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Our Favorite Books from 2023

12/19/2023

Puck loves napping in someone's lap while they read

Each year, Theater in Asylum releases a list of plays, books, movies, and more that delighted us, challenged us, and changed us. Below is our first list, a crowd-sourced list of books our community loved in 2023.

Also, Theater in Asylum’s fundraiser is live! If you’re able, please consider helping us reach our goal with a donation. Thank you so much!!

Fiction

A Bend In The Stars by Rachel Barenbaum
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Infamous by Lex Croucher
The Long Run by James Acker
Milk Fed by Melissa Broder
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Rouge by Mona Awad
The Swimmers by Julia Otsuka
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

Non-Fiction

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
Doppelgänger by Naomi Klein
Everybody: A Book About Freedom by Olivia Laing
The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront Occupation by Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution by Peter Kropotkin
The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society by Eleanor Janega (non-fiction)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life by Alice Wong
The Women’s House of Detention by Hugh Ryan

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Our Favorite Plays of 2023

12/18/2023

Greg Corbino's set for Snatch Adams at SoHo Rep

Each year, Theater in Asylum releases a list of plays, books, movies, and more that delighted us, challenged us, and changed us. Below is our first list, a crowd-sourced list of plays our community loved in 2023.

Also, Theater in Asylum’s fundraiser is live! If you’re able, please consider helping us reach our goal with a donation. Thank you so much!!

Katie and Paul at the Britney Spears musical

And The World Goes Round music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb
Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Lila Neugebauer (Second Stage)
A Brief List of Everyone Who's Died by Jacob Marx Rice, directed by Alex Howarth (Bridge Theatre)
Buena Vista Social Club, book by Marco Ramirez, music by Buena Vista Social Club, directed by Saheem Ali (Broadway)
The Comeuppance by Brandon Jacob Jenkins, Directed by Eric Ting (Signature Theater)
The Creeps, created by Catherine Waller (Playhouse 46 at St. Luke’s)
Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, directed by Miranda Cromwell (Broadway)
The Doctor, created by Robert Icke (Park Avenue Armory)
English, by Sanaz Toossi, directed by Knud Adams (Atlantic)
Gutenberg! The Musical!, by Scott Brown & Anthony King, directed by Alex Timbers (Broadway)
Guys and Dolls, Music & lyrics by Frank Loesser, Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, Directed by Nicholas Hytner (West End)
Here We Are, Music by Stephen Sondheim, Book by David Ives, Directed by Joe Mantello (The Shed)
The Idiots of the World Unite Against the Idiot System Circus by Bread and Puppet (Theater for the New City)
Jaja's African Hair Braiding, by Jocelyn Bioh, directed by Whitney White (Broadway)
Kimberly Akimbo, Music by Jeanine Tesori, Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, Directed b Jessica Stone (Broadway)
Life on the third rail, or a subway delay to the future, Written and Directed by Crystal Field, Music by Joseph Vernon Banks (Theater for the New City)
Merrily We Roll Along, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by George Furth, directed by Maria Friedman (New York Theater Workshop)
The Nobodies Who Were Everybody, created by Theater in Asylum (Jalopy Theater)
Prima Facie, by Suzie Miller, directed by Justin Martin (Broadway)
Snatch Adams: It’s That Time of the Month by Becca Blackwell (SoHo Rep)
Some Like It Hot, Book by Matthew López & Amber Ruffin, Music by Marc Shaiman, Lyrics by Scott Wittman, Directed by Casey Nicholaw (Broadway)
Titanique, created by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle, and Constantine Rousouli (Daryl Roth)
What Else is True? By David Rosenberg Directed by Jake Beckhard and Adam Coy (Gural Theatre, ART/NY)

Paul and Linda at Bread and Puppet's Inflammatory Earthling Rants in Ithaca

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What's In Store for 2024

12/11/2023

Dear Friends,

As 2023 comes to a close, we feel immense gratitude for the community that makes Theater in Asylum’s work possible. Thank YOU for propelling our spaces to be vibrant springboards for new research- and ensemble-driven theater! (👀 Look back at all you made possible in 2023, here.)

With 2024 just around the corner, we’re thrilled to unveil our plans for our 14th year:

Become a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, opening the door to new grants and funding opportunities only available to nonprofits. As our company continues to grow, this fiscal transformation will open, as well as restore, valuable funding streams for our work.
Produce The How to Survive the End of the World Cabaret, hiring dozens of artists and welcoming 200 audience members to share in their work at Jalopy Theatre for two nights, November 1–2, 2024. Save the date!
Host 9 Cold Readings
Pay over 30 artists
Maintain a free ticket option at all public events, a commitment we have kept since 2016.
Begin to develop our next mainstage production

To make this all a reality, we’re launching our 2024 Fundraiser with a goal of $11,000. As always the majority of that money goes directly towards paying artists.

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Donations are tax-deductible and, as an extra thank you for donating, we have a number of lovely perks for you to choose from, including a tarot card reading and Rick’s famous cookies!

We are so grateful for all that you have made possible these past 13 years, and we look ahead to 2024 with eagerness and hope.

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Thank you so, so much. Peace, power, and love to you,

Paul, Katie, and Kathryn

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