PRESENTING THE PLAYS OF GEORGE BERNARD SHAW & HIS CONTEMPORARIES (1856-1950)

Our New Series


Going on the Stage


We're starting a new series and we're starting it on a new stage! On May 21st the Shaw Project will present "Fanny's First Play" by GBS at a beautiful midtown theater.


Fanny's First Play
Come see Shaw critique the critics! In Shaw's only play within a play, Count O'Dowda hires an acting company to present his daughter Fanny's play (the piece itself) and invites the prominent theatre critics to come and witness the performance. The age old problem of how one generation deals with the next is an ever recurring theme which still resonates today, while Shaw's humor about the theater and critics provides comic fun. 


The Theater
In our search for a new home, we'll be trying out the lovely Payan Theater at Roy Arias Studios on West 43rd at 8th Avenue. A black box theater with excellent lighting, The Payan has comfortable seating on risers (excellent sight lines), elevators and air conditioning.


And Coming Up "On the Stage"
Follow an opera diva's triumphant return to New York in Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines by Clyde Fitch. In Shaw & Sheridan Struggle with Shakespeare, a double bill with Shaw's Dark Lady of the Sonnets and Sheridan's The Critic, watch as these 2 Irish playwrights joyously take on the Bard of Avon. Enjoy American playwright Clare Kummer as she pokes fun at the poor little rich boy who's run away to the stage in Rollo's Wild Oat. And we may have a few other surprises up our sleeves...


See our Upcoming Events page for more info!