Morgan Skolnik

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Morgan Skolnik (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and theater maker based in New York. They have been published by Waif Magazine, AK Press, Ben Yehuda Press, The Niche and others. They have an MFA from New York University and are interested in the role of art in social movements. She is committed to fighting for disability justice and dismantling ableism within the world of theater. She also enjoys making sets and props for shows and performing under her drag name Molly Tov Cocktail.

“Teeth” Bites Back Against Purity Culture: On Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacob’s Musical

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 31st Mar 2024 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Last year I went to the dentist for a toothache and was told that somehow, to my extreme...

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Disability Representation and the Rise and Fall of How to Dance in Ohio

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 3rd Feb 2024 | New York, Review, Theatre and Disability, United States of America

On Monday How to Dance in Ohio, one of the most hyped shows of the 2023 Broadway fall season,...

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NYC Artists Stand in Solidarity with The Freedom Theatre

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 22nd Jan 2024 | New York, News, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

On January 13th, hundreds of artists and cultural workers marched through New York City’s theater...

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Once Upon a Warning for Next Time

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 1st Sep 2023 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review

“We’re not here to make fairytales, we’re here to follow them,” quips the narrator (Adam Godley)...

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Beauty and Wisdom for Who: Disability in Simon McBurney’s “Die Zauberflöte”

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 10th Jun 2023 | New York, Review, Theatre and Disability, Theatre and Opera, United States of America

The first notes of Simon McBurney’s production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) which...

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Sitting Down with Emerging Artist Thalia Ranjbar

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 27th Feb 2023 | Directing, Interview, New York, United States of America

The work of Thalia Ranjbar may be challenging– pushing beyond norms and expectations, but at its...

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Godless Clergy Members in “The Unbelieving”

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 18th Nov 2022 | Documentary Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Religion, United States of America

The Unbelieving is documentary theater (all the lines are taken from real interviews), but this...

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Growing Up and Getting Through in Jill Sobule’s “F*ck7thGrade”

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 17th Nov 2022 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

F*ck7thGrade is messy, it’s awkward, it’s unrelentingly earnest, and it’s utterly delightful....

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Melissa Etheridge’s Queer Joy: “My Window—A Journey Through Life”

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 28th Oct 2022 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

I was struggling to find my seat at New World Stages when two people a bit older than me wearing...

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Dangerous Desires in “Marie It’s Time”

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 21st Sep 2022 | Adaptation, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Why is this boy-kills-girl play different from all other boy-kills-girl plays? For starters, it...

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Mental Illness, Misogyny, and the Myth of the Male Genius in “The Butcher Boy”

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 26th Aug 2022 | Adaptation, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

This review contains spoilers. TW: suicide, homicide, mental illness The Butcher Boy, which opened...

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