An Evening of Solo Works In Progress
New Works by Raphael Badagliacca, Jane Marx and Bobby Torkova
November 13 – 7:00pm – Raphael Badagliacca & Bobby Torkova
November 14 – 7:00pm – Raphael Badagliacca & Jane Marx
November 15 – 7:00pm – Jane Marx & Bobby Torkova
Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th Street
Tickets $10 – For Reservations, email us
Cast of Characters
Written & performed by Raphael Badagliacca
Directed by Janice L.Goldberg
Performing November 13 & 14
A Coffin Turning Clockwise: A Comedy in Real Time
Written & Performed by Jane Marx
Directed by Colleen Gleason
Performing November 14 & 15
Let’s start with this.
My positive take on life.
We’re all going to die.
As Shakespeare professes.
We’re actors on stage.
That’s our backdrop.
Follow me as I leave my cousin Leo’s bar mitzvah.
I drink two lemon-drop martinis, two glasses of red wine and eat steak.
I head out the door.
A Hanky and T-T-T-Top Hat
Created and Performed by Bobby Torkova
Directed by Gene Santarelli
Performing November 13 & 15
We turn onto 34th Street and I start looking very intently at every store for the Palace of Magic. We just about get to 8th avenue, when I spot the building – number 3-0-4! But, something’s wrong. It sure doesn’t look like a Palace of Magic to me; it’s just an old run down bar. It’s a bit of a shock to realize that the legendary Palace of Magic is nothing but a dingy little walk-up above a bar. We stop in front of the building and the remainder of my excitement is shattered.
Past Performances
2016
Three Women: Wake-up Call, Long Distance Call, Last Call
Written by Raphael Badagliacca
Performed by Shauna Bloom
Directed by Gene Santarelli
Battered
Written and Directed by Jason Blanco
Performed by Patrick K. Walsh
The Magic Of Childhood – Uncle Bob & Cigarettes
Written and Performed by Bobby Torkova
The World Around Me – Siberia to Poland, 1947
Written and Performed by Anath Garber
Directed by Janice L. Goldberg
Recreating Keiter
Written and Performed by Cindy Keiter
Directed Lory Henning
To Leave An Impression
Written and Performed by Yuval David
Directed by Janice L. Goldberg
Pause
Written and Performed by Jane Marx
Directed by Colleen Gleason
2015
An Actor Dies
Written by Raphael Badagliacca
Performed by Richard Zavaglia
Nick
Written and Directed by Jason Blanco
Performed by Carrie Keskinen
You Look Blu-ish
Written and Performed by Yuval David
Directed by Janice L. Goldberg
Cathedral
Written and Performed by Diana Hird
Directed by Debbie Broshi & Laura Danilov
Auditioning for Jim
Written and Performed by Katherine Horejsi
Directed by Gabrielle Maisels
Blind Man’s Bluff
Written and Performed by Drew Keil
Directed by Gene Santarelli
Two Truths And A Lie
Written and Performed by Katie Mack
Directed by Blane Pressler
A Coffin Turning Clockwise: A Comedy
Written and Performed by Jane Marx
Directed by Constance George
Theatre Obsession
Written and Performed by Connie Perry
Directed by Janice L. Goldberg
Gramma
Written and Directed by Donald Steele
Performed by Ruth Sherman
No Boxes Allowed
Written and Performed by Tonille Simone Watkis
Directed by Ernaisja Curry
2014
Take Me Seriously
Written & performed by Jane Marx
Directed by Lauri Eliscu
Innacity Blues
Written & directed by Jason Blanco
Performed by Randy Koren
I Don’t Like Food
Written & Performed by Kian Ross
Striking Out x3
Written & performed by Becca Bandiere
Directed by Gene Santarelli
Skin
Written & performed by Hope Singsen
Directed by Eliza Foss
Music by Hope Singsen, Bob Parins & Marshall York
Guitar by Mark Lonergan
The Magic of Childhood: EZ Hat Trick #1
Written & performed by Bobby Torkova
Unlikely! – Stories in the Universe
Written & Performed by Helene Zinszner
House #30 – Fire Poem
Written & Performed by Mik Kuhlman
Directed by Nancy Smithner
Lunch at the Minskoff: A Memoir of a Fosse Dancer
Written & performed by Mimi Quillin
Directed by Janice L. Goldberg
