Summer Shorts Tickets

Applauded by The New York Times as "shamelessly clever and deeply satisfying!" this acclaimed festival of new American short plays from some of the country's top playwrights returns to 59E59 Theaters for a tenth consecutive season! Representing some of today's best writing, directing, and acting talents, Summer Shorts celebrates theater, summer, and the short form. The festival's two separate series of three plays each will run in rotating repertory and offer a diverse range of voices, styles, and subject matter.

Series A
The Helpers
By Cusi Cram
Directed by Jessi D. Hill

After The Wedding
By Neil Labute
Directed by Maria Mileaf

This Is How It Ends
By A. Rey Pamatmat
Directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar

Series B
The Dark Clothes of Night
By Richard Alfredo
Directed by Alexander Dinelaris

Queen
By Alexander Dinelaris
Inspired by "The Woman Who Came at Six O'Clock" by Gabriel Garcia Márquez
Directed By Victor Slezak

Black Flag
By Idris Goodwin
Directed by Logan Vaughn