Performances

“Who are those guys? I always see them in coffee shops… no laptops… weird…are they poets or something? Or artists? Drifters? They look like they’re 40. Yeah…they must be around 40…” Behind dark sunglasses, two mysterious nomads (played by Barats and Oberbeck) appear at Wild Project for one-night-only to share their latest collection of thoughts, […]

This year we are throwing out the rulebook, questioning authority and celebrating our eighteenth year with CHERRYPICKING18: OverRuled. New works. Big fun. CHERRY PICKING18: OverRuled will feature three nights of short plays by dozens of writers from coast to coast, all inspired by those rules we’re been told to live by. PUNK ROCK KID SISTER

In two parts is about the before/after of grief. It is about amplified self-doubt. It is about 1980’s dance movies. It is about friendship and missing a friend. Part one premiered June 4, 2017 at Dixon Place, Parts one and two premiered together September 25, 2017 at The Footlight. With collaborative assistance from: Kedian Keohan

Come see as 7 of New York Cities most INTENSE BADASS theatre companies present new 10 minute plays in a competition for the ULTIMATE PRIZE: Pride. AND TEN TICKETS TO HAMILTON BEER WILL BE SERVED. BLOOD WILL BE SHED. MERRIMENT WILL BE ENFORCED. FEATURING Melissa Maney, Benvolio Tomaiuolo, Dana Anne, Kedian Keohan, Hope Morawa, Mike

WE’RE BACK AGAIN, LOSERS! A group of POSERS (actors) will once again attempt to cash in on the amazing, perfect, 100% true (I was there) tragic tale of woe, and leather pants. Will Ebony Dark’ness Dementia Raven Way kill Vampire Potter before her beloved Draco is killed by……Voldemort(gasp)! No prepz allowed and ****NO FLAMES PLZ****

Thursday, August 9th @ 7:30 PM Feature Presentation MINOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Justin Ho 104 minutes U.S. Short Films Presentation THE CRACK IS FINE directed by Kirsten Golden 10 minutes U.S. EMERGENCY directed by Carey Williams 12 minutes U.S. Friday, August 10th @ 7:00 PM  Feature Film Presentation POOR JANE directed by Katie Orr

Directed by Joanna Simmons and Cory Cavin Featuring Tim Platt Josh Lay, a former collegiate and professional mascot, is breaking the cardinal rule of the costume, and giving you a look behind the mask so he can finally move on with his life. Photography by Josh Goleman Design by Sarah Cobb

One night only! Downtown performers/stand-up comedians Samantha Fontana and Jill Pangallo present: “Double Header, ‘cuz Two is Better.” Two gals, one night… of stand up comedy! Two half-hour sets, back to back! Get yourself to The Wild Project on January 6th for some inspired stand-up without a darn drink minimum! SAMANTHA FONTANA is a Greek-Italian-Jew

TIN CAT SHOES written by Trish Harnetiaux directed by Knud Adams May 19-29, 2018 with: Kyle Beltran, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, David Greenspan, Emily Cass McDonnell, and Pete Simpson Kimie Nishikawa (set design), Sydney Maresca (costume design), Oona Curley (lighting design), Peter Mills Weiss (sound design) and Corinn Moreno (production stage manager) Blessed with the can-do

Robert Patrick’s long and distinguished career began at New York’s legendary Café Cino in the 1960’s with his first play “Haunted Host.” He went on to become a celebrated pioneer of Off-Off Broadway theatre and the gay-theatre movement and in the 1970’s Samuel French Publishing called him “New York’s Most-Produced Playwright.” His best-known work, “Kennedy’s

David Commander’s Modern Toy Theater ESSEX In this modern toy theater piece, I intend to draw a parallel between the 1819 sinking of the whaling-ship ESSEX by a sperm whale, and the dangerous backlash of overtaxing the Earth’s resources. Like the crew of the Essex, we are engaged in a chase that leads to our