Review: "Pocket Curiosities" Serves Up Two Courses of Bite-Sized Theater

Pocket Curiosities Definitely Not a Pirate Show , w ritten by Rachel Weekley , directed by Nazlah Black Novae , written by Rachel Weekley, directed by Zeynep Akça Presented at The Kraine Theater 85 E 4th St., Manhattan, NYC June 25, 2022 Rachel Weekley. Courtesy Emily Owens PR Whatever curiosities most of us might pull from our pockets, they are probably not compactly crafted works of theater. Not so for playwright and performer Rachel Weekley, whose Pocket Curiosities comprises two short plays (running around 40 minutes in total). Both are entirely self-contained, although their juxtaposition allows the identification of some continuities, such as questions of self-definition, under an umbrella of prevailing tonal contrast. Pocket Curiosities is part of FRIGID New York's 8th Annual Queerly Festival, which runs from June 15 to July 3 and celebrates "all things" LGBTQIA+ while providing a variety of queer artists an unfettered space for self-representation. A livestrea