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The Inconvenient Miracle Workshop goes up - NEXT WEEK ONLY

4/23/2018

Don't miss the chance to see the latest work-in-progress from The Skeleton Rep team as we present our first musical! Based on the play "Whatchamacallit: A Play About Jesus" by Emily Claire Schmitt, produced two years ago, St. Angela's is back and bigger, more prophetic, and more culty that ever before.

THE INCONVENIENT MIRACLE will only run its workshop for three performance:
4/30 @ 8pm
5/2 @ 2pm
5/2 @ 8pm

Get tix now and save $2!

Salon with me & Katelynn Kenney!

3/17/2018

It's right around the corner . . . the next Salon is in one week! ON 3/24, we gather for returning playwright Katelynn Kenney's latest:

Mr. Bell was a walking cliche looking for a story to write, and he found one in an unlikely place —a panhandling performer named Puck. The story he was given: the origin and adventure of two girls raised by a goblin in a magical world hidden among New York City's underground. When Puck disappears, two girls find their way to Mr. Bell's doorstep, claiming Puck as their guardian. Their mission: to find their Puck at all costs. And, when a secret goblin plot unravels, maybe save humanity in the process. Goblin Girls is a contemporary fairy tale, coming-of-age story, and morality play, about the misfits of the world and how humans can often be more monstrous than the monsters in their own stories.

Katelynn Kenney's produced plays include ASWANG, GAMES, and MUSE, mounted as a part of the Claire Donaldson New Play Festival, Nightmare on Student Street (by Augustana Collaborative Theatrical Society), and the Manhattan Repertory Theatre's Spring One-Act Play Competition, respectively. Her full-length plays, VOID, GOBLIN GIRLS, and WENDELL AND PAN, have all received readings; the first two were presented at the Einhorn School of Performing Arts and the last was a part of Skeleton Rep's Salon Series. VOID was a 2017 Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference semi-finalist. Her plays share a dark comedic bite and a healthy dose of magic and whimsy. Kenney has also written a short film, Queen's Knight, which is in post-production, and co-wrote two short films that were listed in the top 40 of the 2015 and 2016 Asian American Film Lab's 72-hour Shoot-Out, ’15 having been judged by playwright David Henry Hwang. She continues her studies at Primary Stages, with industry professionals including Leah Nanako Winkler, A. Rey Pamatmat, Melissa Ross, and Edwin Sanchez, and received her B.A. from Augustana University, with majors in theatre, English, and a minor in journalism.

Looking forward to seeing you next Saturday!

Happy St. Patty's in the meantime!

Cheers,
Ria AKA
The Skeleton Rep

March's Salon is ON with returning playwright Katelynn Kenney!

3/1/2018

The return of the Salon Series this past weekend with Lora Danley's Surprise Surprise was dynamite! A mighty thank you to everyone who came out to support new work, build community, and celebrate Dani Martineck's birthday!

Missed this one but want to join in the good times? You can! The next salon is around the corner on 3/24 @ 7pm with Katelynn Kenny's Goblin Girls!

Salon Series returns for 2018!

2/5/2018

The Salon Series returns this month! Yay!
On Saturday February 24th at 7pm, I will be opening my home for Lora Danley's

Surprise, Surprise

Susan is unaware that her partner Anna occasionally sleeps with her best friend Paul. Paul is perpetually single, until he meets Michael. Anna's partner, Susan, doesn't know of their "secret special friend time." When one of their dalliances leads Anna to have a surprise baby, all four of them must figure out what to do with their relationships and the new child.

FEATURING:
Courtney McClellan as ANNA
Dani Martineck as SUSAN
Elijah Guo as PAUL
Brendan Cataldo as MICHAEL

This season, I am grateful for...

12/21/2017

May's Salon: WE SHOULD KNOW HER, a call to action

Isabella Dawis as AMY & Ellie Gossage as BIANCA in the 2017 production of HUNGRY

October's Salon: EXPLORE MODERN MYTH (w/ ESPA Primary Stages)

September 2017 Salon: WENDELL AND PAN by Katelynn Kenney

Dana Jacks as KATHERINE & Elvin James Patrick as the MINOTAUR in HUNGRY by Lia Romeo

March's Salon: SEVERANCE by Jack Gilbert

April Salon: HUNGRY by Lia Romeo

Ellie Gossage as BIANCA in HUNGRY by Lia Romeo

November Salon: A MYSTERIOUS BIRTH MUSICAL by Emily Claire Schmitt, Emily Rose, & Ria T. DiLullo

I am grateful for having 1 production, 7 salons, 19 writers, dozens of actors, & hundreds of audience members be a part of The Skeleton Rep this past year.

Theater doesn't happen unless we all come together to make it happen. We need a story to tell, people to tell it, and others to listen. Thank you to everyone who has taken some time in 2017 to Explore Modern Myth with me.
I will continue exploring next year. In fact, there is new work on the horizon and exciting talks of development!
Help me achieve this things through Patreon, and give a gift that gives all year round.

HUNGRY is Reviewed & It is Satisfying!

12/15/2017

Amy gets sniffed out by her new friend, a Minotaur.

"This play, running just a bit over an hour, hits you more like whatever the stage version of a music video could feel like, rather than the typical theatrical showing of a character’s journey... Romeo’s writing, combined with Ria T. DiLullo’s directing, frees this unique story from the usual trappings for anything that goes up in a black box theatre. ... We are not here to witness how a character is changed by her surroundings for the entirety of the plot, because that’s abundantly passive. We are here to experience how a character goes from having life happen at her and to her, to becoming an actual person and changing her own story, forging her own path, and simply saying, “fuck it.” "

Zennie Trieu - MEDIUM - 12/14/17
Full Review HERE.

You'll want to witness this one.
3 more chances.
Tonight 12/15 @ 7pm
Saturday 12/16 @ 7pm
Sunday 12/17 @ 7pm

5 Chances left to see HUNGRY!

12/13/2017

Isabella Dawis as AMY in 'Hungry' running through 12/17.

Want to avoid your own version of this epic face-palm?

Come see 'Hungry' @ The Tank any night this week!

Wednesday 12/13 @ 7pm
Thursday 12/14 @ 9:30pm
Friday 12/15 @ 7pm
Saturday 12/16 @ 7pm
Sunday 12/17 @ 7pm

Happy Birthday to my Minotaur!

12/7/2017

Amy (Isabella Dawis) tries to tell the Minotaur (Elvin James Patrick) that he shouldn't get too comfortable.

A very happy birthday to Elvin James Patrick, playing the Minotaur in HUNGRY running next week at The Tank!

Wish him a happy belated birthday!

Meet the cast of HUNGRY!

11/18/2017

It is with great pleasure that I officially announce the cast of Lia Romeo's Hungry,
running December 12 - 17 @ The Tank!

Isabella Dawis, playing AMY

Dana Jacks*, playing KATHERINE

* appearing courtesy of AEA

Elvin James Patrick, playing MINOTAUR

Ellie Gossage, playing BIANCA

While this dynamic team will be on stage, our behind the scenes team is just as strong!
Barron B. Bass will be doing the sound design,
Miranda Poett is designing the lights, and
Matsy Stinson, my favorite (and only!) costume designer,
is back to work with me on this project.

Be sure to catch this stellar play before you're off for the Holidays!

Cheers,
Ria AKA
The Skeleton Rep

Show Announcement! HUNGRY by Lia Romeo in December!

11/13/2017

Some of you may recall a spring salon by the name of HUNGRY, by Lia Romeo. Now I bring you The Skeleton Rep's latest show at The Tank!

December 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 @ 7pm
December 14 @ 9:30pm

Amy is trying. Trying to lose weight, trying to be popular, trying to do well in school... but it’s not working out very well. When a minotaur suddenly shows up in her backyard, Amy finds the unconditional acceptance she’s been looking for… but when the “mean kids” start turning up dead, she realizes that being best friends with a man-eating mythological beast might have its drawbacks. Will the minotaur be her salvation, or her downfall?

Keep an eye out for the casting announcement and first rehearsal photos! Can't wait to see you there :-)