Past Productions Archives

 

2024-2025

Mainstage

HOTSPOT: Meganne George Short Play Festival

It CAN Happen Here!-Hallie Flanagan & the Federal Theatre Project

Touring

STEAL AWAY: The Living History of Harriet Tubman, Harriet Tubman National Park, MD

On Her Shoulders

The Discovery by Frances Sheridan

Jacob Slovak by Mercedes de Acosta

Work-in-Progress

Sweet Noise Festival of Readings

  • A Quarter to Three by Deniz Khateri

  • Inside/Outside by Gena Bardwell

  • The Last Transit of Venus by Lynn Marie Macy

2023-2024

Mainstage

SILVER LININGS: Meganne George Short Play Festival

Touring

It's Not So Bad in My Brain by Amalia Oliva Rojas at the Alternative Theatre Festival, Bogotá, Colombia

On Her Shoulders

DIDO: The Tragic Queen of Carthage by Charlotte Von Stein, translated/adapted by Lynn Marie Macy

One Is A Crowd by Beah Richards

Work-in-Progress

A Walk in Yaya's Garden by Stephanie Berry ( w/ Blackberry Prods)

Sweet Noise Festival of Readings

  • The Men by Daphne Greaves

  • I Can't Remember by Zakeia Tyson Cross

  • The Village Beautiful by Jane Denitz Smith

  • The Absurdity of Life by MJ Perrin


2022-2023

Mainstage

END GAME, Meganne George Short Play Festival

How to Melt ICE by Amalia Oliva Rojas (w/Boundless Theatre) 4 LATA Awards, 3 HOLA Nominations

Mamma Decemba by Nigel Moffat (w/Banana Boat Prods.)

Work-in-Progress

Women's Work Mini Fest Readings

  • The Dictator's Dentist by Sonya Hayden

  • I Can't Remember by Zakeia Tyson Cross

  • Leda's Children by Joan Castagnone

  • Worst Roommate in the World by Michele Miller

  • Tribe by Jennie Contuzzi

2021-2022

Mainstage

EMERGENCE: Meganne George Short Play Festival

NOW OR NEVER: Meganne George Short Play Festival

Touring

Suffragists From the Stage at Morgan Opera House, Aurora, NY

Virtual Touring

Frosting on Top by Uma Paranjpe and Foul Line by K. Alexa Mavromatis, Alterative Theatre Festival, Bogotá

On Her Shoulders (Virtual)

Count Partinuplés by Ana Caro, translated by Harley Erdman

On the Thin Crust of Civilization: The Plays of Marita Bonner

1,000 Years of Women Writing Plays: launch of OHS database

Work-in-Progress

Women's Work Mini Fest Readings

  • A Final Toast by Michele Miller

  • I Can't Remember by Zakeia Tyson-Cross

  • I Want a Unicorn Frappe by Catherine Weingarten

  • Leda's Children by Joan Castagnone

  • The Tribes by Jennie Contuzzi

Other WIP

  • How to Melt ICE by Amalia Oliva Rojas

  • Milada by Laura Zlatos


2020-2021

Mainstage (Virtual)

NOW OR NEVER: Women's Work Short Play Festival

On Her Shoulders (Virtual)

"A HARLEM TRIPTYCH: 3 Plays By Eulalie Spence  

Gabriel by Georges Sand, adaptated by Lynn Marie Macy 

Slaves In Algiers by Susanna Rowson 

The Necessity Of Divorce by Olympe de Gouges, translated by Clarissa Palmer

Work-in-Progress

Women's Work Project

  • A Final Toast by Michele Miller

  • Baby Fever by Alison Lowenstein

  • How to Melt ICE by Amalia Oliva Rojas

  • I Can't Remember by Zakeia Tyson-Cross

  • Leda's Children by Joan Castagnone

  • Milada by Laura Zlatos

  • The Last Transit of Venus by Lynn Marie Macy

  • Therapy Dog by Jennifer Rowland

  • Tribe by Jennie Contuzzi

2019-2020

Mainstage 

APPROVAL PENDING: Women's Work Short Play Festival

Night of the Working Dead, by Richard Wentz

Touring

Our Lady of Broad Street by Jane Denitz Smith and Oh My, Goodness by Cayenne Douglass at Cayuga College, Auburn, NY

Suffragists From the Stage at Cayuga College

On Her Shoulders

A Fatal Friendship by Catherine Trotter

Sappho of Lesbos by Estelle Anna Lewis

Work-in-Progress

Women’s Work Project

  • Baby Fever by Alison Lowenstein

  • Marla and Her Prayers by Kim Merrill

  • How to Melt ICE by Amalia Oliva Rojas

  • Leda’s Children by Joan Castagnone

  • Riptide by Alisa Zhulina

  • Tribe by Jennie Contuzzi

  • The Last Transit of Venus by Lynn Marie Macy


2018-2019

Mainstage
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE: Women's Work Short Play Festival

The Key Game by Patricia Cumper (with Banana Boat Prods.)

The Ritual by Zeno Obi Constance (40th Anniversary of the play)

Special Projects

On Her Shoulders in Association with the New School for Drama 

Works-in Progress

Women's Work Project

  • Leda's Children by Joan Castagnone

  • Kitty by Ann Chamberlin

  • Tribe by Jennie Contuzzi

  • Baby Fever by Alison Lowenstein

  • Last Transit of Venus by Lynn Marie Macy

2017-2018

Mainstage

UNHINGED: Women's Work Short Play Festival

She Calls Me Firefly by Teresa Lotz (w/Parity Prods.) Best Short Play, Indie Theatre Awards

Touring

Color Blue by Alexis Roblan and Sublet by Alisa Zhulina at the Alternative Theatre Festival, Bogotá, Colombia

On Her Shoulders

The Camp (El Campo, 1967) by Griselda Gambaro

Peculiar Sam (1879) by Pauline Hopkins

Mary Jane's Pa (1906) by Edith Ellis

Work-in-Progress

Women's Work Project

  • Kitty by Ann Chamberlin

  • Mommy's Little Princess by Teresa Lotz

  • Splendid Grace by Charlotte Colavin


2016-2017

Mainstage 

CROSSING BOUNDARIES (w/Banana Boat Productions)

STAGE STRUCK: RECLAIMING THE HISTORY OF WOMEN IN THEATRE

Special Projects

On Her Shoulders in Association with the New School for Drama

  • How Far Have We Come?

  • A Form Apart

  • A Battle of Wits           

Works-in Progress

April Mini Festival of Staged Readings

  • Bliss Point by Joan Castagnone

  • Splendid Grace by Charlotte Colavin

  • Mommy's Little Princess by Teresa Lotz

  • Kitty by Ann Chanberlin

  • Rice by Yani Perez 

2015-2016

Mainstage 

Jihad, The Play at the Women On Stage for Peace Festival, Bogota, Colombia

The Work Goes On: Women's Work Short Play Retrospective

Alternative Theatre Festival: Bogota, Colombia

Special Projects

On Her Shoulders in Association with the New School for Drama

  • Women on the Verge

  • House of Desires

  • Soul Struggle

  • The Group     

Works-in Progress

May Mini Festival of Staged Readings

  • The Andrew Play by Alexis Roblan

  • Bliss Point by Joan Castagnone

  • Cece and Lulu by Charlotte Colavin

  • Mommy's Little Princess by Teresa Lotz

  • The Mind in the Caves by Ann Chanberlin


2014-2015

Mainstage 

ON THE MARGIN: Women's Work Short Play Festival

Truths and Accommodations (co-produced with Banana Boat Productions)

She Calls Me Firefly (co-production with VH Theatrical Development Foundation)

Special Projects

On Her Shoulders in Association with the New School for Drama

Works-in Progress

Women’s work project

May Mini Festival of Staged Readings

  • The Andrew Play by Alexis Roblan

  • Straddling the Edge by Sandra Daley Sharif

  • Chronic by Michele Miller

  • My Mother Flew B17s by Marisa Petsakos 

2013-2014

Mainstage 

DEAD RECKONING: Women's Work Short Play Festival

RICHARD VETERE EXPLAINS THE WORLD...10 Minutes at a Time

NIGHT OF THE WORKING DEAD

Marla and Her Prayers

The Dark Lady Rises (with Dark Lady Players)

Special Projects

On Her Shoulders in Association with the New School for Drama

Stage Struck: From Kemble to Kate, in association with The Heritage Committee of the League of Professional Theatre Women

Works-in Progress 

Women’s work project

  • Dancing on Eggshells by Cynthia Robinson

  • Straddling the Edge by Sandra Daley Sharif

  • Chronic by Michele Miller

  • Minotaur by Alexis Roblan

  • My Mother Flew B17s by Marisa Petsakos 


2012-2013

Mainstage

TOXICITY: Women's Work Short Play Festival

Works-in Progress

  • Dancing on Eggshells by Cynthia Robinson

  • Chronic by Michele Miller

  • My Mother Flew B52s by Marissa Petsakos

  • Straddling the Edge by Sandra Daley Sharif

  • Beautiful Pearls by Judy Chicurel

  • Minotaur by Alexis Roblan 

2011-2012

Mainstage

JUSTIFIED (Women’s Work Short Play Festival)

Women In Transition (with Banana Boat Productions)

Voices from the Edge 2012

Work-in-Progress

Women's Work Project

  • Boat People by France-Luce Benson

  • Dancing on Eggshells by Cynthia Robinson

  • An Apple a Day by Heather Violanti

  • Shamhat by Rosebud Ben-Oni


2010-2011

Mainstage 

IN THE PAPERS: Women's Work Short Play Festival

Mother of God! by Michele A. Miller

Travelin' Shoes by Denise Lock, Voices From the Edge

Works-in Progress 

  • Marla and Her Prayers by Kim Merrill

  • Tunnel Vision by Andrea Lepcio 

2009-2010

Mainstage

Voices From the Edge XIII

Hamlet by Wim. Shakespeare

The Ritual by Zeno Constance (Banana Boat)

BY POPULAR DEMAND (Women’s Work Short Play Festival)

Work-in-Progress

Women's Work Project

  • Tunnel Vision, by Andrea Lepcio

  • Mother of God!, by Michele Miller

  • Platinum Travel Club by Franca Miraglia


2008-2009

Mainstage

Voices From the Edge XII

Mamma Decemba’, by Nigel D. Moffett (w/Banana Boat)

CYCLONE!, Book & Lyrics by Dana Leslie Goldstein, Music by

Rima Fand, NYMF ‘083

Sona Tera Roman Hess3, by Dennis Miles (Los Angeles)

GIRL POWER! (Women’s Work Short Play Festival)

Work-in-Progress

Women's Work Project

  • SAD MAD BAD GLAD by Andrea Lepcio

  • Marla’s Prayer, by Kim Merrill

  • Big Man: Issues, Affirmation, Identity, by Roland Hayes

  • Memory of Self: Journey to Weeksville, by Daniel Carlton

2007-2008

Mainstage

The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov

The Ritual by Zeno Constance (with Banana Boat)

OFF THE PAGE Workshop Production

Everyday, Somewhere Here, by Benji Rogers w/Melody Brooks

Work-in-Progress

Finding Home, by Keline Adams

Fever, by Melissa Maxwell

Birthright, by Jackie Alexander


2006-2007

Mainstage

Loss of theatre; no mainstage productions

Work-in-Progress

Everyday, Somewhere Here: Letters From Palestine and Israel by Benji Rogers with Melody Brooks

Finding Home by Keline Adams

The Desire by Jackie Alexander

2005-2006

Mainstage

Romeo & Juliet (NYC Parks Tour)

Platinum Travel Club by Franca Miraglia

Work-in-Progress

Everyday, Somewhere Here: Letters From Palestine and Israel by Benji Rogers with Melody Brooks

ComicStripTease by Timbre Henning

Ghosts in Brooklyn by Carmen Rivera

Floorshow in the Sweet Life by Louise Schwarz


2004-2005

Mainstage

Voices From the Edge 7.0

Visit by Ricardo Monti (American Premiere)

Work-in-Progress

Women's Work Project

Platinum Travel Club by Franca Miraglia

Other

  • ComicStripTease by Timbre Henning

  • Mommy Says I’m Pretty on the Insides by Lucy Alibar

  • This Really Happened in Brooklyn by Carmen Rivera

2003-2004

Mainstage

Unrequited Love by Melissa Maxwell

Voices From the Edge 6.1

Lemon Meringue Façade by Ted Lange (NY Premiere)

Work-in-Progress

Puddin’ by Tia Hodge


 

2002-2003

Mainstage

Voices From the Edge 5.1

Romeo & Juliet by Wm. Shakespeare

Voices From the Edge 6.0

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Wm. Shakespeare

Work-in-Progress

Women's Work Project

  • Pralaya by Zakiyyah Alexander

2001-2002

Mainstage

Voices From the Edge 4.1

The Taming of the Shrew by Wm. Shakespeare (OOBR Award for Excellence)

Voices From the Edge 5.0

Macbeth by Wm. Shakespeare 

Work-in-Progress

Women's Work Project

  • Amor y Pesetas by Suzette Gamble

  • A Mission Accomplished by Lanette Ware


2000-2001

Mainstage

Jihad  (Midtown Int’l Theatre Festival)

Voices From the Edge 4.0

OFF THE PAGE Workshop Production

Good People by L. Trey Wilson

Work-in-Progress

Women's Work Project

  • X Times Infinity by Lisa Harris

1999-2000

Mainstage

The Shaneequa Chronicles by Stephanie Berry (w/Blackberry Productions)

Voices From the Edge 3.0

Julius Caesar by Wm. Shakespeare

Work-in-Progress

Women's Work Project

  • Thriller by Penelope Prentice


1998-1999

Mainstage

Love Bites Back (One Act Festival)

Voices From the Edge II

Othello by Wm. Shakespeare

Exhibit #9 by Tracey Wilson (Audelco Award)

Work-in-Progress

Women's Work Project

  • Barnstormer by Cheryl Davis

1997-1998

Mainstage

Kolonists by Steven Dykes (U.S. Premiere)

Macbeth by Wm. Shakespeare (at St. John the Divine)

Voices from the Edge I

Work-in-Progress

Give Me Room by Kevin Frazer

Tales from the PositiveSide by Benja K


1996-1997

Main stage

Anatomy of a Love Affair by Deirdre Hollman2 (Optioned by Essence Entertainment)

Richard III by Wm. Shakespeare

Love Bites Again (One Act Festival)

Work-in-Progress

Women's Work Project

  • Prison Brides and Movie Star by Pat Kaufman

1995-1996

Mainstage

The Increased Difficulty of Concentration by Vaclav Havel (NY Premiere)

Admissions by Tony Velella (10 Best Plays, Backstage)

Macbeth by Wm. Shakespeare

Jihad  by Ann Chamberlin (OOBR Award for Excellence)

Two by Andra Gordon

Love Bites (One Act Festival)

OFF THE PAGE Workshop Production

Reflecting Magdalene by Alison Solomon


1994-1995

Mainstage

Post Mortem by Jennifer Christman2

The Two Gentlemen of Verona by Wm. Shakespeare

Cartoon for a New Ceiling by Lenore Blumenfeld (NY Premiere)

Work-in-Progress

Women's Work Project

  • Jihad by Ann Chamberlin

1993-1994

Mainstage

September 11th by Guillermo Reyes (American Premiere)

Family Values?(One Act Festival)

The Real World by 9th Grade students at School for the Physical City

Work-in-Progress

Women's Work Project

  • Post Mortem by Jennifer Christman


1992-1993

Mainstage

Behind the Curtains by Izzat Goushigir

Spectres by Jill Dearman

John Brown by Thomas McMorrow

Miss Julie by August Strindberg