Thinking Theater NYC

Twelfth Night Written by William Shakespeare Directed by Hamilton Clancy Presented by The Drilling Company Theatre  at the Parking Lot adjoining 145 Stanton Street, between Norfolk and Suffolk on Rivington St., Manhattan, NYC July 25-August 3, 2024 Guido Gatmaytan as Sebastian, Ivory Aquino as Olivia. Photo by Jonathan Slaff. If Twelfth Night explores the fluid relationship between gender and desire—and indeed the fluidity of gender and desire themselves—then Drilling Company Theatre’s latest production in their free Shakespeare in the Parking Lot series showcases just how appealing this play is for a contemporary audience. The production shines most brilliantly in moments of heightened comedy, but nonetheless also succeeds in delivering a poignant ending in the reunion of siblings Viola (Mary Linehan) and Sebastian (Guido Gatmaytan). While Sir Toby Belch (Hamilton Clancy) often cheekily reminds the audience of their very specific location in place and time by peppering the p...

Herself Written by Tim McGillicuddy Directed by Hamilton Clancy Presented by The Drilling Company at A.R.T./New York Theatres 502 West 53rd St., Manhattan, NYC March 29-April 20, 2024 Kathleen Simmonds, Drew Valins. Photo by Lee Wexler/Images for Innovation Herself , making its world premiere as the 25th anniversary production from The Drilling Company, is bookended by song, in each case sung a capella by cast member Patrick Hart on a darkened stage, moments that might fairly be called haunting. Their plaintiveness appropriately characterizes a play in which the characters are haunted as much by recent tragedy as by decades of history that remains an unquiet presence, all of which is deeply rooted in place. From native New Yorker Tim McGillicuddy and directed by Drilling Company founder and artistic director Hamilton Clancy, Herself is part of the 2024 Origin 1st Irish Festival , running through April 28th at multiple venues around the city. Hamilton Clancy, Kathleen Simmonds. Photo b...