Black Box Chronicles - Dramatic Disturbances
Writing the Walls 2026 - Original Short Plays
WRITING THE WALLS 2026
The Black Box Chronicles: Dramatic Disturbance
Tickets: $30 / $25 Senior/Student/HVMOCA Member
February 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2026 Fridays at 7:00PM, Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00PM
Writing the Walls turns to short plays for 2026. Studio Theater in Exile @ Hudson Valley MOCA 1701 Main Street, Peekskill, NY 10566. February 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2026 Fridays at 7:00PM, Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00PM brings Black Box Chronicles: Dramatic Disturbance inspired by the Psychological Portrait show at Hudson Valley MOCA.
Twelve Playwrights were selected out of almost 200 submissions by The Studio Theater in Exile WTW short plays, 2026, committee. Quint Spitzer, New Rochelle is co-producing the series with Jeremy Gratt, Producer, and Mara Mills, Artistic Director of STIE. The playwrights come from Westchester and the NY Metro area.
Participants Marie Wall, Ed Friedman, Katerina Spilio, Eric Percival, Bruce Apar, and Grace O'Malley are residents or work in Peekskill or Cortlandt, the rest of the cast and directors are from the Hudson Valley, New Rochelle, and Nyack, N.Y. Gerry Micera, who is acting and directing is the theater and choral director at Putnam High School in Lake Peekskill.
Producer: Jeremy Gratt
Artistic Director: Mara Mills
Co-Producer 2026 Short Plays: Quint Spitzer
Stage Manager 2026 Short Plays: Carrie Ford
Playwrights: Jack Rushton, Bette Siler, Ed Friedman, Derek Tarson, Ruth Apolonia Zamoyta, SC Stowe, Steve Gold, Laurie Treacy, Liz Burk, Brian Petti, Bara Swain, and Ric Siler
Directors: Derek Tarson, Mara Mills, Robin Jareth, Quint Spitzer, Ed Friedman, and Gerry Micea
Actors: Bruce Apar, Gavino Olvera, Marie Wall, Benna Strober, Nick Byrne, Eric Percival, Julian Hargrove, Kristy O'Driscoll, Kelly Kirby, Elizabeth Mialaret, Misti Tindiglia, Derek Tarson, Ed Friedman, Debbie Buchsbaum, Brian Bagot, Katerina Spilio, Grace O'Malley, Chasity Perez, and Gerry Micera
