This month, there are two exciting theater and performance festivals taking place in the city, and here at Staff Picks we just can’t stop talking about them. We’ve already highlighted a few shows from both these lineups in the past two Weekly Picks, so a rogue and errant editor thought it would be nice to do a feature on what’s especially piquing us.
The Breaking The Binary Theatre Festival
L Morgan Lee, George Strus
3 Dollar Bill; The Public's Shiva Theater
October 23rd - October 29th 2023
B2B's star is rising, as it should be: its shows are written by and for trans, non-binary, and Two-Spirit+ artists; their events build community in ways exemplary and organic; and their second annual festival showcases seven new plays — all entirely FREE. Go support, friends.
Staffer: Billy McEntee
Prelude Festival 2023
Artists listed below
Segal Theater
October 7th - October 28th 2023
I'm too busy this week to individually do justice to the whole PRELUDE line-up, so I'm collecting here for you the shows and panels I'm going to see this upcoming week (or would if I could), which is not the exclusive "what to see" list...just what I happen to know as a dancer-admiring(envying)-theater girl. And again it's all FREE! Can you even believe that...what are you waiting for?? Gorge yourself on shows!
AND! I got a preview of the festival vibes this Saturday at Radiohole's kickoff variety night. It was electric: my catch all description for a night that feels like theater and dance are alive and well with a pulse, an edge, and well-endowed with a hot and cool community.
Weds: Will Eno, Lisa Fagan + Marianne Rendón + Lena Engelstein (me) (bias)
Thurs: James La Bella, Richard Maxwell + The New York City Player, Sauda Aziza Jackson & April Sweeny
Fri: Nature Theater of Oaklahoma, ERS
Sat: Wooster Group, Ahn Vo
Staffer: Lena Engelstein