3 evenings of NEW plays and monologues about the life and lore of the Lower East Side
The Wild Side & Underground
Drawn from interviews with neighborhood residents, these monologues tell the stories of real residents' lives.
East Side Stories: Transformation
New short plays featuring famous figures in Lower East Side history, such as Fiorello LaGuardia, Vincent Astor, Janis Joplin, Bill Graham, Mary Simkhovitch, Marcus Loew, Bruce Mailman. They tell of the founding of celebrated institutions of education, finance, and debauch: Cooper Union, First Houses, The Commodore Burlesque Hall, The Saint, The Fillmore East. Plus there's the dance that was born of a domestic disturbance.
