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Prost! To the incredible cast of “Beauty Freak” on their closing. Immense gratitude to James Clements and Danilo Gambini...
05/18/2026

Prost! To the incredible cast of “Beauty Freak” on their closing. Immense gratitude to James Clements and Danilo Gambini, the cast, crew, creatives and for bringing this prickly and exquisite piece to life. Thank you to everyone who made it out to see us! (📷: Alexia Haick)

“Beauty Freak” will be offering two open captioning performances thanks to our friends at . Wednesday May 6 at 7:30PM a...
05/05/2026

“Beauty Freak” will be offering two open captioning performances thanks to our friends at . Wednesday May 6 at 7:30PM and Saturday May 16 at 3:00PM. Link in bio for tickets! (📷: Alexia Haick)

Here’s your first look at “Beauty Freak” by James Clements directed by Danilo Gambini. Now in performances until May 17....
04/27/2026

Here’s your first look at “Beauty Freak” by James Clements directed by Danilo Gambini. Now in performances until May 17. Tickets available via the link in our bio! 🎞️

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🫐Congratulations to Resident Artists Josh Brown (Creator) and Stephen M. Eckert (Director) on their incredible run of So...
04/16/2026

🫐Congratulations to Resident Artists Josh Brown (Creator) and Stephen M. Eckert (Director) on their incredible run of Someplace Fun. The piece, which ran this past weekend, centers on matriarch, Rebecca Clarke, whose illness threatens to consume everything in its wake, leaving her family to ask: what will be left, once the end finally comes? The performance featured Beth Griffith, Natalie Trumm, and Kyle Pitts, with music direction by Kyle P. Walker and strings by Athos Maelstrom. (📷 1-4 by Madelyn Barkocy 5-6 by Josh Brown)

🎥Thank you for the shoutout and for including us in such good company! We’re only 2 weeks away from our first preview a...
04/10/2026

🎥Thank you for the shoutout and for including us in such good company! We’re only 2 weeks away from our first preview and tickets are going quickly so be sure to snag them while you can! Pay What You Can prices still available for performances. Link in bio!

🎥 Take a sneak peek into our first rehearsal this past Monday for “Beauty Freak” written by James Clements and directed ...
04/03/2026

🎥 Take a sneak peek into our first rehearsal this past Monday for “Beauty Freak” written by James Clements and directed by Danilo Gambini in a co-production with What Will the Neighbors Say? Performances begin April 24! (Photos courtesy of Federica Borlenghi).

1.) Set rendering by Suzu Sakai
2.) The cast of Beauty Freak (L to R: Peter Coleman, Keith Rubin, Luca Fontaine, James Clements, Baize Buzan, Sam Hood Adrain, and Slate Holmgren)
3.) Playwright James Clements and Director Danilo Gambini
4.) Playwright James Clements and Artistic Director Kira Simring
5.) Director Danilo Gambini leads the room with our first readthrough.

04/02/2026

Resident Artists Josh Brown and Stephen M. Eckert sit down to chat about the origin of “Someplace Fun”, living with the promise of death and what audiences can expect from the piece. Tickets available via the link in bio!

Our incredible Playwright James Clements of recently sat down with to chat about all things “Beauty Freak” and the cha...
04/02/2026

Our incredible Playwright James Clements of recently sat down with to chat about all things “Beauty Freak” and the challenges of painting a layered portrait of one of the most notorious figures in filmmaking history. Read more via the link in our bio! Performances begin April 24. Snag your tickets now!

03/13/2026

Resident Artists Joe Rivera and Jesse Itskowitz sit down to chat about their upcoming worskshop presentation of 𝘚𝘖𝘔𝘌 𝘗𝘌𝘖𝘗𝘓𝘌 𝘕𝘌𝘌𝘋 𝘛𝘖 𝘋𝘐𝘌, the origins of the piece, and utilizing film in their process. Link in bio to RSVP! (📼: )

🎻Tickets are on sale for our second Haydn: Dialogues featuring inti figgis-vizueta Saturday March 28 at 7:00PM. Over the...
03/13/2026

🎻Tickets are on sale for our second Haydn: Dialogues featuring inti figgis-vizueta Saturday March 28 at 7:00PM. Over the course of this season, Resident Artists The Cramer Quartet will perform one of Haydn’s 68 string quartets alongside newly commissioned works by American composers. Each commission is an invitation for a composer to respond to an opus from Haydn’s string quartet oeuvre in the composer’s own musical voice, writing specifically for historical instruments. Link in Bio!

Check out these stunning photos from our first concert this past February featuring and .donovan.thomas (📷: Greg Giannantonio)

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