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Regulars: A Mini Festival of Works-In-Progress
Jun
11
to Jun 13

Regulars: A Mini Festival of Works-In-Progress

New work by and with Michael Wiener, Michael Laurence, Timothy Sekk and David Barlow.

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Schedule

Thursday June 11th 7pm:

REGULARS by Michael Wiener.

Friday June 12th 7pm:

THE AQUARIUM. by Timothy Sekk.

On a double bill with

THE TWILIGHT SHOPPER by Michael Laurence.

Saturday June 13th 7pm

SHINE ON. by David Barlow.

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REGULARS by Michael Wiener, a staged reading directed by Andy Paris. A sprawling ensemble piece in the spirit of Stoppard and Paul Thomas Anderson, this play explores the lingering effects of a global pandemic on New York City, tracing the invisible threads that connect us all.

THE AQUARIUM, written and performed by Timothy Sekk (Friday June 12th, 7pm)

A solo adaptation of Aleksandar Hemon’s unrelenting New Yorker essay: in the wake of his infant daughter’s brain tumor diagnosis, a writer observes the expanding inner life of his older child, a three-year-old who conjures an imaginary brother to navigate the catastrophe — an exploration of storytelling as a means of survival, plus aliens.

THE TWILIGHT SHOPPER by Michael Laurence (Friday June 12, 7pm)The pandemic is raging and Gil “Gilly” Gates, a lonely art historian, isolates in his apartment like “a butterfly trapped in a toolbox,”desperately seeking connection on 12-step Zooms, until the fateful day he steps out into the infected world—with harrowing consequences.

SHINE ON written and performed by David Barlow (Saturday June 13th, 7pm), blends memoir, theatre, and existential comedy, following one man’s unraveling encounter with the strangeness of being alive—a darkly funny solo piece about psychedelics, spirituality, death, family, and the longing for grace in a fractured world.

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Portraits and Prayers: A Musical Gertrude Stein Play
May
8
to May 10

Portraits and Prayers: A Musical Gertrude Stein Play

Tender Buttons Press & Torn Page Presents!

Portraits and Prayers: A Musical Gertrude Stein Play

FRIDAY, May 8th & SATURDAY, May 9th, Doors 6:30pm Show 7pm

SUNDAY, May 10th, Doors 2:30pm, Show 3pm

@ Torn Page 435 West 22nd Street 2nd Floor.

Performance group, The Rosehips, make their own interpretation of works by avant-garde poet and playwright Gertrude Stein’s book ‘Portraits and Prayers’ with performance, art installation, music and visual design.

Michele Collins - performance, voice
Georgia Wartel Collins - bass, voice

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FRIDAY, May 8th & SATURDAY, May 9th, Doors 6:30pm, Show 7pm

SUNDAY, May 10th, Doors 2:30pm, Show 3pm

FRIDAY ONLY: OPENING NIGHT SPECIAL GUEST

special guest poet ariel rose reading after the Stein piece

Portraits and Prayers is a collection of Stein’s early essays and word portraits written in 1934 about her observations at her Saturday salon in Paris.

''After having been led through this unique world of experience by one of Gothenburg's foremost performance artists, you leave feeling uplifted and liberated from any preconceived notion, and it's simply magnificent.''

-Kjerstin Norén, reviewer at Swedish online magazine ‘Alba’ https://www.alba.nu/

WEBSITE for THE ROSEHIPS: https://therosehips.se/

ariel rosé (he/they/them)–poet, essayist, illustrator, author of the books morze nocą jest mięśniem serca, PIW 2022 (the sea at night is a muscle of the heart) and Północ Przypowieści, Znak 2019 (North: Parables), and forthcoming: “Ukraine–A Polyphony” and “ways of swimming”; co-editor of Both Sides Face East/Durable Words (Academic Studies Press 2025), Borders De Todos Lados / Fronteras from all Directions (ibidem 2026). ariel is a member of PEN Berlin. Twice a year they have been inviting poets from underrepresented countries to Oslo for a reading–the fruit of which is an anthology “Sammenvevde stemmer” to be issued by HOF, Norway 2026. Recently, they have been working on an opera on Paula Rego at the Watermill Center.

ariel is originally from Poland, a resident of Norway, living as a nomad between languages and countries.

https://www.arielrose.art/

instagram: @arielrosepoet

fb https://www.facebook.com/rosealeira

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Any questions? email Lee Ann Brown TenderButtonsPress@gmail.com

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NOT a new play by Romina Paula
Apr
29
to May 2

NOT a new play by Romina Paula

NOT a new play by Romina Paula 

directed by Romina Paula 

A WORK IN PROGRESS SHOWING

Wednesday, April 29 8pm

Friday, May 1 8pm

Saturday May 2. 8pm 

All Donations Support Torn Page

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A creative process is always a new beginning. A way to see the world, to define it, even. An opportunity when in good hands. A director convenes three actors. They don’t know each other. They don’t even speak the same language, literally. They try to agree on a common territory and hopefully an untranslated Argentinian novel will give them the material they are looking for. Until then, it won’t be easy to find common ground. Instead questions of immigration, futility, transcendence, capitalismo, et cetera fill the room. 

NOT is a new work in progress by Argentinian playwright and director Romina Paula. The work is being developed across two continents slowly, intentionally and seeks to create a dialogue between artists in Buenos Aires and New York City. Un encuentro | an encounter. Un intercambio | an exchange. This residency was produced with the support of Joben Studios, *Necessary Digression, Torn Page, and Tony Torn.

Additional performances co-presented as part of TheaterLAB's First Look Series,  Saturday, April 25 at 2pm & 7:30pm..

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Cimino's Defeat, presented by Adult Film
Jan
20
to Feb 14

Cimino's Defeat, presented by Adult Film

Adult Film will present the World Premiere of Cimino’s Defeat by playwright Eric Faris, directed by Sam Cini, at Torn Page (435 W 22nd Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues).

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After gaining acclaim and recognition with his film The Deer Hunter, director Michael Cimino rose to fame and power within the flourishing New Hollywood system. With his new found success came megalomania, and Cimino's following film Heaven's Gate was rife with production troubles and ultimately flopped. This commercial and critical failure resulted in the end of Hollywood's director driven era and the beginning of commercial, studio driven filmmaking. Witness the seeds of this cinema apocalypse in an intimate, behind the scenes style in Cimino's Defeat.

Running from January 20 - February 14. Previews begin January 20 for a January 23 opening.

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The cast includes Tad D'Agostino, Hannah Hale, Gia Bonello, Matthew Zimmerman, Kristiana Priscantelli, Jeremy Cohen, Joey D'Amore, & Trevor Clarkson.

The creative team for Cimino’s Defeat includes Joey D'Amore (composer), Caroline Cassidy (stage manager), Joshua Matteo (Assistant Director)-

Tickets are $44 suggested donation and we strongly encourage donations no less than $25. Support indie theatre!

No refunds or exchanges. Torn Page is not ADA accessible.

Social media and website/email:

:https://www.adultfilm.nyc/

https://www.instagram.com/adultfilm.nyc/

adultfilmnyc@gmail.com

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Poetry Nap Rare Weekend Series: Chapter Four, Voices of the Earth
Mar
9
8:30 PM20:30

Poetry Nap Rare Weekend Series: Chapter Four, Voices of the Earth

$20 online / $25 door
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With a run of sold out January shows for our NYC debut and a recommendation from the New York Times, Poetry Nap returns March 7-9 for a rare weekend series of all four of our Chapters. No need to see the chapters in any order to thoroughly enjoy yourself. Slip off your shoes, lie down, relax, and float away to poetry and music of the masters woven into extraordinary, witty and immersive tales guided by Lady and Lord Dosis.

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Poetry Nap Rare Weekend Series: Chapter Three, The Secret of Forgotten Stars
Mar
9
4:00 PM16:00

Poetry Nap Rare Weekend Series: Chapter Three, The Secret of Forgotten Stars

$20 online / $25 door
GET TICKETS · 20 spots per show
With a run of sold out January shows for our NYC debut and a recommendation from the New York Times, Poetry Nap returns March 7-9 for a rare weekend series of all four of our Chapters. No need to see the chapters in any order to thoroughly enjoy yourself. Slip off your shoes, lie down, relax, and float away to poetry and music of the masters woven into extraordinary, witty and immersive tales guided by Lady and Lord Dosis.

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Poetry Nap Rare Weekend Series: Chapter Two, The Wild Mysteries of Ancient Love
Mar
8
8:30 PM20:30

Poetry Nap Rare Weekend Series: Chapter Two, The Wild Mysteries of Ancient Love

$20 online / $25 door
GET TICKETS · 20 spots per show
With a run of sold out January shows for our NYC debut and a recommendation from the New York Times, Poetry Nap returns March 7-9 for a rare weekend series of all four of our Chapters. No need to see the chapters in any order to thoroughly enjoy yourself. Slip off your shoes, lie down, relax, and float away to poetry and music of the masters woven into extraordinary, witty and immersive tales guided by Lady and Lord Dosis.

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Poetry Nap Rare Weekend Series: Chapter One, The Nature of Love
Mar
7
8:30 PM20:30

Poetry Nap Rare Weekend Series: Chapter One, The Nature of Love

$20 online / $25 door
GET TICKETS · 20 spots per show
With a run of sold out January shows for our NYC debut and a recommendation from the New York Times, Poetry Nap returns March 7-9 for a rare weekend series of all four of our Chapters. No need to see the chapters in any order to thoroughly enjoy yourself. Slip off your shoes, lie down, relax, and float away to poetry and music of the masters woven into extraordinary, witty and immersive tales guided by Lady and Lord Dosis.

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