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June 24, 2020

Valerie David: The Pink Hulk, a One-Woman Warrior’s survival story from cancer

Put on your Super Hero Cape when you listen to Valerie David’s podcast: The Pink Hulk, a One-Woman Warrior’s survival story from cancer. But her show is NOT just…

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June 3, 2020

Aizzah Fatima airing her “Dirty Paki Lingerie”

So, what’s a young Muslim woman born in Saudi Arabia, raised as a US citizen in Mississippi, only to defy all the odds by moving to NYC to become…

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September 25, 2019

All About Image/We Are The Elite

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July 25, 2019

The LPTW Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award

At a time when international diplomacy is challenged, we are proud of the role that artists play as cultural diplomats and the creative, educational, non-political dialogue that is engendered through…

April 10, 2019

It’s All A Game: an interview with Erin Cronican, Executive Artistic Director, The Seeing Place Theater

The take away for audiences who come to see The Maids is to “make people stop and think about how they treat people, particularly people who are in service; that…

February 7, 2019

Theater Review: Theater Barn Cast Definitely Not Phoning It In

January 28, 2019

OLD RINGERS: a new comedy by Joe Simonelli

February 1 ~ 23 Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm Sunday February 10th & 17th at 2pm

July 20, 2018

Ripple Effect Artists: Guarding the Bridge

July 18, 2018 was Nelson Mandela International Day: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Change your perspective. Visit those dark spaces. Shed…

May 8, 2018

The Trauma Brain Project PODCAST!

September 13, 2017

There’s No Place Like Art!

First Online With Fran's First Podcast There's No Place Like Art... National Arts in Education Week is a way to recognize this impact and share the message with friends, family,…

July 13, 2017

Extraordinary Women Telling an Extraordinary Story: SHADOWS ROUND THE MOON

"This is a story of incredible love and extraordinary loss. The play is a chance to introduce an amazing woman to the world since Mary Shelley has not received the…

June 19, 2017

Pan Asian Repertory presents ACQUITTAL

ACQUITTAL, by Shahid Nadeem, expresses the thematic thrust of the play: tightly woven narratives about four women who lived in Pakistan in the early 1980's during the aftermath of the…

May 9, 2017

Leveraging Theatre for Social Good

Before it was fashionable to be an advocate or activist, my acquaintance Jessie Fahay invited me to join her very new theatre group. She had a vision to pair advocacy…

November 18, 2016

Finding Home: Migration, Exile, and Belonging

Lady Liberty's Worst Day Ever: J.Dolan Byrnes (Vinnie) and Frances McGarry (Lady Liberty) BY MONICA BAUER On the last day of the run of the “three plays against Islamophobia”,…

September 1, 2015

An interview with…Cheryl Navo, Playwright LIE OF OMISSION, World Premiere Play

“As a female playwright I believe strongly that I need to concentrate on writing good, strong roles for women. For each play I write, I've made a personal commitment to…

June 2, 2015

Connecting Communities: as easy as ABC

The Alphabet Series at Metropolitan Playhouse Lillian Rodriguez as Jonas Mekas Jason C. Brown as Jeanise Aviles Tammy McNeill as Jimmy Webb Inspired…

June 2, 2015

Connecting Communities: as easy as ABC

The Alphabet Series at Metropolitan Playhouse Lillian Rodriguez as Jonas Mekas Jason C. Brown as Jeanise Aviles Tammy McNeill as Jimmy Webb Inspired…

June 30, 2014

DEAR MOM is coming to NYC!

written by Jay Falzone & Nancy Holson Based on actual letters written by real daughters to their mothers