The Amoralists Theatre Company

Bring Us the Head of Your Daughter

Presented at: Performance Space 122
Run: March 31st-April 24th, 2011

Jackie and Contessa are far from the typical American family. One black, one Jewish, and both women, they have overcome years of alcoholism and self-doubt to remain loving partners. But when their absent daughter Garance is accused of cannibalism, their Gramercy Park apartment becomes a center of chaos. The phone rings relentlessly with bigoted threats, Contessa’s long-lost brother mysteriously reappears, and to top it all off, the alleged cannibal makes a grand entrance. Bring Us The Head Of Your Daughter is a biting examination of an unconventional family and the outermost limits of familial love.

Happy in the Poorhouse

Presented at: Theatre 80 Saint Marks
Run: March 11 - April 26th, 2010

Paulie “The Pug” is a Coney Island dreamer... just one MMA fight away from the big time. If only he could keep his wife from screwing her ex-husband, his brother-in-law from going to the slammer, and his best friend from taking a bite out of his neck, he’d be on top of the world. A raucous, irreverent, action-packed comedy full of weak wrists and strong hearts, Happy In The Poorhouse is an unsanitized story of love, sex, and chasing after dreams even when you’ve got a black eye and a broken spirit.

Featuring

William Apps, Selene Beretta, Matt Fraley, James Kautz, Nick Lawson, Sarah Lemp, Patrick McDaneil, Rochelle Mikulich, Matthew Pilieci, Mark Riccadonna, Meghan Ritchie

Amerissiah (Redux)

Presented at: Theatre 80 Saint Marks
Run: June 3 - June 28th, 2010

Barry Ricewater is dying of cancer. He also claims to be the Messiah. His older, hippie wife and his recovering drug-addict brother believe him, but the rest of the family harbors doubts. Barry’s sister and father are preoccupied dodging jail sentences for fraud, and their lawyer is ready to send them to the big house. When an aspiring rapper and his seemingly psychic wife show up looking for the Amerissiah, the family is forced to confront their sins and seek redemption- but are they worshiping a false idol?

Featuring

William Apps, Selene Beretta, Jennifer Fouche, James Kautz, Nick Lawson, Sarah Lemp, Matthew Pilieci, Aysha Quinn, George Walsh

The Amoralists Curtain Call

Presented at: PS122
Run: July 29th - August 23rd, 2010

The Amoralists proudly present The Amoralists Curtain Call, featuring revivals of two of their wildly popular plays, The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side and Happy In The Poorhouse, both written and directed by Derek Ahonen. The company will give eleven final performances of each before retiring the shows forever.

The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side

Featuring

James Kautz, Nick Lawson, Sarah Lemp, Malcolm Madera, Mandy Moore, Matthew Pilieci

Happy in the Poorhouse

Ghosts in the Cottonwoods

Presented at: Theatre 80 Saint Marks
Run: November 11-December 12th, 2010

On the night of a terrible storm, a single mother and her younger son await the arrival of the older son, who has broken out of prison. Two others arrive before him: a stranger with a wounded leg and a girl with a suitcase. Nothing will ever be the same.

The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side

Presented at: PS 122 and Theatre 80 Saint Marks
Run: June 2nd - October 5th

“An extraordinary gathering of young idealists live above a vegan restaurant in NYC. Billy, Dawn, Dear and Wyatt are an extended sexual family battling their fears and addictions in order to live their utopian dream. The Pied Pipers Of The Lower East Side is a celebration of love and the search for human grandness- and what happens when bohemian paradise begins to crumble.

The Hey You Monster

Presented at: The Gene Frankel Theatre
Run: April 25th-June 1st, 2008

The Hey You Monster is a monumental exploration on man’s accusatory nature. The Hey You Monster is a brutal dissection of Mothers and Daughters, Fathers and Sons, and the aftermath of murder. The Hey You Monster is a tapestry of interwoven themes and revelations, independent of its separate characters and plots. Welcome to...The Hey You Monster.

The Hey You Monster (part 1) Pokin the Bears in a Zoo: Mabel Sternos has been murdered and her husband, Sheep-Suit is out for revenge. Can her sons sober up in time to thwart the old man’s plot? Will her poor daughter-in-law Jo Jo have the strength to hold them together? And who is the man they call Forrest? The Sternos family struggles for salvation from themselves in this darkly humorous exploration of familial dysfunction.

The Hey You Monster (part 2): Bring Us the Head of Your Daughter: Jackie and Contessa are far from the typical American family. One black, one Jewish, and both women, they have overcome years of alcoholism and self-doubt to remain loving partners. But when their absent daughter Garance is accused of cannibalism, their Gramercy Park apartment becomes a center of chaos. The phone rings relentlessly with bigoted threats, Contessa’s long-lost brother mysteriously reappears, and to top it all off, the alleged cannibal makes a grand entrance. Bring Us The Head Of Your Daughter is a biting examination of an unconventional family and the outermost limits of familial love.

Amerissiah

Presented at: The Gene Frankel Theater Run: November November 13th-December 7th, 2008

Barry Ricewater is dying of cancer. He also claims to be the Messiah. His older, hippie wife and his recovering drug-addict brother believe him, but the rest of the family harbors doubts. Barry’s sister and father are preoccupied dodging jail sentences for fraud, and their lawyer is ready to send them to the big house. When an aspiring rapper and his seemingly psychic wife show up looking for the Amerissiah, the family is forced to confront their sins and seek redemption- but are they worshipping a false idol?

While Chasing The Fantastic

Presented at: The Kraine Theater
Run: May 22nd-June 10th, 2007

The frailty of the American dream and the absurdity of our war on terror are central in this provocative new play. A psychedelic trip, While Chasing the Fantastic… reveals itself through the subconscious and waking lives of it’s characters to beget the question: In a society that fears the unknown, how can we separate what is real from what is illusionary?

The Pied Piper of the Lower East Side

Presented at: The Gene Frankel Theater
Run: November 2nd-November 25th, 2007

“An extraordinary gathering of young idealists live above a vegan restaurant in NYC. Billy, Dawn, Dear and Wyatt are an extended sexual family battling their fears and addictions in order to live their utopian dream. The Pied Pipers Of The Lower East Side is a celebration of love and the search for human grandness- and what happens when bohemian paradise begins to crumble.