Monarch Theater NYC

08/21/2024

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09/09/2015

Our next Mondays at Monarch new play reading will be Tuesday, September 29th, featuring new work by playwright Nilsa Reyna - stay posted for updates and shoot us an email to info(at)monarchtheater.org if you're interested in attending. You can also find info on how to submit at www.monarchtheater.org!

08/25/2015

Thank you Edinburgh! We had a wonderful time at the festival. Until next year!

08/14/2015

These Troubled Times in Edinburgh!

08/04/2015

These Troubled Times is officially in Edinburgh, Scotland! Come check us out:

C Venues
145 India Buildings, Victoria Street

August 5-22 @ 15:45 (50 min.)
Tickets £8.50-£10.50 / concessions £6.50-£8.50

A comedic and irreverent exploration of homophobia, religion, and the meaning of family. An openly gay man babysits his niece and nephew but gets more than he bargained for. Then there's the persistence of his estranged boyfriend, the religion fuelled homophobia of his brother's neighbour, and the e…

07/17/2015

These Troubled Times opens at 59E59 Street's East to Edinburgh Festival NEXT WEEK and then off to Scotland for us:) Check out our NYC and Edinburgh performance dates below and come see this hilarious show!

59E59th St. East To Edinburgh - NYC
Thursday, July 23rd at 8:30pm
Friday, July 24th at 8:30pm
For tickets: http://www.59e59.org/moreinfo.php?showid=214

C Venues - Edinburgh, Scotland
Wednesday, August 5th-Saturday, August 22nd at 3:45pm
For tickets: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/these-troubled-times

We hope to see you there!

A comedic and irreverent exploration of homophobia, religion, and the meaning of family. When an openly gay man babysits his niece and nephew, he gets more than he bargained for.

04/06/2015

Thank you so much to those of you who donated to our campaign, forwarded the info along to your friends, or who just plain watched our video and chuckled. We raised over $3000, which will be a HUGE help to us in getting These Troubled Times to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! Stay tuned for more updates!

04/02/2015

64 HOURS LEFT!!! We're so grateful for all the love and support we've received so far - you guys are the best:)

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03/03/2015

Exciting news: Monarch Theater NYC will be taking Troy Diana's play These Troubled Times to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer! Keep your eyes peeled for our Indie GoGo campaign launch on Thursday, featuring a hilarious video by Troy himself with a special appearance from Mrs. Raymond (pictured here, bound and gagged.)

11/18/2014

We had a fantastic reading of Diana Delgado's new play last night, and we've got plenty more exciting projects coming up - check out our website for details!

We’ve got some exciting projects coming up including Mondays at Monarch readings with playwrights Diana Marie Delgado, Janie Martinez, and Nilsa Reyna, as well as a planned production with Cuban choreographer Caridad Martinez and a fully mounted production of Troy Diana’s These Troubled Times for th…

07/07/2014

Fantastic review for These Troubled Times by Troy Diana from TheaterScene.net, and some very nice praise for director Jennifer M. Ortega and the cast as well. Check out the review below!

“…Well-observed, often very humorous true-to-life writing and excellent performances.” - Darryl Reilly, theatrescene.net

06/13/2014

We opened to a delighted audience last night! Check out the link below for tickets and info about These Troubled Times by Troy Diana (pictured here as Mrs. Raymond.)