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An exciting cross collaboration between Unattended Baggage and Matchbox Theatre Company, OA:V1 is a new play festival blending tones and genres dedicated to showcasing ten- to twenty-minute plays crafted by an intersectional cohort primarily featuring LGBTQ individuals & global majority artists. The festival's theme was "passion plays," meaning each play in the lineup holds a weighted personal significance for the creative teams they are passionate about bringing to life. An on-demand streaming video will become available soon!
DONNIE & GREG: AN UNAUTHORZIED TRANSFORMATIVE WORK
A new one act play centering on a blossoming gay high school romance at the height of the AIDS crisis in the late 80s, which lovingly transforms familiar elements from a famous 2001 horror/sci fi cult classic film featuring The Gyllenhaals and Drew Barrymore (you know the one) involving time travel, the music of Tears for Fears, parallel universes, paranormal orbs, and a freaky-looking bunny into a new unauthorized, transformative, theatrical work. As seen Off-Broadway at Soho Playhouse!
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU ABOUT YOUR CAR'S EXTENDED WARRANTY
Have you ever wondered who is on the other end of those extended warranty spam calls? Well, we have. ...Extended Warranty is a dramedy/mystery/thriller web series pilot by Sean Pollock, co-produced with LIU Brooklyn. Now available to stream on KoldOpen!
Cowl Girl always wears a Batman cowl, masking herself from the outside world. Will her friend, Jason and the intriguing nephew of her arch-enemy, Alex, be able to get her to break out of her shell? A heartwarming superhero dramedy by Anna Capunay, which was presented as a staged workshop. As seen Off-Broadway at Players Theatre!
An ongoing, ever changing, site-specific/site responsive, immersive/participatory talk show about all things "bed culture" created by Sean Pollock and devised with many others. The evening includes autobiographical stories, elements of found text, and even some games! As seen Off-Broadway at Soho Playhouse!
UB's (somewhat recurring) live comedy show featuring a diverse lineup of hilarious downtown and Brooklyn-based comics.
THE LOVE LETTER PLAYS (VOLUME II)
A reconceptualization of TLLP 2021; this was an immersive, socially distanced play told through letters that activate all five senses that arrives in the mail right to your door. Featuring writers Ena Da, Jessica Chen, & Ruthy Ferrera.
A VERY MERRY UNAUTHORIZED CHILDREN'S SCIENTOLOGY PAGEANT - LIVE! (OFF-BROADWAY)
A TV special filmed in the style of NBC Live! / a staging of a UB classic. Co produced with The TV Writers Studio at LIU Brooklyn Off-Broadway at the 14th St Y. Now streaming free of charge on IFT Network! Directors Cut available here! Live cast album available here!
An intoxicating mix of drag show, courtroom drama, and theater, A Jury Of Our Queers playfully blends historic texts and original writing in an act of radical queer reenvisioning. Co produced with section 175 & the Exponential Festival.
THE LOVE LETTER PLAYS (VOLUME I)
An erotic fan fiction in three parts written by Austin Bowers from Nathan For You, delivered to your mailbox just in time for Valentine's Day.
SPOOKY FRIDAY THE 13TH COMEDY SHOW
Unattended's first venture since the COVID-19 pandemic, Spooky Friday The 13th Comedy Show was an outdoor standup show featuring NYC-based comics with credits ranging from Hulu, Comedy Central, NPR, PBS, and many more. This event served as a fundraiser for the Indie Theatre Fund.
[A queer love story between mathematician Alan Turing and his computer creation; an original machine-ballet co-produced ★★★★★ international collective §175.] Devised by Dmitri Barcomi and Seth Majnoon. This production was produced in NYC and the Edinburgh Fringe.
A rarely-performed collection of short, creepy, pulpy plays with both spooky and funny delights by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Inspired by classic episodes from Tales From The Crypt, in addition to horror films such as Halloween, The Fly, Rosemary's Baby (and many, many more ghoulish tales!) this show made audience laugh one minute and scream the next.
A hybrid adaptation docu-theatre piece by Sean Pollock based on investigative research at real Insane Clown Posse events, which uses the 2011 documentary by Sean Dunne as its base. On the last night of the 11th Annual Gathering of the Juggalos, a group of Juggalos examine what it means to be a chosen family.
A VERY MERRY UNAUTHORIZED CHILDREN'S SCIENTOLOGY PAGEANT:
IN CONCERT
A darkly funny and entertaining evening which featured the songs of the Obie Award-winning cult classic. An unforgettable celebration of Kyle Jarrow’s (with material by Alex Timbers) brilliant re-envisioning of a traditional Christmas pageant, which features E-Meters, Xenu, and L. Ron Hubbard’s Dianetics.
I'M SMILING BECAUSE I'M UNCOMFORTABLE
Why do we eat? Why do we stop eating? This solo autobiographical show explored childhood experiences of queerness, to a college eating disorder, and to the performers' constant challenges of eating and living in a human body. Written and performed by Emma Howard.
SUPER SHORT SITE SPECIFIC FESTIVAL
Six plays were written and directed in a span of 24 hours (mostly). Hosted by Aunt Linda (played by Anna Rock), as our tour guide, we walked around promenade style starting at 420 Lexington Ave to view each play, literally on the streets of New York.
"It is rare to get a glimpse of a real talented playwright plying her trade, and without question ‘Cowl Girl’ offers that opportunity, along with the sizzling performance of Ms. Rivas in the title role."
"Writer, Sean Pollock, building on material from the film, has done exhaustive research and portrays his subjects with sensitivity, kindness, and respect... American Juggalo is an engaging look into a work very from New York City that brings light to the complexities of life for outsiders of all kinds."
"A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant – LIVE! – exceptionally directed by Sean Pollock is a miraculous marvel, indeed tongue-in-cheek satire with a child-like smirk.."
"Sean [Pollock] and Drew [Weinstein] have created a very different kind of show - documentary, emotional, exciting, confusing... I left feeling deeply moved. My mind abuzz and my belief in their passion confirmed."
- Theresa Buchheister on American Juggalo, Artistic Director of The Brick
