Ego Actus and Theater for the New City presented The Politics of Gender, two plays by Mario Fratti, directed by Joan Kane and Janet Bentley. The show opened April 26, 2018 at Theater for the New City. Description The Politics of Gender is an evening of two short plays by Mario Fratti. Jennifer and Cassie […]
Plays
One Woman
Ego Actus presented One Woman by Cecilia Copeland, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened November 5, 2018 at Theatre Row in the United Solo Festival. Description One Woman is an unapologetic look at one woman’s relationships with shoes, lipstick, other women and her journey toward self-confidence. Cast The cast featured Pooya Mohseni*. Crew The crew […]
Moonage Daydream 2
Ego Actus presented a second production of Moonage Daydream written and performed by Mary Monahan, directed & developed by Joan Kane. The show opened September 19, 2017 at the Philadelphia Arts Alliance in the Philadelphia FringeArts Festival. Description A woman looks back on how rock god David Bowie was her imaginary spiritual guide, helping her […]
Finishing the Suit
Ego Actus presented an Equity Showcase Code production of Finishing the Suit by Lawrence Aronovitch, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened September 5, 2017 at Theater for the New City in the Dream Up Festival. Description Finishing the Suit is about a gay man who does not die of AIDS and is not persecuted for […]
Buried in Time
Ego Actus and the AND company co-produced in an Equity Showcase Code production of Buried in Time by Kristine Niven, with our cast directed by Joan Kane. The show opened May 5, 2017 at Theater 54 at Shetler Studios as part of Artistic New Direction’s Without a Net. Description The twist: The script has been […]
Identity Paper
Ego Actus presented an Equity Showcase Code production of Identity Paper adapted by Bruce A! Kraemer from a short story by his grandmother, Bessie Tigay, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened November 1, 2016 at Theatre Row in the United Solo Festival. Description Identity Paper is humorous view of a new immigrant who finds things […]
Moonage Daydream
Ego Actus presented Moonage Daydream written and performed by Mary Monahan, directed & developed by Joan Kane. The show opened October 10, 2016 at Theatre Row in the United Solo Festival. Description A woman looks back on how rock god David Bowie was her imaginary spiritual guide, helping her make it through the 1980’s to become […]
Debriefing
Ego Actus and White Rabbit Productions presented an Equity Showcase Code production of Debriefing by Maximillian Singh Gill, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened October 10, 2016 Teatro SEA in the New York International Fringe Festival Description A young Pakistani-American activist has been recruited to infiltrate a militant group in the Middle East. When […]
Gideon
Ego Actus presented an Equity Showcase Code production of Gideon by Judith Leora, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened July 1, 2016 at The Paradise Factory in the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. Description In Gideon, the existential questions of John Paul Sartre meet the absurdity of Samuel Beckett in the LA apartment of two young […]
The Telegram 2
Ego Actus presented a second production of The Telegram by Aldo Nicolaj, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened May 27, 2016 at Divadlo Inspirace in the Prague Fringe Festival. Description An unemployed actor meets a friend who will be directing a major movie. The director tells him to go home and wait for a telegram […]