Gruesome Playground Injuries
About the Production Doghouse Ensemble Theatre presented Gruesome Playground Injuries in collaboration with Third Onion Productions from April 26–28 in Dekalb, IL. About the Play This heartbreaking comedy bluntly showcases the beauty and pain of friendship. Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen (Zoe Greenwald) and Doug (Mikkel Knutson) intersect at inconspicuous pivotal moments, leading the two childhood friends to compare scars and the physical calamities that draw them together. Gruesome Playground Injuries was performed in the Diversions Lounge of the Holmes Student Center at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, IL…. Read More
The Nina Variations
About the Production The Nina Variations by Steven Dietz was presented February 16–17, 2018 in New York City. About the Play In this funny, fierce and heartbreaking homage to The Seagull, Steven Dietz puts Chekhov’s star-crossed lovers in a room and doesn’t let them out. In forty-three variations on their famous final scene, Nina (a young actress) and Treplev (a young writer) pit their vibrant wit and soaring passions against one another in a fast-paced tour de force of romantic entanglement. Production Photos Cast Alexandra Cockrell (she/her) has been seen on the stage in Medea (Parallel 45), 13, The Country… Read More
Full Circle: A Song Cycle
About the Production Full Circle: A Song Cycle will be presented March 23, 2019 in Rochester, NY. About the Play Prompted by the tragic Pulse nightclub shooting of 2016, and further motivated by recent American political shifts, Full Circle: A Song Cycle follows stories of individuals throughout history who have unfortunately and unfairly become victims of discrimination. This piece delves into the complex but common threads of insecurity, hatred, and fear, all while broadening audiences’ perspectives when it comes to hatred in our society today. Full Circle not only encourages discussion surrounding… Read More
As You Like It
About the Play Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy like you have never seen it before, responding to our world where reality is comprised of cherrypicked “facts” that are truly nothing more than opinions. This dark and experimentally reimagined As You Like It examines our society’s tenuous relationship to truth and reality building. Framed around the Forest of Arden as Rosalind’s fantastical response to trauma, this re-envisioning will harness the storytelling power of a predominantly female cast to interrogate this “post-truth” era and consider how we all frame the world “as we like it.” Cast Kendall Cafaro is… Read More
Thank You for Your Home
About the Play In the blistering cold Alaskan December, a few newly drafted college students and an army sergeant are stranded in a tattered house in a small town during World War 3 after the deadliest battle on U.S. soil, forever known as “The Battle for Alaska”. With limited food, water, and trust, escape from the looming threat of the Russian military seems impossible. Developmental Reading Doghouse Ensemble Theatre presented a staged developmental reading of Thank You for Your Home in New York City on April 15 at 3pm and 7:30pm. Cast Ella May… Read More
The Outs and Ins
About the Play The Outs and Ins: A Study in the Ineffable is a musical study in the inability of words to capture an experience. Composer, lyricist, and performer Jacob Ryan Smith explores medical labels used to summarize a person’s mental and physical state, and how when an individual’s trauma is seen through their eyes, no one word can encompass an entire experience. We are all ineffable—too great to be expressed or described in words. Workshop Production A workshop production of The Outs and Ins will be performed April 17th at 8pm and 11pm in… Read More
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