About This Show
Manhattan Oracles is a playwright-run workshop that focuses on the development of new plays. Third in the Manhattan Oracles popular reading series, Recent Developments II features:
Pale Male and Lola by Donna Spector, directed by Brian Quirk:
A comic look at the way a man resembles a hawk in a crowded West Village café.
Valentine Memory by Rick Eisenberg, directed by Constance George: A middle aged female publisher must weigh the affections of a young charmer in her employ, versus her old romantic flame.
Surgery by Karin Diann Williams, directed by Stuart Hynson Culpepper: Tragi-comic exploration of a young bride’s search for her birth parents, her roots and her identity.
Strangers by Brian Quirk, directed by Greig Sargeant: An edgy solo performance piece examining the disconnect between who we really are and how we want to be seen.
Feathers Fly by Robin Rice Lichtig, directed by Daedra Kaehler: Hawks vs Humans, Zahn vs MTM, Haves vs Have-nots in Upper Eastside squatting rights battle.