Dennis Corsi
Latest News on Dennis Corsi:
Submissions Now Open For Live & In Color's 2024 Season (Oct 24, 2023)
FOREVER AFTER Cast Revealed at The Siggy at The Flea Theater (Aug 7, 2023)
FOREVER AFTER Comes to TOSOS Theater Company in August (Jul 5, 2023)
Submissions Now Open For Live & In Color's 2024 Season (Oct 24, 2023)
FOREVER AFTER Cast Revealed at The Siggy at The Flea Theater (Aug 7, 2023)
FOREVER AFTER Comes to TOSOS Theater Company in August (Jul 5, 2023)
BIO
Dennis Corsi is the Artistic Director of the Fresh Fruit Festival and the Director of New Works at Live & In Color. Select directing credits: The Commedia Cinderella (Theatre Row - winner of Off Broadway Alliance Award), The Phillie Trilogy (Fresh Fruit Festival - winner Outstanding Production 2018), The Fierce Urgency of Now (Fresh Fruit Festival - winner Outstanding Production 2017), Gruesomely Merry Adventures (Winterfest - winner Best Director), The Turing Test (Gallery Players), Siren's Den (Gene Frankel), Junie B. Jones (Theatreworks USA), Dust and Ash (Samuel French OOB), and bare (Michigan State University).
Dennis is an alumna of the Lincoln Center Director's’ Lab, Directors Lab West, and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Observership program.
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STAGE TUBE: Clips from Abingdon's HELLMAN v. MCCARTHY Off-Broadway
by Stage Tube - 2014-03-31 17:02:12
News
Submissions Now Open For Live & In Color's 2024 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 24, 2023
Live & In Color is accepting submissions for their 2024 Fall retreat at the Bingham Camp. Playwrights, composers, and lyricists of color and underrepresented communities can submit their new musicals with a 4-actor cast limit. Selected submissions will receive a $1,000 stipend, housing, meals, and travel.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 24, 2023
Live & In Color is accepting submissions for their 2024 Fall retreat at the Bingham Camp. Playwrights, composers, and lyricists of color and underrepresented communities can submit their new musicals with a 4-actor cast limit. Selected submissions will receive a $1,000 stipend, housing, meals, and travel.
FOREVER AFTER Cast Revealed at The Siggy at The Flea Theater
by Stephi Wild - Aug 7, 2023
Along with Doric Wilson's play Forever After Playwright Danielle Frimer's play A Marriage Is A Story We Tell And Keep Telling will hit the stage at The Siggy at The Flea Theater this August. In this production a queer couple hides in the supply closet moments before what they hope will be their perfect wedding. Their jitters rocket them into a metaphysical meta theatrical manic meditation on the heteronormative nature of the marriage industry complex.
by Stephi Wild - Aug 7, 2023
Along with Doric Wilson's play Forever After Playwright Danielle Frimer's play A Marriage Is A Story We Tell And Keep Telling will hit the stage at The Siggy at The Flea Theater this August. In this production a queer couple hides in the supply closet moments before what they hope will be their perfect wedding. Their jitters rocket them into a metaphysical meta theatrical manic meditation on the heteronormative nature of the marriage industry complex.
FOREVER AFTER Comes to TOSOS Theater Company in August
by Stephi Wild - Jul 5, 2023
Doric Wilson's play Forever After is a cagey, theatrical Chinese puzzle masquerading as a mere trinket -- one of the oldest and best comic poses.
by Stephi Wild - Jul 5, 2023
Doric Wilson's play Forever After is a cagey, theatrical Chinese puzzle masquerading as a mere trinket -- one of the oldest and best comic poses.
Photos: Billy Porter and Bruce Vilanch Visit SHOOTING STAR - A REVEALING NEW MUSICAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 25, 2023
See photos of international super star BILLY PORTER and writing legend BRUCE VILANCH at a performance of SHOOTING STAR - A Revealing New Musical in Brooklyn and took pictures with the cast.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 25, 2023
See photos of international super star BILLY PORTER and writing legend BRUCE VILANCH at a performance of SHOOTING STAR - A Revealing New Musical in Brooklyn and took pictures with the cast.
New Original Queer Musical SHOOTING STAR Adds Four More Performances
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 6, 2023
After a successful 15 show run, the popular, revealing new musical is extending into January. TIME OUT NEW YORK added SHOOTING STAR to its Top 5 list of 'the best immersive theater in New York right now,' where the action unfolds around you and puts the audience in the middle of the laughter, the drama, the belting and most importantly, the heart.
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 6, 2023
After a successful 15 show run, the popular, revealing new musical is extending into January. TIME OUT NEW YORK added SHOOTING STAR to its Top 5 list of 'the best immersive theater in New York right now,' where the action unfolds around you and puts the audience in the middle of the laughter, the drama, the belting and most importantly, the heart.
New Original Queer Musical SHOOTING STAR Adds Four More Performances In January
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 23, 2022
After a successful 15 show run, the popular, revealing new musical SHOOTING STAR is extending into January.
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 23, 2022
After a successful 15 show run, the popular, revealing new musical SHOOTING STAR is extending into January.
FRESH FRUIT FESTIVAL Now Accepting Submissions For LGBTQ-Themed Works
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 17, 2022
ALL OUT ARTS, the producer of FRESH FRUIT FESTIVAL, one of NY's premier LGBTQ arts festivals for more than two decades, is accepting submissions from NYC authors of LGBTQ-themed short works and full plays in three multi-media categories this year.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 17, 2022
ALL OUT ARTS, the producer of FRESH FRUIT FESTIVAL, one of NY's premier LGBTQ arts festivals for more than two decades, is accepting submissions from NYC authors of LGBTQ-themed short works and full plays in three multi-media categories this year.
Live & In Color Is Now Accepting Musical Theatre Submissions For 2023 Fall Retreat
by Stephi Wild - Nov 7, 2022
Live & In Color has announced that they are now accepting musical theatre submissions for their 2023 fall retreat at the Bingham Camp. This opportunity is open to playwrights, composers & lyricists of color and/or other underrepresented communities interested in developing their new musical.
by Stephi Wild - Nov 7, 2022
Live & In Color has announced that they are now accepting musical theatre submissions for their 2023 fall retreat at the Bingham Camp. This opportunity is open to playwrights, composers & lyricists of color and/or other underrepresented communities interested in developing their new musical.
Cast Complete For New Original Queer Musical, SHOOTING STAR
by Stephi Wild - Oct 26, 2022
After a tumultuous two and a half years, theater has come back and with it, voices speaking up and out with new stories on important topics, and using the medium to shed light on communities that we don't necessarily see in the musical theater world.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 26, 2022
After a tumultuous two and a half years, theater has come back and with it, voices speaking up and out with new stories on important topics, and using the medium to shed light on communities that we don't necessarily see in the musical theater world.
Casting Announced For SHOOTING STAR - A Revealing New Musical
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 21, 2022
Casting has been announced for an upcoming production of SHOOTING STAR - A Revealing New Musical at 3 DOLLAR BILL. Limited engagement beginning October 25th, 2022
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 21, 2022
Casting has been announced for an upcoming production of SHOOTING STAR - A Revealing New Musical at 3 DOLLAR BILL. Limited engagement beginning October 25th, 2022
SHOOTING STAR - A REVEALING NEW MUSICAL Announced At 3 Dollar Bill
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 28, 2022
After a sold-out run in Los Angeles, 3 Dollar Bill, BROOKLYN'S PREMIERE QUEER BAR & PERFORMANCE VENUE will host the New York Premiere of SHOOTING STAR, the semi autobiographical, musical love story set in the world of the gay adult film industry.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 28, 2022
After a sold-out run in Los Angeles, 3 Dollar Bill, BROOKLYN'S PREMIERE QUEER BAR & PERFORMANCE VENUE will host the New York Premiere of SHOOTING STAR, the semi autobiographical, musical love story set in the world of the gay adult film industry.
Live & In Color Will Develop WETLANDS and HOWDYLAND! at 2022 Fall Retreat
by Stephi Wild - Sep 6, 2022
Live & In Color returns to the Bingham Camp in Salem, CT after recently producing the award winning Off-Broadway musical this past winter: LITTLE GIRL BLUE.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 6, 2022
Live & In Color returns to the Bingham Camp in Salem, CT after recently producing the award winning Off-Broadway musical this past winter: LITTLE GIRL BLUE.
LIVE & IN COLOR Opens Submissions For New Musicals By Underrepresented Communities
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 4, 2022
Live & In Color is looking for playwrights, composers & lyricists of color and/or other underrepresented communities interested in developing their new musical!
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 4, 2022
Live & In Color is looking for playwrights, composers & lyricists of color and/or other underrepresented communities interested in developing their new musical!
Theater Resources Unlimited Submissions For TRU Writer-Director Communications Lab (Virtual) Deadline Extended
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 1, 2021
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is accepting submissions for the Writer-Director Communications Lab, an amazing opportunity for directors and writers to meet and hone their ability to talk productively with each other. The deadline for writer submissions is extended to Friday, December 3, 2021.
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 1, 2021
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is accepting submissions for the Writer-Director Communications Lab, an amazing opportunity for directors and writers to meet and hone their ability to talk productively with each other. The deadline for writer submissions is extended to Friday, December 3, 2021.
Theater Resources Unlimited Hosts The TRU Writer-Director Communications Lab
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 16, 2021
Theater Resources Unlimited hosts a Writer-Director Communications Lab presented virtually on Sunday, December 11, 2021 from 1pm-7pm ET.
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 16, 2021
Theater Resources Unlimited hosts a Writer-Director Communications Lab presented virtually on Sunday, December 11, 2021 from 1pm-7pm ET.
Bucks Live! Presents RAGTAG THEATER'S RAPUNZEL
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 26, 2021
The ZLOCK Performing Arts Center has been bringing world-renowned performers to Newtown, PA, for over 50 years and proudly presents on November 6th at 3:30 pm the award-winning family production of RAGTAG Theater's RAPUNZEL as part of Bucks Live! Cultural Events.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 26, 2021
The ZLOCK Performing Arts Center has been bringing world-renowned performers to Newtown, PA, for over 50 years and proudly presents on November 6th at 3:30 pm the award-winning family production of RAGTAG Theater's RAPUNZEL as part of Bucks Live! Cultural Events.
The Tank Announces Director's Showcase
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 18, 2021
The Tank will feature a Director's Showcase produced by Dennis Corsi (Artistic Director of The Fresh Fruit Festival and Director of New Works at Live & In Color) featuring excerpts from bold new work from five directors and six emerging playwrights.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 18, 2021
The Tank will feature a Director's Showcase produced by Dennis Corsi (Artistic Director of The Fresh Fruit Festival and Director of New Works at Live & In Color) featuring excerpts from bold new work from five directors and six emerging playwrights.
SIREN'S DEN: A ROCK MUSICAL Free Concert Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 28, 2021
“Siren's Den: A Rock Musical” will perform a free concert reading for the public on Monday, October 25th at The Cutting Room, sponsored by City Artist Corps. Writer/creator Rori Nogee is the recipient of the City Artist Corps Grant.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 28, 2021
“Siren's Den: A Rock Musical” will perform a free concert reading for the public on Monday, October 25th at The Cutting Room, sponsored by City Artist Corps. Writer/creator Rori Nogee is the recipient of the City Artist Corps Grant.
Theater Resources Unlimited Presents June Panel 'Dust Off Your Dreams: The Long-Awaited Return Of Our Favorite Festivals'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 10, 2021
As part of their monthly series of informational panels, Theater Resources Unlimited presents Dust off Your Dreams: The Long-Awaited Return of Our Favorite Festivals on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 via Zoom.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 10, 2021
As part of their monthly series of informational panels, Theater Resources Unlimited presents Dust off Your Dreams: The Long-Awaited Return of Our Favorite Festivals on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 via Zoom.
Fresh Fruit Festival Gets FIERCE On The Radio
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 18, 2021
A regional favorite for some time, the play has been turned into a screenplay and is currently in development as a motion picture. In the meantime, playwright/screenwriter Doug DeVita has reworked the piece into a joyous radio-style play
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 18, 2021
A regional favorite for some time, the play has been turned into a screenplay and is currently in development as a motion picture. In the meantime, playwright/screenwriter Doug DeVita has reworked the piece into a joyous radio-style play
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