Performances & Events

HB Studio Presents: Four Benefit Performances of 

TALLEY’S FOLLY

by Lanford Wilson
starring Judd Hirsch & Kathryn Danielle
March 5, 6, 7, 8 at 8pm
HB Playwrights Theatre
124 Bank Street
New York, NY 10014

Ticket Options:
Premium $100 | Preferred $50 | Regular $25

Purchase Tickets here.

“I knew immediately that I wanted this to be unlike anything I had written.” – Lanford Wilson

Judd Hirsch returns to his Obie Award winning performance of Matt Friedman in Talley’s Folly by Lanford Wilson. Set in an old boathouse near rural Lebanon, Missouri in 1944, Talley’s Folly is a romantic comedy following the characters Matt Friedman and Sally Talley as they once and for all settle their feelings for each other. Wilson received the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work.

Set Design | Giovanni Villari
Lighting Design | Alexander Bartenieff
Sound Design | Chuck London
Costume Design | Catherine Siracusa
Stage Manager | Marlene Mancini
Technical Director | Brian Kafel
Production Manager | Daniel Nelson

This production is made possible through the generous support of Judd Hirsch. All proceeds will support HB Studio programs for theater training and practice.

LUCKY PENNY

Friday January 15th & Saturday January 16th at 8pm

Sunday January 17th at 3pm
HB Playwrights Theatre | 124 Bank Street

Free! RSVP online

Written and performed by David Deblinger*
Featuring Songs and sounds performed by Fred Johnson
Directed and Developed by Ben Snyder

From a juvenile detention center in New Jersey to a fabled plaza in Madrid, from the piers of San Francisco to a Staten Island state mental hospital, Lucky Penny is a hilarious and surreal tale of love, loss, and laughter interwoven with songs sung by renowned Jazz vocalist Fred Johnson

Stage Manager Katie Kavett*
Technical Director/Lighting Designer Brian Kafel
Production Manager Daniel Nelson
Graphics Achilles Lavidis

Equity Approved Showcase (*) designates member of AEA

A collaborative staged reading of selected 10 minute plays from the students of Julie McKee, directed by the students of Jack Hofsiss.

Friday & Saturday | December 4 & 5 | 7:00pm
Free! | First come, first served
HB Playwrights Theatre, 124 Bank Street
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A FIRST FLOOR STUDIO RESIDENCY
Workshop Presentation

Written by Julia Izumi
Directed by Logan Reed
Produced by Natalie Gershtein

Saturday & Sunday
November 21 & 22 @ 7:30pm
FREE! | RSVP ONLINE

HB Studio, First Floor Studio
120 Bank Street

In the beginning there was darkness.  And a giant egg and mud and puppies and snakes and cow chips and kettles and scones.  And loneliness too. In the beginning storytelling brought us together and gave us reason and hope, as they still do today. THE MAKERS is a mash-up of creation myths and origin stories from around the world in attempt to find what unifies us all as human beings.

People Who Make Theatre
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered: Playing Pal Joey
A Conversation with Helen Gallagher & Rita Gardner

Moderated by Robert McQueen

Helen Gallagher (No, No, Nanette, Sweet Charity, Ryan’s Hope) won her first Tony as Gladys Bumps in the 1952 revival of Rodgers & Hart’s Pal Joey. This production also starred Elaine Stritch, as Melba, Harold Lang as Joey with Bob Fosse as Lang’s understudy. Rita Gardner (Luisa in the original cast of The Fantastics, Ben Franklin in Paris, The Wedding Singer) played the role of Linda English in the 1963 revival which featured Bob Fosse as Joey along with Viveca Lindfors. Robert McQueen, director of HB’s fall performance lab of Pal Joey, will join Helen and Rita in conversation about playing in this provocative Rodgers & Hart gem, which was based on a series of short stories by John O’Hara and scandalized audiences at its 1940 premiere. This evening is made possible with support from the Frederick Loewe Foundation and is part of HB Studio’s series celebrating the American Musical Theater canon.

Monday, September 21 @ 7:30pm
HB Playwrights Theatre, 124 Bank Street
$10 suggested donation, $5 HB Students & Faculty
RSVP online