Summer Shorts 2016

Applauded by The New York Times as “shamelessly clever and deeply satisfying!” this acclaimed festival of new American short plays from some of the country’s top playwrights returns to 59E59 Theaters for a tenth consecutive season! Representing some of today’s best writing, directing, and acting talents, Summer Shorts celebrates theater, summer, and the short form. The festival’s two separate series of three plays each will run in rotating repertory and offer a diverse range of voices, styles, and subject matter.

Series A:
The Helpers by Cusi Cram, directed by Jessie D. Hill
After the Wedding by Neil Labute, directed by Maria Milear
This is How It Ends by A. Rey Pamatmat, directed by Ed Sylanus Iskandar

Series B:
The Dark Clothes of Night by Richard Alfredo, directed by Alexander Dinelaris
Queen by Alexander Dinelaris, inspired by The Woman Who Came at Six O’Clock by Gabriel Garcia Márquez, directed by Victor Slezak
Black Flag by Idris Goodwin, directed by Logan Vaughn