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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Save the Date!

Erik Ransom's

More Than All the World

will have a world premier staged reading presented by The York Theatre Company

on Tuesday, March 15th, at 2:00pm

Musical Direction and Arrangements by Andy Peterson

Direction by Rachel Klein

More information coming soon!

Find out how you can contribute HERE.

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Coming to Off-Broadway in the 2016/2017 Season.....

GRINDR The Opera, written by Erik J. Ransom, puts the most notorious gay hook-up app into the exaggerated world of opera. With musical styles ranging from baroque to contemporary pop, GRINDR The Opera is a daring, humorous look at the changing landscape of gay relationships, and the greatest catalyst for the shift: GRINDR.

We meet GRINDR, a mythical siren from remote antiquity who has been awoken from her millennial slumber by technology. Her power, which is derived from human lust, is exhibited as she manipulates her gay devotees in a soaring soprano.

Next we meet the boys: Devon is a romantic, Tom is a cynic, Jack is a twink and Don is a daddy. These four gay men of different "Tribes" meet via the medium of the Grindr app, each seeking a different type of connection. GRINDR guides them to intersect to hilarious and calamitous results, culminating in a grand finale wherein all the dirty laundry tumbles out.

Though the opera lives in the world of parody, it touches on some very serious, hot-button issues that exist in the gay community as it transitions into a time of wider acceptance and easy access to opportunities of both romance and lust to be sated. GRINDR The Opera is entirely sung-through and intended to be staged with a cast of five actors: The four men and the Siren, GRINDR, who is intended to be a masked man in drag. It is arranged to be performed by a band of three to five musicians.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Glamour Macabre at Urban Stages!

The Rachel Klein Theater Ensemble Presents:
Glamour Macabre
A go-go dancing, rock n'roll, Broadway belting, sequin tossin' evening of entertainment!
Co-Hosted by Eric Schmalenberger and Miriam! (That's right!)

Saturday, December 14th

At Urban Stages, 259 West 30th St

10:00pm

Featuring:
The Whimsical Horror Stylings of The Rachel Klein Theater Ensemble in "Killer Workout!" "Beyond the Valley of the Pussycats" and "The Egyptian Queen"
Modern Dance Macabre Soloist, Danielle Marie Fusco (Martha Graham)
Sexy Contemporary Ballet by The Love Show (the Nutcracker Rated R)
The Vivacious Vocals of:
Erik Ransom as Damian from his rock musical "Coming"

The Love Show's David F. Slone, Esq
Broadway's Leasen Almquist (Annie Get Your Gun)
RKP's own Red Headed Spitfire, Scooter Pie (Shaken and Stirred)
and Broadway's Ashley Kate Adams debuting "Run", an original song by Miss Adams featuring Glendon Emmons
Musical Talents by:
Sean Hagerty on the electric violin
and the Gothic Romantic stylings of Cornelius Loy on the theremin!

Tickets are $15!
http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=WIN25

Sunday, August 25, 2013

The Dead Dream Machine

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Now Playing Off-Broadway!

Cedric Yau and the Yow! Theater Company Present

Around the World in 80 Days

A Play by Mark Brown, based on the Novel by Jules Verne

Directed and Designed by Rachel Klein

A fantastic update of the visionary classic

39 characters deftly portrayed by 5 physically unparalleled actors

Performing now the New Theater at 45th Street

354 West 45th Street

www.aroundtheworldinnyc.com

"Director Rachel Klein’s endlessly clever production is being performed at the New Theater at 45th Street... From the wonderfully silly costumes to the ingenious low-tech scenic design, this “Around the World in 80 Days” is a trip well worth taking."

--The New York Post

"Rachel Klein's thoroughly inventive production of Mark Brown's five-actor play based on Jules Verne's globetrotting adventure, does quite a lot to measure up to its cinematic predecessor."

--Theater Mania

"Mark Brown’s play has been reimagined by Director/Designer Rachel Klein with a cohesive, iconoclastic point of view that speaks of a new generation’s Julie Taymor."

--Woman Around Town

Monday, October 22, 2012

The Tragedy Of Maria Macabre

at La MaMa
November 4th...

At 5:30pm....

Maria Macabre is resurrected!!! Come see the Tragedy of Maria Macabre for a one-night only presentation at La MaMa.ETC for Howl Festival in association with the Actor's Fund.

Tickets are $15.00 and can be purchased at: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/9732266

Proceeds go to Howl Help.

“The Tragedy of Maria Macabre brought a group of zany characters in front of the audience to tell a visually stunning tale of disillusion.” Michael Roderick, Broadway World

“The space illuminates with the gothic contortions of Klein’s company.”

Rachel Simhon, The Avant Guardian

Starring the exquisite talents of: Elizabeth Stewart, Michael Porsche, Danielle Marie Fusco, Preston Burger, Megan O'Connor, Eric Schmalenberger, Freddy Mancilla, Brian Rubiano, and special guest starring as Maria Macabre the Love Show's Angela Harriell.

After debuting out new show Symphony of Shadows, at Dixon Place last June (to critical acclaim)

the Rachel Klein Theater Ensemble is proud to revive their silent skeleton opus, The Tragedy of Maria Macabre. Join Maria Macabre on her journey through a kaleidoscopic carnival of horrors!

For More info:
www.rachelkleinproductions.com

www.howlfestival.com/about/howlhelp/

The Howl Emergency Life Project was created to provide emergency financial assistance and social service support to artists who have participated in the annual Howl Festival or who make their careers in New York City's East Village and Lower East Side arts community and whose work challenges the traditional boundaries of dance, theatre, music, multimedia and the spoken word.

Services include counseling and referrals for personal, family or work-related problems. Linkage to community resources for such needs as medical care, legal services, public benefits or elder care. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics and include: finding affordable housing, financial education as well as health insurance options.

Financial assistance is available for rent, utilities, mental health and medical care as well as other basic living expenses. Grants are approved on a case-by-case basis based on need.