scars & stains (a frankenstein adaptation or dream)
Tier5 finishes its SpookyFest staged reading series with Matilda Corley Schulman's scars & stains!
Tier5 finishes its SpookyFest staged reading series with Matilda Corley Schulman's scars & stains!
Tier5's SpookyFest staged reading series continues with James Cougar Canfield's DRACULA: BLOOD & GLITTER.
Tier5's SpookyFest staged reading series kicks off with Justin McDevitt's gay ghost story, Haunt Me.
The night before their wedding, Max and Josh must practice their first dance as a married couple. As the clock ticks and wine is poured, their impending union brings up old traumas, secrets, and shame.
When their friend Eliza is murdered, a group of friends take a trip to mourn, but their lakeside retreat is interrupted by a viral zombie outbreak.
A comedy about law school, politics and hot sauce centering black women. After a night of arguments, vandalism and dry chicken will four black women walk into a bar together?
Love is in the air as TROVE and NEEDY LOVER come together for the first time! The spark is fresh and our romance burns bright but only for two nights.
June 25 at 3:00 PM
In 1999, two teenage boys deal with their closeted sexuality and a violent incident changing them both forever. In 2012 and beyond, the scars of their past define their future.
June 24th at 3:00 PM
Emily's pregnancy test turns out positive, she and her sister-in-law, Brittany, go on a road trip to get her checked out/information at a Planned Parenthood, though they despise each other.
June 18th at 3:00 PM
It should’ve been impossible for their paths to ever cross again. And yet: a year after the catastrophic end, Maya and Venice bump into each other (or so they think) and are forced to relive their past, confront their present and worst of all: decide their future.
The Bechdel Group's Staged Reading of They Died From Their Wounds
June 12 at 6:30 PM
Ships! Barrels! Tapestries! Come see what happens when people try to stop the world from ending.
Eddie Ramsey keeps twisting the world to look like he's the hero, but maybe revenge is a sour dish best left untouched at the end of the table.
May, 6 at 3:00 PM
May 7 at 7:00 PM
A black maid in Rio de Janeiro who faces invisibility and finds empowerment in revealing the hypocrisy of her socially defined role. A staged reading on gender, race, and identity.
Genevieve Goodman and Jillian Roche present a staged reading of a Christmas play in February, aptly named, Christmas in February.
A pregnant journalist stuck at home on bed rest is visited by an intern, a rock star and a mattress inspector -- all who will change her life in unexpected ways.
A queer retelling inspired by Bertolt Brecht’s "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" and the many legends of the circle that have come before.
Join us for this month's play workshops with The Bechdel Group. This month featuring: Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin's Sonata in Eb Major and Juliana Fowler's Where to Find You.
Oneida rides the rise and fall of the Bible-Communist association that coined the expression “free love” back in the 1800’s, asking: How much more loving, better people can we be?
Minoru: Scrape the Sky is the story of an architect Minoru Yamasaki, who designed the Twin Towers. We’ll create a powerful space in NYC where together we can ponder peace.
Four young men attempt to put their differences aside while taking part in their Catholic high school retreat.
Lesbian Jesus is 19. She is very famous thanks to TikTok. She’s touring the nation by bus with her mom and her girlfriend. She’s in a difficult situation involving her manager, Mark.
August 6 at 7pm
When Black Lives Matter flags mysteriously appear all over Brother Johnny’s Homestyle BBQ, a fratty sports bar in Manhattan, Brooke, the only Black person in a primarily white staff, agrees to secretly uncover the person hanging the flags in exchange for an under-the-table pay raise.
August 6 at 3pm
In the future, a theatre troupe tells us the tale of the shape-shifting rebels who took down a wealthy, “green” metropolis and relit the flame of revolution and justice.
Readings July 29 & 31 at 7pm
Workshop July 30 at 6pm
Join The Bechdel Group for two staged readings and a writing workshops to jump start your fall!
July 11th, 18th, 25th 2022 at 7:00 PM
August 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th 2022 at 7:00 PM
There's nothing sweeter than a great play! The Syrup & Candy New Play Series will showcase new work in weekly readings. Let us celebrate summertime and art; let us guzzle maple syrup like it's water. YUM
June 25 at 3:00 PM
This disordered young adult fantasia follows four clients, two therapists, and one ASL interpreter through 24 hours at an eating disorder clinic in Upstate New York.
Join us for selections of two previously unproduced works. We will read and then chat about each selection. One of our plays was this year's Bechdel Resident.
Join the Bechdel Group as we read and workshop two thirty minute selections. "Melodies in E" by Triza Cox and "Dazed and Defrosted" by Nina Mansfield
Join The Bechdel Group for our monthly workshop of two new plays. This month we are reading Lauren Wimmer's Mods and Sophie McIntonsh's Eleven Months...
Ananas is a Palestinian social, cultural, and artistic youth initiative in Gaza using the arts as a tool for social justice and participatory democracy. At this event, we will stream an excerpt of a production and have a talkback on Zoom with members of the group, facilitated by Opalanietet of the Eagle Project, with translation by Haneen Abo Soad.