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Running: February 12th – March 9th
Heats Wednesday February 12th through Sunday March 9th 2025
Semi Final A March 6th, Semi Final B March 7th
Grand Final + Award Party, March 9th 2025
The Secret Theatre and Richard Mazda are proud to announce the Queens Short Play Festival which launches Wednesday, February 12th, 2025, at The Secret Theatre 38-02 61 St, Woodside, NY 11377.
The festival Curator, Cassandra Gutterman-Johns, has read through 180+ [!!] individual plays of which roughly a third have now been corralled into 8 groups featuring 8 plays.
The 8 programs of 8 plays all get 4 separate performances in a competition-style festival where the audience votes for all of the plays that they see in ranked choice voting them . At the end of the heats, we then take the top 2 plays from each program that progress to the 2 semi-finals in 2 groups of 8 plays, and then the final 8 plays move to the Grand Final. At the final, the Audience is joined by two professional judges, and the voting is expanded to include two nongendered Best Actor and Best Director Awards. The winning Play, Actors [2 nongendered awards], and Director win cash Prizes and a small trophy at the Grand Final on March 9th. This event usually sells out and features our free after-party/BBQ for audience and actors, while votes are counted, this is followed by a fun award ceremony.
Performing: March 14th – March 23rd
Director: Christina Shea-Wright
Assistant Director: Emma Reifschneider
Stage Manager: Kerryclare Gleason
Producer: Sarah Weglowski
Producer: Thom Harmon
One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble.
Selina Fillinger’s brilliant, all-female farce took Broadway by storm in a star-studded production that earned three 2022 Tony nominations.
Starring
Marianne Goodell as Harriet
Erin Layton as Jean
Chanel Mack as Margaret
Farah Diaz-Tello as Stephanie
LaRelle Gee as Chris
Margaret Leisenheimer as Dusty
Tania Kass* as Bernadette
Content Warning: Show should be considered Rated R for explicit language and adult content.
*Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production.
Performing: Coming Soon
Produced by: The Secret Theatre
Description: What will Princess Particular do today?
Imagine what it’s like to be a princess, then decide you want to do something “different”.
PRINCESS PARTICULAR KNOWS!
Princess Particular is off her rocker; all she can think about is her latest scheme to become a ballerina. Her Mom and Dad, King Loads-a-dough and Queen Patience, want her to focus on her princessly duties. Luckily, her maids, Chancellor, and Lady-in-Waiting are on hand to help make her dream come true. Join our perky palace-goers each month for pliés, pastries, and “toe food”!
Audience interaction. Photo opportunity after the performance with the actors. Feel free to dress up in costume!
Performing: Coming Soon
Produced by: The Secret Theatre
Description:
Pirate Pete is a lovable rogue on a mission: to find his beloved runaway parrot Polly (who prefers pancakes to boring old birdseed), to find his buried treasure, and to pay the rent to Baron Big-Butt. Says writer and star Richard Mazda, “The show is so much fun to do. One of my favorite things is seeing the parents enjoy it as much as the kids.” Indeed, children and adults will find a lot to love in this quirky production filled with memorable characters!
Audience interaction. Photo opportunity after the performance with the actors. Feel free to dress up in costume!
The BSGE musical is BACK with Death at the Disco! The year is 1974. Saturday night, everyone is flocking to the hottest discotheque in Queens.But soon, the disco goes silent as a young woman drops dead on the dance floor. This family-friendly whodunnit is full of intrigue, dazzle, and blood. Can you solve it before top detective Thalia La Croix?
More private lessons have been added which include Violin, Clarinet, Guitar, Vocal, Piano, Ukulele, Tap, K-Pop, Cello, and Drums!
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