The Skeleton Rep - News

Ria's writing & directing the next Salon! - 7/28 @ 7pm

7/16/2018

I, Ria T. DiLullo, am so pleased to be sharing something I've written as part of the summer Salon Series - Agrodulce !

I will be presenting this work Saturday 7/28 @ 7pm,
will the help of the most incredible cast:
Barron Bass
Claire Buckingham
Michelle Cage
John Carlin
Brendan Cataldo
Emmanuel Linden-Broner
Dani Martineck
Courtney McClellan
Miranda Poett
John Racioppo

Those of you who have been following the salon series for a while might remember this show by another name. The script was presented as "Grief Lines" in January 2015. After a set of rewrites, it became clear that the title needed to change. "Agrodulce" is the Italian for "bittersweet" or "sour-sweet," which I believe more appropriately reflects just how dynamic a family becomes in the moments following the surprise and grief of a loss.

Please RSVP & BYOB. I look forward to seeing you there!

Cheers,
Ria AKA The Skeleton Rep

Something very special is happening tomorrow...!

7/6/2018

You may remember a call to action from last year, asking for shorts about little known women in history. Dani Martineck wrote an incredible piece for Courtney McClellan about Cathay Williams, the first black woman to serve (undercover) with the Buffalo Soldiers, a specialist group of the army during the Civil War and the years beyond.

Less than a year later, the piece has been developed and performed through Urban Stages' Outreach program. After being performed throughout the spring, we are pleased to be able to share our work on the Urban Stages stage, for one night only* -
Saturday 7/7 @ 6pm
259 West 30th Street

*The performance is paired with the other Outreach program from this spring, which asks what happens when the Goddess of Love gets rejected, using only the text from a little known Shakespeare poem.

Ode to Buffy the Vampire Slayer - see for yourself!

6/19/2018

"It was fantasy, colliding with the
Myths rising from my inevitable
Reality. Joss made the metaphor
Clearly: "High school is Hell." I felt prepared:
What is ahead will never be easy."

Check out what Ria has to say about her favorite tv show and the most influential programming she watched growing up, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" - in free verse.

This soliloquy was originally written and performed as the capstone piece to the May 2018 Salon Series, "Scenes from Service," where writers were asked to place a mythological or legendary figure inside of a service industry and see where it takes them.
Enjoy and share with Buffy fans!

Three chances to see Katelynn Kenney's VOID, starting today!

6/15/2018

The Skeleton Rep is thrilled to open the world premiere of VOID by Katelynn Kenney, directed by Benjamin-Ernest Abraham, hosted by The Tank!

Frequent collaborators Isabella Dawis & Teresa Attridge play Joan & Helen, who get locked in one room together. When they can't physically escape, they instead explore the world of modern myth lurking in the room, weaving Filipino folklore into our contemporary American era.

Only three chances to witness these stories -
5/15 - 5/17 @ The Tank

Special Salon Event TOMORROW - 6/9 !

6/8/2018

Feel good about those Saturday night dollars - Support Art by Partying!

Let's do things a little differently this time:
Dance Movie. Raffle Prizes. Filipino Food.

6/9 6:30pm - 10pm

Two of Skeleton Rep's frequent collaborators have come together for a different kind of Salon. Choreographer Gavin Myers will be previewing his first dance film "Turn Off the Dark" and playwright Katelynn Kenney will be offering Filipino food and a raffle to a support her upcoming show, "Void."
We want you to be a part of this stellar evening, so come through!

$15 in advance / $20 at the door

Catch Ria perform TONIGHT!

5/22/2018

Hey!
Ria here. If you missed my "Ode to Buffy" this weekend, or if you did see it and want to see more, I'm performing tonight as part of a SoloFest. 8 of us present 8 minutes of original work, created under the guidance of Judy Gold.
It's free, and it starts at 6:30pm.

This Saturday, we Salon!

5/15/2018

This weekend's salon is inspired by the intersection between The Skeleton Rep's mission, to explore modern myth, and the reality of all artists trying to make money, the service industry.

It's also a super special salon, because it's Ria's last birthday salon in this apartment!
That's right -
As of April 2019, the DiLullos will be leaving 25B.

We've had a good run, and there will be a next chapter. But until then, let's do this birthday party, kicking off the last year of Salons as we know them now, with work and performances by a troop of Skeleton Rep regulars!
Barron Bass (performer)
Michelle Cage (writer)
Isabella Dawis (writer)
Elijah Guo (writer & performer)
Dani Martineck (performer)
Sophie Max (performer)
Gavin Meyers (creator/performer)
Miranda Poett (performer)

Sat 5/19 @ 6pm

We've been reviewed!

5/2/2018

The Inconvenient Miracle has been reviewed!

Read the review

(from Top Left): Amanda Bruton, Sarah M. White, Anna Slate, Rachel Walker, Lydia Stinson, Emily Olcott, Sophie Max (Bottom row from left): Hannah Jane Ginsberg, Teresa Attridge, Sarah Sanders, Julia D'Angelo

Check it out and then come see us in action today, 5/2 @ 2pm and 8pm at The Tank!

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