and its premise, in a brilliant and beautiful way.
This is a fun night at the theatre, y’all. A fun night of theatre at the bar. With delicious custom cocktails. What more could you want?
Listen in as Jon & Kiran discuss crazy ways to write plays, “potion” as metaphor for the transformation of the actor, how opera is like a great night out at a bar, and scratching your play like it’s on a turntable.
“…I think it was a series of remixes…”
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Stolen Chair Theatre Company presents
Potion: A Play in Three Cocktails
written by Kiran Rikhye
directed by Jon Stancato
People Lounge
163 Allen St, New York NY 10002
remaining performances:
Sunday, June 1 @7PM
Sunday, June 8 @7PM
Sunday, June 15 @6PM & 9PM
