Ego Actus presented an Equity Showcase Code production of Gideon by Judith Leora, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened July 1, 2016 at The Paradise Factory in the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. Description In Gideon, the existential questions of John Paul Sartre meet the absurdity of Samuel Beckett in the LA apartment of two young […]
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Emily’s Will
The Wild Banshee company presented a production of Emily’s Will written by Maxine Kern, directed by Joan Kane at the Davenport Theater, 354 West 45th St in September, 2015 description Based on the true-life events of Canada’s national artist Emily Carr, Emily’s Will follows young Carr as she ventures deep into the thick forests of […]
Garrett, the Blue Giraffe
Garrett, the Blue Giraffe by Coni Koepfinger, directed by Joan Kane was produced by Sacred Stages llc. The show opened at the Hudson Guild, 44 West 26th St, NYC in the New York Theater Festival on July 20, 2015. Description Dubbed the Velveteen Rabbit for New Age adults, Garrett, the Blue Giraffe is the tale […]
Sweet, Sweet Spirit
MTWorks in association with the Theater Series at the 14th Street Y, presented the world premiere of Sweet, Sweet Spirit by Carol Carpenter, directed by Joan Kane at The Theater at the 14th Street Y, 344 East 14th St NYC. The show opened October 10th, 2014. description A West Texas matriarch is enraged by the news that […]
More
Ego Actus and Scandinavian American Theatre Company presented an Equity Showcase Code production of More by Maria Tryti Vennerød, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened November 13, 2013 at Theater for the New City as Norway Plays: Drama Beyond Ibsen. Description Two young women are playing and one of them gets killed. Could it have been a lesbian […]
I Know What Boys Want
Ego Actus presented a second Equity Showcase Code production of I Know What Boys Want by Penny Jackson, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened March 28, 2013 at The Lion Theater at Theatre Row. Description A prep school girl discovers that this week’s Internet sensation is a video of her having sex. She is a victim […]
Play Nice!
Ego Actus presented Play Nice! by Robin Rice Lichtig, directed by Joan Kane. The show opened March 8, 2011 at 59e59 Theaters. Description The Diamond siblings use the only resources they have, the dramatic role play of their imaginations, to cope with the abusive Dragon Queen, their mother. Play Nice! is a mystery in which Isabel, Luce and Matilda […]
Green River
Joan Kane directed Green River by Rachel White in the New School Master’s Degree program New Voices Playwrights Festival. The show opened in April 16, 2010 description Edith is a young math genius trapped in a tiny and crumbling mining town. Forced to care for her ailing father and wildly rebellious sister, Edith has sadly […]
Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief
Joan Kane directed Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief by Paula Vogel in The New School Master’s Degree program, 151 Bank St in December, 2009 description Having slept with Othello’s entire encampment, Desdemona revels in her bawdy tales of conquest. Her foils and rapt listeners are the other integral and re-imagined women of this Shakespeare […]
The Awakening
The East Lynn Company presented The Awakening based on a novel written by Kate Chopin, adapted by Gayle Stahlhuth and directed by Joan Kane in Cape May, NJ. The show opened July 8, 1992 description The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of […]