A CHRISTMAS CAROL

By Charles Dickens,.
Adaptation by Sandra Nordgren

Set in 1843 London, Charles Dickens Christmas classic comes to life at 13th St Rep!

"There are only two versions of A Christmas Carol that are a must-see: the production at Madison Square Garden and Sandra Nordgren’s adaptation!"
NYTheatre.com

“Inventive… Poetic… Magical!”

Andrès J. Wrath, Off-Off Broadway Review, Vol. Six, No. Fifteen

"Ms. Nordgren has written a little jewel ... brilliantly staged."

Bill Hickey, Academy Award Nominee for "Prizzi's Honor"

“Infectious Good Fun… Take the kids and enjoy…
Fantastic production!”

Martin Denton, Guide to New York Theatre

Opening Date: December 7, 2006
Closing Date : January 7, 2007

New Sounds in Music.

The bands Myk Freedman Suit and Bing & Ruth have created a new and unique
approach to music. Hear their music at: www.myspace.com/mykfreedman  &  www.bingandruth.com

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Keep Your Funny Side Up

with Louisa Poster. Musical comedy revue featuring songs of a by-gone era.

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Interview & Behind the Invisible Enemy

Interview, directed by Matthew Tennie, is a challenging and engaging statement on power, as a man tries to kill the worst part of himself.
"I think like I am a decent man; I act like I am not. The evil I do in a moment makes the difference."
2003 Third Prize Winner in the New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest..

Behind the Invisible Enemy, directed by Karen Raphaeli, is an outspoken proclamation of the delicate nature of free thought. "You forgot how good it feels to reach for the things that freedom gives you the chance to make your own."
2005 BRIO Award from the Bronx Council for the Art.
2005 Honorable Mention from the Theatre Publicus Competition for Dramatic Literature

Opened November 2, 2006
Closeed December 2, 2006

A Yellow Butterfly Called Sphinx

A Yellow Butterfly Called Sphinx by French Christian Palustran Directed by Amanda Shank, centers on a forbidden, secret relationship between a teacher and her student and the disintegration of trust through gang cruelty and betrayal. This collection of letters between the student and teacher exposes their need for love and finally how this desire brings both of their worlds crashing down.

Mon & Wed 7pm July 24 & July 26, 2006

Tickets: $15 (seniors, students with ID: $12.00). 

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Lucky 13 Short Play Festival - Playing July 20 – 30, 2006

Tired of fighting traffic out of the city? Why not spend the weekend in the city laughing till your sides hurt? Choose from two 90 minute ‘menus’ chock full of comedy, farce and drama for a complete theatrical experience!

Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun 7pm
July 20 – 30, 2006
Box Office Hours: 10am - 10pm

Appropriate For Ages: 18+
Adults $15; Students and Seniors $12

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Elevator Face - July 12, 14, 15, 2006
Book & Lyrics by Chris Widney, Music by David Christian Azarow, directed by Amanda Shank.

A short musical comedy about four mixed-matched people trapped in an elevator who reveal their secret desires and passions. The new musical that New York critics have called "a triumph!" Get ready for the ride of your life.

Terrorism & You - July 12, 14, 15, 2006
Lyrics by Sara Cooper, Music by Chris Shimojima, Co-directed by Chris Shimojima and Sara Cooper.

A short musical comedy about a wannabe-housewife terrorist who boards a plane to blow it up, only to discover that her contact is, so to speak, a blast from the past.

Wed, Fri & Sat 7pm July 12, 14, 15, 2006
Adults $15; Students and Seniors $12

TROIKA: God, Tolstoy & Sophia by Peter Levy,  Directed by Karen Raphaeli

FIRST PRIZE WINNER - … 13TH STREET REPERTORY’S NEW PLAY CONTEST.

TROIKA tells the story of the final days of Leo Tolstoy, one of the world’s great novelists, best known for his literary masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina. TROIKA uncovers the personal and private side of the venerable Russian author, giving us a glimpse into the troubled life of one of the 19th century’s major literary figures. Socialist ideals and family loyalty clash as an ill and aging Tolstoy renounces his possessions while Sophia, his desperate and angry wife, tries to prevent the loss of her inheritance. Peter Levy’s well-researched account of Tolstoy’s life, work, and death creates a complex and revealing portrait of a man who Virginia Wolfe once dubbed, “The greatest of all novelists.”

Thurs, Fri, Sat 7pm
Adults $15; Students and Seniors $12
Limited Engagement: April 27th, 2006 - June 17th, 2006

Conversation with a Kleagle by Rudy Gray, Directed by Cristina Alicea

Opened: February 16, 2006
Closed: April 7, 2006

FIRST PRIZE WINNER - 2004 NEW WORKS OF MERIT PLAYWRITING CONTEST
Inspired by events in the life of civil rights leader, Walter White, the play takes place during the height of a lynching epidemic in the late 1920's. A black writer, passing for white, travels to the deep South to interview a kleagle (a recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan). When his true racial identity is discovered he escapes, only to find that his rescuer's family paid a dear price, a price that brings the writer back down south to confront the kleagle and the Klan.

"One of the area's most promising songwriters." -- Jim Vickers Motif

"JJ Baron's stuff has spit and grit and humor" -- Peter Mulvey

"It's hard to believe someone so young could be so talented" -- Slaid Cleaves

JJ Baron Opened: September 10, 2005
Closed: : March 19, 2006

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Radio Mirth & the Third Reich
An absurdist style staged radio show set during the years of WWII showing how comedy brought mirth to the world/US at a very dark time in history. The show portrays the radio comedy/songs/commercials, etc... which were broadcast as the Third Reich swept its way through Europe.

Opening date: January 11, 2006
Closing date: March 8, 2006

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Let's Be Frank
Let's be Frank (Old Blue Eyes is Back!) is written and directed by Hootch Hoolahan. Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Bogie, Bacall, Judy, Liza, Bing, Satchmo, Marilyn, Jimmy Durante and many more pay tribute to Frank Sinatra during his Hollywood and Vegas years. Let's all drink a toast as we doo-be-doo-be-doo and ring-a-ding-ding with a swing and comedy party celebration!

Opening date: October 1, 2004
Closing date: March 19, 2006

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New Voices in Poetry and Music

Weekly Featured Guest Artists. Poets have their work read for free; Admission for them is by contribution only. Professional readers available.

Any Submissions Welcome. To be Scheduled call Artistic Director Edith O'Hara 212-675-6677.

Closing date: Feburary 4, 2006