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| | Miracle on 55th St.
by Gregg Ostrin
Directed by Emily Chase
It's 1964. The United States is in the fearful shadow of the McCarthy hearings. Homophobia and antisemitism are everywhere. And in a Broadway rehearsal room, the brilliant, battling artists Zero Mostel and Hal Prince must work together to create what will become one of the great American musicals, Fiddler on the Roof. How can they collaborate if they can't stand each other? And what is the true cost of creating a masterpiece?
1 hour 20 min, no intermission | Buy Tickets |
| | We Are Among Us
by Stephen Belber
Directed by Kenneth Meseroll
How do you move forward when the past refuses to fade? | Buy Tickets |
| | Wellness
by Matt Letscher
-FIRST LIGHT FESTIVAL-
A young man’s debilitating illness spurs an endless pursuit of wellness, through which he needs to discern what is real and what is in his head.
Featuring: Marin Hinkle, David Aaron Baker, Jaxon Duff Gwillim, Jude Elizabeth Mayer, Johnny DiGiorgio
Runtime: 2 hours | Buy Tickets |
| | Mutually Assured Destruction
by Gregg Ostrin
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A black comedy look at Ronald Reagan’s obsession with the Star Wars missile defense system that only existed in his mind.
Featuring: Meredith Riley Stewart, Stuart W. Howard, Satiar Pourvasei, Tony Pasqualini, Matt Letscher, David Clayberg, Gregg Ostrin, and Katy Downing
Runtime: 80 minutes | Buy Tickets |
| | James Baldwin Can't Write and Nina Simone Refuses to Sing!
by Yule Caise
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In 1971, when a battered Nina Simone arrives at James Baldwin's French refuge, two icons—one who has lost his words, the other who refuses to sing—are forced to confront the silence between them, where art, rage, and survival collide. | Buy Tickets |
| | Things Change
by Vince Melocchi
Directed by Dana Jackson
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A veteran stage actor returns to his hometown after a long absence, expecting a hero’s welcome, but instead is met with the ghosts of an unfulfilled life and eventually must make peace with reality or fade away.
Featuring: Haskell V. Anderson III, Rachel Avery, Melissa Weber Bales, Ritzi Lanier, Vince Melocchi, Michael Rothhaar, Dalia Vosylius
Runtime: 85 minutes
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| | We Will Be Taking No Further Questions About Cult Auteur Stanley Kubrick
by Brianna Barrett
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Professors of Cinema Studies curate an exhibit celebrating the work of the visionary film director - and begin to wonder who it's for.
Featuring: Xu Mason, Aisha Kumari, Philip Smithey, Jacqueline Wright, and Casey Smith | Buy Tickets |
| | Nacho Ate Spiderman
by Michelle Kholos Brooks
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A comedy about a sunny, laid-back, progressive beach community that becomes a lot darker when Nacho, a shaggy, good-natured love of a rescue dog, eats her neighbor’s award-winning, well-bred rabbit, Spiderman.
Featuring: Jennifer Grey, Tony Pasqualini, Peter James Smith, Dan Bucatinsky
Runtime: 80 minutes | Buy Tickets |