Blog Posts - The Skeleton Rep

THE INCONVENIENT MIRACLE is back!

8/27/2018

The Skeleton Rep so excited to announce our participation in the New York New Works festival this year, happening at Theatre Row next month!

The story started as a play, Whatchamacallit: A Play About Jesus.
It became The Inconvenient Miracle: A Mysterious Birth Musical.
Now, we're doing it in 1/2 an hour.

This condensed musical is written by Emily Claire Schmitt, Emily Rose Simons, and Ria T. DiLullo.
We are also so fortunate to have our cast from May's workshop joining us again!

We will be performing:
9/5 & 9/12 @ 7pm
Theatre Row, 42nd Street
The Acorn

Each evening, every audience member get to vote on their two favorite shows, which will have an impact on if we get a third performance! Show your support for Skeleton Rep, new work, and female-driven stories by coming out for a night of incredible new theater!
And don't forget to vote for the girls at St. Angela's in "The Inconvenient Miracle!"

We hope to see you there!

Cheers,
The Skeleton Rep
Team Inconvenient Miracle

We now have fiscal sponsorship through Fractured Atlas!

8/19/2018

What is Fractured Atlas, and what is fiscal sponsorship?

Fractured Atlas is a 501(c)(3) public charity, which makes it possible for those who have fiscal sponsorship to accept donations, which now includes us.

What this means for you is that contributions to The Skeleton Rep are now tax-deductible...
HALLELUJAH!

Photo by Hunter Canning

visit us at fractured atlas

The Skeleton Rep has an exciting fall coming up -

1. We've got a show in the New York New Works festival this September.
2. We're co-producing a show for Fringe NYC in October.
3. We'll be announcing some exciting personnel additions soon!

We're also already hard at work planning our 2019 season.

If you're into our mission to explore modern myth and want to support us, check out our Fiscal Sponsorship page. You can donate monthly or once, at any amount.
Our first goal is $100/month - help us get there!

If donating isn't in the cards for you right now, we still want to see you!
We'll be announcing ticket links for the fall shows soon, and we'd love to show you what we've been up to.

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!