2007-2008 Season
03/27 - 30/08 Hector by Robert Heide, featuring Gillien Goll, directed by Robert Gilbo. Gershwin Hotel, 27 East 27th Street.
11/26/07 Cornbury: the Queen's Governor by William M. Hoffman and Anthony Holland. A benefit staged reading directed by Julie Hamberg. The Greenwich House Music School Renee Weiller Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street.
11/16 - 11/20/07 A Quick Nutbread to Make Your Mouth Water by William M. Hoffman, directed by Ralph Lewis. The Loft @ 595 Broadway.
09/29/07 FAB Festival, Fourth Arts Block's celebration of downtown art on E. 4th Street, including two selections from the East Village Fragments: Diane di Prima's plays Monuments, performed by Bridgette Hayes, and Murder Cake, performed by Joyce Miller; directed by Lauren Keating.
2006-2007 Season
06/14/07 -06/30/07 OFF Stage: the East Village Fragments, a walking performance celebrating the birth of downtown theater.
05/15/07 BANG for Your Buck benefit performance featuring Penny Arcade, John Fleck, O-Lan Jones, Judith Malina, Nicky Paraiso, Hanon Reznikov and many more reading new works by Tom Eyen, Paul Foster, Robert Heide, William M. Hoffman, Rochelle Owens, Robert Patrick, and Megan Terry. Guest of Honor: legendary Off-Off director Robert Dahdah.
04/01/07 The OFF Project, a reading series to explore the roots of alternative theatre in NYC in preparation for our 2007 “performance heritage trail”
Plays in Cafes: Cafe LaMaMa II: Paul Foster’s Tom Paine, Jean-Claude van Itallie’s America Hurrah at Dixon Place, with post-show discussions by playwright Paul Foster and actors Mari-Claire Charba and Peter Craig
03/28/07 The OFF Project, a reading series to explore the roots of alternative theatre in NYC in preparation for our 2007 “performance heritage trail”
Women of OFF II: Ruth Landshoff Yorck’s Lullaby for a Dying Man and Julie Bovasso’s The Moon Dreamers at Players Theater
03/25/07 The OFF Project, a reading series to explore the roots of alternative theatre in NYC in preparation for our 2007 “performance heritage trail”
EVocative: Tom Murrin’s Cock Strong plus post-reading discussion by playwright Tom Murrin, and Charles Ludlam’s Conquest of the Universe (or When Queens Collide) plus post-reading discussion with dramaturg Joe E. Jeffries and performer Ruby Lynn Reyner
09/21/06- 10/04/06 OFF Stage: the West Village Fragments, a walking performance celebrating the birth of downtown theater.
2005-2006 Season
07/02/06 The OFF Project, a reading series to explore the roots of alternative theatre in NYC in preparation for our 2006 “performance heritage trail”
Plays in Cafes: Cafe LaMaMa: Paul Foster’s Balls, Michael Locascio’s A Corner of the Morning, Tom Eyen’s Why Hannah’s Skirt Won’t Stay Down, and Robert Patrick’s Dedication: The BbAaNnGg! Benefit at Downeast Arts Center, with post-show discussions by playwright Michael Locascio and a tribute to writer/performer Jackie Curtis by composer Paul Serrato and Melba LaRose, Artistic Director, NY Artists Unlimited
06/18/06 The OFF Project, a reading series to explore the roots of alternative theatre in NYC in preparation for our 2006 “performance heritage trail”
Rites and Rituals: Susan Yankowitz and The Open Theater’sTerminal, Diane di Prima’s Monuments, Maria Irene Fornes’ A Vietnamese Wedding and Judith Malina and Julian Beck’s Paradise Now at New York Marble Cemetery, with a post-show discussion by Susan Yankowitz, and a brief history of the cemetery by NY Marble Cemetery Trustee Caroline DuBois
05/28/06 The OFF Project, a reading series to explore the roots of alternative theatre in NYC in preparation for our 2006 “performance heritage trail”
Outside Underground: Sam Shepard’s Icarus’s Mother, Ruth Krauss’ A Beautiful Day, John Guare’s The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year, Jean-Claude van Itallie & The Open Theater’s The Serpent at Jefferson Market Library Garden, with post-show discussions by Open Theater members Shami Chaikin and Ken Glickfeld, and Judson Poets Theater veterans Maggie Wise and Grace Goodman
05/14/06 The OFF Project, a reading series to explore the roots of alternative theatre in NYC in preparation for our 2006 “performance heritage trail”
Plays of Protest: Grant Duay’s Fruit Salad, Megan Terry’s Viet Rock, Sam Shepard’s Forensic and the Navigators, Kenneth Brown’s The Brig at Judson Memorial Church, with post-show discussions by Larry Loonin, OOB veteran and a member of the original The Brig cast, and Tom Walker, archivist for The Living Theater
04/23/06 The OFF Project, a reading series to explore the roots of alternative theatre in NYC in preparation for our 2006 “performance heritage trail”
Plays in Cafes: Old Reliable Theatre Tavern: Robert Patrick’s Un Bel Di, Michael McGrinder’s We Hate to See You Go, Phoebe Wray’s The Mulberry Bush, Robert Heide’s At War with the Mongols and William M. Hoffman’s XXXXXs at Telephone Bar and Grill, with two post-show discussions between playwrights Phoebe Wray and Michael McGrinder, and Robert Heide and William M. Hoffman
03/18/06 The OFF Project, a reading series to explore the roots of alternative theatre in NYC in preparation for our 2006 “performance heritage trail”
Women of OFF
(in association with New Georges): Adrienne Kennedys A Rat’s Mass, Claris Nelson’s The Rue Garden, Ruth Krauss The Pineapple Play, Ilsa Gilberts A Dialogue Between Didey Warbucks and Mama Vaseline, and Rosalyn Drexlers Softly, and Consider the Nearness at New Georges’ The Room, plus a conversation with playwrights Ilsa Gilbert and Claris Nelson led by New Georges’ artistic director Susan Bernfield
02/19/06 The OFF Project, a reading series to explore the roots of alternative theatre in NYC in preparation for our 2006 “performance heritage trail”
American Myth: Joel Oppenheimer’s The Great American Desert, Rosalyn Drexler’s Home Movies, and Sam Shepard’s Cowboys #2 at Jimmy’s #43 with a post-show discussion by Judson Poets Theater founder Larry Kornfeld
01/21/06 The OFF Project, a reading series to explore the roots of alternative theatre in NYC in preparation for our 2006 “performance heritage trail”
Alternative Adaptations: The Performance Group’s Dionysus in 69, Bertolt Brecht’s Antigone translated by Judith Malina, and Gertrude Stein’s what happened at Jefferson Market Library, with post-show discussions by Performance Group director and founder Richard Schechner and writer/director and former Village Voice critic Michael Smith
11/20/05 The OFF Project, a reading series to explore the roots of alternative theatre in NYC in preparation for our 2006 “performance heritage trail”
Plays in Cafes: Celebrating Caffe Cino: Robert Patrick’s The Haunted Host, Robert Heide’s Moon, and Doric Wilson’s And He Made a Her at Cornelia Street Cafe; post-show discussions with playwrights Robert Heide and Doric Wilson and director Robert Dahdah
07/18/05 The OFF Project, a reading series to explore the roots of alternative theatre in NYC in preparation for our 2006 “performance heritage trail”
Before Stonewall: Queer Plays and Writers: Lanford Wilson’s The Madness of Lady Bright, Megan Terry’s Calm Down, Mother, and Charles Ludlam’s Big Hotel at Dixon Place as part of their HOT! Festival
2004-2005 Season
06/13-
06/19/05
Welcome Aboard the Friendly Tripbox, a live performance screening of our “Judson House Project” documentary video, Judson Church Assembly Hall
05/05 The OFF Project, a reading series to explore the roots of alternative theatre in NYC in preparation for our 2006 “performance heritage trail”
The Obie Winners: Jack Gelber’s The Connection, LeRoi Jones’ Dutchman, Lionel Abel’s Absalom, and Israel Horovitz’ The Indian Wants the Bronx at HERE Arts Center
04/29/05 The [BANNED] Burlesque, a celebration of the erotic arts, Collective: Unconscious
12/04 ‘Tis the Season, a holiday benefit, Downstairs at the Ohio Theatre
2003-2004 Season
06/11- 06/27/04 In Praise of Folly: the Don Quixote Project, 40 Worth Street,13th floor, TriBeCa
03/04 Don Quixote Project, episodes-in-progress, HERE Arts Center
episodes: Incidental, Between the Books and The tale of our hero’s visit to McDonald’s... with guided tour
08/03 Don Quixote Project, episodes-in-progress, HERE Arts Center
episodes: of the anvils and the recalcitrant flesh..., Sueño, DQ Ridden, and Stealing Pears with guided tour
2002-2003 Season
05/03 The Beggar’s Opera, staged reading, Ohio Theater Laboratory
03/03/03 The Lysistrata Project, a worldwide "theatrical act of dissent": 1,029 staged readings of Aristophanes’ classic play in 59 countries, HERE Arts Center
01/03 Don Quixote Project, episodes-in-progress, HERE Arts Center
episodes: Phantoms in the Forest, The Tale of the Ill-Advised Curiousity, Knight Reflections and caught (el sueño el soñador)
09/02 Don Quixote Project, episode-in-progress, HERE Arts Center
episode: The First of All Hacks
07/02 The Beggar’s Opera, work-in-progress, 2econd Stage Studio
2001-2002 Season
06/02 Don Quixote Project, episode-in-progress, HERE Arts Center
episode: The Reign in Spain
01/02 Don Quixote Project, episodes-in-progress, HERE Arts Center
episodes: Knight Reflections, A Run-in With Some Bulls, DQ Ridden and Stealing Pears
08/01 Privileged & Confidential, digital script kick-off, The Loft
2000-2001 Season
07/00 The Judson House Project, Judson House/Judson Memorial Church
1999-2000 Season
02/00 It’s Good Enough For Me, Mondo Cane commision, Dixon Place 26th Street
07/99 Privileged & Confidential, New York/Los Angeles Bi-Coastal Videoconference,
Gertrude Stein Repertory (NYC) and Los Angeles Theater Center (L.A.)
1998-1999 Season
09/98 BIG ART in small places ’98, CHARAS/El Bohio Cultural & Community Center
1997-1998 Season
02/98 Mitya’s Ordeal, Part IV in the Lincoln Center Theater Director’s Lab serialization of The Brothers Karamazov, The Culture Project
12/97 3Christs, Judson Memorial Church
08/97 Privileged & Confidential, staged workshop for the NYC RAT Conference, Ohio Theater
07/97 Keep Tightly Closed in a Cool Dry Place, reading, The Loft
1996-1997 Season
06/97 stone-blind, adobe theatre’s Fleet-the-Time festival, Ohio Theater
04/97 BIG ART in small places ’97, Judson Memorial Church
08/12-09/01/96 at odds: A Collection of Peculiar Works, Vineyard Theatre S.P.A.C.E. Grant recipient:
Freiheit Makes a Stand, Be Silent, Be Still, The Ministry, Mirror My Eyes My Window
1995-1996 Season
06/96 at odds: a concert of peculiar works, Dixon Place Bowery
05/96

Spring Reading Marathon, The Loft
Freiheit Makes a Stand; The Ministry; Be Silent, Be Still;

02/96 BIG ART in small places ’96, Greenwich House Music School
09/95 - 10/95

Fall Reading Marathon, The Loft
Babel’s Children; Cakewalk; Out of Order; The Ball; Collection of Short Works;

08/95 Gat Him to His Place, excerpts, Annex Theatre’s Up-Past-Your-Bedtime, Seattle, WA
08/95 Gat Him to His Place, HERE Arts Center’s The American Living Room Director’s Series
1994-1995 Season
05/95 The Last Temptation of Adrian Leverkuhn, Nada’s Faust Festival, Greenwich House Music School
05/95 Jonah’s Escape?, Samuel French’s Off Broadway Play Festival
03/95

Spring Reading Marathon, The Loft and St. Peters Church
The Last Temptation of Adrian Leverkuhn; The Cedar Bar

03/95 aRT... (Turnip Theatre’s 10-minute Play Festival finalist)
12/94 It’s Good Enough For Me, Empty Space Theatre NYC
10/94 Jonah’s Escape?, The Field’s Performance Zone, Vineyard Theatre
10/94 10% Peculiar, performance event, Annex Theatre Gallery
09/94 Fall Reading Marathon, The Loft
Jonah’s Escape?; No Guarantees; It’s Good Enough for Me; Cedar Bar;
1993-1994 Season
05/94 A Queen: Bea, TheatreKore’s Brave New Words festival, Greenwich Street Theater
05/94 stone-blind, The Field’s 90 Plays in 9 Days, Vineyard Theater
05/94 Babel’s Children, staged reading
04/94 Wallpaper, site-specific performance and gallery exhibition, Duane Street Storefront, TriBeCa
03/94 Wallpaper, staged reading
03/94 10% Peculiar, performance event, The Piano Store
02/94 Spring Reading Marathon, The Loft
Wallpaper; A Queen: Bea; Elmer Gantry; Babel’s Children
02/94 "... Take Three...", The Field’s 90 Plays in 9 Days, Ubu Repertory Theater
11/93

Fall Reading Marathon, The Loft
A Queen:Bea; stone-blind; Wallpaper; Turquoise Condom; Selected Scenes

10/93 Before I Wake & Quazimodo!, National Shakespeare Conservatory
07/93 Threshold (reading), The Loft