Cheryl King News

After selling out multiple shows in the Women at Work Festival, Karen Sklaire, author and performer of Drama at the Point, has agreed to a four-night return to Stage Left Studio. She's offering her inside look at teaching in the NYC school system at 5 pm on Jan 19, 25, Feb 9 and 16, 2014.

Good Works Productions & Fig Tree Productions in association with Stage Left Studio, are excited to announce The Gifted Series, two riveting and unique solo-shows written by acclaimed award-winning playwright Monica Bauer (Emerging Playwright Award, Urban Stages). The Gifted Series includes The Year I Was Gifted, performed by Monica Bauer and directed by Carolyn Ladd; and Made For Each Other, performed by John Fico and directed by John FitzGibbon.

The 8th Annual Women at Work Festival, a benefit for the Girl Effect, takes place at Stage Left Studio, beginning today, September 23, and continuing through October 5, 2013.

Legendary Hearts Productions presents Valerie Hager's critically acclaimed autobiographical Fringe Festival hit 'Naked In Alaska,' directed by Scott Wesley Slavin, at The Gift Theatre, 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave., tonight, Aug. 30 - Sept. 2 as part of the Chicago Fringe Festival.

Cheryl King, Artistic Director at Stage Left Studio, announces the line-up for the 8th Annual Women at Work Festival, a benefit for the Girl Effect, taking place at Stage Left Studio, September 23 through October 5, 2013.

'Naked in Alaska' recently completed a highly successful run as part of the 2013 New York International Fringe Festival where it garnered an Overall Excellence Award for Solo Performance and continued its track record for securing critical acclaim. Legendary Hearts Productions presents Valerie Hager's critically acclaimed autobiographical Fringe Festival hit 'Naked In Alaska,' directed by Scott Wesley Slavin, at The Gift Theatre, 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave., Aug. 30 - Sept. 2 as part of Chicago's Fringe Festival.

Erica Herd and L.E. Swenson's comedic masterpiece with music, ALZEIMER'S BLUES, which had its World Premiere on Sunday, June 16 (then entitled THE YEAR OF DEAD CATS) at Stage Left Studio (214 West 30th Street - between Seventh & Eighth Avenues - Sixth Floor) has extended - AGAIN - through October 4th during which time the show will also participate in Cheryl King's acclaimed Women At Work Festival.

Legendary Hearts Productions presents Valerie Hager's critically acclaimed autobiographical Fringe Festival hit "Naked In Alaska," directed by Scott Wesley Slavin, at The Gift Theatre, 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave., Aug. 30 - Sept. 2 as part of the Chicago Fringe Festival. For tickets or more information visit chicagofringe.org.

Legendary Hearts Productions presents Valerie Hager's critically acclaimed autobiographical Fringe Festival hit 'Naked In Alaska,' directed by Scott Wesley Slavin, at The Gift Theatre, 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave., Aug. 30 - Sept. 2 as part of the Chicago Fringe Festival.

Erica Herd and L.E. Swenson's breakout comedic masterpiece, THE YEAR OF DEAD CATS, which had its World Premiere on Sunday, June 16 at Stage Left Studio (214 West 30th Street - between Seventh & Eighth Avenues - Sixth Floor) has extended through September during which time the show will also participate in Cheryl King's acclaimed Women At Work Festival.

Expiration Date, a serio-comic play that explores what it means to be human by Rose-Marie Brandwein, will be presented by Picaresque Players Theatre Company as part of the East to Edinburgh Festival at 59 E 59 Theaters starting July 11 prior to its engagement at the Edinburgh Fringe in August. Cheryl King directs a seasoned cast that includes Jean Brookner* (Like Bees to Honey), Andrew Rothkin* (Blood Privilege), KC Weakly (The Garden Plot), Dara O' Brien* (The Seagull at Classic Stage) and Emil Keller* (Corporate Disturbance). (*Member of Actors Equity)

Erica Herd and L.E. Swenson's breakout comedic masterpiece, THE YEAR OF DEAD CATS, will have its World Premiere today, June 16th at Stage Left Studio (214 West 30th Street - between Seventh & Eighth Avenues - Sixth Floor) where it will play through Sunday, June 30th with the option to continue through September.

Joe Hutcheson shares a hilarious collection of stories about growing up gay in the Hutcheson family, where all the men are nicknamed 'Hutch' and boys who identify with soap opera heroines can't identify with their dads. Until they grow up. Whether trying to get kicked off the football team or making his brother act out scenes from soap operas, Hutcheson will show the audience the 1980's through the eyes of a little gay boy who doesn't want to be a Hutch.

From writer/performer Elizabeth Claire Taylor comes a powerful one-woman show about living in the shadow of a legend. Directed by Cheryl King, Finding Elizabeth Taylor is a dynamic compare-and-contrast story. From too-tight pants to too-loose boyfriends, it's a funny, exciting and intimate look at what it's like to bear the moniker of a Hollywood's brightest star, and finding freedom and joy in the lessons to be learned there.

From writer/performer Elizabeth Claire Taylor comes a powerful one-woman show about living in the shadow of a legend. Directed by Cheryl King, Finding Elizabeth Taylor is a dynamic compare-and-contrast story. From too-tight pants to too-loose boyfriends, it's a funny, exciting and intimate look at what it's like to bear the moniker of a Hollywood's brightest star, and finding freedom and joy in the lessons to be learned there.

Critically acclaimed, award-winning solo play Miss Magnolia Beaumont Goes to Provincetown, written and performed by Joe Hutcheson, will be presented as part of the Fresh Fruit Festival at the Wild Project in New York City on Monday, July 15th at 7:00 pm

Erica Herd and L.E. Swenson's breakout comedic masterpiece, THE YEAR OF DEAD CATS, will have its World Premiere on Sunday, June 16th at Stage Left Studio (214 West 30th Street - between Seventh & Eighth Avenues - Sixth Floor) where it will play through Sunday, June 30th with the option to continue through September.

Joe Hutcheson shares a hilarious collection of stories about growing up gay in the Hutcheson family, where all the men are nicknamed 'Hutch' and boys who identify with soap opera heroines can't identify with their dads. Until they grow up. Whether trying to get kicked off the football team or making his brother act out scenes from soap operas, Hutcheson shows the audience the 1980's through the eyes of a little gay boy who doesn't want to be a Hutch.

Stage Left Studio, 214 W. 30th Street, is celebrating its third Drama Desk nominated show, Tom Gualtieri and Heather Hill's That Play: A Solo Macbeth, with added performances May 2, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16 & 25 at 7:30pm. Nominated this year for 'Unique Theatrical Experience' THAT PLAY has enjoyed a long run in New York City and continued rave reviews from both critics and audience.

Let the Little Boy Dance, an affirmative 'work-in-progress with music' about a gay child's identification with show business and how that sensibility can inform a life, will be read and performed by Ray Allen Durand as part of the Sixth Annual LEFT OUT FESTIVAL of LGBT plays now through April 30 (2013) at Stage Left Studio, 214 West 30th Street in New York City.