EVENTS AND NEWS

Theatre East premieres BARRIER ISLANDS in 5×5 Drama Series

BARRIER ISLANDS opens November 30th at Theatre East, in Long Island City.  The one-act play, commissioned for the theater’s 5×5 Drama Series, runs through Dec. 3rd. Directed by Avery Banks, the play features Christa Kimlicko-Jones and Caroline Jewell.

Voyage Theatre Company premieres DON’T LOOK BACK at HERE Arts Center

Directed by Wayne Maughans, this Voyage Theatre Company production opened in June 2022, and featured Cynthia Bastidas, Masha King, Jeff Rubino, and Lina Silver. “…a play that seems at once classic and fresh.” – Eye on Dance and The Arts “Although Mr. Kraar brings a decidedly contemporary bent to the famous tale, his play stays admirably rooted in the […]

Boomerang Theatre Company premieres The Karpovsky Variations at A.R.T./New York Gural Theater

Boomerang Theatre’s production of The Karpovsky Variations ran May 13th  through May 29th at A.R.T./New York’s Gural Theater. “a wonderfully acted exploration of the search for one’s own song, both solo and within the sometimes tumultuous chorus of family.  …A symphony-sized story told as an intimate chamber piece, The Karpovsky Variations really sings.”  – Thinking Theater NYC. “A brilliant, […]

Association for Theatre in Higher Education workshop of Stuck Inside The Walls

In August 2021, my short play Stuck Inside The Walls was part of ATHE’s New Play Development Workshop.  The workshop culminated in a rehearsed virtual reading at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference.

Group Rep presents Unicorn Park

My short play UNICORN PARK, produced by The Group Rep, begins streaming Oct. 10, as part of “Nine Winning One Acts.” In 2021, the company will produce the show onstage at The Lonny Chapman Theatre. Directed by Barbara Brownell, the production stars Larry Eisenberg and Susan Priver.

Working Theater presents two commissioned one-acts

In February 2020, The Working Theater revived of my one-acts, commissioned for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Directed by Sarah Norris, the two plays featured Bob Arcaro, Bob Jaffe, Brandon Jones, Jonathan Randell Silver and Angie Tennant.

PRT production of The Eumenides Come to Montgomery

THE EUMENIDES COME TO MONTGOMERY, was produced in July 2019 at Orlando Shakespeare Center.  The short play was part of Playwrights’ Round Table’s Summer Shorts.   The short play was also a Finalist for Red Bull Theater’s Short New Play Festival.

This Tainted Earth reading at Project Y Theatre

On December 9th at 7:30 PM, THIS TAINTED EARTH will have a reading at ART/NY (520 8th Ave., 3rd Floor), presented by Project Y Theatre. Directed by Tasha Gordon-Solmon, the reading features Charise Greene, Eliza Huberth, Daniel Johnson, Stacey Linnartz, Sean McIntyre, Patricia Randell, Joseph Siravo, and Angie Tennant The play is a lyrical drama about a powerful family striving to preserve their […]

Off-Broadway premiere of ALTERNATING CURRENTS

The Working Theater premiere of ALTERNATING CURRENTS started performances on April 26, in Queens, and then traveled to Urban Stages in Manhattan (May 1 – 20), followed by a tour to the other boroughs. REVIEWS: “This multiplicity of voices shines through in Alternating Currents, which, with only six actors but an entire community’s worth of characters, fills Urban […]

THE KARPOVKSY VARIATIONS finalist for Blue Ink Playwriting Award

The American Blues Theater designated THE KARPOVSKY VARIATIONS a Finalist for the 2018 Blue Ink Playwriting Award.