Oscar Barney Finn and Paulo Brunetti Interview
I had the opportunity to interview frequent collaborators, writer-director Oscar Barney Finn and...
Read MoreJack Wernick is a writer, director and educator. His plays have been presented at the New School for Drama, the Tank and Manhattan Rep, and by Naked Angels, the Midtown International Theatre Festival, the Strawberry One-Act Festival and the New York New Works Theatre Festival. He has been published in HowlRound and Time Out. He has a BA in Theatre from Antioch College.
Posted by Jack Wernick | 20th Aug 2024 | Adaptation, Argentina, Interview
I had the opportunity to interview frequent collaborators, writer-director Oscar Barney Finn and...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 7th Jun 2022 | Adaptation, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, United States of America
Fat Ham arrives at the Public Theater for its first live production following the Zoom staging by...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 14th Feb 2021 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
It’s rare when a musical wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Most recently it was cultural...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 28th Jan 2021 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
Gary Morgenstein’s nostalgic yet au courant play A Black and White Cookie is an invigorating...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 26th Oct 2020 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
Camp is very much in season in Circle Jerk, a pitched-to-the-rafters romp from new media and...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 20th Feb 2020 | New York, Review, United States of America
The VW Dome at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens is the evocative setting of web-inspired...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 27th Dec 2019 | New York, Review, United States of America
The ghost of David Bowie is alive and well and residing in the basement of La MaMa’s...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 2nd Nov 2019 | Adaptation, New York, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
Repetorio Español, in New York’s Gramercy Park neighborhood, is currently home to a new...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 23rd Oct 2019 | Immersive Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
Multi-disciplinary hothouse The Cell in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood is currently home to...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 4th Oct 2019 | Interview, New York, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
Emily Mann, long-time Artistic Director of the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey is...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 12th Sep 2019 | Interview, New York, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
New York’s storied Cherry Lane Theatre in the West Village was recently the home of the LAByrinth...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 28th Jun 2019 | Adaptation, New York, Review, United States of America
A drag queen lipsynching into a retro mike in a tight spotlight is the opening image of 1001SUR,...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 28th Mar 2019 | Education, News, Theatre and Politics, Theatre for Young Audiences, United States of America
Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theatre is not only home to musical theatre sensation Hamilton but also...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 18th Mar 2019 | Devised Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
Skinnamarink is a deliriously diverting new production by Little Lord, a performance ensemble that...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 6th Mar 2019 | News, United States of America
The Players Club was the location of the recent annual Theater for the New City gala titled “Love N’ Courage”.
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 1st Mar 2019 | Adaptation, Germany, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
New York’s Irondale Project presents a scrupulously faithful production of Brecht’s The Life Of...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 31st Jan 2019 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
The historic Abrons Arts Center on New York’s Lower East Side is the setting of a dynamic...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 10th Nov 2018 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America
A poignant, topical chamber piece for five characters, Daniel’s Husband commences with two gay...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 25th Oct 2018 | New York, Review, Theatre and Dance, United States of America
M-34 Productions and FringeNYC present a dazzling new production of Salome at the Irondale Center...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 14th Sep 2018 | New York, Poland, Review, Transmedia, United States of America
Soho’s Performing Garage is the setting of a brief engagement from Poland called...
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