New on the Radar: Oct 12-13

Oct 14, 2026

Newly Added

Indie, Festival, Readings etc.

The Suitors of Helen (play)

New York Drama Department
Oct 7 - 26, 2026

A play about how Helen of Troy got married the first time.

Quentin and Dahlia / The Quality of Mercy poster

Quentin and Dahlia / The Quality of Mercy (short play)

American Theatre of Actors
Nov 11 - 15, 2026

Both plays are directed by John DeBenedetto
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Quentin and Dahlia
Written by Roberta Pantal Rhodes
Explores the varied incidents in the lives of a loving older couple.
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The Quality of Mercy
Written by John DeBenedetto
In this comedy the friendship of two men is put to the test when one causes them to both lose a large amount of money on a TV game show.

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Masha Masha Masha! (play)

Nov 17, 2026

A birthday. A new baby. A family reunion. A global pandemic.
In Masha Masha Masha!, a prominent Black family finds itself quarantined at its sprawling estate in Rochester, New York, where an occasion for celebration quickly becomes an unraveling of everything left unsaid.
As marriages fracture, old loves resurface, and long-buried ambitions come roaring back to life, three sisters and the people orbiting them confront the distance between the lives they… Read More

Bound to Desire: A Night of Kinky Short Plays poster

Bound to Desire: A Night of Kinky Short Plays (short play)

Dec 10 - 12, 2026

Bound to Desire: A Night of Kinky Short Plays brings together five taboo tales of desire, connection, and the things we don’t always say out loud.
A couple’s private evening is interrupted by their kid at exactly the wrong moment. A man exploring a sex dungeon with his partner finds himself confronting more than he expected. Two women turn a familiar fairy tale into a charged negotiation of trust and appetite. A nervous first-timer and a professional Dom… Read More

Private Nature (play)

Box of Moonlight, Brooklyn
Dec 4 - 13, 2026

Welcome to The Ranch 😈🐿️🥵: animal sanctuary by day, swingers club by night. With a megachurch across the highway, cops watching closely, and a community flooded with family values, The Lifestyle is under threat at The Ranch. Join six local hedonists for an evening at the “animal instincts” fundraiser to save the ranch, while the very thing feared to tear it all down already lurks the halls. Private Nature is a satiric tragicomedy about the suburbs,… Read More