Ming Peiffer, playwright, and Kat Yen, director, of “Advance Guard”

Posted on May 13, 2013 by robby

Spookfish Theatre Company presents "Advance Guard" The term “avant-garde” gets thrown around a lot, but as you’ll hear playwright Ming Peiffer recount in this episode, it started as a military term before it was used to describe the artists changing forms, and pushing art forward.

And as you’ll hear director Kat Yen discuss, the co-Artistic Directors of Spookfish Theatre Company felt that the plays they’ve been seeing of late aren’t original, or pushing theatre forward.

That frustration is where the play, and the central conflict of, Advance Guard comes from.

Listen in as Ming & Kat discuss rebelling against post-impressionism & what other people want to see, the madness leading up to opening night, and why be an artist.

“What the hell are we doing here?”

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Spookfish Theatre Company presents

Advance Guard

by Ming Peiffer
directed by Kat Yen

May 8th–11th (Wed-Sat) @ 8PM
May 16th–18th (Thurs-Sat) @ 8PM
May 19th (Sun) @ 2PM

The Kraine Theater
85 E. 4th Street
Manhattan

$18, $15 (students & seniors); Thursday performances “pay what you can”
tickets available via SmartTix

Spookfish Theatre Company presents "Advance Guard," photo by KL Thomas

photos by KL Thomas

Anna Greenfield, playwright & actress, & Lee Sunday Evans, director, of “All Girls”

Posted on April 5, 2013 by robby

"All Girls," by Anna Greenfield Collaboration Town was last on the podcast with the crazy epic The Deepest Play Ever: The Catharsis of Pathos. This time around, their show All Girls brings things to a much more personal level to great effect with this lovely, personal piece about three young girls on the verge of entering high school.

It may be “all girls,” but of course all are invited. And as you’ll hear in the interview, playwright/actress Anna Greenfield and director Lee Sunday Evans want to be sure this show is accessible to all (and they succeeded).

Listen in as Anna & Leigh talk about sensitivity to voices, “struggling with the process of becoming,” writing something so you can act in it, and being honest.

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Collaboration Town & Sister Scars present

All Girls

by Anna Greenfield
directed by Lee Sunday Evans

featuring Zoe Costello, Anna Greenfield, Judith Hawking, and Anna Ryan Konkle

thru April 13, 2013
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8pm

The Kraine Theater
85 E. 4th Street
New York, NY

tickets available via SmartTix

"All Girls" by Anna Greenfield, photo by Anne-Louise Marquis

photos by Anne-Louise Marquis

FRIGID New York 2013

Posted on February 26, 2013 by robby

A bit of a different podcast this time out: in this episode, GSAS! interviews artists from seven of the thirty — yes, 30 — plays that are part of this year’s FRIGID New York festival, presented by Horse Trade Theater Group.

It should be noted, FRIGID isn’t just another festival. The participants are chosen at random, so no silly politicking is involved; and, all participants keep 100% of the box office sales for their show. Try finding that kinda deal as a performer anywhere else in this town. Very cool format. Hats off to Horse Trade for making this happen every year since 2007.

Kicking off the marathon of mini-interviews is Erez Ziv, Executive Director of FRIGID and Managing Director of Horse Trade, followed by, in order:

— director Nikki DiLoreto & playwright/performer Antonia Lassar of The God Box
— co-director/producer/performer Bricken Sparacino of Sisters Grimm: Fables of the Stage
— director Christina Massie, performer Emily Tuckman, and performer Sarah Jacobs of Commencing
— playwright & performer Nikhil Tilwalli of A Panda Suit, Pythagorus, and Plenty of Puns
— playwright & performer Chris Harcum of Two Lovely Black Eyes
— playwright & performer Lucas Brooks of VGL 5′ 4″ Top
— playwright & performer D’yan Forest of My Pussy is Purrin’ Again

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FRIGID New York 2013
February 20 thru March 3, 2013
The Kraine Theater, The Red Room, and Under St. Marks

Commencing, part of FRIGID New York 2013 D'yan Forest, part of FRIGID New York 2013 VGL, 5'4", Top, part of FRIGID New York 2013

Lucas Brooks in VGL 5′ 4″ Top Nikhil Tilwalli, part of FRIGID New York 2013 Nikhil Tilwalli in A Panda Suit, Pythagorus, and Plenty of Puns

Sisters Grimm, part of FRIGID New York 2013

The cast of Sisters Grimm: Fables of the Stage

The God Box, part of FRIGID New York 2013

Antonia Lassar in The God Box

Chris Harcum in Two Lovely Black Eyes, part of FRIGID New York 2013

Chris Harcum in Two Lovely Black Eyes

Lindsey Moore Sproul & Jeff Sproul, of No Tea Productions’ “Space Captain: Captain of Space!”

Posted on September 6, 2012 by robby

As you may have guessed from the fact that I produce this podcast, I love off-off-Broadway theatre. And one of the chief reasons for this love is the opportunity for those of us in the off-off community to explore different ways of bringing things to the stage that one might not presume could be brought to the stage: things like epic space battles, creepy alien defenders of an intergalactic oracle, a ferocious giant feline — and doing an entire play in black-and-white (!?!?).

On this episode of the podcast, Go See a Show! talks with director Lindsey Moore Sproul along with her No Tea Productions collaborator (& spouse), playwright & actor Jeff Sproul, about their new show Space Captain: Captain of Space!, running at The Kraine Theater.

Take a journey along with the X-1 rocketship, and listen in as Jeff & Lindsey talk about the trajectory of No Tea, creating those epic space battles live onstage, seamlessly mixing stage & screen, and making the couple’s cat Fish into an awesome alien monster.

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No Tea Productions presents
Space Captain: Captain of Space!

written by Jeff Sproul
directed by Lindsey Moore Sproul

The Kraine Theater
85 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003

thru September 15, 2012
every Thursday and Friday night, plus Saturdays September 1st and 15th only
all shows at 8:00 p.m.
tickets available via Brown Paper Tickets

Martin Dockery, and his new show “The Holy Land Experience”

Posted on December 19, 2011 by robby

Playwright & performer Martin Dockery is one of those guys who seems, to me, to have the most interesting life — his stories are always full of wild adventures and profoundly meaningful interactions with fascinating people, all true, all from his life.

I interviewed Dockery after a performance of his new show The Holy Land Experience at The Kraine Theater, and he answers the question of “just why is your life so awesome and mine so mundane?” beautifully. That, and more, in this episode of Go See a Show!

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There’s sadly just one more chance to see this run of The Holy Land Experience — Monday, December 19, 8PM at The Kraine. Check it out if you can; watch one of his appearances at The Moth to get a sense for the kind of storytelling you’re in for, like this one below:

Christie Perfetti, playwright of “No Fault: A Tale about the Big D in the Big Apple”

Posted on August 24, 2011 by robby

This week’s episode of Go See a Show! features an interview with a woman who was introduced to me by a mutual friend as “not only a fantastic woman but one of my favourite playwrights” — Christie Perfetti.

After seeing her play No Fault: A Tale About the Big D in the Big Apple at The Kraine Theater in the New York International Fringe Festival, I can understand my friend’s enthusiasm.

Listen in as Christie and I discuss the resonance of a very personal play with audience members, how to make a play go from script to performances in a 99-seat theater in just three months, and what it means to be in “the middle.”

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There are still two opportunities left to catch No Fault in the New York International Fringe Festival:

No Fault: A Tale About the Big D in the Big Apple
written by Christie Perfetti
directed by Bryn Boice

Wednesday, 8/24 @ 7 pm
Saturday, 8/27 @ 1:45 pm
The Kraine Theater
85 E. 4th Street (b/w Bowery & 2nd Ave.)

Featuring Charmaine Broad, *Christopher Catalano, *Stephanie Anne Ervin, *Rich Fromm,
Laura Killeen, Melanie Ryan, Galit Sperling, *Matilda Szydagis
*these Actors are appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

Art Designer – Sofia Palacios Blanco, Master Electrician – Rachel Sevedge,
Stage Manager – Catherine Marshall, Props/Costume Assistant – Zoe Scott,
Production Assistant – Ann Shepherd

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Tag Archives: The Kraine Theater

Ming Peiffer, playwright, and Kat Yen, director, of “Advance Guard”

Anna Greenfield, playwright & actress, & Lee Sunday Evans, director, of “All Girls”

FRIGID New York 2013

Lindsey Moore Sproul & Jeff Sproul, of No Tea Productions’ “Space Captain: Captain of Space!”

Martin Dockery, and his new show “The Holy Land Experience”

Christie Perfetti, playwright of “No Fault: A Tale about the Big D in the Big Apple”