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2012
	July 4, 2012 @ 7pm a special one-night-only event for Imperialism Day! DONNY QUIXOTE! by the Mysterious Rabbit Puppet Army of Chapel Hill, N.C.
	June 21 - July 15, 2012 the 6th installment of our new political play showcase sUBVERsIVE sHORTs 2012 by multiple playwrights from all across America!
	May 30 - June 9, 2012 our 2nd annual "Subversive Youth Series" presentation BANG, BANG, YOU'RE DEAD! by William Mastrosimone, Directed by Kelly Beuth* Featuring students of Performing Arts High School
	Tuesday, May 1, 2012  for our 11th annual May Day Staged Reading... CHE by Mario Fratti Directed by Victoria Perez*   Starring Rolando Gomez as Che Guevarra!
	April 20 - May 13, 2012 time for an outrageous gender-bending spoof! SPEED THE PLOW by David Mamet, Directed by Christopher Standart*  Starring Kevin Craig, Andrea Andolina, and Timothy Finnegan
	March 15 - April 7, 2012 for installment #6 of our "Workers' Power Play Series" opening just after what would've been Manny's 99th birthday ELEGY FOR STANLEY GORSKI by the one & only Manny Fried, Directed by Kurt Schneiderman* Starring Victor Morales, Christina Rausa, and Richard Hummert
	February 2 - 25, 2012 theater's unsurpassable Civil Rights Era masterpiece A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine Hansberry, Directed by Victoria Perez Starring Peter Johnson and Patricia Armstrong*
	January 6 - 15, 2012 a performative lecture and interactive workshop IMPROVISED CONSCIOUSNESS Conceived of and Coordinated by Josephine Anstey,   Collectively developed by Intermedia Performance Studio

 

2011
	Friday, December 9th, 2011 @ 10:30pm OH (un)HOLY NIGHT: a very merry evening of subversive burlesque Yuletide extravaganza featuring five of Buffalo's burlesque troupes!
	November 25 - December 18, 2011 a new adaptation of Orwell's classic for the 99% OCCUPY ANIMAL FARM Adapted by Justin Karcher, Directed by Drew McCabe Starring Jeffrey Coyle, Jonathan Shuey, & Brian Zybala* Presented in collaboration with Theatre Jugend
	October 27 - November 19, 2011 the world premiere of... GREENSPAN AND THE TRILOBITES by Michael Fanelli*, Directed by Tilke Hill Starring Verniece Turner+, Greg Howze, and others
ONE NIGHT ONLY!	Friday, October 7, 2011 @ 11pm SUBVERSIVE BURLESQUE REVIEW Featuring all five of Buffalo's daring burlesque troupes!
	September 15 - October 15, 2011 one of the most notoriously "subversive" plays of all time! MARAT/SADE by Peter Weiss, Directed by Kurt Schneiderman* Starring Lisa Vitrano, Christopher Standart*, and Kevin Iuzzini
	July 28 - Aug 13, 2011 for the 2011 Buffalo "infringement" Festival GUILLOTINE: Heads Will Roll written & directed by Joe Siracusa
	June 16 - July 17, 2011 the fifth installment of our new political play showcase sUBVERsIVE sHORTs 2011 by multiple playwrights with multiple directors
	May 6 - 22, 2011 presented in partnership with Performing Arts High School TICK, TICK... BOOM! by Jonathan Larson Sponsored by Performing Arts Alumnus Jesse L. Martin
	Sunday, May 1, 2011  for our 10th annual May Day Staged Reading we're reprising the one that started it all back in 2002... KARL MARX IN BUFFALO Adapted from "MARX IN SOHO" by Howard Zinn Directed by Susan Forbes*, Starring Keith Elkins as Marx himself!
	March 17 - April 16, 2011 presented in collaboration with the New Phoenix Theatre INHERIT THE WIND by Lawrence & Lee  Directed by Kurt Schneiderman* Starring Greg Natale, Gary Darling, & Richard Lambert+
	February 18 - March 13, 2011 time to look into the abyss 4:48 PSYCHOSIS by Sarah Kane, Directed by Brian Zybala* Starring Rebecca Ward*
	January 13 - February 5, 2011 opening the weekend of Martin Luther King Day I AM A MAN by Oyamo,  Directed by Annette Daniels-Taylor Starring Pete Johnson, Barry Williams, and Ernest Griffin

 

2010
	December 9-22, 2010 Elves revolt against Santa Von Klaus, it could only be... TOTALITARIAN CHRISTMAS by Clinton Ours   Directed by Kurt Schneiderman* Starring Lawrence Rowswell*, Kent Bostock, and Gabe Mirizio
	October 21 - November 14, 2010 the most politically scorching episodes of TV's classic sci-fi series SUBVERSIVE TWILIGHT ZONES by Rod Serling   Directed by Kurt Schneiderman*, Larry Smith,  Michael Mirand, Virginia Brannon*, Jack Agugliaro*, & others
	September 9 - October 9, 2010 for Curtain Up 2010 THE FURIES OF MOTHER JONES by Maxine Klein   Directed by Megan Callahan*   Starring Sharon Strait, Leah Russo, and Marshall Maxwell
	July 23 - August 8, 2010 as part of the Buffalo "infringement" Festival THE MOTHER by Bertolt Brecht, Directed by Kurt Schneiderman*  Starring Rebecca Ward and Andrew Kottler
	June 18 - July 11, 2010 the fourth installment of our new political play showcase sUBVERsIVE sHORTs 2010 by multiple playwrights with multiple directors
SCREENING	Tuesday, June 1, 2010 @ 8pm CHICAGO 10
	May 20 - June 5, 2010 a subversive one-man version of Shakespeare's classic... I AM HAMLET Conceived and Directed by Joe Siracusa
	May 1, 2010 for our 9th annual "May Day Staged Reading Series" THE FURIES OF MOTHER JONES by Maxine Klein at the Manny Fried Playhouse
	April 8 - 30, 2010 featuring the acting troupe The Brazen Faced Varlets NECESSARY TARGETS by Eve Ensler at the Manny Fried Playhouse
	February 26 - March 21, 2010 for our fourth annual "Workers' Power Play Series" HARVEST by Langston Hughes at the Manny Fried Playhouse
STAGED READING	Monday, January 25, 2010 @ 8pm GUANTANAMO by Gillian Slovo Directed by Megan Callahan
	January 7 - 30, 2010 a totally original multi-media, physical theatre experience 84: A Tribute to Orwell's Dystopia Conceived, Adapted, and Directed by Brian Zybala*

 

2009
STAGED READING	Saturday, December 12, 2009 A TOTALITARIAN CHRISTMAS by Clinton Ours
STAGED READING	Monday, October 19, 2009 MONUMENT by Colleen Wagner
	October 15 - November 7, 2009 by Chile's world-renown Human Rights activist WIDOWS by Ariel Dorfman Performed at the Manny Fried Playhouse
	September 3 - 26, 2009 for Curtain Up 2009 TWILIGHT: Voices of the 1992 LA Riots by Anna Deavere Smith,  Performed at the Manny Fried Playhouse
STAGED READING	Monday, August 3, 2009 HOMEBODY/KABUL by Tony Kushner
	July 24 - August 9, 2009 THE HAIRY APE By Eugene O'Neill Performed at the Manny Fried Playhouse
STAGED READING	Monday, July 6, 2009 DANTON'S DEATH by Georg Buchner
	June 18 - July 10, 2009 back by popular demand... WATERBOARDING BLUES by Kurt Schneiderman
STAGED READING	Wednesday, June 3, 2009 DEUS EX MACHINIST by Norman Dietz
	May 21 - June 7, 2009 a double bill of great one-acts of Absurdist Theatre TOO ABSURD! by Eugene Ionesco & Slawomir Mrozek
	Friday, May 1, 2009 for our 8th annual "May Day Staged Reading Series" THE DAYS OF THE COMMUNE by Bertolt Brecht
	April 30 - May 17, 2009 the third installment of our new political play showcase sUBVERsIVE sHORTs 2009 by multiple playwrights
	April 25 - 26, 2009 in collaboration with Daemen College THE LARAMIE PROJECT by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theatre Project
STAGED READING	Monday, April 6, 2009 A MAN'S A MAN by Bertolt Brecht
	April 3 - 19, 2009 the world debut of WATERBOARDING BLUES by Kurt Schneiderman
SCREENING	February 27, 2009 THE CORPORATION
	January 23 - February 8, 2009 an entirely original exploration in physical theatre OUROBOROS Conceived and Directed by Brian Zybala

2008
	November 13 - December 14, 2008 DROP HAMMER By Emanuel "Manny" Fried Performed at the Manny Fried Playhouse
	September 18 - October 19, 2008 PALACE OF THE END By Judith Thompson Performed at the Manny Fried Playhouse (1st Ever!)
	July 26 - August 2, 2008 ...AND THEY PUT HANDCUFFS ON THE FLOWERS. By Fernando Arrabal Performed at the Kitchen Distribution Warehouse
	May 1st, 2008 THE MAN WHO NEVER DIED By Barrie Stavis Performed at the Alt Theatre
	April 10th - May 10th, 2008 NICKEL AND DIMED By Joan Holden Performed at the Alt Theatre
	March 7th - 29th, 2008 MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE By Katherine Viner and Alan Rickman Performed at the Main Street Cabaret
	January 10th - February 2nd, 2008 WAITING FOR LEFTY By Clifford Odets Performed at the New Phoenix Theatre

2007
	July 29th - August 5th, 2007 THE EXCEPTION AND THE RULE By Bertolt Brecht Performed on the Streets of Allentown as part of the 2007 Buffalo "infringement" Festival
	June 14th - 30th, 2007 sUBVERsIVE sHORTs 2007 By multiple playwrights Performed at Rust Belt Books
	May 1st, 2007 SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER By Ariel Dorfman Performed at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
	January 25th - February 10th, 2007 FOUNDATIONS By Kurt Schneiderman Performed at the New Phoenix Theatre

2006
	July 28th - August 5th, 2006 SINCERITY FOREVER By Obie Award-Winning Playwright Mac Wellman Performed at the Quaker Bonnet Eatery as part of the 2006 Buffalo "infringement" Festival
	May 1st, 2006 WAITING FOR LEFTY By Clifford Odets Performed at Buffalo's Unitarian Universalist Church
	March 11th, 2006 WHAT I HEARD ABOUT IRAQ By Simon Levy Performed at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

2005
	November 3rd - 19th, 2005 sUBVERsIVE sHORTs 2005 By multiple playwrights Performed at Rust Belt Books
	September 19th, 2005 BURY THE DEAD By Irwin Shaw Performed at Buffalo's Unitarian Universalist Church
	June 16th - September 4th, 2005 MOTHER DIS-COURAGE By Kurt Schneiderman Performed at the "infringement" festivals of Montreal, Buffalo, and New York City
	May 1st, 2005 THE MOTHER By Bertolt Brecht Performed at TheaterLoft
	February 24th - March 10th, 2005 PAUL ROBESON SPEAKS OUT! By Philip Hayes Dean Performed at various locations in Buffalo

2004
	December 8th, 2004 IN THE HEART OF AMERICA By OBIE Award Winning Playwright Naomi Wallace Performed at the Main Street Cabaret
	September 16th - 25th, 2004 MOTHER DIS-COURAGE By Kurt Schneiderman Performed at the Squeaky Wheel Media Arts Center
	July 2nd - 11th, 2004 A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON MY WAY TO SHOOT THE CZAR!!! By Kurt Schneiderman Performed at the Helen Phelan Gardiner Theatre as part of the 2004 Toronto Fringe Festival
	May 1st, 2004 ARE YOU NOW OR ARE YOU EVER BEEN... By Obie Award-Winning Playwright Eric Bentley Performed at the Squeaky Wheel Media Arts Center
	February 5th - 22nd, 2004 PAUL ROBESON SPEAKS OUT! By Phillip Hayes Dean Performed at the New Phoenix Theatre on the Park

2003
	June 26th - July 12th, 2003 MANIFEST DESTINY BLUES By Kurt Schneiderman Performed at the New Phoenix Theatre on the Park
	May 1st, 2003 BURY THE DEAD By Irwin Shaw Performed at Rust Belt Books

2002
	August 31st - September 7th, 2002 THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST By Nobel Prize-Winning Playwright Dario Fo Performed at Rust Belt Books
	May 1st, 2002 KARL MARX IN ALLENTOWN By Radical Historian Howard Zinn Performed at Rust Belt Books
	February 11th, 2002 A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON MY WAY TO SHOOT THE CZAR By Kurt Schneiderman Performed at Rust Belt Books