Ego Actus presented Are You Better Than An American?!? by Nick Palladino and Dev Brand. The show opened August 2, 2014 in the Back room of Opium Nightclub in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Description Americans are gun-loving, hand-shaking, loud, dismissive, patronizing, patriotic, and proud of it. This comedic and interactive variety show invites audience members […]
Plays
what do you mean 2
Ego Actus presented a second production of what do you mean by Bruce A! Kraemer, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened July 21, 2014 at 59e59 Theaters and July 30, 2014 at Spotlights at Merchants Hall in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. description Everyone who has seen a play thinks they can write one, but […]
The Tragedy of Dandelion
Ego Actus presented an Equity Showcase Code production of The Tragedy of Dandelion by Duncan Pflaster, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened May 22, 2014 at Urban Stages. Description The Princess Dandelion dresses as a boy in order to escape her rapist and would-be husband, along the way falling in love with another princess, […]
The Metamorphosis
Ego Actus presented The Metamorphosis written and performed by J.B. Alexander, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened May 23, 2014 at Kavárna 3+1, in Prague, Czech Republic in the Prague Fringe Festival. Description In a monologue J.B. Alexander shares his meditation on loneliness, failure, success and identity. A 38 year old, lonely, Jewish, writer, […]
Bitten
Ego Actus presented an Equity Showcase Code production of Bitten by Penny Jackson, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened February 6, 2014 at what was then Quinn’s Bar & Grill 356 W44th St, NYC. Description As a snowstorm is forming, Brian tries to convince his Irish grandmother Stella to just visit a nice retirement […]
Safe 2
Ego Actus presented a second Equity Showcase Code production of Safe by Penny Jackson, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened July 24, 2013 at 59e59 Theaters and August 2, 2013 in the North Bridge 2 theater in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Description Set in the affluent reaches of Manhattan, Safe is about trying to […]
Love Stinks
Ego Actus presented an Equity Showcase Code production of Love Stinks by Kate Plumb Rader, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened July 16, 2013 at the Dorothy Strelsin Theater in the Midtown International Theatre Festival. Description Lawyers Colleen and Jack are friends with benefits. When the word “love” slips into post-coital conversation, all bets […]
what do you mean
Ego Actus presented what do you mean by Bruce A! Kraemer, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened June 15, 2013 at the Gene Frankel Theater in the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. description Everyone who has seen a play thinks they can write one, but can they? A wannabe playwright has had his play accepted […]
100 Saints You Should Know
Ego Actus presented an Equity Showcase Code production of 100 Saints You Should Know by Kate Fodor, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened May 9, 2013 at Urban Stages. Description 100 Saints You Should Know tackles eminently fashionable and potentially sensational subjects: homosexuality in the priesthood, single mothers with wild pasts and self-medicating, angst-crippled teenagers. […]
I Know What Boys Want
Ego Actus presented an Equity Showcase Code production ofI Know What Boys Want by Penny Jackson, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened March 28, 2013 at mainstage at The WorkShop Theater. Description A prep school girl discovers that this week’s Internet sensation is a video of her having sex. She is a victim of […]