Welcome to The Amoralists
The AMORALISTS is a theatre company that produces work of no moral judgment. Dedicated to an honest expression of the American condition, our actor driven ensemble explores complex characters of moral ambiguity. We seek to initiate a dialogue between artists and audience, putting theatre at the heart of our community. Rollicking, rebellious, and raw, our work will go home with you...Boom!
The Amoralists are honored to have had The Pied Pipers Of The Lower East Side make these 2009 Top Ten Lists:
The New York Post
Time Out New York
JamesSpeak Blogspot
Just Shows To Go You
The Amoralists are now fiscally sponsored by: The Field.
All donations to The Amoralists via The Field are tax deductible!
"The Pied Pipers is fast, funny, raucous, and in your face. All are outstanding. Considerably smart and complex. I'll certainly follow The Amoralists work from now on."
- The NEW YORK POST
The Amoralists’ would like to thank all family, friends, enemies, audience, and press for making The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side such an enormous success both Off and Off-Off Broadway!
Our fourth exciting season of amorality begins in March with the World Premier of, Happy in the Poor House, by Derek Ahonen.
The
Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side, by Derek Ahonen.
R.I.P. June 2,
2009- October 5th 2009.
Off Off Broadway run at PS122.
Off Broadway
run at Theatre 80 Saint Marks.
View our press packet
“What
I particularly loved about the show was that Ahonen takes these four
people and their dreams seriously. …The Pied Pipers is fast, funny,
raucous and in-your-face. …It’s cast is 110% committed. I'll certainly
follow the Amoralists' work from now on.”
–Elisabeth Vincetelli, The New York Post
“The
satiric thrust of the work is so on target. …Pity the lovers of this
sort of rollercoaster-ride, in-your-face, freewheeling theatrical
experience who are out of town for the summer. …Ahonen starts with what
seems to be a hippie-era slice of life, but artfully steers his play
into something far more. …The funniest onstage nudity in recent memory.”
“Deservedly extended and what long, shaggy, exhilarating ride it is. Rendered with brassy verve… vigorous cast members.”
"I
left wondering what, exactly, Ahonen was trying to say: is he
idealizing these people and their lifestyle? Is he trying to show that
it can’t work? Or is he making a point about what society does to
idealism, and what happens when idealism has to square with the real
world around it? The realism of the play he and his talented cast have
created makes it such that the answer is, actually, I’d think, all
three.”
“The young company’s deep commitment and contagious exuberance brings to mind the vitality that distinguished the early Off-Off Broadway work of artists like Sam Shepard only a generation ago.”
–The New Yorker
"The happiest surprise of the season. Ahonen has written full, complex characters, and the committed cast approaches them with sincerity and heart. This is exciting work, fresh and refreshing: The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side makes you want to follow the Amoralists wherever they go next."
–Adam Feldman, Time Out New York
“What I particularly loved about the show was that Ahonen takes these four people and their dreams seriously. …The Pied Pipers is fast, funny, raucous and in-your-face. …It’s cast is 110% committed. I'll certainly follow the Amoralists' work from now on.”
Elisabeth Vincetelli, The New York Post
“Love Stories don’t come any purer than this.”
–Doug Strassler, OffOffOnline.com
“The most exciting theatre I’ve seen in quite a while. The sheer scope of this piece—touching on religion, environmentalism, economics, anarchy, vegetarianism, sexuality, and much more—makes it endlessly admirable. …The six actors give bold, thoughtful performances.”
–Martin Denton, Nytheatre.com
“Sends us reeling into the street feeling provoked, enlivened, even a little bit enlightened.”
–Jon Sobel, Blog Critics
“The thing that strikes me, several days after having seen The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side, is that I do still care about the characters that Derek Ahonen has created and that The Amoralists have brought to life.”
–StageBuzz.com
“Derek Ahonen’s complex characters make The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side the meaningful play that it is.”
–Show Business Weekly
“The sort of theater that needs to be done: it's vital, alive, and full of unsquandered possibilities.”
–Aaron Riccio, That Sounds Cool Blogspot
“A thoroughly original and frequently hilarious new play.”
–FlavorPill/Metro New York
“Pied Pipers brings a Chekhovian sensibility to these New Yorkers. It’s the strong actions, characterizations, and conflicts—a classic trifecta, really—that make the piece stand out among the theatre of recent memory.”
–Obscene Jester
“The Amoralists aren't just a company worth following (and I definitely will). They've created a play that deserves revivals in dozens of small theaters in hip neighborhoods across the country.”
–The Fifth Wall
“There is a Cassavetes feel to the long, meandering documentary-style scenes in which laughter and explosions of rage seem to come out of nowhere but are always true to the characters we are observing. The acting could not be much more vividly realistic.”
–The Connecticut Post
–The New Yorker
"The happiest surprise of the season. Ahonen has written full, complex characters, and the committed cast approaches them with sincerity and heart. This is exciting work, fresh and refreshing: The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side makes you want to follow the Amoralists wherever they go next."
–Adam Feldman, Time Out New York
“What I particularly loved about the show was that Ahonen takes these four people and their dreams seriously. …The Pied Pipers is fast, funny, raucous and in-your-face. …It’s cast is 110% committed. I'll certainly follow the Amoralists' work from now on.”
Elisabeth Vincetelli, The New York Post
“Love Stories don’t come any purer than this.”
–Doug Strassler, OffOffOnline.com
“The most exciting theatre I’ve seen in quite a while. The sheer scope of this piece—touching on religion, environmentalism, economics, anarchy, vegetarianism, sexuality, and much more—makes it endlessly admirable. …The six actors give bold, thoughtful performances.”
–Martin Denton, Nytheatre.com
“Sends us reeling into the street feeling provoked, enlivened, even a little bit enlightened.”
–Jon Sobel, Blog Critics
“The thing that strikes me, several days after having seen The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side, is that I do still care about the characters that Derek Ahonen has created and that The Amoralists have brought to life.”
–StageBuzz.com
“Derek Ahonen’s complex characters make The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side the meaningful play that it is.”
–Show Business Weekly
“The sort of theater that needs to be done: it's vital, alive, and full of unsquandered possibilities.”
–Aaron Riccio, That Sounds Cool Blogspot
“A thoroughly original and frequently hilarious new play.”
–FlavorPill/Metro New York
“Pied Pipers brings a Chekhovian sensibility to these New Yorkers. It’s the strong actions, characterizations, and conflicts—a classic trifecta, really—that make the piece stand out among the theatre of recent memory.”
–Obscene Jester
“The Amoralists aren't just a company worth following (and I definitely will). They've created a play that deserves revivals in dozens of small theaters in hip neighborhoods across the country.”
–The Fifth Wall
“There is a Cassavetes feel to the long, meandering documentary-style scenes in which laughter and explosions of rage seem to come out of nowhere but are always true to the characters we are observing. The acting could not be much more vividly realistic.”
–The Connecticut Post
Latest News
William Apps Wins Best Featured Actor for Amerissiah
The Amoralists would like to congratulate William Apps for winning the The New York Innovative Theatre Award for Best Featured Actor Award in Amerissiah!
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