Latine Musical Theatre Lab – Saw the Musical Extended – Rattlestick Theatre/Spiritus Virgil’s Dance – Fire This Time Festival/FRIGID New York . . . .
The 15th annual The Fire This Time Festival presented by FRIGID New York at The Wild Project (195 E 3rd St, New York. The performance will run approximately 90 minutes with no intermission and feature the following 10-minute plays:
It’s Karen B****!
Written by Taylor Blackman – The King Family is the “perfect” black family, with the “perfect” black life, or is it.
Mamas and Papas
Written by Kamilah Bush – 16 years ago, Charles fathered a child who he left with his mother to raise.
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Written by Leelee Jackson – Centers on an intimate bedroom conversation between A Woman and Her Man, a good man who fails to meet the standards of a good woman.
The Mural
Written by Monique Pappas-Williams – Nia, a once carefree artist, now an activist painter, is confronted by her ex-partner Riz, freshly released from prison.
Why Jamira Gotta Do All Da Werk?
Written by Nia Akilah Robinson – Jamira and Kiana, two-party friends, discover what keeps them stuck from their friendship.
Ethel & Ethel
Written by Joël Rene Scoville – It’s their two year anniversary and all Ethel Williams wants to do is have a romantic night with her secret love, Ethel Waters.
Latiné Musical Theatre Lab (Ryan Morales Green, Founder & Producing Artistic Director) and Prospect Theater Company (Cara Reichel, Producing Artistic Director; Melissa Huber, Managing Director) have partnered to present New Musicals Mixtape, a first look at new musicals written by members of the Latiné Musical Theatre Lab’s Julia de Burgos Cohort. This 90-minute concert evening features songs from six work-in-progress musicals, alongside interviews with the writing teams, providing insight to their creative process.
Part of Prospect Theater Company’s IGNITE Concert Series, New Musicals Mixtape will be presented on Monday, January 22, 2024, at 5:00pm and 8:00pm at Chelsea Factory (547 West 26th Street). Online ticket purchase at www.chelseafactory.org, www.latinemtlab.org, or www.ProspectTheater.org.
After an astonishing New York run this Fall, SAW The Musical The Unauthorized Parody of Saw has extended its run Off-Broadway at AMT Theatre (345 West 45th Street) through Jun 23, 2024. SAW The Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of Saw is Little Shop of Horrors meets Avenue Q, pushing the boundary on sexuality and how to love. It will also kick off a national tour in LA with a six-week run beginning Feb 29 at the Hudson Theatres Mainstage (6539 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA) www.SawtheMusical.com
Rattlestick Theatre (224 Waverly Pl. NYC) announces Dael Orlanderesmith’s solo piece Spiritus/Virgil’s Dance In conversation with Dante’s Divine Comedy we meet Virgil who reframes death and find the extraordinary. Directed by Neel Keller, the show begins performances Feb. 1 ’24 in partnership with Merrimack Repertory Theatre where it was originally commissioned. Feb. 16 thru Mar. 9. Friends of Virgil | Rattlestick Theater
