Almost 13 was at the Ottawa Fringe Festival in June 2024! . audience responses in Ottawa June 20, 2024 at 2:56 pm Kathleen says: This is one of the strongest fringe shows I have seen. I try to see 20-30 a year so I don’t say that lightly. It is also incredibly heavy – all the […]
Plays
The Ego Actus Reading Series: Dramatic Voices
Joan Kane and Bruce A! Kraemer present a new play reading series. Plays will be read live, in real time, at the Episcopal Actors Guild 1 East 29th St, NYC 10016 The readings will be read at 8:00pm on specified days in winter 2024 All readings are free. Donations accepted Ego Actus extends its heartfelt […]
Freedom Summer
Joan Kane directed an Equity Showcase Code production of Freedom Summer It was presented by Theater for the New City and produced by Ego Actus with performances June 8 to June 25, 2023Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00pm, and Sundays at 3:00pmat Theater for the New City 155 First Avenue, NYC 10002 description This latest play by Toby Armour […]
Stories of Climate Change 2019 & 2021
contents of this Post Our Postcard Image, Brief Description of Climate Action Theatre, The Show Program with Biographies of the Cast, Directors, and Playwrights, Photos from the Readings, Ego Actus Company Biography, A List of Climate Change Resources So You Can Take Action, Episcopal Actors Guild information Below that are details of our 2019 presentation […]
Inamorata
Ego Actus presented an Equity Showcase Code production of Inamorata written by Fred Kramer, directed by Joan Kane at The Medicine Show Theater, 549 West 52nd, 3rd floor in October, 2019. The play was presented with Perhap…perhaps by the same author and director. Description This is an abstract play about how we are born in different […]
Moonage Daydream
Ego Actus presented Moonage Daydream written and performed by Mary Monahan, directed & developed by Joan Kane. The show opened September 21, 2019 at Theatre Row in the United Solo Festival as a show by an award-winning artist and company invited by the United Solo festival to return for the 10th anniversary season. description A woman looks back […]
Sycorax, Cyber Queen of Qamara
Ego Actus presented an Equity Showcase Code production of Sycorax, Cyber Queen of Qamara by Fengar Gael, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened November 1, 2018 at HERE Arts Center. Description The witch Sycorax, a character referred to, but never seen, in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, has waited 500 years for the right medium to […]
Adele’s Way
Ego Actus presented a Theatre Resources Unlimited reading of Adele’s Way by Dennis Porter, directed by Joan Kane at the Soho Playhouse. There was also an Equity Showcase Code production. The reading was on June 18, 2018. The show opened in the Broadway Bound Festival August 21, 2018 at Theater at the 14th St Y. […]
Give ’em Hell, Harry!
Ego Actus presented an Equity Showcase Code production of Give ’em Hell, Harry! by Samuel Gallu, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened October 18, 2018 at Episcopal Actors Guild. Description J. Dolan Byrnes* brings the fearless Harry S Truman back to life in an intimate portrayal. Imagine, an honest American President! In contrast to […]
The Politics of Gender
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 […]