Current productions
ELLIOT & ME: A MUSICAL
BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY
BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY
June 10 to 25 at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
Producer. Elliot & Me is a musical comedy based on the lives of songwriter Elliot Willensky and his younger brother Steven. Elliot and Steven both reflect on the volatile ups and downs of their shared experiences: from their raucous “wonder years” growing up in Bayonne, NJ; to the painful conflict when Elliot defies the expectations of his traditional middle-class Jewish family and drops out of medical school to write pop songs; to Elliot’s rise to stardom writing hits for Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston and Steven’s starry-eyed admiration for his Hollywood lifestyle; and eventually to their role reversals when Elliot’s career hits a few bumps in the road and he needs to rely on Steven for help. Elliot & Me is filled with humor, colorful personalities, unexpected situations, and uplifting musical moments.
BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY
BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY
BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY
On Broadway Fall 2022 at Hayes Theater / Second Stage Theater
Assistant Director. City Hall is demanding more than his signature, the landlord wants him out, the liquor store is closed — and the Church won’t leave him alone. For ex-cop and recent widower Walter “Pops” Washington and his recently paroled son Junior, the struggle to hold on to one of the last great rent stabilized apartments on Riverside Drive collides with old wounds, sketchy new houseguests, and a final ultimatum in this Pulitzer Prize-winning dark comedy from Stephen Adly Guirgis. For Pops and Junior, it seems the old days are dead and gone — after a lifetime living Between Riverside and Crazy.
“It’s a dizzying and exciting place to be!” hails The New York Times.
IN THE WORKS
ALWAYS ON SUNDAY
TEN MINUTE PLAY FEST
TEN MINUTE PLAY FEST
Producer. A workshop of James Georgiades' solo show Always On Sunday was staged in 2019 at Hudson Theatre Works. A rewrite was presented as a reading in February 2020.
Always On Sunday will see an Off-Broadway run in fall 2022.
TEN MINUTE PLAY FEST
TEN MINUTE PLAY FEST
TEN MINUTE PLAY FEST
Director / Producer. Hudson Theatre Works is back with its yearly fundraiser of new ten minute plays.
Featuring new work by John Patrick Shanley, Sarah T Schwab, Joanne Hoersch, and more...
September 2022.
hudsontheatreworks.org
RECENT productions
DOUBLE BLIND
LAB LOVE"S THE 90's FUNRAISER
TALES FROM SAM SHEPARD
May 27 to June 11, 2022 at Theatre Row
Producer. A Young psychiatrist discovers that her supervisor is experimenting on a mental patient. She tries to save the patient with the help of her lawyer boyfriend.
TALES FROM SAM SHEPARD
LAB LOVE"S THE 90's FUNRAISER
TALES FROM SAM SHEPARD
May 22, 2022 at Hudson Theatre Works
Director. Tales from Sam Shepard's Cruising Paradise. A reading of rarely heard pieces by one of America's most important writers.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, actor, ex-cowboy, and musician Sam Shepard now stands revealed as a storyteller of dazzling artistry. Bleak and wildly funny, touching but stringently unsentimental, these stories give readers a most intimate view of the writer who has become synonymous with the landscape of America. Some of these pieces are beautifully constructed, fully realized short stories, while others are short bursts of dialogue, meditations, diary entries, letters, monologues, phone calls and plaints. Still others seem like myth and lore gleaned from old texts or barrooms. All are strong voice pieces--no surprise from a major playwright.
May 22 at 3:00PM
This is a FREE event.
LAB LOVE"S THE 90's FUNRAISER
LAB LOVE"S THE 90's FUNRAISER
LAB LOVE"S THE 90's FUNRAISER
May 16, 2022 at Joe's Pub / The Public Theater
Production Manager. Helped raise $40,000 in donations for LAByrinth Theater Company.
CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS
CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS
LAB LOVE"S THE 90's FUNRAISER
May 5 to 22, 2022 at Hudson Theatre Works
Producer. Curse of the Starving Class honors Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard, who passed away in 2017. Living a stagnant, unhappy existence in rural California, the struggling Tate family is desperate for change, but every family member has a different way of trying to improve their station in life. hudsontheatreworks.org
THROUGH THE FIRE
CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS
THROUGH THE FIRE
January 20 to February 5, 2022
at 59E59 Theaters | LAByrith Theater Co
Streaming on demand March 14 to 20
Production Manager. Inspired by a near-death experience during the peak of the pandemic, Through The Fire follows Victor from his childhood in the DR through moving to NYC, gang life, drug life, identity struggles, love & joining the marines. A story of survival and self-forgiveness directed by Liz Canavan & driven by Victor's original Hip-Hop music.
Streaming March 14 to 20.
HUGHIE
CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS
THROUGH THE FIRE
December 2 to 12, 2022
at Hudson Theatre Works
Role of the Night Clerk. In one of Eugene O'Neill's last works, high-rolling gambler Erie and Hughie, the credulous night clerk at a single-occupancy hotel, were confidants. Hughie admired Erie for his bold lifestyle and Erie considered Hughie his good luck charm. When Hughie dies unexpectedly, Erie's luck changes for the worse and he finds himself in dire straits.
Streaming soon!
Hudson Theatre Works mounts an ambitious and fulfilling Eugene O’Neill Festival. Both shows succeed beyond expectations. The two men in “Hughie,” command and embody their roles to near perfection. -Jim Testa, NJ Arts
Weehawken's Hudson Theatre Works captures the essence of O’Neill’s late little gem with impressive precision... In some ways, the night clerk in “Hughie” must be the most boring role for an actor in all of American theater. Stand there and listen. Interject a few observations ever now and then. But there is more here, a substance that Wattenmaker locates and allows to emerge. It is no mean feat to find the room necessary to allow this character to evolve, but Wattenmaker’s night clerk does so skillfully. - Patrick Maley, Star Ledger
ELLIOT & ME: A MUSICAL
ELLIOT & ME: A MUSICAL
ELLIOT & ME: A MUSICAL
December 2021 at Hudson Theatre Works
Producer. Elliot & Me is a musical comedy based on the lives of songwriter Elliot Willensky and his younger brother Steven. Elliot and Steven both reflect on the volatile ups and downs of their shared experiences: from their raucous “wonder years” growing up in Bayonne, NJ; to the painful conflict when Elliot defies the expectations of his traditional middle-class Jewish family and drops out of medical school to write pop songs; to Elliot’s rise to stardom writing hits for Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston and Steven’s starry-eyed admiration for his Hollywood lifestyle; and eventually to their role reversals when Elliot’s career hits a few bumps in the road and he needs to rely on Steven for help. Elliot & Me is filled with humor, colorful personalities, unexpected situations, and uplifting musical moments. hudsontheatreworks.org