The God Particle

Ego Actus presented The God Particle by Christina Gorman, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened May 28, 2011 at Theater for the New City in the Lower Eastside Festival and June 8, 2011 at The Robert Moss Theater in the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. Description On a winter’s night in Switzerland, Gavin and Izzy […]

Play Nice!

Ego Actus presented Play Nice! by Robin Rice Lichtig, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened March 8, 2011 at 59e59 Theaters. Description A gothic fairy tale based on Jean Genet’s The Maids: Isabelle, Luce and Matilda live in a perfect home in the idyllic suburb of Ridgewood, New Jersey. But when the front door […]

The Resistible Rise of Fatlinda Paloka

Ego Actus presented The Resistible Rise of Fatlinda Paloka by Anne Giordano, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened November 17, 2010 at The Producers Club. Description In this production references the accounts of “Aunt Shirley” and Albanians who carry guns in their underwear at weddings. These stories, based on real life events, are facets […]

Brownstone Breakdown

Ego Actus presented an Equity Showcase Code production of Brownstone Breakdown by Carol W. Berman, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened opened August 12, 2010 at Theater for the New City. Description This comedy is based on real events about tenants’ rights in 1983. When a Mafioso landlord threatens to throw them all out, […]

Hecuba

Ego Actus presented a production of Hecuba by Euripedes, translated by Timberlake Wertenbaker and directed by Joan Kane. The show opened August 13, 2009 at Theater for the New City. Description Written circa 424 BC. Hecuba takes place after the Trojan War, but before the Greeks have departed Troy. The central figure is Hecuba, wife of King Priam, […]

Professional Misconduct

Ego Actus presented an Equity Showcase Code production of Professional Misconduct by Carol W. Berman, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened February 19, 2009 at the Workshop Theater, 312 West 36th St NYC. Description An ER doctor hears voices when he’s on call. He gets locked up in the Psych ward of his own […]