Duncan Pflaster

The Taint Of Equality, Or I Want Your Sex – 5 Things To Know About The Show Before You Go (2012 Planet Connections Festivity)

by Karen Tortora-Lee on May 6, 2012 · 0 comments

in Festivals, Interviews, Manhattan, Off-Off-Broadway, Planet Connection Theatre Festivity, Theatre

The Taint of Equality, ~or~ I Want Your Sex Benefiting: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Produced by Cross-Eyed Bear Productions Written/Directed by Duncan Pflaster “Adrian and Javier are a gay couple who don’t believe in marriage- but everyone assumes they’re married. When they realize they’ve never actually opened up their “open relationship”, they [...]

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The 2012 National Newborn Festival Is Almost Here!

by Karen Tortora-Lee on January 31, 2012 · 0 comments

in Event, Festivals, Manhattan, Theatre

As part of the Board of Directors of MTWorks I’m really proud to be involved with the National Newborn Festival. Part of my job was to help choose the Excellence in Playwriting Award (see below for the winner!) and this year I’ll be introducing one of the plays — but I won’t tell you which [...]

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Open Mic Night And Post-Irene PARTY!

by Karen Tortora-Lee on August 30, 2011 · 0 comments

in Event, Improv, Manhattan, Off-Off-Broadway, Theatre

Monologues! Comedy! Improv! Ukulele music! Friday, Sept. 2nd, 7-9pm –> Bowery Poetry Club <– Hosted by award-winning playwright Monica Bauer (Outstanding New Script, MITF 2008; nominee writing for Best Solo Show, Planet Connections 2010; finalist, Heideman Award). Performers include: playwright Monica Bauer performing the Breast Pride Movement from the Diet Monologues John Fico performing a [...]

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Three Questions And One Video For “Six Silences In Three Movements”

by Karen Tortora-Lee March 1, 2011 Interviews

We’re already planning ahead for after-FRIGID and what better way to face the non-festival lull than with a good ole Duncan Pflaster nekkid play? That’s right- you heard right. But why should I blather on when I’ve got the playwright of Six Silences In Three Movements right here? What’s it all about, Duncan? (I’m humming, [...]

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The National Newborn Festival: Celebrating Emerging Playwrights In Style

by Diánna Martin January 28, 2011 Event

The National Newborn Festival has become, over the last four years, one of the premiere playwriting festivals in the country for emerging playwrights. A flagship program created and produced by MTWorks, an ever-growing, non-profit theatre company, Newborn allows playwrights to have a work never produced in New York be read in a festival setting. Free [...]

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Swingin’ Threesome Can Lead To A Lot Of Questions

by Stephen Tortora-Lee December 22, 2010 Manhattan

Anyone For A Swingin’ Threesome? is a trio of comedic One Act Plays put together by Just Ask Productions. I like One Act collections, and collections of short stories. Besides being short, I also like that – as collections – they are of different origins (even if by the same author) and that the world [...]

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The Starship Astrov: Best Of Both Worlds (Midtown International Theatre Festival 2010)

by Stephen Tortora-Lee July 24, 2010 Festivals

I’m sure it happens to you sometimes …  You’re walking down the street, pondering the inevitability of change and the hardship it’s apt to cause when you fail to adapt, and other foibles of the human condition… Then suddenly you realize that the person beside you is reading your mind, and doesn’t like what they [...]

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Entrevista: The Starship Astrov and Asian Belle (Midtown International Theatre Festival 2010)

by Antonio Miniño July 10, 2010 Entrevista

We continue our Midtown International Theatre Festival Q&A with writers Duncan Pflaster of The Starship Astrov, and Michelle Glick, writer and performer of the solo show Asian Belle. Let us start with Duncan. When did you know you wanted to be a writer? Not until about 15 years ago- I thought for a long time [...]

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Clandestine: It’s A Secret {But Tell Your Friends} . . . (Planet Connections 2010)

by Stephen Tortora-Lee June 20, 2010 Festivals

What kinds of secret do you know? Is it classified?  Is it torrid?  Do you feel it’s necessary to preserve your identity?  Do you have a secret identity?  Is it ruining your life?  Is it a second life? Is it real or just pretend? Do you need to expose it to be free?  Do you [...]

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Oberon Theatre’s “Othello” And “Order” At Theatre Row: Interviews With The Madmen (And Woman) Behind The Curtain – Pt. 2

by Diánna Martin June 18, 2010 Interviews

Next up in our Oberon Theatre Ensemble Rep interview series is Brad Fryman, the Artistic Director of this esteemed theatre company, who produces the shows, and who essentially decides what will be running season after season. Not only is Brad producing two shows simultaneously at Theatre Row, he is also co-starring in Order, as the [...]

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The Thyme Of The Season: Even Better The Second Thyme Around (Planet Connections 2010)

by Stephen Tortora-Lee June 13, 2010 Festivals

I’ve always been a fan of A Midsummer Night’s Dream because (like the other plays by this Shakespeare fellow) it is well written, but unlike Hamlet or Macbeth it’s a comedy making fun of all the foibles of humanity . . . rather than a tragedy about the consequences of all the foibles of humanity.  [...]

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Planet Connections Q&A: The Picture Of Dorian Gray / The Thyme Of The Season

by The Happiest Medium May 27, 2010 Festivals

Planet Connections Theatre Festivity is New York City’s premiere eco-friendly theatre festival, connecting artists and audiences with diverse dynamic charitable organizations. The Planet Connections experience entertains, enlightens and informs. The Happiest Medium (proud sponsors of The Planet Connections Festival), continues the Q&A which we’ll be running every day until the festival begins on June 3rd.  [...]

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