MY FIRST LADY Video Images My First Lady at Metropolitan Founders Festival The REAL First Ladies of Washington City give the dish on the 1801 Election. Partisanship is so bad these days! Video by Leah Reddy

CABA RET GALLERY CABA RET Video Images Watch the entire show. Cabaret at LIU CW Post Director Jason Jacobs, Music Direction James Crichton, Choreography Rakeem Lawrence. Lighting Design: Leslie Lura-Smith Costume Design: Meghan O’Beirne. Sound Design: Chad Raines. Video by Catalin Stelian.

POST THEATRE COMPANY: LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY POST THEATRE COMPANY: LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY MARAT / SADE The year is 1808: France is a powerful empire ruled by Napoleon. Outside of Paris, in the mental asylum of Charenton, the Marquis de Sade has been inprisoned for seven years because of his outrageous writings ... Tonight, Sade presents a play, performed by the institution's patients, dramatyixing the assassination revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution. He is glad to have you with us. GALLERY BIG LOVE GALLERY BAT BOY: GALLERY THE MUSICAL CABARET GALLERY Kander / Ebb / Masteroff HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH As a director who thrives on the energetic exchange of live performance, it’s been too long; I’m thrilled to return to live theatre-making with this ensemble on this show and to welcome you into the world we’ve created. I came of age during another plague, the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and ‘90s, which shaped my identify as a queer artst. I got to see Hedwig transform from an edgy, immersive downtown show in the late ‘90s, then to an art house film, and more recently to a polished Broadway entertainment. The ingenious creation of author John Cameron Mitchell and composer Stephen Trask, Hedwig transcends geography and time, earning her place as an iconic character in the queer theater canon. We meet her within the space of a bitter/sweet rock-show, and her powerful songs give voice to the experiences of so many LGBTQ folx: struggling with our own wicked little towns and striving all our lives to know that we’re whole. Classic plays (and musicals) invite interpretation, and this production is shaped by a new generation of young artists who are tearing down the walls of traditional gender strictures. Our rehearsals have been an inquiry into how this multifaceted role can be embodied by a diverse ensemble--and how this story continues to resonate, more than 20 years since its inception. I hope our Hedwig celebrates the diversity of gender expression in this community. Whatever your own personal journey, I thank you for being here tonight and wish you an exciting theatrical ride! (Program Note -- November 2021) GALLERY MACHINAL The theme of this season at Post Theatre Company is “Once Upon a Time Travel”, and Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal (Mah-SHEE-nal) takes us a back to the thrilling and turbulent decade known as the “Roaring ‘20s.” In the winter of 2017, I feel like our American time machine has just been hijacked by a gang of rogue men, determined to hurl us all backwards at least 50 years. Now more than ever, it seems crucial to look at our history, in order to understand where we’ve been and how we arrived at this moment. In 1928, Treadwell confronted Broadway audiences with her indictment of a society that perpetuates machine-like oppression against its female population. The play follows a kind of Everywoman through a life journey that is anything but free. Using theatrical expressionism, Treadwell pointed at abuses of power in the workplace, home, and the law. She exposed sexual harassment, earning inequality, and women’s lack of choice to control their bodies and the direction of their lives 90 years later, I’m saddened to hear these students say they feel nothing has changed. Indeed, while we rehearsed this revival, we’ve been fighting to save Planned Parenthood, an organization founded 100 years ago on the belief that women should have the information and care they need to live strong, healthy lives and fulfill their dreams.* The man driving our political machine snarls epithets like “nasty woman” and brags about behavior widely considered to be sexual assault. It’s easy to overlook the progress that has been made when, everyday, we feel renewed forces of misogyny, racism, and homophobia pushing upon us. What gives me hope in collaborating with these young actors is the bravery and generosity each of them brought to work on Treadwell’s play. In order to build their connection to the past, the cast looked at their own family histories, in addition to researching the 1920s. This exploration helped us process what Machinal might say to you, our audience, tonight. The young actors on this stage are using their bodies and imaginations to enact our collective past, but they also represent our future. I hope their generation will have the courage and commitment to take back control of the machine and help steer us on a more progressive course. GALLERY xxxORIGINAL WORK xxxINDIE THEATRE xxxPOST THEATRE CO xxxVERMONT STAGE CO xxxTHEATRE ASKEW More MARAT / SADE The year is 1808: France is a powerful empire ruled by Napoleon. Outside of Paris, in the mental asylum of Charenton, the Marquis de Sade has been inprisoned for seven years because of his outrageous writings ... Tonight, Sade presents a play, performed by the institution's patients, dramatyixing the assassination revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution. He is glad to have you with us. GALLERY BIG LOVE GALLERY BAT BOY: GALLERY THE MUSICAL CABARET GALLERY Kander / Ebb / Masteroff HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH As a director who thrives on the energetic exchange of live performance, it’s been too long; I’m thrilled to return to live theatre-making with this ensemble on this show and to welcome you into the world we’ve created. I came of age during another plague, the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and ‘90s, which shaped my identify as a queer artst. I got to see Hedwig transform from an edgy, immersive downtown show in the late ‘90s, then to an art house film, and more recently to a polished Broadway entertainment. The ingenious creation of author John Cameron Mitchell and composer Stephen Trask, Hedwig transcends geography and time, earning her place as an iconic character in the queer theater canon. We meet her within the space of a bitter/sweet rock-show, and her powerful songs give voice to the experiences of so many LGBTQ folx: struggling with our own wicked little towns and striving all our lives to know that we’re whole. Classic plays (and musicals) invite interpretation, and this production is shaped by a new generation of young artists who are tearing down the walls of traditional gender strictures. Our rehearsals have been an inquiry into how this multifaceted role can be embodied by a diverse ensemble--and how this story continues to resonate, more than 20 years since its inception. I hope our Hedwig celebrates the diversity of gender expression in this community. Whatever your own personal journey, I thank you for being here tonight and wish you an exciting theatrical ride! (Program Note -- November 2021) GALLERY MACHINAL The theme of this season at Post Theatre Company is “Once Upon a Time Travel”, and Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal (Mah-SHEE-nal) takes us a back to the thrilling and turbulent decade known as the “Roaring ‘20s.” In the winter of 2017, I feel like our American time machine has just been hijacked by a gang of rogue men, determined to hurl us all backwards at least 50 years. Now more than ever, it seems crucial to look at our history, in order to understand where we’ve been and how we arrived at this moment. In 1928, Treadwell confronted Broadway audiences with her indictment of a society that perpetuates machine-like oppression against its female population. The play follows a kind of Everywoman through a life journey that is anything but free. Using theatrical expressionism, Treadwell pointed at abuses of power in the workplace, home, and the law. She exposed sexual harassment, earning inequality, and women’s lack of choice to control their bodies and the direction of their lives 90 years later, I’m saddened to hear these students say they feel nothing has changed. Indeed, while we rehearsed this revival, we’ve been fighting to save Planned Parenthood, an organization founded 100 years ago on the belief that women should have the information and care they need to live strong, healthy lives and fulfill their dreams.* The man driving our political machine snarls epithets like “nasty woman” and brags about behavior widely considered to be sexual assault. It’s easy to overlook the progress that has been made when, everyday, we feel renewed forces of misogyny, racism, and homophobia pushing upon us. What gives me hope in collaborating with these young actors is the bravery and generosity each of them brought to work on Treadwell’s play. In order to build their connection to the past, the cast looked at their own family histories, in addition to researching the 1920s. This exploration helped us process what Machinal might say to you, our audience, tonight. The young actors on this stage are using their bodies and imaginations to enact our collective past, but they also represent our future. I hope their generation will have the courage and commitment to take back control of the machine and help steer us on a more progressive course. GALLERY xxxORIGINAL WORK xxxINDIE THEATRE xxxPOST THEATRE CO xxxVERMONT STAGE CO xxxTHEATRE ASKEW More

JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS 2020 HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT SPEECH

A cumulative story-telling exercise performed by the kids of Theatre Askew Young Person Program, edited by Rob Tate. JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS 2020 HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT SPEECH

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POST THEATRE COMPANY: LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY POST THEATRE COMPANY: LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY

ORIGINAL WORK Koteles and Jacobs, who also brought the award-winning comedy Bald Diva! The Ionesco Parody Your Mother Warned You About to the very first Fresh Fruit Festival 10 years ago, are returning with another Ionesco-inspired play." Broadway.com DAVID KOTELES Fresh Fruit Festival AFTER THE CHAIRS Inspired by the Eugene Ionesco absurdist tale, David Koteles' After the Chairs tells the story of two men, Marc and Richard, alone in a quiet hospital room waiting for what happens next. A visit from friends? The telling of stories? Results from a doctor? A big performance? End of life as they know it? It is a play about family, marriage in sickness and in health, death, drag, drugs and (like the Ionesco play) many, many, many chairs. WINNER! Best Direction, Fresh Fruit Festival 2013 G A L L E R Y C L O S E CO-ADAPTED WITH TOMe' COUSIN UNCLE TOM'S CABIN Tome and I began working on our adaptation of George Aiken's play -- itself adapted from Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel -- as part of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab. We felt the play's history had become misunderstood, and the term "Uncle Tom" had become an epithet that reduced the original character to a stereotype of acquiescence and a betrayer of his people. Our adaptation aims to restore Uncle Tom's name and to re-envsion his story as one of self-assertion, faith, and human dignity. Cousin and Jacobs’s aim is to rescue the work from all its accumulated baggage ...and to present Stowe’s — and Aiken’s — story center-stage. This they do, thanks to a knock-out student cast, without the slightest hint of irony or contemporary shading" Pittsburgh City Paper G A L L E R Y C L O S E BY JASON JACOBS Fresh Fruit Festival ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY In an inner-city classroom, a teacher tries to save an at-risk student by introducing him to American novelist, Horatio Alger, Jr. As the play moves across two worlds—urban America today and 19th-century New York—the conflict between fact and fiction leads to hard lessons about the American dream and the myth that we can all pull ourselves self up by our bootstraps. Learn more at New Play Exchange G A L L E R Y C L O S E A smart, funny, respectful treatment of Uncle Vanya...An impressive achievement." Burlington Free Press ...a delightful piece of theater - witty, touching, fun and sad, in that order." Rutland Herald ADAPTED FROM CHEKHOV BY KATHRYN BLUME VANYA VERMONT I got a perspective on how Vermont is so different from anywhere else in America. I wanted to work on something that would speak specifically to this community in a really visceral, valid way. Jacobs has staged the piece to take full advantage of the intimate playing space. We are caught up in the intensity of communication between the characters." Connie Meng, North Country Public Radio G A L L E R Y C L O S E Stylishly directed by Jason Jacobs, who co-conceived the project with dramaturg Jamee Freedus, the show is flawlessly paced and brought to vivid life by the talented ensemble cast." TheaterMania DAVID KOTELES BALD DIVA! Queer-Eyed boys get an absurdist makeover a la Eugene Ionesco in this tragic spectacle of la vie Chelsea, featuring sizzling firemen, probing detectives, saucy maids, steamroom escapades, provocative party games, low-rent musical numbers on fabulous cardboard sets, piping-hot celebrity dish, the latest fashion trends and beauty secrets, narrow escapes of reality, death-defying mental acrobatics and more Divas than you can shake your stick at! Director Jason Jacobs... keeps the evening bouncing along and guides the performers well through the play's final, ironic moments." G A L L E R Y C L O S E An evening of Jewishly inflected, queer songs brings Weimar Germany back to life with humor and music." Tablet a beautifully realized evocation of a club in Germany in the ‘30s ... a thrilling reminder of the power and strength of cabaret at its best.” NitelifeExchange.com JEREMY LAWRENCE PANGEA LAVENDER SONGS 2008 Bistro Award Winner! Originally produced in 2008 and revised in 2016 in response to the Trump ascendency, this cabaret theatre piece had an extended run at Pangea. Featuring songs originally written and performed by queer aertists in Weimar-era Berlin (with new English lyrics by Jeremy), the piece was based on an evening created by Alan Lareau for the U.S. Holocaust Museum om Washington DC. Out of this minimal landscape, director Jason Jacobs creates a vibrant, small-scale panorama with his precise staging. Lawrence glides around, often stands still totally, but remains mesmerizing due to Jacobs’ command of visual technique." G A L L E R Y C L O S E Jason Jacobs book is heartbreaking and touching" TimesSquareChronicles.com a fine tuned, superbly crafted piece of theatre" - Theatre Reviews Limited Book & Lyrics by JASON JACOBS MISS BLANCHE TELLS IT ALL "You never know a person 'til you walk in her heels. " 1969 New Orleans: It’s standing room only at The Golden Lantern for “Miss Blanche”, the hottest drag act in the Quarter. A fiery young man takes the stage and with the aid of a mysterious wardrobe trunk explores clues to his family’s past and sets a course to a new future. Inspired by Tennessee Williams, this seductive musical takes us on one man’s journey of desire, self-expression, and liberation. — Official Website a nuanced story and a tour de force performance" - FrontRowCenter.com G A L L E R Y C L O S E OTHER VENUES POST-LIU VERMONT THEATRE CO THEATRE ASKEW INDEPENDENT THEATRE CHAIRS DAVID KOTELES Fresh Fruit Festival Inspired by the Eugene Ionesco absurdist tale, David Koteles' After the Chairs tells the story of two men, Marc and Richard, alone in a quiet hospital room waiting for what happens next. A visit from friends? The telling of stories? Results from a doctor? A big performance? End of life as they know it? It is a play about family, marriage in sickness and in health, death, drag, drugs and (like the Ionesco play) many, many, many chairs. Koteles and Jacobs, who also brought the award-winning comedy Bald Diva! The Ionesco Parody Your Mother Warned You About to the very first Fresh Fruit Festival 10 years ago, are returning with another Ionesco-inspired play." Broadway.com WINNER! Best Direction, Fresh Fruit Festival 2013 G A L L E R Y C L O S E TOM'S CO-ADAPTED WITH TOMe' COUSIN Tome and I began working on our adaptation of George Aiken's play -- itself adapted from Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel -- as part of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab. We felt the play's history had become misunderstood, and the term "Uncle Tom" had become an epithet that reduced the original character to a stereotype of acquiescence and a betrayer of his people. Our adaptation aims to restore Uncle Tom's name and to re-envsion his story as one of self-assertion, faith, and human dignity. Cousin and Jacobs’s aim is to rescue the work from all its accumulated baggage ...and to present Stowe’s — and Aiken’s — story center-stage. This they do, thanks to a knock-out student cast, without the slightest hint of irony or contemporary shading" Pittsburgh City Paper G A L L E R Y C L O S E HORATIO ALGER BY JASON JACOBS Fresh Fruit Festival In an inner-city classroom, a teacher tries to save an at-risk student by introducing him to American novelist, Horatio Alger, Jr. As the play moves across two worlds—urban America today and 19th-century New York—the conflict between fact and fiction leads to hard lessons about the American dream and the myth that we can all pull ourselves self up by our bootstraps. Learn more at New Play Exchange G A L L E R Y C L O S E VANYA VERMONT ADAPTED FROM CHEKHOV BY KATHRYN BLUME I got a perspective on how Vermont is so different from anywhere else in America. I wanted to work on something that would speak specifically to this community in a really visceral, valid way. A smart, funny, respectful treatment of Uncle Vanya...An impressive achievement." Burlington Free Press Jacobs has staged the piece to take full advantage of the intimate playing space. We are caught up in the intensity of communication between the characters." Connie Meng, North Country Public Radio ...a delightful piece of theater - witty, touching, fun and sad, in that order." Rutland Herald G A L L E R Y C L O S E BALD DIVA! DAVID KOTELES Queer-Eyed boys get an absurdist makeover a la Eugene Ionesco in this tragic spectacle of la vie Chelsea, featuring sizzling firemen, probing detectives, saucy maids, steamroom escapades, provocative party games, low-rent musical numbers on fabulous cardboard sets, piping-hot celebrity dish, the latest fashion trends and beauty secrets, narrow escapes of reality, death-defying mental acrobatics and more Divas than you can shake your stick at! Stylishly directed by Jason Jacobs, who co-conceived the project with dramaturg Jamee Freedus, the show is flawlessly paced and brought to vivid life by the talented ensemble cast." TheaterMania Director Jason Jacobs... keeps the evening bouncing along and guides the performers well through the play's final, ironic moments." G A L L E R Y C L O S E LAVENDER SONGS JEREMY LAWRENCE PANGEA 2008 Bistro Award Winner! Originally produced in 2008 and revised in 2016 in response to the Trump ascendency, this cabaret theatre piece had an extended run at Pangea. Featuring songs originally written and performed by queer aertists in Weimar-era Berlin (with new English lyrics by Jeremy), the piece was based on an evening created by Alan Lareau for the U.S. Holocaust Museum om Washington DC. An evening of Jewishly inflected, queer songs brings Weimar Germany back to life with humor and music." Tablet Out of this minimal landscape, director Jason Jacobs creates a vibrant, small-scale panorama with his precise staging. Lawrence glides around, often stands still totally, but remains mesmerizing due to Jacobs’ command of visual technique." a beautifully realized evocation of a club in Germany in the ‘30s ... a thrilling reminder of the power and strength of cabaret at its best.” NitelifeExchange.com G A L L E R Y C L O S E BLANCHE Book & Lyrics by JASON JACOBS "You never know a person 'til you walk in her heels. " 1969 New Orleans: It’s standing room only at The Golden Lantern for “Miss Blanche”, the hottest drag act in the Quarter. A fiery young man takes the stage and with the aid of a mysterious wardrobe trunk explores clues to his family’s past and sets a course to a new future. Inspired by Tennessee Williams, this seductive musical takes us on one man’s journey of desire, self-expression, and liberation. — Official Website Jason Jacobs book is heartbreaking and touching" TimesSquareChronicles.com a nuanced story and a tour de force performance" - FrontRowCenter.com a fine tuned, superbly crafted piece of theatre" - Theatre Reviews Limited G A L L E R Y C L O S E OTHER VENUES POST-LIU VERMONT THEATRE CO THEATRE ASKEW INDEPENDENT THEATRE AFTER THE CHAIRS DAVID KOTELES Fresh Fruit Festival Koteles and Jacobs, who also brought the award-winning comedy Bald Diva! The Ionesco Parody Your Mother Warned You About to the very first Fresh Fruit Festival 10 years ago, are returning with another Ionesco-inspired play." Broadway.com WINNER! Best Direction, Fresh Fruit Festival 2013 Inspired by the Eugene Ionesco absurdist tale, David Koteles' After the Chairs tells the story of two men, Marc and Richard, alone in a quiet hospital room waiting for what happens next. A visit from friends? The telling of stories? Results from a doctor? A big performance? End of life as they know it? It is a play about family, marriage in sickness and in health, death, drag, drugs and (like the Ionesco play) many, many, many chairs. G A L L E R Y C L O S E UNCLE TOM'S CABIN CO-ADAPTED WITH TOMe' COUSIN Cousin and Jacobs’s aim is to rescue the work from all its accumulated baggage ...and to present Stowe’s — and Aiken’s — story center-stage. This they do, thanks to a knock-out student cast, without the slightest hint of irony or contemporary shading" Pittsburgh City Paper Tome and I began working on our adaptation of George Aiken's play -- itself adapted from Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel -- as part of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab. We felt the play's history had become misunderstood, and the term "Uncle Tom" had become an epithet that reduced the original character to a stereotype of acquiescence and a betrayer of his people. Our adaptation aims to restore Uncle Tom's name and to re-envsion his story as one of self-assertion, faith, and human dignity. G A L L E R Y C L O S E ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY BY JASON JACOBS Fresh Fruit Festival In an inner-city classroom, a teacher tries to save an at-risk student by introducing him to American novelist, Horatio Alger, Jr. As the play moves across two worlds—urban America today and 19th-century New York—the conflict between fact and fiction leads to hard lessons about the American dream and the myth that we can all pull ourselves self up by our bootstraps. Learn more at New Play Exchange G A L L E R Y C L O S E VANYA VERMONT ADAPTED FROM CHEKHOV BY KATHRYN BLUME A smart, funny, respectful treatment of Uncle Vanya...An impressive achievement." Burlington Free Press Jacobs has staged the piece to take full advantage of the intimate playing space. We are caught up in the intensity of communication between the characters." Connie Meng, North Country Public Radio I got a perspective on how Vermont is so different from anywhere else in America. I wanted to work on something that would speak specifically to this community in a really visceral, valid way. ...a delightful piece of theater - witty, touching, fun and sad, in that order." Rutland Herald G A L L E R Y C L O S E BALD DIVA! DAVID KOTELES Stylishly directed by Jason Jacobs, who co-conceived the project with dramaturg Jamee Freedus, the show is flawlessly paced and brought to vivid life by the talented ensemble cast." TheaterMania Director Jason Jacobs... keeps the evening bouncing along and guides the performers well through the play's final, ironic moments." Queer-Eyed boys get an absurdist makeover a la Eugene Ionesco in this tragic spectacle of la vie Chelsea, featuring sizzling firemen, probing detectives, saucy maids, steamroom escapades, provocative party games, low-rent musical numbers on fabulous cardboard sets, piping-hot celebrity dish, the latest fashion trends and beauty secrets, narrow escapes of reality, death-defying mental acrobatics and more Divas than you can shake your stick at! G A L L E R Y C L O S E LAVENDER SONGS JEREMY LAWRENCE PANGEA An evening of Jewishly inflected, queer songs brings Weimar Germany back to life with humor and music." Tablet Out of this minimal landscape, director Jason Jacobs creates a vibrant, small-scale panorama with his precise staging. Lawrence glides around, often stands still totally, but remains mesmerizing due to Jacobs’ command of visual technique." 2008 Bistro Award Winner! Originally produced in 2008 and revised in 2016 in response to the Trump ascendency, this cabaret theatre piece had an extended run at Pangea. Featuring songs originally written and performed by queer aertists in Weimar-era Berlin (with new English lyrics by Jeremy), the piece was based on an evening created by Alan Lareau for the U.S. Holocaust Museum om Washington DC. a beautifully realized evocation of a club in Germany in the ‘30s ... a thrilling reminder of the power and strength of cabaret at its best.” NitelifeExchange.com G A L L E R Y C L O S E MISS BLANCHE TELLS IT ALL Book & Lyrics by JASON JACOBS Jason Jacobs book is heartbreaking and touching" TimesSquareChronicles.com a nuanced story and a tour de force performance" - FrontRowCenter.com "You never know a person 'til you walk in her heels. " 1969 New Orleans: It’s standing room only at The Golden Lantern for “Miss Blanche”, the hottest drag act in the Quarter. A fiery young man takes the stage and with the aid of a mysterious wardrobe trunk explores clues to his family’s past and sets a course to a new future. Inspired by Tennessee Williams, this seductive musical takes us on one man’s journey of desire, self-expression, and liberation. — Official Website a fine tuned, superbly crafted piece of theatre" - Theatre Reviews Limited G A L L E R Y C L O S E OTHER VENUES POST-LIU VERMONT THEATRE CO THEATRE ASKEW INDEPENDENT THEATRE

GALLERY ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY Video Images NO VIDEO AVAILABLE ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY Add a Title Jason Jacobs In an inner-city classroom, a teacher tries to save an at-risk student by introducing him to American novelist, Horatio Alger, Jr. As the play moves across two worlds—urban America today and 19th-century New York—the conflict between fact and fiction leads to hard lessons about the American dream and the myth that we can all pull ourselves self up by our bootstraps. Learn more at New Play Exchange Jason Jacobs Fresh Fruit Festival ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY In an inner-city classroom, a teacher tries to save an at-risk student by introducing him to American novelist, Horatio Alger, Jr. As the play moves across two worlds—urban America today and 19th-century New York—the conflict between fact and fiction leads to hard lessons about the American dream and the myth that we can all pull ourselves self up by our bootstraps. Learn more at New Play Exchange Jason Jacobs Fresh Fruit Festival ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY ANOTHER HORATIO ALGER STORY In an inner-city classroom, a teacher tries to save an at-risk student by introducing him to American novelist, Horatio Alger, Jr. As the play moves across two worlds—urban America today and 19th-century New York—the conflict between fact and fiction leads to hard lessons about the American dream and the myth that we can all pull ourselves self up by our bootstraps. Learn more at New Play Exchange

GALLERY MY FIRST LADY Video Images My First Lady at Metropolitan Founders Festival The REAL First Ladies of Washington City give the dish on the 1801 Election. Partisanship is so bad these days! Video by Leah Reddy MY FIRST LADY Add a Title David Koteles I want the audience to look at the Founding Fathers through a lens that includes class, race and gender." The REAL First Ladies of Washington City give the dish on the 1801 Election." Presented as part of the Metropolitan Playhouse Founders Festival, My First Lady takes a funny and unexpected turn towards a battle of race, class, and gender in the new American republic when First Ladies Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and Thomas Jefferson’s daughters gather for a "friendly" tea. The gloves come off when Jefferson's enslaved mistress Sally Hemmings claims her rightful place at the table. An afternoon of pleasantries quickly turns into a boiling teakettle of tension...the ending of the play is subtle and numbingly powerful." David Koteles Metropolitan Playhouse M Y FIRST LADY MY FIRST LADY Presented as part of the Metropolitan Playhouse Founders Festival, My First Lady takes a funny and unexpected turn towards a battle of race, class, and gender in the new American republic when First Ladies Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and Thomas Jefferson’s daughters gather for a "friendly" tea. The gloves come off when Jefferson's enslaved mistress Sally Hemmings claims her rightful place at the table. The REAL First Ladies of Washington City give the dish on the 1801 Election." I want the audience to look at the Founding Fathers through a lens that includes class, race and gender." Call Me Adam An afternoon of pleasantries quickly turns into a boiling teakettle of tension...the ending of the play is subtle and numbingly powerful." Letters From the Mezz I want the audience to look at the Founding Fathers through a lens that includes class, race and gender." Call Me Adam David Koteles Metropolitan Playhouse M Y FIRST LADY MY FIRST LADY Presented as part of the Metropolitan Playhouse Founders Festival, My First Lady takes a funny and unexpected turn towards a battle of race, class, and gender in the new American republic when First Ladies Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and Thomas Jefferson’s daughters gather for a "friendly" tea. The gloves come off when Jefferson's enslaved mistress Sally Hemmings claims her rightful place at the table. The REAL First Ladies of Washington City give the dish on the 1801 Election." An afternoon of pleasantries quickly turns into a boiling teakettle of tension...the ending of the play is subtle and numbingly powerful." Letters From the Mezz

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GALLERY BALD DIVA! Video Images NO VIDEO AVAILABLE BALD DIVA! Add a Title David Koteles and Jason Jacobs Director Jason Jacobs... keeps the evening bouncing along and guides the performers well through the play's final, ironic moments." Queer-Eyed boys get an absurdist makeover a la Eugene Ionesco in this tragic spectacle of la vie Chelsea, featuring sizzling firemen, probing detectives, saucy maids, steamroom escapades, provocative party games, low-rent musical numbers on fabulous cardboard sets, piping-hot celebrity dish, the latest fashion trends and beauty secrets, narrow escapes of reality, death-defying mental acrobatics and more Divas than you can shake your stick at! Stylishly directed by Jason Jacobs, who co-conceived the project with dramaturg Jamee Freedus, the show is flawlessly paced and brought to vivid life by the talented ensemble cast." Jason Jacobs David Koteles BALD DIVA! BALD DIVA! Queer-Eyed boys get an absurdist makeover a la Eugene Ionesco in this tragic spectacle of la vie Chelsea, featuring sizzling firemen, probing detectives, saucy maids, steamroom escapades, provocative party games, low-rent musical numbers on fabulous cardboard sets, piping-hot celebrity dish, the latest fashion trends and beauty secrets, narrow escapes of reality, death-defying mental acrobatics and more Divas than you can shake your stick at! Director Jason Jacobs... keeps the evening bouncing along and guides the performers well through the play's final, ironic moments." Stylishly directed by Jason Jacobs, who co-conceived the project with dramaturg Jamee Freedus, the show is flawlessly paced and brought to vivid life by the talented ensemble cast." TheaterMania Jason Jacobs David Koteles BALD DIVA! BALD DIVA! Queer-Eyed boys get an absurdist makeover a la Eugene Ionesco in this tragic spectacle of la vie Chelsea, featuring sizzling firemen, probing detectives, saucy maids, steamroom escapades, provocative party games, low-rent musical numbers on fabulous cardboard sets, piping-hot celebrity dish, the latest fashion trends and beauty secrets, narrow escapes of reality, death-defying mental acrobatics and more Divas than you can shake your stick at! Director Jason Jacobs... keeps the evening bouncing along and guides the performers well through the play's final, ironic moments." Stylishly directed by Jason Jacobs, who co-conceived the project with dramaturg Jamee Freedus, the show is flawlessly paced and brought to vivid life by the talented ensemble cast." TheaterMania