Theatre Y

Theatre Y was founded in 2006, by actor Melissa Hawkins and director Christopher Markle. The company is steeped in the theatrical traditions of Eastern Europe, which Chris Markle advanced until his death in 2008. Chris had a long artistic partnership with the Romanian director Liviu Culei and worked with other primal masters of the Eastern European theatre, including Luciane Pintilie and Taduesz Kantor.

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New York Times Rave for Theatre Y

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 27, 2012

In a rare review of an Off Off Broadway show, Ben Brantley of The New York Times gave Theatre Y’s production of I Killed My Mother a rave review this week, saying that “Karin Coonrod’s stark, poetic production is performed with feral fierceness by Andrew Hampton Livingston and the uncanny Melissa Lorraine Hawkin.” Other reviews included The New York Post, Backstage, Theatremania, and NYTheatre.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 27, 2012 at 1:27 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk


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