Feliz is happy to be part of this play

Susan Agin and the Queensborough Performing Arts Center will present Henrik Ibsen’s classic play, A DOLL’s HOUSE for an invited audience in April as part of an arts and education program. Ibsen’s play still projects a substantial message – one of female empowerment, abuse, misogyny, and – as we look at it through the lens of post-Trump America […]

Ranking High on the List

A Minute with a Person of “Substance”

PLAYFUL SUBSTANCE IS BACK! Bree O’Connor and her team of performance artists have been working all through the pandemic to create new opportunities and projects so that when the doors begin to open (as rumor has it they are now entertaining the notion), they are ready to expand minds and open hearts to what’s going on around us […]

PLAYFUL SUBSTANCE IS BACK!

Bree O’Connor and her team of performance artists have been working all through the pandemic to create new opportunities and projects so that when the doors begin to open (as rumor has it they are now entertaining the notion), they are ready to expand minds and open hearts to what’s going on around us through the powerful […]

Yokko explores the human condition

Yokko returns with another stunning exploration of the human condition, EN 2021. En:2021 explores human connection during this current world pandemic. In an effort to continue connection and communication, we have come to rely heavily on the myriad choices as we have thanks to technology. However, sometimes too much is not a good thing. Are we losing our balance? Are we losing our […]

FACE TO FACE: FILMS TO STAGE TO ZOOM

FACE TO FACE FILMS is an Independent film & theatre production company founded by Anthony M. Laura, that aims to focus on women-led films & bringing voice to stories about people who are not regularly understood. As an attempt to break the inertia of the pandemic, Laura and his repertory of actors began reading plays and screenplays for their own […]

“No One” is Every One

Review of “NO ONE” a film by Yoshiko Sienkiewicz (AKA Yokko) by Jessica Jennings This 20 minute film is a fine example of art that has its own meaning, but also leaves room for the viewer to create meaning. I started to watch this film at home and within seconds my seven-year-old son made it […]

Zooming the Bard

Review by Robert Greene The Quarantine Theatre Project created by stage manager, Marialana Ardolino, yielded numerous engaging projects during this pandemic. One of its more ambitious projects was a presentation of Shakespeare’s Othello. Bereket Mengistu infused his Othello with a unique sense of serenity. Hearkening back to the origination of the word, “moor,” Mengistu portrayed the warrior as a world weary traveler drenched in […]

Lighting the way for next holiday season

Although its grand premiere has been slowed by this year’s lockdowns and closings. Harrison Bryan, Rob Berliner, and Aaron Kenny have decided to premiere one of the rousing tunes and an uproarious animated teaser of their new musical A HANUKKAH CAROL, or GELT TRIP, The Musical. Let’s meet the team: Aaron Kenny (Music): I’m an […]

Fun Fast Feb Festival 2021

The acclaimed TeamTheatre, returns with Fun Fast Feb Festival 2021. International actress, Chrysi Sylaidi and her co-producers, Dorothea Gloria and Gwendolyn Snow, through their award-winning theatre company, are returning this season with the highly-praised Fun Fast Feb Fest. They are currently calling for scripts! Last year’s Fun Fast Feb Festival had 12 original plays with […]