CoHo Productions
August 23, 2008
Summary:
Friday evening, four writers, Phillip Meyer, Shelly Lipkin, Valory J. Lawrence, and Nick James, and 34 actors will be locked into CoHo for 24 hours. During that limited amount of time the playwrights will create and direct their randomly selected actors in an original one-act to be performed Saturday evening.
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Monday, June 09, 2008
9 Parts of Desire
CoHo ProductionsMay 9 - June 14, 2008
Summary:
I am—a painter, a widow, a spoiled child, a radical communist, a sorrowing mother, a professional mourner, a spurned wife, a pregnant doctor. I am Iraqi—and nothing like you imagine. Raffo weaves a tapestry of love, passion, and wit illustrating the complex, harrowing reality of living in Iraq.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Holidaze
CoHo Productions
March 24, 2008
Summary:
Holidaze: a staged reading. That's right! Valory J. Lawrence has done it again! Based on the piece she hammered out during CoHo's January 24Hour Play Festival, Valory is in the process of creating a longer, stronger and more sensical piece. And she wants you to be part of the fun!
March 24, 2008
Summary:
Holidaze: a staged reading. That's right! Valory J. Lawrence has done it again! Based on the piece she hammered out during CoHo's January 24Hour Play Festival, Valory is in the process of creating a longer, stronger and more sensical piece. And she wants you to be part of the fun!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Tales of Ordinary Madness
CoHo Productions
January 18 - February 23, 2008
Review by Thursday
Director Stepan Simek's new translation of a quirky well-written Czech play. His style plays up comedy and absurdity of the piece. With exception of sound at times, production was seamless. Inventive design and blocking support and enhance action. All actors' work on this thematically complex script pays off. Don't miss.
Sunday, January 06, 2008
24 Hour Play Festival
Coho Productions
January 5, 2008
Review by Followspot
Always a gamble, this 24 hour play festival turned out top notch. Despite an early misfire by Archie Washington, the evening was a success. Alex Helios got just a bit preachy about anorexia, but Dan Chandler and Valory Lawrence created real plays of quality in less than 24 hours. Kudos.
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Collected Stories
CoHo Productions
October 26 - December 1, 2007
November 2, 2007
Posted by Anton Ego
Masterful performances by Vana and Eleanor O'Brien - they play well together and let us in on the fun. Fantastic set; books everywhere! (Though some suspiciously recent for 1990). Script is interesting and powerful, but hampered by a final scene which drags the final argument out about ten minutes too long.
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Interview - Dan Trujillo
July 9, 2007
Dan Trujillo’s play JINGLE SPREE at CoHo Productions won a 2007 Drammy Award for Original Script. Originally from Oregon, Dan now lives in Brooklyn, NY.
"A production is never how I envision a play. That’s a good thing."
"I believe in the voice of the play, more than the voice of the writer."
"I love language. I love surprise. I love vulnerability."
PDF of the full interview here.
The interview is also pasted in to first comment in thread.
Dan Trujillo’s play JINGLE SPREE at CoHo Productions won a 2007 Drammy Award for Original Script. Originally from Oregon, Dan now lives in Brooklyn, NY.
"A production is never how I envision a play. That’s a good thing."
"I believe in the voice of the play, more than the voice of the writer."
"I love language. I love surprise. I love vulnerability."
PDF of the full interview here.
The interview is also pasted in to first comment in thread.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Chateau Joyeux
CoHo Productions
Posted by Frenchglen January 27, 2007; closes February 24, 2007
From words and wit, Gregory fashions a universe all his own. Not cutting edge, but at times something even more elusive – delightful. Fed on a rich diet of verbal bon bons, we watch our French friends argue, flirt, complain and dream. Despite several strong performances, show falls short of potential.
Posted by Frenchglen January 27, 2007; closes February 24, 2007
From words and wit, Gregory fashions a universe all his own. Not cutting edge, but at times something even more elusive – delightful. Fed on a rich diet of verbal bon bons, we watch our French friends argue, flirt, complain and dream. Despite several strong performances, show falls short of potential.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Jingle Spree
CoHo Productions
Posted by Frenchglen November 2, 2006; closes November 18, 2006
Sharp cast delivers on dark family tale of responsibility and neglect. Lean narrative starts at top speed, ends in crushing still life of pain and consequences. In act three, beneath a ghostly reminder of one lost moment, Eric Reid and Deanna Wells tighten emotion, intensify impact of deathly serious story.
Posted by Frenchglen November 2, 2006; closes November 18, 2006
Sharp cast delivers on dark family tale of responsibility and neglect. Lean narrative starts at top speed, ends in crushing still life of pain and consequences. In act three, beneath a ghostly reminder of one lost moment, Eric Reid and Deanna Wells tighten emotion, intensify impact of deathly serious story.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
By the Bog of Cats
CoHo Productions
May 13, 2006; closes June 10, 2006
Is it the obvious script that’s heavy-handed, or simply the barrage of nonstop accent? More conscious of Medea myth relocation than sympathetic of where story was going or its consequences. Nevertheless, some of Vana O’Brien’s best work recently; Gracie Starr is simply gifted. Also notable: Peter Lockhart’s palpable sound design.
May 13, 2006; closes June 10, 2006
Is it the obvious script that’s heavy-handed, or simply the barrage of nonstop accent? More conscious of Medea myth relocation than sympathetic of where story was going or its consequences. Nevertheless, some of Vana O’Brien’s best work recently; Gracie Starr is simply gifted. Also notable: Peter Lockhart’s palpable sound design.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
The Real Inspector Hound
CoHo Productions
January 28, 2006; closes March 4, 2006
Great casting, especially Gary Brickner-Schulz’s oafish Magnus and Gretchen Corbett’s dire Mrs. Drudge. Much comic business, however, just didn’t keep pace, lacking energy and running about 15 minutes too long. When realities collided, sentient overtone was, at first, missing; a quality essential to making this ingenious farce such a tickle.
January 28, 2006; closes March 4, 2006
Great casting, especially Gary Brickner-Schulz’s oafish Magnus and Gretchen Corbett’s dire Mrs. Drudge. Much comic business, however, just didn’t keep pace, lacking energy and running about 15 minutes too long. When realities collided, sentient overtone was, at first, missing; a quality essential to making this ingenious farce such a tickle.
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Nixon’s Nixon
CoHo Productions
November 13, 2005; closes November 26; 2005
Intellectual political satire considered quasi-historical power struggle between Kissinger and Nixon on eve of resignation. Dramatic arc wasn’t that steep, but role-playing other political figures was a fun character-building device. Overall, respectable production that hit its marks; played on different generational levels; got audiences talking. Of note: Gary Brickner-Schulz’s Kissinger.
November 13, 2005; closes November 26; 2005
Intellectual political satire considered quasi-historical power struggle between Kissinger and Nixon on eve of resignation. Dramatic arc wasn’t that steep, but role-playing other political figures was a fun character-building device. Overall, respectable production that hit its marks; played on different generational levels; got audiences talking. Of note: Gary Brickner-Schulz’s Kissinger.
Saturday, May 14, 2005
Boy Gets Girl
CoHo Productions
May 13, 2005
Thoughtful, unsettling thriller punctuated with humor. David Burnett made me shudder as genuinely creepy blind date turned manipulative stalker. Laura Faye Smith, the object of his affection, deftly alternated between strength and vulnerability. Otherwise: untapped tension, maladroit mechanics. Worth seeing, but sit in center section and pardon pace-less scene transitions.
May 13, 2005
Thoughtful, unsettling thriller punctuated with humor. David Burnett made me shudder as genuinely creepy blind date turned manipulative stalker. Laura Faye Smith, the object of his affection, deftly alternated between strength and vulnerability. Otherwise: untapped tension, maladroit mechanics. Worth seeing, but sit in center section and pardon pace-less scene transitions.
Friday, November 05, 2004
Boston Marriage
CoHo Productions
November 4, 2004
Wicked cut and thrust between fashionable lesbian couple in late 1800s Boston had lots of incisive wordplay, though this seething production offered more battle than banter. No wonder these two women sought extra-marital affairs, one with a male “protector,” the other with a young girl ... the two surprisingly related.
November 4, 2004
Wicked cut and thrust between fashionable lesbian couple in late 1800s Boston had lots of incisive wordplay, though this seething production offered more battle than banter. No wonder these two women sought extra-marital affairs, one with a male “protector,” the other with a young girl ... the two surprisingly related.
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