Black Box Chronicles: Dramatic Disturbance
Writing the Walls
Black Box Chronicles: Dramatic Disturbance
February 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2026
Fridays at 7:00PM, Saturdays & Sundays at 3:00PM
Black Box Chronicles: Dramatic Disturbance
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 Writing the Walls 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.
About Writing the Walls
Writing the Walls began in 2005, using the incredible contemporary artwork from exhibits at Hudson Valley MOCA as inspiration. The concept of using art as inspiration for writing is not new, but for 21 years HVMOCA has redefined the process, using the artwork as inspiration to write poems or plays. Writing the Walls allows the audience, who walks through the gallery to enter the theater, to develop anew appreciation of the intersection of narration, art, and interpretation. “And,” says, Mara Mills, who created Writing the Walls with Livia Straus, co-founder of HVMOCA, “It is always a celebration of the talent and imagination of our community.”
Tickets for Black Box Chronicles:Dramatic Disturbance are available at plays2026.eventbrite.com. $25 general admission, $20 seniors, students, HVMOCA Members.
