PLAYHOUSE CREATURES THEATRE COMPANY
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History

Since 2009, PCTC has produced fourteen Main Stage
productions, seven new works series, 18 staged readings
(including John Guare's original work, More Stars Than
There Are In Heaven), four Tennessee Williams festivals, a
World Premiere of a Tennessee Williams play, and several
NYC premieres. PCTC has won and been nominated for
twenty-one theatre awards.

Over 25,000 patrons have attended PCTC productions in
NYC, Boston, and New Orleans with producing partners
Bridge Repertory Theater and Southern Rep.

At the same time, PCTC has continued and expanded its efforts to give back to the community through the Little Creatures Act Out
camps for underserved youth, free readings and tickets for
seniors (Creatures Serving Seniors), and an annual Red
Cross blood drive (since 2014, with producing partner
American Candy). Beginning in March 2019, PCTC will
launch a pilot drama program with Harvey Milk High School
for at-risk LGBTQ youth.

PRODUCTION HISTORY
2009
Closer, by Patrick Marber (main stage)
Directed by Eric Tucker

The Gene Frankel Theatre, NYC


2010
Six x Tenn (six one-acts), by Tennessee Williams (main stage) Directed by Eric Tucker, Patricia Duran, and Ron Lebow

The Red Room, NYC


Creatures Features (five original one-acts) The Red Room, NYC

The Libertine, by Stephen Jeffreys (main stage)

Directed by Eric Tucker
The Kirk/Theatre Row
NYC
OOBR (Off-Off-Broadway Review) Nominee, Best production, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Design, Best Costumes


2011
Page 2 Stage New Works Festival (five original one-acts)
The Tank, NYC


2012
Love Song, by John Kolvenbach (main stage)
(New York City Premiere)
Directed by Kenny Wade Marshall

Access Theatre, NYC

Page 2 Stage II (five original one-acts)
Access Theatre, NYC


2013-14
The Libertine, by Stephen Jeffreys (main stage) (Boston Premiere)
Directed by Eric Tucker

The Calderwood Pavilion, Boston, MA
Co-production with Bridge Repertory Theater of Boston
Winner, IRNE Award (Independent Reviewers of New England),
Best Production Winner, IRNE Award, Best Director
Nominee, IRNE Award, Best Actor
Nominee, IRNE Award, Best Actress
Winner, BCA (Boston Critics Association), Best Production
Nominee, BCA, Best Director
Nominee, BCA, Best Actor 
Nominee, BCA, Best Costumes
Nominee, Elliot Norton Award, Best Production
Nominee, Elliot Norton Award, Best Actor
Nominee, Broadway World-Boston, Best Actor


Page 2 Stage III (five original one-acts) The Red Room, NYC

Charlotte the Destroyer, by Megan O’Leary (main stage) (NYC Premiere)
Directed by Janet Bobcean

The Kraine Theatre, NYC
​

2014-15
The Forgetting Curve, by Vanda (main stage) (World Premiere)
Directed Kimberly Loren Eaton

The Calderwood Pavilion, Boston, MA,
Co-production with Bridge Repertory Theater of Boston

Nominated, IRNE Award, Best Production Design


Page 2 Stage IV: Love and Politics (six original one-acts)
Access Theatre, NYC

Hunter/Gathers, by Pete Sinn Nachtrieb (main stage) (NYC Premiere) Directed by Eric Tucker

The Duo Multicultural Arts Center, NYC


2015-16
More Stars Than There Are In Heaven, by John Guare (New England Premiere)
Directed by Cosmin Chivu

The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival, Provincetown, MA
Nominee, Broadway World Boston, Best Production


TW 1982:
The Recluse and His Guest, by Tennessee Williams (World Premiere)

The Remarkable Rooming House of Mme Lemond, by Tennessee Williams (NYC Premiere)

Directed by Cosmin Chivu

Walker Space
 NYC
Nominated, Drama League Award, Best Production
Nominated, Drama League Award, Best Actress


2016-17
Lady Monday, by David Alan Thornton (staged reading)
Directed by Scott Davis

TACT, NYC


One Flea Spare, by Naomi Wallace (main stage) (20th Anniversary production)
Directed by Caitlin McLeod

The Sheen Center, NYC

Mrs. Packard, by Emily Mann (main stage)

Directed by Emily Ranii

The Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, co-production with Bridge Repertory Theater of Boston
Winner, IRNE Award, Best Actress
Nominee, IRNE Award, Best Director


2017-18
The Two-Character Play, by Tennessee Williams (main stage) Directed by Austin Pendleton

The Duo Multicultural Arts Center, NYC


Five Plays by Five Women:

Unit 19
, by Tegan McLeod


Composition of a Woman, by Maren Lavelle
Kafka in Paradise, by Inez Hedges

Four Old Broads, by Leslie Kimbell


Veritas, by Betty Shamieh


The Two-Character Play, by Tennessee Williams (main stage) Directed by Austin Pendleton

Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
Co-production with Southern Rep


2018-19
The Reality Plays: 4 Views of Millennium (main stage)
Original works by four millennial writers

The Soto-Velez Center, NYC


Composition of a Woman, by Maren Lavelle (staged reading)

Fata Morgana, by David Alan Thornton (staged reading)

Shadow Child, by Myra Slotnik (staged reading)


The Followers, by William Johnson (staged reading)
​

Winner, The First Annual Dr. R.J. Rodriguez Emerging Playwrights’ Contest
​

2019-20
TBD

​

People

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Ivy Zelanka, President
Entrepreneur
​​

Hisako Ando, Secretary
VP of Design + Merchandising, Komar Kids LLC

Joseph W. Rodriguez, Treasurer (ex officio)
Producing Artistic Director, Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company

​Janet Bobcean
Scenic Designer + Stage Director / Associate Professor at Northeastern University

Melissa Gabay Segal 
Entrepreneur 

STAFF.
Joseph W. Rodriguez
Producing Artistic Director

Megan O'Leary
Associate Artistic Director

Kenny Wade Marshall
Creative Director of Youth Theatre​
COMPANY MEMBERS.
Rutanya Alda
Ford Austin
Emily Dahlke
​Annabelle Capper
​Scott Davis
Eric Doss
James Foster, Jr.
Hollie Harper

Gretchen Knapp
Sarah Koestner
Alexandra Petrullo
Thom Pinto
​Doug Plaut
Jennylind Stecker
​Remy Souchon
David Alan Thornton
​Eric Tucker

Picture
ABOVE.
Company Member Eric Tucker at rehearsal for PCTC's 2015 Mainstage production of Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's
Hunter Gatherers​.  

Cover Photo  |  Brooks Reeves, Troy Barboza, Daniel Duque-Estrada + Joseph W. Rodriguez in The Libertine  |  Photo Credit, Marc J. Franklin
Picture

CONTACT.

MAILING ADDRESS.
14 Horatio St, 9C
NY, NY 10014

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​Thank you!


Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company is a
501c3 designated nonprofit organization. All gifts are fully tax-deductible. 
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