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featuring music by Oh Elis |
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Playful Substance: What's Next? | |||
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Osi Mizrahi: Solo Show Excerpt based on her upcoming book, Building the Home Within |
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American Romance, a film by Chris Craymer
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Song List
Party #1
Heart Shaped Box
by Tori Barron
directed by Kim Berrios Lin
starring:
Laura Sisskin
Marlon Quijije
Bree O'Connor
*Dan Renkin
Under the Bridge
written & directed by Jacqueline Reason
starring:
Naila Negron
Brianna Suarez- Thomas
Anastacia Tucker
*Jeorge Bennett Watson
The House on 2nd Street
by Niki Hatzidis
directed by Bree O'Connor
starring:
Tori Barron
*Brandon Fox
*Helene Galek
OSi Mizrahi
Laura Murphy
*Maria Peyramaure
*Dan Renkin
Yessenia Rivas
Rahoul Roy
Patrick Michael Valley
Donald Wollner
Streaming #1
Playful Substance Artists
The Underground Astronauts Project
Building the Home Within by Osi Mizrahi
"The Most Beautiful Garden" -Oh Elis!
Party #2
Barometric Pressure
by Bree O'Connor
directed by Ashley Adelman
starring
Bree O'Connor
*Dan Renkin
Rocco Spoon
A Special Episode
by Nick Steckman
written by Kaili Y. Turner
starring
Matt C Cass
Cristina Garcia Leon
Bree O'Connor
Rocco Spoon
Lauren Lindsey White
La Tía Angustias Viene de Visita
by Martha Lorena Preve
directed by Cynthia Bastidas
starring:
Silvana Gonzalez
*Maria Peyramaure
Marlon Quijije
Aaron Sorkin
by Donald Wollner
directed by Amanda Lacson
starring
Cristina Garcia Leon
*Lee Wilkof
Streaming #2
Leave it on the Ground- by Bree O'Connor
American Romance- from filmmaker Chris Craymer
Playful Substance Artists
"LOVE" - Oh Elis
Party #3
Mr. & Mrs. Garbo
by Raphael Perahia
directed by Dan Renkin
starring:
Yessenia Rivas
Raphael Perahia
The Ms Piggy Social Club
written & staged by Stephanie Scott
with development direction by Courtney Wetzel
starring:
Cristina Garcia Leon
Bree O'Connor
Mish-Mosh
by Laura Sisskin
directed by Raphael Perahia
starring:
*Helene Galek
Raphael Perahia
Yessenia Rivas
Marlon Quijije
*Lee Wilkof
Donald Wollner
Who's Who
Cast
Creative Team
Raphael Perahia
Martha Preve
Niki Hatzidis
Kim Berrios Lin
Stephanie Scott
Courtney Wetzel
Cynthia Bastidas
Laura Sisskin
Amanda Faye Lacson
Jacqui Reason
Gavin Sexton
Cynthia Bastidas
Nicholas Steckman
Kaili Y Turner
Donald Wollner
Dan Renkin
Jay Michaels
Meet the Company
Raphael Perahia

Matt C. Cross

Maria Peyramaure

Anastacia L Tucker

Marlon Quijije
Laura Murphy

Laura Murphy Is beyond thrilled to be hosting the Pithy Party this year as well as play the role of Tiffany in “The House on 2nd Street.” Laura has been known to dabble in the arts wearing many hats over the years. Some of her favorite projects have included dancing and choreographing for Danceworks New York City, hosting L’Opera Burlesque as Ms Harlow Wigglesworth at Duane Park, and playing the voice Of Izzy in the cartoon “Mac and Izzy”.
Lauren Lindsey

Naila Negron

Brianna Suarez-Thomas

Rocco Spoon Jr

Bree OConnor

Bree O’Connor is a co-founder and Artistic Director of Playful Substance, a New York based theater company focused on the development of conscientious collaborators, new works, and substantive productions approached with a sense of fun. Bree is equally at home onstage, backstage, behind the computer or in the box office. As a playwright, director, and writing coach, Bree has fostered over 30 works from page to stage including her own works, Pull, SAHM’s Club and her solo show, Gee, I Hope You Have Fun…., as well as new plays by Raphael Perahia, Grant Harris and Lauren Lindsey White. Bree’s design work includes conjuring 1880’s New York for Infinite Variety Production’s immersive production of Nellie and the Women of Blackwell, sets for IVP’s upcoming film Can We Talk?, and Playful Substance’s productions of Frank, by Grant Harris and Tell Me by Lauren Lindsey White. Bree is currently collaborating with IVP as a director on another immersive documentary theatre project, The Underground Astronauts, slated for a workshop production in Sedona, AZ in Fall 2022 and New York City in 2023.
Lee Wilkof

Dan Renkin

Brandon Fox

Yessenia Rivas

Jeorge Bennett Watson

Silvana Gonzalez

Helene Galek

Laura Sisskin

Raphael Perahia

Martha Preve

Niki Hatzidis

Kim Berrios Lin

Stephanie Scott

Courtney Wetzel

Cynthia Bastidas

Laura Sisskin
Amanda Faye Lacson

Jacqui Reason

Gavin Sexton

Cynthia Bastidas

Nicholas Steckman

Kaili Y Turner

Donald Wollner

Dan Renkin
Jay Michaels
Multimedia
Playful Substance Writers' Groups Goes Public
The Writers' Groups go public! This fall, Playful Substance's celebrated WRITERS' GROUPS will open their doors to the public.
Once only offered to a small, self-selected group of company members and associates, The Playful Substance Theatre Company Writers' Groups provide a safe and supportive environment to individuals interested in exploring intuitive writing methods for playwrights and screenwriters . Guided by industry professionals with the option to submit works-in-progress for the company's "Pithy Party" - an annual public reading party celebrating the new works created in The Writers' Groups - this program opens a door to each individual's potential.
This year's Pithy Party will be retro-themed tributing the historic Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon by presenting a multi-media, multi-platform event live and online.
Writers' Group Fee: $60/monthly (hardship assistance available)
Includes: Access to multiple Writers' Group meetings, accountability, feedback, and developmental readings
Contact: artisticdirector@playfulsubstance.com to register or for further details.
THE PLAYFUL SUBSTANCE WRITERS GROUPS form a year-round collective geared toward assisting writers working on their own but supplying accountability and feedback.
The program meets Monday and Tuesday nights 6:00 PM- 9:00 PM EST, currently both meetings are virtual. Learn More at: https://www.playfulsubstance.com/artist-services.html