Thinking Theater NYC

The predominantly queer-woman-led, immigrant, multigenerational, feminist theatre ensemble AnomalousCo presents (beyond) Doomsday Scrolling - an original part theater/part protest piece about women, war, displacement, and resistance. Collectively created over three years and directed by Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva, (beyond) Doomsday Scrolling plays American Theatre of Actors from February 6-9, 2025. [UPDATE 13 Feb. 2025: The show's fun has been extended to include dates from February 14-23, 2025.] (beyond) Doomsday Scrolling traces a single day in the life of twelve women fleeing different wars, from different countries and eras, and taking shelter together in an abandoned theater: a microcosm of intercultural conflict, friendship, violence, and resilience. Embodying the war stories of their own female ancestors, twelve actresses from ten countries: Ukraine, Russia, Cuba, Poland, Iceland, Turkey, Moldova, China, Italy, and the USA, ( beyond) Doomsday Scrolling weaves through the ...

King Lear Written by William Shakespeare Directed by James Jennings Presented by the American Theatre of Actors (A.T.A.) 314 W. 54th St., Manhattan, NYC August 14-25, 2024 L to R: Jonathan Gregory Power as Albany, Amber Brookes as Regan, Jane Culley as Goneril, Alan Hasnas as King Lear. Photo by Niko Stycos What has been heralded as William Shakespeare’s most important play enjoyed a stellar end-of-summer run at The American Theatre of Actors in Manhattan. Director and theater founder James Jennings delivered this masterful work, in its entirety, a riveting four-hour production which held a rapt audience in suspense, especially those like myself who’d not experienced the full version of King Lear . King Lear , a tragedy in five acts, made for a spellbinding afternoon as the truly tight ensemble took on a matinee on an otherwise sunny Sunday. ATA’s Cullum Theater, one of ATA’s four stages, with its deep proscenium, multiple wings, side aisles, and catwalk provided variety as the actio...