Right now, the Gallery Players in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood are gearing up for the opening night of their 16th Annual Black Box New Play Festival. And over the next four weekends, that festival will premiere 12 new plays--from 10-minute skits to full-length productions.
Beginning May 30 and running through June 16, each weekend will feature a different program of works.
Performances take place at 8 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, as well as a 3 p.m. matinee on Sunday. Tickets are $18 for adults; seniors and children under 12 get in for $14.
BOX ONE:
Thursday, May 30-Sunday, June 2
R.I.P by Agnes Garrett
Checking the Basement for Leaks by Doug DeVita
Department of Transport by Anne Phelan
The Old Man by David Loughlin
Lost and Found by Jerry McGee
Gambler's Second Chance by Johnny Mineo
BOX TWO:
Thursday, June 6-Sunday, June 9
A Defense of Marriage by Jerry Leventhal
The Teller's Wife by Julie Weinberg
Stretching Out by Anthony P. Pennino
Outpost by Lily Rusek
Escape from Garden Grove by Mathilde Dratwa
The Whole Ball of Wax by Judd Lear Silverman
BOX THREE:
Thursday, June 13-Sunday, June 16
Boy Friends by T.J. Edwards
BOX FOUR:
Thursday, June 20-Sunday, June 23
The Hologram by T.J. Edwards
The Black Box New Play Festival is the Gallery Players' signature season-ending festival of new works by both new and established playwrights. More than 400 plays have graced their stage in the 15 years of producing the festival, including Nat Cassidy's The Reckoning of Kit and Little Boots, a New York Innovative Theatre Award-winner for Best Play in 2008.
