Thinking Theater NYC

Grace Maria Hernandez and Taylor Garlick. Photo: Lily Hilden Adjusted Realists , in association with Weber State University, presents the New York premiere of Red Days from Friday, May 31 through Sunday, June 9, 2024, at the Jeffery & Paula Gural Theatre A.R.T. / New York Theatre, 502 W. 53rd Street, NYC.  Set near Salt Lake City,  Red Days , the searing new play from Utah writer Rachel Bublitz, directed by Jeremiah Maestas and Steve Kaliski, may sound like another entry in a long line of dystopian visions, but the climate forecast here isn't vague or distant. Instead, it's already happening. In a story determined to find hope and perseverance in a precarious status quo,  Red Days  follows high school athlete Dianna and her overbearing coach, who is also her mother, as they attempt life-as-usual. There are gritty practices, first loves, and summer internships, but as conditions worsen and designer masks can do only so much, Dianna must face the reality of h...

The Refugees Written and directed by Stephen Kaliski Presented by Adjusted Realists in association with Weber State University at A.R.T./New York Theatres 502 W 53 St., Manhattan, NYC June 4-26, 2022 Carolina Đỗ, Rachel McPhee, Jonathan Nathaniel Dingle-El. Courtesy Adjusted Realists Just as we begin a " very active " hurricane season and another summer predicted to be hotter than normal, with a "severe" wildfire season and continued "severe drought," The Refugees brings an imagined climate-driven refugee crisis to the New York City stage. Written and directed by Stephen Kaliski, who is also an educator and the co-founder of the Adjusted Realists theater company, The Refugees unfolds in a world that is simultaneously our own and that of classical Greek drama. As a modernized House of Atreus struggles internally with how to deal with the refugees who have made their way to an Argos spared by chance from climatic disaster, this movingly clear-sighted sho...