The Secret Theatre

The Secret Theatre is an Off-Off-Broadway theater that was first established in The Long Island City Art Center (Queens, NY) in July 2007 by actor/director Richard Mazda. The theater seats just under 50 audience members. The theater is home to The Queens Players and has repertory-style policy of mounting an average of more than 9 mainstage productions in a year.

The inaugural production featured an original work by Joel Schatzky that starred Bill Krakauer, father of Klezmer musician David Krakauer. Bill was an 80-year-old psychotherapist turned actor who played the lead role as a conductor who escaped persecution by the Nazis by emigrating to America to pursue a musical career. Subsequent productions in The Secret Theatre's first season included Theatre of Horror, a mainstage production featuring original plays from the Grand Guignol, A Christmas Carol, Lysistrata, and Edward II by Christopher Marlowe.

The production of Edward II was filmed and went into post production.

References

  • Sheward, David Backstage Review of 'Atonement' published September 7, 2007
  • Murray, Christopher Backstage.com Review of 'Home James' published November 19, 2007
  • Cassidy, Nat nytheatre.com Review of Edward II published April 10, 2008
  • D. J. R. Bruckner, STAGE: 'VAMPIRE LESBIANS OF SODOM' New York Times Theater Review - June 20, 1985 (retrieved 2008-04-29)
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