New Works Archives • First Online with Fran

December 20, 2024

Cynthia Grace Robinson: Writing About Women

I love writing about women because this is how women are, and we're so diverse, right? We show our power in so many different ways, and sometimes it's not a…

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September 18, 2024

Alyssa Simon: An Actor Commits

I came to New York to meet people I read about in college like Joe Chaiken and Judith Malina, and I met them! I took workshops with Joe Chaiken, and…

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February 2, 2024

Janet Mitchko: Holding Hands

I would like to believe I attract heart-centered individuals to work with. I create a sense of safety in the rooms, empowerment and we are in service of the text.…

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February 9, 2023

Cindy Cooper: Seeking Asylum through The Arts

Theatre is the one area, aside from religion, where people are presented with stories; they can hear them, they can see vicariously what can happen. They have a conversation with…

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October 29, 2022

Karen Cecilia: Challenging the New Normal

We're in a time where we are seeing new voices, new types of voices telling their stories and people create their identity through seeing themselves reflected in work, in all…

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July 29, 2022

Joan Kane: Speaking Truth

I had to tell my story. I needed to be able to say, 'Look, I grew up in a time period in Brooklyn where racism was horrific and it was…

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July 27, 2022

Emma Palzere-Rae: Raising Representation Awareness

Theatre is a way to bring people together in a non-confrontational way. You could do theatre as a political act and say it's a political act; you can do theatre…

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October 27, 2021

Coni Koepfinger & Dan Carter: LIVE FROM THE BARDO: My Dinner With Mary

The Greeks believed that theatre was threefold: to entertain, to educate, and exalt the human spirit. And if we're going to exalt the human spirit we're gonna have to understand…

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October 28, 2019

Raising awareness of our civic responsibility: KILL SWITCH

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September 25, 2019

All About Image/We Are The Elite

February 15, 2019

For a Good Time Call Old Ringers at the Ridgefield Theater Barn

Published on Thursday, 14 February 2019 14:37

February 7, 2019

Theater Review: Theater Barn Cast Definitely Not Phoning It In

October 15, 2018

JAC ANNOUNCED IT IS PUBLISHING MARCINA ZACCARIA’S VILLAGE, MY HOME

In a chaotic business world, do we know the difference between astrophysics and Buddha? Can it all be solved with yoga? Featuring characters at various points of their lives, Village, My…

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!

August 22, 2017

A Conversation with …Marcina Zaccaria, Playwright/Director VILLAGE, MY HOME

Being a playwright, a critic, and a theater director has given me the opportunity to work with such smart, creative people, who every day search for deeper meaning. The world…

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…

January 13, 2016

Sound Bites 3.0 Festival 10 Musicals – One Night Only!

Go to the We Have Apples show page Subject: Friend what are you waiting for? 10 Musicals - One Night Only! Good seats still available BUT HURRY, they're going fast!…