Kati Schwartz
Latest News on Kati Schwartz:
New Play CARING FOR THE DEAD Will Receive Industry Reading (Dec 9, 2024)
Photos: First Look At Paula Vogel's INDECENT At Next Stage Arts (Jun 8, 2023)
Paula Vogel's INDECENT Kicks Off Jewish Heritage Month At Next Stage Arts (May 22, 2023)
New Play CARING FOR THE DEAD Will Receive Industry Reading (Dec 9, 2024)
Photos: First Look At Paula Vogel's INDECENT At Next Stage Arts (Jun 8, 2023)
Paula Vogel's INDECENT Kicks Off Jewish Heritage Month At Next Stage Arts (May 22, 2023)
BIO
Kati Schwartz is a playwright and actor. Her original play and #metoo story, Bad People, comes out on Audible this fall. Recent stage credits include: Tribes (Le Petit Theatre – Jeff Award nominee); The Wolves (Studio Theatre – Helen Hayes Award winner); August: Osage County (The Fulton Theatre); Robin Hood (Williamstown Theatre Festival); The Door (Shadowcatcher – directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch) and several new works with Waterwell Theatre Company, Ars Nova and Dixon Place. TV/Film includes “Deadliest Decade” (Discovery ID), “Dark Tales From Channel X”, and Dan Sallitt’s award winning feature “The Unspeakable Act.” Her original play, The Coward, won the New York New Works festival in 2017.
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New Play CARING FOR THE DEAD Will Receive Industry Reading
Caring for the Dead, a provocative new play by Kati Schwartz, will have a private industry reading at Open Jar Studios in December. Learn more about the performance here!
Caring for the Dead, a provocative new play by Kati Schwartz, will have a private industry reading at Open Jar Studios in December. Learn more about the performance here!
Photos: First Look At Paula Vogel's INDECENT At Next Stage Arts
This past Memorial Day weekend, Paula Vogel’s Tony Award-winning play, Indecent, premiered at Next Stage Arts in Putney, Vermont. See photos from the production.
This past Memorial Day weekend, Paula Vogel’s Tony Award-winning play, Indecent, premiered at Next Stage Arts in Putney, Vermont. See photos from the production.
Paula Vogel's INDECENT Kicks Off Jewish Heritage Month At Next Stage Arts
Paula Vogel's Tony Award-winning 2015 play, Indecent, will premiere at Putney, Vermont's Next Stage Arts on the heels of AAPI Heritage Month and kicking off Jewish Heritage Month. The production is directed and choreographed by multi-hyphenate artist Ellie Handel and features the original score written and arranged by Lisa Gutkin and Aaron Halva.
Paula Vogel's Tony Award-winning 2015 play, Indecent, will premiere at Putney, Vermont's Next Stage Arts on the heels of AAPI Heritage Month and kicking off Jewish Heritage Month. The production is directed and choreographed by multi-hyphenate artist Ellie Handel and features the original score written and arranged by Lisa Gutkin and Aaron Halva.
Musicals Selected For BROADWAY SHARK TANK Presented by Open Jar Studios and GIGNITION
Open Jar Studios and GIGNITION - The Creative Artist Database have announced the new musicals selected to pitch their shows in its first ever 'Broadway Shark Tank.'
Open Jar Studios and GIGNITION - The Creative Artist Database have announced the new musicals selected to pitch their shows in its first ever 'Broadway Shark Tank.'
BAD PEOPLE By Kati Schwartz Launches as Audio Play
Bad People, by Kati Schwartz launches as an Audio Play on January 12th, 2023. Bad People is a serio-comic audio drama, a hilarious and poignant window into the mind of a grief-stricken young woman. Using dry humor, unabashed nerd-ism, and cartoon dinosaurs, award-winning playwright Kati Schwartz gives an intimate glimpse into vulnerability and complicity, and then into the harrowing processes of healing and self-acceptance.
Bad People, by Kati Schwartz launches as an Audio Play on January 12th, 2023. Bad People is a serio-comic audio drama, a hilarious and poignant window into the mind of a grief-stricken young woman. Using dry humor, unabashed nerd-ism, and cartoon dinosaurs, award-winning playwright Kati Schwartz gives an intimate glimpse into vulnerability and complicity, and then into the harrowing processes of healing and self-acceptance.
Photos: FUKT Begins Live And Streaming Performances At The Tank
FUKT, a new uplifting dark comedy that inspires us to own our past and get on with our lives, written by Emma Goldman-Sherman and directed by Janice L. Goldberg, runs October 27 - November 13 at The Tank. Performances are available for both in-person and live streaming viewing. See photos here!
FUKT, a new uplifting dark comedy that inspires us to own our past and get on with our lives, written by Emma Goldman-Sherman and directed by Janice L. Goldberg, runs October 27 - November 13 at The Tank. Performances are available for both in-person and live streaming viewing. See photos here!
Cast Announced for New Dark Comedy FUKT at the Tank and CyberTank
FUKT, a new uplifting dark comedy that inspires us to own our past and get on with our lives, written by Emma Goldman-Sherman and directed by Janice L. Goldberg, runs in-person at the Tank and live streaming on CyberTank, Thursday, Oct 27 through Sunday, November 13.
FUKT, a new uplifting dark comedy that inspires us to own our past and get on with our lives, written by Emma Goldman-Sherman and directed by Janice L. Goldberg, runs in-person at the Tank and live streaming on CyberTank, Thursday, Oct 27 through Sunday, November 13.
SHE GOT OFF THE COUCH Gets NYC Premiere at Dixon Place
She Got Off The Couch will have its New York City premiere at experimental performance venue, Dixon Place, as part of the HOT! Festival. Running since 1992 and it is the 26 year of the LGBTQ festival curated with performances featuring queer theater, dance, music, literature, puppetry, comedy. Critically acclaimed for bringing exciting new work to the stage, She Got Off the Couch is excited to be on stage on July 24th.
She Got Off The Couch will have its New York City premiere at experimental performance venue, Dixon Place, as part of the HOT! Festival. Running since 1992 and it is the 26 year of the LGBTQ festival curated with performances featuring queer theater, dance, music, literature, puppetry, comedy. Critically acclaimed for bringing exciting new work to the stage, She Got Off the Couch is excited to be on stage on July 24th.
Refugees welcome at Metropolitan in LEAH, THE FORSAKEN
LEAH, THE FORSAKEN is a tale of forbidden love, treachery, and redemption from 1862. Leah, a Jewish refugee fleeing persecution in Hungary, is forbidden by law to pass the night in an Austrian town. But there she wins the love of Rudolf, a Christian citizen. When a particularly zealous persecutor convinces Rudolf she has betrayed him, he quickly renounces her. Leah retreats to her exile, but only after bestowing her and her people's curse on him and his progeny. Can there be any light in such a darkened time, and what could possibly light it?
LEAH, THE FORSAKEN is a tale of forbidden love, treachery, and redemption from 1862. Leah, a Jewish refugee fleeing persecution in Hungary, is forbidden by law to pass the night in an Austrian town. But there she wins the love of Rudolf, a Christian citizen. When a particularly zealous persecutor convinces Rudolf she has betrayed him, he quickly renounces her. Leah retreats to her exile, but only after bestowing her and her people's curse on him and his progeny. Can there be any light in such a darkened time, and what could possibly light it?
Kentwood Players Presents RAVENSCROFT, a Stylish, Witty Mystery-Thriller, Tonight
Kentwood Players presents Don Nigro's comedic murder mystery 'RAVENSCROFT' from tonight, September 11 to October 17, 2015, with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester, CA 90045.
Kentwood Players presents Don Nigro's comedic murder mystery 'RAVENSCROFT' from tonight, September 11 to October 17, 2015, with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester, CA 90045.
FIRST LOOK: Kentwood Players Presents RAVENSCROFT, a Stylish, Witty Mystery-Thriller
Kentwood Players presents Don Nigro's comedic murder mystery "RAVENSCROFT" from September 11 to October 17, 2015, with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester, CA 90045. In this stylish, witty mystery-thriller, a detective investigates a murder at an English country estate inhabited by five intriguing women and finds that he is caught in a web of deceit and lies. He learns that everyone is a suspect; everyone has a motive! The mystery unfolds with comical twists and turns until the unpredictable ending reveals all.
Kentwood Players presents Don Nigro's comedic murder mystery "RAVENSCROFT" from September 11 to October 17, 2015, with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm at the Westchester Playhouse, located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester, CA 90045. In this stylish, witty mystery-thriller, a detective investigates a murder at an English country estate inhabited by five intriguing women and finds that he is caught in a web of deceit and lies. He learns that everyone is a suspect; everyone has a motive! The mystery unfolds with comical twists and turns until the unpredictable ending reveals all.
The Mummers Coming to Secret Theatre
Following a victory at the Down Under Improv Festival last month, the comedy ensemble [By The Mummers] return with five nights of entertainment this September!
Following a victory at the Down Under Improv Festival last month, the comedy ensemble [By The Mummers] return with five nights of entertainment this September!
Photo Flash: Promo Shots for New Jersey Premiere of BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, Opening 5/9
Teaneck New Theatre (TNT)-in association with The Hackensack Cultural Arts Center (HCAC)-will present the New Jersey premiere of Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson, a pop/rock musical with a new perspective on the seventh president of the United States. Music and lyrics are by Michael Friedman, with a book by Alex Timbers. Directed by Alex Perez (De La Guarda, Julian and Romero, Wanderlust) and Musical Direction by Charles Santoro (NYMF: Zapata! The Musical, Silence: The Musical). Check out promo photos below!
Teaneck New Theatre (TNT)-in association with The Hackensack Cultural Arts Center (HCAC)-will present the New Jersey premiere of Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson, a pop/rock musical with a new perspective on the seventh president of the United States. Music and lyrics are by Michael Friedman, with a book by Alex Timbers. Directed by Alex Perez (De La Guarda, Julian and Romero, Wanderlust) and Musical Direction by Charles Santoro (NYMF: Zapata! The Musical, Silence: The Musical). Check out promo photos below!
THE POOR OF NEW YORK Runs in First Production Since 1931 at Connelly Theater, Now thru 4/27
Bitingly relevant, and radically entertaining, Dion Boucicault's THE POOR OF NEW YORK opens at The Connelly Theater in the East Village, tonight, April 24, 2013. Tyne Rafaeli will direct a rip-roaring Columbia Stages production featuring a cast of 25, and 8 live musicians.
Bitingly relevant, and radically entertaining, Dion Boucicault's THE POOR OF NEW YORK opens at The Connelly Theater in the East Village, tonight, April 24, 2013. Tyne Rafaeli will direct a rip-roaring Columbia Stages production featuring a cast of 25, and 8 live musicians.
THE POOR OF NEW YORK to Run in First Production Since 1931 at Connelly Theater, 4/24-27
Bitingly relevant, and radically entertaining, Dion Boucicault's THE POOR OF NEW YORK opens at The Connelly Theater in the East Village, April 24, 2013. Tyne Rafaeli will direct a rip-roaring Columbia Stages production featuring a cast of 25, and 8 live musicians.
Bitingly relevant, and radically entertaining, Dion Boucicault's THE POOR OF NEW YORK opens at The Connelly Theater in the East Village, April 24, 2013. Tyne Rafaeli will direct a rip-roaring Columbia Stages production featuring a cast of 25, and 8 live musicians.
AfterWork Theatre Project Opens HAIR at LABA Theatre, 2/1
February 1 - 10, AfterWork THeatre Project presents HAIR, at the LABA Theater. Produced by Evan Greenberg and directed/choreographed by Alex Perez, the show will musical direction by Julian Reeve and stage management by Monica Daniels.
February 1 - 10, AfterWork THeatre Project presents HAIR, at the LABA Theater. Produced by Evan Greenberg and directed/choreographed by Alex Perez, the show will musical direction by Julian Reeve and stage management by Monica Daniels.
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