sympathy in c

Off-Broadway Review: “Sympathy in C” at the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival at the 14th Street Y Theatre

August 12, 2017 | Off-Broadway, sympathy in c > | “Sympathy in C”, 14th Street Y, 14th Street Y Theatre, Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, Charles Ouda, Denise Collins, Living with Cancer, Madeline Docimo, Peter Levine, Rachel Marcus, Russell Erik Kohlmann, Suzanne Mernyk, Sylvie Mae Baldwin, Terrorism, Terry Hanson, Tygar Hicks

Suzanne Mernyk’s “Sympathy in C,” currently running at the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival at the 14th Street Y Theatre, is an engaging symphony for six actors and two musicians about the need for sympathy – sympathy in the diagnosis of cancer and sympathy in the world of politics. The cast is arranged in a semi-circle each seated behind a music…

Shesh Yak at Rattlestick Playwright’s Theatre (Closed February 22, 2015)

February 13, 2015 | Off-Broadway, sympathy in c > | Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

‘You made me hate Syria! You made me hate my home!’ howls a wrathful Jameel. Haytham, a gentle, middle-aged man, sits bound and gagged in a claustrophobic apartment as Jameel inflicts atrocity after atrocity on his fragile body. It’s the grim ritual of history and violence now playing at Rattlestick Theatre. Playwright/Performer Laith Nakli spins a tale of suffering past…

“Rantoul and Die” at the Cherry Lane Theatre (Closed July 20, 2013)

June 24, 2013 | harmony, Off-Broadway, sympathy in c > | Cherry Lane Theater, The Amoralists

The new play “Rantoul and Die” is playwright Mark Roberts’ debut with the Amoralists and one can only hope that this outstanding collaboration is only the beginning of a long relationship. This latest production now playing at the Cherry Lane Theatre strikes a perfect chord in the harmony between script and actor while still completely supporting the theatre company’s mission…