New Plays Announced For SCRITCHES #1: Brooklyn Rep's US To UK Fest

Brooklyn Rep has announced the lineup and cast for their next theatrical happening: Scritches! Two evenings of new short plays happening at The Glory February 19-20th with doors at 19:00 and shows at 19:30.

The writers for the inaugural Scritches will be Ty Defoe, Nathaniel Foster, Matt Minnicino, and Sam Mueller, with directors Charles Quittner, Freddie Love, Beth Graham, and India Wilson, respectively.

Expect a queer variety of plays in this international takeover of The Glory's iconic basement from grotesque and campy takedowns of capitalism fully utilizing the space to intimate conversations about utopic afterlives to a cardboard world of nintendo. It all ends in a pizza party.

The plays are the fruits of remote collaborations between writers based in New York City with directors based in London who met on virtual dates to The Museum of The Home where they chose an object to base their project on.

The shows and teams for Scritches #1:
Little Blessings by Nathaniel Foster, directed by Freddie Love, featuring Freddie Love and Georgia Stoller

Q U E E R T E N D O by Ty Defoe, directed by Charles Quittner, featuring Loussin-Torah Pilikian, Arlo Wilson AKA Crusty, Natalia Gruca, Daniel Keogh

La Fête by Matt Minnicino, directed by Beth Graham, featuring El Simons, Eleanor Harper, Emily Millwood

what will you do with your one wild and precious life or whatever that mary oliver poem that keeps getting shared on instagram says (maximalism in a crawl space) by Sam Mueller, directed by India Wilson, featuring Sophia Hirsch, Beatrice John, Elihu Ngbodi

Scritches #1 is produced by Emily Baldwin and Charles Quittner for Brooklyn Rep, designed by Billy Highfield with an SM team of Ro West and Sofie Mirza.

Each Scritches event will pay tribute to a gem of a London locale. This month Brooklyn Rep finds inspiration in The Museum of the Home, The Glory's down-the-street neighbor whose purpose is to reveal and rethink the ways we live, in order to live better together.

Born from NY basements, rooftops, & backyards, Brooklyn Rep presents playful theatrical happenings in communal spaces. With artistic direction by Charles Quittner, expect UK premieres from off-off artists around the world with pristine vibes. The recent production of All the Fraudulent Horse Girls, received OFFIE Commendation for outstanding short run, 2 Broadwayworld UK noms, and some very nice words from audiences and press.

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