Around The Block
Al Doblar La Esquina
invites you to a staged reading
The Wall and the Sea
by Celia Kapsomera # # member, Dramatists Guild
director: Andreas Robertz
at Open Jar Studios, 1601 Broadway (48th Street entrance, west of Broadway) Studio 12L
Fully accessible Monday May 18 2026 6:30 pm
Booked
by Carlos Jerome #
director: Ivette Dumeng
an Equity approved Showcase
at El Barrio's Artspace PS109
for tickets and times go to:
https://www.aroundtheblockteatro.org/
Around The Block
Al Doblar La Esquina
invites you to a set of staged readings
Reflections in Asphalt
Short plays by the Around The Block Playwriting Workshop
Thursday July 17 2025 6:30 pm
at Centro Loisaida 710 E. 9th Street (Avenue C)
Playwrights
Carlos Jerome#
Celia Kapsomera#
Tanya Ko-Hong#
Gloria Zelaya*
Directors
Ivette Dumeng
Nikaury Rodriguez*
Myrta Vida
Comfort Women
by Tanya Ko-Hong #
director: Debra Whitfield+
at Open Jar Studios, 1601 Broadway (48th Street entrance, west of Broadway) Studio 12L
Fully accessible Sunday April 13 2025 5:00 pm
Free Admission. But you must RSVP to comfort@aroundTheBLock.org
Around The Block / Al Doblar La Esquina
invites you to
Semicontinuous
by Carlos Jerome # # member, Dramatists Guild
director: Ivette Dumeng
at Teatro Círculo
64 E. 4th Street
November 6-10 2024
Will adjunct Professor Sonia leave for a consulting contract? Will her sometime lover Ruben decide once more to forget her? Is there no hope for continuity? Ask their students.
with
John Maria Gutierrez
Pedro Saint Morillo
Marc Reign
Iris Ruberte
Deanna Tarraza
a staged reading
About the Cat
by Gloria Zelaya*
director: Debra Whitfield+
at Open Jar Studios, 1601 Broadway (48th Street entrance, west of Broadway) Studio 11J
Fully accessible Thursday September 5 2024 7:00 pm
Free Admission. But you must RSVP to aboutTheCat@aroundTheBLock.org
Rose and Rob, married for a long time, are now unable to communicate with each other in a healthy way. Can Mia the Cat be the cause? The solution?
a staged reading
Third Sunday
by Mary V. Williams #
director: Russell Jordan*
at ART New York Spaces@520, Leynse Studio
520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th Streets), 3rd floor
Monday, August 19 2024 7:00 pm
Free Admission. But you must RSVP to thirdSunday@aroundTheBLock.org
a staged reading
Eros and Thanatos in Loisaida
by Carlos Jerome #
director: Rachael Langton
associate director: Lluvia Almanza*
at Open Jar Studios
Monday, June 3, 2024 6:00 pm Studio 12J
Free Admission. But you must RSVP to info@aroundTheBLock.org
(Fully accessible, but indicate if you'll need wheelchair access.)
For information and to register: https://www.aroundtheblockteatro.org
Around The Block/Al Doblar La Esquina
Monday June 5, 2023 6:00 pm
at the Dramatists Guild
presents a reading of
Vested Interests
by
Carlos Jerome #
with inspiration from Los intereses creados by Jacinto Benavente
and nods to El caballero de Illescas by Lope de Vega
directed by
Gloria Zelaya*