Frances Black Projects

05/06/2025

In production land - the writers are writing, the production team is making arrangements to move all the sets/costumes/music equipment, managment is organizing travel and housing for the cast. The show is coming to life! If you would like to join me in helping make this happen please consider being a DONOR. Your name will be listed in the lobby on a fancy poster with MANY THANKS and 100% of your gift will go towards to the artists and production.

An Original Commedia Dell'Arte Conceived & Directed by Christopher Bayes

06/07/2023

A thoughtful and poetic review by Michael Sazonov.

"for the honey, you gotta say when” is both a rollicking ruckus as well as a roving band of beautiful beings, that come to life to dazzle and amaze, and go out like a brief candle in the summer wind. One thing is for certain, it is a powerful testament to both devised theatre as well as commedia dell’arte as a viable art form, and, dare I say, a vital need in the American Theatre. -Sazonov

Commedia dell’arte is what this world needs more of right now. Photo by: Associate Producer Chris Tramantana, 2023 From the first quiet moments and timid entrances, to the grandiosity harnessed by …

04/24/2023

Thank heavens for good friends and colleagues who support the arts. When making theatre there is always a gap between the cost of the show (labor intensive) and the tickets you sell. Donations from individuals make it happen. Consider being a donor to this production and thereby lifting the show up!

a commedia dell'arte

04/19/2023

It's been a minute since Even Maybe Tammy in 2009 at The Flea Theater. Some dreams take time. Every year since 2009 I've wanted to transfer the Commedia Project from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale to New York audiences. It's simply my favorite version of theatre. It's performed in traditional commedia dell'arte masks, written from the heart just last month and with so many original musical numbers you could never fall asleep. I want to share it with you. The brain child of Christopher Bayes as performed by 8 of the graduating actors from DGSD. 11 performances at New York Theatre Workshop in June. Please join us! (show runs 1 hour and a bit)

Frances Black presentsthe David Geffen School of Drama's production of for the honey, you gotta say when Conceived and Directed by Christopher BayesWritten by Christopher Bayes and The CompanyMusic by Michael Joseph McQuilkenHosted by New York Theatre Workshop Fresh out of graduating from the David....

06/26/2022

Our 10th Annual! This Friday 5pm....COME! 🍻

🎶O Canada🎶

05/24/2022

So proud of Megan Loughran who is headlining at Feinstein’s/54 Below . Megan was the star of our Standards under the Stars - a magical show we did cruising the New York harbor at sunset.

Check it out tomorrow night!

04/06/2022

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Imagine what it'd be like to wake up every morning to sweeping views of Lower Manhattan and New York Harbor.

01/19/2022

Gaulier has trained many of my favorite actors. The most playful, the most vulnerable and the funniest of them all.... but this opens up a new conversation.

The French master teacher Philippe Gaulier has worked with stars like Sacha Baron Cohen. But at 78, are his methods, which include insults, outdated?

10/16/2021

Tickets are being swept up. Join us next week for 3 performances only: Oct 21 at 730pm, Oct 22 at 930pm.and Oct 23 at 930pm. 👩‍🍳

Cooking With Kathryn is Kate Owens's critically acclaimed comedy show. Follow Kathryn, a down-home southern belle with more wine in her veins than Jesus, as she invites us into the basement of her church for an irreverent, absurd, and spicy cooking show. Things get messy when some unexpected guests....

09/23/2021

Proud to present a stellar comedy for three nights only in NYC -

COOKING WITH KATHRYN is Kate Owens’ critically acclaimed comedy show. Follow Kathryn, a down-home southern belle with more wine in her veins than Jesus, as she invites us into the basement of her church for an irreverent, absurd, and spicy cooking show. Things get messy when some unexpected guests arrive, forcing Kathryn to reckon with more than just her egg bake casserole.

Starring Kate Owens
Written by Kate Owens and Zachary Michael Fine
Directed by Zack Fine

WINNER: BEST PHYSICAL COMEDY AWARD Frigid Festival

WINNER: CRITICS CHOICE AWARD PortFringe Festival

OCTOBER 21 730pm
OCTOBER 22 & 23 930pm

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