Thinking Theater NYC

From November 1st to 3rd,  Moon Phase Theatricals  - a small theater company dedicated to reimagining musicals in a new light while elevating diverse voices on stage and eventually working towards producing new works created by diverse new writers - will present Carrie the Musical , an electrifying and immersive adaptation of Stephen King's iconic horror novel, uniquely staged at Stone Circle Theatre — a church. Set in an alternate universe during the late 1970s and early 80s, this production reimagines Carrie within a prestigious prep school, where she remains an outsider, struggling to fit into a system she doesn’t fully belong to. As the world around her thrives on self-assertion and dominance, Carrie’s quiet demeanor only deepens her isolation. The choice to perform in a church adds a symbolic depth to the story, highlighting themes of repression, judgment, and salvation. Carrie’s struggle against her strict, religious upbringing and her status as a societal outcast a...

Sea Gull Written by Anton Chekhov Translated by John Christopher Jones Directed by Ryan Czerwonko Presented by Adult Film at Rutgers Presbyterian Church (236 W 73rd St., Manhattan, NYC), May 8-June 1, 2024, and Stone Circle Theatre (59-14 70th Ave., Queens, NYC), June 2, 2024 The cast of Sea Gull . Source: https://www.adultfilm.nyc/ Anton Chekhov's The Sea Gull (1895) was unquestionably innovative in its time, becoming a milestone in world drama, and Adult Film's new production of the Chekhov classic, Sea Gull , channels that innovatory spirit in a fleet, engrossing staging. Using a new translation by film and theater veteran John Christopher Jones, Sea Gull opens with a filmed segment that would fit comfortably in an arthouse film and that draws from the work's abortive play-within-a-play, a recontextualization that invites hearing its imagery of the cold emptiness of extinction, the horror of material existence, and the contrast between ever-changing matter and ever...