Chicken Patricia Kositzky

About This Show

A madcap subterranean adventure lit with circus folk, death, and a sort of redemption

about the artists

Patricia Kositzky is a published writer/poetess, performer and musician. Her play Tales from the Oven, was produced at the Nuyorican Poets Café and received Critics’ picks for comedy in Time Out New York. Patricia has created and performed poetry cabarets and musical biographies—most notably Positively Peggy Lee! and Bite Me, and Other Chocolate Box Instructions. Last year, Patricia was an Artist in Residence at WGXC the Wave Farm in Acra, NY, with collaborator Damian Catera as part of their Transmission Arts program. She is a member of a cappella group, the DeciBelles.

Eric Nightengale is co-artistic director of Anthropological Theatricals in New York City, and a founding member of The Acme Corporation in Baltimore. He served as artistic director of 78th Street Theatre Lab from 1995 thru 2008. Other New York credits include work with Circle Repertory Theatre, The Acting Company, Circle in the Square, Cherry Lane Theatre, SoHo Rep, The Barrow Group and HERE. Chicago credits include work with Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, Steppenwolf, and Second City. His work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has resulted in three Fringe First awards, eight published scripts, four adaptations for BBC radio, two Best Ensemble awards, and a London transfer.

Dusty Childers directs, dramaturges, conjures costumes, speaks their truth in front of audiences, drags it up periodically, and instructs the future via the classroom. Childers’ body and body of work have graced the likes of Joe’s Pub, Abrons, The Whitney, Dixon Place, BAM, La Mama, the Soho Playhouse, Sid Gold’s Request Room, NY Live Arts, Irving Plaza, House of Yes, BAM, The Mix Festival, Bureau of General Services Queer Division,  The Edinborough Fringe Festival and St. Ann’s Warehouse.

Saturday, February 11 at 10:00pm

General Admission

$15 in advance

$18 at the door

Stu./Sen./idNYC

$12

Estimated Runtime
75 minutes

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Credits

Written by

Patricia Kositzky

Directed by

Eric Nightengale

Art Direction by

Dusty Childers

Cast:

Karen Christie-Ward, Ben Hersey, Toby Wherry, Rachel Kramer, Elena Zazanis, Christopher Borg

Stage Manager:

Gahlia Eden

Photo credit:

Dusty Childers