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Excited to share that the upcoming workshop of MIKEY! will be presented this May at @thetanknyc in partnership with The Skeleton Rep(resents), a new works development company dedicated to the exploration of modern myth @skeletonrep 🎭 We’re reimagining Michelangelo’s world through modern myth & queer melodrama and it’s making for some bold new work! Come see what history (might have) left out.

THE TELEMACHY. IS. HERE. First show tomorrow (also live-streamed!) 2pm EST at The Chain. Then again 2/26 & 2/27. We’re having so much fun. Come have fun with us. You’ll laugh. *I promise* @chaintheatrenyc @michellelaurencage @dilulloria @aaron.banes @seasonmysoul @kay__watson @morenonyc 📸 @iamevanreed #telemachy #odyssey #newtheater #midtownnyc #festival

🖋️MICHELLE CAGE - the (unintentionally) funniest person I’ve ever known and the playwright of TELEMACHY!🖋️ Michelle is a playwright and teaching artist dedicated to the power of storytelling. From developing original myths with young artists to debuting works like If The Angels Don’t Love This Play We’re Dead with The Skeleton Rep, her work celebrates the innate worth of every voice. Proud Skeleton Rep collaborator. ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ We did this show for the first time in 2019 and are thrilled to resurrect it as part of The Chain’s Winter 1-Act Festival! Join us for this joyful riot! We’re a part of PROGRAM 23 - so be sure to get tix for that block! Discount Code: TELE26  SHOW 1 - 2/21 at 2:00pm** SHOW 2 - 2/26 at 8:30pm SHOW 3 -  2/27 at 6:30pm **The February 21st at 2:00 pm EST performance will be livestreamed & can be viewed anytime until February 28th at 10:30pm. @michellelaurencage @dilulloria @chaintheatrenyc @morenonyc @seasonmysoul @kay__watson @aaron.banes #reimagining #playwright #greeks #modern #theater

🎭The cast of TELEMACHY is one for the ages!🎭 TELEMACHUS - Aaron Banes ODYSSEUS - Rafael Moreno SMILING WOMAN (PENELOPE) - Melissa Martin PUPPET BULLIES - Kayleigh Watson NARRATOR - Daniel Scarantino ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ In a world of men who wear pants, one son of an absent father can teach us how a real man should walk through life… wearing a skirt. Gather around our sardonic bard to hear the untold tale of Odysseus’s skirt-wearing disappointment of a son, Telemachus. This twirling hero will face his beer-drinking mother, international puppet bullies, and his long-awaited father. But what happens when that father is an asshole? ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ We’re a part of PROGRAM 23 - so be sure to get tix for that block! Discount Code: TELE26  SHOW 1 - 2/21 at 2:00pm** SHOW 2 - 2/26 at 8:30pm SHOW 3 -  2/27 at 6:30pm **The February 21st at 2:00 pm EST performance will be livestreamed & can be viewed anytime until February 28th at 10:30pm. @aaron.banes @seasonmysoul @kay__watson @morenonyc @dilulloria @chaintheatrenyc @michellelaurencage #adaptation #greeks #theater #exploremodernmyth #comedy

Our first Chain 1-Act, Baby! Join us for TELEMACHY, a riotous 17 minute play by Michelle Cage. You might think you know the story of Odysseus, but how about his skirt-wearing son, Telemachus? Did you know his mother is a puddle of beer, or how he overcame a gaggle of puppet bullies? Take this ride, deftly navigated by a great skirt-wearing Narrator. We’re a part of PROGRAM 23 - so be sure to get tix for that block! 🔗 in Bio. Discount Code: TELE26  SHOW 1 - 2/21 at 2:00pm** SHOW 2 - 2/26 at 8:30pm SHOW 3 -  2/27 at 6:30pm **The February 21st at 2:00 pm EST performance will be livestreamed & can be viewed anytime until February 28th at 10:30pm. @chaintheatrenyc @michellelaurencage @dilulloria @morenonyc @aaron.banes @kay__watson @seasonmysoul & Melissa Martin #1act #theater #festival #nyc #exploremodernmyth

“The Final Performance of Pauline Cushman” - first workshop on 11/23/25 🎭🎭🎭 This new play workshop featured the real-life story of Civil War-era actress turned spy for the Union Army. It was an incredible way to end TSR’s 10th year of new works that explore modern myth, with this 2025 year bookended by plays about historical American women with artistic director Ria T. DiLullo bringing these women to life, under the direction of Andrew Coopman. 🎭🎭🎭 Written by Rachel Ewing Directed by Andrew Coopman Lights & Sound by Daniel Hughes Performed by Ria T. DiLullo, Daniel Scarantino & Michelle Cage At The Tank 🎭🎭🎭 @thetanknyc @arcoopman @rewingtheday @dilulloria @michellelaurencage @daniel3hughes @seasonmysoul #exploremodernmyth #newplay #newwork #development #paulinecushman #history #espionage #skeletonrep #theater #theatre #nyny #indietheater

11/23 @ 7pm at The Tank - “The Final Performance of Pauline Cushman” - 🔗 in bio! 🎭🎭🎭 Join us for our final workshop of the year, featuring the real-life story of Civil War-era actress turned spy for the Union Army. Already dead, will she continue to repeat only the highlights of her life, or can her director get her to tell the whole truth - and finally move on? 🎭🎭🎭 Written by Rachel Ewing Directed by Andrew Coopman Lights & Sound by Daniel Hughes Performed by Ria T. DiLullo, Daniel Scarantino & Michelle Cage 🎭🎭🎭 @thetanknyc @rewingtheday @arcoopman @daniel3hughes @dilulloria @seasonmysoul #paulinecushman #historicalwomen #civilwar #spy #theater #nyc #newwork #midtown #exploremodernmyth #newplay #workshop

*The Creatures Came and Went…* Our salon at LaMaMa Community Arts Center on 10/27/25 of 3 Erik Ehn shorts were a house-packed symphonic emotional ride! The 12-member ensemble took us through a family journey of loss, love and ghost reunion at IHop, an epic journey of the fallout of atomic testing in the American Southwest through a Mothra lens, and the relationship of a zombie and Godzilla, complete with a full-cast zombie dance in a zombie night club - all words backed by the ephemeral original music of Ben Freeman. Enjoy these stills but know - you really had to be there. So be sure to come to the next one! In the meantime, give a round of applause to our fantastic team: @bshatteredbfree @dilulloria @lamamaetc @patrickryanrobinson @isabellajaneschiller @sam__strikes @ashleykristeenvega @gschaefer3666 @kats_k15 @theamasianone @thejessecastellanos @seasonmysoul @haneen_arafat_murphy @johnracioppo & Anuj Parikh Photography by Evan Reed @iamevanreed #salonseries #exploremodernmyth #newplays #newwork #workshop #zombie #godzilla #radif #ihop #newyorkcity #theater #theatre Play Titles: ALL NOUNS END AS VERBS ONE DAY ZOMBIE VS. GODZILLA RADIF

ALL NOUNS END AS VERBS ONE DAY ZOMBIE VS. GODZILLA RADIF What do these three things have in common? They’re 3 short plays by Erik Ehn! They’re Skeleton Rep’s next Salon Series, presented by La MaMa Great Jones Repertory as part of Erik’s CREATURES series. With original music by Ben Freeman, performed by an ensemble of 12. Join us 10/27 at 6pm Free - just RSVP (link in bio) @ashleykristeenvega @seasonmysoul @johnracioppo @thejessecastellanos @bshatteredbfree @theamasianone @isabellajaneschiller @sam__strikes @patrickryanrobinson @gschaefer3666 @haneen_arafat_murphy @dramaqueenkathy @dilulloria @lamamaetc #exploremodernmyth #creatures #lamama #nyc #newplays

EMMY: OR, THE NEMESIS OF NARCISSISTS, written & directed by Ria T. DiLullo Workshop on 8/23 as part of The Tank’s LimeFest Our final presentation of the 2025 summer season was a brilliantly performed workshop that really brought the script to life! From top notch acting instincts to strong design elements and original music, the audience was in for a real treat as this 3 act, 9 character world of high stakes, humor, and drama played out. Team - it couldn’t have happened without you. @simbroucke @daniel3hughes @rainalawrence_ @dilulloria @ashleykristeenvega @laurelmrc @deij_faulk @aaron.banes @oksgars @thejessecastellanos @mirnoelle & Anuj Parikh & Michelle Cage @thetanknyc #newplay #nemesis #workshop #greekmyth #play #theater #nyc #newwork #exploremodernmyth

Last but not least, a pair for the ages - best friends on the rocks and two nymphs of Dionysus’ latest order, the Baristae, Eve and Echo, played by Deijah Faulkner and Ashley Kristeen Vega*! 8/23 @ 3pm — Staged Presentation as part of The Tank’s LimeFest 🎟️ Tix Link in Bio for EMMY: OR, THE NEMESIS OF NARCISSISTS Deijah Faulkner (Evie) - Deijah Faulkner is an Actor, Singer, and Creator based on Long Island, NY. She received BA in Musical Theatre and Costume Design at East Stroudsburg University. Recent Credits: Ronette (Little Shop of Horrors), Little Eva (Beautiful the Carol King Musical) Mouse (A Year with Frog & Toad), Lisa (Cordoray) and Vanessa Rosales in The Inconvenient Miracle: A Mystic Birth Musical (Skeleton Rep). Ashley Kristeen Vega* (Echo) - Ashley Kristeen Vega is a New York City-based actress, director, and producer who prides herself in the development of new works. A Mexican-American Texas native, Ashley has found success in independent theatre and film, both in NYC and across the country. Most recently, Ashley starred in PLUTO IS LISTENING with Boundless Theater, which won the 2024 BroadwayWorld Award for Best Play Off-Off Broadway. She is thrilled to continue working with The Skeleton Rep(resents) and thanks Ria for developing meaningful theatre! Ashley is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association & is represented by KPA Talent Management. *appearing courtesy of AEA @ashleykristeenvega @deij_faulk @dilulloria @thetanknyc #newplay #limefest #workshop #staging #presentation #nymphs #echo #acting #actors #play #theater #theatre #development #gohardorgohome #makeithappen #exploremodernmyth

Playing the Olympian sibling-spouses are longtime TSR collaborators, Miranda Noelle Wilson* as the Queen of the Heavens Hera and Anuj Parikh* as King of the Skies Zeus! 8/23 @ 3pm — Staged Presentation as part of The Tank’s LimeFest 🎟️ Tix Link in Bio for EMMY: OR, THE NEMESIS OF NARCISSISTS Miranda Noelle Wilson* (Hera) - Miranda is thrilled to be joining Skeleton Rep for another modern myth. Miranda has been a frequent collaborator with TSR over the years. She is also an ongoing collaborator with Ryan Raftery for his critically-acclaimed celebrity biopic musicals at Joe’s Pub and around the country. Longtime company member of the dance-theater company, Treehouse Shakers, which performs original works for young audiences of all ages. Treehouse performs at theaters all over the country and will be performing at The Kennedy Center in D.C. this fall. Anuj Parikh* (Zeus) - Anuj Parikh is a happy guy originally from Vancouver. Recent and upcoming roles include Dromio of Syracuse (Comedy of Errors, Hip to Hip Theatre); Rev. Parris (The Crucible, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble); Titus Andronicus (noted in the New York Times); Rev. Duckworth (premiere of Alice Again, by The Lifespan of a Fact’s G. Farrell). He has a PhD in experimental nuclear astrophysics from Yale and was a professor in Barcelona and expert on thermonuclear stellar explosions. He is particularly interested in developing theatre that explores the interface between physics and poetry. See anujparikh.com for more. *appearing courtesy of AEA @mirnoelle @thetanknyc @dilulloria #actors #staging #newplay #hera #zeus #cheating #gods #olympians #limefest #midtownnyc #theater #theatre #exploremodernmyth #skeletonrep #play #workshop