About This Show
The Looking Glass Forum is a bi-annual festival of one-act plays by upcoming female playwrights and directors.
June 2nd – 5th:
Celia McBride’s
Snore
Directed by Sarah Norris
Featuring:
Sheila Shaigany and Michael Walker
A wife that needs sleep. A husband that snores. A woman’s desperate plight for one night of peace.
C.A. Kessler’s
Bedside Manners
Directed by Talya Klein
Featuring: Joshua Johnson and Elizabeth Dahmen
Jonathon discovers that love and violence may very well be two
sides of the same coin.
Kate Marks’
Converting Numbers
Directed by Heidi Handelsman
Featuring: Malissa Larson, Tiffany Morningstar, Louie Pearlman, Alex Magliaro, Tiffany Baker, Kevin Rockower
Conflicting religious philosophies and troubled lives merge while on line for the restrooms. How will we ever find relief?
June 9th – 12th:
William Shakespeare’s
A Winter’s Tale
Directed & Adapted by Destiny Lilly
Featuring: Allison Moehnke, Matthieu Cornillon, Eric Fernandez,
Michael Hagins, Laurel Keane, Ryland Shelton, Jeff Silver, Carlton Tanis, Andrew Towler,Maiken Wiese, and Jeff Zorabedian
In this new adaptation of Shakespeare tragicomedy, the Kingdom of Sicilia is a vibrant fantasy with never-ending disco and brilliant
colours, but all good things must come to an end.
William Shakespeare’s
The Tempest
Directed & Adapted by Jolie Tong
Featuring: Lisa Came
A score to be settled, two murderous coups to be staged, a wickedly magical storm and a shipwreck. It can only be William Shakespeare’s”The Tempest.”
June 16th – 19th:
Melissa Fendell’s
Lucina or Natalus Procastinatio
Directed by Candace Cihocki
Featuring: Mary Egan, Peter Michael Smith
Perry Daniel, Kelly Diegnan, Robby Grossman, Nicholas Heppe
A play about a comical dream sequence of a very pregnant young woman, who cannot give birth, because she fears the world
thinks she is not ready.
Pat Kaufman’s
The Beautiful Face
Directed by Karen Kwan
Featuring: Deborah Carlson and J.M.Stillwell
Boy meets woman, boy falls in love with woman, boy wants to nip & tuck woman,woman ___ boy!
Not a Dream
Text by Charlotte, Anne & Emily Brontë
Conceived & Directed by Regina Robbins
Featuring:
Emily Beatty, Jane Elias, Henrietta Ertsås, Robert Weinstein
An evening at home with a family of writers whose silence speaks as loudly as their words.
June 23rd- 26th:
Kerri Kochanski’s
Communicating through the Sunset
Directed by Kelly Haydon
Featuring: Jason Yachanin & Julia Davis
The ethereal dusk serves as a backdrop for this moving drama about a pair of luckless teenagers confronting a violent past.
Kato McNickle’s
CouchFullaLuv
Directed by Katherine Heberling
Featuring: Lyndsay Becker, Walter Hoffman, Heather Kelley, Annie Lee Moffett, Lynne Rosenberg, & Bradley Wells
When a humdrum trip to the store takes a magical turn, the result is a comical look at life, love, and lounges.
Katherine Dubois’
The Rain Bird
Directed by Tzipora Kaplan
Featuring: Christian Haines & Kay Wilson
The valley is dying. Its people are dying with it. How can two young people break the spell over the valley and unleash the magic of the Rain Bird?
Box Office Hours: Mon/Wed 10am-6pm
Group Sales Number (8+): 212-307-9467
Appropriate For Ages: 13+