An immersive play about drugs, healing, and the unknown. Two women lead groups of audience members through rituals of self-healing and consciousness-expanding; all the while their stories and fears begin to creep in and take over. Petra is a famous self-help guru who preaches against pharmaceutical companies; Girly is a panic-ridden weirdo who drank ayahuasca accidentally. …
Category Archives: New Plays
The Homes We Build
The Homes We Build is an immersive experience that takes places in six individual tiny homes in Luling, TX. This project explores how intimacy is created and what holds a relationship together over time. Six couples will experience snapshots of a fictional 60-year relationship they create over the course of 4 hours inside of their …
Blue Spiral
written and performed by Nadine Mozon. Performed at Frontera Fest, Austin Texasremounted at the International Congress of the Performing Arts, Michocan, Mexico.
Block Association
written by Michael Yates Crowley Performed by: Heidi ArmbrusterJohn BehlmannKeilly McQuailGenesis OliverAlexandra SilberMyra Lucretia TaylorLiesl Allen Yaeger Creative Team Scenographer: Sara C. WalshSound & Video Designer: Asa WemberAssistant Director: Kathleen Capdesuñer Casting Consultant: Ada KaramanyanLine Producer: Elena BoulosDramaturges: Katherine Kovner & Chelsea Fryer
Righteous Money
Ars Nova
RIGHTEOUS MONEY Written & Performed by Michael Yates CrowleyDirected by Michael Rau Premiered Nov. 4, 2009 at Ars Nova, NYC, as part of ANT FEST. toured to: Theater Bielefeld, Germany, May 2010remounted at the Voices of Change Festival, Berlin, May 2010 Remounted at 59E59th Street Theaters, NYC, July 2010, as part of East to Edinburgh …
Never Swim Alone
Wesleyan University
Never Swim AloneWritten by Daniel MacIvorDirected by Michael Rau Performed in the Greene Room at Wesleyan University, 2002 Cast: Lily Whitsitt, Josh Lubin-Levy, Justin Schmidt
The Games We Used to Play
Wesleyan University
The Games We Used to PlayWritten and Performed by Max Goldblatt and Michael Rau Produced by the Docklight Theater Company First performed at 3047 North Lincoln, Chicago, Illinois, August, 2004 remounted at Wesleyan University, September 2004 Toured to Colgate College, December 2004. Praise for “The Games We Used to Play” “Anyone familiar with their work …
Was Übrig Bleibt
Theater Bielefeld
WAS ÜBRIG BLEIBT(the Bereaved) Written by Thomas BradshawDirected by Michael Rau Produced by Theater Bielefeld The german language premiere in January 2010.Ran in the company repertory till June 2010. Nominated to Theater Heute list of best Foreign Dramas. Remounted at the Voices of Change Festival in Berlin, May 2010.
Song of a Convalescent Ayn Rand Giving Thanks to the Godhead in the Lydian Mode
Dixon Place
IRT Theater
Joe's Pub at the Public Theater
“Song of a Convalescent Ayn Rand Giving Thanks to the Godhead in the Lydian Mode”created by Wolf 259written by Michael Yates Crowleydirected by Michael Rau Produced by Chas Carey Set: Sara C WalshCostume: Valerie BartLights: Derek WrightSound and Projections: Asa Wember Workshopped at Hearth GodsPerformed at Dixon PlaceIRT TheaterJoe’s Pub at the Public Theater
The Bird
The Bushwick Starr
“The Bird” a production based on Anton Chekov’s “The Seagull” Produced by: One Year Lease Sets: Sara C Walsh Lights: Derek Wright Clothes: Jessica Pabst Performed by: Babis Gousias Emma Jackson The show was developed during a residency in Northern Greece in March and April of 2008, and the piece made its US premiere at …
The Absent Project
The Absent ProjectCreated by Michael Rau and Jeremy Paul One third performance, one third art installation, and one third game, Absent is a journey across a bridge and through a century to find secret histories and hidden mysteries. This original experiential creation premiered at the 2010 IngenuityFest. Selected by the Cleveland Plains Dealer as one of the …
Real Dogs
Written by Michael Yates CrowleyDirected by Michael Rau June 10th and 11th at 8pm, 2010at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, NYC Sets: Derek WrightCostumes: Sara C Walsh Performed by Clint Morris*, Allen McCullough*, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Casey Robinson and Stewart Miller.*AEA member SYNOPsis:REAL DOGS is a play about the end of the world, seen from …
Rag Fur Blood Bone
RAG FUR BLOOD BONE The Epic of Gilgamesh by Michael Yates Crowley directed by Michael Rau 8 p.m., March 28 and 29 Tribeca Performing Arts Center 199 Chambers Street, NYC Performed by: feat. music by Mike Gamble and Devin Febbroriello a.k.a. Scrambler/Seequill sets by Sara Walsh lights by Greg Malen costumes by Jessica Pabst performed …
Gypsy Moth
Gypsy Motha play by Kelley Giroddirected by Michael Rau dramaturgy:Tessa LaNeveLights: Elizabeth Harper starring Ashley Baker, Vanessa Brown and Devon Jordan First performed at the Schapiro Studio, February, 2006Remounted again at the Tank, March 2006Remounted at the Kraine Theater, November 2006 Synopsis:Gypsy Moth, written by Kelley Girod, is a 20 minute drama that seeks to …
The Ted Haggard Monologues
The Ted Haggard MonologuesA fictional retelling of the Ted Haggard saga Written and peformed by Michael Yates CrowleyDirected by Michael Rau Performed at the Collective:Unconscious Theater. Toured to Theater Bielefeld for the undergroundzero festival Praise for “The Ted Haggard Monologues”“[A] terrific showcase for its author/performer, Michael Yates Crowley, who proves himself to be a deft …
Evanston: A Rare Comedy
HERE Arts Center
Evanston: A Rare Comedy a new play by Michael Yates Crowleydirected by Michael Rau 8:30pm, August 3 – 5 at HERE Arts Center (part of the Summer Sublet Series) Featuring:Bodine Alexander, Chas Carey, Leah Karpel, Michael Yates Crowley, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Devon Jordan*, Kate MacCluggage*, and Sam West (*Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.) Sets: …
David’s Red Haired Death
Two women find that they have everything in common until the death of a brother drives them apart. The redhaired mythology that glorifies and empowers two women leads them into a big love, but can’t lead them safely out again. A play about the heaviness of the things we carry. A two woman show in …
Temping
Lincoln Center
Wolf 359′s latest venture in narrative technology is a performance created anew each time for an audience of one. The strange story of a company at the edge of the recession, TEMPING is performed for one new employee at a time by computer, laser printer, voicemail, and Microsoft Excel. Pack your lunches, and get ready …
Mistrovská Díla
Jiří Myron Theatre
Jiří Myron TheatrePetr KotíkMaster Pieces (2014) // World Premiere / Festival commissionAlmost a Lecture, Chamber OperaLibretto adapted by Petr Kotik in collaboration with Michael Rau: the 1936 lecture What Are Master Pieces and Why Are so Few of Them by Gertrude Stein.Staged and Directed by Michael RauKamala Sankaram, sopranoMarty Coyle, TenorJeffrey Gavett, BaritoneAdrian Rosas, BassPauline …