Jacqueline Sydney

OUR LADY OF QUEENS To Have World Premiere At Chelsea Film Festival 2024

The Chelsea Film Festival will host the world premiere of Our Lady of Queens, a poignant and bittersweet drama directed by Brooklyn native Louis Cox.

Photos: Look Inside The Twenty Nine Hour Venture's Benefit Reading Of SHAME BOMB

The Twenty Nine Hour Venture have shared first look photos of the development of the new play, SHAME BOMB by Ed Clark, directed by Chari Arespacochaga. The benefit reading took place at Theatre Row on May 17, 2024. 

The Twenty Nine Hour Venture Will Host Talkback Following Benefit Reading Of SHAME BOMB

The Twenty Nine Hour Venture will be holding a talkback directly following the one night only benefit reading of SHAME BOMB by Ed Clark, directed by Chari Arespacochaga.

The Twenty Nine Hour Venture Will Host Benefit Reading of Ed Clark's SHAME BOMB

The Twenty Nine Hour Venture has announced the cast of Ed Clark's SHAME BOMB directed by Chari Arespacochaga, in association with NewYorkRep.

Dream Big World Theatre Inc. and NAMI-NYC to Present CRACKED OPEN Staged Reading & Talkback

Join Dream Big World Theatre Inc. and NAMI-NYC for a powerful staged reading of CRACKED OPEN, a story about a family's journey through the mental health system. Don't miss the thought-provoking talkback session with playwright Gail Kriegel.

Theater for the New City Presents the World Premiere of COLD BLOODED

Theater for the New City presents the world premiere of Joel Greenhouse's COLD BLOODED, directed by Joe John Battista, running November 10 - 27, 2022. Previews begin November 10 for a November 12 opening.

World Premiere of Joel Greenhouse's COLD BLOODED to be Presented at Theater For The New City in November

Theater for the New City will present the world premiere of Joel Greenhouse's COLD BLOODED, directed by Joe John Battista, running November 10 - 27, 2022. Previews begin November 10 for a November 12 opening.

Jenn Colella, Jacopo Rampini & More to Take Part in Boundless Theater Gala

Creative Point-On has announced performers and presenters for the inaugural Boundless Theater (A Stage Without Borders) Gala on Monday, March 21st at LUXUNY Atelier at Bryant Park Studios (80 West 40th Street).

Photo Flash: YIVO Institute For Jewish Research Presents One-Night-Only Production of BREACH OF PROMISE

Leon Kobrin's rediscovered 1912 play BREACH OF PROMISE, a darkly comic slice of tenement life in New York City, was presented Wednesday evening, July 31st at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in a newly commissioned English translation (from the original Yiddish) by writer/director Allen Lewis Rickman.

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Celebrates Successful One-Night-Only Production of BREACH OF PROMISE

Leon Kobrin's rediscovered 1912 play BREACH OF PROMISE, a darkly comic slice of tenement life in New York City, was presented Wednesday evening, July 31st at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in a newly commissioned English translation (from the original Yiddish) by writer/director Allen Lewis Rickman.

YIVO To Present Rediscovered Play BREACH OF PROMISE Tomorrow Night

Leon Kobrin's rediscovered 1912 play BREACH OF PROMISE, a darkly comic slice of tenement life in New York City, will be presented tomorrow evening, July 31st at 7 pm at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in a newly commissioned English translation (from the original Yiddish) by writer/director Allen Lewis Rickman.

YIVO Presents Rediscovered Play BREACH OF PROMISE

Leon Kobrin's rediscovered 1912 play BREACH OF PROMISE, a darkly comic slice of tenement life in New York City, will be presented next Wednesday, July 31st at 7 pm at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in a newly commissioned English translation (from the original Yiddish) by writer/director Allen Lewis Rickman.

Rediscovered Masterwork ONE OF THOSE Featuring Peter Van Wagner To Be Presented Tonight At YIVO

Paula Prilutski's rediscovered masterwork ONE OF THOSE, a proto-feminist drama about an independent woman living in an unfree world, will be presentedtonight (Monday) at 7 pm at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in a newly commissioned English translation (from the original Yiddish) by writer/director Allen Lewis Rickman. This one-night-only event is another of YIVO's Treasures from the Archives.

Peter Van Wagner Heads Cast Of Rediscovered Masterwork ONE OF THOSE

Paula Prilutski's rediscovered masterwork ONE OF THOSE, a proto-feminist drama about an independent woman living in an unfree world, will be presented this Monday, May 14th at 7 pm at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in a newly commissioned English translation (from the original Yiddish) by writer/director Allen Lewis Rickman. The one-night-only event is another of YIVO's Treasures from the Archives.   

Rediscovered Masterwork ONE OF THOSE To Be Presented May 14

Paula Prilutski's rediscovered masterwork ONE OF THOSE, a proto-feminist drama about an independent woman living in an unfree world, will be presented on Monday, May 14th at 7 pm at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in a newly commissioned English translation (from the original Yiddish) by writer/director Allen Lewis Rickman. The one-night-only event, another of YIVO's Treasures from the Archives, will benefit their new online class OH MAMA I'M IN LOVE! THE STORY OF THE YIDDISH STAGE.

Jason Aaron Goldberg's MAIN DRAG Wins Purple Skies Award

The "My True Colors Festival" has awarded playwright Jason Aaron Goldberg with the Purple Skies Award for his play MAIN DRAG and will present three developmental readings during the upcoming festival in June.

Photo Flash: MONEY, LOVE, AND SHAME Hits the Stage at YIVO Institute

Once a staple of the popular Yiddish stage, Isaac Zolotarevsky's legendary 1910 melodrama GELT, LIBE, UN SHANDE was presented this past Monday evening, February 7th at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in a new English translation by writer/director Allen Lewis Rickman under the title MONEY, LOVE, AND SHAME! Scroll down for photos!

One Night Only! Brilliantly Vile MONEY, LOVE, AND SHAME! with Everett Quinton to Be Presented Tonight

Once a staple of the popular Yiddish stage, Isaac Zolotarevsky's legendary 1910 melodrama GELT, LIBE, UN SHANDE will be presented tonight (Monday) at 7 PM at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in a new English translation by writer/director Allen Lewis Rickman under the title MONEY, LOVE, AND SHAME! This one-night-only event will feature Drama Desk and Obie Award winner Everett Quinton.

MONEY, LOVE, AND SHAME!'s Allen Lewis Rickman to Appear on DAVE'S GONE BY

Once a staple of the popular Yiddish stage, Isaac Zolotarevsky's legendary 1910 melodrama GELT, LIBE, UN SHANDE will be presented this Monday, February 6th at 7 PM at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in a new English translation by writer/director Allen Lewis Rickman under the title MONEY, LOVE, AND SHAME!

A Wildly Popular Trashy Melodrama from the Yiddish Theater to be Performed at YIVO

Once a staple of the popular Yiddish stage, Isaac Zolotarevsky's legendary 1910 melodrama Gelt, Libe, Un Shande will be presented on Monday, February 6th at 7 PM at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in a new English translation by writer/director Allen Lewis Rickman under the title MONEY, LOVE, AND SHAME! This one-night-only event will feature two-time Drama Desk Award winner Everett Quinton (The Mystery of Irma Vep, Camille, Natural Born Killers, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella), Samantha Maurice (Much Ado About Nothing, The Grasshopper Way, The Winter's Tale), Allen Lewis Rickman ("Boardwalk Empire," "You Don't Know Jack," A Serious Man, Relatively Speaking), Yelena Shmulenson ("Boardwalk Empire," "Orange is the New Black," "The Knick"), Kevin Sebastian("Blue Bloods," "Bull," Goyband), Jacqueline Sydney (Filmic Achievement, The Prom Queen, Confess), and Kraig Swartz (A Picture of Autumn, Donogoo, So Help Me God!)  MONEY, LOVE, AND SHAME! will be directed by Allen Lewis Rickman, with piano accompaniment by Steve Sterner (25 years as house pianist at Film Forum, where he accompanies classic silent movies with his own scores).