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We Explore Modern Myth by bringing the myths of the past to the present, and also exploring what is mythical about our own age.

02/21/2026

THE TELEMACHY. IS. HERE.
First show tomorrow (also live-streamed!) 2pm EST at The Chain.

Then again 2/26 & 2/27.

We’re having so much fun. Come have fun with us. You’ll laugh. *I promise*

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02/20/2026

Michelle Cage has written a really funny play, you guys. It's called THE TELEMACHY and it's a riot. Deftly performed by Aaron Banes, Melissa Martin, Rafael Moreno, Daniel Scarantino, and Kayleigh Watson, it's a not to be missed 17 minutes. Come see this hilarious ensemble in Michelle's witty work - 2/21, 2/26, & 2/27 as part of The Chain Winter 1-Act Festival!
https://mailchi.mp/9b896bafffb9/the-telemachy-by-michelle-cage-starts-tomorrow

02/18/2026

🖋️MICHELLE CAGE - the (unintentionally) funniest person I’ve ever known and the playwright of TELEMACHY!🖋️

Michelle is a playwright and teaching artist dedicated to the power of storytelling. From developing original myths with young artists to debuting works like If The Angels Don’t Love This Play We’re Dead with The Skeleton Rep, her work celebrates the innate worth of every voice. Proud Skeleton Rep collaborator.

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We did this show for the first time in 2019 and are thrilled to resurrect it as part of The Chain’s Winter 1-Act Festival!

Join us for this joyful riot!

We’re a part of PROGRAM 23 - so be sure to get tix for that block!

Discount Code: TELE26

SHOW 1 - 2/21 at 2:00pm**
SHOW 2 - 2/26 at 8:30pm
SHOW 3 - 2/27 at 6:30pm

**The February 21st at 2:00 pm EST performance will be livestreamed & can be viewed anytime until February 28th at 10:30pm.

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02/15/2026

🎭The cast of TELEMACHY is one for the ages!🎭
TELEMACHUS - Aaron Banes
ODYSSEUS - Rafael Moreno
SMILING WOMAN (PENELOPE) - Melissa Martin
PUPPER BULLIES - Kayleigh Watson
NARRATOR - Daniel Scarantino
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In a world of men who wear pants, one son of an absent father can teach us how a real man should walk through life… wearing a skirt. Gather around our sardonic bard to hear the untold tale of Odysseus’s skirt-wearing disappointment of a son, Telemachus. This twirling hero will face his beer-drinking mother, international puppet bullies, and his long-awaited father. But what happens when that father is an as***le?
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We’re a part of PROGRAM 23 - so be sure to get tix for that block!

Discount Code: TELE26

SHOW 1 - 2/21 at 2:00pm**
SHOW 2 - 2/26 at 8:30pm
SHOW 3 - 2/27 at 6:30pm

**The February 21st at 2:00 pm EST performance will be livestreamed & can be viewed anytime until February 28th at 10:30pm.
banes

02/11/2026

Our first Chain 1-Act, Baby! Join us for TELEMACHY, a riotous 17 minute play by Michelle Cage.

You might think you know the story of Odysseus, but how about his skirt-wearing son, Telemachus? Did you know his mother is a puddle of beer, or how he overcame a gaggle of puppet bullies? Take this ride, deftly navigated by a great skirt-wearing Narrator.

We’re a part of PROGRAM 23 - so be sure to get tix for that block!

Discount Code: TELE26

SHOW 1 - 2/21 at 2:00pm**
SHOW 2 - 2/26 at 8:30pm
SHOW 3 - 2/27 at 6:30pm

**The February 21st at 2:00 pm EST performance will be livestreamed & can be viewed anytime until February 28th at 10:30pm.

.banes & Melissa Martin

12/07/2025

“The Final Performance of Pauline Cushman” - first workshop on 11/23/25

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This new play workshop featured the real-life story of Civil War-era actress turned spy for the Union Army.

It was an incredible way to end TSR’s 10th year of new works that explore modern myth, with this 2025 year bookended by plays about historical American women with artistic director Ria T. DiLullo bringing these women to life, under the direction of Andrew Coopman.

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Written by Rachel Ewing
Directed by Andrew Coopman
Lights & Sound by Daniel Hughes
Performed by Ria T. DiLullo, Daniel Scarantino & Michelle Cage
At The Tank

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11/17/2025

11/23 @ 7pm at The Tank - “The Final Performance of Pauline Cushman”
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Join us for our final workshop of the year, featuring the real-life story of Civil War-era actress turned spy for the Union Army. Already dead, will she continue to repeat only the highlights of her life, or can her director get her to tell the whole truth - and finally move on?
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Written by Rachel Ewing
Directed by Andrew Coopman
Lights & Sound by Daniel Hughes
Performed by Ria T. DiLullo, Daniel Scarantino & Michelle Cage
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11/14/2025

*The Creatures Came and Went…*
Our salon at LaMaMa Community Arts Center on 10/27/25 of 3 Erik Ehn shorts were a house-packed symphonic emotional ride!
The 12-member ensemble took us through a family journey of loss, love and ghost reunion at IHop, an epic journey of the fallout of atomic testing in the American Southwest through a Mothra lens, and the relationship of a zombie and Godzilla, complete with a full-cast zombie dance in a zombie night club - all words backed by the ephemeral original music of Ben Freeman.

Enjoy these stills but know - you really had to be there. So be sure to come to the next one!

In the meantime, give a round of applause to our fantastic team:
& Anuj Parikh

Photography by Evan Reed

Play Titles:
ALL NOUNS END AS VERBS ONE DAY
ZOMBIE VS. GODZILLA
RADIF

11/09/2025

Our last performance of the year is coming up on 11/23 at The Tank at 7pm EST - both in person and live-streamed! Check out the first ever workshop of "The Final Performance of Pauline Cushman" featuring Ria T. DiLullo, Michelle Cage, and Daniel Scarantino. Written by Emily Ewing and directed by Andrew Coopman. https://mailchi.mp/d7255c3db38f/tix-time-for-final-show-of-2025

10/22/2025

ALL NOUNS END AS VERBS ONE DAY
ZOMBIE VS. GODZILLA
RADIF

What do these three things have in common? They’re 3 short plays by Erik Ehn! They’re Skeleton Rep’s next Salon Series, presented by La MaMa Great Jones Repertory as part of Erik’s CREATURES series.

With original music by Ben Freeman, performed by an ensemble of 12.

Join us 10/27 at 6pm
Free - just RSVP (link in bio)

10/20/2025

10/27 Salon Series @ La MaMa! - 3 Short Plays by Erik Ehn, featuring an ensemble of 12 and original music by Ben Freeman https://mailchi.mp/bba98f827191/1027-salon-series-la-mama

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