Merging the Victorian era’s Toy Theater movement with today’s Digital Theater movement, this compact homage to the 1968 classic Charlton Heston/Rod Serling primate film is faithfully reimagined for the streaming-live stage.
“I can’t help thinking somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man.” - Colonel George Taylor, Astronaut
An astronaut crew crash-lands on an unfamiliar planet in the distant future and are soon enslaved by a society where grapes have evolved into speaking creatures with human-like intelligence.
That’s it. That’s the plot.
PLANET OF THE GRAPES LIVE
PERFORMED LIVE ON YOUR SCREEN
Created by Peter Michael Marino
Directed by Michole Biancosino
Music by Michael Harren
Photos by Mikiodo
Co-produced by Project Y Theatre Company
A national call for scripts written to be performed on the Zoom platform yielded over 475 submissions from all over the world. We put these plays through two independent reading teams with the lens of the Women in Theatre Festival: a female-identifying playwright and at least 50% of all artists must be female-identifying. At the end of this process, three plays rose to the top. Check out the plays below. Visit our Women in Theatre Festival page to learn more about the cast and teams behind the series. To learn more about Zoom Plays or submit your own play, click here!
Missing Ingredient Watch on our WIT Festival page or on our Youtube channel starting Monday, November 30th
Written by Colleen O’Doherty
Directed by Jen Chang
Featuring: Joy Osmanski, Elizabeth Ho, and Corey Brill
Soup Watch on our WIT Festival page or on our Youtube channel starting Wednesday, December 2nd
Written by Rachel Carnes
Directed by Shelley Butler
Featuring Bernardo Cubria and Valerie Terranova
Cliffhanger Watch on our WIT Festival page or on our Youtube channel starting Friday, December 4th
Written by Catalina Florina Florescu
Directed by Hilary Ward
Featuring Olga Konstantulakis and Andrea Lwin
and our first ever Digital Musical:
Close (But Not Too Close!)
Book by Paloma Sierra
Lyrics by Julia Koyfman
Original Compositions by Dusty Sanders
Co-Directed by Andrew W. Smith and Michole Biancosino
September 18th, 2020
by Lia Romeo
Directed by James Glossman
Featuring: Dan Lauria and Wendie Malick
Co-produced with Mile Square Theatre, Lia Romeo’s charming, deeply heartfelt play Sitting and Talking, follows a man and woman in their 60s as they navigate the vulnerable, awkward, and sometimes hilarious path to companionship via online dating during quarantine. Film star Dan Lauria, who played the titular role in Broadway’s Lombardi, is joined by Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actress Wendie Malick, and the piece is directed by James Glossman. Click here to learn more about the cast and creative team.
The One and Only Amanda Palmer by Kat Mustatea Directed by Michole Biancosino. Featuring Natalie Nankervis, Saran Bakari, Meghan Wright, and… you? The One and Only Amanda Palmer streamed live on Sunday August 15th at 7:00pm. You can still watch below or on our Youtube channel. DOWNLOADABLE PROGRAM Amanda Palmer can turn into a cat at night,…
A new play series created and curated by Antu Yacob: Conversations with the Ancestors, Past/Present/Future. Join us for 4 new commissioned works by female-identifying playwrights of the African diaspora: France-Luce Benson Nikkole Salter Banna Desta and Sienna L. Jones Directed by Shariffa Ali and Lisa Strum July 26th 7:00pm Conceived by Antu Yacob, the series will share different…
